The situation in Western Europe is tense and tense.
The conflicts between England and Spain, the Ming Dynasty, the conflicts between Spain and France competing for the top spot in Europe, and the conflicts between Portugal's expansion in West and North Africa and Spain.
The conflicts between France and Spain in the Mediterranean and Italy; the conflicts between France and the Holy Roman Empire, and the conflicts between the Ming Dynasty and Christendom, dominated by the Holy See.
It can be said that throughout Western Europe, the situation is becoming increasingly tense, and invisible smoke has begun to fill the air.
On the other side is Eastern Europe, on the vast Eastern European plains, and the Tatars are raging on this vast plain.
Outside Ryazan, more than 20,000 Crimean cavalry surrounded the city.
Ryazan City is the capital of the Ryazan Principality. When Batu conquered the west, the first city to conquer was Ryazan City. The Ryazan Principality was a prince enfeoffed by the early Rus in ancient times and a principality entrusted by the Rus in the Middle Ages. It is an authentic state.
Taoist Russian country.
Also because it is inevitably the Crimean Khanate, it has always been one of the targets of the Crimean Khanate's plunder. The Crimean Khanate Tatars used this kind of plunder and captured slaves
This behavior is called the 'harvest of the prairie people', and it is a traditional behavior with a long history.
It is the coldest winter at this time, which is the most difficult time of the year for the prairie people. As before, the prairie people have begun to thresh grass and grain on the vast Slavic steppes.
Outside the city of Ryazan, Sardat was riding on a tall horse. He was the commander-in-chief of the Crimean Khanate's army. There were many people around him, one of whom was a slave in the Crimean Khanate.
Businessman Haji buying and selling.
Haji is considered a golden-domed merchant of the Crimean Khanate. He does not do business for himself, but for the Khan of the Crimean Khanate. He also does business for the great nobles of the Crimean Khanate.
Business.
It specializes in selling slaves captured by the Crimean Khanate to the West Pole Port of the Ming Dynasty in the South Caucasus, and then buys back the goods that everyone needs.
"Haji, I heard that a Slav can be sold for thirty taels of silver in the Ming Dynasty?"
Saldat was riding on his horse, looking at the city of Ryazan in front of him. It was a big city with tens of thousands of people inside. If they could capture all of them and sell them to the Ming Dynasty, it would cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, which would be enough.
Return after purchasing a large amount of supplies.
"Yes, sir~"
"The people of the Ming Dynasty are very rich. With all the money they have, the demand for slaves is very strong. No matter how many slaves they have, they can eat them."
Haji nodded quickly and replied.
"That's good. Send the order. After the city is breached, try to capture as many people as possible. Each person is worth thirty taels of silver, so keep an eye on them."
When Saldat heard this, he immediately nodded with satisfaction.
Life in the Crimean Khanate was actually not easy. The Tatars were nomadic people who only knew how to destroy and were not good at management and production. They mainly made a living by plundering and herding.
In the past, they often plundered the surrounding Slavs, Lithuanians, Poles and Hungarians, and then sold slaves to the Ottoman Empire.
But since the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Ottoman Empire this year, the Crimean Khanate, which had always submitted to the Ottoman Empire, also took the opportunity to break away from the control of the Ottoman Empire.
He turned around and sold the slave to the people of Ming Dynasty, not only because the price offered by people of Ming Dynasty was higher, but more importantly because people of Ming Dynasty could buy everything here. As long as there was money, everything was easy to deal with.
Armor, weapons, gunpowder, artillery, grain, tea, and salt were all sold by the Ming Dynasty, and they could even be transported directly to the Crimean Khanate by ship via the Black Sea.
In the past, a slave sold to the Ottoman Empire only cost five or six gold coins. If converted into Ming currency, it would only cost less than ten taels of silver. But now it can be sold to the Ming people for a high price of thirty taels of silver.
This greatly stimulated the nobles of the Crimean Khanate to rob their neighbors and capture slaves.
Soon, with the sound of trumpets, the Tatars surged up toward Ryazan City like a tide. For a while, the entire Ryazan City turned into a bloody place of fighting.
"Dong dong~"
The artillery purchased from the Ming Dynasty let out bursts of roars, and the cannonballs attacked Ryazan City one after another. The whistling iron balls hit hard and the city walls shook slightly.
The siege city shot out blazing fireballs. The fireballs dragged long tail flames in the sky, fell heavily into the city, and burned rapidly at the point of impact.
Under the city wall, wave after wave of Tatar archers suppressed the defenders above the city. The brave warriors climbed up the city wall through the siege ladders to fight.
