Zhao Xin was actually joking with Li Rui. Since ancient times, no one has ever been rushing to negotiate with the defeated party.

But he guessed correctly. Rumentsev wanted to delay time through negotiations. Before sending people to deliver a letter to the North Navy, he ordered his scouts to find another shortcut to cross the Oka River.

No one is willing to be a prisoner, and the Russian generals are no exception. Moreover, Rumentsev, as the field marshal and the little Russian governor of the Tsarist Russian Empire, did not want to end up with Suvorov.

If Zhao Xin had placed 10,000 troops along the Jima coast, Rumentsev would definitely not do what he thought. Unfortunately, the Northern Navy lacked enough troops, so the Russian army felt that there was a chance.

The Russian lieutenant who came to deliver the letter returned to the Russian command center with the Northern Army's ultimatum. When the Russian generals who heard the news heard the conditions of the Northern Army, they were all worried and looked unwilling.

It was one o'clock in the afternoon, and the Russian army had only 26 hours left.

"Is there any news from the reconnaissance team?" Lieutenant General Ji Moxin was speaking.

When everyone heard this, they looked up at a colonel in the headquarters. The man looked at Rumensev and saw that the commander-in-chief was silent. So he said, "The water in the Oka River is not large now. There are several shallows that can cross the river. Our scouts found a small number of enemies guarding two of them. There are also no enemies found here."

After saying that, he marked several locations on the map on the table. When everyone saw that the two shallows that did not find the enemy were both twenty kilometers north of Jima, and very close to Perevos County. The problem was that such a large-scale mobilization of troops would definitely discover them.

Lieutenant General Bezuhof said: "Distance is not a problem, our army can operate at night."

At this time, someone asked: "How to deal with those green cannon cars? That thing can run faster than a war horse."

A leader said: "You can set up obstacles, cut down the tree, and just cross the road."

Rumentsev sat sideways at the table, although his face was expressionless, but he kept thinking in his mind. If his opponent was a Turk, he would not have to take such pains. The problem is that the Chinese army that called themselves "Seris" could not be regarded as other opponents. All kinds of strange equipment with great power emerged one after another, so the front-line generals could not cope with it.

He thought about it and then stood up and said, "I really didn't expect that the battle was actually fighting like this. However, the conditions given by the enemy were unacceptable! I thought a lot. At present, our army needs to rely on the rapid maneuver of the cavalry, try to lengthen the enemy's supply line and force them to retreat in the end. Perhaps some of them here will disagree with the decision I will make, but as the commander-in-chief, I decided to force the Oka River by relying on the power given to me by the Virgin and the country."

Previously, after counting the Russian troops, there were more than 37,000 troops. In addition to the two cavalry regiments that were lost on the left wing, the system of other cavalry regiments was quite complete. Moreover, as a large number of wounded and chaotic infantry became prisoners of war, the overall mobility of the Russian army has increased a lot.

Now the troops are less than 300 kilometers away from Xia Ukinsk. If they can cross the Oka River in seclusion and quickly, rely on several supply stations between Jima and Xia Ukinsk, and with the blockage of the Iya River and Uda River, they can escape back to Xia Ukinsk. As long as they are dragged until October, the cold winter in Siberia will begin, and no one can fight in such weather. The cold weather will be the biggest helper of the Russian army.

As soon as this statement came out, the Russian generals present stood up to receive the order and said goodbye immediately. Time is too long, and there are still many things they need to arrange.

However, even though the Russian army was careful in preparing, the scouts of the North Navy discovered abnormalities through drones. After all, if there were fewer people, setting up obstacles in cutting trees, it would definitely not be fast.

At around 2:30 in the afternoon, after receiving information from the scouts in front, Zhao Xin understood that the Russian army was planning to run away. Not to mention Rumensev, he would have the same if he had changed himself. He held more than 30,000 troops in his hand, and only a few thousand opponents, and even if it was not easy to fight, he would not surrender easily.

However, Zhao Xin was not in a hurry. After thinking for a night, he felt that his previous plan to wipe out the Russian army east of the Oka River was not realistic. Thousands of people ate tens of thousands of people, which was a big pot of raw rice. If the operation was improper, it was very likely that he would be able to survive.

Since this is the case, it is better to take advantage of your own speed advantage and stick to the Russian army to implement the "zero-knocking ketchup" tactic, chasing and knocking until the enemy's strength is beaten.

