The first day of March, night.

In the wilderness on the east bank of the Ural River, a cavalry of hundreds of men appeared by the river, followed by the cover of night.

This was Dorgon, who received Gao Huan's military order, and with his elite Manchu and Mongolian backbones, he was preparing to sneak into Tsarist Russia to support the Mongols' uprising.

At this time, everyone came to the shore and lurked under the cover of the night.

"Protector, the crossing point is here!" Jiang Xiang said, pointing to a river channel in front.

After receiving Gao Huan's order, Dorgon asked Jiang Xiang to find a place to cross the river along the Ural River.

They found a good crossing point in advance so that Dorgon would not have to search temporarily, which could save time.

Dorgon looked around and found that there were dense forests. A small hill opposite was the only sign at night.

On the first day of the lunar month, there was a crescent moon in the sky, and Dorgon could not see the situation of the river clearly, but since Jiang Xiang had inspected it in advance, there should be no problem.

"Is there any Russian patrol on the west bank of the Ural River?" Dorgon asked.

Jiang Xiang nodded, and there was a light opposite his finger, "Yes, I protect you and look at that!"

Dorgon looked in the direction he pointed, and there was a fire in the woods on the other side. He couldn't help but smile: "Some of them lit the bonfire. It seems that the quality of the Russian army is not very good!"

The bonfire on the other side directly exposed the location of the patrol.

Jiang Xiang said: "It should be the news of His Majesty's peace talks that paralyzed them. In addition, it was cold at night, so they violated the military order and lit the bonfire!" Jiang Xiang said with a smile.

Dorgon observed for a while and found that they could not cross the river because they kept killing these patrols, so he said to Jiang Xiang: "Go and deal with them!"

When Jiang Xiang heard the words, he immediately led more than a dozen subordinates to cross the river quietly in the cold river water.

After crossing the river, they looked for the light source and came to the woods. They found several Tsarist Russian soldiers who ordered a bonfire to roast venison, and the bonfire exposed their location.

More than a dozen Russian soldiers were eating venison and drinking the spirits imported from the Qianchao. When they were drinking, dozens of black shadows appeared around them.

Jiang Xiang waved his hand and shot out the crossbow, killing several people immediately. Before the remaining people could react, the shadows rushed up and pressed them to the ground, ending their lives with one knife.

The battle ended in a moment. Jiang Xiang came over, checked it, and then searched around, but did not find other patrols.

So Jiang Xiang walked to the fire, picked up a burning firewood, and drew a signal in the air.

Seeing this, Dorgon knew that Jiang Xiang had succeeded, so he immediately said to his subordinates: "Cross the river!"

Now the Ural River is in a dry season, Dorgon led hundreds of cavalry dressed in Russian troops to wade across the river directly.

Dorgon came over, Jiang Xiang stepped forward and bowed to him, "Report to the Protector, the patrol has been removed!"

"Okay!" Dorgon nodded and looked at the night again. It was about four o'clock, and it was dawn soon. He immediately ordered: "Please ask General Jiang to take someone to clean up the body, and then let the soldiers rest on the spot. Let the fifth o'clock!"

Hundreds of Qianmen rested for a while, returned their dry clothes, and left the river before dawn.

The Ural River is thousands of miles away, and the Russian army cannot set up defenses everywhere, so they can only send out some patrols to patrol the river bank.

However, it is easy to find large troops to find that these patrols are easy to find, but it is more difficult to find that small groups of people smuggle.

After Dorgon and his subordinates advanced to the Volga River Basin, in the afternoon of the same day, he found a patrol patrol in a nearby Russian military camp that he had not returned.

At this moment, the officer sent someone to search, but still found no one, so he reported it to the top, but the superiors did not pay any attention to it, thinking that the patrol was just a deserter.

After all, the treatment of Tsarist Russian soldiers was poor, and many of them were brought to the fore. No matter how long did anyone escape?

...

Lower Volga River, outside a Mongolian camp.

The Russian army's convoy of transporting and confiscating goods was connected in a long line, with more than 100 vehicles.

These large and small carts were covered with food, beef, mutton, wool, leather and other supplies.

Some Russian troops were still driving cattle, sheep and horses, moving forward slowly, and everyone was talking and laughing.

Tsarist Russia and Poland and Sweden signed a treaty against China. The treaty stipulates that if the Chinese Union invades Tsarist Russia, Poland and Sweden will send troops to support Tsarist Russia in fighting with the Chinese Union.

However, when the two countries dispatched troops, Tsarist Russia needed to pay a military expenditure to each of the two countries.

As an agricultural country, Tsarist Russia has very limited income. It is too much pressure on the treasury to take out so much money at once.

Therefore, in order to cope with the emergencies, the Tsar ordered the taxes for the coming year.

In any country, sudden tax increases will cause resistance from vested interest groups, and the tax increases in the end will most likely fall on the lower class people.

The Russian Empire was no exception.

These additional taxes will not fall on the nobles and slave owners, but will eventually fall on ordinary people.

The Mongolians who live in the lower reaches of the Volga River are these unlucky people.

A team of Russian troops came to the tribe and forced taxes to plunder the tribe's finances to complete the indicators explained above.

"Everyone hurry up, I must return to the city today!" The officer looked at the slow team and couldn't help frowning.

"Captain, we have confiscated so much supplies, with meat and wine in the car, why should we go back so early and be bound by military discipline? It is better to enjoy it on the road for a few days." The subordinate smiled.

The captain frowned, "Didn't you see the expressions of those Mongolians? We took their things, these damn Eastern people, were not willing to let it go. It was too dangerous to stay outside the city!"

"Is the captain afraid that the Mongols will attack us?" the officer said in surprise.

"Not bad!" the captain said in a deep voice, "These people are wild and hard to tame. In short, it's better to go back to the city earlier!"

As he was speaking, the soldiers escorted ahead suddenly shouted: "Captain, there are cavalry coming!"

"Caughter?" The captain heard the words and looked out on the horse's back and saw three or four hundred cavalry coming from the east.

How come the army retreated on the front line?

Although it was reported that the empire was going to negotiate with the Qian people, in recent months, the Russian army has been increasing its troops to the front line, and few troops have retreated.

The captain was confused, but he didn't pay much attention to it. After all, this is the hinterland of Tsarist Russia and it is impossible to meet foreign troops.

At this time, the convoy continued to move forward, and the escort soldiers in front felt a little uneasy when they saw the cavalry flying at lightning approaching.

They saw the cavalry without a banner and could not distinguish between the enemy and us. The cavalry was originally rushing to the west, but when they saw them galloping towards them, they stopped unconsciously.

As soon as the vehicle in front stopped, the vehicle behind was blocked, and the entire team could no longer move.

Seeing this, the captain rushed forward, "Why don't you leave?"

Before the escort soldiers could answer, the cavalry had already rushed to the front...
Chapter completed!