Several Russian cavalry reconnaissance squads were intercepted by the Far Eastern Army and dozens of Cossack cavalrymen were captured, and after some surprise interrogation, they received accurate information from them, that is, the Russian side sent a force of more than 5,000 men, which had crossed the Ural Mountains and was preparing to advance to Tyumen in the next step.

At present, the Russian army has just crossed the Ural Mountains, and the airboat unit has discovered their whereabouts and is tracking and reconnoitring the Russian army.

In light of the above, the headquarters of the Western Advance Corps of the Far Eastern Army immediately deployed. It was thought that the Western Advance Corps of the Far Eastern Army did not have enough troops in this area, and if an attack was launched, the possibility of the enemy's army being dispersed was extremely high.

In order to prevent the enemy from escaping back to the west of the Ural Mountains after the breakdown, the Western Advance Corps issued an order to the troops to retreat and decided to let this Russian army unit go in to fight.

The units of the Far Eastern Army, which received the order, withdrew eastward one after another, leaving only part of the cavalry units to monitor the perimeter, and the rest of the troops withdrew to the Tyumen region to assemble and prepare for battle, just waiting for the Russian troops to crash in.

The Russian army crossed the Ural Mountains and, after several days of trekking, finally came to the Uralsk fortress. But the place has been burned to rubble.

Golovin. Ostorov's face was gloomy as he looked at the fortress as if it were only a ruined fortress, and the Russian officers and local officials who were tortured to death on a dozen wooden stakes outside.

"These damned Tatars, they have to pay for this atrocity......"

At this time, several Russian officers and Cossack chiefs came over and reported to him the details of the situation.

"My lord, the fortress has been completely destroyed, hundreds of people inside have been killed, and the corpses have been burned together. We inspected the situation inside the fortress and found abandoned items such as Tatar arrowheads. It seems that the Tatars in the south marched north. Sudden attack on the Siberian region. ”

After listening to the report of a middle-aged Russian officer, Ostov's face was heavy and he said: "Order, let's rush to the Tula River first, and strive to get to Tyumen as soon as possible, where the fortress has strong defenses and should not have been breached." But probably also surrounded by the Tatars. ”

"My lord, we are rushing into it now, it is too dangerous, should we send someone back, report the situation here to Moscow, and then wait for the order of His Majesty the Emperor."

Ostorov shook his head and said: "It's too late, when the news from His Majesty the Emperor comes back, it will be winter." If the Tatars in the south move north, there will now be danger in Tyumen, Tobolsk, Tara, Perem, Turinsk, Tomsk, Kuznetsk. ”

He said this. Taking a deep breath, he said: "Order the army to open the ...... to Tyumen"

With Ostolov's order, the Russian army marched mightily towards Tyumen. However, after two days of walking, several cavalry squads sent out to search the front still did not send back any news.

And several relatively small Russian strongholds along the way have also become ruins. This also made Ostolov's heart sink, and he became more and more convinced that Tyumen and Tobolsk had fallen into the siege of the Tatars.

Ostov was still very confident that he would lead an army of more than 5,000 people. After all, this force was armed with thousands of arquebuses and a dozen artillery pieces, as well as more than a thousand well-trained Russian regular army musketeers and more than a thousand brave and fierce Cossack cavalrymen, as well as thousands of Cossack mercenaries.

Such strength, even in the face of several times the Tatars. There is also the ability to protect oneself. And also the ability to lift the siege of Tyumen and Topolsk. So he ordered the Russian army to speed up the march and rush to the Tyumen fortress as soon as possible.

An airship slowly landed near the Tyumen fortress. Song Tao and the others jumped down from the airship pod one after another. Everyone who had been waiting here for Gao Qiang and the headquarters of the Western Advance Corps hurriedly walked over to salute him.

"Everyone is here, you don't care about me, you can fight how you want, thousands of hairy children."

Everyone laughed when they heard him.

Gao Qiang also smiled and said, "Commander." It seems that Maozi should have realized that something had happened in Siberia, and this time thousands of troops were sent at once. From Tamaozi to the east, there has never been an army of this magnitude sent to Siberia. ”

Song Tao sneered and said, "Hmph...... We have been blockading the east of the Ural Mountains for more than two months, and it would be strange if they didn't know about it anymore. Since they have sent so many people, then we are welcome. First collect some interest for the compatriots in Jiangdong 64tun that year. ”

He said this. After thinking for a while, he said: "Lao Gao, the main reason why I came here today is that I have some new ideas, and I want to talk to you first." ”

Gao Qiang was immediately interested when he heard this, he still knew Song Tao quite well. This guy doesn't look out of tune on weekdays, but just like Gao Jianguo said, this kid either doesn't use his brain, as long as he uses his brain, he will definitely be able to come up with a good idea.

Song Tao dragged Gao Qiang into the tent of the temporary headquarters of the Western Advance Corps, and the two sat in front of a map.

"Boss Gao, next year our Western Advance Corps will launch an attack on the Kazakh Khanate, and at present, the main cavalry, reserve militia and Mongolian herdsmen of the Western Advance Corps are almost 200,000 people, and after a year of active preparations, all the materials are in place. With our strength, it should not be a problem to sweep the Kazakh steppe. ”

Gao Qiang laughed and said: "It's not a problem, so many well-trained iron horses, plus a large number of nomadic detachments, it is enough to sweep Europe." ”

Song Tao nodded and said, "Then we sweep the Kazakh steppe, and then go south to Persia to join the samurai army, it should be no problem." ”

"Of course, there are 200,000 little devils in the samurai army, and those guys are so fierce that they fight like mad dogs. If it weren't for the company's plans to completely occupy Persia and destroy the Ottoman Empire by the way, it wouldn't be a big deal. ”

The more Gao Qiang listened, the more he felt out of tune, but he still patiently listened to Song Tao continue to express his views.

"I have an idea, you see that winter is about to begin, and Russia can hastily organize an army of several thousand people to cross the Ural Mountains, which shows that the Siberian region is very important to Russia. Wiped out these thousands of hairs, although it seems to be quite enjoyable, but it's really nothing. ”

Gao Qiang was confused by Song Tao, and asked with a frown: "Old Song, what do you mean, why do I get more confused the more I listen." This preface doesn't match the afterword, it's a bit messy! ”

Song Tao smiled and said: "What's the chaos, I've already laid out all the factors that need to launch a big battle." (To be continued.) )

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