For the Qing Dynasty, January 1654 was undoubtedly a happy day.

With the arrival of Khmelnikki, the Qing Dynasty and the Cossack alliance was inevitable. On the day Khmelnikki came to Shengjing City, in addition to the grand welcome ceremony, he also let him feel the power of the Qing Dynasty.

In the wilderness north of Shengjing City, the Eight Banners soldiers lined up in neat rows, shooting with the orders.

Gunshots and cannons echoed in the wilderness.

War is the best school. In fact, the Qing Dynasty was also a good student, just like they decisively chose bird guns rather than guarding bows and arrows after entering the pass. In the past decade, they have been learning and imitating the Ming army through various ways. The Qing Dynasty even tried their best to get the "Document of the First Year of the Imperial Decree of the Emperor Gansheng" which was a reference to Napoleon's "Document of 1791", which was the master of Western line tactics and had the most far-reaching influence on the armies of various countries in the 19th century.

However, the Ming Dynasty has already had a new version, and the Qing Dynasty still uses this as a benchmark to train the troops. It has to be admitted that this set of tactics is indeed more suitable for the Qing Dynasty, after all, the Qing Dynasty used flintlock rifles.

For the Cossack generals such as Khmelnikki, he was frightened by the huge soldiers in front of him.

More than 30,000 troops were practicing in the wilderness below the slope.

Thirty thousand army!

And it's pure firearm!

Such a huge firearm force cannot be found in the entire Europe. Even the Turkish Sudan cannot compare with it.

At least for these Cossacks who had never seen the world, this was the largest firearm legion they had ever seen.

Standing beside Dorgon, Khmelnikki asked:

"Great Khan, how many musketeers do you have?"

Dorgon answered very directly:

"Two hundred thousand!"

Then he emphasized again.

"There are still 100,000 cavalry!"

In an instant, Khmelnikki was stunned, Bogdanovic, Zarudni, Teteria and others were also stunned.

Not counting 200,000 musketeers, there are still 100,000 cavalrymen.

My God!

Even if Moscow's Ross and Poland combined, there are not so many armies.

Their surprise made Dorgon look very proud.

It took him more than ten years to "storage" this firearmed army. Of course, it was not "storage". After all, the craftsmen in the Qing Dynasty were all coat slaves, and the price of making firearms was extremely low, basically just the cost. As for the quality of firearms, there is no need to worry about it. After all, it depends on the mind to make inferior firearms. The problem is how to use firearms, from the army's queue to training, from soldiers operating firearms, and then to officer command. Compared to weapons, what is the most important thing.

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In short, it is not enough to have muskets. But now, the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Dynasty are no longer the Eight Banners soldiers wearing heavy armor and maces back then, but... Well, they are not far from the Ming army, they are all modern infantry holding muskets in their hands. This change is caused by being beaten and not being beaten, but they don’t know how powerful the musket is.

Looking at Dorgon in surprise, Khmelnisky said excitedly:

"The Khan has such a powerful army, no wonder he became the Khan of Volga."

"Volga?"

Dorgon laughed:

"I am not here, Bogdan, why did you raise an army back then?"

The Khan's rhetoric made Bogdan Khmelnikki stunned. In fact, he should have worked for the Polish nobles like his. In fact, at the beginning, it was the same. He had participated in the war against Turkey with his father. At that time, Old Khmelnik, who had a family, a wealthy life, and was over 50, did not seem to be able to rebel.

But what happened next can be called the Cossack version of "Teacher Lin Fengxue Mountain Temple". Khmelinitz's genes had a conflict with a small Polish nobleman. The little nobleman sneaked into his house while Old Heme was out, killing his son, and stole his wife. Khmelinitzky ran around and complained, wanting to seek justice. However, the Polish noble authorities favored their own people, and Old Heme not only encountered walls everywhere, but was finally imprisoned. Khmelinitzky, who escaped from prison, was desperate, so he decided to fight to the end and launch a riot against the Poles.

In this way, a Cossack, who was originally loyal to Poland, was forced to become an angry rebel by the Poles.

Facing the question from Khan, Khmelnikki remained silent for a moment, and then said.

“Freedom and dignity.”

This is the pursuit of the Cossacks, and in fact, it is also the reason for the emergence of Cossacks, especially the former. Although Dorgon had no understanding of "freedom", Dorgon kept nodding and echoing his words. To him, it was not important whether Cossack freedom or not. What is important is that just like when he surrendered the Mongols, he needed these Cossacks to attack the Ross and Poles under his command.

What freedom, dignity,

It's all nonsense. My Qing Dynasty? Is there this?

My servants from the Qing Dynasty didn't need these things at all. In fact, these Cossacks didn't need them either.

After this large-scale exercise, Dorgon said while riding with Khmelniks.

"Bogdan, I have a suggestion."

"Khan said frankly."

I have a niece who has not yet married. I want to betroth her to your son as his wife. What do you think?"

The niece Dorgon mentioned was Dai Shan's daughter. In fact, he wanted to marry his daughter out, but... he didn't! Now he married his niece to win over the hearts of the Cossacks. Just like a marriage between Manchuria and Mongolia.

For Khmelnikki, who was deeply influenced by his bloodline, in his eyes, the nobles should marry the nobles and the common people should marry the common people. Although he is now the "Colssack Chief", he is just a known person.

Who recognizes it?

But if his son can marry the daughter of Dorgon Khan, his son's status in Cossackry will also rise and he will be able to succeed him as the chief in the future!

The great chief of the Cossacks was not inherited, but elected. Although he could designate, who knows whether he would be elected in the future, but if his wife was the niece of the Khan, then...

If a man is not punished by heaven and earth, even Khmelnikki cannot be avoided. Faced with such a "Cossack Chief" who has always raised his army for freedom and dignity, he cannot be avoided.

Even at this moment, he had already made the decision to surrender to Dorgon Khan!

As for the Tsar...will the Tsar marry his daughter or niece to his son?

Of course not. But the khan in front of him was willing to marry her niece to his son. How could he refuse such generous conditions?

A few days later, according to the vassal practice of the Celestial Empire, Dorgon gave Khmelnikki the golden seal of the "Cossack Chief" in the name of the "Kitan Khan", and re-divided the various Cossack tribes according to the "All-Bank System", and granted the small chiefs of the Cossack tribes in exchange for their allegiance. As a result, the Dunhe Cossack became a subordinate of the "Kitan Khan", but God knew that the Kitan Khan himself did not ascend the throne.

After the alliance, when he was still drunk, Dorgon said to Khmelnikki.

"Since the great chief has surrendered his clan, Ben Khan will betroth his niece, Prince Li Lie's daughter, Prince Lie's sister, to your son. This happy event is now to be done, and he will be done with great enthusiasm and will be known to everyone."

Khmelnikki is naturally grateful for this.

That night, Dorgon and Khmelnikki became happier and happier when they chatted until midnight.

Under Hong Chengchou's arrangement, Khmelnikki's son's wedding was very lively. On the day of marriage, there were lights and decorations inside and outside Shengjing City, and gongs and drums were loud. Yuri Khmelnikki welcomed the bride according to the Cossack customs, which was full of glory...

No one knows what kind of sensation would have caused to Poland and Ross when the Qing Dynasty met with the Cossacks and the Cossacks became a vassal of the Qing Dynasty, but one thing that is certain is that it shocked Dashun in the south. After all, both the Dashun king and his ministers knew very well what all this meant.
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