917 You will give out the money and food
I saw that the pursuing soldiers of the Persian Empire on the other side of the river suddenly became chaotic. Without even thinking about crossing the river, he began to flee south.
"Look, what's going on?" King Meng came back to his senses and immediately shouted.
King Tang and King Fu turned their heads and looked at it, and they were immediately stupid: What is going on?
Just when they couldn't figure it out, the sharp-eyed guards shouted happily: "The Ming army, it's the Ming army, it's the reinforcements coming!" ”
Sure enough, after a while, I saw a group of cavalry in red uniforms on the horizon far away, like wolves hunting sheep, attacking the soldiers of the Persian Empire from all directions.
"This ......" King Tang was a little stunned, and said puzzledly, "This is the army of the imperial court?" Where did they come from? ”
The armies of their three major vassal states inherited everything from the Ming Dynasty, including military uniforms. Therefore, from a distance, it is impossible to tell. However, those armies were chasing the Persian Empire.
This alone is enough to prove that it is certainly not their subordinates. Because their armies are fleeing with them!
"Didn't you say that Lahore was heavily besieged by the Ottoman army?" When King Meng heard this, he asked a little puzzled, and then patted his thigh and said, "Then there is only one possibility, it is Li Dingguo who led the troops to kill back!" ”
It was only explained in this way, and when the Tang King heard it, he was not happy, but said hatefully: "Look, he can win the Persian army, but he didn't fight before, and it hurts ...... is so bad that he is going to die in the country, what does he mean by this? Lone wants to impeach him! ”
"Yes, Lone will impeach him too!" When King Fu heard this, he also nodded in agreement, and said with the same hatred, "The lonely vassal kingdom is almost gone!" It's so hateful! ”
King Meng did not speak, but stared at the other side, very envious in his heart.
Why did his men not be able to withstand a wave of attacks from the Persian army when they encountered them? However, the Ming army on the other side of the river was able to kill the army of the Persian Empire like a lost dog?
It didn't take long for the situation on the other side to become clearer and clearer, and even the flags could be seen clearly. However, after seeing the banner clearly, all of a sudden, the three vassal kings were dumbfounded again.
"Steel Seven Battalion? How is the Steel Seven Battalion? King Meng turned his head, looked at the other two and asked, "Where is this Ming army, from your domain?" ”
"It's not!" King Tang and King Fu denied it almost in unison.
"Look, there's another flag, it's ...... Is it the Duke of Tuguo? King Meng was surprised again, "Tuguo Gong...... Isn't that the Great Khan of the original Turghut tribe? He must be over there in Mingweiburg, why is he here? ”
"That must be over at Mingwei's Fort, where Governor Hong defeated the main force of the Ottoman army?" When Tang Wang heard it, he said a little incredulously.
He knew that the Ottoman army besieging Lahore was not their main force, but the Northern Route Army was.
Seriously, he didn't believe that Hong Chengchou's side could win, but the facts were in front of him, so he couldn't deny it, so he sighed: "The imperial army is still powerful!" ”
When the other two vassal kings heard this, they subconsciously nodded in agreement. They completely forgot that before, they still complained about the imperial army, and said that they would not provide money and food to the imperial army in the future!
"Spread the will of the lonely and kill back!" King Meng watched it for a while, and finally couldn't hold back his impatient heart, and with an order, he led his remnants to defeat and kill to the other side of the river.
King Fu and King Tang did not go, and when the overall situation on the other side of the strait was decided, under the leadership of King Tang, King Fu followed.
By the time the two of them arrived on the other side, King Meng had been chatting with the generals over there for a long time.
When Punchuck saw the two vassal kings coming, he came to pay his respects.
"Where is Governor Hong? I want to thank you in person! Tang Wang went over, took his hand affectionately and said.
Without waiting for Punchuck to speak, King Meng couldn't wait to say on the side: "What Governor Hong, my father is here!" ”
The words were full of pride, and then he added: "My father led the army to help, defeated the Ottoman Empire's Northern Route Army, and then went south to relieve the siege of Lahore, and hundreds of thousands of Ottoman troops were either captured or wiped out by us!" And then, saved us! ”
"......" King Tang and King Fu were stunned when they heard this, but they really didn't expect that it was neither Li Dingguo's department nor Hong Chengchou's department that saved them, but the Ming Emperor himself came!
After roughly understanding the situation, the three vassal kings went together to meet the Ming Emperor outside the city of Delhi.
At this time, Delhi had not yet been captured and was still in the hands of the Persian Imperial army. Emperor Chongzhen eavesdropped on the seeds through the first grade, and knew that the three vassal kings were in trouble, so he sent someone to save them first.
Now that they had returned, the cavalry had either thrown the heads of the Persian army under the city or escorted the captives to the public outside the city. For a while, the morale of the Persian army in Delhi was extremely low.
"My emperor, long live, long live, long live!" The three vassal kings, when they saw Emperor Chongzhen, saluted loudly at the same time.
