Chapter 78 war russia

When the Russian princes began to assemble their troops on the Dnieper, the Subotai and Jebe scouts had already brought back news.According to a conservative estimate, the Russian army has 80,000 soldiers. Because Russia often has civil wars, these soldiers are well-trained and well-trained, and they are good at fighting.The mission of Subodei and Jebe was only armed reconnaissance, and they never thought of making an enemy of such a powerful military country, so they decided to take diplomatic activities to digest this enemy silently. In the Kipchak Grassland, Subotai learned that the Russians had been bullied by the Kipchak people for hundreds of years, so he sent ten clever Mongols as envoys to meet Mustislav near the Dnieper River.The Mongolian envoy said to the cold-faced old man, "There is no enmity between Mongolia and Russia. The Mongolian army is here to pursue the disobedient Kipchaks. Why did Russia send troops?"

Mustislav sneered: "The Kipchaks have never been your vassals, so how can you disobey orders? You invade other people's territory, and you still have plausible arguments, which is unreasonable!" Seeing that this plan failed, the Mongolian envoy had to come up with a divorce plan: "Everyone knows that the Kipchak people often invade Russia's territory and ravage it wantonly. You and the Kipchak people have a sworn hatred. Why do you want to unite with the enemy? You Shouldn't you consider taking advantage of this great opportunity to kill the Kipchak people to relieve your hatred? Of course, you can also unite with us, because our beliefs are the same."

Mustislav sneered again: "Shit, the biggest enemy now is you, not the Kipchak people. Besides, you believe in Shamanism, and we believe in Orthodox Church. How can they be the same faith?" The Mongol envoys finally lost their patience and jumped up and cursed. This was due to their arrogance that has been victorious in many battles for many years and trampled everyone under their feet. This kind of mentality is extremely undesirable.Mustislav flew into a rage, pulled ten Mongols out of the camp, and beheaded them for public display. Then, he led 80,000 Russian and Kipchak coalition troops across the Dnieper River and quickly defeated the 1,000 Mongol security forces.Knowing that the war was inevitable, Subotai sent two people to Mustislav to say: "You kill my envoys and attack my outposts. If you want war, I will give you war! We will never use tricks to frame You, the only immortal who is worn all over the world, will be our referee!"

Subotai was lying. The Mongols always fight with conspiracy and intrigue. It is impossible for him not to use tricks, because tricks are the soul of the Mongolian army.He and Jebe decided to adopt the strategy of luring the enemy deep and retreating for a decisive battle. Before that, their reconnaissance troops had obtained detailed information about the Russian Corps.Archers on horseback from the Principality of Polovichi, infantry from the Principality of Galicia, and heavy cavalry from the Russian capital, riding on armored horses, waving the iconostasis banner, wearing conical helmets, iron He is wearing a leather mask, holding a long sword in his right hand, and heavy weapons such as a mace and a meteor hammer hanging from his waist.With this equipment, you don't have to face the enemy, you only need to walk ten kilometers, and the soldiers will be out of breath.The baggage of the Russian Corps was carried by carts, and at the same time drove a large herd of cattle and sheep, which was also part of the army rations.

However, due to the lack of a unified command, this 80,000-strong regiment showed its own special skills. The archers walked in the front, the infantry was in the middle, the supply troops followed closely, and the heavy infantry walked at the end panting. It seemed that the whole army was packed with livestock. Jebe was tasked with attracting the enemy.He led 5,000 men at close distance from this army full of livestock. As long as the opponent's light cavalry was a little far away from the main force, Jebe would launch an attack on them and then retreat quickly; when the enemy fell far behind, Jebe stopped and waited for them for a while.

Subotai led the main force to retreat to the area west of the Don River to gather, waiting for the enemy, or waiting for the enemy to throw himself into the trap. The Russian Corps chased after nine days, and chased to a river in the north of the Assyrian Sea. This river is the Karmius River. The Mongols were on the other side of the river, laughing and looking at the Russian army and the livestock in the army. At this time, Mustislav decided to fight across the river with his entire army.He shouted at the top of his voice: "God bless us, kill these godless savages, don't pity them, go forward!"

The problem is that his regiment is not a single unit, there are light cavalry, heavy cavalry and infantry.As soon as his order was issued, the light cavalry naturally rushed to the front, followed by the heavy cavalry, and their horses immediately became extremely difficult as soon as they entered the river, and finally the infantry crossed the river happily, and soon surpassed the heavy cavalry .Those who did not cross the river were the 10,000 Kyiv engineers who were good at using vehicles to form a defensive formation. They were setting up the battlefield in a leisurely manner. Some people still joked that they were useless at all, because once the army crossed the river, the Mongols would die undoubtedly.

