Rostov.

Qitad soon learned about Peter III's advance eastward.

He immediately convened the generals of the Guards to hold a meeting to discuss.

Participants were Kang Xiaozi, commander of the Guards and commander of the First Division, commander of the Second Division, commander of the Second Division, commander of the Third Division, commander of the Guards and secretary of the King, Harachi, and Nolbu.

Amir is the battalion commander of the Khlsong Brigade who followed Wobasi to the Yedishan Tribe, and the Dagestanese from Makhachkara, who have been promoted to division commander.

Nolb was the first to say: "Peter III wants to reach Rostov, there are two ways to go, one is through Donetsk and the other is through Mariupol"

"At present, Mariupol is controlled by our country, he obviously won't do this, not to mention that there is a military force in Melitopol, so he will probably come over through Donetsk"

"This has another advantage. You all know that many herders in our country have migrated to the Donetsk prairie west of the Don River under the instigation of the Russians. Now their leader, by the way, is Ubash Nazanov, a descendant of the nephew of Ayuchikhan in our country."

"His father Dorji Nazanov is dead. He is in his early thirties. He is now the leader of more than 15,000 herders in the Donetsk prairie. In addition to the Turkuts, there are also Tatars, Nogai people, Bashkir people, etc."

"Ubash has been crowned as Donetsk Khan by Peter III and promoted to hereditary duke. He will definitely serve the Tsar wholeheartedly"

"If you pass by him, not to mention anything else, there is no problem in intelligence. Ten thousand cavalry is still quite powerful. If you let them cover Peter III's army, there is no problem"

Qitad nodded, "Where is my father-in-law?"

He was talking about Datai Jizamuyang of the Heshuo Special Branch, and Abahai's father. He naturally knew the specific situation, but he wanted to explain it to everyone through the mouth of Nolbu.

"Ahem, he is old and his shepherds can control have dropped sharply from one thousand households before to three hundred. Now he has nothing else to do in Zaporoze except hunting. There are only one hundred personal guards who can be placed in the city, and the other two hundred households live outside the city."

Qitad looked at the people present, "Kang Xiaozi is a Han Chinese, Laozhabu is a Turgut, Amir is a Dagestanese, and Harachi is a Nogai. It is a comprehensive combination. Let me see what these people think"

"Tell me about it too"

Laozhabu is about the same age as Qitade, and his younger brother, the deputy Khanseleng. If he had not come here, he would have died of illness when he followed Wobaxi and returned to the east, and he is living a good life now.

This person was a powerful leader at a young age when he was in the Junggar Khanate. He was brave and resourceful on the way to the east. Qitade was still optimistic about him.

But he wasn't the first to speak.

Seeing this, Kharachi, the secretary of Qitad, thought to himself: "The rules of our country are those with low positions first, so I have to come."

Then he said, "Your Majesty, His Highness Wobasi's army was obviously a concern for Peter III, but the Ministry of Justice heard that there were many Prussians in his army, and his adviser Minnech was also a long-time general, quite strategic. Now their serf soldiers have arrived."

"So, he could completely divide his troops to attack Mariupol and restrain His Highness Wobasi's army"

Qitad smiled and said, "The reason why Peter III has not attacked me for a long time is obviously because he is concerned about our country's firepower. He can only gather in one place with a large amount of military strength to have a chance of winning. How can he divide his troops?"

Harachi was speechless for a moment, "But how should he deal with His Highness Wobasi's army?"

Laozhabu said: "Their regular army and serf soldiers together have nearly 100,000. If they meet our army in the wild, our army will not get much benefit. Our army's advantage lies in firepower. Peter III did not know this. Minnech and others obviously knew this, and this was one of them."

"So, he would definitely know that His Majesty's Guards would not leave Rostov. As for His Highness's army, the same is true. If His Highness comes out of Melitopol, Peter III will definitely attack him first. At this time, His Majesty's Guards will be in a dilemma"

Kang Xiaozi also said: "My opinion is the same as that of Commander Lao Zhang, that is, they are sure that His Highness Wobaxi's army will not break out halfway, but will only come to carry out counter-encirclement after he arrives at Rostov. In fact, even if His Highness's army arrives at Rostov, they still have an advantage in numbers."

"Don't underestimate the serf soldiers. The Russians implemented a military merit system. Once the serf soldiers made meritorious service in battle, they could get rid of their slaves and obtain land that could only be obtained from the landlords in the form of leases. Moreover, the Tsar was close, so they would definitely fight to the death."

Qitade nodded in his heart and thought to himself: "Heavy equipment is both a killing weapon and a bond. With this thing, the cavalry that could traverse the battlefield in our country had much less chance of killing all directions"

"What's more, Russian cavalry generally equipped with flintlock guns. Although there was only one lead bullet, our army still lost a lot of people when the two armies met."

"The so-called cavalry in our country has actually transformed into horseback infantry"

Nolbu said: "I don't know much about military affairs, but since Ubash's tribal cavalry has been mobilized, Peter III will definitely let him focus on His Highness specifically. Naturally, they are not his Highness's opponents, but they can still be guerrilla along the way. Ten thousand cavalry, if they are put in the past, it is a powerful force."