However, the Russians in Ryazan City were also very brave. They used bows, arrows, swords, war hammers, shields, etc. to fight fiercely with the Tatars.
It has always been plundered by the Tatars. The Russians also hate the Tatars. They attack Ryazan City almost every year. However, they have rarely been able to break through Ryazan City. There have only been a few times in history where they have broken through Ryazan City and then approached Moscow.
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They are also very familiar with the Tatar routines and have many ways to deal with them.
Long spears kept stabbing at the outcropping Tatars, and pots of hot oil were poured toward the city wall one after another. Stones and rolling logs were all their weapons for counterattack.
Everyone acted very bravely, because they knew that once they were attacked by the Tatars, the Tatars would either slaughter the city or sell them as slaves to some corner of the world.
At this moment, not only men took up weapons to defend their homes, but even women also took up weapons. They were extremely tough, even stronger than men.
"Sir, use explosives to blow open the city gate."
Haji had been watching the battle in Ryazan City. Although the Tatars were very brave and climbed to the top of the city several times, they were quickly defeated by the Slavs. They resisted very tenaciously.
After thinking about it, Haji also suggested to Saldat.
"Is the explosive pack really as useful as you say?"
Saldate asked after thinking for a while.
Explosive packs were a weapon sold to them by the Ming Dynasty. It was said to be extremely powerful and could directly blow up city gates and even city walls. It was a weapon for attacking cities.
"I'm not sure, but it's said that the Ming Dynasty blew up more than a hundred Ottoman Empire cities with explosives. I think it's not for nothing."
"The people of the Ming Dynasty also strongly recommended this kind of thing to me, saying that it would be helpful for us to conquer the Slavic cities, so that we can have more slaves to sell to them."
Haji thought for a while and said uncertainly.
To be honest, attacking a city has not been easy since ancient times, and the city gates have always been the focus of everyone's attacks, so the gates of every city are very strong.
And at critical moments, the city gate will be blocked with stones and exploded with explosives, which seems a bit unbelievable.
"Give it a try~"
Saldat didn't pay attention and ordered.
To be honest, the quality of the things sold to them by the Ming Dynasty was quite good. Whether it was armor, weapons, bows and arrows, etc., they were all very good, which allowed the Crimean Khanate's military strength to grow rapidly.
It was just the first time for him to use the explosive pack, and Daming boasted about it very much.
Soon, a group of Tatars quickly arrived under the city wall of Ryazan City, piled more than a dozen bags of explosives directly under the city gate, lit the fuses, and quickly evacuated.
"Boom~"
I didn't wait too long. With an earth-shaking loud noise, the ground seemed to be shaking slightly, and a billowing cloud of smoke could be clearly seen rising from the city gate.
In the billowing smoke and dust, it seems that the city gate can be seen flying, countless gravels are flying quickly, and the city walls seem to be shaking.
Saldat, Haji and others all opened their eyes wide and stared at the city gate.
I saw that the originally tight city gate completely disappeared and was directly blown to pieces. Even the stones of the single city gate were blown away. The city gate was opened, as alluring as a girl without clothes.
"Come in and kill!"
Saldate excitedly pulled out the scimitar in his hand and roared loudly.
Suddenly, the surrounding Tatars rushed in like a tide.
The gap had been opened, and the Tatars rushed directly into the city of Ryazan. The brave Russians were dumbfounded.
They had never encountered anything like this before. The strong city gate was blown down at once. Looking at the Tatars rushing in, the Slavs knew that it was over.
The battle quickly moved into the city. Without the protection of the city, the Slavs were no match for the Tatars. After more than an hour of fierce fighting, the entire city of Ryazan was completely occupied by the Tatars.
"Haha, it's such a good thing. If I had known about it, I should have used it earlier."
Sardat rode on a tall horse and slowly walked into the city of Ryazan. His eyes began to shine as he watched his men thread the captive Slavs into strings and tie them together.
These are all silver, white and fluffy silver, worth thirty taels of silver per person. If Ryazan City is captured, at least tens of thousands of people can be captured, and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver can be earned this time.
"Sir, I have long said that the Ming Dynasty's explosive packs are very useful. They used this explosive pack to capture more than a hundred Ottoman Empire cities, including the city of Erzinjan."
Haji also had a smile on his face and looked at the captured prisoners. His eyes were filled with money, countless grains, salt, tea, weapons, equipment, etc.
"I'll give these prisoners to you. Hurry up and sell them to the Ming people in exchange for more explosives. I'm going to sweep across this Slavic grassland all the way. I'm going to capture Moscow and turn all the Slavs into slaves."
Saldat couldn't help laughing happily. With the explosive packs, attacking the city became an extremely simple matter.
