The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

After subduing Karasimirzan, Cheerchen ordered all the people to stay in place and stopped all actions. This move not only puzzled Karazimir, even Yelishei asked Chechen's plan.

"Commander, if you think that with the remaining hundreds of people, you can’t seize Circsksk, we can send people back to Pirikop to transfer all the Hessian mercenaries or ask Muhammad Glyy. Need reinforcements."

Cheerchen rarely answered Yelishei's question clearly, just let him wait and wait again.

Of course, it is easy to hold Yelishei and Xie Miao and others, because they trust themselves and are willing to give their lives for themselves. The Tatar Cavalry under Karazimir is not so easy to deal with. These Tatars have already prepared leather ropes and slings, and are ready to make a good profit from this "grassland nation's harvest" to make up for the loss of their family business caused by the last two khan fights. , But now Chechen Bey is still on hold, they all have no hope of accepting Chengdu, and the Tatar soldiers can't help complaining.

"Master Bey, the children's leather cords and slings are almost moldy."

On the tenth day after Cheerchen issued the garrison order, Karazimir once again found Cheerchen, vaguely reminding Cheerchen that it was time to send troops.

Although this Mirza is now in awe of Cheorchen because of Cheorchen's beating, he no longer dares to put on airs and speaks softly, but now, all his subordinates are asking this question. Also had to bite the bullet.

Facing Karazimir who was bending to talk, Cheerchen stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder.

"Carrazzi, you go and gather all your subordinates, and gather under the high **** on the left." He said to Carrazzi.

Regarding Chechen's order, Karazimir certainly didn't dare to neglect. He immediately retreated and went out, and then summoned his five hundred Tatar cavalry.

Chechen ordered Yelishei and the others to set up a table on the high slope. Cheorchen stood behind the table facing the five hundred Tatar cavalry.

Under the gaze of everyone's eyes, Cheechen unlocked a money bag, and dozens of gold coins smashed freely on the table, colliding with a pleasing sound.

Seeing these gold coins, the Tatar's eyes were straight. If it wasn't because the owner of these gold coins was a Bey, they would have rushed forward.

After Cheering finished pouring a bag of gold coins, he untied another bag, and then another bag... After a while, the table was full of gold coins as high as a hill.

Everyone's breathing bucket became heavy. Some clever and clever people are already speculating whether or not Bey wants to use these gold coins as compensation for the losses he has caused himself by standing still.

Sure enough, Cheechen said loudly to everyone: "I think these gold coins should be able to make up for your lost harvest. Now, these gold coins are all yours. From now on, I don’t want to hear it. A complaint and violation of my order. Did you hear it?"

"Master Bey, of course, we all listen to you!"

The Tatar cavalry shouted below.

Next, the approval sounded.

With satisfaction, Cheerchen grabbed a handful of gold coins and threw them into the air. The Tatar cavalry in front could no longer hold them back. They quickly jumped off their horses and climbed up to Cheerchen with their hands and feet like dogs, looking for gold coins on the ground.

The action in the front row also reminded the Tatar cavalry behind. They reddened their eyes and all jumped off their horses and rushed towards the table where the gold coins were placed.

The scene became a mess, but Cheerchen was very satisfied with the effect.

For the next ten days, the Tatars stayed quietly in the tent. Not only can you get paid, but you don't have to kill your life, even the predatory Tatars are happy to do so.

More than a month later, Cheer Chen received a message. A man who claimed to be Tsar Dmitry broke out in the Cherkessk region.

Cheerchen believed that the czar named Dmitry must have been pretending to be Stepan Racine, but Cheerchen, who is not familiar with Russian history, did not understand why Stepan Racine used Dmitry to fake it. In the name of, because from the intelligence obtained by Chechen, Stepan Racine himself is a Don Cossack leader.

So Cheerchen asked Yelissee what Dmitry had special meaning, and what he heard from Yelisei surprised Cheerchen-in the history of tsarist Russia, this is already the fourth. A man who claimed to be Tsar Dmitry, and the experience of the first three is legendary enough.

In March of 1584, Ivan the Terrible, who had disturbed the entire Tsarist Russia, died suddenly shortly after he killed his eldest son by accident. At this time, the only legal heirs to the Rurik family that ruled Moscow were Fyodor, who was mentally disabled, and his youngest son, Dmitry.

