Chapter 1722: Ultimatum Ivan felt contempt for the guide, but his eyes were full of confidence.
But it was evident that his faith could not last long, for it was not long before the sound of the horse's hoofs grew louder and louder, and countless shadows were found on the horizon, and the shadows became more and more dense, as if they had covered the heavens and the earth.
Immediately afterward, the black shadows in all directions rushed towards the camp at a rapid speed, and if you looked closely, you could see that the mountains and fields were full of extremely vigorous cavalry.
At this time, Ivan's face began to look ugly, and he even felt fear in his heart, and he finally realized something.
Here, how can there be a large-scale Tatar iron horse, how is this possible Before he could think too clearly, the countless galloping war horses had swept in an instant, and the cavalry on the horses raised their swords skillfully, and they were wearing new leather armor, which was hoarded by the new army in the past, but with the transformation of the new army, the leather armor has become a burden, so this batch of leather armor has been piled up in the warehouse.
This is an additional reward for the Duke of Zhenguo, the Tatars have finally realized the benefits of allegiance to Ye Chunqiu, although they can wear leather armor, but there are only a few thousand, but the Zhenguo Mansion has prepared to produce another batch, the texture of this leather armor is very good, the Tatars used to wear animal skins, but compared with this leather armor, it is a difference between heaven and earth, and the most important thing is that this leather armor is extremely comfortable to wear, which can not only keep warm, but also maintain the coordination of the body, and get the leather armor of the Tatars, who can't put it down.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
In fact, the new army of Zhenguo had many old armaments, such as war knives, the Tatars have a natural love for weapons, and even more so for swords, the knives of the new army are blown and broken, but the place is extremely tough, and the grip is also excellent.
The Tatars rode fast across the steppe on tall horses, and roared in unison, making them even more imposing.
For them, it was not difficult to find this Rus', this was originally the territory of the Tatars, and it only took thousands of scouts to scatter and search in a carpet manner, and it only took two days to find their traces.
The Tatars were born warriors, and the roar of the horse's hooves had been loud for nine days, and after that, countless Tatars rushed into the camp without hesitation, like hungry wolves.
The long knife was raised, and began to slash wildly, and the more than a thousand Rus' were their opponents in an instant, and one was killed on his back.
Ivan was already trembling with astonishment, and at this point he finally thought of escaping, but soon he realized that he was a little stupid, so when the swarming cavalry blocked his way, he dismounted without hesitation, fell to his knees, and shouted in his half-baked Mongolian dialect: "I am the baron of Rus', you can take me prisoner, and I will write to my family and demand a ransom for you worthy of me."
His voice was extremely small in this confusion, and before he could find it, there was already a whirlwind of cavalry, who did not pay attention to his pleas for mercy, and the next moment a stream of blood arrows spurted out like a spring, and a head rolled on the grass, and was soon picked up and tied to the horse.
This is a one-sided killing for no reason, but extremely bloody, and like the killings in this desert for thousands of years, there is no need for a reason.
It was just a cup of tea, and the wailing finally stopped, and in the sound of the north wind, everyone looked at the slaughtered corpses on the ground, but their eyes were full of greed.
For the Tatars, it is really like a merchant who goes out of the customs, setting up a pasture and fattening cattle and sheep, and then he can immediately sell the cattle and sheep to the market for cash, which is a huge attraction.
At the same time, in the deepest part of the desert, in the ice field, Yejigar Khan, in the city of Siberia, received an ultimatum.
The Siberian Khanate was once a branch of the Great Horde, and the Crimean Khanate, the Kazan Khanate, and the Astrakhan Khanate, all of which were vassal parts of the Great Horde, but since the Rus' overthrew the Great Horde and established its rule, the Siberian Khanate began to rise up on its own, Yejigar Khan ruled a vast area of Siberia, and was the suzerainty of many Tatars and Turks.
They were connected to the fiefdoms of the Stroganov family, the great feudal lords of Rus' in the west, and almost monopolized the fur business, which was so badly needed by the Rus'.
Yejigar Khan was a man of both sides, on the one hand, he curried favor with the Rus, and on the other hand, he had a very ambiguous relationship with the Tatar Batumunk Khan, because the Siberian Khanate, although the land was extensive, was not really powerful, and he had to rely on his blood ties with the Tatars to make sure that the Rus' who coveted him did not dare to act rashly, and on the other hand, he used the Rus to keep a certain distance from their distant relatives in the south.
Only now, this Yejigar Khan knows that this delicate balance is over.
His distant relative, Batu Munk Khan, sent a sternly worded letter demanding that they surrender and surrender the land, claiming that it was an order from the town government.
Zhenguo Mansion Yejigar Khan had heard of the war in the south, and it was this town that defeated 200,000 Tatar horsemen.
But what Yejiger Khan couldn't have imagined was that his former fierce and brave distant relative actually began to work for the Zhenguo Mansion without hesitation, and seemed to want to use him to borrow flowers and offer Buddha.
But though Yejigar Khan was furious, he was silent.
The strength of the Tatar department, how could he not know that even though he experienced a big defeat not long ago, there are still more than 100,000 elite iron horses, once he turns his face, it means that the other party is coming.
The point is, is the Siberian Khanate their opponent Yejigar Khan took a deep breath, his gaze looking deep.
The disaster of destroying the country is just around the corner, what should he do?
And in another place, the Marquis of Stroganov, east of the Urals, like the Siberian Khan, was also given an ultimatum.
Marquis Stroganov was the largest feudal lord in the east of Muscovy, and he owned almost all of the territory of the Ural Mountains, and he was extremely wealthy because he was engaged in the logging trade.
It's just that the ultimatum he got seems very special, this is a human head, yes, it is Ivan's head. aa2705221: