Seeing Cheng Yu standing in the tent with a strong back and a strong back, it seemed that he had obtained the true biography of Cheng Xiangwu. Lu Dazhu laughed with admiration and said: "My dear nephew, you don't have to be polite. Please tell everyone quickly. Your handsome father is approaching the war now."
where?"
Seeing Cheng Yu, everyone knew that the reinforcements sent by the imperial court had arrived, but they did not receive the news. Naturally, they were curious about where the reinforcements led by Cheng Xiangwu were now.
After all, the reinforcements from the Grand Duchy of Moscow have joined Andre's remnant army. According to the information obtained by Tan Ma, judging from the opponent's posture, the opponent will raise troops to invade within three days at most. If Cheng Xiangwu is too far away, it will be extremely dangerous.
There is a chance that you will miss this battle.
Cheng Yu straightened his expression, first clasped his fists and saluted the generals, appearing polite, and then slowly said: "My father's army is still about a hundred miles away from here. If nothing happens, it will be gone in three days at most."
Arrived."
In this era, it was almost impossible for a large army to travel hundreds of miles a day, unless it was traveling lightly. Under normal circumstances, a large army would only cover dozens of miles in a day.
It can be said that it is quite difficult for Cheng Xiangwu to lead an army to travel dozens of miles a day. You must know that in this era, there are no feasible roads in this wild land. Everywhere along the way, a pioneer army is needed to clear the way. When encountering a river,
A bridge still needs to be built.
Of course, this is also one of the characteristics of marching in this era. The most important thing is the food and fodder needed by the army. For any army, the most important issue is the food and fodder issue.
Part of the grain and grass under Lu Dazhu's command relied on the difficult transportation of batches by the Ming Dynasty, and a considerable part of it relied on robbing the enemy's hands.
It's just that in this vast and wild area, no one is seen for dozens of miles, so even if you want to eat at the enemy, it is a luxury.
If the army had not defeated the Third Army led by Andre not long ago and intercepted a batch of grain and grass, it would have been a food crisis for the army.
The people Cheng Xiangwu led this time were naturally the elites carefully selected by the Ming Dynasty. After the reform of the military system, if they were not elites, it would be difficult for the soldiers to stay in the army.
Compared with ordinary army marches, elite troops are naturally much faster. Unfortunately, due to the problem of food and grass, even if Cheng Xiangwu is in charge, it is difficult to increase the speed of the army.
Both Lu Dazhu and the generals present had walked all the way. Naturally, they were very familiar with the marching speed of the army in this wild land. Therefore, knowing that Cheng Xiangwu was still more than a hundred miles away, they did not feel that way.
Cheng Yu said three days is a long time.
Lu Dazhu had obviously known this for a long time, and the reason why he asked Cheng Yu to meet with the generals at this time was to boost morale.
After all, when there are reinforcements, everyone is naturally confident. Even if the troops of the Grand Duchy of Moscow arrive in advance, everyone will still have enough confidence to fight them.
As long as the morale does not drop, it will just result in heavy casualties. Although Lu Dazhu and other generals love their soldiers as their own sons, as generals, they are not kind enough to control the soldiers. As long as sacrifices must be made, Lu Dazhu and the others will not have the slightest ambiguity.
Beside a large lake dozens of miles away, a dark area appeared to be a camp.
Needless to say, this camp was the reinforcements coming from Moscow. As the king of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, Vasily’s ambitions were not small at all.
Not mentioning the status of the Third Army in his mind, just saying that the Ming Dynasty's soldiers and horses appeared in Siberia was enough to arouse Vasily III's vigilance.
As for the Ming Dynasty, with the highly developed business and trade of the Ming Dynasty, even the Grand Duchy of Moscow also knew about the Ming Dynasty through commercial channels.
In the Western world, the Ming Dynasty is said to be the golden kingdom. It is extremely powerful and extremely wealthy. Whether it is the gorgeous silk, exquisite porcelain or tea, everything is an existence that fascinates the aristocrats of the Western world.
The two countries are thousands of miles apart. In Vasily's consciousness, there is no conflict of interest between the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Ming Dynasty, and there is no possibility of any conflict. Therefore, the merchants from the Ming Dynasty have always been paid great attention to.
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If possible, Vasily would naturally very much hope to rob those merchants, but if he did that, no Ming merchants would dare to do business with them from now on.
The noble gentlemen and ladies who have become accustomed to the Ming Dynasty's silk, porcelain, and tea are not crazy.
