Daming Military Empire

Chapter 612

It seems that Rozov's order to seek peace talks with the Ming Dynasty was issued too late. The Ming army was in full swing. In two months, nearly [-]% of the bastions in the entire Siberian Plain had been taken down. When his order was passed on to Golovin , Golovin has been pushed back to the west bank of the Ob River.

This time Golovin replied to Rozov's letter very quickly, because he didn't have to go around the Ob River to deliver the letter. If he worked fast, the messenger could reach the imperial capital in three or four days.

On the one hand, he sent Kopelov, the best at fooling people, to ask the Ming army for peace, and on the other hand, he sent someone to ask Rozov if he should lead the main force to retreat, because the Ming army's offensive was too fierce. The Siberian Plain couldn't be defended at all. He wanted to retreat to the front line of Wushan and defend it from danger, so that he might be able to withstand the attack of the Ming army.

Kopelov is really good at deceiving people. Last time, he made Gushi Khan of Wacha dizzy and fell into the arms of the Ming army, directly ruining the entire Western Regions. But this time he got a bad nose , because what he met was Cao Wenzhao, a famous fierce general of the Ming army.

It's not that Cao Wenzhao was vulgar and unreasonable, he didn't see him at all, and drove him back directly. Cao Wenzhao received him, and he was quite reasonable.

When Kopelov led the envoys for the peace talks to the Ming army camp, Cao Wenzhao personally received the envoys from Tsarist Russia in his tent where he was resting without saying a word.

Kopelov was lucky. Cao Wenzhao had just led the Ming army on the South Road to the fifth gathering point. The food, supplies, weapons and equipment had not been unloaded yet. I really don't have time to see him.

When Kopelov walked into the side tent with trepidation, there were already three Ming army generals sitting in the side tent. The first two seats on the lower right and lower left are vacant, obviously reserved for him and the deputy envoy for the peace talks.

According to the translation, the person sitting in the main seat is the commander of the Ming Army on the South Road, the deputy marshal of the Ming Empire, Cao Wenzhao, and the one on the right is the second-class commander of the Ming Army, Qin Gongming, and the third-class general of the Ming Army. Army general Hou Gongji.

The status of these three people is already quite high, and it seems that they are not the kind of unreasonable people. Maybe they can really stop them for a peace talk. Kopelov observed secretly and finally had a little confidence in the peace talk.

However, as soon as he opened his mouth, he hit a nail.

As soon as he sat down, he said in a polite tone: "Your Excellency, Marshal, I am here for peace talks on behalf of Tsarist Russia. Please stop your army's attack on the Siberian Plain immediately and withdraw from Siberia."

Cao Wenzhao heard the translator's report, his eyelids twitched, what a joke, he stopped attacking after hitting this point, and withdrew from Siberia!According to his temperament, he would slap the table and tell this guy to leave. However, before he came to Siberia, the emperor had given him an opportunity to face-to-face. Regarding this situation, he didn't want to talk about anything, just send him away.

Therefore, he suppressed the hostility in his heart, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "Your Excellency, General, please pay attention to the words you use. I am the Deputy Marshal of the Ming Army, not the Marshal."

When Kopelov heard this, he couldn't help being baffled. He still cares about such a trivial matter. Is it important to add an adverb?
However, he came to ask for peace, so he had to lower his posture a bit. If he accidentally offended the Ming army coach, there would be nothing to talk about, so he immediately smiled carefully and said: " I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Deputy Marshal, I accidentally called the wrong one, please consider our proposal."

Of course, this adverb is very important, because this is the method Zhu Cijiong gave him to send the envoys for peace talks, otherwise he would be responsible for attacking the Ob River Basin instead of Lu Xiangsheng.

He still said neither humble nor overbearing: "I'm sorry, General, you also know that I am only a deputy marshal and have no right to make decisions, so I can't answer your country's proposal. I can only act according to the orders of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty and the Grand Marshal of the Army. .”

Kopelov couldn't help being taken aback when he heard the words, he really didn't expect this, people can't make decisions, so what's the use of talking to him?

He really didn't know where the Great Marshal of the Ming Army was, because the Ming army had already sealed off the Ob River Basin, and the Yeni River, which was thousands of miles away, had long since disappeared. Where is it!

Now, he was really at his wit's end, and he said in an almost begging tone: "Please also, Your Excellency the Deputy Marshal, please convey our proposal to the Ministry of War of the Ming Empire and His Excellency the Grand Marshal of the Army of the Ming Empire."

Cao Wenzhao nodded without hesitation and said: "Okay, I will definitely convey it. Your Excellency, General, please go back. After receiving instructions from the Ministry of War or the Generalissimo, I will send someone to notify you."

Kopelov was invited back in such a muddleheaded manner, but the Ming army on the South Road had no intention of stopping the attack. Soon, all the bastions around the fifth assembly point were captured again.

Now Golovin is even more anxious like an ant on a hot pot. He has been crushed to the southeast corner of the Siberian Plain, and there are only a dozen bastions left in the surrounding area, and his men only have about a hundred thousand people. On the plains, they couldn't withstand the Ming army's attack at all. The steel monsters newly equipped by the Ming army were simply developed for fighting on the plains. On the plains, they were really unstoppable!
Seeing that the Ming army was pressing up, he had no choice but to send out a half-threatening request: Mr. Prime Minister, I only have a hundred thousand people. If the Ming army encircles and wipes out Wushan, there will be no one to defend it. Wushan was another plain, and at that time, the Ming army might really be going to attack the imperial capital.

Regardless of what Golovin thought, Cao Wenzhao led 30 people straight to the sixth assembly point as planned. As for the bastion behind, Sun Chuanting arranged for people to guard it, so he didn't have to worry about it. These more than ten bastions are considered to have completed the task.

Under the fierce attack of the Ming army, the dozen or so bastions would not last long. When Golovin led the main force to flee in embarrassment, he finally received Rozov's order: fully retreat to the Osan Mountains, and leave the Siberian Plain alone for the time being.

Rozov also had no choice. He really didn't want to give up on the Siberian Plain. It would be difficult to fight back this abandonment, but the Wushan Mountains are more important, because behind is the mainland of Europe. If the Ming army is allowed to rush through the Wushan Mountains, then Tsarist Russia is really finished.

Therefore, he finally asked Golovin to lead his army to withdraw from the Siberian Plain, because the 10 people under Golovin really couldn't afford to lose. Now Tsarist Russia only has 10 horses near the imperial capital and Golovin's 10 horses Well, if Golovin is surrounded and wiped out by the Ming army, then no one will guard the Wushan Mountains.

The 10 people in the imperial capital cannot be moved. If they move, the European powers may come to pick up the bugs without the Ming army rushing over. No one is jealous of an undefended country. Sometimes an ally is just a piece of paper, thin, Just poke and break.

Half a month later, Cao Wenzhao took down the remaining ten or so bastions without any suspense, and led his army to the foot of Wushan Mountain. At this time, his mission was considered completed, and the next step is to wait for the Generalissimo of the Army Lu Xiangsheng led his troops to join them.

(End of this chapter)