And when Fyodor became the Tsar, relying on the nepotism with Fyodor, who became the new Tsar, Boris Godonov, once the favorite of Ivan the Terrible, served as the former Regent Minister Nikita After Yuriyev's death, he succeeded in becoming the new chief minister of regent. Feodor I did not like politics, his personality was introverted and pious, and he liked to go to the church to pray when he was fine. Therefore, national affairs basically fall into the hands of his trusted minister and brother-in-law Boris Godonov.

In 1588, the pious but very pious czar waved west despite his intellectual problems. Because Fyodor had no heir, Boris Godonov, the chief minister of regent, became the new czar.

However, Boris Godonov’s reign was wrong, because according to the law of succession, after Fyodor’s death, his brother Dmitri should be the most qualified to inherit the throne.

And Dmitry's existence, like a dark cloud, shrouded the mind of the new Tsar Boris Godonov of the Kremlin. Fearing that the opposition forces would use the prince to conduct a court coup, Boris sent Dimitri and his mother's family to Uglich, the fiefdom of Dmitry.

In 1591, the prince died suddenly. Regarding the death of Prince Dmitry, countless rumors spread in Moscow. At that time, people thought that Dmitry's death was a conspiracy instructed by Boris Godonov. Because if Dmitry died, the one who would benefit the most would be Minister Gotonov. Based on this inference, Godonov appointed an assassin to kill Dmitri and disguised the scene of the murder as an accident.

However, this matter did not really affect Boris's rule at the time. The investigative team to Uglich concluded that Prince Dmitry died in an accident. After that, the Patriarch of Moscow Iov immediately made the news public, but for some reason, the investigative team wrote the whole process full of loopholes and vague. Unclear.

But just 13 years after Dmitry was confirmed dead, in 1604, after a severe famine in Tsarist Russia, a man who claimed to be Prince Dmitry suddenly appeared in the Republic of Poland. Call him Dmitry I for the time being. Dmitry I claimed that the boy who had died in Uglich was only a young attendant, and that he was the real prince. The appearance of Dmitry I gave King Sigismund III of Poland an opportunity. He immediately found the prince and promised to give him armed support so that he could ascend to the throne of Moscow. In contrast, Dmitry would swear allegiance to the King of Poland, and promised that after he became the Tsar, he would cede a large area of ​​land as a reward for the Republic of Poland for helping him reset. With the help of the Polish army, this Dmitry I led 1,600 Polish troops and 2,000 Zaporozhye Cossacks finally set foot on Russian soil. On the way, a large number of fleeing peasants came here admiringly and joined Dmitry I's team one after another.

In 1605, Tsar Boris Godonov, who was troubled internally and externally, died. Dmitry I can finally enter Moscow as the new czar and sit on the throne of the czar. Became the real Dmitry I. But he did not sit on the throne for long. Later, when he married the Queen Malena Mnishek from Poland, the presumptuous actions of the Poles and Lithuanians brought by Malena Mnishek in Moscow provoked a popular uprising. The long-awaited Vasily Shuyski took the opportunity to overthrow and execute the Dmitry I.

However, not long after Vasily Shuysky ascended the throne of the Tsar, Dmitry II appeared. The new Dmitry claimed to have successfully escaped from the Moscow riots and claimed that he wanted to reclaim his throne in Moscow. After meeting with Tushinno, the widow of Dmitry I, Malena Mnishek, she actually admitted that this man was her husband who died in the riots, and they even gave birth to a boy afterwards. .

Dimitri II’s army was much larger than his "predecessor". Not only did the Republic of Poland help out of revenge, a large number of nobles and peasants who disliked Tsar Vasily also joined his army.

However, Dmitry II did not have the luck of his "predecessor". He was beaten by a famous Russian player, Mikhail Skopin Shuysky, and ultimately failed to reach the city of Moscow. City gate.

After that, the Poles, disappointed by Dmitry II, decided to do it themselves to win the throne of the Tsar. Soon, the Polish army and the Russian army fought a decisive battle in Krušino. However, due to the brutal poisoning of Mikhail Skopin Shuysky before that, the Moscow army, which lost the command of the famous general, was defeated. Also able to enter Moscow.

But as the Russian people said, Russia can be defeated, but it cannot be conquered. A large-scale uprising against the Poles soon broke out in the south of Tsarist Russia. The rebels went all the way north and successfully came outside Moscow. However, at this time Dmitry III made his debut.

