On June 30, 1658, vikovsky led 40000 elite Cossacks to the battlefield. They joined Tatar reinforcements, konotop Garrison and mercenaries, and their strength reached more than 50000, surpassing the Czar Russian army under konotop city.


    Before that, some Russian generals had proposed to Prince Alexei to withdraw troops before the main force of Cossacks arrived, but this proposal was rejected by Prince Alexei. Not only prince Alexei, but also Prince Simon pozalski, the supervisor of the army, said that he should stay in konotop and fight to the death with the Cossack army from afar after recuperating.


    The main reason for supporting the two princes to fight again is the cavalry advantage of Czar Russia.


    In the konotop siege, the Russian cavalry completely lost their use. Cavalry forces can only be put into the battlefield as dismounted infantry, making it difficult to give full play to their advantages. But once a decisive battle is fought on the prairie, the situation is completely different. The vast grassland will be an excellent battlefield for the Russian cavalry to gallop, and the simple and weak cavalry of the Cossack emirate can not be the opponent of the Russian cavalry at all.


    Of course, their chief vikovsky was also aware of this, so he invited the troops of the Crimean Khanate. However, the two princes also agreed that the Tatars dedicated to wealth would not fight for the Cossacks. Once the situation on the battlefield was not conducive to the Cossacks, Khan would certainly withdraw in order to preserve his strength - just as they did in the battle of berestechko.


    Therefore, the Russian army moved troops to build fortifications ten miles outside konotop, waiting for the arrival of the decisive battle.


    During this period, Prince Alexei tried every means to boost the morale of the army. He asked the priests to crown the expedition in the name of Jihad and saving the Slavic brothers, so as to boost the morale with religion; He promised the nobles and officers that after conquering Ukraine, the fertile fields there would be their manors and grasslands, and His Majesty the Czar would waive the land tax for five years to make up for the losses caused to them by the long campaign; For the soldiers composed of citizens, the prince also promised to give them money compensation after the war; For the serfs, the prince offered the reward of freedom when he killed the enemy.


    Compared with the Russian army, vygowski is also surrounded by various teams that are used to fighting and tempered by the flames of war in the Kazakh emirate: Colonel Anton zhidanovich, Colonel Pavlo gomon, Colonel Ivan Fedorenko, Colonel Peter doroshenko, Colonel lukiyan merzhla, Colonel Vasily zolotalenko, Colonel Maxim Nesterenko Colonel Prokop shumeco, Colonel fiordo Loboda, Colonel timofi nosacci, Colonel Matvey gradki, Colonel Martin pushkalenko, Colonel philon yalari, company commander lavlin sinonos, company commander Leish grecenko... These people, regardless of their temperament, have been in the smoke of war since childhood People who grow up in the shadow of swords. They have experienced countless marches, expeditions, sieges and positional battles. Many of them took part in the fierce fighting in the defense of zbalari and the unprecedented general battle fought by hundreds of thousands of troops in the berestecko field; Many people have fought with Russians, Tatars and poles for a long time and have extremely rich combat experience.


    Although vikovski himself did not make great achievements in war, he was excellent at planning. His way to boost morale was also very simple, that is, to tell all the Cossack soldiers Prince Alexei''s words to boost the morale of the Russian army intact.


    Since the establishment of the Kazakh emirate, most of the fields and grasslands in Ukraine have been under the names of the leaders, companies and leaders of various Cossack regiments. Prince Alexei''s remarks undoubtedly turned himself into a blood feud of all Cossacks. Even before, some Cossack captains and company commanders were ambivalent, half hearted and had a secret affair with Ivan hilko. At this time, they also cried out and said they wanted to die with the Russians.


    On July 2, 1658, after a day''s rest, the duel between the Russian army and the Cossack Poland Tatar coalition began with a single soldier duel.


    Groups of Russians emerged from behind the fortifications, and one outstanding knight after another came out. Tartar and Cossack Knights eager for war also quickly welcomed them in groups.


    After a battle, there were casualties on both sides. However, in the infantry war, the casualties of the coalition forces were less than those of the Russians, but only in the cavalry war. Because none of the wing cavalry led by Natalie participated in the war, the casualties of Tatar knights and Cossack knights were heavier.


    However, few of the well-known figures in Russia or the coalition forces fell to the ground and died at the beginning of the war.


    This group duel or individual duel can best arouse higher and higher fighting enthusiasm in watching the battle.


    Finally, after the dessert was tasted, the real big meal was brought up.


