The Mongol Empire created by Genghis Khan we all know that it was very powerful, the Mongols were able to fight good battles, at that time not only overthrew the Southern Song Dynasty in one fell swoop, but also led troops around to fight in Europe, constantly expanding the territory of Mongolia. Europeans did not call them Mongols but Tatars, and when they heard that the Tatars were coming, they fled in the wind. At that time, there was a country called Kievan Rus on the Volga River in Europe, which was also a strong warrior, but the Mongols wiped out their country.
Therefore, there is still a shadow in the mention of Mongolian Europeans, not only because the Mongols conquered their countries at that time, but also because the Mongol army at that time often engaged in the business of robbing their homes. They sent armies to conquer the countries of Europe, plundering the villages and towns along the way. As soon as the Mongol army arrived, the local women suffered. According to historical records, "the Tatars once plundered 100,000 livestock and millions of people", and europeans hated the Mongols. Perhaps the Mongols were so cruel that Moscow, as a fighting people, could no longer bear it.
Moscow was also a vassal state of Mongolia at the time, but unlike many countries, Moscow became independent early. At that time, King Ivan the Great ruled the Muscovite Principality, and Ivan the Great not only managed the country well, but also had a very tough political approach. He understood that the reason why the Mongols were able to conquer the European countries was because they had very advanced gunpowder, and they could not compete with them only by cold weapons, so of course they had to greet them with gunpowder, but the most important thing was that they did not have the technology of gunpowder, so they would be beaten very badly when the Mongol invasion, how could cold weapons compete with hot weapons?
China was the first country in the world to invent gunpowder, which was only discovered when trying to refine Dan medicine, began to be used in war in the late Tang Dynasty, and developed into the Mongol Empire, the Tatars have been able to skillfully apply gunpowder in war, hitting those Western European countries that use cold weapons. Later, gunpowder was introduced to Europe during the war, and although the Europeans were frightened by gunpowder, at the same time they also discovered the benefits of gunpowder in the war and began to sneak and study gunpowder weapons.
After solid and unremitting efforts, the Europeans finally surpassed the Han chinese in gunpowder research, and when the Mongol army thought they had the most advanced weapon system in the world and were complacent, and sat back and dreamed of becoming the world's hegemon, the Europeans had begun to experiment in war. As long as it stagnates, it will be surpassed, and this statement makes sense at any time, and it was not many years before Europe developed more advanced artillery and muskets, and put them into war, and the research on gunpowder technology was becoming more and more sophisticated.
With these things, the Muscovites, who were originally a fighting nation, finally did not have to survive under the iron horse of the Mongol army, but could have a chance to confront each other. In 1552, Ivan the Great, armed with gunpowder weapons, surrounded Kazan, the capital of a Mongol khanate, in preparation for taking them down in one fell swoop. At that time, the Mongols had no idea that the Russian army had made such a big breakthrough in gunpowder, leaving only three thousand soldiers to guard the capital and even thinking that three thousand soldiers was too much.
Yes, if it had been put before, the Russian army would not have been able to break through their cities, but now the Mongol gunpowder equipment is far inferior to the Russian army. Before the battle began, Ivan the Great specially invited European demolition experts to forcibly open the city gates with gunpowder, and there was a gap in the Mongol army, and there were hidden dangers in the external strong enemy, and the Russian army won this battle very thoroughly, and the Mongol army could not imagine that the vassal countries that they had conquered with gunpowder would now use gunpowder to attack them.
The Europeans, who had been suppressed by the Mongols for so many years, finally won a complete victory, and after capturing Kazan, Ivan the Great ordered the slaughter of the city and killed none of the Tatars in Kazan.
On the orders of the leader, the Muscovites, who had been looted many times, finally could not contain their anger, and they rushed to the city of Kazan on horseback to kill and plunder, and saw people in the streets, whether old or small, all turned into ghosts under their swords. The men were almost killed, and the women's fate was even more tragic, repeatedly insulted by the inhumane Russian army, and finally it was difficult to escape death. After plundering Kazan, the Russian army was full of ambition and ready to attack the next city.
Many Russians have fought in battle, and they have blood in their genes. Under the repeated suppression and humiliation of the Mongols, they did not want to blindly tolerate it for a long time, they knew that their cold weapons were backward and went to learn more advanced gunpowder technology, in short, they could not be bullied all the time, you ransacked my village today, I will slaughter your city tomorrow, as long as there is a chance, I will turn over and beat you down!