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- Moscow, the capital of Muscovy.
With the advent of winter, heavy snow fell in this city, the snow was flying, the sky was freezing, and it was extremely cold.
However, at this moment, what is more worrying than the cold wind and heavy snow outside are the Tatars who are raging like locusts on the Slavic grasslands.
Vasily III sat on the Grand Duke's seat and looked at the nobles and ministers around him expressionlessly. Not long after he took over the position from his father Ivan III, the nobles and ministers did not recognize him very much.
What¡¯s more important is that although his father, Ivan III, passed the throne to him and was in poor health, he did not die. He was still lying on the hospital bed and secretly still controlled the entire country.
In addition, Vasily III tried to launch a coup to seize power a few years ago, but it ultimately failed and was easily suppressed by Ivan III. Therefore, in the eyes of these nobles and ministers, he Vasily III was a A complete and out-and-out usurper.
At the same time, Vasily III was different from Ivan III. His mother Sophia was a princess of the Byzantine Empire and had a great influence on him. After he came to power, he always adopted a high-pressure policy and dealt harshly with nobles who were slightly dissatisfied. of blow.
This also led to these nobles and ministers being extremely dissatisfied with Vasily III and alienated from the Muscovite Principality, which made the Muscovite Principality that his father had finally integrated and unified faced the danger of splitting again.
The Russian principalities of Yaroslavl, Novgorod, Perm, and Tver that were unified by Ivan III also became somewhat turbulent, and seemed to want to break away from the rule of the Principality of Moscow again.
But this is not the worst news. The really bad news comes from the inevitable Crimean Khanate.
As in previous years, as soon as the cold winter came, the Tatars of the Crimean Khanate began to plunder the Slavic grasslands, broke into Slavic cities, robbed food, plundered the population, almost everything they could see, these Tatars They will not let go, like locusts, raging on the Slavic steppe.
If it were in the past, the Slavs built a solid city and relied on the city to resist. Although the Tatars were very ferocious, they were only cavalry after all. Facing a solid city, they were often very helpless.
So although the Tatar raids caused serious losses to the Slavs, a large number of people were robbed by the Tatars almost every year and sold as slaves to the Ottoman Empire.
However, the Slavs can bear this kind of loss, the proportion of the plundered population is not high, and the Tatars also allow them to use money and food to redeem these plundered people.
Therefore, the Tatar plunder will not really shake the foundation of the Slavs. This also laid the foundation for the rise of the Slavs later. Led by the Principality of Moscow, they gradually annexed and unified other Russian principalities.
The unified Russian Principality became more and more powerful. At the same time, with the development of firearms, the military strength was slowly reversed. In the end, the Russian Principality was not only not defeated by the Tatars in history, but was even gradually defeated later. He conquered all the grassland people, gradually annexed all the khanates, and established a vast empire.
Such a large empire was naturally not what Liu Jin wanted to see. Therefore, when the Ming Dynasty expanded to the Caucasus, Liu Jin decided to strongly support the Crimean Khanate and use the Crimean Khanate to deal a heavy blow. The Slavs laid the foundation for the Ming Dynasty to occupy the vast and fertile land in Eastern Europe.
The support of Ming Dynasty has caused huge changes in the strength of the Crimean Khanate. The most direct impact is that Slavia is facing an extremely serious crisis.
"The great Grand Duke of Moscow, the Tatars have recently captured Smolensk, which is less than 400 kilometers away from our Moscow!"
Grand Duke Tver stood up and reported to Vasily III worriedly.
"Why are the Tatars always able to break through our city easily this time?"
Basil III has an expressionless face. He is also an ambitious hero and is deeply influenced by his mother Sophia. He has always believed in the Byzantine Empire's style of conduct and is different from his father in terms of external affairs.
His father adopted relatively mild military and diplomatic means to continuously expand, unify, and consolidate the Principality of Moscow. He believed in using military force for expansion, so he paid special attention to military matters.
This time, the Tatars' looting was extremely fierce. The big cities in the Russian Principality seemed to be unable to withstand the Tatar attacks. They were defeated by the Tatars one after another. Each city was wiped out, and a large number of people??They were plundered by the Tatars and sold as slaves.
"The Tatars used a brand-new weapon, which is something called an explosive pack. They pack a large amount of explosives together and explode them under the city gate, directly blowing the city gate open."
"This kind of explosive packs were not made by the Tatars themselves, but they purchased them from the Ming people in the South Caucasus. In addition to the explosive packs, the Ming people also sold large quantities of grain, weapons, armor, artillery, etc. Tatars.¡±
"The artillery in the hands of the Tatars is much better than our artillery. Not only does it shoot farther and more powerful, but it also fires very fast. Many of our city walls have been destroyed by this powerful cannon."