During the chaotic crossing of the Russian regiment, Subotai and Jebe gave no order to attack.Hitting the enemy in the middle of the river seems very clever at first glance, but in fact, a smart general would never use this move, because it is difficult for the enemy to move in the river, and it is not easy for him to move in the river, unless you have absolute The superior force is one against ten. Subotai and Jebe decided on the battle plan while the enemy was crossing the river.A group of elite cavalry attacked the Kipchak people who were about to go ashore. Russian Corps to deter. Sure enough, the Kipchaks who landed first flinched, and as soon as the Mongols charged, they scattered.Then came the light cavalry, and Subotai adopted the "Tian Ji horse racing" strategy. He used his own heavy cavalry to attack the opponent's light cavalry, and his light cavalry to attack the opponent's infantry who were going ashore. As for the opponent's heavy cavalry, he used archers to deal with them. .

The enemy quickly routed and trampled on each other.Subotai ordered the troops to be assembled at one point, and the Russian corps was squeezed into the river in a dense formation.The neighing of horses on the river bank, the chaotic sound of horseshoes and the clash of weapons were intertwined, and the river water became turbid due to the violent stirring of so many people.The Mongolian corps was in full swing, forcing the Russian corps back to the other side of the river. After landing, they slashed and killed like a knife cutting watermelon. The Kyiv engineering corps, which likes to use vehicles to form a defensive formation, came in handy unfortunately. Those who survived by chance ran into the circle surrounded by carts, using throwing axes and bows to resist the flying Mongolian soldiers.

The Mongols surrounded them, destroyed their carts with rockets, and circled the carts continuously, shooting arrows.But the Russians in the circle will still fly the ax without the slightest timidity. Subotai sent people to the outside of the cart and shouted loudly: "Don't waste your energy, if you surrender, we will let you go!" Mustislav took a sip, and said: "These barbarians must avenge their revenge. Let's kill their envoys. They can't let us go. There is only one way, to break through!" All were in favor, and the breakout began.This was a cruel plan to use flesh as a shield. Under the cover of the flesh of countless Russians, Mustislav escaped successfully, leaving behind more than 10,000 corpses shot into a sieve.

At least six Russian princes and seventy nobles were captured. Subodai and Jebe pressed wooden planks removed from carts on top of them, and then let five hundred Mongolian soldiers dance and feast on them. crushed to death.They paid with their lives for the murder of ten Mongols by Mustislav. This is the Battle of the Karmius River. Less than one-tenth of the 80,000 people in Russia survived, and the Mongolian Corps was almost unscathed. The destruction of the Russian Corps left southern Russia in a vacuum.However, both Subotai and Jebe knew that a mere 30,000 people was not enough to completely conquer Russia. They just raided the Russian border, then led their troops northward, and suddenly disappeared in the southern Russian grassland.The departure of the Mongols made Russia and the remaining Kipchak people think that they had been freed from their iron heels. Several small Kipchak tribes returned to their fragmented hometowns one after another, and the Russian princes began to quarrel again. They thought that the Mongols People never come back. It was true that Jebe would never return. In 1224, Genghis Khan ordered the two of them to return to the east. Jebe died of illness on the way back to his teacher. Subodei will come back, and a dozen years later, will be Russia's terminator. Jebe and Subotai’s expedition lasted three years with a mere 30,000 people, traveled 8,000 kilometers, fought dozens of battles, and easily defeated the Persians, Gurdjis, Caucasians, Kipchaks and The Russians, like entering no man's land, can be described as a miracle in human history.It is not an exaggeration to call it a magical expedition.They not only conquered so many ethnic groups, but also brought back valuable information, that is, the strength of Western countries. These valuable information provided a theoretical basis for the more powerful Western Expedition launched by the Great Mongol State later. This is the most glorious moment of Genghis Khan and his army, and at the same time, it is also the end of Genghis Khan's life. Many years later, when the Persians, Arabs, Russians, Hungarians, and Poles who were defeated by the Mongolian army recalled the Mongolian army, they would always think of the overwhelming enemies like grains of sand, because they always felt that they were always attacked by enemies and always alerted. Every time the Mongolian army fought, its strength was more than hundreds of thousands.For example, Edward Gibbon, the author of "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", said nervously about Genghis Khan's western conscripts that there were 700,000 combatants. In fact, Genghis Khan's military strength was only 130,000.The reason why Western countries have an overwhelming impression of Mongolian soldiers is related to the Mongolian army's marching and combat skills.The Mongolian army created by Genghis Khan was always divided into several columns when fighting, and several columns advanced in parallel, which gave people the impression of a huge number.At the same time, for the convenience of search, security, and transportation, the activity area of ​​each column is extremely large.A large army battle often covers hundreds of miles.In particular, its search troops often disperse before the main army, climb high and look far away, and sometimes stay one or two hundred miles away from the column in order to find out the enemy's situation.Each search force is an elite cavalry. When they encounter a weak enemy that can attack, they will attack immediately; when they encounter a strong enemy, they will retreat and report to the large army.