    Under the command of Prince Alexei, the Russian army has set up the traditional field formation of the Russian army - that is, the infantry are in the middle and the cavalry are on both wings. The prince himself lived alone in the command of the Chinese army, and he handed over the right wing to general Boris lipnin obolevsky, while the left wing was under the command of Prince Simon pozalski.


    On the contrary, vikovski adopted the tactics recommended by Cherchen, which was popular in Western Europe and Northern Europe at that time, known as "Swedish fashion", that is, a chessboard layout was launched, the cavalry moved alternately on both wings, and the infantry and Musketeers were placed in the center.


    The reason why this tactic is adopted is that Chechen also takes into account that the military organization of Cossacks takes infantry as the core and has a large number of team names and numbers. Such layout can maximize the depth of the front and give full play to the subjective initiative of each team and the power of firearms. But this also resulted in the width of the array of Cossack troops, less than half of the width of the Russian left, middle and right armies.


    Like Prince Alexei, vikovski himself was in charge of the Chinese army. Except for the Bratslav team, all Cossack teams obeyed his orders and unified command, while the cavalry of the Bratslav team led by Chechen and the Tatar cavalry led by Mohamed gley moved alternately on the left and right wings, ready to attack at any time.


    The first shot of the decisive battle was fired by the Cossack musketeers of Peter doroshenko''s team. They opened fiercely towards the array of Russian infantry, trying to kill the enemy with fire to the greatest extent.


    At the forefront of the Russian front are the long spearmen and archers composed of serfs. They were the existence that Prince Alexei used as a meat shield to cover the advance of the elite Russian new army infantry. Although their bodies were buried under the fire of Cossacks, they moved forward slowly while fighting back for the freedom of that head.


    During the interval when the Cossack Musketeers charged the muskets, the Russian cavalry led by general Boris lipnen oberlevsky plunged from the right wing into the three Cossack teams on the right.


    But before they got close, the Tatar cavalry moving on the right came up and blocked the flank attack of general Boris lepnin obolevsky.


    General Boris''s cavalry was mainly composed of light cavalry and pistol cavalry. They were inseparable from the Tatar cavalry who were also light cavalry, and the war situation fell into anxiety for a while.


    In the central battlefield, the infantry of the two armies finally met each other.


    The troops of both sides are like two human walls, pushing each other, squeezing each other, fighting each other, in a mess, wrestling with each other like two brown bears, killing rivers of blood and mountains of corpses. Here and there, all kinds of weapons are used for fierce killing: those with war knives, short spears, gun butts, hawk picks, iron bars and long guns; There are also those who throw stones and helmets at each other; Sometimes the human body is close to the human body, and the crowd is so terrible that people fight each other with fists and teeth.


    Prince Simon pozalski twice tried to attack with the help of cavalry and Cossack infantry, but Prince Alexei refused.


    Prince Simon pozalski''s cavalry is the real main force and the core combat strength of the Russian army. Prince Alexei will never use it easily before the most critical time.


    In the scuffle, Prince Alexei ordered several times that the Russian artillery fired at the position of the Tatar cavalry, especially Muhammad gley Khan - these artillery also achieved some results, killing many Tatar cavalry. Even a shell fell on the head of a Khanate milzan accompanying Khan and smashed it into meat and mud, but this time, Although Mohamed gley was also heartbroken and ran away, he cleverly left a double and six tails representing the authority of Khan on the position, which made the cavalry of the Khanate mistakenly think that Khan was with them, so that the Tatar cavalry did not collapse due to shelling.


    From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the two sides fought fiercely for more than four hours. Finally, the Cossacks, who were good at infantry, gained an advantage on the central front, and the battle line of the Russian army was dented.


    At this time, Prince Alexei, in addition to the three new legions of the Chinese army, only prince Simon pozalski''s cavalry could save the field.


    Seeing this, Prince Alexei knew that he could not hesitate. So he ordered the flag bearer to wave the flag and ordered Prince Simon pozalski to assault the Cossack army.


    The Russian heavy cavalry with 1000 Boye cavalry as the core finally waited for the battle order. Under the command of Prince Simon bozalski, they rushed towards the infantry square of Cossacks.


    Facing the charge of Russian cavalry, the Cossacks were very brave. One after another, they threw themselves into resisting the charge of the Russian cavalry, ignoring them like crops destroyed by the storm. The Cossacks breathed the breath of death, the chests of mountains and seas of horses passed over their heads, their lines were smashed, and they were knocked over... But even if they lay on their back, the survivors stabbed the horse belly of the Russian cavalry with a dagger; Thousands of swords fell on them endlessly; The blade rises and falls like lightning, cutting to the head, neck, shoulder blades and hands; Their short spears are still stabbing and stabbing. They stab the rider''s feet and knees. They sting like poisonous insects and don''t know life or death like moths.


