"Dear brother, people from the Principality of Nizhny Novgorod have contacted us many times and want us to marry them together. Should we agree?" Angelica, the Queen Mother of the Principality of Moscow, asked her brother.
The Principality of Moscow and the Principality of Nizhny Novgorod, as the two most powerful countries among the Slavs, are full of competition and constant necessary exchanges with each other.
Now everyone has seen the weakness of the Golden Horde, so it is in the interest of all Slavs to unite against the Golden Horde.
Grand Duke Dmitry Vasilyevich of the Nizhny Novgorod Principality sent people to the Moscow Principality many times to request marriage, so as to establish an alliance full of trust between the two parties.
The Grand Duke of Moscow is too young, so of course it is impossible for him to get married.
The object of Vasilyevich's proposal was Angelika, known as the beauty of Moscow.
"Of course we cannot agree to the request of the Shalovgorod Principality! They are all a bunch of wild wolves who always want to annex our Moscow Principality. If you marry Dmitry Vasilyevich, then he will also get
The inheritance rights of the Principality of Moscow are too dangerous for Dmitry Ivanovich!"
The Grand Duke of Moscow and the Grand Duke of Nizhny Novgorod, both of whom were named Dmitry.
It's just that one of their patronymic names is Vasilyevich and the other is Ivanovich.
The current Nizhny Novgorod Principality is stronger than the Moscow Principality. If the two families get married, Angelica marrying Dmitri Vasilyevich will not be conducive to the development of the Moscow Principality.
After Angelica and Yin Fan came up with an idea, they decided to let the Principality of Moscow, along with many Slavic countries, continue to put pressure on the Golden Horde until the Golden Horde agreed to their requests for lower tax burdens and supplies.
The Slavs' resistance methods were limited to this, and they did not dare to really raise troops to fight against South Korea who entered Tibet.
The news that the Golden Horde suffered a serious defeat not only spread widely in the territory of the Slavs, but also quickly spread to Poland, Lithuania, Bulgaria and other places.
These countries all covet the vast, fertile, yet wild and backward Slavic plains.
But they did not dare to provoke the powerful Golden Horde before.
Now, I heard that the tiger of the Golden Horde had been seriously weakened, and it started to make moves again.
At least an army of more than 200,000 people began to gradually gather. Once news of the Golden Horde's continued failure and decline came, they would not hesitate to launch an attack on these Slavic countries to seize territory and population.
After three full days of consideration and deliberation, Wang Baobao and his generals and officials finally decided that the final strategy was to launch an all-out attack like the Golden Horde in the West.
Not only must we defeat the Golden Horde, we must also destroy them and completely replace them.
Wang Baobao and his generals had made up their mind to convert all of them to Orthodox Christianity as soon as they captured the city of Bergosa.
And in order to gain a noble and lofty status for myself.
Wang Baobao also found an excellent allusion from the Orthodox Bible based on his diligent study these days, which can be applied to Mongolians like himself.
It is recorded in the Orthodox Bible that when Jesus, the spokesman of God, was just born, three sages from the East gave Jesus gifts and blessings, and bestowed Jesus with innate wisdom. After doing this, these three wise men
An Eastern sage once again took off his clothes and went to hide his merit and fame.
Therefore, the origin of Wang Baobao's identity was related to these three Eastern sages.
One of the sages is the ancestor of the Great Mongols and the incarnation of Changshengtian.
The other sage is Lao Tzu from the land of China. The other one is Confucius, the representative of Confucianism.
As for the fact that Laozi, Confucius and Jesus were born four to five hundred years apart, there is no need to pay attention to it.
The Bible is filled with such loopholes from beginning to end, yet not all people believe it.
Therefore, as a descendant of the Three Eastern Sages, it is most appropriate for Wang Baobao to convert to Orthodox Christianity.
Wang Baobao's deception directly proves the close and long-standing connection between Mongolia and Christianity.
Since Naurus of the Golden Horde has launched a holy war to the east.
Well, now Wang Baobao has also followed suit and launched a holy war against the Golden Horde in the West as an Orthodox Christian.
Wang Baobao, the Grand Master of the Yuan Dynasty and a pioneer of Christianity, was the first to convert to Orthodox Christianity and received baptism.
And a brand new flag was formulated, because it was the symbol of the Yuan Dynasty.
Dayuan belongs to the gold family, so this flag is dominated by golden color.
A cross with a black border and a white background is embroidered on it, symbolizing the gray wolf and white deer in Mongolian legend.
