Although he was desperate, Berekov could not sit still and wait for death, but he had to fight back against Ulan-Ude with his strength, Berekov had no confidence.

What made him even more angry was the Korqin tribe. When Nomon Erhetu took the Korqin remnants to him, Russia gave him a lot of help, which not only allowed them to take refuge in the northern part of the desert, but also supported a lot of money and property.

When Nomonerkhtu later attempted to retaliate against the Mongolian tribes, Berekov also gave the other party asylum and even offended the Ming Dynasty because of the Korchin tribe.

The reason why the Ming Dynasty wanted to start a war in the north was that Russia secretly supported the Qing Dynasty in the Western Regions, and the other was that it was because of Korqin. Of course, Russia occupied the northern desert and Zhu Yicheng decided to take it back. However, from Berekov's perspective, Korqin was one of the important reasons.

But now Korchin's reaction made Berekov extremely dissatisfied. Not to mention that Berekov had previously sent the Korchin tribe to fight with the Mongolian cavalry of Ortai to cooperate with the war between Russia and the Ming Dynasty. However, after the order was issued, Nomonerhetto disobeyed the emperor and the Yang Dynasty. On the surface, he agreed well, but in fact he was completely in charge of work and no effort.

The entire Korqin tribe basically did not conduct formal combat with the Mongolian cavalry or even the Ming army from last year to winter. Except for sending a few small cavalry troops to harass the food route, Nomon Erhetu did almost nothing.

When the Ming army attacked Ulan Ude, Berekov was worried that his reinforcements would be blocked by the Ming army, so he asked Nomonerkhtu's cavalry to launch an appropriate attack on the Ming army to cooperate with the Ulan Ude defenders' operations. But Nomonerkhtu was so good that he just took his men and horses around the periphery, and did not do as Berekhiv meant.

After Ulan Ude fell, Nomonerkhtu actually took his people to the northwest without looking back. Now even Berekov doesn't know where he has gone.

Apart from Korchin's betrayal, the Chechen tribe was not much better. These Mongolians who were respectful under Russia took the upper hand as the Ming army, especially after taking down Ulan-Ude, they abandoned themselves and ran away, which made Berekov extremely angry.

But what can he do now? With the upcoming attack by the Ming army, Berekov could only hold on to Irkutsk, and he could not do anything else except this.

Ulan Wude and Yang Xu's troops were preparing for the troops. The capture of Ulan Wude allowed the Ming army to firmly stand firm in the north. From this point of view, Yang Xu made great contributions.

However, the decree sent by the court a few days ago severely reprimanded Yang Xu and gave him extremely serious punishment. Yang Xu was not angry at the court's decision, because he knew very well that he was indeed too risky when he decided to fight Ulan-Ude.

If Yang Xu had not been lucky, he would not only not be able to defeat Ulan-Ude, but also lead to the collapse of the entire Northern Legion. From this point of view, Zhu Yicheng punished Yang Xu like this. The punishment now seems very serious, but in fact the court did not really deprive Yang Xu of his command, but just warned him in this way.

In addition, Zhu Yicheng also gave Yang Xu a reward, which was to give him hundreds of pieces of silk and five thousand silver dollars from the third-class Duke of Lu.

Not to mention the gift of silk and silver, the promotion of this title is enough to completely relieve Yang Xu. You should know that as one of the founding Dukes, the honor of third-class Duke and second-class Jin is not something that ordinary people can have. Even if he directly removed his actual position and made him guilty and meritorious, this is of great significance to Yang Xu.

Half a month ago, as the weather gradually warmed up, Yang Xu began to work on how to continue moving westward. Of course, he had only one goal, that is, Irkutsk, west of Lake Baikal.

As long as Irkutsk is taken down, Russia's basic base in the Far East Governor's Office will be completely destroyed by the Ming Dynasty. Even if Russia still has military power to mobilize in the Far East, with the two major cities of Ulan-Ude and Irkutsk, the Ming Dynasty can be said to have controlled most of Siberia in terms of the situation.

Compared with Ulan-Ude, Irkutsk is harder to fight. Irkutsk is the capital of the Russian Far East Governor's Office, and its city is naturally solid. In addition, Irkutsk's defenders are one of the most elite troops in the Russian Far East, with more and better personnel and equipment than those in the Ulan-Ude at the time.

When attacking Ulan-Ude before, the Ming army adopted the tactic of siege in the cave. Since Russia suffered a great loss in this regard, this tactic may not have much effect when continuing to attack Irkutsk.

The Russians are not fools. Since they have understood how the Ming army took Ulan-Ude, they will never let the Ming army use the same method to defeat Irkutsk. Although the cave siege tactics are good, this tactic is not without weaknesses. When the defending party is prepared, it is unlikely to succeed in continuing to adopt this tactic. Therefore, in this attack on Irkutsk, Yang Xu must take other measures to break the opponent's defense system.

Judging from the weather, the Ming army in Ulan-Ude should have been dispatched a few days ago, but Yang Xu still held his troops, as if waiting for something.

Yes, Yang Xu was indeed waiting. This was because Zhu Yicheng, who had come with the imperial edict, had sent him a letter. Zhu Yicheng told Yang Xu not to attack Irkutsk immediately. He sent someone to send some things to Yang Xu. It would not be too late to start a war when these things arrived in Ulan-Ude.

Yang Xu naturally needs to obey Zhu Yicheng's explanation in his letter, and he is not in a hurry for the past few days. At the same time, he is curious what Zhu Yicheng will send to the front line?

At the first moment, Yang Xu thought about whether it would be a newly built cannon by the military? As early as the battle of the Hexi Corridor in the Western Regions, Yue Zhongqi's troops were unfavorable in the offensive, resulting in the failure to break the deadlock. But when the latest siege artillery was transported to the front line, the Ming army easily broke the coalition forces of the Qing army and Russia, thus directly taking down the Hexi Corridor.

In Yang Xu's opinion, what Zhu Yicheng said in his letter is probably this new type of artillery. If these artillery can be transported to Ulan-Ude, then Yang Xu's confidence in capturing Irkutsk would be a little more secure.

While expecting, Yang Xu patiently waited for what Zhu Yicheng said to be transported. This wait took several days. As time passed, although Yang Xu knew that the transportation of materials was definitely much slower than messenger, even if the time passed, Yang Xu was inevitably a little anxious.

A few days later, nearly a month after the messenger arrived, the people and things that Yang Xu had been looking forward to finally came. After learning the report from his subordinates, Yang Xu couldn't wait to welcome him out of the city in person.
Chapter completed!