In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 339 There can be no empire more powerful than ours

The two sides had a conversation, and after the Russian envoy expressed his opinions, he went back.

As for why the Chechen tribe suddenly moved north, no matter how many attempts were made, Mokhtu said nothing.

Obviously, no matter how stupid Moketu is, he knows that he cannot casually expose the difficulties the tribe is encountering to the other party.

From the conversation, Moktu only knew that the strength of the Russian Empire was not much worse than that of the Han people, and the distance from the capital to here should be closer than from here to the capital of the Han people.

Judging from the other party's clothing and appearance, the weapons should be stronger than theirs, but their strength here must be much worse than theirs, otherwise they would not take the initiative to send envoys to negotiate. Moktu still understands this.

But he didn't dare to attack the opponent rashly. After all, the Han people in the south were still watching with eagerness, and the Great Lakes area was not far away from Mobeicao. In addition, he didn't know the opponent's combat effectiveness. Once a war started with the opponent, if the opponent could not be eliminated quickly or the losses would be too great, If the situation is large, the tribe's situation will only become worse.

In the end, Moktu had no choice but to occupy the east side of the lake, waiting for the arrival of his tribe, and discussing with Abba how to deal with this group of Russian Empire forces.

If Mokhtu does not take the initiative to attack, Tsarist Russia will naturally not take the initiative to attack. Both sides maintain restraint and frequent contact, and are also increasing their investigation efforts.

Mokhtu wanted to find out the exact strength of the other party here, while Tsarist Russia wanted to find out the true intention of the Chechen Ministry here.

As all the large Chechen troops arrived on the east coast of the Great Lake, two thousand reinforcements from Tsarist Russia also arrived, with the strength reaching four thousand, leaving only 1000 people to guard the four cities farther west.

At this time, in the sweat tent of the Chechen Ministry, Mokhtu also told all the information he had.

Everyone was also shocked by the sudden appearance of the strength of the Russian Empire. Of course, no one could completely believe it based on what the other party said.

However, from the opponent's clothing, weapons, tools and castles, it can be determined that the strength of the Russian Empire is certainly not much smaller.

Similarly, the opponent's capital city is definitely more than fifteen sunsets away from here, otherwise it would not have been possible for it to have been here for decades, and only three or four cities have been built, with only a few thousand troops, and only a few pieces of land reclaimed.

Although the opponent's strength here is far smaller than theirs, everyone agrees that peace should be maintained with the opponent.

After all, the other party has four thousand warriors and twenty thousand slaves guarding the city, and there is nothing they can do against the other party.

The key is that the other party only occupies the west side of the lake, and seems to be even poorer than them. Apart from the [-] slaves, there is nothing to rob.

Normally, [-] savage slaves would indeed be a huge amount of wealth, but now the Chechen tribe has no intention of robbing slaves and developing the population.

They also have no intention of competing with each other for the ownership of the lake. They came here just to temporarily avoid the Han people. If the Han people do not retreat before winter, and no reinforcements come from Moxi, they can only return to Mobei to surrender and stay here. Farming was impossible, and neither could they without that condition.

Therefore, when the other party cannot threaten them, there is no need to fight to the death with the other party.

"Abba, the other party actually expressed goodwill. I think we can see if we can persuade them to join forces with us to drive the Han people out of Mobei. Anyway, livestock cannot survive here in winter. Then we will give it all to them. We Just occupy Mobei."

Merktu spoke his mind.

Everyone's eyes lit up, but then they thought that the other party only had 4000 people, and their eyes dimmed again.

"It's a pity that there are too few of them, otherwise we can really persuade them to cooperate." Merde also sighed.

"Abba, they do have fewer people, but they are better than nothing, right? I have seen that their firearms are indeed very powerful, and the fighting power of the warriors is just as strong as those of the Han people."

Obviously, in order to show its strength, Tsarist Russia had already demonstrated the power of cannons and muskets in front of Moktu.

"Oh? Their warriors are actually stronger than the Han people?" Mod said in surprise.

"Abba, it's absolutely true. Their warriors are not only tall and tall, but they also look very tough. Almost everyone has a sword and a musket, but it's a pity that they don't have much armor."