Now the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty actually appeared in Siberia. Although they were still quite far away from Moscow, this made Vasily feel a great threat.
News came from further west that countries such as Portugal, England and even Prussia were involved in the war with the Ming Dynasty.
Because the Muscovite Grand Duchy ruled by Vasily had not yet expanded to the Mediterranean coast, it did not feel the threat from the Ming Dynasty.
However, I did not feel the threat from the Ming Dynasty at sea, but I never thought that the Ming Dynasty would come overland, even penetrate into Siberia, climb over the Ural Mountains, and enter the heart of Europe.
In Vasily's eyes, the vast land on both sides of the Ural Mountains belonged to the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Now a group of other armies broke into his own territory, especially when a war broke out between the two sides. Vasily simply couldn't
Without any hesitation.
From the information he had, Vasily felt the Ming Dynasty's crazy ambition to expand all over the world, and naturally felt a great crisis.
Vasily, who had just ended the war with the Kazan Khanate, did not hesitate to send the country's elite Second and Sixth Army to attack.
Secondly, the Sixth Army was one of the two most powerful armies among the eight armies under Vasily.
If the First Legion has been guarding Moscow for a long time, then the Second and Sixth Legions have been on expeditions all year round with the expansion of the Grand Duchy. The soldiers are extremely brave and they are all brave warriors.
This can be seen from the fact that the Third Army can compete with the elite troops of the Ming Dynasty on a par. Compared with the Third Army, the Second and Sixth Army's combat effectiveness is not bad at all, and even the Second Army's combat effectiveness is better than that of the Third Army.
Even better.
The commander of the Second Army, Alyosha was Vasily's confidant and favorite general. He was decisive and cunning in his military use, like a fox. Countless generals from small countries that were annexed by the Grand Duchy of Moscow were defeated by him.
At this time, in the military camp, Alyosha was dressed in gorgeous clothes, which were obviously made of silk from the Ming Dynasty. He was holding an exquisite teacup in his hand, tasting tea from the Ming Dynasty. His long beard covered his chin, and he had a sinister pair of eyes.
With a bit of ridicule in his eyes, he said to the noble Andre: "Andre, you have really disgraced the face of our Grand Duchy of Moscow. There are less than 4,000 elite troops in the army of more than 20,000.
people……"
The relationship between Andrei and Alyosha was very bad, which involved the ranking battle between the Second and Third Legions, so seeing Alyosha targeting Andrei, the commander of the Sixth Legion sitting aside
Shettel sat there with squinted eyes and said nothing.
Andrei glanced at Alyosha lightly and said, "Alyosha, you can talk about this after you fight the Ming Empire army."
Waving his sleeves, Alyosha's eyes flashed and he sneered: "Since the commander of our army is here, those Ming people can't even think of leaving."
It can be seen that Alyosha is full of confidence, and his words reveal strong self-confidence. This is the belief of a general who has fought hundreds of battles.
No longer paying attention to Andre, Alyosha's eyes fell on Sheitel beside him and said: "Sheitel, do you dare to come with me to meet the Ming army for a while."
Shettel is as calm as a mountain. Among the several major legions, if the Second Army led by Alyosha is as cunning as a fox and aggressive as the wind under his influence, then the Sixth Army is naturally influenced by Shettel, and the army is as calm as a mountain.
Like a mountain, its defensive ability is amazing.
The Second Army has strong offensive power, and the Sixth Army has strong defensive capabilities. From this alone, we can see that Vasily III did not send reinforcements casually.
Shetel nodded slightly, neither fighting nor grabbing, as if he was willing to cooperate with Alyosha.
Although Sheitel was neither impatient nor impatient, no one, whether it was Alyosha or Andrei, dared to underestimate Sheitel.
As tens of thousands of troops set out, there was naturally a lot of movement. Secondly, the Sixth Army was obviously very adaptable to this wild environment and climate. After all, they had seen too many such environments during their years of external expansion.
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In comparison, the Second and Sixth Army Corps marched much faster than the army led by Cheng Xiangwu.
For the Second and Sixth Legions, the distance of forty or fifty miles could only be reached by marching in one day, but it took at least one and a half days for the Ming Dynasty, which was a full difference of half.
This is not surprising. There are many official roads built in the Ming Dynasty. Even in wars, there are roads to follow. How could the Second and Sixth Legions of the Grand Duchy of Moscow generally expand externally, and the places they travel are all barbaric lands?
, there is no way to find.
Two different environments naturally created different armies. Obviously, in this environment, in terms of marching alone, the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow was naturally superior.
