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Chapter 380 Great Mongol Threat Theory——Great Threat! (Seeking a monthly pass, asking for a subscription)
Kremlin, Polygonal Palace.

Under the auspices of the seriously ill Tsar Feodor, an imperial meeting related to changes in the national policy of the Raksha Kingdom is being held.

Attending this meeting were not only the chief minister, Grand Duke Miloslavsky, former imperial ministers Yazikov and Likhachev, foreign minister Vasily Golitsin, and the tsar's teacher "Grand Master" Polotsky , and the Tsar's "senior brother", the dean of the Slavic-Greek-Latin College (the first university in the Raksha Kingdom) Sirivistl Med WJ husband, it can be described as a full house!

The above six, except for the Tsar’s grandfather Miloslavski, the other five are really capable, and they are also good helpers in a series of military and political reforms promoted by Tsar Fyodor III.

Although the current Raksha country has a large land and abundant resources, it can be considered a large population in Europe, but the military, politics, and economy of Raksha are all very backward.Not to mention comparing it with the western powers of France, England, the Netherlands, and Spain, it is not enough to compare it with the "friendly neighbors" next to Rakshasa, such as Ottomans, Poland, and Sweden.

It is unbelievable to say that the military system of this Raksha Kingdom is even worse than that of the Kangxi Dynasty.The Kangxi Dynasty had at least the professional Eight Banners Army and the Green Battalion who needed odd jobs to maintain.

And the Raksha Kingdom does not have a new European-style army now, and it relies on the "green battalion" shooting army and the feudal aristocratic militia to fight.Among them, the salary of the shooting army is too low, so they also have a lot of part-time jobs on weekdays, and their life is not as good as that of the green camp.Of course, the aristocratic militia is even weaker. If it weren't for the relatively new muskets and cannons brought from Western Europe, Maoxiong's craftsmen would be able to do it. The standard of these aristocratic militias would be similar to that of Kievan Rus.

However, the Cossacks of the Raksha Kingdom are quite fierce, a bit like the wild Eight Banners, and they also have relatively advanced muskets from Western Europe, and they are relatively difficult light cavalry.

But just one Cossack can't change the situation of Rakshasa's overall backwardness.If it really wants to change, it has to be the radical reform of Big Peter, but now Big Peter is still a big boy, so Rakshasa is still a big and backward country.

And lagging behind. Of course, you will be beaten!So Poland repaired Raksha hard before, and now it's Ottoman's turn to roll up his sleeves and beat Raksha. In the original history, Sweden, the northern overlord, also beat Raksha hard.

However, although the Rakshasa Kingdom is lagging behind, it can survive.The land is vast, the resources are abundant, the weather is cold, and both the nobles and the common people can endure hardships, so every time they defeat the enemy by fighting bad battles.

Before fighting the Polish-Russian War with Dabobo, it lasted for 13 years and 13 years!Now is the Little Ice Age, how cold it is! In 13, there were "Thirteen Winter Generals". The Polish knights couldn't stand it anymore, so they had to sign the "Andreusovo Armistice Agreement" with Mao Xiong, and part of Ukraine and Belarus on the east bank of the Dnieper River, as well as Smolensk and other provinces The territory was given up to Mao Xiong.

But now, in the face of the joint attack of the Ottoman Empire, the Crimean Khanate, the Ottoman vassals, and Ukraine on the right bank, Mao Xiong is still a "boil" tactic, while launching the "Qijilin Expedition", taking advantage of the Getter of Ukraine on the right bank Unprepared, Mandoroshenko seized his home base of Chigilin Fortress in one fell swoop, and then relied on the fortress to conduct defensive battles and wait for "General Winter".

On the other hand, a long line of defense was built in southern Ukraine on the left bank to defend against the attacks of the Ottoman Empire and the Crimean Khanate.

This so-called Luzhai defense line is not an advanced thing. It is to dig a long trench first (the Igyum defense line plus the Tula defense line to defend Moscow in the north, a total of more than 2000 kilometers were dug), and then a large number of tops were inserted on the side of the trench. Sharpened hunting stake.Behind the trench is an Eastern European-style wooden wall, and there is a series of forts along the line.

Although this line of defense is not very solid, the climate at Mao Xiong's house is really impressive. There is a period of snowmelt and muddy snow in spring and autumn. As for winter, this is the 17th century!It was dozens of degrees below zero, and to attack the defense line of Luzhai, which was frozen harder than a rock, would be a death penalty no matter how you look at it.

So in a year, I really can't eat many days of defense, that is, from the end of spring to the beginning of autumn, four or five months.If the attacking side cannot successfully cover up its own intentions and concentrate its forces to achieve a breakthrough, but exposes its whereabouts and allows Mao Xiong's army to make targeted mobilization, then this line of defense will be difficult to crack - digging trenches, burying It is not too difficult to build piles and wooden walls. While the enemy is fighting, Mao Xiong can repair it at the same time. The heights can survive the early autumn, when it rains and snows, and the ground is muddy, the enemy's logistics cannot keep up. You have to walk on a dirt road. If you are chased by a bear Cossack, it will be miserable!

