Daming Military Empire

Chapter 468

The advance speed of the Ming army was astonishing. With the support of the Beihai Fleet, the Ming army from the north and the south had completely occupied the Thanksgiving River Basin in less than two months.

Due to Golovin's avoidance of the battle, the Ming army did not suffer too many casualties along the way, and almost no legions suffered any losses. However, the more this happened, the more worried Lu Xiangsheng became. With Golovin's strength, he was no match for the Ming army at all. He could turn defeat into victory only by cutting off the food road.

You can't underestimate the enemy for a while and ruin the good situation.

Therefore, after fully occupying the Thanksgiving River Basin, Lu Xiangsheng ordered all legions to temporarily stop advancing.

Ahead is the Yeni River Basin. If the East China Sea Fleet has not arrived, if they rush forward, not only the food roads, but also the cavalry of each legion will be in danger, because the enemy has water transfers and will be more flexible. For the time being, there is not a single battleship in the Yeni River Basin.

So, what is Golovin thinking now? Will he sneak attack on the grain road or use the advantage of river transshipment to clean up the scattered cavalry of the Ming army?

Golovin is very angry now. He was chased by the Ming army all the way, and finally escaped to the Yeni River Basin, and finally received the news from the imperial capital. However, the news made him almost spit blood.

His military salary for the last month was cut off by the Ming army, and for the next few months, Rozov said that he did not know the specific situation and would only pay it after negotiating with him!
Lack, I was beaten to death, I was chased like a dog, I lost tens of thousands of people, not to mention, I didn't even earn a single copper coin.

What is even more irritating is that the reinforcements from the imperial capital set off only last month, and it is not yet known whether they have crossed the Ob River Basin.

Fortunately, Rozov was not in front of him now, otherwise he was really afraid that he couldn't help it, and rushed forward desperately, hooking the guy's chin with a pork hook.

Is there such a playful person, you were the one who gave the money, and you were the one who said that there were reinforcements; now you have been beaten by the Ming army, but neither the money nor the reinforcements have been seen!
In fact, Rozov cannot be blamed for the money. He did give the money for the first month, but he didn’t get it. The rest of the money can’t be given indiscriminately. It’s not a little money, but a few hundred thousand taels.

You rushed forward and failed in a sneak attack, and lost tens of thousands of horses. After that, there was no more, and the news was cut off from then on. How can people give money!

As for the problem of reinforcements, Rozov cannot be blamed. It is indeed very simple to expand the army. Tsarist Russia also has tens of millions of people in Europe. It is not difficult to recruit hundreds of thousands of recruits. It only took Rozov a month. The army has expanded to 30, but you must have weapons.

At the beginning, he sent the first batch of muskets supported by Britain and the Netherlands to Golovin. Tsarist Russia originally had only a few hundred thousand troops in the whole of Europe, and there were only tens of thousands of arquebus guns. Now it has expanded to 30. Where are the muskets to equip.

If there are no muskets, what's the use of sending them over? Are you going to fight the Ming army with a sword?That is purely courting death!

He can only wait for Britain and the Netherlands to send over the muskets. The problem is that it takes time for the British and the Netherlands to make guns. It is impossible for them to make all the muskets of more than 20 people in one month.

Rozov urged left and right, and it was not until the beginning of July that more than 20 muskets were urged, most of which were arquebuses replaced by the French army.

You can't let the recruit who just got the musket go to the battlefield immediately, you have to learn how to fire the musket with the veterans first.

Another month has passed, so it was not until the end of July that Rozov sent out 20 reinforcements.

Golovin was angry, but he hadn't lost his mind. He was angry for a few days and found that he still didn't have the courage to go to Rozov with a pork hook. In the end, he had to take his hands down to find reinforcements.

As for finding the cavalry team that the Ming army left behind or cutting off the Ming army's food road, he dared not think about it. The terrifying gathering speed of the Ming army last time really frightened him. The only Ming army cavalry, or go to shit to dig a section of railway, I am afraid that he will be surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Ming troops, he will not do such a stupid thing as a martyr for a small victory .

He has already figured it out, the tens of thousands of people under him really can't accomplish anything, only after joining the reinforcements can they truly cut off the Ming army's food route, or defeat the Ming army one by one.

Therefore, he chose to continue to retreat very alone.

Retreating in the Yeni River Basin is a very simple matter. He directly mobilized dozens of large ships and hundreds of small boats of various types, and let everyone squeeze into the boats. They went all the way down the river and arrived at the Yeni River in a few days. On the main trunk, and then find a tributary that extends westward and slowly row forward, sending people to find the location of the reinforcements while paddling, and sooner or later they will be able to join the reinforcements.

To say that he was really lucky, if he was a few days late, he wouldn't be able to leave.

Because when he floated down the river to the main trunk of the Yeni River, the East China Sea Fleet had already found the mouth of the Yeni River. After a few days of paddling westward with his men, the East China Sea Fleet took the entire trunk of the Yeni River to the sea. Blocked!

This Yeni River happens to be the boundary river between the Siberian Plateau and the Siberian Plain. To the east of the trunk is the Siberian Plateau, and to the west of the trunk is the Siberian Plain. The task of the East China Sea Fleet in the first stage is not to occupy the entire Yeni River basin, but to move eastward Get in touch with the Ming army in the north and south, and then assist them to quickly occupy the entire Siberian plateau.

Therefore, after the East China Sea Fleet blocked the main Yeni River, all the Fuchuan warships headed eastward to find Cao Wenzhao's North Army and Lu Xiangsheng's South Army, which happened to be staggered with Golovin's fleet.

Or how can I say that he was out of luck? If he hesitated and left a few days late, he might be blocked by the East China Sea Fleet on the Siberian Plateau and couldn't escape!

At this time, Lu Xiangsheng and Cao Wenzhao were meeting at the end of the Tungus River, one of the largest tributaries of the Yeni River, to discuss the details of the next action.

Where they are now is almost three thousand miles away from Manjingwei. After the efforts of the six legions of the vassal state and the [-] Liaodong guards, the railway line has been extended to here.

After all the regular legions and legions of the vassal states arrived here, they did not continue to advance westward, but united together to build the city frantically.

Here, it is almost the center of the Siberian Plateau, and it happens to be the first meeting point of the railway line and the Yeni River system. In the Ming army's advance plan, a city with a population of about 50 will be built here to serve as a railway station. Hub and river hub port, its name is Tunguska City.

Once Tunguska City is built, the Ming army can transport food and grass and other materials here by railway first, and then use warships to transport them to the entire Yeni River Basin. There is no need to worry about the supply of food and grass.

(End of this chapter)