The white cross on gold became the symbol of Mongolia after it converted to Orthodox Christianity.
However, large-scale conversion to Orthodox Christianity requires the presence of the archbishop to conduct some ceremonies and certifications.
So now only Wang Baobao has made a personal conversion under Andre's witness.
After the Golden Horde captured Bergosa, all the people could be converted.
but.
They can put out this flag with a gold background and a black border and a white cross first.
"Holy War! Golden Crusade to the West!"
Now the Yuan Dynasty launched a holy war against the Golden Horde!
This is the war cry!
The mighty Yuan Dynasty army swept from the Hezhong area to the Kipchak grassland in the north.
The various tribes along the way did not dare to block this powerful army. Occasionally, some loyal troops of the Golden Horde tried to resist, but they were all turned into corpses by the artillery and charges of the Mongolian and Yuan troops.
In less than two months, the Mongol army of the Yuan Dynasty crossed from the Hezhong area across the eastern part of the Kipchak Grassland and arrived at the banks of the Volga River.
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"Master, right ahead is Salai City."
Andrei Vasilyevich, wearing a Mongolian robe, pointed ahead and explained the terrain ahead to Wang Baobao.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Wang Baobao looked up and saw a looming city in the distance, appearing on the other side of the Volga River.
Now they are still too far away, and they can only see a rough outline, but they cannot see the style of the capital of the Golden Horde at a glance.
However, Wang Baobao believed that it would not take long for Bergosa to completely surrender to his feet.
All he needs to do now is to cross the Volga River and defeat the last army of the Golden Horde on the other side of the river.
In fact, the Golden Horde no longer had much strength to struggle.
Instead, because Wang Baobao converted to Orthodox Christianity, this news spread to the Golden Horde, causing panic among many Tianfang believers.
Wang Baobao had massacred Tianfang believers in the Hezhong area, which aroused the disgust and hatred of many Muslims.
Originally, there were still many people who hoped that the conqueror of the East would choose to believe in the teachings of Allah at a critical moment.
But now Wang Baobao has converted to Orthodox Christianity and has become a full-fledged pagan, completely killing the last vestiges of illusion among the Muslims of the Golden Horde.
In this case, the Golden Horde immediately took advantage of this panic, mobilized a large number of Tianfang believers, rejoined their own army, and gathered outside the city of Bergosa. There were almost 100,000 troops, all of whom were composed of pious believers.
It is composed of Tianfang believers.
Many are jihadists from Anatolia, Georgia, and the southern Caucasus Mountains.
Everyone wants to wait and see on the west bank of the Volga River to defeat these Eastern Mongols holding high the cross.
The wishful thinking of Naurus, the Khan of the Golden Horde, was to attack halfway across the border.
Let the vanguard of Wang Baobao's Mongolian Yuan army cross the Volga River first. When half the number of troops have crossed, the entire army will immediately attack and defeat the vanguard on the west bank of the Volga River. The remaining Mongolian Yuan army will inevitably be completely defeated.
A victory that saves the fate of the Golden Horde can be firmly held in his hands.
But Wang Bao is a veteran on the battlefield.
In particular, he has a lot of experience fighting against the Red Scarf Army and the Ming Army, and it is impossible not to see the machinations of Navurus.
However, Wang Baobao also decided to take advantage of the situation.
Since the enemy planned to attack halfway across the river, he took the initiative to slip into this trap and sent his most elite Janissary infantry and artillery across the river first, using a small number of troops to build a solid defense line on the west bank of the Volga River to give the Golden Horde
The army comes to a center to bloom.
However, this decision carries great risks.
According to the estimates of Wang Baobao and his generals, when they cross 20,000 to 30,000 people, the Golden Horde army will immediately launch an attack.
In such a short time, not only did they have to cross the river by 20,000 to 30,000 people, but they also had to establish a strong defensive position on the other side of the Volga River.
In any case, it is a very arduous task. However, now the arrow is on the string and must be fired!
Wang Baobao and his Meng Yuan generals had no choice.
Everyone was very energetic. At this moment, Wang Baobao suddenly had an idea and remembered a formation put up by Liu Yu, the famous Emperor Wu of Song Dynasty in history.
That is the Queyue Formation.
Wang Baobao immediately ordered that all the carts, spears, muskets, and artillery in the army be concentrated on the forward troops crossing the river.
Two days later.
On a sunny morning.
With the Volga River as the boundary, the two sides put up a posture ready for war at any time.