The Poles suffered from this bad battle for 13 years, while the Ottomans had just suffered for the first time under the Chijilin Fortress in 1676.If there was no such thing as a Mongolian attack, the Turks would have to suffer for five years before Muhammad IV Mu Sultan would give up with tears and turn around to fight Vienna, which has no bears and "General Winter".
But this bad battle is actually more difficult than suffering, the Turks suffer, the Ukrainians suffer, the Tatars suffer, and the Raksha people suffer as well.Although Mao Xiong can suffer more than all of them, it is always better to suffer less.

So after hearing the news of "the rise of the Great Mongols" and "Mongolia's Western Expedition", Grand Duke Miloslavsky, the Chief Minister of the Raksha Kingdom, wanted to make a "Mongol Threat Theory", and then used this as an excuse to fight with Turkey People discuss peace.

"Your Majesty the Tsar, we achieved a great victory in the Chijilin Fortress last fall, and now the Igyumluzhai defense line has begun to take shape. The Turks should know that it is very unwise to compete with us for the left bank of Ukraine. Turks who are used to warm and dry can't bear it at all. The winter of Rakshasa. Now Mehmet IV must have regretted it. If we can give him a suitable step, such as the rise of Mongolia and the Western Expedition of Mongolia, I think he is still willing to make peace with us. If the Turks can admit that we have Left Bank Ukraine, that would be a major victory! With this victory, the tsar’s prestige will be significantly enhanced, and subsequent reforms will be much easier.”

It is a great victory for the current Rakshasa to force Türkiye back!
Fyodor III, who just came to power last year, was full of problems, but his mind was still good. If he wanted to promote his reforms, the easiest way was to use a victory in a foreign war to add prestige to himself.

The Tsar did not agree immediately, but looked at several people in the Duolingo Palace, "How is it? Do you think that Mehmed IV will use the rise of the Mongols again as a reason to retreat? In addition, does anyone know The sudden rise of Great Mongolia? They didn’t seem to be very strong a few years ago, only a tribe called Junggar had some strength. Why are they suddenly marching west now?”

Sylvester Medov bowed humbly to the Tsar: "Your Majesty, the news from Western Europe and the East all show that in the past ten years, the East Asian world has undergone drastic changes. Although this upheaval is not over yet, everything has changed. The Tatars who originally ruled the center of East Asian civilization have lost most of the center of East Asia. But at the same time, this Tatar dynasty has opened up They are in the territory of Mongolia, and the emperor of the Tatars has also begun to use the name of the Mongolian Khan to order the Mongolians on the grassland. If I guessed correctly, the newly emerging Mongolian country did not come out of thin air, but The Tatar dynasty that lost most of the heart of East Asia."

After all, this Med WJ husband is the founder of the first university in the history of the Raksha Kingdom, so he is well-informed and can ponder.After some analysis, it turned out that it was almost inseparable.

The Tsar asked feebly: "But a failed Tatar dynasty, where does the power come from to threaten our Rakshasa and the Ottoman Empire?"

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Grand Duke Vasily Golitsin, took the question and replied: "Your Majesty, I think the strength of the Tatar Dynasty comes from a sufficient reform! According to the information I have, the reason why the Tatar Dynasty lost Part of the core area of ​​East Asian civilization is because an all-round revolution has taken place there! It involves military, political, educational and many other aspects. Among them, it is especially important to note that the people there seem to have redefined the monarchy!"

"Redefining the monarchy?" The Tsar asked with interest, "Did those Orientals adopt a monarchy similar to the French 'I am the country'?"

The reference object of the Rakshasa reform is of course Louis XIV's France-the reform led by the tsar will definitely not regard the Netherlands and England as the reference object. Rakshasa.

So although Tsar Fyodor was weak, he still felt that he should become a powerful Tsar!

"No, no, on the contrary." Grand Duke Vasily Golitsin said, "They adopted an Eastern GH system, which deprived the monarch of real power and placed the country in the Senate, the Citizens' Assembly, and a commander and two under the management of a tribune (Shangshu Zuocheng and Shangshu Youcheng were interpreted as tribunes by some Western scholars).”

The Tsar was astonished!
This Rakshasa Kingdom is known as the third Rome, so Tsar Fyodor is very familiar with the "allusions to the previous dynasty". He was stunned for a while before he muttered and asked: "Senate? Citizens Assembly? Commander-in-Chief Tribune? Vasily, are you talking about the Khitan in the east, or the GH period of the First Rome?"

"My Majesty," said Grand Duke Vasily Golitsin, "the country in the east is called 'Ming', which means the country of light, and their current political system is indeed similar to the Roman GH country! It is precisely because of this Only then did they form a powerful army, which recovered most of the lost territory from the Tatars in a few years."

Tsar Feodor's face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "Vassili is not allowed to use the term of the ancient Roman GH period on the Eastern Kingdom of Light!"

