"What? Take this matter seriously?" Yang Xu was shocked and hurriedly asked.

"The flag that came here is like this. I guess there will be news in a while."

Yang Xu frowned, and his heart suddenly became cold. Since the Ming army had a hot air balloon, the surveillance of the battlefield had reached a point that the other party could not reach. It can be said that the entire area of ​​nearly a hundred miles of the battlefield was under the surveillance of the Ming army.

Although the role of hot air balloons is only reflected in this aspect compared to field battles, it has been of great help to the Ming army, so the Ming army has never stopped monitoring hot air balloons, especially when the war lasted for two months, it played a greater role.

Now the hot air balloons monitored sent out information about discovering Russian reinforcements, which means that the Russian reinforcements have arrived, and this also made Yang Xu worry about it. After all, it has been a year since the war started. No matter how slow the Russians are, they should have reacted. It is indeed the same to calculate the time from the West to the East.

"How many people have come?" Yang Xu walked out quickly and asked at the same time.

"About three or four thousand people, I don't know if there will be any further." The staff officer replied.

Yang Xu locked his eyebrows and didn't say anything anymore. After he got outside, he directly called the messenger to ask. After a while, the messenger confirmed the matter by contacting the hot air balloon.

After about an hour, Yang Xu heard the cheers coming from the direction of Irkutsk. At this time, the news of Russian reinforcements arriving had been fully confirmed. The Ming army was helpless in the face of the hard bone of Irkutsk. Now that Irkutsk reinforcements have arrived, it is almost impossible to break Irkutsk before winter with the current attack power of the Ming army.

Looking at Irkutsk blankly, Yang Xu's face looked extremely ugly. As a qualified military commander, he knew very well what he was facing. Moreover, Irkutsk was not Ulan Ude, so he could not repeat the miracle of Ulan Ude. If he continued to delay like this, he would be in a dilemma.

At this time, Yang Xu had the idea of ​​retreating his troops, but he could not withdraw his troops at the moment. As soon as the enemy reinforcements arrived, he immediately retreated not only a blow to morale, but more importantly, the Sherekhov who had finally taken it down was very likely to be lost.

Even if he wants to retreat, it is not this time. Judging from the seasons, Yang Xu still has plenty of time, which is enough for him to arrange everything.

The arrival of reinforcements from the Russian side did cause some trouble to the morale of the Ming army that was unfavorable to the attack. For this reason, Yang Xu decided to boost morale by continuing to attack, and at the same time give the Russian defenders some color.

The day after the Russian reinforcements arrived, the Ming army once again launched a fierce attack on Irkutsk. This time, Yang Xu even called on the ships he had collected over the past few months to launch an attack from both land and water. For a moment, Irkutsk was trapped in the overwhelming artillery bombardment of the Ming army, and teams of Ming troops carried siege equipment to the city and attacked fiercely.

The defenders of Irkutsk did not expect that the Ming army would launch such a fierce attack when their reinforcements arrived with high morale. They were caught off guard for a while. After a brief panic, the Russians fought desperately. The two sides fought hard on the battlefield, with heavy casualties. The attack lasted for three days from the beginning to the end, and finally retreated helplessly when the Ming army was unable to capture it.

In the city of Irkutsk, Berekov accompanied an old man to inspect the battlefield that had just ended. The fierce attacks of the Ming army, which could be said to be regardless of casualties, caused heavy casualties in Irkutsk. The morale of the defenders who had just arrived was once again depressed because of reinforcements. The whole city was filled with scenes after the war, especially near the city walls, traces of flesh and blood and residual limbs could be seen everywhere.

The old man had a great aura. As the acting governor and commander-in-chief of the Far East, Berekov was like a guard in front of the old man, carefully accompanying the old man to inspect.

"How many times have the Ming army attacked like this?" the old man looked at the mess in the city and asked after a long time.

"There have been three attacks of this scale, and the attacks of other scales are really impossible to count because of too many attacks." Berekov said: "Your Excellency, you have also seen how powerful the Ming army is. If you hadn't brought reinforcements to the place, you would have been taken down by the Ming army. This was the case with Ulan-Ude at the beginning. Far East Governor's Office was powerless in the face of the powerful Ming army, so I have to take the defensive moment these days and dare not go out of the city to fight..."

Berekov explained to the old man, while looking carefully at the old man's face, for fear that the old man would show signs of dissatisfaction with him.

This old man is not an ordinary person. He is the earl of the empire, a close minister of Emperor Peter, and a great figure around His Majesty the Queen.
Chapter completed!