Chapter 517 Going east

In mid-September, when Liu Mang arrived at the city of Bareseci (Baku) in Monia (Moldova), the situation was on the verge of losing control.

com Of course, this is just his personal feeling. Olgane is commanding the battle on the east side of the South Bug River. He came to this conclusion through the introduction of the Government Affairs Office and logistics personnel.

In the past year, Monia first pushed the border to the Transnistria line, and took advantage of the port of Belgorod (Odessa) to establish castles and fortresses along the river to form an arc-shaped defense line connecting Poland-Lithuania Kamenets (Kamonets, Ukraine). As the number of followers increased, this defense line entered the Nanbug River line, with more than 40 followers, and the population of Monia has reached nearly 200,000.

To the west is Transylvania, to the northwest is Poland-Lithuania, to the south is a port run by the Genes, and to the lower reaches of the Dnieper River and along the Azov Sea, there are Hazards who are good at doing business. The development of Moria surprised Liu Meng.

But with rapid prosperity, problems also arise. Because the overall situation of the Kuman tribe surrendered to Monia, the lower reaches of the Dnieper River, which was originally sparsely populated, were even more deserted. Although this means that the Cossacks have more nomadic lands, life is difficult. Not to mention, this is something that the Golden Horde cannot tolerate.

After the beginning of spring, the Golden Horde advanced from the lower reaches of the Volga River to the lower reaches of the Dnepr River, not only expanding the pastures of its own tribe and Bulgarians, but also encouraged the Caucasus tribes to move to this rich black soil and hand over the original territory to the Ottomans. In contrast, they provided various support, encouraged the Cossack tribes to advance to Monia, and plundered business roads and settlements. At the same time, strengthened control of the Hazards, the buffer zone between the two sides.

Wherever there is oppression, there is resistance. This instead makes the Kumen who already have a sense of belonging and live a good life more united. In addition to the regular skeleton cavalry, the militias in each settlement can also be defeated when called and fight. Olgane has become a dazzling iron rose on the northern coast of the Black Sea.

The problem now is that although Monia develops very quickly, it is in its inception. Transylvania itself is underdeveloped. Poland-Lithuania and Ross are far away and have their own troubles. Relying on Monia's own strength, it is obviously not a match for the Golden Horde. After the Genes gave up Kefa, the pressure was concentrated on the front line of the South Bug River, and Olgane was already left and right to block and could not support it.

Another problem is that black death has begun to spread in the vast areas of the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea. Other areas are vast and sparsely populated, and the residents are mainly herdsmen. This is not bad. Most of the Hazards in the Crimean Peninsula and the northern coast of the Azov Sea gather in towns, and the situation is difficult to control. The Golden Horde has widely reported that these people will bring plague to everyone, implement a policy of destruction on them, and force them to want to migrate in Moria. Obviously, the residents of Moria are unwilling, but these people are allies, so the problem is huge...

Liu Mang had already transferred the guards Iron Cross Guard Infantry and about 2,000 members of the German Knights' Sighs. Constanta and Wallachia's defense were all handed over to Dracula, Alfonso and Hungaryti. Transylvanian infantry began to become guard infantry in terms of equipment training, and Wallachia's archers began to become skeleton cavalry, so he was still relieved.

After communicating with Guistiniani and others, he was convinced that there was no sign of infection in the Genes who returned from Kefa. He arranged for the army to follow up, and he rushed to the Nanbuge River overnight. Adhering to the characteristics of nomadic peoples, the people in the settlements along the way were extremely alert, and when they figured out that he was a yellow beard, they became too enthusiastic, which became the main reason for delaying the speed of progress. He ran for more than 200 kilometers and only finished the next day at noon.

Olgane is more than fifty kilometers north of the estuary of the South Bug River, where the river channel is m-shaped. Olgane established a large fortress on the peninsula on the east bank of the river, and was named Olgane Fort (Nikolayev city in Ukraine, haha). It is said that it is a fortress, but in fact it is a duplex city wall at the connection between the east and the land on the peninsula, isolating an isolated island. The isolated island and the land on the west are connected by a pontoon bridge built on the river surface, becoming an attacking and defense-able advance base.

