Gou was a member of the imperial family in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 800 Rakshasa
Morge's suggestion reminded Burigude, who could not sit still and immediately sent someone to contact Batur Hongtaiji of Junggar to ask whether the other side's army came from the west.

A few days later, the news finally came. After receiving the reply from Batur Hong Taiji of Junggar, Burigude was so angry. What Morge said was right. They were colluding with the old guy Chao Ketu Taiji. The army that suddenly appeared on the battlefield was really the barbarians from the west.

When the Mongol Empire was at its most powerful, it almost conquered the entire world. The eldest son Batu led his troops to the Danube River on a western expedition and almost invaded the most prosperous area in Europe, thus putting the whole world under the Mongol horses' hooves.

Unfortunately, due to the sudden death of the Great Khan Ogedei, Batu stopped his advance, which saved Europe from the war and allowed it to escape by chance.

After that, due to the struggle for the Great Khan position, Mongolia experienced a period of chaos. After Guyuk's death, Mongke inherited the Khan position, and the Great Khan position passed to Tolui's lineage. However, Mongke died unexpectedly at Diaoyutai during his expedition to the Southern Song Dynasty, which led to the division of the powerful Mongolian Empire, which formed the territory of the Four Khanates.

The four great khanates were the Golden Horde, the Chagatai Khanate, the Ögedei Khanate, and the Ilkhanate, and the Ögedei Khanate was the early form of Kublai Khan's Yuan Dynasty.

Kublai Khan's Yuan Dynasty later occupied China and became the Yuan Dynasty. The Chagatai Khanate was jointly suppressed by Kublai Khan and the Golden Horde. After its decline, it evolved into today's Western Mongolia and Central Asia. Part of its territory is now controlled by the Dzungar Khanate.

As for the Ilkhanate, it controlled the Middle East and also influenced the Indian region in southern Asia. The establishment of the Mughal Empire was related to the Ilkhanate. Now the Ilkhanate no longer exists, and the entire Khanate has been assimilated by the local people and become a part of the Middle East.

The Golden Horde, which was the most powerful and had the most military force, was the farthest away from the Central Plains of the Four Khanates, and was also the first and most thorough to de-Mongolize. The Golden Horde existed much longer than the Yuan Dynasty, and did not perish until 1502, the th year of the Hongzhi reign of the Ming Dynasty.

After its demise, the Golden Horde was divided and digested by the various principalities to which it originally belonged. Among them, the Principality of Moscow benefited the most, receiving a large amount of the Golden Horde's legacy and developing rapidly.

45 years after the fall of the Golden Horde, the Principality of Moscow became a powerful country in Eastern Europe through many wars, annexations and marriages. Grand Duke Vasily III was in power because his father Ivan III married Princess Sophia Paleologina of the Byzantine Empire, and he was also born to Princess Sophia. After he succeeded to the throne, he called himself the heir of the Roman Empire. When his son Ivan IV succeeded to the throne, he directly changed the Principality of Moscow to the Russian Empire, and regarded himself as the orthodox Eastern Roman Empire and called himself the Tsar.

Thus, Tsarist Russia was officially born. After its birth, the Russian Empire continued to expand outward, annexing dozens of principalities, becoming a regional power in one fell swoop. However, due to the difficulty of westward expansion, the Russian Empire turned around and expanded eastward after its failure in the westward war, constantly annexing and encroaching on parts of the territory of the Golden Horde and the former Ilkhanate, gradually extending its tentacles to the east.

More than a decade ago, as the Russian Empire expanded, it encountered a powerful opponent on the road to conquest. This opponent was the Dzungars. The Dzungars were a powerful tribe in Mongolia. Its territory was in the west of the desert, including but not limited to the area of ​​the former Chagatai Khanate.

War broke out soon after the two sides encountered each other. The Russian Empire, which had been expanding smoothly, did not take Dzungar seriously at first, but they did not expect that Dzungar's strength exceeded their original expectations. The invincible Russian army was defeated by the Dzungar cavalry and had to stop its expansion.

In the past decade, the two sides have fought countless wars and conflicts, both large and small. The Russian Empire's army is strong and well-equipped, and its Cossack cavalry is even more brave and good at fighting. In this respect, the quality of the Junggar army is not as good as that of the Russian Empire, but the problem is that the Russian Empire expanded too far to the east, with insufficient logistics and few troops to march east, while the Junggars had the innate advantage of fighting on their own land.

As one side gained strength while the other lost, the two sides were evenly matched and fought to a draw, with neither able to do anything to the other. But no one expected that at some point the Russian Empire's troops would actually join forces with Chao Ketu Taiji in the northern desert, not only providing Chao Ketu Taiji with a lot of equipment support, but also directly participating in Chao Ketu Taiji's southward attack on the western Mongolian desert with the intention of annexing Qinghai.

The sudden appearance of the Russian Empire's army attracted Burigude's attention. He was not sure whether the army sent by the other side was only the one that appeared on the battlefield or whether there were other backups. Moreover, according to the news from Junggar, these Russians were also called Rakshasas, with blond hair and blue eyes, extremely cruel and difficult to deal with. More importantly, these Rakshasas were extremely ambitious and greedy. When they could not open a gap from Junggar, they actually went north to secretly get together with the Mongolian army in the north of the desert. Their sinister intentions were obvious.