This is how war is, and there is no change. The combat plan must be adjusted at any time according to the enemy situation. If Lumensev wants to lengthen the supply line of the Northern Navy, Zhao Xin destroyed the supply points along the way of the Russian army.

The Russian army is currently staying in the village of Zarari, which is 300 kilometers from there to Xiawujinsk, and is more than 750 kilometers away from Krasnoyarsk. No matter how fast the war horses run, they are only four legs. Large-scale cavalry clusters maneuver up to 5 to 6 kilometers per hour, not to mention infantry wearing boots.

Isn’t it a big deal to compare speed with the North Navy’s iron feet and armored vehicles?

He imagined that the Russian generals must have believed that if the North Navy wanted to pursue a long distance, the logistics supply would be unsustainable. The problem was that except for a few of their own people in this time and space, no one knew that Zhao Xin was a huge "logistics supply station". As long as he followed the marching force, the North Navy would not worry about supply at all.

So, Zhao Xin ordered the armored convoy and the infantry of the two battalions to set off immediately and launch a tentative attack two kilometers away from the Russian army. At the same time, he ordered Pan Xiucheng to leave two battalions in Jima, and sent one battalion troops to advance to Tulun, 120 kilometers away, destroy all the supply stations set up by the Russian army along the way, and wait for an opportunity to capture Tulun Town.

Sure enough, at five o'clock in the afternoon, when the attacking troops of the North Navy launched a tentative attack on the enemy, the Russian army suddenly became furious, and these green iron monsters came again!

After Lumentsev learned the news, he was so scheming that his opponent had already known his plan to escape, so he immediately ordered the troops to set off immediately and arranged a regiment of hunting cavalry, a small number of unicorn cannons and a Hussar squadron to take charge of the rear. He had said before that the "hunting cavalry" was actually a dragon cavalry, that is, horse-riding infantry, with stronger mobility than ordinary infantry.

The Russian army has learned a lot now, and they do not fight line battles with the Northern Navy. The infantry either hide behind the fortifications of the chest wall or in the dense forests on both sides of the road. As long as the opponent is not close to their own side, they will not fire a single shot. Anyway, they will not be able to shoot far away. The artillery soldiers also change positions after firing two guns. There are more wealthy war horses now, and the unicorn cannon with more than 400 kilograms of unicorn cannons cannons can go away.

The two sides were exhausted until dark. After losing a battalion's troops, the Russian army took advantage of the night to withdraw from the battle. Before leaving, they set off a fire and burned the small village of Zarari to a white ground.

On September 4, when Chen Jishan's reserve regiment arrived at Kutulik Village and took over all the remaining prisoners of war, Zhao Xin then led a team of more than 4,000 people to set off.

At this time, after two days of rapid march, the Russian army had arrived on the other side of Perevoz County and began to cross the river one after another. However, when they entered the county town on the other side of the river, they were facing residents who were crying and supplies that had turned into ashes.

In the 18th century, East Siberia, except for the big towns such as Yenisesk, Krasnoyarsk, Lower Ukinsk, Irkut, Yakutsk, and Caktu, there were not many residents in other settlements, and hundreds of households were at the forefront. It was okay to bully the Yakuts or the Burys with muskets, but it was undoubtedly a very unreliable thing to deal with more than 500 Northern Navy.

The Russian generals didn't care about the local residents at this moment. They stopped in the small county of Perevoz, plundered all the small amount of cattle, sheep and food, and hurried to the next supply point.

The worst case happened. In the next two days, the other three supply points on the way to Tulum were all destroyed. Rumentsev originally wanted to let the North Navy, who was pursuing behind, eat horse meat and serve military rations, but he ended up having a handful of them first.

Three days later, more and more soldiers fell behind in the Russian army, trapped and horse-strapped. They sometimes followed the columns, and sometimes fell behind, constantly changing. On September 8, there were several false alarms in the team. The soldiers raised their guns and fired at the empty wilderness on both sides of the road, running around blindly, infantry and cavalry collided with each other, and then gathered together in the yells of the officers, and then complained and cursed each other for the unreasonable fright.

Entering Siberia in September, the temperature at night became very cold. The battlefield situation at this time became a bit weird. The actions of the two armies of Tsarist Russia and the Northern Navy were like a game of cats and mice. The Northern Navy, walking in front, kept shaking the bells to attract teasing; and behind the Russian army, Zhao Xin led the Northern Navy large troops to stick to the Russian army slowly behind. More than 20 armored vehicles were like whips driving away animals, whipping the "livestock" with scars.

