With a decision, Emperor Chongzhen led the army to Mingwei Fort. Thanks to the Mughal Odom, he was able to know everything about the situation on both sides of Mingweiburg.

Although that Odom, in the eyes of the Ottoman Prime Minister Koplulu, is becoming less and less useful, and the number of consultations with him is getting less and less, but he is in the Ottoman Empire, and the news he hears is still very useful to Emperor Chongzhen.

For this kind of situation, Emperor Chongzhen is used to it, just like those battle games he played in later generations, others need to send scouts to open the map, but he doesn't use it, and the whole map is directly visible.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen did not directly enter the battlefield, but hiberned outside the battlefield of both the enemy and us, like a tiger, hiding there and waiting for the opportunity.

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On the side of Mingweiburg, as time went by, the tide of the battle changed a little.

After all, the Ming army had too few troops, and at the beginning, the morale was very high, and they fought back and forth with the Ottoman army, and successfully prevented the enemy from making a detour behind Mingwei Fort to attack the Ming people.

However, Hong Chengchou does not have a golden finger, and can only command based on his judgment. Therefore, it was difficult for him to see the weak points of the Ottoman army every time to fight. After one blockade battle after another, the casualties of the Ming army inevitably increased.

In this way, the morale of the military will naturally be affected.

Speaking of which, morale is actually a thing that needs to be constantly inspired. Otherwise, it's like a leaky ball, no matter how much you originally inflated, it will slowly leak out eventually.

Of course, Hong Chengchou also kept using all the means he could think of to boost morale. For example, the rewards and punishments are clear, exaggerating the results of the battle, and reminding the emperor that reinforcements are coming.

However, after these methods were used too much, the Ming army slowly became immune. Inevitably casualties, or has been slowly eroding the morale of the army.

On the side of the Ottoman army, in fact, it is similar. Although they had a strong army, they were unable to take Fort Minwei, and they could not even send troops to the north of Fort Minwei to plunder, which made Prime Minister Koplulu's life very difficult.

Just like the Ming army, the Ottoman army's side, after the offensive was blocked, they finally realized that the strength of the Ming army was far from something they could easily defeat. Especially since it was clear that they had far more troops than the Ming army, they still couldn't help the Ming army, and the battle situation fell into a stalemate, which hit their morale even more.

Another reason is that the Ottoman Empire has a large number of troops, which means that the logistical pressure on the Ottoman army will be greater.

At the beginning, they were overwhelmed, and along the way, they could get some supplements, so they didn't pay attention to these. But with the stalemate at Fort Mingwei, this logistical problem became apparent.

Mingweibao was already far from the mainland of the Ottoman Empire, and was basically able to transport food supplies from the mainland of the empire. The Crimean Khanate, at the mouth of the Volga River, is closer.

However, the Crimean Khanate was a nomadic state, and it was itself very poor, and it had to rely on daily raids to make a living, and how could it cover the logistics of the Ottoman army.

Therefore, O Koplu!

The way of fighting to feed the war is a supplement. However, all the way north, everything that can be grabbed has already been grabbed. The northern part of Mingweibao was not well robbed.

The battle with the Ming army, on the side of the Ottoman army, also suffered heavy losses. At least in terms of the elite of the army, Abbas II was really right, the Ming army was better than any Ottoman army in terms of morale, equipment, etc.

The unhappiness of the war was reflected in Koplulu, that is, he himself felt that his body was getting worse and worse.

At this time, he was already in his seventies.

There is no general in Shu, Liao Hua, as a vanguard, the same reason, the Ottoman Empire was in a mess, and after he came to power, he rectified strongly, but there were few people who could really use it. Now this crusade was so important that he had to lead the army himself.

However, an old man in his seventies, no matter how healthy his body is, will definitely be tired.

In the original history, he did not go east, but led his troops to fight Venice, although he won the war, but not long after, he also hiccuped.

At this time, it's pretty much the same. Koplulu felt that his body was getting worse day by day, and his heart was even more anxious.

He could imagine if he continued to stalemate like this, if he died here. That opponent, Hong Chengchou, the commander of the Ming army, is a very cunning person, and he will definitely seize the fighter, and the army is likely to collapse.

And if Coplulu made the decision to withdraw at this time, then he would definitely not be reconciled. Because he knew that once he withdrew his troops, it would be impossible to keep the results of the early battle, at least the Volga River valley would definitely be snatched back by the Ming army.

After thinking about it, Koplulu finally made a decision and sent someone to negotiate with Hong Chengchou.

At the beginning, he threatened and intimidated Hong Chengchou and asked Hong Chengchou to surrender quickly, otherwise, when he defeated the Ming army, he would slaughter the city and kill all the Ming troops and people.