The Tsar was afraid of misunderstanding - the Rakshasa was currently reforming!If the system of the GH period of ancient Rome was correct, then as the Rakshasa of the Third Rome, should GH be restored?

If you really want to change it like this, the Tsar will be gone again!

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Grand Duke Vasily Golitsin quickly admitted his mistake, "Your Majesty, I was wrong. I shouldn't have used the name of the Roman GH period on the Eastern Bright Kingdom. This country is not worthy of Rome anyway. She is at most a large Netherlands with a population of tens of millions!"

A "Big Netherlands" with a population of tens of millions. The tsar said in his heart: is it so powerful?Now the Netherlands has a population of only 300 million. If the Netherlands had a population of 3000 million, Louis XIV would definitely be defending Paris by now.

"Then, what does the reform of the Kingdom of Light have to do with the Great Mongol Kingdom of the Tatars? What power do they have?" Say less!
After all, the "I am the country" of King Louis XIV of France is the right way!
"The reform of the Kingdom of Light also spread to the Tatar Dynasty," Golitsin said. "According to the reports of German and Portuguese missionaries who preached to the Tartars, Emperor Kangxi of the Tartars also followed the example of the Kingdom of Light after suffering. reform."

"He, how did he change it?" The Tsar hurriedly inquired—he didn't believe that the emperor of the Tartars would change himself.

"Of course he is not as radical as the Kingdom of Light," Grand Duke Vasily Golitsin replied, "but he also set up the Senate, which may be similar to the early Roman Empire? Moreover, he followed the example of the Kingdom of Light and carried out military reforms. The focus of development has shifted from the core area of ​​East Asia to the grasslands in the north.”

Early Roman Empire?

Tsar Fyodor III thought to himself: This is also very powerful!
Thinking of this, he said to his two confidants Yazikov and Likhachev: "Imperial Minister Yazikov and Imperial Minister Likhachev, I order you to each lead an envoy. Among them One is sent as an envoy to the Tartar dynasty, and the other is sent as an envoy to the Kingdom of Light."

He turned around and said to Grand Duke Vasily Golitsin: "Vassily, you go to Constantinople to discuss with Mehmed IV about the truce and common defense of Mongolia. Our Rakshasa and their Ottomans, history Everyone in the world has suffered from the Mongols. Now this Mongolia looks very powerful, we cannot take it lightly!"

In fact, Sultan Mehmed IV knew about the revival of the Great Mongol Kingdom without the need for Tsar Fyodor III to send a mission south to Istanbul!
Because the Bukhara Khanate and the Khiva Khanate in Central Asia are theoretically vassals of the Ottoman Sultan, the coalition forces of the Bukhara Khanate and the Khiva Khanate encountered the "Chagatai" from the East this summer. Army". And it also suffered a big loss on the bank of the Chu River at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains!
The coalition forces of the Bukhara Khanate and the Khiva Khanate encountered a very cunning Chagatai army. They adopted the Mongolian "kite-flying tactic" and first used a small number of Musketeers to lure the enemy. After Hill's cavalry chased after them, they shot precise sniper shots with muskets while running.In this way, the cavalry of Bukhara and Hill were introduced into their preset encirclement!Then the cavalry of the two countries were caught off guard with an ambush mainly composed of pikemen and musketeers. As a result, the entire army was wiped out and [-] cavalry were lost in one battle!
This Chagatai Khanate seems to be quite powerful!
In addition, Sultan Muhammad IV also learned from the envoys of Bukhara and Khiva who asked for help that the Mongols who launched the Western Expedition this time were divided into three groups. A Mongol named Galdan led it.The middle road is the main force led by Kangxi Khan of Mongolia!However, the coalition forces of Bukhara and Khiva encountered only their southern army, led by a khan of the Chagatai Khanate named "Sima Yi".

Just a South Route Army is already so difficult to deal with.If the three armies come together, the situation will be a bit serious!

Mustersim, the last caliph recognized by the world of Tianfangjiao, was killed by the Mongols who conquered the west, and the caliph recognized by the entire Tianfangjiao world after Mustelsim must be Muhammad IV!

Although his caliph is not in Baghdad, but in Istanbul, which is far away from Central Asia.But Baghdad is also his territory. If the Persians can't stand it, once the Mongolian army attacks Baghdad, he, as the Ottoman Sultan, cannot ignore it.If it doesn't matter, the guards below will not be overwhelmed?
And if you want to send troops to beat him, you will be gone!
Muhammad IV was worrying. His most trusted grand vizier, Kara Mustafa, had already walked in, and saluted the slightly obese Sultan who was sitting on the sofa in a daze, and didn't look too fierce: "Your Majesty the Sultan, the mission of the Raksha Kingdom has arrived in Azov City and has made a peace proposal. The Raksha people also feel the threat of the Great Mongol Kingdom, and hope to reconcile with us and reach a common agreement against Mongolia's westward expansion. alliance!"

(End of this chapter)