Mokhtu said solemnly, if the opponent has 3 or [-] people, they will probably not be able to defeat them in the Great Lakes region. Of course, even if there are twice as many people on the grasslands in the south, their Chechen tribe will not be afraid.

"If that's the case, then go talk to the other party. We can provide them with some cattle, sheep, horses and leather armor, but women and weapons are definitely not acceptable." Merde nodded, and he could only treat the dead horse as a living horse doctor. , after all, the other party is the only one they can cooperate with now. No matter how small an ant is, it is still meat!
"Okay, Abba, I will go and talk in person tomorrow and explore the opponent's strength by the way!" Moktu immediately decided to go to the opponent's castle in person.

After all, they already know the strength of the other party and will never take the initiative to provoke conflicts and wars.

When Tsarist Russia saw that the Mongols were just grazing in the east and did not attack them, they were relieved. Although they still maintained vigilance, they had begun to drive the savage slaves to continue to build cities and open up wasteland.

Golovin actually wanted to ask for help from His Majesty the Tsar and send some more soldiers, but he also knew that this was unrealistic.

First of all, Moscow is too far away from here. It would take four or five months at the fastest to go there, which is not enough time.

Secondly, although this place has been developed for more than ten years, the capacity to support an army of five thousand is almost at its limit, and it is impossible for the empire to send more troops.

Just when Golovin was about to send another envoy over to see if he could sign a peace agreement with the other party, Moktu and his people arrived outside the castle first.

Golovin immediately welcomed Moktu into the castle politely. After learning the other party's intention, the eyes of all the senior officials in Tsarist Russia showed surprise.

What surprised them was not that the other party took the initiative to seek cooperation, but that the other party was driven over by their opponent, which meant that they were unlikely to take the initiative to attack them again.

At the same time, I finally understood why these Mongolians moved their entire family here abnormally.

"Dear Prince, I want to know first how many soldiers your enemy has and what their weapons and equipment are."

Golovin did not agree immediately, but pondered and asked, hoping to take the opportunity to learn more information. After all, they only knew about the grassland to the south, but they were powerless as to what was further south.

Moktu seemed to be downplaying the strength of the Han people so as not to scare the other party, but he also knew that once the two sides joined forces, the other party would definitely investigate.

So I had to tell the truth: "The opponent has almost 4 people, including [-] cavalry, [-] infantry, and some chariots."

"what?"

"Forty thousand soldiers, including [-] cavalry, how is this possible?"

After the natives finished translating, all the senior officials of Tsarist Russia exclaimed, obviously they did not expect that the other party was so powerful.

Even Golovin was shocked and said with some suspicion: "Your Excellency, are you sure that the opponent has [-] combatants? The combatants I am talking about are adult men, the kind with weapons, women and the elderly are not counted. "

Apparently Golovin subconsciously believed that the Chechen tribe's opponent was also a nomadic tribe. If a nomadic tribe had 20 combatants, then the total population of the tribe would definitely exceed [-].

"Your Excellency, I think you misunderstood. Our opponent is not a nomadic tribe. It is also an empire. This time, all the opponents sent are combat personnel."

After Moktu understood what they meant, he had no choice but to explain.

"Oh, the other party is actually an empire. Your Excellency, you don't know how big the territory of the other party is, how many people there are, and how many soldiers can fight?"

Golovin's eyes lit up and he immediately asked, obviously becoming very interested in the empire he was talking about.

"That empire is called Dahua. Its territory should be similar to that of your Russian Empire, but it has a larger population and soldiers. But don't worry, Earl, the capital of the Dahua Empire is also very far away from here. It takes at least a hundred sunsets. , so this time as long as we can defeat their 4 troops, it will be fine."

Moktu didn’t know the exact size of Dahua and its population, so he could only give a general idea.

But Golovin jumped up directly.

"This is impossible, Your Excellency Prince, I think you still don't know how big the territory and population of our Russian Empire are. There cannot be an empire more powerful than our Russian Empire in this world!"

"It's impossible!"

(End of this chapter)