Alagir, located about a hundred miles west of Alan City, is the northern exit of the only passage at the eastern end of the entire Caucasus Mountains.

As a result, the Ottomans in West Georgia could easily reach Alan City through this road.

Aziz, a Sipasi cavalry general in his thirties, was originally a descendant of the Polish lancers captured by the Ottomans from Poland. By this time, the Ottoman Sipasi cavalry could no longer dominate the Janiceli slaves.

above the Legion, but was almost merged into Jenichery.

As a result, a large group of Yenicheris like him, who were descendants of Christians and were proficient in cavalry, grew up during the war with Europe and became pashas (governors) who could command the noble cavalry of Yenicheris and Sipassi.

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At this time, the Ottoman Empire was in ruins after the rise of Russia. The Sultan of the Empire originally had the intention to introduce advanced European military systems and tactics, and hired a Frenchman with a high salary to train the new army, but in the end he failed due to the overt and covert opposition of the domestic nobles.

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But the pasha also kept an eye on it. At the forefront of the confrontation with the Russians, in the Taman Peninsula in the North Caucasus and in Western Georgia, he made Aziz, who had studied in France, serve as pasha. He fell to the Russians in the Azov Fortress.

In human hands, these two places are naturally full of dangers, and the nobles will naturally not object.

As a result, Pasha Aziz on the Gataman Peninsula in West Georgia became the only Ottoman territory in the country that had trained a group of new troops and maintained a large number of cavalry.

In the seventeenth century, the Polish cavalry was once very popular, but with the rapid advancement of the firearms era, they had no choice but to decline. However, Aziz believed that as long as they were effectively matched with firearms, the cavalry was still capable of fighting.

After learning that most of the Cossack regiments in the Kuban area had been transferred to the Don River Basin, Aziz, who was traveling between Taman and Kutaisi (the capital of West Georgia), immediately came up with the idea of ​​capturing the Kuban.

However, he finally gave up the idea, naturally because the Ottoman Empire and Russia signed a peace agreement not long ago. Before that, the Russians almost captured the Crimean Peninsula. Although they finally retreated on their own initiative, they looted the peninsula.<

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Since that battle, the Ottomans have fully understood that the enemy is strong and we are weak, and it is better not to provoke the Russians easily before their own strength has accumulated to a certain level.

Therefore, when he learned that the Chechens were about to attack the territory of the Alans and issued a request for help from their own side, Aziz could have easily rushed to the city of Alans from the Taman Peninsula along the northern foot of the Caucasus Mountains.

This is the only way through the Caucasus Mountains.

The reason why Aziz is so keen on robbing the Alans is because the cost of recruiting, training, and equipping a new army is too high. In the current imperial system, the Sultan does not have the ability to support an additional army like his, let alone

The nobles in the country also strongly opposed it.

From the moment he entered the Caucasus Mountains, Aziz began to clean up the mountain people from Georgia, Armenia and the North Caucasus who were hiding here due to ethnic and religious disputes. Unless they were Muslims of his own sect, he would attack and capture them all.

Evacuated to Batumi, a port city in West Georgia.

After completely capturing Alan City and capturing a large number of Christians there, they were escorted to Batumi and then sent to Istanbul for sale.

In his calculations, he could harvest at least one hundred thousand people from this trip, and the money from the sales would be enough to support his ten thousand new troops for five years!

It can be seen from this section that although the Ottoman Empire had central financial difficulties, the nobles were not poor, just like in the late Ming Dynasty, although the country was poor, the people had a huge amount of silver.

Such an empire will decline sooner or later.

Aziz naturally neither wants nor wants to interfere with the empire's affairs.

For him, it is just right to capture Alan City to gain money and then increase the establishment of the new army. Sooner or later, he will have a battle with the Russians. If he does not fight it before the Russians have completely taken over the North Caucasus, he will never have another chance.

Opportunity.

In his mind, it would be better if he could train 20,000 new soldiers, stabilize the Crimean Peninsula, and add "Crimea" to his title from the previous "West Georgia Taman Pasha"

But that's it.

If Crimea is occupied, the cavalry can be expanded and the Dnieper River area can be glimpsed.

The Dnieper River Basin was the land of his ancestors a hundred years ago.

Although they knew that the Ottomans were coming early in the morning, the Alans in Alagir had no choice but to stick to the wooden city and flee to the mountains.

As a result, 1,500 Xipaxi cavalry surrounded Alagir and plundered. While the Chechens were attacking Alan City, he had already captured more than 10,000 people!

After that, he let a Jenicheli regiment (1,500 people) guard Alagir, and he took 1,500 Sipasi cavalry and 1,500 Yenicheli new infantry to officially drive to Alan City.<

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His cavalry and infantry were all organized according to the French military system at this time. In addition to the spears and sabers that the thousand Poles were good at, the cavalry was also equipped with light lances, which could be used as dragoons at any time.

In addition to the flintlock muskets that can be quickly loaded and fired, the infantry regiments also have extremely long-range traditional weapons of the Ottomans, the Ottoman muskets called Rumi guns by the Ming Dynasty. This musket has a slender barrel and is heavier than ordinary flintlocks.

