Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 313: Attacking Vladimir, the Grand Duke wants to move reinforcements

Just kidding, I let him leave alive, but there is a reason, I am not a philanthropist.

And after he completes the formation of the Ross coalition, this kid will be useless, and his own assassin army will kill him.

The assassin army trained by Zhang Yong will send some men and then follow Prince Theodore quietly behind him.

Even around the prince, Zhang Yong would place some Russian spies inside. After the Russian army collectively surrendered to him, some soldiers were still very willing as long as you could afford the money.

As long as some arrangements are made at that time, these soldiers will follow Theodore to leave, or encounter the prince on the road, and then join his team to fight against Mongolia and the like.

I will not let a love rival live in the world. If he fails to form a Ross army, I will let the assassin army destroy him. In any case, this kid will just live a little longer.

Although she was reluctant, Eupracia was taken away by the guards and brought into a room specially arranged for her by Zhang Yong. She lived with his little maid and turned into a canary.

With the help of some local people and Zhang Yong's commitment.

Ryazan successfully stabilized himself, and the Mongolian army had already assembled and started preparing to move to the next target.

Prince Theodore, who had regained hope, began to move toward the northwest of the Ryazan Principality with his dozen remaining soldiers, intending to meet with the general of the Ryazan Principality first, and then go to other Rus' Principalities for help.

But Batu, Subotai and others did not intend to let go of the fortress. A large number of cavalry poured into the Principality of Vladimir, and then directly cut off the logistics supply of Kromna Fortress, and then surrounded the fortress.

The first is the border area between the Principality of Vladimir and Ryazan, the Kolomna Fortress. Here, the Grand Duke Vladimir gathered a large number of soldiers and hoarded supplies, intending to use this fortress to block the progress of the Mongols. .

Military Advisor Zhang Yong, you lead the people to besiege the Kolomna Fortress, and then attack Moscow. " Batu said.

The power of the Principality of Vladimir is now not inferior to that of the Principality of Kievan Rus, and it is even stronger because of the war more than ten years ago.

"You're right, I can't just sink like this. I still have loyal guards around me, as well as loyal you, my father's number one general, the brave Sirif.

"That's right, Your Highness, we will go to these principalities immediately and convince those grand dukes to unite.

"Your Highness, are you just going to be depressed like this? Your country was destroyed by the enemy, your father was killed by the enemy, and even your fiancée was insulted by the enemy."

In addition to these major cities, there are also Tver and other small cities. These places are not strategic locations.

“We directly divided our troops into three groups, led by myself and General Subotai to attack Vladimir’s capital.

The Mongolian army can completely bypass this fortress and attack the hinterland of Vladimir Principality.

In the eyes of Batu Subotai and Zhang Yong, it is simply useless. You are indeed stationed in the fortress, but this fortress is not a dangerous place, and there are huge gaps and gaps around it.

It is clear that the Mongols are not just plundering some property and leaving in winter like the previous nomads, but intend to live here for a long time. after. Grand Duke Yuri II of the Principality of Vladimir began to make preparations.

A loyal man who wants to overthrow the current Grand Duke Kasef and restore the rule of Prince Theodore.

"The most important city in the Principality of Vladimir is the capital Vladimir, and then there is Moscow, an important town. Moscow is a medium-sized city, but its geographical location is very important." Kasev was in the Mongolian military camp. Tell the Mongolian generals about the situation of Vladimir Principality.

"It's useless. The whole of Ryazan is now under the control of the Mongols. My father is also dead. We, we Riazan are finished. You, you can escape for your lives! Don't worry about me." Prince Theodore said. .

What you have to do is tell them how terrifying the Mongols are. They are different from the previous nomads. Their purpose in coming to our country is not to just plunder some items, but to completely rule and enslave us. "

God! Help me! God, save your people! Where did these devils come from? They, why do they appear in our country? Why does Chu appear on your sacred territory?

"Your Highness, we still have a chance. We still have a chance to take back everything that belongs to you."

"Her Royal Highness the Princess was captured by the enemy, and that night she was spotted by a Mongolian general named Zhang Yong. This man seemed to be a high-ranking member of the Mongolian army. He seemed to want to marry the princess," the guard said.

They arranged for several soldiers loyal to the former Ryazan Grand Duke Yuri to successfully break into the prison and then rescued the little prince Theodore.

"Haha! It's just you, plus me? We only have about ten people. We can attack the Mongolian army at most, and then we will be killed by them soon."

"There's no need to go to such trouble. Let's lead the troops to Vladimir's capital first. I will go and join you after capturing these two cities." Zhang Yong said.

These dozen warriors were specially arranged by Zhang Yong. The role they played was that they were unwilling to accept Mongolian rule.