In response to this, the messenger who went to intimidate him lost two ears.

Then, after a while, Koplulu sent people to negotiate. said that he admired Hong Chengchou's ability and appreciated the bravery of the Ming army, therefore, he was willing to open the net and let the Ming army return to China, he would never chase after him, and he was willing to reconcile with the Ming country, and would not see each other again in the future.

In this regard, the envoy who went to negotiate lost his nose and came back.

From this, Ke Plulu knew that it was unrealistic to hope for the Ming army, so he was ruthless.

It's not that there are too many people, and how much food is consumed! He sent all his troops out and bypassed Mingwei Fort to attack the Ming people in the north. Naturally, the Ming army would not agree, and the blocking battle became very fierce.

On the other hand, Koplulu sent people to the former Bukhara Khanate to collect as much grain as possible, and for a while, the original Bukhara Khanate became a blank field.

The increase in casualties also made the morale of the Ottoman army very low. In this regard, Koplulu summoned the generals and said to them: "Don't see how many people have died in our army, you have to see how many Ming troops have died!" Our forces are far stronger than the Ming army, and now that they have suffered so many casualties, they will definitely not be able to hold on. ”

Speaking of this, he began to lure again: "As long as the enemy in front of you is defeated, the land here will be owned by our Ottoman Empire." On this side of the Volga River basin, you have all seen that it is very good for both grazing and farming. Whoever has made a great contribution, the official can call the shots and reward whoever this place is rewarded! ”

The Volga River basin has been managed by the Turghut Ministry for many generations, and after the arrival of Hong Chengchou's troops, the Ming Dynasty's irrigation and farming skills are high, and the farmland in the Volga River basin has been further improved. It's safe to say that this is a very nice place to be.

Therefore, after hearing Koplulu's promise, many Ottoman generals were moved.

Seeing this situation, Koplulu was secretly happy in his heart, and he tempted again: "In the north, there are herds of cattle and sheep in the Turghut tribe, as long as you can break through the blockade of the Ming army, the wealth plundered will be far more than before. The official can also promise you that whoever grabs it will belong to whoever grabs, and there is no need to hand it over. ”

When the Ottoman army came, the Ming army blocked and covered most of the people to flee to the north of Mingweibao, which these Ottoman generals all knew. Therefore, if they can break through the blockade of the Ming army, they also know how much money they will get.

At this time, people were moved again.

Looking at them, Koplulu finally said loudly: "In this battle, if you can defeat a strong enemy, this official will definitely play Your Majesty and the Queen Mother, and reward the Ottoman warriors!" ”

He was open-minded, knowing that no matter what measures he took, the most important thing was that the war could not drag on any longer. Otherwise, the consequence of dragging it out is that he is more likely to be defeated.

After encouraging the mobilization, Koplulu began to count his troops, and sent 10,000 men from his headquarters, 10,000 cavalry from the Crimean Khanate, plus 30,000 other miscellaneous troops, to shoot 50,000 at once. I thought that this time we must break through the resistance of the Ming army and plunder the north, which can not only improve the morale of our own side and replenish military supplies, but also severely hit the morale of the Ming army, so as to create good conditions for the final victory of the Ming army.

When Hong Chengchou heard the report, he knew that this time was very difficult, no matter what, the enemy's troops were indeed too many. To deal with the main force of the Ottoman army, he could only send 5,000 cavalry, 5,000 Gosatt cavalry, 5,000 Turkut cavalry, and 5,000 ordinary herdsmen.

If it was a change from the past, the Mingweiburg side would generally be dominated by a stalemate. But this time, after blocking the Ming army, Koplulu actually mobilized a large army and began to attack Mingwei Fort.

Hong Chengchou felt that it was time for the poor dagger to see the poor and fight it out.

For him, he didn't want to see that. The best thing is that the emperor led reinforcements to arrive before he fought a decisive battle with the enemy. But now that I am forced to advance, I can do my best to fight.

He naturally didn't know that the reinforcements he was waiting for had actually arrived, and they had even finished resting, and the whole army was no longer tired of rushing all the way. It's like a fierce tiger, and it's been eyeing it for a long time.

If Mingweibao's side has been stalemate, Emperor Chongzhen will not be able to do it. However, now that this side is starting to fight, there are many opportunities.

More than 30,000 cavalry, in terms of troops, plus the strength of Fort Mingwei, is still not as large as the Ottoman army. However, the outcome of a war cannot be determined by the comparison of troops.

The war that decided the fate of the whole of Central Asia had finally begun.