The Ming Dynasty did not revolutionize

Chapter 368 The End of Russia

Napoleon's vanguard troops did not stop after occupying Kovrov, but immediately organized the troops to continue attacking eastwards.

The immediate purpose was not to capture Russian Tsar Alexander but to open up a route to the main channel of the Volga River.

So in Vladimir and the surrounding areas, Davut directed the collection and assembly of a large number of makeshift inland vessels.

Gasoline engines and propellers were installed on old ships and small boats, and some troops were carried downstream to join the main channel of the Volga River.

At the same time, after Cui Guodong's troops in the Southern War Zone occupied Tsaritsyn, they also organized an inland fleet in Tsaritsyn to go upstream along the Volga River.

The two armies quickly captured the Russian strongholds along the Volga River and met on the river bank not far downstream from Kazan.

The Ming army used the Volga River as the border and tore apart Russia's inland core area again.

Another force in the Southern Theater of Operations followed the Volga River into the Caspian Sea, completely cutting off communication between the Russian interior and the Caucasus region.

After hearing the news from behind, Russian Tsar Alexander fled eastward in despair.

He ran all the way out of the Volga River area and directly to Yekaterinburg in the Ural Mountains.

Alexander had thought he would never actually reach this mountain city.

After arriving in Yekaterinburg, Alexander gave up completely and finally decided not to run away anymore because he felt he had nowhere else to escape.

Because Alexander received new news from the East in Yekaterinburg.

On the battlefields in eastern Russia and northern Shun State, the Ming army led by Yang Yuchun used river transportation to advance rapidly and had occupied the Ob River basin and the land to the east.

Russia's eastern Siberia region has completely lost contact.

Alexander was completely decadent and no longer cared about or handled government affairs. There was nothing that needed his attention.

He spent his days drinking in the castle in Yekaterinburg, waiting for the Ming army to capture him.

Throughout the 23rd year of Tiangong, except for the Indian war zone, the Ming army in several other battlefields was engaged in large-scale attack and conquest.

When winter came again, the Russian Tsar and the central court, who had been on the run, could only maintain communication and control the Ural Mountains.

Although, the Ming army has not yet completely occupied other areas, let alone directly ruled them.

For example, the inland of the Caucasus Mountains, the large plain inland areas of southeastern Europe, and the large jungle wilderness areas to the north of Moscow.

However, the strategic locations and transportation hubs in Russia's interior, especially the main inland waterways and ports, have now been occupied and controlled by the Ming army.

All of Russia's remaining local institutions had been divided and isolated by the Ming occupation forces, and it was only a matter of time before they were directly taken over by the Ming army.

On the other hand, most of the Ottoman local institutions had been taken over and controlled by the Ming army.

A small number of local officials and military officers believed that there were problems with the signature on the order nominally issued by the Sultan, and refused to accept the order and continued to fight against the Ming army.

But they were immediately defeated by the Ming army and had to flee to the more remote Persian Plateau.

Of course the Ming army in the Tianfang war zone chased after them without hesitation.

The war finally spread to Persia.

Only in India, the battle line barely moved in the twenty-third year of Tiangong, but the situation in the interior of India was even worse.

The loss of manpower in Shun State far exceeded that in all other battlefields.

In the winter of the 23rd year of Tiangong, the armies on various battlefields once again entered a state of rest and recuperation. After the beginning of the 24th year of Tiangong, a new round of military operations began again.

Yang Yuchun's Central Asian Theater Corps and Napoleon's Eastern European Theater Corps each sent out their main vanguard troops.

Rushing towards the Urals from both the east and west, attacking the last territory controlled by Russia.

In the midsummer of the 24th year of Tiangong, Yang Yuchun's troops from the east were the first to enter Yekaterinburg.

Russian Tsar Alexander did not continue to escape. Instead, he changed into the Russian Tsar's dress and waited for the Ming army in the castle's hall.

Alexander even leisurely held the wine glass and tasted the local upgraded red wine which was higher than the basic one.

He was prepared to surrender gracefully after the Ming army broke in.

Alexander knew that the Ming army was strictly disciplined and would not rob or kill people at will, nor would they abuse prisoners.

As the king of a country, I will definitely get enough respect.

In the past two years, Alexander has also studied the history of Shenzhou, especially the history of the kings who lost their country.

Considering the character of the current Ming emperor, Alexander felt that he would most likely be given an empty title and placed under house arrest in a manor in the Ming capital.

Although they certainly have no rights and their personal freedom will be strictly restricted, their living standards are usually not too bad.

As long as you don't consider rebellion, you will most likely be able to live the rest of your life in peace.

However, Alexander's understanding of Shenzhou culture was obviously not deep enough, and he did not know that some generals would deliberately do something out of line at certain times.

