The officers expressed their attitude to retreat, and Brunov also made up his mind, in such a situation, even if he used the support of the city wall, he would not be able to resist for long, but he would be surrounded by the Chinese army as a whole, and if he wanted to break through at that time, the losses would be even more severe, and he could only fight with the Chinese army if he retained his strength.

When Brunov was just about to give the order to decide to retreat, Airry continued: "At this stage, we should preserve our strength, winter is coming soon, then it will be the time for our counteroffensive, the Chinese army is not good at winter operations, the commander decides!" ”

"Just do what Lieutenant General Airry said, start the retreat immediately, leave a part of the troops here to meet Lieutenant General Wenji and them, as for the residents in the city, contact them, follow those who are willing, and don't force those who are unwilling." Brunov said decisively.

A noble officer frowned and said: "Commander, I'm afraid this is not good, too many people will delay the speed of the entire march, and we have to take care of them, we don't have that energy at all, according to the news we got before, the Huaxia army did not embarrass the ordinary people, but those merchants and nobles suffered more severe losses." Our retreat is imminent, and if the news is disseminated, it will definitely cause chaos, so we have to divert our energy to maintain order, which greatly delays the speed and time of the retreat. ”

The other officers did not express their position, but quietly waited for Brunov's decision, if it was from the perspective of the military, it would undoubtedly do more harm than good with those people.

Brunov sighed softly: "Forget it, let's go and inform those nobles, it should be okay to bring them, as for the ordinary people, wait for us to come to the rescue later!" He also has his own plans, and he must bring the nobles, because he needs these nobles to speak for them, and even get more support from the nobles.

After discussing some specific details, the officers dared to pack up their things and prepare to retreat, leaving Brunov alone in the office with a sigh. Brunov, who originally came to the Far East with nearly a million troops and wanted to make contributions and regain the territory of the empire, no longer had the original ambition at this time, and he finally knew why so many people were unwilling to lie in the troubled waters of the Far East, he was really naïve.

To the west of Omsk, several Russian scouts were marching west on their horses, and they were going to the Kurgan region to inform the local government there that they were ready to receive the arrival of the army. At this time, it was already morning, the sky was a little bright, and they were marching quickly to find the Chinese army rushing towards them on a small high slope, and they were so frightened that they turned around and ran back, a few points faster than when they came.

"Report to the commander, the scouts just discovered that a few Tsarist scouts appeared on the small high slope ahead, and our whereabouts have been exposed!" The scout captain quickly drove the horse to Ma Qi's side to report.

"The whole army is ordered to speed up the march, and be sure to get to the predetermined place as soon as possible! Let the cavalry go after those Tsarist scouts and try to keep them behind! Ma Qi was a little worried that he would be taken advantage of by the Russian army to flee before he could complete the encirclement, after all, his strength was not enough to block the entire west. And even if he is found here, then the troops from other directions will definitely be discovered as well, which will be even more unfavorable to him, so he can only constantly urge the army to speed up the march.

The Russian scouts frantically drove their horses to the city of Omsk, and a long tail was chasing them behind them, and they would be back to the city after half an hour.

The cavalry of the Chinese army has been closely chasing the Russian scouts, but because of distance and time problems, they did not catch up with the Russian cavalry and watched the Russian scouts run away.

The Russian army in the city of Omsk was retreating in groups, and truckloads of supplies had been transported out of the city gates, and the people who went to meet Farr did not return, but Brunov could not wait. Most of the nobles and merchants in the city are willing to follow the army, they don't want to see those vampire-like Chinese troops anymore, they are afraid!

On the other side, Lieutenant General Sky was rushing towards the city of Omsk with Farr and others, and the troops of Farr and Gogivins, with the help of Lieutenant General Wenki, began to retreat while blocking the pursuit of the Chinese army. The losses of the fleeing Farr army were very severe, more than half of the troops were either annihilated or captured, and the losses would have been even more severe if Lieutenant General Ski had not rushed to support.

The Chinese army pursued closely behind the army of Lieutenant General Sky, as if it had eaten the Tsarist army, and the two armies chased and ran soon to the outskirts of Omsk.

After arriving in the suburbs, Lieutenant General Sky breathed a sigh of relief, and the Tsarist Russian army, which was on standby in the suburbs, immediately launched a counterattack against the Chinese army together with Lieutenant General Sky, and the attack of the Chinese army was resisted for a while.

"Quick, quick, shoot me and kill those damn Huaxia people!" Gao Jiwen angrily shouted at the artillerymen, telling them to immediately open fire against the Chinese army.