    The chessboard array before the war finally worked. Although Prince Simon pozalski''s heavy cavalry broke through the square of five teams, defeated three and destroyed one, more team squares stayed in place like nails. The Russian heavy cavalry gradually lost speed and mobility. More and more of them were stabbed by spears and shot by muskets, and soon did nothing.


    At this time, seeing the vacancy caused by Prince Simon pozalski''s assault on the left wing of the Russian army, the cavalry led by Cherchen launched an assault on the central army where Prince Alexei was located.


    "With God''s help, rush to them immediately!" Chechen ordered.


    "Charge!" yelishei shouted.


    "Go ahead!" Natalie cried.


    After them, the company leaders repeated the command.


    In an instant, the forest like spear with a terrible sound leaned towards the horse''s head with one action. Two winged cavalry companies and ten zaporoze Cossack cavalry companies set out together, unstoppable. These companies are used to destroying all the obstacles encountered along the way and move forward like a dark cloud blocking the sky and the sun.


    The three guards Prince Alexei and the new regiment as the general reserve quickly put out a thick and dense formation. Thousands of muskets roared at the same time, as neat as a person shooting. After the gunshot, for a while, the battlefield seemed empty and quiet.


    Some of the soldiers of the Russian new army narrowed their eyes to peep at the terrible storm like attack, some people''s hands holding spears were trembling, and everyone''s hearts were pounding like a hammer. Their teeth clenched, their chests heaved violently, and their breathing was heavy.


    Prince Alexei stood upright in the stirrup. He knew very well that the winner and loser of the battlefield was in one fell swoop.


    As long as this round of volley of the new arms gunmen blocks the cavalry charge with the winged cavalry as the spearhead, the filling of victory will tilt to its own side. At that time, the new army commanders and spearmen on the central front will rush forward, and the cavalry on both wings will repel the Tatar cavalry and surround the main force of Cossacks. It will be their own side that will win; On the contrary, if the new arms gunmen fail to repel the enemy''s cavalry charge and are broken through the square array, and cut the army into two sections that can''t be looked after, they will only swallow the bitter fruit of failure.


    The battlefield was shrouded in black smoke. Even if Prince Alexei stared, his eyes could not penetrate the black smoke and see everything in the thick smoke.


    Just then, a strong wind blew and miraculously dispersed the smoke.


    Prince Alexei sank on his horse. He saw the winged cavalry spread all over the world and attacked and killed his new army.


    In a trance, he could even hear the snorts of horses rolling like thunder.


    Then, destruction falls from the sky, destruction falls from the sky, and death falls from the sky!


    It doesn''t seem to come from people''s chest. They are so terrible that they sound chilling and creepy! The great wall of living people in front of Prince Alexei was shaking, twisting and bursting; The clicking sound of the broken spear handle drowned out all the other sounds for a while, and then there was the sound of thousands of hammers hitting the anvil with all their strength, and the sound of thousands of flails beating the grain on the threshing ground.


    A single person uttered a terrible cry, and the group uttered a tragic groan.


    The assailant and the assailant mingled with each other, killed in one place and rolled in an incredible whirlpool of fierce war; Then there was ruthless slaughter, steaming blood from the vortex, and the smell of blood filled the air.


    The first, second, third... Fifth columns of the Russian new army phalanx were washed down, fell to the ground, trampled by horseshoes, pierced by spears and chopped by swords.


    Prince Alexei was also impacted and nearly fell off his horse. It was the 100 halberds who escorted him that saved him from danger.


    The Chinese army was broken and the Russian army began to shake. General Boris lepnin obolevsky returned recklessly despite the continuous attack of the Cossack Musketeers from the flank on his cavalry and the entanglement of the Tatar cavalry. He stopped Cherchen who tried to pursue Prince Alexei and dragged him down.


    Prince Simon pozalski was in charge of the rear of the palace. After covering the withdrawal of most Russian troops, he himself and many Russian nobles were captured. The prince could have survived because he was captured by the Tatars. For the Tatars, he was a living gold bag. However, Prince Simon pozalski spit on Khan''s face after seeing Muhammad gley, and the furious Muhammad gley immediately ordered him to be beheaded.


    Prince Alexei was defeated this time. Not only a large number of luggage, military flags and some artillery were captured by the coalition forces, but also nearly 15000 Russian troops died.


    The Cossacks won an unprecedented victory in the battle to defend Ukraine.