Prior to this, Dimitri II had just been brutally killed because of his subordinates' betrayal. Therefore, the appearance of this third generation immediately caused great confusion to the rebels. Because some generals were unwilling to admit this guy from unknown origin, the rebels were divided into two.

Moreover, the talent of this Dmitry III is quite different compared to the first two. With no military talent, he was quickly defeated by the Polish army and died in their hands.

In short, the farce caused by the death of Prince Dmitry has stopped here. After that, Tsarist Russia expelled the invaders and entered the Romanov dynasty.

And now, someone claims to be Dmitry again.

After listening to Yelishei’s account of Dmitry’s history, Cheerchen really can’t help but "admire" Stepan Racine. His ideas are really simple and rude—one is less than forty years old. People in their 60s and 70s actually appeared.

Does he treat other people as mentally retarded?

So Cheerchen, who was supposed to be heading towards Cherkessk, stopped again. He ordered Yelishey to lead a small force to Cherkessk to inquire about the situation, especially the situation of Tsar Dmitry.

And ten days later, Cheer Chen was shocked by the news that came back. The Tsar Dritri, that is, Stepan Racine, was making trouble in Cherkessk. He was supported by the local Cossacks and peasants, and his strength reached 3,000. Even the defenders in Cherkessk had some secretly escaped from the city to defect. Although Naum Vasiliev knew that Cherkessk was facing the threat of Crimean Tatar cavalry, he still led the seven hundred Don Cossacks to crusade. Terry, that's what can change the whole of Tsarist Russia. However, Naum Vasilyev was unfavorable and was defeated in the first battle and fled, losing more than fifty people.

The charm of a pseudo-tsar is so great. This really had to make Chechen sigh with emotion: Are Russians really mentally retarded?

Cheerchen really underestimated the wisdom of the Russians. In essence, it is not so much that everyone believes that Stepan Racine is Dmitry, but that those who follow Stepan Racine hope that he is Dmitry, so as to follow the Tsar to achieve his goals.

For example, the first Dmitry I, who came out to impersonate, became Shuysky's **** to usurp the throne from the moment he entered Moscow. He was originally just an unknown person, but in a turbulent time, he was able to play his value. His rise itself is a miracle caused by countless miracles. If Godonov did not die suddenly, he would be completely suppressed, and even a Mercury would not be able to splash.

Of course, if Dmitry I had a better life and recognized his puppet essence, maybe he could live a little longer. But he was too active and he had obviously lost control. A **** wants to play chess in a position to become a chess player. This is something that Vasily Shuysky cannot tolerate. Shuysky coveted the throne of Tsar, and had long wanted to replace Godonov. His original plan was to use Dmitry I to defeat the former, and then to kill the pseudo-Dmitry, and then ascend the throne himself. It's just that Dmitry I's activity ~www.readwn.com~ makes him have to do it in advance.

Now, those who support Stepan Racine also have the same purpose. Needless to say, those free slaves who were released by Chechen, Stepan Racine coerced and deceived (or not deceived, this is the fact) that the serfs they said were still serfs after returning to their hometowns, and even nobles. After so many years, their land and assets may have been taken over by other nobles. If you want to stop being a serf and regain your own land, you have to follow the "Tsar Dmitry", who will guarantee freedom to serfs and noble land and power.

As for those who took refuge in Stepan Racine halfway, they were peasants who were squeezed out in Cherkessk and the Cossacks who had conflicts with Naum Vasilyev. Maybe they didn't dare to resist the czar, but when the "real" czar opposed the czar, their hearts would be relieved of pressure.

If you can think of a counterfeit czar, you can only say that Stepan Racine really knows his compatriots too well.

Now that Stepan Racine lit a fire in Naum Vasilyev's backyard, Chechen pulled out of the camp and continued to Cherkosk.

At this time, after Naum Vasilyev led the seven hundred Don Cossacks in the city to quell the pseudo-Dmitry rebellion, Cherkessk’s defenders included the Don Cossacks and the New Army, merchants, hunters, and farmers. There are two thousand three hundred and fifty people with their family members. They have two hundred muskets and one small cannon. Upon learning that a Tatar cavalry was coming to Cherkessk, Deputy Chief Alexey Tolbzin, who was temporarily in charge of Cherkessk for Naum Vasilyev, hurriedly sent someone to inform Naum. · Chief Vasilyev, let him come back with a large group of troops. On the other hand, he burned all the houses outside the fort and gathered everyone in Cherkosk.