Qitad nodded, "If I guess well, Ubash's function is used in this regard. What I want to ask now is, how should our country react well?"

Laozhabu said: "Of course, we are waiting for the army of Peter III to attack, and then use our superior firepower to kill a large number of live powers."

Most people also think so, but Amir, the commander of the Third Division, said: "The vocational department believes that there are other ways to go"

"Oh?"

Amir looked nervously at Kang Xiaozi and Lao Zhangzabu, especially the latter, who are now known for their domineering aura in the Guards, and sometimes even Kang Xiaozi is not taken seriously.

But the two men seemed to have no dissatisfaction. At this point, he had to bite the bullet and say, "Once Peter III's army comes out, it seems a bit wasteful to stay in Melitopol again"

"Therefore, the Ministry of Justice suggested that it would be better to wait until Peter III's army arrived completely in Rostov, His Highness Vobasi's army simply went north to Zaporoze, either conquering it or surrounding it"

"My suggestion is to surround Peter III and let the two ends of the rat. If it is quickly conquered, his army may retreat to the Voronesh area"

"If the other party surrounds, Peter III will definitely divide the troops. By then, our army will use positions to consume their situations in Rostov and Zaporoze. Although it is still more to fight less, it will be much less pressure on our army after all."

Qitade thought for a while and said, "You are thinking well. It's not that easy to destroy a hundred thousand troops in one battle. Besides, they also have heavy weapons. If they attack halfway, they can run away at any time."

"Therefore, the army of Wobasi can be divided into three"

"Oh?"

"If he uses a division to attack Zaporoze, he will definitely not be able to take it down for a while. Then Peter III or Minnech will think that as long as they are in Rostov and they can return to Zaporoze once they win"

"What's more, then the ten thousand tribal cavalry of Ubash can be deployed near Zaporoze, and Obasi will not be able to conquer it quickly"

"I think that since our country's mobility is much stronger than the Russian army, after the arrangement is made, the firepower advantage is great, and the main force of the Russian army was also attracted by our army to Rostov. It is better to use the three divisions of Wobasi separately"

"One division continued to stay in Melitopol, and remained silent under the banner of Vobasi, while the other two divisions took advantage of the opportunity of the Dnieper River still being frozen, and then crossed the Dnieper River again from the Kremenchurg port located in the middle of the Dnieper River in our country, which belongs to the Kafbass Province."

"At that time, if the river has thawed, you can use the ship to cross it. If it still freezes, it would be even better"

"At this time, the main force of the Russian army had arrived in Rostov, and the remaining local troops were huddled in castles, leaving only 10,000 tribal cavalry of Ubash Nazanov as mobile forces"

"The Russians are still very strict in their jurisdiction. Generally speaking, they are not allowed to enter places outside the designated range."

"For example, Nazanov can only go to the Donetsk prairie, and to the north it is the Voronesh Plain. They will definitely not let them graze. To the west it is Poltava and Kharkiv provinces. They can only enter more than a hundred miles at most, and they will cross the line even further."

"Kremenchurg is far away from the farthest distance from the Ubash cavalry, and crosses the river from there. If you can operate secretly at night, you will still be unaware of it. For this war, our country also asked the soldiers to prepare a set of clothes for Russian farmers and Cossacks."

"Wear their clothes and enter Poltava and Kharkov with great ease, and then advance at the speed of a rapid march, approaching Poltava and Kharkov respectively, and encircling them."

"At this time, Peter III or Minnech faces the most difficult choice"

"The serf soldiers are now all in the Voronez region. They cannot mobilize more forces to move south as soon as possible. Even if they are mobilized, they will be the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, and they will not be able to do so after at least one month."

"They can mobilize Chernigov's serf soldiers, because the Principality of Polotsk next to this place has always had good friends with Russia and does not need to station too many troops to defend, but the elite troops there have been taken away by Suvorov. Those who can reach Poltava are all the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, and there is no need to worry about it."

(Polotsk, Belarus)

"So, for Peter III or Minneh, the army finally arrived in Rostov, how could it be that they would be divided into Poltava and Kharkov?"

"The best choice is to attack us with all our might right away, because there is only one division surrounded by Poltava and Kharkov, so it won't be taken so quickly, so it will hit our minds"

"After the two divisions of Wobasi were in place, Wobasi personally led the first division to quickly arrive in Zaporoze, which was naturally the same as the law"

"At this time, Ubash is embarrassed. If he discovers the whereabouts of the Wobasi Master, Wobasi can stop and fight him, and the result will be self-evident."

"If Peter III asked him to divide his troops into three groups to assist Zaporoze, Poltava and Kharkov's defense, Wobasi would be even more capable. Besides, he had ten thousand cavalry under him, and it was impossible for him to gather together to monitor Wobasi. He could only scatter in the grassland centered on Donetsk. He would only ask Peter III for instructions after he had all the situation cleared."
Chapter completed!