Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 24 The Unpopular Moscow
For the decline of Tver, Moscow has made great efforts.

During the "Civil War", the Principality of Tver was the leader. As a result, Moscow directly reported the news and time of their preparations to the khanate garrison.He also told them that the Tver people were afraid that they would not be able to eat it on their own, so they moved in reinforcements.A Suzdal army has already set off, passing through Moscow these two days.In addition, the Poles may have joined the conspiracy.

At that time, the new northern tent army was still scattered in various places, and the one who commanded the three battalions in the Tver area was the famous general Tutuo Maimatinikus who later became the grand master.The internal records of this battle in the purple tent are very detailed, and it is a classic case until now.

Tuotuo believes that time is very urgent, and it may be too late to recall the entire army, and it will definitely alarm the opponent and fall into a melee.

But the military system of the Ross people is not perfect, and the movement of gathering soldiers is very slow.Although they acted earlier, they should not be fully ready, so they set the action date two days later.

Moreover, all this is also carried out secretly.The nobles in charge of the command also feared the Khan Court.In order to prevent being discovered in advance, leading to being overwhelmed by the main force of the Khan court, they did not dare to call up soldiers, but showed up frequently, trying to avoid being suspected by the garrison.

Now the Ross people don't know that the new army has got the news, so they should hurry up, capture the thief and the king, and launch a surprise attack on the nobles of Ross.

Tuotuo planned to select fifty elite soldiers from nearby soldiers to carry out the beheading operation.An accountant named Chen Feng also insisted on joining, saying that he used to be a ranger in Dadu and had experience.He also said that [-] people carried out the attack. There were too many people, and more than [-] people would be enough.But fifty people are too few to carry out the entire operation, and everyone in the camp needs to be organized to support.

Everyone saw that he was confident, so they planned to listen to him.

Chen Feng volunteered to investigate in the city and came back at night.Everyone was very anxious and asked if they wanted to attack at night.

Chen Feng said that when he entered the city, he found that the nobles were evasive and very vigilant when they saw him, and some of them never saw him.Although there are not many soldiers, they are all guarding the key positions.On the watchtower of the wooden city wall, several Ross officers visited the west from time to time, and sent people out of the city to inspect and visit everywhere. It can be seen that the reinforcements are still on the way.This is not a good time to act.

At his insistence, everyone waited until the next day.

Early in the morning, Chen Feng set out to wander around the city again.In the afternoon, everyone was in a hurry and wanted to set off on their own.Tuotuo forced everyone to stay. At this moment, Chen Feng came back with a can of wine.

He told everyone that there were many carriages parked in front of the Grand Duke's mansion, which meant that the nobles had all gone to the meeting.One of the cars was obviously different in degree of mud, and it was an emissary from afar.At the intersection, he met a nobleman. The other person's eyes were arrogant, and he did not hide his disgust and contempt. It showed that they felt that they were ready and no longer bothered to cover up.

To the west of the city, cooking smoke can be seen in the distance. This is the arrival of reinforcements from Suzdal.In the woods in the east of the city, there were birds and beasts running out in panic, which means that the local army has also assembled.The Russian army is very "traditional" and needs to be organized and led by minor nobles.This means that a large number of mid- and low-level officers who are trustworthy in loyalty and combat effectiveness are not actually in the city, but greet the recruited soldiers outside.

The guards standing guard in the city were relaxed, and there were a lot fewer people. There were only some well-dressed attendants who went back and forth between the west gate and the mansion, carrying the slaughtered meat.He went to buy wine, but no one came to take care of him.

This is because the Ross army is loosely organized, and if the soldiers' action plan is informed in advance, it will inevitably be leaked, so ordinary soldiers don't actually know what happened. Even lower-level officers may only know that something is going to happen, and they don't know the detailed plan.The reinforcements and envoys had already arrived, but the Beiya army outside the city still didn't respond. Those trusted officers who knew about it were relieved, and on the contrary, they were a little more slack than before.

Chen Feng said, now that the city is tight outside and inside loose, and the nobles are all staying together, this is an opportunity to act.If they waited until evening, these great nobles would return to their respective headquarters after the party and feast, and wait for the battle, so the night is not conducive to the time of attack.Action should be taken now.

He asked fifty people to find several large carts from the barracks, filled them with wine, and pushed them to the busy west gate, saying that the city lord wanted to have a big banquet and borrowed wine from the barracks.Sure enough, the soldiers at the gate didn't know anything and were about to let them go, but the guard officer suddenly came out with two guards and ordered them not to enter.