Wang Baobao personally led the Mongolian and Yuan army forward and began to cross the river at a ford.
They collected and made many rafts and wooden boats, and then used these rafts and wooden boats to build a simple pontoon bridge on the river to pass the light infantry.
After spending half a day, approximately 10,000 Mongolian troops arrived on the west bank of the Volga River.
At this time, Naurus Khan of the Golden Horde showed a smile of successful conspiracy on his face.
In his opinion, the Mongolian Yuan army only has one-tenth of its own strength on the west bank of the Volga River. When the entire army comes forward, they can be driven into the river to feed the fish. The remaining Mongolian Yuan army will inevitably trample on each other.
Defeated and fled.
After Wang Baobao commanded the army to arrive on the west bank of the Volga River, he immediately arranged all the carts and spears in a semicircular formation.
The carts are stacked sideways, end to end.
The spears and horses were stuck in the gap between the carts, deeply embedded in the soil.
Many Mongolian and Yuan soldiers armed with bows, arrows and muskets stood on carriages, using the carriages as cover, ready to launch defensive counterattacks at any time.
Because the Mongols' shipbuilding and pontoon erection skills were too poor, the artillery that Wang Baobao valued most was too heavy to be transported, so only a dozen extremely lightweight small artillery pieces were transported.
but.
It is precisely because of these small artillery and the addition of a batch of muskets that this copycat version of Queyue Formation is more powerful.
The bumpkins from the Golden Horde have never heard of Liu Yu, let alone Queyue Formation.
For a moment, I didn't see the power of this formation. I just felt that with a row of thin spears and carriages, there was no way to stop the charge of their 100,000-strong army.
Following the order of Navolus Khan, after the Mongolian army crossed the Volga River with 20,000 people, the troops of the Golden Horde launched a large-scale charge.
The roaring cavalry rushed toward Wang Baobao's army like a black tide.
Wang Baobao was calm and composed, standing in the center of the formation.
Following an order, when the Golden Horde army entered the firing range, the artillery of the Mongolian and Yuan army opened fire collectively between the gaps in the carriages.
The iron particles spurted out, like a heavy rain, sweeping across thousands of troops!
The cavalry of the Golden Horde let out a shrill wail and fell to the ground, allowing the friendly forces behind them to trample them into puddles of flesh and blood.
The casualties caused by a dozen small artillery pieces were far from being able to hinder the charge of tens of thousands of troops.
When the troops of the Golden Horde rushed to Queyue Formation, the muskets of the Mongolian and Yuan troops began to fire.
These heavy muskets fired projectiles the size of broad beans.
With such a large projectile, let alone the chainmail armor commonly equipped by the Golden Horde cavalry, even with two layers of armor, it still could not withstand the bombardment of such muskets.
Moreover, the infantry combat effectiveness of the Mongolian and Yuan army was also quite strong. They withstood the charge of the Golden Horde army.
The two sides soon started fighting on the front, and the Mongolian and Yuan troops had the upper hand with their excellent equipment and good combat skills.
Later, Navrus gradually realized that his wishful thinking had failed.
The Golden Horde army, which had several times the strength advantage, was unable to break through this thin line of defense.
Navrus was greatly anxious and panicked.
This reminded him of the failure he had experienced not long ago.
At that time, the Mongolian and Yuan armies also looked weak, as if they were about to collapse in a sudden attack, but the army of the Golden Horde suffered a huge defeat.
Now the previous tragedy is about to be repeated, and Navurus naturally cannot allow this to happen again.
He shouted loudly, took out the sword in his hand, shouted loudly towards the front, led his own soldiers, leaped forward on horseback and personally participated in supervising the battle.
Under the supervision of the Khan of Navrusk and the inspiration of God, the troops of the Golden Horde showed unprecedented courage and tenacity.
They withstood heavy casualties and continued to launch round after round of attacks on the Mongolian and Yuan fronts in front. During this process, the Mongolian and Yuan troops still used pontoons and rafts to transport soldiers across the Volga River.
But the speed was too slow, and it gradually couldn't keep up with the losses on the front.
The Queyue Formation deployed by the Mongolian and Yuan troops gradually showed signs of being unable to hold up. Faced with this situation, Wang Baobao became even calmer. He looked around and tried to find loopholes in the Golden Horde army.
At this time, he suddenly discovered that behind the melee troops of the Golden Horde, Wang Baobao saw a huge crescent flag.
That is the flag of the Khan of Naurus.
There is also a huge Sulu ingot next to the crescent flag.