At the beginning of April of the 39th year of the Apocalypse, although the weather in Sipol gradually warmed, the snow and ice still covered the land. An army of 12,000 men of the Ming army had quietly set out from the garrison for Berezovo.

Berezovo is located in the lower reaches of the Ob River, guarding the mouth of the Ob River. The reason why the Ming army chose this place for the first attack was because after the arrival of summer, the lower reaches of the Ob River could be navigated, and it was a choice for the Ming army to complete logistics and supply by water. Moreover, this small city and the Russian Surgut are at odds with each other, which is a big trouble for the Ming army to capture Surgut.

Berezovo had just over 3,000 defenders, but a year ago the city had fewer than 1,000 defenders. As the number of troops increased, the intensity of the defense naturally increased. But Berezovo is nothing short of the importance and scale of the city compared to the cities of Surgut and Tobolsk. This also made the Russian army not realize that the first offensive site of the Ming army would choose Berezovo.

"My lord, our army is less than five miles away from Berezovo."

"The whole army was ordered to rest in place for half an hour, and it was strictly forbidden to light fires, make noise, etc., and launch an attack according to the original plan after half an hour." It was Admiral Lei Kongwen who led the troops, and he glanced at his pocket watch and said.

"No."

Lei Kongwen took out a piece of dry food that had been frozen as hard as a stone and took a bite, and when he bit down, he found that he didn't bite it.

"My lord, eat my piece." The guard next to him said when he saw this.

"Don't eat it, when Berezovo is captured, we will go into the city to drink hot soup and eat hot rice."

"Hmm." The guards also put down their dry food.

……

The cold weather significantly reduced the number of patrol soldiers in Berezovo, and the whereabouts of the Ming army were also very secretive, and of course the appropriate camouflage also helped the Ming army a lot. When the Ming army appeared around Berezovo, the Russian army in Berezovo still did not notice the arrival of the Ming army.

Half an hour later, the Ming army launched a simultaneous attack from three directions in Berezovo. Facing the Ming army, which seemed to fall from the sky, Berezovo's Russian army was completely stunned.

The whole battle lasted just over two hours, and the Ming army took full control of the small city of Berezovo.

"My lord, what should we do with the captives and the people?" Although Berezovo is a small city, there are still hundreds of ordinary people living in the city, and these hundreds of ordinary people did not expect that the Ming army would attack Berezovo first, and they originally thought that they would move to Tyumen after the weather warmed up.

"It takes people to repair the damaged walls, and they just have enough to use. After the restoration of the walls was completed, the men were temporarily imprisoned. "With the consolidation of the Empire's rule in West Pol, the Empire has adopted a more moderate national policy in West Pol.

"My lord, what should we do with the food and belongings in the city?"

"Leave the food needed for the army for a month, and send the rest back."

"No."

……

The news of the fall of Berezovo soon reached Tobolsk, and it was only then that the Russian army realized that war had broken out. The Russian military has always hoped to reach an armistice agreement with Daming, even after Daming refused to renew the armistice agreement, the Russian military is still trying. Of course, all this is inseparable from the efforts of Dongchang, which used its strong financial resources to give the Russian military a wrong message, that is, the Ming military also hopes to reach an armistice agreement with Russia.

After the Ming army captured Berezovo, an army of 40,000 men of the Ming army marched to Surgut. The commander of this army was the Right Governor Gaojia.

Founded in 1594 on the right bank of the middle reaches of the Ob River, Surgut was an important military fortress of the Russians in the Ob River valley and the most prominent military fortress in the confrontation front with the Ming army. Due to military needs, the Russian army stationed 30,000 troops in Surgut, which was the city with the largest garrison except for Tyumen.

In order to complete the sneak attack on Berezovo, the Ming army set out from the garrison to Surgut after receiving the news of the success of the sneak attack on Rekonvin.

On 13 May, the Ming army completed the encirclement of Surgut. And at this moment 14,000 reinforcements from Tobolsk are already on the way.

On 15 May, the Ming army launched an attack on Surgut, and the two sides were indistinguishable from the fierce battle in Surgut for a while.

"My lord, reinforcements from Tobolsk are expected to arrive on the left bank of the Ob River in two days."

"Where exactly are enemy reinforcements now? How many more are there? Gao Jia asked, pointing to the map.

"My lord, the enemy reinforcements are here now, and the specific number is about fifteen thousand." Scouts report back.

"Immediately send someone to report the military situation to the Zudu Governor!"

"No."

"My lord, the enemy's reinforcements are menacing, although our army is now besieging the city of Surgut, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to take it for a while and a half, but once the enemy's reinforcements arrive in Surgut, I am afraid that the situation will change at that time, and our army will inevitably suffer from the enemy."

"Our army can just encircle the point and send reinforcements, but in order to prevent the enemy army in Surgut from responding to the enemy's reinforcements, our army must be trapped in the enemy army in Surgut. Admiral Germanium, I have left you 20,000 men, and you must trap the defenders of the city, while I will lead another 20,000 troops across the river to meet the enemy's reinforcements. "Gao Jia Dao.

"No. If it were only to besiege Surgut, 20,000 men would be enough. Admiral Germanium replied.

"The enemy's reinforcements are too close to our army, and our army can only build a defensive line on the left bank of the Ob River, and when the time comes, it will inevitably make the enemy troops in the city find out about the enemy's reinforcements, and the enemy army is likely to attack from the city of Surgut and respond to the reinforcements, and your pressure will not be small at that time."

"Understood. I will definitely hold out until the adults have eliminated the enemy reinforcements, and I will never let an enemy army appear behind the adults. ”

……

At about 8 o'clock in the morning of May 18, Gao Jia started a fierce battle with Russian reinforcements on the left bank of the Ob River.

The formation of the two sides was cavalry against cavalry, and infantry against infantry. The Cossack cavalry were light cavalry, similar to the dragoons of the Ming army, they were brightly dressed and had excellent horsemanship, and they were very good light cavalry. In order to fight against the Cossack cavalry, the dragoons of the Ming army in this battle were recruited from the local tribes of Sipol, and they also had superb riding skills.

But the Cossacks, although brave and good at fighting, also had very obvious shortcomings, they were undisciplined and unwilling to dismount and fight. Although the individual combat power of the Dragoons of the Ming army was slightly weaker than that of the Cossack cavalry, they were more disciplined and had a stronger enforcement of military discipline than the Cossack cavalry.

The Cossack cavalry, seeing that the Ming army was trying to fight the cavalry with cavalry, attacked first. In an instant, the two cavalry collided fiercely.

(End of chapter)