When the Ming Dynasty's vanguard soldiers occupied Yekaterinburg, the grassroots officers and soldiers did not do anything to Alexander.

They simply took control of Alexander's servants and guards and took over the castle where Alexander and his family lived.

Alexander continued to live in the manor with peace of mind, waiting for higher-ranking officers from the Ming Dynasty to come and deal with him.

Three days later, Yang Yuchun, governor of the Ming Dynasty's Western Region War Zone, came to Yekaterinburg in person.

After Yang Yuchun confirmed Alexander's identity, Alexander smiled and raised his glass to greet Yang Yuchun.

Yang Yuchun ignored Alexander's call and gave a strange order with a blank expression.

Yang Yuchun ordered the soldiers to strip Alexander naked, tie his hands and feet and hang him up.

Yang Yuchun's guards and the soldiers in the castle hall were a little confused when they heard the order.

The soldiers hesitated for a moment, and the captain of the guard subconsciously went to Yang Yuchun to confirm whether the order was correct.

Yang Yuchun repeated his order very seriously and asked the guards to follow his orders immediately.

Although the soldiers still had doubts, since the order itself was confirmed to be correct, they could only go to work with doubts.

Two men went up and grabbed Alexander, two of them immediately began to strip him of his clothes, while the other two guards went to find ropes and sticks.

The most surprised person at the scene was Alexander himself. He can now understand most Chinese.

The content of the conversation between Yang Yuchun and the soldiers shocked him. He was now more shocked and confused than the famous soldiers around him.

Facing the soldiers' actions, Alexander struggled and resisted, while howling loudly and questioning:

"What are you doing? Stop it now. I am Alexander, the Tsar of Russia. What are you doing as a general of the Ming Dynasty? What are you going to do to me?"

But these questions were completely useless. The title of Russian Tsar had no deterrent effect on the Ming soldiers. Instead, it might arouse their brutality.

Yang Yuchun's face was no longer tense. He looked at the struggling Tsar Alexander and said calmly:
"I have never seen a king as disgusting as you.

"You are incompetent and arrogant. Facing the request and rebuke of the Great Ming Emperor, you arrogantly refused before you understood the situation.

"You are cruel and stupid. After the war started, you witnessed the military strength of the Ming Dynasty and knew that the Russian army could not resist the attack of the Ming Dynasty, but you still insisted on continuing to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

"You let your people die of hunger and cold, but continued to be the enemy of the Ming Dynasty and refused the reasonable conditions granted by the Ming Emperor." You are shameless and cowardly. After choosing to confront the Ming Dynasty, you let your soldiers and people die on the battlefield, while you yourself fled all the way to the rear.

"You yourself refused to stay on the front lines, unwilling to live and die with your soldiers and people.

"When the Ming army came to you, you were still drinking and having fun!

"I will teach you a lesson on behalf of the Emperor of Ming, the army of Ming, and the people of Russia."

While Yang Yuchun was loudly scolding Alexander, the soldiers in front had already stripped Alexander naked, tied his hands and feet, and fastened him to a cross.

Alexander was extremely shocked and stunned at this time. He continued to struggle with all his strength and screamed at the top of his lungs.

He really couldn't accept this reality. This situation had never happened in history, and Alexander didn't know why it happened.

Even his shouting became incoherent. Sometimes he threatened with his status, and sometimes he begged in a low voice.

But Yang Yuchun ignored him, took out his horsewhip and started whipping Alexander hard.

Yang Yuchun used all his strength and whipped Alexander hard. Soon, Alexander's skin was torn and flesh was exposed.

Alexander had been pampered since childhood and had never suffered such a thing.

The intense pain in his flesh made Alexander lose all the energy to think, and he could only howl and beg for mercy:
"Ah... General, please stop hitting me. General, please spare my life... Aa ...

"I am the Tsar of Russia, ah - you can't do this to me, I have gold and silver, I will give you whatever you want -"

"The Ming Emperor will not allow you to treat me like this, and will definitely punish you—"

But Alexander didn't know that what Yang Yuchun wanted now might be some kind of punishment.

Yang Yuchun is fifty-six years old this year. As a military commander, he is still experienced and energetic.

Yang Yuchun had already obtained the title of Marquis during the last European war.

This time the achievement was great enough. They occupied Russia's Siberia region and Shun's Central Asian region, and most importantly, they captured Alexander.

When he returns to his country after the war, there is a high probability that he will be directly granted the title of Duke.

That is the top position for the nobles of other surnames in the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Yuchun felt that the best arrangement would be to go back and be granted the title of Duke of a County, and then when he finally retired and enjoyed his retirement, he would be promoted to the treatment of a Duke of a State according to his qualifications.

He now has no way to conceal his own achievements. If he fails to do a task that should have been completed quickly, the emperor may no longer use him.