Grand Duke Tver quickly replied.
"It's the Ming Dynasty again!"
Hearing the Ming Dynasty, Vasily III could not help but burst into anger.
Because now the Tatars no longer accept their request to redeem slaves, and the Ming Dynasty pays thirty taels of silver each, which the Principality of Moscow simply cannot afford. Naturally, the Tatars will sell slaves to the Ming Dynasty people instead of Let the Principality of Moscow redeem the people.
Now I heard that the Ming Dynasty also sold weapons and equipment to the Tatars, which made Vasily III even more angry.
Especially the explosive packs sold by the Ming Dynasty were of great help to the Tatars in attacking the cities. The previously indestructible cities were turned into paper under the Ming Dynasty explosive packs.
City after city was captured by the Tatars, and a large number of Slavs were sold as slaves by the Tatars to the Ming Dynasty. This was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Slavs.
¡°We must find a way to stop the Tatar plundering, otherwise we Slavs may become a slave nation!¡±
Vasily III stood up and said very firmly.
His words were supported by many nobles and ministers. Although everyone thought that Basil III was a usurper, his father passed the position to him, and he was regarded as the legitimate heir.
???????????????????????? More importantly, at this moment it is really the moment of life and death for Slavs.
The greedy Tatars can do anything in the face of the temptation of money.
There is no doubt that if they could, these Tatars would break through all the cities and sell all the Slavs as slaves to the Ming Dynasty.
Because the money comes so quickly.
Tens of thousands of people can be captured in one battle, and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver can be obtained in this way. Is there any way to get money faster than this?
?Obviously, no, the Tatars were already addicted to this kind of wealth-making movement.
The people of Ming Dynasty provided these hateful Tatars with sufficient food, weapons and the most terrifying explosive bags, and also used money to continuously motivate these Tatars.
"Give me my order and summon the troops from each principality. We can't sit back and wait for death. We must take the initiative and teach the Tatars a lesson~"
¡°Send people to contact the Polish-Lithuanian Federation, Ukraine, and Hungary, and also send people to contact the Ottoman Empire, so that everyone can jointly send troops.¡±
"The Tatars with the support of the Ming Dynasty will not only plunder our Slavs. Poles, Ukrainians, and Hungarians will not escape the fate of being plundered by the Tatars."
"The Tatars rebelled against the Ottoman Empire. I guess the Ottoman Empire also wanted to find an opportunity to teach the Tatars a lesson. I don't believe that the Tatars can deal with so many countries at the same time."
Vasily III pondered for a while and immediately began to issue orders.
The relationship between the Crimean Khanate and the Principality of Muscovy is actually pretty good. After all, not long ago, the two countries joined forces to destroy the Golden Horde.
But the behavior of grassland people like the Crimean Khanate in clearing grass and valleys went too far. This time it was not just about clearing grass and valleys, they even broke into cities and plundered wealth and population.
These grand principalities in the south of Russia have suffered heavy losses. Now they have reached the hinterland of the Principality of Moscow. They are about to reach Moscow. They really can no longer sit still and wait for death.
"We will then send people to the South Caucasus to contact the Ming people, protest to them, express our dissatisfaction, and demand that they stop buying Slavs from the Tatars and stop sending weapons, food, etc. to the Tatars. "
After thinking about it, Vasily III added again.
All these great changes were ultimately caused by the Ming Dynasty. If it weren't for the Ming Dynasty, they could have used money to redeem their own people. Without explosives, they could have relied on strong cities to resist the Tatars.
"Will the people of Ming Dynasty pay attention to us?"
A noble thought for a while and said: "I heard that the Ming people are extremely powerful, with a vast land, a huge population of more than 150 million, and an army of one million. They swept the Ottoman Empire with only 200,000 troops. We They probably didn¡¯t even bother to pay attention to the protests.¡±
Hearing what this noble said, Basil III and all the nobles and ministers fell silent. During this time, they had heard too many legends about the Ming Dynasty.
That huge empire from the far east reminds them of the Mongol Empire that once whipped them! (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com).
"Will the people of Ming Dynasty pay attention to us?"
A noble thought for a while and said: "I heard that the Ming people are extremely powerful, with a vast land, a huge population of more than 150 million, and an army of one million. They swept the Ottoman Empire with only 200,000 troops. We They probably didn¡¯t even bother to pay attention to the protests.¡±
Hearing what this noble said, Basil III and all the nobles and ministers fell silent. During this time, they had heard too many legends about the Ming Dynasty.
That huge empire from the far east reminds them of the Mongol Empire that once whipped them! (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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