Chen Feng and the others started booing, saying that this was causing trouble for them and preventing them from doing business.However, everyone knows what this means, it's nothing more than some benefits, it's easy to say.So, Chen Feng opened a barrel of wine and said that he wanted to give everyone some, so that everyone could save each other's face and let it go.

Ross soldiers smelled the aroma of the wine and came over to ask for it.The officer didn't allow them to take it, everyone just treated it as a master and was troublesome, and those who got close muttered and avoided him, and didn't want to talk to him.Those who are far away, just sneak up and ask for a drink.

The officer was furious and scolded the soldiers, telling them to expel these people and close the city gate.However, at the end of the line, under the cover of his companions, a strong man suddenly drew his bow from under the wine barrel and shot three arrows in succession.The officer and one of his own soldiers fell in response, the other man's mail armor caught the arrow, he staggered, turned around and wanted to run, but Chen Feng, who was still carrying the wine barrel, threw the barrel directly, knocking him to the ground.

Everyone drew their weapons from the chariot one after another, and the Ross soldiers around were shocked and fled in all directions.Chen Feng lit the hay on the car as a signal, and then everyone rushed into the city gate, chopping anyone they saw along the way, and went straight to the mansion.

Along the way, they were hardly stopped, but there were many guards near the mansion, so they couldn't get in for a while.Chen Feng then ordered the fire to be set on fire.

The cities of the Rus are almost all wooden, and the surroundings of the mansions are no exception.The nobles in the house had heard the noise, and seeing the flame rising, they all ran out in a hurry, trying to figure out what happened.The originally well-ordered guards immediately became chaotic, and everyone ran around following their masters.

At this time, Tuotuo, who had received the signal, abandoned the camp and rushed in from the west gate with more than a hundred people capable of fighting. The soldiers who could speak Slavic dialect in the team shouted together, "The Suzdals have rebelled! They killed Grand Duke!"

The guards around the mansion saw the cavalry clashing back and forth in the fireworks, so they wanted to protect the nobles to break out to the east where no one was around, and join the army outside the city on the east.The soldiers in the east of the city hadn't been attacked yet. They only heard that Suzdal's reinforcements had rebelled and came in from the west gate.

However, seeing that the guards were retreating to the east, and hearing that the Grand Duke was dead, the soldiers abandoned their officers and turned around and fled.

A large number of people crowded at the city gate in the southeast direction, unable to get out, trampling each other, and dead people abound.The Grand Duke of Tver and several important ministers died in the rebellion, and the Polish envoy escaped over the wall.

The army outside the city didn't know what happened. They saw that the city suddenly burst into flames, and a group of rout soldiers escaped. After waiting for a long time, they didn't receive any orders except for the rumors they brought out.The boys from the country realized that the situation was not good, so they scattered and went home, and the newly assembled army also dispersed.

The next morning, the Suzdal reinforcements arrived near the city, ready to cooperate with the operation, only to find that the Tver people were finished.The commander did not dare to take the risk, and hurriedly withdrew with the army.The Beiya army got several days of rest and was able to recall the troops sent to various places. In the next few months, they suppressed various local rebels by fighting against chaos.

This was the first battle for Tutuo Maimatinikus to become famous, and it also made Chen Feng famous.Basai Khan at the time, Basil III Yerigo, the "Mazar Butcher", specially transferred him back to Dadu to train scouts and diplomats.Chen Feng's youngest son, Chen Xiao, is now in Guo's army, and Guo Kang has chatted with him a few times, so he is very familiar with this period of history.

For the countries of Ross, this battle was equally impressive.

The Polish envoy, who escaped from death, scolded the Ross people, accusing them of being stupid and cowardly, which was not expected at all.Later, due to the deep involvement in the "Civil War", but did not get much benefit in the end, the Polish upper class threw all their sins on this bad beginning, thinking that the defeat was all the fault of the Russians.As a result, the Poles despised the Rus countries even more, and believed that forming an alliance with them was a side effect, and they didn't even bother to contact them to attack the Khanate.

The Principality of Tver lost a large number of nobles, its power was greatly damaged, and it never recovered.Because this battle was fought too outrageously, afterward, the surviving nobles made many investigations and found out that something was wrong—the reason why it was so sudden was because the Muscovites were doing bad things inside.

Tver and his allies hated Moscow because of this, and believed that the whistleblowers had killed them.Afterwards, Moscow wanted to take the opportunity to annex Tver, but was desperately resisted by the locals. Other principalities also took the opportunity to sue the Khan Court, saying that Moscow was not a good thing, which made the annexation plan ultimately fail.

However, the Muscovites don't care, after all, this business is too lucrative.

　I heard from the seniors that there is an alliance leader, and this is the first time in this book.Thank you for your support

　　
　
(End of this chapter)