Zhou Lang communicated directly with Yang Ke to discuss the military situation and possible changes on the battlefield in the future.

Yank believes that it is indeed important to open up the communication of the Irtysh River, but it is equally important to continue the offensive on the front line, once the pressure on the front line is reduced, the Russians may draw troops to break through, and now the Russian army has begun to panic, the pressure on the front line is not great, and if you give up the pressure and let the Russians mobilize the main force to seize Orenburg, with the current situation, Orenburg may not be able to hold it.

Zhou Lang accepted Yang Ke's suggestion, but the pressure on the army will become unprecedented, Yang Ke has already transferred a million main forces to support Song Ronggui, and most of those troops are still on the way. Yang Ke is now using the second-line troops to put pressure on the Russian army, and Zhou Lang asked him to open up the Irtysh River front, which is overstretched!

But this is the best option, Orenburg where the pressure is greater. In the later stage of the Battle of Changping, the Zhao army, which had spent more than a month in the encirclement, had reached the point of cannibalism, and finally could still launch a strong attack on the Qin army fortress again and again under the leadership of Zhao Kuo. Zhao Jun's will to fight is indeed moving, but this is not the reason why Zhao Kuo's command ability is clever, if he is really smart, he will not fall into the situation of encirclement, let alone leave a notoriety on paper. The main reason is that Sergeant Zhao is stimulated by the desire to survive and does a crazy battle of trapped beasts.

Now the Russian army is also surrounded, but their situation is obviously much stronger than the Zhao army during the Warring States period, more than 400,000 people of the Zhao army were squeezed into a river valley area, while the Russian army has a small half of the Kazakh steppe to maneuver, plus their supplies are definitely much better than the Zhao army, they sent out a battle of trapped beasts, and the combat effectiveness is probably much stronger than before.

Song Ronggui needs to cross thousands of miles of battle to maintain the lone army that has been blocking the Russian army in Orenburg, which is an almost impossible task. Yang Ke even regretted that he had this big detour in the first place, and then dumped the plan to Song Ronggui. So whatever he can do for the Northern Army, he is now duty-bound.

So around the siege of Tulgai, the Irtysh offensive and defensive battle began. Song Ronggui is now trying his best to keep Orenburg, and it is very easy to capture it, but it is very difficult to defend it. At that time, he sent 100,000 infantry, nominally to rescue the lone army, and successfully captured Orenburg, which was defended by only 10,000 men. But almost closely following his army were Russian forces drawn from other regions, including the main forces drawn from the Turgai region of the front, and the troops drawn from Samara, Ufa and even the Volga region.

Song Ronggui found that he could only maintain a 100,000-strong garrison in Orenburg with all his might. He needed to maintain a thousand-kilometer-long line of communication, and his troops were really insufficient. In addition to the number of troops, it is also limited by the transportation capacity, the capacity of the river is indeed strong, but the ships are limited, and the use of all the various ships that can be requisitioned can only ensure the supply and demand of 100,000 people.

Along the Ural River, 100,000 people were deployed in the station towns of Orenburg and Henan, but they had to face the crazy counterattack of hundreds of thousands, or even millions of Russian troops, and the pressure was so great that it could be imagined.

Yank quickly mobilized his army and began the Battle of the Irtysh River, launching a strong assault and sweeping away Russian fortresses. Finally, the decisive battle was held in Omsk, which took only sixteen days. In addition to the strong attack regardless of casualties, an important reason for the fact that the Russian army was able to end the battle so quickly, and it also transferred a large number of troops from Omsk.

Obviously, after the loss of Orenburg, Russia was drawing troops from all directions, and the importance of Omsk, which had lost the significance of the retreat, was greatly reduced, so it was necessary to transfer troops here.

But after the capture of Omsk, the army, supplies, and transport ships in the Kazakh region could directly support Song Ronggui.

At this time, Song Ronggui had been struggling in Orenburg for a month, and in order to defend this place with the least number of troops, he, the chief soldier, personally fought Orenburg, which was risking his life. Now his actions have finally paid off, and a large amount of supplies began to enter Orenburg, and within half a month, 200,000 troops were added here, all of which were the main forces withdrawn from Kazakhstan, which greatly reduced Song Ronggui's pressure.

After opening up Omsk, Yanke finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had already confessed to Zhou Lang that all these operations were his idea, and he hoped that the emperor would not hold Song Ronggui accountable for putting himself on Orenburg, and Yang Ke took the initiative to say that he was willing to bear all the consequences of defeat.

But the emperor did not express his position, as if he had forgotten about it, and did not mention it once.

In fact, Zhou Lang had already guessed seven or eight points, and after Yang Ke said it, he was still dissatisfied in his heart. He is not a soldier, and it is indeed an exciting feat to encircle and annihilate the enemy's heavy troops, but he is an emperor. Originally, it was clear that he could slowly squeeze the past through the safest way, and finally win the war without any danger, but the commander chose this combat method that could cause a big defeat and loss, and gambled the fate of the country, how could the emperor be happy.