The gun is heavier, but has a very long range, which can reach two to three hundred meters.

In the European battlefield at this time, the line tactic of queuing to kill had begun to decline, but Aziz believed that there was still room for great success. Therefore, although he organized and trained a new army, he still clung to the line tactic.

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Of course, he did not miss the increasingly important artillery. This time when crossing the rugged Caucasus Mountains, he naturally could not carry heavy large-caliber long-barreled artillery, but could only carry some lightweight short-barreled artillery.
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The departure of the Kuban Cossacks was also an opportunity for him. Although he gave up the idea of ​​capturing the Kuban area, it was still possible to take the opportunity to capture the Alan area, which the Russians did not want to fight with at present. Otherwise, due to the large number of residents in the Alan area,

Most of them are Christians. If the Cossacks were still there, he would never dare to act rashly.

Aziz is thirty years old this year and is short and stocky. Because he is a pasha on the front line against Russia, he has implemented a shockingly high-pressure policy in the Taman Peninsula, the east coast of the Black Sea, and West Georgia. The residents of these places except the Taman Peninsula

, most of whom were Christians, he doubled the tithe, causing resentment in the country.

But Aziz remained the same as before. As the European succession war for the Austrian throne came to an end, he knew that there were not many opportunities left for him, and he had to try to gain some benefits before all the Russian troops arrived in the North Caucasus.

At this time, although Tsarist Russia has the upper hand in land battles, its navy is mediocre, and the Ottoman Empire is still suppressing the Russians on the Black Sea. Therefore, it is not certain who will ultimately win the land of the North Caucasus.

With this amount of money and the constraints of the Persians who also believe in Islam, Aziz believes that he has no chance of winning.

What's more, once the North Caucasus campaign begins, a large number of troops will inevitably be transported along the sea route from the mainland. At that time, your chances of winning will be better.

"Time waits for no one!"

Thinking of this, Aziz's sense of urgency became stronger. He whipped his horse violently and prepared to reach Alan City as soon as possible.

When marching to the place between Alagir and Alan City, the team in front suddenly slowed down. Aziz was furious, and when he was about to ask the messenger to go and check what happened, someone was already in front.

The leader was an officer with a thin face but a full beard. He was accompanied by a man who was dressed in a very strange attire that Aziz had never seen before.

Wearing a Mongolian hat, a gray-brown burlap jacket, and long trousers, but the lower legs are tightly wrapped in gray cloth strips, with a saber on his shoulder and a musket on his back, he looks like a Mongolian!

As Taman Pasha, Aziz naturally knew about the existence of the Turghuts. What's more, in the Azov Sea at this time, in addition to the Azov Fortress, there were places belonging to the Ottomans on the east coast of the Azov Sea, and there were also Turghuts there.

The special people are nomadic, but this is the first time I have seen Mongolians dressed like this.

Seeing this person, Aziz's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Are the Mongols also interested in the North Caucasus? If it can cause chaos among the Russians, wouldn't it be more promising for me to regain the North Caucasus and even the Azov Fortress?"

It is Kitard who is here!

After learning that the Chechens and Ottomans were attacking Alan City, he thought about it and finally decided to intervene.

The departure of the Kuban Cossacks gave Aziz an opportunity to take advantage of, but was it not also an opportunity for him?

So, he asked Chu Huer to lead a thousand troops to guard Truqin, and he personally took Techina and Shen Muhua to the Alan area!

Tie Chena and Shen Muhua did not know the purpose of their Huntai Ji's trip. According to Kitard, "They are all new recruits. Just training is not enough. They must be put out to practice."< /p>

This was just his superficial thought. According to his original intention, the target of this team's sword test must be the Kazakh Xiaoyuzi tribe, but the changes in the Alan area gave him new ideas.

Several groups of people have launched operations in the North Caucasus while the empire, which has an unusual desire for land, is still napping. Otherwise, once their army arrives, they will have no voice.

For the Ottomans, the European part of the territory, Anatolia, and Egypt are the core, and the other places are the periphery to defend the core. If you can, try to defend it, and if you can't, it won't be a pity.

Therefore, Western Georgia and the Taman Peninsula are among those that can be discarded. If Aziz himself thinks so, then it is foreseeable that these places will be lost quickly.

In that case, there will be no place for Aziz in the heart of the empire.

"Absolutely not like this!"

Since taking over these places, Aziz has secretly made up his mind.

But to defend these places, determination alone is not enough, nor is the addition of new troops. The only variable is the major tribes in the Tsarist Russian Empire.

In the current border area of ​​Europe and Asia, in addition to the Mongols, there are also Bashkirs and Kazakhs, all of whom are numerous in number. In Aziz's view, they are all exploitable targets.

Especially the Mongols, among the above three tribes, although they are not the largest in number, they are the most powerful. He has fought against them before and knows how powerful they are.

"If the Mongols launch a rebellion in Russia, they will never reach the North Caucasus in a short while!"
Chapter completed!