These were not taken into consideration originally. The troops brought by Burigude were all cavalry, and these cavalry were not equipped with any firearms. If they faced Chao Ketu Taiji's cavalry or the Rakshasa army alone, it would not be a big problem. But now the other side has united together, relying on the advantage of the Rakshasa people's firearms and the cooperation of the cavalry, it would be difficult to deal with them.

This is why Gushri Khan was defeated. Burigude did not gain any advantage from fighting against the enemy, and the enemy's offensive momentum remained. It was difficult to repel the coalition forces of Chaoketu Taiji and the Rakshasa people with the troops and equipment in hand. It was not that it was impossible to do so, but the key was that it would suffer considerable losses. Burigude did not want his men to die in vain on the battlefield. Considering the actual situation, Burigude hurriedly asked for help from Guihua City, hoping that Tana could send new troops to support him to deal with the Rakshasa army.

After Zhu Shenzhui returned to the Ming Dynasty, he not only took away most of his new army, but also a cavalry. However, in order to protect Guihua City and ensure the safety of Tana and Tenger mother and son, a small new army was left in Guihua City.

This new army was used as a garrison force, and only Tana had the right to command it. Even if Tenger was Jurkhaan, he still had no right to command the new army because he was not yet an adult. The usual training was done by the officers of the new army who stayed behind and Wang Hai. In the past two years, Wang Hai had selected some of the Mongolians and incorporated them into the new army, integrating them with the same training method. Now the army has reached 2,300 people, which is much stronger than at the beginning.

As for the equipment, it was basically the same as the new army, so the combat effectiveness was naturally not weak. The difference was that most of the new army members had never been on the battlefield, so the tactical coordination was not guaranteed. But no matter what, this army was the most powerful force in Tana's hands, and it was also the trump card to ensure itself. Now Burigude sent people to ask for help, hoping that Tana could send this army to participate in the war, which made Tana a little hesitant.

Unable to make up her mind for a moment, Tana called Wang Hai, told him about this, and asked for his opinion.

Wang Hai was also shocked when he heard that the Russian army had appeared on the battlefield in the west. He had heard of the Russians and knew the existence of the Russian Empire. After all, the connection between the Mongols and the west had never been interrupted, and a lot of news would come from the west. But he never expected that one day he would directly confront the Russian army, and under this circumstance.

"The Luosha people have evil ambitions, we must be on guard!" Wang Hai said to Tana in a serious tone, "At present, it seems that the Luosha people are unable to defeat the Junggar tribe head-on, and they plan to start from the north, win over Chaoketu Taiji in the northern desert, use Chaoketu Taiji's army to attack the western Mongolia, and thus seize the Qinghai area."

"I don't know how Chao Ketu Taiji was convinced by them, but I can conclude that these Russians definitely have no good intentions. Not only did they give equipment and weapons, they also personally went to the battlefield to help fight. These Russians are not Chao Ketu Taiji's parents. If they can pay such a high price, their intentions must be big!"

"You're right, I think so too. There is a Ming Dynasty saying that there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world. Often, a delicious and free whole roasted lamb may contain deadly poison. Since the Russians have paid such a huge price, they definitely cannot be without ulterior motives. Maybe they want not only western Mongolia, but even the entire northern and southern Mongolia." Tana agreed with Wang Hai's analysis. She is not an ordinary woman. After so many years of following Zhu Shenzhui to control the entire tribe, Tana's political and military vision is rare among women in the world, let alone Mongolia.

"Since my lady thinks the same, I think Burigude's request for help must not be taken lightly. Not only should we rescue him, but we should rescue him as soon as possible, and we should find a way to wipe out these Luosha people in one fell swoop. As long as these Luosha people are gone, Chao Ketu Taiji will not be a threat. When the war in the western desert is over, it seems that we can't ignore the northern desert as we did before. We have to send troops to test them a little to thoroughly understand the true strength of Chao Ketu Taiji and the Luosha people and their purpose."

"How many new troops do you think should be sent?" Tana nodded slightly and asked Wang Hai.

Wang Hai thought for a moment and said, "Even an eagle needs to use all its strength to fight a rabbit. Now we don't know if the Russians have a backup plan. If we send too few soldiers, it will be troublesome if the battle becomes a stalemate. I think we should either not send any troops, or send all the new troops and send another 5,000 elite cavalry to ensure a single strike!"

At this point, Wang Hai hesitated. Seeing that he was a little hesitant, Tana asked him if he had any concerns. Wang Hai said that if he led the troops himself and transferred all the new troops, he would be worried about the naturalization side. After all, neither he nor Burigude was in naturalization, and the safety of Tana and Tenger's mother and son could not be fully guaranteed.

Hearing this answer, Tana immediately laughed. She told Wang Hai not to worry. Although she was Alia, she had been on the battlefield in the past. Moreover, there was a cavalry guard directly under her in Guihua City. With the addition of tens of thousands of cavalry nearby, there would be no problem with safety.

Right now the war in the west is urgent, so we should give priority to it. As long as we can win the war as soon as possible, there will be absolutely no problem with Guihua City.

(End of this chapter)