But he is also very conflicted in his heart, it is not a good thing for a soldier to be too passionate, but it is also dangerous for a soldier to be unenterprising. It is human nature for soldiers to have their own ideals, but it is too dangerous to be bold enough to kidnap the entire country with their ambition to make a meritorious deed, and many great empires in history have collapsed because of such a situation. If the Germans had been sensible, they could have not attacked the Soviet Union, or after first solving Britain, they would have used the resources of the whole of Europe to fight the Soviet Union, and perhaps the outcome of World War II would not have been certain. If the Japanese soldiers had been sensible and had not launched a war of aggression against China, or had negotiated peace with the Nationalist Government before the outbreak of World War II, then they would have kept the entire territory of Northeast China, Korea, and even Mongolia and operated stably for decades, and Japan would undoubtedly be one of the most powerful countries in the world.

But if a soldier loses his enterprising spirit and begins to cling to his position, wealth, and pleasures, just like countless Chinese dynasties, he is clearly the strongest, the richest, and the most powerful, but he is beaten by foreign enemies again and again, and perhaps military exhaustion is more harmful to China than the ambition of the soldier to do his own thing.

To make a long-term assumption, with China's national strength and the foundation for completing industrialization, if the Chinese soldiers are belligerent and launch wars again and again, the most unfortunate thing should not be China's own, but China's enemy.

Now that Yang Ke has confessed everything to Zhou Lang, what can Zhou Lang do? Just like a few decades ago, Zhao Wen and other officers of the older generation obviously did not conform to Zhou Lang's design, but when they defeated Russia, it was obviously of no political significance, and Zhou Lang had to grit his teeth and give them officials and knights.

After such a big victory, it was impossible for Zhou Lang to stab Bai Qi to death like King Qin Zhaoxiang. He couldn't do it, and the public doesn't allow him to do it. So giving credit to Yang Ke can only make him a hero of the world, so Zhou Lang chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

Choose to forget about it as if everything was the result of the trend. In the end, the merit will be recorded according to their battle report. Everything was accidental, not premeditated by the front-line commander, it was the lone cavalry unit that made the first contribution. Of course, the case of this war will definitely enter military history, and the truth will be revealed to the world in a few decades. But in this life, it is impossible for them to enjoy the glory of this meritorious master.

After opening up the Irtysh River, there are now three communication lines to Orenburg, one from the Altay region, one from the Siberian region, and one from the Irtysh region. The Siberian lines of communication were still busy transporting supplies, but the movement of troops was almost entirely diverted to the Irtysh River.

China's productive forces were mobilized, materials from all over the country poured into the battlefield, high-quality timber reserves from major shipyards were shipped to Siberia and cities along the Irtysh River, a large number of shipwrights and equipment were transferred here, small inland river barges were urgently built, and the most experienced dispatch managers of railway companies and canal companies were recruited to dispatch material transportation.

A month after the capture of Omsk, the Orenburg crisis was completely resolved, and it was now able to deploy a million troops there. The offensive on the Kazakh front has stopped, and the army has shrunk and retreated to the Kazakh hilly defense line to rest, on which only 800,000 men are now deployed, and all other troops have gone to support Song Ronggui.

The Anglo-Russian army was now blocked east of the Urals to the Turgai Plateau, and to the south was the saline desert and the Great Desert, even after passing through the Karakum Desert to the shores of the Aral Sea, and reaching the Syr Darya Valley, opposite the territory of the Manchus, who were now at war with the Anglo-Russian forces.

To the southwest, to break through in the direction of the strong, although there is the Emba River to use, but the downstream area is still a desert terrain, and the Russian navy in the Caspian Sea cannot guarantee the retreat of more than two million people. Blocked in an encirclement, it won't be long before the Anglo-Russian forces will not be able to guarantee food.

Bypassing the Ural coastal railways and retreating from the lower reaches of the Ural could not guarantee the successful withdrawal of a large army, but a small number of troops would still do. But a small number of troops, an unorganized retreat, is sure to provoke a catastrophe. Unless there is an organized, orderly retreat of the army, using the available supplies, they have a chance to retreat to the lower reaches of the Urals. Then crossing the river and retreating to the Volga, or waiting for assistance, are all viable options.

But a large-scale organized retreat of the army means abandoning the frontline positions, which will give the Chinese army a chance. Unless someone is willing to break off, or someone doesn't care about these things and just wants to save their lives.

The British were like that, they informed the Russians and chose a general retreat. I don't care if the vacancy left by my retreat will be used by the Chinese army to fight the Russian army.

The British are like this, always give priority to themselves, Ringanqiang and Dunkirk, both left their allies and fled first, put the Chinese expeditionary force to death in Ringanqiang, let the French block the Nazi iron cavalry in Dunkirk, and then the British themselves fled to India unscathed, and fled back to the mainland, which is also tradition.

Sell the tradition of teammates!