The Ming Dynasty began from Sarhu

Chapter 870 Peter the Great's Concerns

In the early summer of the fourth year of Tianshou, Jiang Bailing led 5,000 Qi troops and vassal troops from Korea, Japan, Ryukyu and other countries, totaling 20,000 troops, landed in the west of the Tatar Strait, and advanced all the way to the hinterland of the North Sea.

Peter the Great, caught up in the conflicts among Western European nations, was deeply shocked by Qi's betrayal of Luosha.

It should be noted that just four years ago when Emperor Guangde was in power, Qi and Luosha were friendly allies with unlimited cooperation.

I didn’t expect that Queen Tianshou would attack her allies soon after ascending the throne!

Tianxin City’s treacherous act angered the entire Luosha Kingdom.

In early June, Ambassador Rosacea visited Kang Guangxu again.

He warned Qi that the bottom line of Rakshasa was the west coast of Kuyi Island.

Although Rakshasa has a vast territory, there is not an inch of redundant land!

Anyone who dares to infringe upon the territory of Rakshasa will be severely punished.

If Qi State refuses to repent and continues to go further and further down the wrong path, the final result will inevitably be that it will shoot itself in the foot, and Queen Tianshou and her subjects will suffer a devastating blow.

However, Kang Guangxu looked calm and composed.

"Da Qi has the power to declare war, and no one can deprive it of this power."

The rosaceous-nosed envoy continued his threat, "As far as I know, many Qi officials and their families have settled in Moscow and St. Petersburg, under the protection of the Emperor. Aren't you afraid that these people will be in danger if you declare war on our country?"

Kang Guangxu laughed out loud as if he had heard a very good joke:

"Most of the people who immigrated to your country were corrupt officials. Back then, Emperor Guangde was kind and didn't impose a departure tax, turning a blind eye to these people. But things are different now!"

"Now that Great Qi is severely punishing corruption, officials' assets must be made public annually! Please purge these scumbags from your country as soon as possible. Her Majesty the Queen and I will be deeply grateful!"

The Rakshasa messenger said angrily:

"Since you're courting your own destruction! Don't blame me for not warning you. Once the war begins, the brave and fearless Cossack cavalry will sweep across Sakhalin Island in one hour and twenty-two minutes! You know what a cavalry torrent is!"

Kang Guangxu said neither humbly nor arrogantly:

"Then let's wait and see!"

"Humph!"

The Rakshasa messenger rubbed his red nose and walked away.

Tianxin City ignored Peter the Great's act of drawing a red line.

Of course, Queen Divine has the capital to ignore it.

When the Rakshasa residents living in the western part of Kuyi Island heard that the Qi army was approaching, they fled without any resistance.

Jiang Bailing led the army to carry out the plan quite smoothly.

As for the cavalry force that Peter the Great had high hopes for, its performance was mediocre.

At the end of June, a Cossack cavalry that came to the rescue attempted to attack the Qi army from the flank, but was immediately defeated by heavy artillery fire.

The Cossacks fled in panic, leaving behind hundreds of dead bodies.

After defeating the Cossack cavalry attack, the Qi army encountered no more resistance.

Russia's rule in the Far East was about to collapse, and Peter the Great had to urgently draw a new red line.

The bottom line of the Rakshasa Kingdom is west of the west coast. Although the Rakshasa Kingdom has a vast territory, it does not have an inch of extra land.

Anyone who dared to infringe upon the territory of the Russian Empire would be severely punished. While the Russians were cheering Peter the Great's might, the Qi army continued to advance westward, wantonly trampling on the red line drawn by the Great.

Such an overreaching action brought shame to Peter the Great, a great leader who was both talented in literature and martial arts and very handsome.

However, the main force of the Rakshasa army is trapped in the battlefield in Western Europe and it is difficult to transfer it to the Far East in a short time.

Therefore, the emperor could only helplessly draw red lines on the map.

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Moscow.

Palace meeting hall.

Thirty-six-year-old Peter the Great was tall, graceful, and dignified. He had bright eyes and a firm and resolute temperament, making him suitable for all kinds of training and competent for all kinds of work.

This is what outsiders say about Peter the Great.

In 1684, when Peter was 12 years old, a German physician recorded:

As I was about to kiss Peter's right hand, he half-opened his mouth, gave me a friendly, affectionate glance, and immediately held out his hand. Meanwhile, Tsar Ivan had to be held by the hand. He was clearly a handsome boy, and his abilities were evident in his temperament. He was handsome, and everyone who met him loved him. Even at a young age, he possessed a brilliant mind, and you won't find anyone with his intelligence.

The Dutch ambassador of the same period, Van Keller, wrote enthusiastically in 1685:
The young Tsar was now thirteen years old. He was blessed with the most extraordinary gifts of nature: tall and graceful. He had grown noticeably, becoming increasingly intelligent and understanding, earning the affection and love of all. He possessed a particular fascination with military matters, and we could predict that when he reached the legal age, he would become a fearless hero.

He was raised in ignorance, an ignorance that filled him with shame. He learned German and Dutch almost without instruction, becoming proficient in both languages. He considered the Germans and Dutch the most civilized and cultured peoples, as the former had already practiced in Moscow some of the skills he hoped to foster in his empire, while the latter were skilled in navigation, a skill he considered most indispensable.

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Marshal Vasily, who had just returned from Hungary, brought the latest battle reports from the front.

"The King of England refuses to accept your peace plan. He has made it clear that this conflict cannot be ended and that he will fight until the last British man remains."

This conflict refers to the war between Russia and the British and French forces in Austria. The war had been going on for two years and both sides had suffered more than 100,000 casualties. Peter the Great habitually called it a conflict.

Peter the Great was furious, as he had offered the British sufficiently favorable terms.

Why did the British continue to fight to the bitter end? What were they fighting for? Did they really want all the British to die?
"Didn't you tell the British that we only want half of Hungary's territory now?"

General Vasily said quickly, "Your Majesty, I told you."

"But the British replied, demanding Your Majesty's immediate and unconditional withdrawal from Hungary. The French said they would punish the war criminals. They demanded reparations from our country and that Your Majesty be taken to Paris, where King Louis has prepared a guillotine for you."

"guillotine?"

The guillotine was a new torture device invented by King Louis. Peter the Great had never heard of it. He was shocked and curious.

General Vasily explained, "It's a brand new torture device. The prisoner only needs to place his head on the chopping board, with the axe suspended in the air. The executioner triggers the mechanism, and the blade whizzes down. The prisoner doesn't feel any pain, and his head is chopped off."

"You haven't been chopped before, so how do you know there's no pain?"

Vasily was speechless.

Realizing that his enemies wanted him dead, Peter the Great became angry again.

"It is God's business to forgive King George, and I will send him to see God!"

Vasily said anxiously:

"It's just that our troops are insufficient, and now the Tatars in the east are beginning to take advantage of our misfortune."

Peter the Great and his subjects used to call Qi Tatar and the Qi people barbaric Tatars.

Of course, these are all private titles.

"Damn the Queen of Tartar, why didn't she choke to death on her tea!"

(End of this chapter)