Was the grain route of the Ming army so easy to intercept? Of course it can't be, the core of the tactics formulated by Lu Xiangsheng is to protect the grain route, how could the million Ming army let Golovin lead tens of thousands of people or more than 100,000 people to intercept the grain route.

The advance plan of the Ming army was mainly carried out around the railway line, and the infantry of the north and south lines advanced along the railway line, and if there were no strong fortresses to overcome, they would generally not leave the railway line within a hundred miles.

Moreover, the Ming army on the north and south lines also built fortresses along the railway, and the infantry on the two lines found a suitable place to build a fortress the size of a guard post every 100 miles or so, and left 5,000 people to garrison.

That is to say, there will be a fortress every few tens of miles along the railway, and there are telegraph communications between the fortresses, and there are countless squads patrolling crosswise, no matter which fortress's Ming army discovers, Golovin's troops will soon be entangled by the Ming army of the two fortresses, and within a day, there will be more than a dozen Ming troops from the fortress to come to support, and he doesn't want to destroy the railway line at all.

These forts are also the basis for the Ming Dynasty to rule Siberia in the future, once the Ming Dynasty takes Siberia, Liaodong and Nuergan will become the rear, Zhu Cijiong will transfer the Henan Reserve Army and the Shaanxi Reserve Army to garrison the forts along these railways, as long as the railway is there, the Ming rule over Siberia will be solid.

Of course, the grain and grass of the Ming army could not only be transported by rail, but also by river, and the original plan was to advance by land and water.

There are many rivers in Siberia, there are three big ones, the easternmost is the Lena River, which is now the Thanksgiving River, the middle one is called the Yeni River, and the west one is called the Ob River.

These three great rivers and their tributaries cover almost the whole of Siberia, like the tributaries of the Thanksgiving River and the Yeni River, the nearest distance is less than a hundred li, and the distance between the two and the main trunk is five or six thousand li, that is, the tributaries of these two great rivers are almost all over the area of five or six thousand miles!

It was by using these three major water systems to gradually encroach on the territory of the Golden Horde and the Siberian Khanate, using all kinds of warships to transport grain, grass, baggage and troops, defeating the nomadic tribes along the coast one by one, and finally occupying the whole of Siberia.

Of course, their warships are not very large, and they can deal with nomadic tribes without guns, and they are not a heavyweight at all compared to the navy of the Ming Empire.

This is also the reason why Golovin couldn't expect the 100,000 taels of military salaries, at that time, the North Sea Fleet was stationed in the Thanksgiving River Valley, and the few small warships sent by Rozov were naturally easily packed up by them.

Yang Geng is still wondering, how can he still pick up 100,000 taels of silver for nothing, this Tsarist Russia is really rich!

As everyone knows, Rozov and Golovin are going to be spurted blood by him, Rozov gave Daming 100,000 taels of silver for nothing, and the promised reward was not delivered; Golovin lost 40,000 horses in vain, and he didn't see a single one.

However, their nightmare was only at the beginning, because the naval strength of the Ming Dynasty was simply overwhelmingly powerful for the small warships or small warships in the rivers under their command, and their proud water superiority was a joke in front of the Ming army.

Thanksgiving River basin is not bad, because Tsarist Russia has only occupied this place for less than a few years, all kinds of warships have not been sent much, Yenihe is terrible, almost half of the warships of Tsarist Russia are in the Yeni River Valley, and the East China Sea Fleet of the Ming Navy is rushing to Yenihe to support the army.

When the time comes, the super battleships will block the main river, and the Fuchuan battleships will go to all the tributaries, and none of their warships scattered in the Yeni River will be able to escape!

The goal of the Ming army this year is to advance all the way from the Thanksgiving River valley to the Ye Ni River valley, of course, it is impossible to build the railway for five or six thousand miles in two months, and can only connect the tributaries of the Thanksgiving River and the tributaries of the Ye Ni River nearby, but the warships can make the entire Ye Ni River valley become the world of the Ming army.

