Rozov's order to seek peace talks with the Ming Dynasty seemed to be too late, and the Ming army was so strong that in two months it had taken nearly seventy percent of the fortresses of the entire Siberian Plain, and when his order reached Golovin, Golovin had already been pressed back to the west bank of the Ob River.

Now Golovin replied to Rozov very quickly, because he no longer had to go around the Ob River to send the message, and if he hurried, the messenger would be able to reach the imperial capital in three or four days.

On the one hand, he sent Kopelov, the most good at fooling people, to sue for peace with the Ming army, and on the other hand, he sent people to ask Rozov whether to lead the main force to retreat again, because the Ming army's offensive was too fierce, and the Siberian Plain could not be held at all, and he wanted to retreat to the Wushan line and defend the danger, so that he might be able to withstand the attack of the Ming army.

Kopelov's ability to fool people is really powerful, last time he turned the solid sweat of the tile spur into the arms of the Ming army, and directly cut off the entire Western Regions, but this time he touched a nose, because he met the famous general Cao Wenzhao of the Ming army.

It's not that Cao Wenzhao is vulgar and unreasonable, he didn't see him at all, he directly drove him back, Cao Wenzhao met him, and he was quite reasonable.

When Koperov led the delegation of peace talks to the camp of the Ming army, Cao Wenzhao personally received the envoy and deputy envoy of Tsarist Russia without saying a word.

It can be regarded as Koperov's luck, Cao Wenzhao has just led the Ming army on the southern road to the fifth gathering point, and the grain, grass, baggage, weapons and equipment have not yet been unloaded, otherwise, if he is on the march or has already started a war, Cao Wenzhao really has no time to see him.

When Kopelov walked into the side tent with trepidation, there were already three Ming army generals sitting in the side tent, one Ming army general wearing a marshal's uniform sitting in the main seat, two Ming army generals wearing general uniforms sitting on the lower right, and the first two seats on the left were empty, which were obviously reserved for him and the deputy envoy for peace talks.

According to the translation, the main seat is the commander of the Ming Army on the South Road, Cao Wenzhao, the deputy marshal of the Ming Empire, and the head of the right is the commander of the second-class army of the Ming Army, the army general Qin Gongming and the commander of the third-class army of the Ming Army, the army general Hou Gongji.

The status of these three people is already quite high, and it seems that they are not the kind of unreasonable people, maybe they can really stop the peace talks in a flickering way, Kopelov secretly observed, and finally had a little confidence in the peace talks.

However, as soon as he opened his mouth, he hit a nail.

As soon as he sat down, he said in the most polite tone possible: "Your Excellency, on behalf of Tsarist Russia, I have come to negotiate peace, and I ask your army to immediately stop the attack on the Siberian Plain and withdraw from Siberia. “

Cao Wenzhao listened to the translator's relay, his eyelids jumped, what kind of joke, he stopped attacking and withdrew from Siberia when he hit this one! If it were according to his temperament, the horror would have slapped the table and told this guy to get out, but before he came to Siberia, the emperor had already taught him to be opportune, and in response to this situation, he didn't talk about anything, just send people away.

Therefore, he suppressed the anger in his heart, and said without humility or arrogance: "Your Excellency General, please pay attention to the wording, I am the deputy marshal of the Ming Army, not the marshal." “

When Kopelov heard this, he couldn't help but be inexplicable, this little thing still needs to be taken care of, is it important to add a sub-word?

However, he came to sue for peace, and had to lower his posture a little, if he accidentally angered the commander of the Ming army, then there would be no need to talk about it, so he immediately smiled cautiously when he heard this: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Your Excellency the Deputy Marshal, I accidentally called the wrong one, please consider our proposal." “

Of course, this sub-word is very important, because this is the method that Zhu Cijiong gave him to send a peace envoy, otherwise how could he be in charge of attacking the Ob River valley instead of Lu Xiangsheng.

He still said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "I'm sorry, Your Excellency General, you also know that I am only a deputy marshal and have no right to call the shots, so I can't reply to your country's proposal, I can only act in accordance with the orders of the Ming Army Department and the Generalissimo of the Army." “

Koperov couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, he really didn't expect this, people can't be the master, what's the use of you talking to him?

He really didn't know where the generalissimo of the Ming Army was, because the Ming army had already blocked the Ob River Valley, and the Ye Ni River, which was thousands of miles away, had long been gone, and he didn't know where the Ming army on the East Road had hit at all!

At this time, he was really a little helpless, and he said in an almost pleading tone: "I also ask Your Excellency the Deputy Marshal to convey our proposal to the War Department of the Ming Empire and His Excellency the Generalissimo of the Army of the Ming Empire." “

Cao Wenzhao nodded without hesitation and said: "Okay, I will definitely convey it, Your Excellency General, please go back, after receiving instructions from the military department or the generalissimo, I will send someone to inform you." “

Koperov was asked back in such a daze, but the Ming army on the southern road had no intention of stopping the attack, and soon, all the fortresses around the fifth gathering point were captured again.

Now Golovin is even more anxious like an ant on a hot pot, he has been pressed to the southeast corner of the Siberian Plain, there are a total of more than ten fortresses left, and there are only more than 100,000 people under him, and he can't withstand the attack of the Ming army on the plain at all, the newly equipped steel monsters of the Ming army are simply developed for fighting on the plains, and they are really unstoppable on the plains!

Seeing that the Ming army had pressed up, he had to make a semi-threatening request: Prime Minister, I have only about 100,000 people, if I am surrounded and annihilated by the Ming army, there will be no one to defend Wushan, and after Wushan is a plain, at that time, the Ming army may really have to fight to the imperial capital.

Cao Wenzhao didn't care what Golovin thought, he still led 300,000 people directly to the sixth gathering point according to the original plan, as for the back forts, Sun Chuanting arranged people to garrison them, he didn't have to care, he just took down the more than ten forts in front of him to complete the task.

Under the ferocious offensive of the Ming army, these more than ten fortresses naturally could not last long, and Golovin finally received Rozov's order when he led the main force to flee in disarray: fully retreat to the Osan Mountains, and leave the Siberian Plain alone for the time being.

Rozov also has no choice, he really doesn't want to give up on the Siberian Plain, it will be difficult to give up and fight back, but the Osan Mountains are more important, because there is the European continent behind it, if the Ming army rushes through the Osan Mountains, then Tsarist Russia will really be finished.

Therefore, he finally let Golovin lead the army to withdraw from the Siberian Plain, because the 100,000 men under Golovin really lost money, and now Tsarist Russia has only 100,000 horses and Golovin's 100,000 horses left near the imperial capital, if Golovin is surrounded and annihilated by the Ming army, then there will be no one to defend the Wushan Mountains.

The 100,000 people in the imperial capital can't be moved, if they move, they don't need the Ming army to rush over, the European powers may come to pick up the leak, and the allies are sometimes just a piece of paper, thin, and broken with a stab.

Half a month later, Cao Wenzhao took the remaining ten fortresses without any suspense, and led the army to the foot of Wushan.