Five days later, the Mongolian army wiped out the Murom Principality, a subsidiary principality next to Ryazan. After that, the army gathered and attacked the Vladimir Principality in a mighty manner.

Before Liang Zen was defeated, he also went out to move reinforcements. He should be on his way back now. We will meet him first, and then find a way to persuade the other Grand Dukes of Russia. Prince Theodore said.

But no matter how angry I am, what can I do? Go back and fight for the Mongols, and then die in their hands. Is it all over? Other than that, I can't seem to do anything!

Is it necessary to besiege the Kolomna Fortress? There is no need at all, there are not a few stone walls in the entire Rus.

"Prince, you must cheer up and never lose hope. You are the last successor of our Ryazan Principality." After rescuing the little prince Theodore, everyone fled into a woods. A guard shook the prince. Theodore spoke.

Obviously, His Highness the Prince is completely desperate now. Liang Zan, whom he was so proud of, was attacked by the Mongols in one day. His father died heroically in battle, and he himself was captured by the Mongols. What kind of thing is this?

The group of soldiers who rescued Prince Theodore looked at each other, this is not okay! Your Highness, you still have to go to the Rus’ countries to bring in reinforcements! Our prosperity and wealth depend on you.

Their first target was the Kievan Rus' Principality, the most powerful among the Rus' principalities. The group headed to the city of Kiev, the mother of all cities in Rus'.

Zhang Yong spent a lot of money to hire them to perform this scene.

"Damn it! Damn it! I am such a useless guy. My country is gone, my father is dead, and my wife was snatched away by the enemy." Prince Theodore beat the ground hard, his eyes streaming. Full of tears, he spoke.

The leading Ross guard came to Prince Theodore and planned to start speaking according to Zhang Yong's instructions.

The power of one or two companies is indeed weak, but if we unite together and the whole of Russia unites, we will definitely win.

"You, you mean to ask for help from these countries?" Prince Theodore asked.

correct! That's it, Your Highness, you have to rekindle your hope.

Although Southern Rus is stronger and Northern Rus is weaker, the Principality of Vladimir is an exception.

Before that, Zhang Yong secretly found an opportunity to make the prison guard a little negligent.

A total of more than 3,000 troops were gathered here, but they defended to the death.

"Your Highness, you still have a chance. We, the Rus' Kingdom, and other countries also have the powerful Principality of Kievan Rus, the powerful Principality of Vladimir, the Principality of Novgorod, and the Principality of Minsk. As long as we screw people unite together, we will definitely be able to defeat these Mongols." The guard said.

"What! Eupracia, what happened to her?"

According to the intelligence received by himself and others, the only giant city made of stone is Kiev, and such a wooden city wall only needs a few explosive packets to explode a huge incision. After a gap appears in the city and the Mongolian army rushes in, the outcome has nothing to do with the defenders inside.

Such a small town, as long as I get there and launch an attack, I can capture it on the same day.

"Okay! Then let's walk slower on the road. Master Military Advisor, you have to catch up quickly. We have left you an army of 50,000. Do you think it is enough?" Batu said.

"That's enough. You go on your way first. If I will be here soon, it will take a few days at most." Zhang Yong said.

After everyone discussed the battle plan, Batu, Subotai and others led the main Mongolian army to Vladimir City. Zhang Yong began to besiege the city of Kromna, and by the way sent an army of 5,000 people to attack Moscow under the leadership of Chatuhua.

The famous Moscow is now just an ordinary small city. Although its geographical location is very good, it is not actually an important city in the Principality of Vladimir. The garrison here is probably less than a thousand people.

After the army left, Zhang Yong ordered the war to begin and launched an attack on the Kromna Fortress that night.

The huge trebuchet projected explosive charges, and with a loud boom, a huge hole was blown open in the solid wooden fortress that the Russians were proud of.

What happened after that was simple. The Mongolian army rushed into the city and began to massacre the resisting troops.

A part of the Russian army chose to surrender, and Zhang Yong handed over all the surrendered troops to the management of Grand Duke Kasev.

Then, Zhang Yong led the remaining troops and began to drive towards the city of Vladimir. There were 5,000 troops led by Cha Tuohua in Moscow, so he didn't need to take care of them at all.

After marching for five days, several messengers escorted a special prisoner to Zhang Yong's military camp and told Zhang Yong that Moscow had been captured by Chatuohua.

After receiving the news, Zhang Yong immediately ordered Cha Tuohua not to come over to join him.

Instead, they continued to capture the lands of other Principalities of Vladimir and moved towards Tver.

At this time in the city of Vladimir, Grand Duke Vladimir was very worried. Half a month ago, he was still laughing at Grand Duke Ryazan, laughing at the fact that he was about to die soon.

They were not even willing to send reinforcements to him, but no one expected the result.

