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Ermak explained, "A sabre for a Cossack is not to defend oneself, but to gain honor in the field of battle and to use in a raid on the faraway statue worshippers and Jews.
Ermak wouldn't have been nearly as self-satisfied if he knew what he was to discover many days later, namely, Cossacks moving cross country on their horses travel four times as fast as slow freight wagons.
Ermak changed his strategy as he saw his men stumble over one another, with heads that were clouded from the drink the night before.