However, it is not enough to occupy the railway line and the banks of the river, there are still more than 100,000 troops of the Golovin Far Eastern Army scattered in the territory of tens of millions of square kilometers, and if they are not found and eliminated one by one, this Siberia cannot be regarded as occupied by the Ming Dynasty.

These are the things of the cavalry, the southern and northern fronts are a first-class army, a second-class army, and two third-class army, and the number of cavalry adds up to 100,000.

The 200,000 cavalry did not advance along the railway line, but launched a dragnet search along the river, and Lu Xiangsheng's plan was to take divisions as units, each division was responsible for an area, and transported grain and grass through warships, transmitted intelligence, and combed through the entire territory of the people.

This Siberia is already vast and sparsely populated, and most nomadic tribes will not leave the river too far, and Golovin's men must also be near the nomadic tribes to facilitate suppression, so it is not very troublesome to sort out, just scatter along the river to find it.

Now Golovin's scattered subordinates are miserable, they generally control a tribe with a hundred or so people, acting as a prestige, oppressing the herdsmen, and the larger tribes have at most a few hundred people stationed there.

As a result, as long as it was discovered by the reconnaissance cavalry of the Ming army, thousands of cavalry followed, and the one who killed was called a miserable, and those who did not surrender were basically beaten into a hornet's nest!

Of course, the advance of the Ming army was not without any obstacles, and if there were relatively large tribes that needed to be suppressed by thousands of people, they would generally build forts on the banks of the river to facilitate the transport of looted goods back.

Now it's the turn of the North Sea Fleet, and the officers and men of the North Sea Fleet are also quite idle, Nima, all day long, is transporting grain and grass, transmitting intelligence, and there is no chance to fire a single shot, and this battle is too unenjoyable.

Therefore, as long as the castle of Tsarist Russia is found, the warships of the North Sea Fleet are simply swarming, generally if it is a tributary, the river in front of the castle is full of Fubune warships, if it is the main trunk, the river in front of the castle is full of super battleships.

The artillery fire was so fierce that the shells were like rain!

The officers and men of the North Sea Fleet not only bombarded the city, but also sent musketeers to assist the cavalry in the siege of the city, and almost all the castles surrendered within a day or two.

They may only see a few battleships and a few hundred Ming cavalry at the beginning, and they still have a little bit of resistance in mind, but the battleships and cavalry in the back are like ants discovering a large piece of food, constantly gathering, constantly gathering.

The battleship can block the river in front of it, and the cannonballs will be smashed as if they don't need money;

The cavalry can gather thousands or even tens of thousands in a few days, and the musketeers on the battleships are constantly pouring down;

What to do if you don't surrender in the face of this situation? Thousands of people are working with tens of thousands of people, and there are countless warships to support them, if you don't surrender, you will find death!

Golovin was also discovered in this way, he was hiding in a castle in the southern section of the Thanksgiving River to gather his men, preparing to attack the Ming army's grain route, but unfortunately, it was discovered by the Ming army in less than a month.

That guy, the Ming army is really crazy, it's not enough for the battleships to fill the entire river, it's still extending into the distance, and the cavalry is constantly gathering from all directions, he seriously suspects that if he doesn't run away, the Ming army will use the battleship to transport the infantry over!

Therefore, he ran away very resolutely, and after being bombarded by the Ming warships for two days, he fled overnight without waiting for the cavalry and infantry to attack the city.

The cavalry of the Ming army naturally held on, fortunately this is a mountainous area, as long as they go up the mountain, the cavalry has nothing to do, if this is a plain, it is estimated that he will be planted now.

This time it really frightened him, and he ran back more than a thousand miles, and did not stop until he ran to the Yeni River valley.

In his opinion, anyway, Siberia is very big, no matter how much the Ming army can't fill it, if you retreat a little more, if you retreat a little more, it will naturally pull out a gap, as long as the Ming army's grain road is cut off, the Ming army will collapse without a fight, why risk fighting with the Ming army.