The Principality of Ryazan was actually destroyed by the other party in just a few days, and their next target turned out to be themselves, not the Principality of Cherniv next to it.

I heard that Prince Theodore had passed through the Principality of Chernigov and headed to the Principality of Kievan Rus.

He was planning to unite with the troops from South Ross to form a coalition. He just had to bite the bullet and find a way to hold on.

As long as he can hold on for a period of time and the army of Southern Rus gathers together, he can unite the Principality of Novgorod, the Principality of Rostov, and the Principality of Roslava to send troops to attack Mongolia.

At this time, there was panic in the city of Vladimir. The neighboring country Ryazan was destroyed, which frightened the people in the city.

Many people began to pack their luggage and planned to flee Vladimir City overnight. No matter where they fled, they just needed to leave here.

Moreover, not only the civilians were planning to flee, but many nobles in the city were also planning to flee at this moment.

“My people, my nobles, now is the time when the country’s survival is at stake, and I need you to unite, think about it.

If strong walls cannot protect you, then where else can protect you?

If you are in the wild, you will only die. Stay in the city and participate in defending the city. Only by holding the city together can we have hope. " Grand Duke Vladimir Yuri II stood on the city tower and said to the people below.

"But Grand Duke, the cities of the Ryazan Principality are not much worse than ours, but their city didn't even last a day before it was captured."

"It is said that the Mongols are so cruel that staying in the city will lead to death."

Vladimir said openly. : "So, are you just going to leave? Then, you go! I will open the city gate immediately.

Let you leave, it is a cold winter now, you just need to leave the city.

Maybe the Mongols don't even need to take action. The harsh winter outside will freeze you into ice sculptures.

Then each of you will be dragged into the cave by the wild wolves and become their food. "

"Grand Duke, what do you mean?" a noble asked.

"All of you must stay and participate in the defense of the city. All women are responsible for cooking and delivering supplies.

All men must take up arms and strengthen the city walls to resist the Mongols.

As long as we unite, we can definitely defend the city.

From now on, all the blacksmiths in the city began to make weapons, armor and arrows overnight. "Vladimir said openly.

"There are tens of thousands of men in the city. We have a tall city wall as a shield. When the Mongols finish eating their food, they will leave." A noble said.

"Don't you understand yet? The Mongols have no intention of leaving at all. They intend to completely destroy us." Another noble said.

"Everyone, be quiet. I will arrange for my son to be the guardian of the city, and I will carry a large amount of gold and silver treasures to the west, Hungary, Poland, or Novgorod, and then ask for reinforcements.

If they don't send reinforcements, I will use the money to hire a local army to come back and fight.

What you have to do is to guard our city until I come back. " Grand Duke Vladimir Yuri II said.

He already knew the news that Kolomna Fortress and Moscow had been captured. He had sent his two sons to garrison there before, and the eldest son was stationed at Kolomna Fortress.

The younger son was stationed in Moscow, and when Kolomna was captured, the eldest son fought his way back and escaped.

But the younger son is not so lucky, and he doesn’t know what his current situation is.

"Grand Duke, you, you won't run away, will you?" an ordinary citizen said.

"Am I that kind of person? I left my eldest son to guard the city, and my second son's life or death is still uncertain.

I left my wife in the city while I went to move reinforcements for you. How dare you doubt me? "Grand Duke Vladimir's expression changed and he spoke very angrily.

If I run away, why don't I take my son and wife with me?

He really wanted to move back to recruit troops, and even if he couldn't move back to recruit troops, he used money to recruit a group of mercenaries to come back and fight.

Everyone was right. If the Grand Duke really ran away, why didn't he take his wife and son with him, but arranged for them to stay in the city to defend it?

"And let me tell you some good news. The prince of the Ryazan Principality is not dead. Prince Theodore is leading the remaining forces of Ryazan to South Rus to form a coalition army.

As long as you hold on, even if I can't bring reinforcements, the reinforcements from South Russia will come to attack the Mongols. " Grand Duke Vladimir Yuri II said.

This sentence caused some minor commotion. If the South Screw side can unite. If Novgorod in the north sends reinforcements, they will indeed have a chance to make a comeback.

"Don't worry, Grand Duke, we will definitely defend the city and fight the Mongols to the end." Everyone said.

"Fight bloody to the end, fight bloody to the end!" For a moment, the crowd in the city was excited, and the morale was boosted by the Grand Duke.

After appeasing the people in the city, Grand Duke Vladimir, with hundreds of men and a large amount of property, left the city of Vladimir in a mighty manner and headed towards the west.

Five days after the Grand Duke left, the Mongol army finally gathered under the city of Vladimir.

Zhang Yong led his army to join Batu and others, and at the same time handed a special prisoner to Batu, the second prince of Grand Duke Vladimir.

(End of this chapter)