After a fierce battle, all that remained of Tomsk was ruins.

"You can take 30% of Tomsk's belongings, women and children." Yao Yuanjun said.

"Thank you, Lord for the reward!" Bayev said happily.

"I ask you to accompany the five thousand dragoons to the aid of Mangazya."

"My lord, but ......" Bayev didn't want to go, but as soon as the words reached his mouth and he swallowed again, he immediately changed his words, "Raffl is seriously injured and may not be able to rush to Mangazea's aid." ”

"I will incorporate the Kyrgyz into the dragoons, and your army will continue to be under your command."

"No."

……

Now the war in Mangazeya has entered a white heat, and the two sides are inseparable from each other for a while.

On the eighth day of the fifth month, the 20,000-strong army led by You Shiwei completed the siege of Mangazea. There are more than 6,000 troops stationed in Mangazea, and nearly 30% of Mangazea's firearms were snatched from the Ming army last time, and nearly one-third of them are equipped with apocalypse guns.

After learning the news that 10,000 reinforcements from the Russian army were heading to Mangazya, You Shiwei launched a strong attack on Mangazya on the tenth day of the fifth month. Although the Ming army had an advantage in numbers and firearms, the resistance of the Russian army was extremely tenacious, and the Ming army's strong attack for three days did not achieve any results.

"How far are the enemy reinforcements from Mangazea?" You Shiwei asked.

"There are still four days to go before our army." You Shigong replied.

"I didn't expect the resistance of the Russian army in Mangazya to be so stubborn, and now the enemy reinforcements are only two days away from our army, and our army must intercept the enemy's reinforcements." You Shiwei said softly.

"Big brother, since we can't take Mangazzeya for the time being, our army might as well surround the point and send reinforcements." You Shilu suggested.

"Reinforcements? How to surround and how to fight? You Shiwei asked.

"Our army can leave 5,000 troops to continue to besiege Mangazzeya, and send another 15,000 people to the Taz River to intercept the enemy, the Russian army must pass through the Taz River to rescue Mangazzeya, and this is the best place to intercept." You Shilu suggested.

You Shiwei looked at the map, nodded and said: "The Taz River is indeed the best interception place for our army, tonight I will lead the army to the Taz River to set up defenses, after I leave, everything here is under the command of the third brother, in order to prevent the enemy troops in Mangazya City from seeing through our army's plan, third brother, you can order the people to pretend to be the Ming army and continue to besiege Mangazzeya here." ”

"No. After my eldest brother left, I would continue to send troops to feint against Mangazya every day, so as to make sure that the Russian troops in the city would have the illusion that our army was still in Mangazea. You Shilu nodded.

"That's very good."

……

You Shiwei led 5,000 dragoons and 10,000 infantry to the Taz River overnight, and in order to achieve the purpose of the sneak attack, You Shiwei's army found an extremely hidden place fifteen miles away from the Taz River.

On 12 May, 10,000 Russian troops rushed to the Taz River. The next day, the Russian army began to cross the river.

You Shiwei held a telescope and looked at the Russian army busy on the river, the Ming army did not attack immediately, but waited quietly for the Russian army to cross the river.

By noon, the number of Russian troops crossing the Taz River had exceeded 3,000, and You Shiwei glanced at his pocket watch and said: "A quarter of an hour later, the dragoons will attack, and the infantry will follow, so be sure to drive all the Russian troops crossing the river down the river." ”

Although the Russian troops crossing the river at this moment were very vigilant, they did not realize that the Ming army was like a hunting beast watching them from a place not far from them. Of course, the reason why the Ming army's latent is so successful is also due to the reform of the Ming army's military uniforms, and the color of the Ming army's military uniforms has changed dramatically according to local conditions.

Suddenly, the Russian troops on the river beach heard a rush of horses' hooves.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!" The Russian army shouted in panic in their language.

"Formation, formation!" The officers of the Russian army shouted loudly.

The use of firearms in this era has made the infantry capable of fighting cavalry, but all this must be the infantry in the face of cavalry, and the infantry must build an effective formation. If the infantry is unable to resist in formation, this is fatal for the infantry.

The dragoons were light cavalry, his speed was very fast, and when the Russian army saw the Ming army, the Russian army had no time to form a formation, and the five thousand dragoons rushed into the Russian army on the river beach like a group of killing gods.

Five thousand dragoons were rampage on the river beach, and the Russians were simply unable to organize effective resistance. At this time, the Russian army could no longer resist, and jumped into the river one after another, trying to swim back.

The infantry of the Ming army also caught up at this moment, and their role was to clear the battlefield and assist the dragoons to shoot the Russian troops in the river together.

In less than an hour, the Russian troops on the river beach were swept away, more than 3,000 Russian troops were killed and wounded, and only a few hundred Russian troops fled back.

The Russian army lost more than 2,000 people in the first battle, but the Russian army did not retreat immediately, but confronted the Ming army across the river for several days before withdrawing to Surgut. You Shiwei was also puzzled by the actions of the Russian army, and this time the performance of the Russian army in Mangazzeya and Tomsk made the Ming army very confused.

Without reinforcements, Mangazzeya was still holding on, but the Ming army did not dare to relax in the slightest, and the battle between the two sides continued until June 15, and half of Mangazea's city was in ruins.

The Krmyks and Kyrgyz suffered heavy losses, the two armies totaled more than 13,000 men, and after participating in the two wars, only more than 5,000 remained, and the rest were either killed or wounded, and Ravl died of serious wounds in Tomsk in early June.

Kuznetsk, on the other hand, had already been taken, Kuznetsk was just a small city, and the defenders in the city were only a few hundred people, and the Seventh Army took it in only three days. Now the Ming army's goal is only the city of Mangazea.

"According to the report of the spies, there was a serious civil strife in Russia in the first two months, although it has subsided, but the Russian court is also injured, they cannot send troops to aid Mangazea, but it is said that the Russian tsar is ready to send an envoy to negotiate peace with the empire, and the Governor's Office requires our army to take Mangazzeya before the tsar sends an envoy, and completely annihilate the defenders in the city." You Shiwei said.

"Now the defenders of Mangazzeya are just dying, and in three days at most, our army will definitely be able to take Mangazzeya." You Shilu said.

"Three days! I'll give you three days, and whatever you do, you'll be sure to take Mangazea. You Shiwei ordered.

"No."

……

Although it was only three days, You Shiwei changed his strategy in Mangazea, adopted a steady and steady strategy, relying on artillery to advance layer by layer, and in less than two days, all the remaining Russian troops in the city were forced into Mangazzeya's official residence.

(End of chapter)