Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 1007
The Battle of Bulgar City was soon over.

When the reinforcements from Kiev were defeated by the Qi army, which was much smaller than them, the commander Ingovar died in battle, and the rest surrendered; Lu Qi's army, which outnumbered them, was devoured in one bite...

Askold pissed in horror.

The horrific scene outside the city made him tremble, but there was nothing he could do, he wiped his butt by himself, let's bite the bullet and fight.

He is not willing to teach the pagans outside the city the right to choose his life, and kneels humbly at their feet, allowing his life and death to be controlled by others.

It's just that the main cavalry army in Bulgar City is already finished, so how can the remaining infantry in the city hold it?

Whether it is self-tradition or the influence of the Rus, in Bulgar, the status and importance of cavalry is much higher than that of infantry.

Through the simple combination of Liangshan Cannon, Lu Chuan and Lu Yue brothers threw arson bombs, incendiary bombs, powder packets and other gunpowder weapons that the Bulgarians had never seen before on the city wall. The sound shook the sky, and flesh and blood flew everywhere.

This weapon, which sounded like thunder, brought shock and fear to the Bulgar people. It is simply indescribable!

Could it be that God is angry?

Originally, the defeat in the first battle outside the city had already caused panic in the city, and the morale of the soldiers and civilians was low. Now that they were ravaged by firearms for the second time, the atmosphere became even more desperate.

People's minds changed, and Askold's general Bazayev couldn't bear it at first.The hryvnia never came back in the battle outside the city. Bazayev had not been able to fight for the hryvnia before, but escaped.He was already afraid in his heart, but now he was even more afraid, and he only wanted to surrender in his heart.

Bazayev persuaded Askold to surrender, talked a lot about the truth, and urged him to dedicate the city to the Lu Qi army, so that the Lu Qi army spared their lives.

Of course, Askold knew what Bazayev was thinking better than anyone else. The latter was just a nobleman, but Askold was the leader.It was everyone's luck to have a leader standing in front of us when we surrendered.

But that was also Askold's great misfortune, he didn't dare to gamble.In other words, his status would drop too much after the surrender, to the point that he couldn't accept it.

Instead of this, it is better to take a step earlier.He showed tenderness to Bazayev and calmed him down for the time being.

Then that night, he led his personal guards to open the city gate to rush out of the encirclement of Lu Qi's army and find a way out.

It's a pity that the sheep entered the tiger's mouth and never returned.

Askold's head was placed under the city of Bulgar after dawn the next day. The latter was already messed up because of Askold's escape, so there is nothing to say now, Ba Zayev took the lead and opened the city gate, and everyone surrendered neatly.

Lu Qi's army successfully occupied Bulgar City, and then it was wantonly liquidating, that is, wantonly plundering property.

But this trivial matter is not worth mentioning compared to the impact of the entire Bulgar War.When the news that more than 5000 Kiev reinforcements and more than 400 knights were wiped out under the city of Bulgar reached Kiev, Vsevolod II Oligovich was completely stupid.

This is more than 5000 cavalry and more than 400 knights. Most of them are armored cavalry, which is a trump card in his hand.Now the whole army is wiped out?

Before he recovered, the leaders of the reinforcements sent by the Grand Duke Kurkos and the Duke of Pinsk had already approached Vsevolod II Oligovich anxiously.

They are willing to pay enough ransom as long as they can redeem the captured cavalry, especially the knights and noble officers inside.

But are these things Vsevolod II Oligovich needs to consider?What worries him even more now is Lu Qijun's next move.

Without elite cavalry, relying on a small number of armored infantry and a large number of unarmored infantry, it is impossible to pose a threat to Lu Qi's army.That is to say, the active and passive relationship of the war has been completely determined since then—before Vsevolod II Oligovich receives a large number of new cavalry support, the initiative of the war will be completely controlled by the Qi Army hands.

Moreover, according to legend, Lu Qi's army, which defeated Kiev's reinforcements head-on with less than half of its strength, must have such a powerful combat effectiveness.

With strong strength, Vsevolod II Oligovich, who seized the throne of the Grand Duke of Ross with a sword, was originally the strongest among the principalities of Ross.And its army is naturally the strongest army among the Rus.But such a powerful army was so easily smashed and wiped out by the Chinese. The Grand Duke of Kiev, the Principality of Pereasladar in the northern part of the Bulgar Khanate, and the Principality of North Novgorod were all trembling!
If Lu Chuan and Lu Yue can take advantage of the situation to lead the attack on the Grand Duke of Kiev at this time, it is not guaranteed that Vsevolod II Oligovich will consider abandoning the Grand Duke's collar and return to his own lair in Northern Roschernigov went.

But the two didn't do that at all. Instead, they sent an army to escort the wealth and loot back to the northeast coast of the Black Sea. At least they wanted to give the big army behind them a promise, right?But he "unexpectedly" led the army straight south and entered the Crimean Peninsula.

The Crimean Peninsula is not a geographically difficult place. Its northern and central parts are plains (accounting for about 75% of the total area), the southeastern Kerch Peninsula is low-altitude hills, and the southern forest mountains are also gentle on the north slope and south slope. It is steep, and the southern foot of the mountain range is a long and narrow coastal area.

If you want to attack this peninsula, it is a nightmare to fight from south to north-such as the Crimean War, also known as the Ninth Russo-Turkish War.On the peninsula, Mao Xiong and the Anglo-French-Turkish coalition forces killed a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.But if they attack from north to south, it will not be smooth.

The Byzantines never expected that Lu Qi's army would suddenly arrive, and they did not completely control the entire peninsula.The Byzantines mainly controlled several cities along the south-central coast of the Crimean Peninsula, all of which were port cities.The revival of Byzantium-the Komnenian dynasty didn't have much energy to pay attention to this place.The pastures of the Bulgars have penetrated into the central plain of the peninsula.

When Lu Chuan and Lu Yue led the team, penetrated the territory of the Bulgars and appeared in the south-central part of the peninsula, some of the defenseless Byzantines just panicked.

The mighty Lu Qi army, in the cold wind, marched south along the vast grassland until the southernmost tip of the peninsula, and saw the black sea that could not be seen at a glance.

Unlike the cold climate north of the Sea of ​​Azov, the cold air from the north is changing the whole of Ross at this time.In half a month, the white snow will cover everything that can be observed by the naked eye!
As far as the dimension is concerned, the Crimean Peninsula and China's Black Province are on the same line, so we can know the location of the surrounding areas of the Sea of ​​Azov.

Think about Hei Province in the eighth and ninth lunar months, isn’t snow always coming?
But when they entered the Crimean Grassland, they felt that the place was still so beautiful, with blue sky and white clouds, and crisp autumn air, which made people feel refreshed.

This is what ocean lakes do.The Mediterranean climate is just so amazing.

The Bulgars had no obligation to inform the Byzantines. Lu Yue led the troops straight into the southern part of the peninsula, while Lu Chuan led the troops to break into the coastal area at the western end of the central part.When a lightly armed scouting cavalry arrived at the city of Ilya [approximately located in the later Yevpatoria], the Byzantines hadn't even smelled the war, and their city gates were still open.The city is still in a peaceful mode.

Thanks to the small number of scouting cavalry, otherwise, with one charge, Lu Qi's army would be able to take down this port city with a history of 500 years.

Yes, 500 years.

As early as the fifth century BC, the Greeks had already arrived here.

Now 500 years have passed, the name of the city has changed again and again, and the owner has changed several times, but it has always been the most important port city on the west coast of the peninsula.

(End of this chapter)