On September 9, the Russian light cavalry of the two regiments of pursuit finally caught up with the Northern Navy's raiding troops fifty kilometers away from Tulum. The furious Russian army immediately launched an attack. If they could not get supplies, many cavalry would have to become infantry.

"Ula!...brothers...kill all the Tatars..."

The cavalry whipped and leaped onto the horses and rushed forward along the road. No one cared about the formation, they just wanted to destroy the annoying enemy in front of them.

Soon, dense gunfire sounded in front of him, and bullets flew over the air whistled by, followed by the unique explosion of the Northern Navy's mortar. In the rolling smoke, the Cossacks fell from the horse one by one to the wet land.

After more than half an hour of fighting, the Northern Navy almost exhausted all the mortar shells carried by the North Navy, and then withdrew from the battle with the cover of the hilly terrain. What were left behind were not only dead bodies and dead horses on the ground, but also wounded Russian soldiers who cried like dogs because of despair. At night, the Russian troops who arrived later could only fill their stomachs with roasted horse meat.

When the Russian army set out from Zarari, there were more than 500 large trucks carrying supplies and artillery, and now there are less than 300. In order to protect the few remaining military supplies, the regiments sent people to guard the logistics convoys closely, but the robbery incidents still occur from time to time.

On September 10, the Northern Navy raiders who destroyed the Russian supply station all the way suddenly appeared on the east bank of the Oia River. While the local residents had not yet reacted, they quickly seized the ferry.

The name "Turun" comes from Yakut, meaning "valley". The local residents have a population of less than 1,000, and it is already a big town. Faced with the sudden arrival of the murderous Northern Navy, settlers and left-behind infantry civilians resisted in a hurry, but muskets and sabers could not resist the Northern Navy's rifles and grenades.

An hour later, the Russian cavalry who had chased to the other side of the Oia River saw the black smoke rising from the town of Tulun, which made the Cossack cavalry on the verge of collapse all look as if dead.

Although the Northern Navy could not completely cut off their retreat, there were always many places to circumvent the surrounding fields, and the dark night without seeing their fingers could allow them to cross the Iya River. As long as the Russian army would rather die than surrender, it would be difficult for the Northern Navy to capture them all.

However, for the troops led by Rumentsev, it was actually not suitable. Many Russian infantry had discarded their guns and ammunition just to be able to go faster. Due to lack of supplies and sufficient rest, the morale of the troops was severely depressed and everyone was exhausted. From the day Zarari started to escape, hundreds of thin-clothed people died in the marching and camps. At this time, the Russian army had already understood that whether they continued to escape or attack Tulun, the only thing waiting for them was death, either freezing or starving.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! This tactic of the Northern Navy made the Russian army extremely uncomfortable. The raiding troops who had been rushing in the front turned their thoughts into the front line. The Russian army that was landing in the rear was constantly divided and surrounded and then annihilated.

At this time, Zhao Xin was like an experienced herder. He knew that it would be best to whip the running animals behind them, rather than to slap them head-on.

On September 11, the remnants of the Russian army fought their last courage to cross the Iya River in the chaos. At this moment, they no longer wanted to fight with the Northern Navy, and many of them just wanted to go home.

They threw away all their artillery and carriages, jumped into the cold river water desperately, and were unable to take care of themselves. Some cavalry even ran far north along the winding banks to avoid encountering the Northern Navy.

Facing the artillery fire and bullets that covered the sky and the pursuers opposite the ferry and behind, the skinny war horses and soldiers were in a mess on the river bank. Countless people died on the east bank of the Oia River, many drowned in the water, and finally drifted down the river into the Angara River, and many people surrendered.

But the people who crossed the river continued to flee west. Surrounded by his few subordinates, Rumentsev and his generals left his most trusted soldiers, took advantage of the night to detour through the forest, and left in panic.

On September 12, thousands of Russian remnants stranded east of the Oia River and struggling on the line of death, led by General Borkonsky, beat the white flag and surrendered unconditionally to the Northern Navy.

Two days ago, the troops of Lushoushan, after a difficult journey, conquered the important military fortress Ilimsk, located in the northeast of the Angara River.
Chapter completed!