When they arrived at the riverside, Liu Mang realized that the lower reaches of the Nanbuge River were narrowest and two kilometers wide, which was enough to navigate super-large warships. The Nanbuge River and the Dnieper River both injected into the same bay, so the strategic position of the lower reaches of the two rivers was very important. There were garrisons on land and the fleet could block the river channel, providing supply and fire support, and Fort Olga became the key to defending the defense line.

Liu Meng was anxious and didn't think much about it, but the skeleton cavalry lined up to greet him near the ferry entrance, and the joy made him at a loss. In order not to let down his subordinates' enthusiasm, he reluctantly inspected for a long time, and waited for the skeleton cavalry to retreat to the fortress before he could breathe a sigh of relief. He knew that if it were not forcing him to do so, Olgane would not have made such a false trap and would not complain.

The Nanbuge River is magnificent and the scene of the water and sky being the same color makes Liu Meng feel relaxed. The pontoon bridge is built on the north side of the fortress. First, a long embankment is built along the water flow from the west bank, and then a pontoon bridge is formed with ships in the last few hundred meters. It seems that if necessary, it can also dismantle the pontoon bridge and navigate warships. This is not a small project. It not only requires a lot of manpower, but also superhuman wisdom. After watching for a long time, Liu Meng asked curiously: "My little rose, is this your command to build? I didn't expect that my little rose will be an excellent architect."

But after not seeing each other for a few months, Organe was in a daze and had no idea. He seemed unable to adapt to the transformation from the big leader to the little woman. He woke up after hearing his questions. He calmed down and the trouble in front of him occupied his heart again. She said in panic: "No, it's not me, this was the suggestion of Chief Joseph and brought people to build..."

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Meng remembered that Joseph was the old man whom he had met here last time, a tribe leader, Hazard. After all, he had been a teacher in Eastern Rome. Although these Hazards were declining, the knowledge they inherited was still considerable. Seeing Olgane's uneasiness, he also understood another meaning of this statement.

"Is the situation bad?" Liu Meng asked vaguely.

"Yes, well, they attacked each time, but it was very frequent. It was better here, the upper reaches of the river were shallow and the territory was large, so it was difficult to prevent. Garsek led 5,000 cavalry to patrol there, and Poland and Lithuania also sent troops. By the way, the Grand Duchy of Moscow wanted to rebuild the city of Kiev, and the situation might be better at that time..."

Olgane seemed a little nervous and said something chaotic, but Liu Meng could understand the meaning. Historically, there were too many forces who wanted to control the fertile land on the northern coast of the Black Sea. Unfortunately, this land was too vast, and at least it was impossible to control it with the population and technical level at this time.

Poland and Lithuania have established another fortress between Zhitomir and Monia, named Vinnica, which echoes Monia. But the territory that can be barely controlled is only the west of Vinnica, and the Cossacks have the final say in the middle and lower reaches of the Dnieper River.

Kiev was the center of Ross before, and was destroyed during the Western Expedition of Badu. Now some popularity should have been restored there, and Ivan of Moscow thought of restoring control. Regardless of whether this was the beginning of the dispute between Ross and Poland and Lithuania, if Ross could manage Kiev well, the pressure on Cossacks on Monia would be significantly reduced.

Liu Meng also knew that Olgane said that Gassek was under great pressure, but in fact, it should be under greater pressure here. After all, this is a relatively densely populated area, and the Golden Horde and the Cossack coalition were also attacked in person. On the other hand, no one dared to bear the problem of the Hazards except for her, the Earl of the Frontier.

He hesitated for a moment before asking, "How is the situation of the Hazards? Is the epidemic severe? "

It was this question that stuck Olgane's heart, but Liu Mang asked, but she suddenly relaxed. After all, this was her support. "The Hazards mainly lived in the estuary of the Dnieper River to the northern shore of the Azov Sea. They had a lot of population, well, probably more than our current population. The Golden Horde and the Cossacks have been driving them away, allowing them to cross the mud swamps in the lower Dnieper River and migrate northward, and finally entered our territory from the upper reaches of the river. But their rice was about to be harvested, and if they migrated, they could only starve to death..."