"Boom! Bang! "Before the artillery of the Tsarist army fired, the shells of the Chinese army had already flown over, and the continuous explosions frightened the Russian soldiers in the trenches, and they all lay in the trenches and stretched out their guns to shoot indiscriminately, and only a small number of machine gunners bravely strafed frantically.

The shells of the Chinese army continued to fly towards the Russian trenches as if they didn't want money, and the explosions were endless. The Chinese army, which had fewer troops than the Tsarist army, rushed forward wave after wave, while the Tsarist army was passively defending and did not dare to attack.

Brunov, who was commanding at the city gate, also heard the movement in the suburbs, and he knew that it was Lieutenant General Sky who had returned, and the Chinese army had also chased to the outskirts, and his own soldiers had come into contact with the Chinese army.

"You go and inform Lieutenant General Sky that he will hold the outskirts and block the Chinese army there, and at the same time inform him of his plan to retreat. In addition, I asked Al Ruizhong to take 20,000 troops to the south to block the Chinese army, and I led people to the north, and the whole army retreated in an orderly manner after an hour. As soon as Brunov finished speaking, he saw his assistant rush to him, and the officers were also very curious.

"Report to the commander, our scouts have also found enemy troops in the west, the number of enemy troops is about 100,000, and they are rushing here, there is a strong cavalry inside, we almost can't come back, and we will arrive here in half an hour." The scout whispered in Brunov's ear.

Brunov was shocked in his heart, but his expression did not change, and he whispered in the ear of his assistant: "Immediately control those scouts, don't expose the news, and let other scouts observe the specific strength and equipment of the Chinese army in the north and south!" ”

The assistants rushed to and fro, and the officers present didn't know what was going on, but seeing the commander's calm expression, they felt that it would not be a big deal.

At this time, Brunov set off a shocking wave in his heart, the Chinese army wanted to leave all of them here, surrounded on all sides, and they must leave immediately, otherwise they would have no chance.

"Retreat immediately, retreat to the northwest, take as many supplies as you can, the Huaxia army will not let us go so lightly, oh, no, then divide a part and retreat to the west!" Brunov decisively ordered the retreat to begin.

Several scouts ran up to Brunov and shouted: "Report to the commander, the Chinese troops in the north and south have reached the outskirts and launched a fierce attack on the troops on the outskirts of our army, and both are asking for support!" ”

"Look at what, don't stop, haven't you heard my commands? Retreat now! Brunov yelled at the officers who were looking at him in a daze.

"You go and sue them, as long as they hold out for an hour, just an hour, and then you can retreat!"

Without saying a word, the scout ran to deliver orders, and it was not his business whether he could hold out for an hour.

Brunov led people to the northern suburbs, and the Russian soldiers who were pressed and beaten in the northern suburbs saw that the morale of the commander was greatly increased, and with the reinforcements of the army, the Russian soldiers began to slowly counterattack.

Just as the Tsarist Russian army was retreating to the northwest, the Chinese airship troops in the high altitude discovered this situation and immediately passed the news to Ma Qi's western army, asking them to intercept these retreating Tsarist troops. After Ma Qi received the news, he thought about it for a while and divided a part of the army to adjust the direction and rushed to the northwest, but things were still unexpected to him, and the Tsarist army wanted to take the opportunity to slip away before he closed.

On the other side, Lieutenant General Sky was very sad, the Chinese army sent out tank troops, but they really did not have tanks at all, and there was no minefield in front of the trenches, one reason was that there were not enough mines, and the other was to meet them for fear of pitting their own people. So the tank troops of Huaxia rampage in front of their trenches, they could only retreat one after another, the power of the tanks was too strong, and the trenches were gradually occupied, and finally all were occupied.

There was no active resistance from Airray in the south, and the 20,000 troops he brought plus the original garrison were less than 50,000, not the opponent of the Huaxia army, he just wanted to save his own life. For this reason, the henchmen of the Airray faction secretly spread the rumor that the commander had abandoned these soldiers, and kept asking people to ask for help, and at first only a small number of soldiers believed that they fought back against the Chinese army under the reprimand of the officers. When the news came that the city's troops had retreated, most of the recruits chose to believe that they had been abandoned.

Under the bewitchment of Airray's henchmen, most of the soldiers asked to retreat, Airri retreated "helplessly", and the Chinese army easily took the trenches in the southern suburbs and chased the Russian army towards the city.

As the eastern and southern suburbs were occupied by the Chinese army, and the Chinese army in the eastern suburbs divided their forces to help the northern suburbs attack the Russian army, the pressure on Brunov skyrocketed.

ps: I wish you all a happy Dragon Boat Festival!!