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Volume 4: The Empire Ascends to the East Chapter 103: Clash City

Upon receiving the news of the extension of oil, the emperor took a look and threw the telegram aside. He just ordered the cabinet to repair the railway extended to Xi'an as soon as possible. Without a train, no amount of oil was sent, and no matter how much oil it was sent, it would not be transported.

Fan Yue also knew a little about the role of oil. What made him wonder was that extending the oil could be produced should be a happy event. Why does the emperor seem to be unhappy?

For the emperor, it is a matter of prolonging the oil to produce oil, so he would not be too happy. Compared with the oil in Yanchang County, the Tyumen Oilfield near Toborsk City attacked by Du Xiaoshan, the oil content contained at least dozens or even hundreds of times that of prolonging the oil content.

At present, the Ming Dynasty thought that Siberia was just a desert, and only Wang Fu knew what kind of treasure land this was. Only by taking over the city of Tobolsk could the Ming Dynasty ensure the ownership of the entire Siberia. With this treasure land, the Ming Dynasty would not have to worry about resources for at least hundreds of years.

In Toborsk City, the Ming army's siege has lasted for three months. The two sides still have constant wars every day, but fewer and fewer people have died. In the past month, the number of casualties per day has dropped below single positions. This is why soldiers on both sides of the offensive and defensive sides know more and more how to protect themselves, and the Mongolian soldiers on the offensive are becoming increasingly slack.

Although the casualties have decreased, the situation in the city has become increasingly difficult. When the Ming army first surrounded him in May, every middle-aged man in the city could still get two large black bread, one for women and one for children. This black bread was mixed with a lot of coarse grains and rice bran, and he could only barely eat it. Fortunately, he could still have enough food and clothing.

By June, although the amount of bread everyone received was the same, the weight had dropped a lot, at most only two-thirds of the size before. The first thing that could not help but starve was the children. No matter which street in the city was walking during the day, you could hear the crying of hungry children. In order to increase food, many people used the open space in the city to plant some easy-to-receive fruits and vegetables, and even the General's Mansion was no exception. In order to compete for the ownership of these fruits and vegetables, there were fights in the city every day.

In July, the food fell further to the point where each middle-aged man had only one black bread, and each woman and child was only half, and the weight was only one third of the original. Some middle-aged men couldn't help but sneak out of the city at night to find food. Some people were lucky enough to find food, but more people went away and fell into the hands of the Mongolians who were besieging the city, and turned into corpses and were discarded under the city the next day.

It is now early August, and the quartermaster just reported to Godunov during the day that even by current standards, food can only last until the end of the month. If the enemy outside still does not rescue the siege at the end of the month, the whole city will be out of food.

That night, Godunov summoned all the Cossack officers and told them the situation. When they heard this, the Cossack officers were stunned. For these Cossacks, Godunov treated them well, and even soldiers could maintain food and clothing. As for the officers, they had a rich food and even had wine and drinks every day. Unexpectedly, the city was so serious.

"General, when will the reinforcements of His Majesty the Tsar arrive?" a Cossack officer couldn't help asking.

Godunov shook his head: "Everyone, the rebels in the country are now powerful, and His Majesty the Tsar is exterminating the rebels and cannot send reinforcements."

"How can that be done? Are we just waiting to die here?"

"General, why not fight with those Tatars."

"Fight, what are you going to fight? There are tens of thousands of Tatars outside, and there are thousands of regular Ming troops, just relying on more than a thousand of us?"

"Why are there only more than one thousand people? Aren't there tens of thousands of people in the city? Just organize them."

"How to organize it? We don't have food, we don't have enough guns and ammunition to get them out of the city to fight, just to let them die.

"You can't leave the city and you can't wait for death. Could it be that you want to surrender? You are such a coward?"

"Who said I surrendered? You are slandering. I want to duel with you."

"Dull fight."

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The officers started to argue fiercely, and even two irritable officers tilted out their swords on the spot. Fortunately, they were pulled by the people around them and did not perform a duel scene. What disappointed Godunov was that no one proposed the path he had been considering.

"Everyone, it really doesn't work. Let's break through."

The audience suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at the officer who proposed. Cossacks were not a fool, but on the contrary, most of them were ruthless people. They had long thought about this path, but no one proposed it.

Breakthrough is just a nice saying. In fact, not only will it have to abandon the city of Tobolsk, but also tens of thousands of residents. Even if you return to Europe, it would be strange if the Tsar and Moscow nobles did not find anyone to settle the score.

Because of this, Godunov was reluctant to act. He had to wait until the city was about to run out of ammunition and food to find everyone to discuss. It would be better if someone offered it on his own initiative. Otherwise, as the head coach, he would be unable to protect his life even if he fled back to Europe. Seeing that a fool finally came up, Godunov was overjoyed and looked at the other officers eagerly.

