After the Ming army crossed the Volga River, Zhu Cixiang issued an order:

"Don't remove the pontoon bridge. Send out multiple routes to stay overnight to get information about Mao Zi's army. Release a dozen hot air balloons and let the army repair for a day."

About an hour later, another five thousand troops came from the other side of the Volga River, and they were all cavalry in strange clothes and flying the Ming Dynasty dragon flag.

As soon as they appeared, Ye Busuo reported to Zhu Cihong. When they heard Ye Busuo's report, the soldiers felt puzzled and looked at their emperor one after another.

Since they were cavalry coming from the rear, Zhu Cixiang could certainly guess who they were. They should be the newly formed Siberian cavalry. They all volunteered to fight with the Ming army...

The population of Siberia was not large. Zhu Cixiang was worried that they would be maimed if they ran around, so he asked Mao Yuanyi to send them 5,000 battle armors. From now on, they can just follow the Ming army cavalry to pick up the leaks, and the Ming Dynasty will provide them with food and drink...

Steel armor plus cotton armor was specially built for the Ming Army cavalry, mainly to greatly reduce the pressure on soldiers and horses.

After putting on the Ming army armor, they were shining brightly under the sunlight and looked pretty good.

After the Ming Dynasty conquered Siberia, Emperor Shenwu announced that Siberia would be included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

The nomads living in Siberia will not have to pay any taxes or materials in the future, and can freely trade outside the Ming Dynasty customs.

After Maozi occupied Siberia, he did not regard the nomads living here as human beings at all. He had to hand over a large number of cattle, sheep, horses and furs every year, otherwise he would be dead.

The nomads living in Siberia all know that their ancestors came from China, and they are even more grateful to the Ming Dynasty for driving away the ferocious Maozi.

Seeing that the brothers under his command were wearing battle armor and that they would not have to worry about eating and drinking with the Ming army in the future, and would be able to kill the enemy and perform meritorious deeds, the Siberian cavalry leader was so excited that tears filled his eyes, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the Ming army in thanks.

Mao Yuanyi told Emperor Shenwu about the situation of the Siberian cavalry, and Zhu Cixiang couldn't help laughing after hearing the words.

They were all elites and leaders of the Siberian nomadic tribes. Five thousand pieces of armor made them desperate.

Siberia is vast and sparsely populated, with only one person occupying several square kilometers. The Ming Dynasty did not need them to hand over anything, as long as they guarded this land well.

At this moment, Ye Bushou came in and reported:

"Your Majesty, the Rakshasa army has almost completely escaped, with only a few detective horses moving around. Those captured said that the Rakshasa ghosts have retreated to Riazan, which is thirty miles away, and plan to defend it.

They fortified walls and cleared fields along the way to block the Ming army's advance. When retreating, they implemented a scorched-earth policy and set fire along the way, burning everything our army passed through."

After hearing the news, many soldiers wanted to scold their mothers, but Zhu Cihong didn't pay attention. All this was expected, and this was Mao Zi's usual approach.

"Probe again and report again!"

"Here!"

After Ye Bu took them away, Zhu Cihong asked Mao Yuanyi:

“How long will the food last?”

Although he was only in his forties, Mao Yuanyi was the oldest among the Northern Expeditionary Army, and Zhu Cixiang asked them to manage the logistics and supplies.

After hearing the emperor's question, Mao Yuanyi cupped her hands and replied:

"Your Majesty, supplies for our army are constantly coming from Kazakhstan, and there is plenty of food and grass."

Zhu Cixi nodded:

"The soldiers and horses must go ahead without using food and fodder. Before arriving in Moscow, we must ensure adequate logistics supplies. Batur and the others have done a good job."

"Your Majesty, when we enter the territory of Maozi, I will send 5,000 gunmen and 20,000 Mongolian cavalry to meet us. There should be no problem with logistical supplies!"

Zhu Cixiang nodded with satisfaction and handed Cao Bianjiao a map:

"Xiang Guo Gong, you lead 20,000 tiger and leopard cavalry, go ahead according to the route on the map, and temporarily do not participate in the battle on the front battlefield. Get ahead of Mao Zi and grab everything you can. If you encounter a large army of the opponent, thousands of soldiers will be killed."

Don’t be reluctant to fight, your task is to grab, grab, grab, if you can’t grab it, burn it!”

Zhu Cijiong hurriedly bowed and took the map:

"According to the order!"

"Yang Bao, Chen De, Zhang Jiayu, Li Erniu"

When the emperor called their names, the four young generals immediately stepped forward to salute:

"exist!"

"Zhang Huangyan leads an army of 50,000 as the vanguard. The three of you should cooperate with him without making any mistakes!"

"As you command!"

Zhang Huang said that they fought well, and Zhu Cixiang asked him to lead a few young players and continue to lead the charge for the vanguard!

Zhang Huangyan received the order and immediately led his young generals and a large army towards Liang Zan.

When the Ming army's forward army advanced north, Mao Zi also sent troops south to resist the Ming army's attack.

There are about 6,000 Maozi who are going south. They are Maozi's vanguard. The soldiers are all tough and hot-tempered.