Therefore, after completing the task and getting the credit, you can only do something else and make some mistakes, big or small, to offset the loss.

So in the eyes of others, Yang Yuchun suddenly went crazy and deliberately attacked Alexander, the king who lost his country.

Yang Yuchun didn't stop until he was tired of beating Alexander, and he was beaten so hard that he couldn't even scream.

Yang Yuchun asked the military doctor to give Alexander medicine to reduce inflammation, and at the same time gave him opium to relieve pain and refresh his mind, so as not to let him die here.

Then he took a few guards into the back garden of the castle and gathered all of Alexander's family members.

Yang Yuchun asked someone to find Alexander's wife and show her to him.

The Russian Empress, Elizabeth Alexeevna, was a German from the Duchy of Baden. She was twenty-seven years old this year, not old and not ugly.

Yang Yuchun nodded slightly and gave a direct and public order to hold a banquet in the castle and let this woman drink with him.

After drinking a lot of wine, Yang Yuchun said to Elizabeth without any reservation:

"Madam, are you willing to sleep in the same bed with me?"

Elizabeth didn't really want to, but she didn't completely want to either.

Although Yang Yuchun was over 50 years old, as a top general of the Ming Dynasty, he was naturally strong and sturdy.

The Ming Dynasty culture and military force in this world are extremely powerful, and the Ming people have always been viewed as powerful and excellent in the minds of Europeans.

Now Yang Yuchun is still the commander in charge of the war of annihilation of Russia, and he directly captured the Russian Tsar and his family.

Elizabeth now felt that Yang Yuchun had an extremely strong masculine charm.

In addition, these Europeans do not have as strong concepts of family and chastity as the people of China. Even members of the royal family may have mistresses and lovers.

Elizabeth did not feel any strong sense of coercion or fear when she accompanied Yang Yuchun to the banquet.

Now, Elizabeth hesitated for a moment and then agreed to Yang Yuchun's invitation to sleep in the same bed with her.

This time Yang Yuchun was a little surprised, but when he thought of the European concept of shame, he immediately felt relieved and pulled Elizabeth into the room.

That night, Yang Yuchun stayed directly in Yekaterinburg, in the room where Russian Tsar Alexander had slept before, and spent a wonderful night with his queen.

Since Yang Yuchun deliberately allowed the news to spread, these things quickly spread throughout the camp.

Alexander also knew about it when he woke up. He was so shocked and confused that he fell into a state of self-doubt and confusion.

"Why is this happening? Are all the legends false?"

Alexander didn't particularly mind the fact that his wife slept with other men.

The key is that my inherent cognition has been shattered, and at the same time I began to worry about my future destiny, and my previous judgments are no longer useful.

In the next few days, troops from the Eastern European theater also arrived in Yekaterinburg one after another.

The troops on the eastern and western fronts joined forces, and with the Russian Tsar and his entire family captured, Russia disappeared as a country.

Napoleon and Cui Guodong also arrived in Yekaterinburg in the following days, and they soon heard about what Yang Yuchun had done.

Yang Yuchun hosted a banquet in the castle for major generals from all parties, led by Napoleon and Cui Guodong, and also invited Alexander's family to join them.

After three rounds of drinks, Napoleon secretly told Yang Yuchun, who controlled Yekaterinburg, that he wanted to marry one of Tsar Alexander's sisters.

Napoleon said that he wanted her to be his official wife, not a mistress or concubine, but he hoped that Yang Yuchun could provide convenience.

It seemed that he wanted to get on the bus first and buy the ticket later, so he needed to say hello to Yang Yuchun who controlled the city.

Yang Yuchun was shocked when he heard this:
“This… I don’t know what you think, but my advice is don’t do this.

“There are things I can do right now that you can’t.”

Napoleon was stunned for a moment:
"Because you are from the Ming Dynasty and I am European?"

Yang Yuchun shook his head directly:
"Because I only have one identity, that is, a subject of the Great Ming Emperor, and you are the monarch of a semi-independent overseas vassal state.

“If His Majesty is unhappy with what I do, he will directly reprimand and punish me.

"I can even do something wrong on purpose, giving His Majesty a reason to reprimand and punish me, so that He can assign tasks to me with greater confidence.

"But you are different. If you did the same thing, His Majesty would first consider whether he could punish you and whether you would rebel because of being reprimanded.
"Especially you, the King of Poland, want to marry a member of the Russian royal family. Are you eyeing the Russian throne?
"Hasn't His Majesty already reminded you of the wives and concubines of the vassal monarchs? Children of the common people in the Ming Dynasty or your own country are the best choices.

“You should treat His Majesty’s reminders and suggestions as requests.”

After hearing this, Napoleon fell silent and suddenly realized that his understanding of the Ming Dynasty was still not deep enough.

(End of this chapter)