The Cossack cavalry was indeed brave and good at fighting, and gradually gained the upper hand in the confrontation of the dragoons of the Ming army. But the dragoons of the Ming army barely supported themselves by relying on their superiority in equipment.

And the infantry of the Ming army firmly held the upper hand in the confrontation. Although the Russian army is also equipped with a small number of Apocalypse guns, the Russian army cannot fight against them at all in front of the Ming army, which is fully equipped with Apocalypse guns. Moreover, in terms of artillery, the Ming army, under the influence of Zhu Youxiao, has always attached great importance to the development and equipping of artillery, and on the battlefield, the artillery of the Ming army is generally more than twice that of the enemy.

However, due to transportation and other problems, the field army of the Ming army has always been dominated by light artillery, especially the improved Tiger Squat Cannon is an astonishing number, basically there will be one for every 100 people.

"My lord, the dragoons are almost unable to hold on, do you want to use the reserves?" Gao Jia's staff officer asked.

"No, you can't put it in the reserves right now. Order, all cavalry guns were transferred to the dragoons. Tell Admiral Polji that I will hold out for another hour anyway, and after an hour, I will use my reserves. Gao Jia said coldly.

Now that the battle has only lasted more than two hours, Gao Jia does not want to invest in the reserves too early, and the reserves are one of his last resorts.

"No."

"Order the Judge Advocate General's Office to lead troops to supervise the battle, and those who dare to take a step back will be engaged in military law." Gao Jia continued.

"No."

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After receiving Gao Jia's order, Admiral Polji personally led the dragoons to press up. Soon, dozens of people led by the Judge Advocate Advocate General's Office appeared in the rear of the dragoon formation, and the flag fluttering in the wind of the Judge Advocate General's Office made the hearts of the dragoons present tighten.

At this moment, the strict military discipline of the Ming army played a powerful role, and the dragoons from various tribes knew that taking a step back would not only mean death, but also that the grasslands allocated to them by the empire would be taken back by the yamen, and at the same time, their families would be deprived of their military qualifications. This would be a disaster for their families, and they could be ruined overnight.

In order to ensure the implementation of military discipline, under the supervision of Zhu Youxiao, a military justice department was specially set up to be responsible for the military discipline of the army, and the military law department was directly managed by the Governor's Office to ensure the independence of law enforcement, which also made the military discipline of the Ming army deeply rooted in the hearts of every soldier.

The arrival of the Governor of Polji and the Judge Advocate General's Office made the dragoons burst out with great potential, and the dragoons, who had been suppressed for a long time, gradually regained their disadvantage and were inseparable from the Cossack cavalry.

And the Russian army in Surgut saw that the reinforcements were fighting the Ming army on the left bank of the Ob River, and they couldn't hold it back, and they fought out from the south and west at the same time, and they tried to defeat the Ming army with the Russian army outside the city.

The Ming army outside the city had already prepared, and the Russian troops who rushed out of the city were blocked by the Ming army. The Ming army used the formation to drag the Russian army to the death at the city gate of Surgut, and the narrow city gate was just suitable for the Ming army's artillery concentrated fire attack.

Although the Ming army did not have an advantage in the siege, it had an advantage in preventing the Russian army from breaking through, and the intensive artillery attack caused heavy casualties to the Russian troops gathered at the city gate. At this moment, the gunners of the Ming army do not need to aim at all, they only need to hit the shells at the gate of the city to definitely cause damage to the Russian army.

Gao Jia saw that the Russian army in Surgut launched an attack, he immediately ordered the infantry to step up the offensive, and now the advantage of the infantry is obvious, and the Russian infantry was defeated by the infantry of the Ming army, but at this time, the Russian army outside the city was affected by the Russian army in Surgut, and the morale rose sharply, and the two sides fell into a stalemate.

More than an hour later, although the battle outside the city had not yet been decided, the victory and defeat had already been decided on the side of Surgut City. Under the dense artillery and apocalypse gun attacks of the Ming army, the Russian army in Surgut was forced to retreat into the city after several unsuccessful attacks.

"Order, let the reserves attack, support the dragoons." Seeing this, Gao Jia did not hesitate to join the reserves of the dragoons.

With the input of the reserves, the dragoons finally began to gain the upper hand. And the defeat of the Russian army in the city of Surgut has affected the morale of the Russian reinforcements.

The current momentum of the Ming army is like a rainbow, which has put great pressure on the Russian reinforcements. Under the pressure of the Ming army, the first to flee was actually the Cossack cavalry, who had always had the upper hand. The lack of discipline of the Cossack cavalry, and the inadequacy of the Russian army's restraint on the Cossack cavalry, were unreservedly exposed at this moment.

The Cossack cavalry came and went like the wind, they withdrew from the battlefield very quickly, and the Russian army did not even have time to react, and the Cossack cavalry had already run away without a trace.

The flanks lost the protection of the Cossack cavalry, and the infantry of the Russian army was completely exposed to the attacks of the Ming army. In less than half an hour, the Russian reinforcements were routed on all fronts.

When the Russian generals in the city of Surgut held binoculars and looked at the Russian troops scattered and fleeing outside the city, their mood dropped to the freezing point, they hesitated, they knew that there would definitely be no more reinforcements for the time being, should they be trapped in the city of Surgut, or surrender? At this moment, they have no answer in their hearts.

The day after the battle, Gao Jia seized the opportunity to send an envoy to persuade him to surrender.

The Russian army also gave a condition for surrender, that is, to ask the Ming army to allow them to evacuate Surgut on the condition of retaining their weapons. This condition was rejected by Gao Jia without hesitation.

After the failure of persuasion, in the afternoon of the same day, the Ming army launched another onslaught on the city of Surgut. Although the Russian army was demoralized, it repelled the attack of the Ming army with the help of the fortifications in the city.

At this time, Berezovo's 8,000 Ming army also moved south along the Ob River to join up with another Ming army attacking Tobolsk. Tobolsk is the gateway to the city of Tyumen and the most important stronghold of the Russian army on the Ob River. However, due to the aid to Surgut, there were only 10,000 Russian troops in Tobolsk, but 20,000 Russian reinforcements from Tyumen were also moving towards Tobolsk.

Zu Dashou couldn't wait to march to Tobolsk, he was afraid that after the fall of Surgut, the Russian army would abandon Tobolsk and retreat to Tyumen City, which would not be conducive to the division and elimination of the main force of the Russian army by the Ming army.

On 20 May, Russian reinforcements arrived in Tobolsk first, and the Russian defenders in Tobolsk amounted to more than 33,000 people.

On May 23, Zu Dashou's army arrived in Tobolsk. After arriving in Tobolsk, Zu Dashou did not immediately attack, but only surrounded Tobolsk.

At the end of May, the battle of Surgut was decisively victorious, and the Ming army broke the Russian defenses east of the city of Surgut, where more than 18,000 of the 30,000 Russian troops were taken prisoner.

(End of chapter)