After a breath of relief, she pointed to the opposite side of the river and continued, "One of them has been driven to the lower reaches of this river, and a few have arrived nearby. Elder Joseph recently brought people to take care of him. He knew that the epidemic prevention measures you stipulated have begun to be implemented among the Hazards. Well, we sometimes use boats to send some supplies. I feel that the epidemic should not be very serious..."

Liu Meng didn't speak for a long time. In his memory, Joseph's tribe had settled in Bareschetz and served as an official of the Government Affairs Office. The Hazards were divided into many tribes and belonged to different forces. His size was not large and he was not a big figure among the Hazards. But in the face of unknown horror, he actually ran away. He should know that the epidemic in Central Asia must be very serious, otherwise the Khanate of the Golden Horde would not have given up on these Hazards and came up with such a bad trick to attract the West. As few settled peoples on the north bank of the Black Sea, they are the granaries and wallets of the nomadic peoples.

It seems that history has not wronged the Mongols. This is not only a bacterial war, but also a population war and psychological warfare. If these people are not accepted, the Golden Horde will not suffer any losses, and the slogan of Taylor in Maniya to protect the Kumenis will be invalidated. If they accept it, according to their ideas, Monia is densely populated, and that is the end. As for strategies such as taking the opportunity to attack, the Golden Horde can implement it randomly according to the situation.

"Are there any signs of a large-scale attack in the Golden Horde?" Liu Meng's voice was a little hoarse, but very calm.

Olgane was stunned, but he still replied subconsciously: "There is not in this direction yet, but they have begun to gather upstream. The Golden Horde is estimated to have tens of thousands of troops, and the rest are Cossacks, with the Zaporoze tribe as the leader, and there are probably tens of thousands of people. This is their vanguard. I don't know if the follow-up will be launched, and I don't know if it will launch a large-scale attack. However, we have built a new fortress more than fifty kilometers from here, deployed more than two thousand infantry, and several tribes can support thousands of riders."

Liu Meng smiled and patted her little face and said, "Are you planning to launch a counterattack from here? Even if you don't attack, they will have some concerns. Take attack as the defense and have a good strategy."

Feeling his emotional change, Olgane began to feel uneasy again, but his warm big hands and familiar breath were enough to make her find support. She smiled shyly and said shyly: "I don't know if it works. There was news a while ago that there were regular infantrymen of the Yuan Empire in Cosale (Stalingrad) who drove here, but the news may not be accurate. They may also go to Kharkov, and the Grand Duchy of Moscow decided to turn it into a fortress."

Liu Meng smiled and did not respond, but asked, "Is there anyone else in the Crimean Peninsula?"

"Crimea?" Olgane was stunned and then said: "Many, mainly the Hazards, the Golden Horde and other tribes have withdrawn."

"Okay, the soldiers I bring will arrive tomorrow at noon. The infantry is commanded by you, and I will use the cavalry according to the situation. I will find a way to tell the Hazar people that they will harvest as soon as possible, and I will protect them from retreating to Crimea. Then they closed the peninsula exit themselves, and we regularly provide supplies from the sea. I think they have the ability to withstand disasters."

Without waiting for Olgane to react, he continued: "Start all tribe patrols and quarantine all strangers when they find them. Also inform Poland-Lithuania and Ross and let them take the same measures."

After staring at him for a long time, Olgane nodded, and then snuggled gently in his arms regardless of Shuster and others around him. The wind was already chilling, and the heavy water vapor was brushing past the two of them. Olgane felt his eyes were a little wet, but he still said in a calm tone: "Henry, I can actually deal with these. How long has it been since you returned to Stuttgart? Do you have to deal with the affairs there?"

Liu Meng wanted to say: I know you can deal with it, and may even handle it better than me. However, you cannot be cautious enough, or fear of this black death. No matter how unavailable, he must do his best to bear the responsibilities he must bear.

But he couldn't say this, but when he spoke, he turned into a whisper: "Isn't my little rose hard? Isn't it beautiful enough?"

Before Olgane could answer the numb question, a scout was running on the pontoon bridge.
Chapter completed!