On the way over, they listened to Punchuck and them in detail about the course of the battle. I know what the battle situation is like in several places.
It turned out that it was not that the imperial army was incompetent, but that the enemy was too strong! But even so, the imperial army did not give up its efforts and kept fighting, and none of the troops escaped.
Especially Li Laiheng's department, that is, the steel seventh battalion they don't understand. It's just a 5,000-strong cavalry army that has been attacking the enemy's rear. If it weren't for this army, it was unknown whether Lahore would have been able to hold it after being besieged by several times the enemy army for several months.
In this way, the enemy had to destroy the Seventh Battalion of Steel first, and in the face of tens of thousands of horses and horses, they did not give up their friendly forces, and finally persevered until the arrival of reinforcements.
Knowing this, their previous resentment against the imperial army disappeared at once.
However, there is still a grievance that cannot be quelled.
After seeing the Tang King after the ceremony, he cried to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, Weichen wants to impeach Li Dingguo, but the thief does not change his heart, and he actually abandons the enemy and ignores it, and let the Persian army enter the vassal state of Weichen, causing Weichen to suffer heavy losses, and almost perishing the country, woo woo woo woo ......"
King Fu originally wanted to follow the impeachment, but compared to the Tang State, the loss of his vassal state was actually not large. Among the three vassal kings, he was the least courageous, and after knowing the strength of the imperial army, he hesitated.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at King Tang and knew that he was indeed frightened, so he smiled and said, "Isn't this all right!" The Persian army entered the Tang State, and Li Dingguo was indeed responsible. But if it's fair to say, it's understandable! ”
Hearing this, Tang Wang was a little dumbfounded, and wanted to say more.
But Emperor Chongzhen stretched out his hand, and then took the first step and said: "Li Dingguo's troops, the headquarters of the army is only about 10,000, plus the native soldiers are only more than 30,000. The Persian Empire was led by their emperor himself, and he killed it with 100,000 people, did he have a strong city to defend, and how did he think he should deal with it? ”
Without waiting for King Tang to answer, he continued: "Li Dingguo's strategy was originally to encircle Wei to save Zhao, which can be regarded as a clever plan. By attacking the Persian army's rear routes, or even attacking Persia proper, the Persian army was forced to come back to help. But what I didn't expect was that the Persian emperor was a ruthless man, and he abandoned the way back. I'm going to talk about you here......"
"Ah......" Tang Wang couldn't help but lose his voice when he heard it.
However, he didn't have time to speak, and Emperor Chongzhen had already said: "Qing himself, if Qing can stop the Persian Empire army and let them know that if they want to fight down, they will have to pay a heavy price, even if it only takes them a long time to defeat it, they can't get military supplies, and as soon as their morale is low, I expect that the Persian emperor will inevitably withdraw his troops." ”
Tang Wang never expected that how could he be said by the emperor, and when it came to the future, how could the responsibility for almost losing the country be counted on his own head?
He wanted to refute, but for a while, he didn't know how to refute?
The Tang King was stupid, so Emperor Chongzhen looked at the other two vassal kings and said: "You too, it stands to reason that with the combined strength of your two countries, whether it is geographical advantage or military strength, it will be better than the army of the Persian Empire." But you're a failure! ”
I didn't expect to be trained so soon, King Tang and King Meng were also a little confused, aren't we bitter masters?
"I'm a little skeptical of your abilities, and I don't have the slightest power to resist! If Fuguo leaves me, will a gang of thieves everywhere be able to defeat you and destroy the country? ”
After Emperor Chongzhen finished talking about King Fu, he then turned his head to stare at King Meng and said, "And you, if you encounter a slightly stronger enemy, you will also be defeated." I'm a little disappointed! ”
In the face of Emperor Chongzhen's questioning, whether it was King Fu or King Meng, they could only be reprimanded and could not speak. Because what Emperor Chongzhen said is the reality that has just happened. How else can you refute this?
Seeing that the three vassal kings below were almost said by themselves, Emperor Chongzhen changed his words and said: "There is really no way, then this is good, I will come here this time, and by the way, I will destroy both Persia and Ottomans, and build two independent provinces to block your western side." I believe that in this way, you will be safe! ”
Hearing this, King Meng was nothing, but King Tang and King Fu were overjoyed, so it was great! So, they hurriedly thanked him.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he smiled in his heart and said: "However, this place is too far away from the mainland, so the military logistics for attacking these two countries still need to be borne by the three of you." ”
At this time, the Tang State actually had little strength to provide military logistics, and was plagued by the Persian Empire. Fuguo is okay, but Meng has the least losses.
Although they had the heart to complain, in the face of Emperor Chongzhen's coercion, especially Emperor Chongzhen, he also made it clear that in order to ensure your safety, once and for all, he would destroy these two countries and let the imperial court stand in front of them. As soon as this kind of reason comes out, it is really impossible to complain again!