Seeing that the other side had occupied the city of Sayak, the command of the Kokand army immediately took a group of troops around the city and fled towards the capital Kriwushi, they knew very well that without the city of Sayak, the Kokand country would no longer be in danger to defend, and the last hope could only be to hold on to the city of Kriwushi.

Wang Xiucheng also knew the notice from the Dao Command, so he did not pursue the rout, but let his troops collect the prisoners who surrendered on their knees as soon as possible, as for those organized routs, he did not pay attention to them, as long as they gathered together, it was like sheep in a pen, and their final fate was only to be captured.

Wang Xiucheng and Chen Junhe's troops successfully joined forces in Sayak City, but they were a little worried when they advanced further, not because of insufficient war materials or weak troops.

Although the Fourth Armored Cavalry Army was only 50,000 at full strength, and had suffered more than 3,000 casualties in the previous battle, in the eyes of Chen Junhe and the others, it was not difficult to deal with the nearly 500,000 Kokand troops who were cowering in the city of Kriushi.

Now the most headache for the 4th Panzer Cavalry Corps is the problem of prisoners, and in this battle they fought a classic little breakthrough, plus a roundabout tactic. This made the Kokand army, which was still accustomed to the old tactics of attrition, quite uncomfortable, and the result was such a disparity in the proportion of casualties, the number of casualties in this battle was as high as more than 60,000, and the number of prisoners was more than 130,000.

With so many prisoners, if Chen Junhe was allowed to lead the team to rush and kill, he could easily win, but if he wanted to be detained, it would definitely occupy a large number of troops and would not be tolerated.

Chen Junhe immediately reported the situation to his superiors, if the prisoner problem could not be solved, the entire Fourth Armored Cavalry Army could only suspend offensive operations, and Chen Junhe even secretly asked for instructions if he could kill all these prisoners to reduce the burden on the troops.

This kind of thing that may cause a storm in international public opinion, several senior officers of the Joint Command did not dare to make the decision, so they had to report it to Fang Xiaoyu. After receiving the report, Fang Xiaoyu took the case, how could so many prisoners be slaughtered, this is all strong labor, Fang Xiaoyu directly waved his pen and dispatched a group of reserve troops to escort all the prisoners back to China and distribute them to various mining and road construction sites.

Now there are hundreds of thousands of Japanese prisoners in the Chinese Empire who are doing hard labor in various places, and these labor forces that do not cost much are very popular with major companies, and these big consortia that have a deep relationship with Fang Xiaoyu want to ask for a group of captives to do hard labor, especially those who are building railways, and this time they finally have the opportunity.

The Cossack prisoners who were captured in the Far East operation were half taken away by Wu Feng in advance in the name of building a strategic railway, which made several other consortiums a little dissatisfied.

After the troops of the two divisions of the reserve went to Sayak City to receive prisoners, Fang Xiaoyu issued another order to the joint command to try his best to capture as many prisoners as possible during the war.

No matter how Fang Xiaoyu calculated to get more prisoners to do volunteer work, anyway, Chen Junhe's troops could be dispatched again, and after handing over the prisoners, the Fourth Armored Cavalry Corps set off again, but at this time it was already half a month later, and Kriushi's Kokand army had reached 670,000.

As Kriushi's Kokand army gathered more and more, the 4th Panzer Corps was under pressure even though its combat effectiveness was extremely poor, so after contacting friendly forces, the Wehrmacht 23rd Army, which was also fighting in Kokand, decided to join forces with them to attack Kriushi's enemy forces.

Due to the delay of the 4th Panzer Army, the 23rd Army arrived at the city of Krioushi in advance, and in the face of the large number of Kokand troops, the commander of the 23rd Army, Lieutenant General Wang Mian, did not choose to attack, he let the troops stand in place and dig fortifications near the city of Kriushi.

Kokand is a semi-desertified land, and if you dig a little bit into the ground, it will turn into sand, and the mobility of the sand is too strong to dig a complete trench. Fortunately, the crown was prepared in advance and carried a large number of sacks in the troops.

The soldiers of the 23rd Army poured sand into sacks, which were piled up layer by layer, and soon qualified trenches were built. Wang Mian also received Fang Xiaoyu's will, and he was also very concerned about capturing prisoners, so he did not attack, but insisted on digging trenches outside the city.

The drought and lack of rain in Kokand and the lack of artillery in the army made it impossible to build the drainage ditches and cement fortifications of the trenches, which greatly reduced the construction time of the trenches, so all the officers and men of the 50,000-strong 23rd Army worked together, and the trenches were slowly extended on the periphery of the city of Kriushi.

The Kokand army in the city was already frightened, and they already felt very lucky to see the Wehrmacht digging trenches outside, but not attacking, how dare they take the initiative to provoke.

For the national defense forces outside the city, the top level of the Kokand country is also very difficult, they are not ignorant of the dangers of those trenches to them, but now the morale of the Kokand army has fallen to the bottom, if the defense can barely hold the city, once the attack will be directly dispersed.

Because both sides had scruples, there was a strange scene on the whole battlefield, as the two hostile sides, the Wehrmacht was sweating and digging trenches under the city, but the Kokand army was staring at the city, as if the two sides were not fighting, but like migrant workers and overseers on the construction site.

The trench network of the 23rd Army was slowly extending, and after the depth of the position had reached two kilometers, their trenches began to extend, and then they extended around the entire city of Kriushy, slowly forming an encirclement of the city, and by the time the Fourth Panzer Army arrived, their trenches had already encircled two-thirds of the entire city of Kriushy.

By the time the Fourth Armored Cavalry Corps arrived, the chariot units were quickly spread out, relying on the chariots as a firepower point, and the Fourth Armoured Cavalry Corps quickly built a perfect position. There was an Irtysh River outside the city, and the Wehrmacht had no problem drinking water, and there were also plenty of wells in the city, but because there were too many troops in the city, the food problem was very serious.

Kokand, which was already a country with insufficient food, was greatly damaged by the start of the Great War, and now they are all dependent on the Cossacks. Now that Kerryusch is besieged, no supplies can be brought in, so they have no choice but to kill the camels to satisfy their hunger, but the camel soldiers are the only mobility of the Kokand army, and if they lose their mounts, they will completely lose hope of breaking through.

The nobles of Kokand were still holding on, they were still fantasizing about the reinforcements of the Cossacks, but unfortunately they did not know what to do, the Cossacks were already too busy to take care of themselves, and the combination of the other Guards and the Wehrmacht was rushing to attack Barnaul.

A word to readers:

I recommend Mo Haoju's "The Change of Da Luo", and strongly recommend a good book.