The day after Cheng Yu arrived at Lu Dazhu's camp, a burst of fast horses came rushing towards him. It was the sentry sent out by Lu Dazhu.
The sentry went straight to the commander's tent, alarming many generals.
In the tent, Lu Dazhu looked at the sentinel with a look of astonishment on his face, and said in great surprise: "What, you said the enemy has appeared ten miles away?"
No wonder Lu Dazhu was so surprised, even though he had spread out sentinels for dozens of miles, there were even traces of Ming army sentinels around Alyosha's camp.
But Alyosha was indeed a famous general of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. The first thing he did before the army set out was to block the news and kill the enemy sentinels.
Therefore, all the sentinels sent out by Lu Dazhu were poisoned, and they were not even able to spread the news.
When the army approached the Ming army camp, the number of sentinels naturally increased. Even if Alyosha sent a large number of sentinels, they could no longer block the news.
Therefore, the whereabouts of the army were exposed, and Lu Dazhu was naturally surprised.
Even though he vaguely noticed during the fight with the Third Army that these barbarian armies were slightly faster than them in terms of marching speed, Lu Dazhu didn't pay too much attention to it and just regarded it as the potential of the other party's escape.
But now the enemy was able to sneak up and agree in such a short period of time, even less than ten miles away from the main camp.
If this was a flat land, and the cavalry charged at high speed, they would probably trample the joint camp in less than half an hour.
The sound of horns sounded in the vast camp, and soon one team after another quickly formed a military formation and gathered together under the leadership of their respective generals.
In less than a cup of tea, tens of thousands of troops marched out of the camp in a neat square formation and took up their positions.
Only about half an hour later, smoke and dust were seen billowing all over the sky on the horizon ahead, the ground was faintly shaking, and a black army swept in like a torrent.
The vast smoke and dust covered the sky and the sun, and the first thing that caught our eyes was the astonishing cavalry team.
Although there are no roads in the vast land of Siberia, relatively speaking, it is still quite suitable for cavalry charges.
A full quarter of the troops of the Second Army are cavalry. As the blade of the Second Army, the cavalry battalion is definitely the pinnacle of the Second Army.
Squinting his eyes, Lu Dazhu stood on the high watchtower and could clearly see the rolling army with the help of a telescope.
The military appearance of an army can be determined just by looking at its march. As a qualified general, Lu Dazhu, among other things, at least has good eyesight. He can tell at a glance what an army is.
It's an elite force.
Needless to say, they are elite. After all, several large legions are in the period of expansion of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. They are not comparable to those armies that have not experienced war for hundreds of years.
Comparing the two is like a wild wolf compared with a domestic dog. Which one of the two has stronger attack power can be seen at a glance.
The distance between the two armies was only more than a hundred feet. In the eyes of Lu Dazhu and others, the barbarian army opposite them was really the most elite they had ever seen, and could only be compared with the Tatars' personal guards during their heyday.
I thought that the Third Legion was already the strongest legion in the Grand Duchy of Moscow, but I didn't expect that not long ago, two more powerful legions came.
As a soldier, the stronger the opponent, the higher his fighting spirit. Lu Dazhu has his own pride. Behind him is the Ming Empire, which represents the face of the Ming Dynasty.
Taking a deep breath, Lu Dazhu walked down the watchtower, rode the good horse under him, and slowly came toward the opposite army surrounded by his personal guards.
Alyosha put down the telescope in his hand, with a somewhat solemn look in his eyes. The Ming army had a tight formation, which was by no means comparable to the armies he had seen before. In addition, there was the precedent of the Third Army, which made Alyosha
Sha gave birth to some solemnity and caution.
But there was a clear flash of excitement in Alyosha's eyes. It was obvious that Alyosha was very excited. He patted the horse under him and went straight to Lu Dazhu.
The commanders of the two armies just stopped a dozen feet apart in front of the two armies' formations. Their eyes intertwined, as if there was a flicker of fire.
"Da Ming Dynasty, Lu Dazhu, Governor of the Expeditionary Force!"
"Grand Duchy of Moscow, Commander of the Second Army, Alyosha"
The momentum of the two people met. No matter who it was, neither of them was left behind. After looking at each other, Lu Dazhu and Alyosha turned around and rode away.
When the generals on both sides saw this scene, they all looked shocked and puzzled. However, just when they were surprised, they heard Lu Dazhu and Alyosha turning around and shouting: "Charge the army, follow me and kill!"