But the officers were irritated and no one was willing to take over the topic. Godunov had no choice but to ask: "I wonder what everyone thinks about Major Nikita's proposal?"

"Godun, the heroic Cossacks should not leave their people and escape." Godunov, who was full of hope, heard a voice of objection. When he looked carefully, it was Lieutenant Colonel Mikhaira of Cossack.

Mikhaila is a native of Toborsk City. She has settled in the city since his grandfather. His family, including property, are here. No wonder Mikhaila does not agree to break through. With Mikhaila's voice, more than ten officers stood up to oppose it, which almost made Godunov unable to come to Taiwan.

Godunov looked at the opposing officers secretly, all of whom were natives. As for the others, his eyes flashed. Obviously, his intentions were the same as him, but he was worried about the name of escaping. He secretly said that he had made a mistake and had known that he would have eliminated the local officers in this meeting.

"General, there is insufficient food in the city, and continuing to defend it will undoubtedly cut off one's own way of life. However, as glorious Cossacks, we must not leave the people and escape. We have a strategy that may be able to resolve the dangers in the city." Another Cossack Lieutenant Colonel Romchik said.

Everyone looked at Romchik with surprise, suspecting that he was drunk and talking nonsense. If he said there was any way to help him, would he have to wait until now?

"Lieutenant Colonel, what can you do to help? Just say it out." Godunov said a little dissatisfied. He also did not believe Romchik's words.

"General, since it is not possible to defend the city, it is better for the general to lead a part of his troops out of the city to fight against the Tatars. If the supply line of the Tatars can be cut off, it will naturally force the Tatars to retreat. Wouldn't it be a relief to the danger in the city?"

At this time, the supply line of the Ming army was obviously a dream, but Godunov's eyes lit up when he heard it and said loudly: "Yes, I have to fight back to force the Tatars to retreat. I decided not to be afraid of hardships and lead the troops out of the battle myself. I wonder who else would like to follow me to go to war."

"General, I do"

“I do, too”

"General, I'm willing to take me with me."

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The Cossack officers reacted and asked Godunov to go out of the city to rob the grain together. Mikhaila and others were trembling with anger. These guys obviously wanted to escape, but came up with a high-sounding excuse to rob the grain.

"Lieutenant Colonel Mihaila, I will order you as a temporary city guard. We must stick to it until we force the Tatars to retreat, otherwise we will only ask."

"Yes, General" Mikhaila was so sad that she could not refuse Godunov's orders, so she had to bow her head. Godunov felt very happy. She used the excuse to ask Mikhaila to prepare for the defense and drove all the officers who had just opposed the breakout out of the conference room, and began to discuss the matter of leaving the city with the officers who were left behind.

A few days later, when Mongolian soldiers took over the squad to attack the city, the west gate of Toborsk City suddenly opened wide, and Godunov rushed out of the city with eight hundred selected subordinates. The west gate was not the main attack site of the Ming army, only thousands of Galdan's subordinates stationed. Unable to defend, he was soon broken into a gap by this elite team of Cossacks. Godunov and his subordinates left.

After rushing out of the city, Godunov couldn't help but pinch his horse's head and looked back at the city with tears in his eyes. He knew that he would say goodbye to the city forever. In a few days, the Tatars could attack the city.

"General, go quickly. If you don't leave, the Tatars will come after you." An officer urged.

Godunov came to his senses: "Let's go" and galloped, never looking back.

When he heard hundreds of Rakshasa people rushing out of the city, Du Xiaoshan was furious and severely scolded Galdan, and ordered Galdan to pursue the Rakshasa people who left the city to prevent the Rakshasa people from posing a threat to the siege army. At the same time, he ordered: Strengthen the siege.

Although Mikhaila kept it secret, the news that Godunov left the city was spread a few days later. The entire Tobolsk city suddenly became panicked. The attacking Mongolian soldiers soon discovered that the resistance in the city had weakened a lot. Although the reason was unknown, the morale of the Mongolian soldiers was still greatly boosted. As one of them grew and the other was declining, the city was even more irresistible, and gaps were opened one by one.

"Run, rush in"

The Mongolian officer on the front line shouted loudly, his tone full of excitement.

"What's going on?" Du Xiaoshan, Guo Fujia and others were stunned in the back, completely unaware of why the Rakshasa people seemed to suddenly lose their backbone.

"Dingbeibo, it's not a trap for the Rakshasa people, right?" Cewang Alabutan said with lingering fear.

"No, the Rakshasa people are already at the end of their lives. Even if they trap, they are meaningless. I will send orders to launch a battalion to attack and see what's going on."

"Yes," Guo Fujia replied loudly.

The Ming army's dispatch was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. The Cossacks who dared to resist were knocked down by the Ming army's excellent shooting. The Mongolian army rushed into the city without any obstacles and began to carry out large-scale killings in the city. The city of Tobolsk was finally conquered.

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Chapter completed!