There are nearly 10,000 defenders in Ryazan. Adding these 6,000 troops, the defenders in Ryazan are almost 15,000.

Maozi's forwards are not reckless and ignorant people, but real elite soldiers.

Five thousand infantry and one thousand Cossack cavalry. They knew that the Ming army liked to explore the road at night, and they planned to defeat the Ming army at night before arriving at Ryazan.

Mao Zi, who was familiar with the terrain and environment, quietly ambush behind a high hill, holding on to his cold weapons, and quietly waited for the Ming army to stop at night.

After waiting for a long time, the Ming army never showed up. The Maozi soldiers who were waiting so hard began to curse and complain about the Ming army not showing up.

About three hours later, the vanguard of the Ming army slowly appeared in sight, and the black cavalry of the Ming army stretched as far as the eye could see.

"Damn it, this is not the Ming army that refuses to stop at night, it is clearly the main force of the Ming army!"

Seeing tens of thousands of Ming troops, these Rakshasa ghosts who wanted to take advantage were dumbfounded.

"Where have all the damn scouts from the empire gone? Why didn't you notify us in advance? How can we fight?"

Chief Mao Zi began to scold his own Tanma, but scolding was useless. It was too late to withdraw now.

The heavy hooves of the Ming army's war horses made the earth tremble, and the Rakshasa ghosts could see the hot steam coming out of the horses' nostrils through telescopes.

If they had never fought against the Ming army, they would definitely not hesitate to fight against these tens of thousands of Ming troops.

Thinking of the Siberian Governor Golovin's arm being blown off, and the annihilation of his own army in the Kazakh Khanate, the Rakshasa Ghost Chief's breathing became rapid.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the fifth year of Chongzhen's reign, Tsarist Russia occupied parts of the middle, lower and upper reaches of the Yenisei River.

In the eleventh year of Chongzhen's reign, they established the Yakutsk Warlord's Office on the right bank of the Lena River.

In the 16th year of Chongzhen's reign, the warlord Golovin ordered the city to be moved to the left bank. After that, Yakutsk became the command center for further expeditions to Northeast Asia.

And successively established three winter camps: Upper, Middle and Lower Kolymask.

Centered on Yeniseisk and Yakutsk, it invaded the Lake Baikal region from the west and north respectively.

The Cossacks established Balagansk and Irkutsk in the Angara River Basin, and Verkholensk in the upper reaches of the Lena River.

In the northeastern corner of Lake Baikal, the Cossacks established the Verkhovna-Angarsk and Barguzin forts, and the Baontovsk fort.

In this way, the Maoist army generally surrounded Lake Baikal with strongholds from the north, laying the foundation for further southward and eastward advancement.

Then from the south bank of Lake Baikal, it went all the way south to the Mongolian region, and then moved all the way east to the Shilka River in the upper reaches of Heilongjiang, and then invaded Heilongjiang.

Cossack Boyarko walked along the Aldan River-Uchuur River-New York Mka River, crossed the Waixing'an Mountains, and entered the Jingqili River where the Oroqen people live.

Khabarov starts from the Orokma River and reaches Heilongjiang along its tributary Tugil River.

In the Yaksa area, the Russian invaders actually used Sauron people as food, so they were called "man-eating Rakshasa" by the local Chinese residents.

They are really unscrupulous. You must know that there are only more than a hundred Maozi troops in the Northeast.

The invincible Mao Zijun encountered the Ming army after retaking the Northeast. Yang Tong received the order and killed all the invading Mao Zi in one fell swoop.

Later, they sent more than 500 people, thinking that they would definitely defeat the Ming army this time.

After receiving the information, Tong Hanbang led his troops to the gathering point of Mao Zi's army and killed them all overnight.

If Mao Zi had not realized the strength of the Ming army at this time, then the subsequent battle allowed them to fully understand the Ming army.

The five-nation coalition they formed on the Kazakh steppes was easily defeated by the Ming army again.

The governor of Siberia was almost killed, which was enough to make the Maozi army tremble.

Therefore, when the Maozi army encountered the Ming army, how could they remain calm?

You must know that their purpose this time was to intercept and kill the Ming Army's intelligence team along the way, not to fight a head-on war with the Ming Army.

Colonel Maozi looked back at the pocket array that had been laid out. Rows of black muzzles of flintlock guns were pointing at the Ming troops approaching from the front.

In addition to the fire cannons, there were more than a dozen light artillery aimed at the Ming army.

With five thousand musketry soldiers and more than a dozen artillery pieces, he suddenly felt confident again. After all, he had only heard about how powerful the Ming army was and had never seen it with his own eyes.

"We have so many firearms, and we are in the dark. The Ming army is completely unprepared in the open. There are many people and they are not afraid. They give orders and prepare to fight."

Seeing that the colonel was getting excited, the adjutant hurriedly advised:

"Colonel, the number of the Ming army is several times that of our army. This is too risky. Hurry up and retreat. The most important thing is to go back and defend Ryazan."

The colonel glared:

"Asshole, the main force of our army will arrive in a day, are you waiting here to die?"

The adjutant smiled quickly and said:

"Why are we waiting to die? We can run!"
To be continued...