In a small city in the south of the Tang Kingdom, Abbas II stood at the head of the city, watching his men burn and loot in the city, replenish military supplies, and boost morale. It can be said that he is a bit high-spirited.

Compared with the last time, this time it was completely free of hands and feet, all the way over, the Ming army was defeated and retreated, and even fled when they heard the wind, which really had a feeling of revenge, washing away the shame of being chased by the Ming Emperor and abandoning the infantry army and fleeing.

The leader of his subordinates quickly arrived at the city, walked quickly to the head of the city, and said to him: "Your Majesty, the Ming army in this city has fled too fast to catch up!" ”

Hearing this, Abbas II waved his hand disapprovingly and said, "I know! ”

This is already the third Ming City defender to flee when they hear the wind, and this feeling of making the enemy flee is really good.

However, in his heart, he remembered the real main force of the Ming army, so he asked his subordinates: "The Ming army named Li Dingguo, has he followed?" ”

That's right, he's preparing a big gift. As long as Li Dingguo's subordinates dare to keep up, they will definitely kill a horse pistol!

His subordinates looked at each other, and in the end they all told each other that there was no news for the time being.

Abbas II didn't care about this, and sneered: "It seems that he is a cautious character, since this is the case, then continue to attack other cities, I don't believe he can survive!" ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" When his men heard this, they complimented him.

However, if he knew that the place he captured was the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, which was not the same as the Ming kingdom, perhaps he would not be so sure.

By evening, when the town was in ruins, Abbas II returned to his tent with the Chinese army, and the hurried Tanma brought news about Li Dingguo's headquarters.

"What?" When Abbas II heard this, he stood up in shock and confirmed sharply, "Say it again? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, instead of chasing after Li Dingguo's troops of the Ming Army, they went straight to the west, defeated our army's 10,000 rear route troops, and continued to go west."

The rear army of the Persian Empire did not have a lot of troops, mainly to protect the grain routes.

After Abbas II's army turned north, it was a little less able to protect the back roads. However, the rear route army was far away, and it had almost just entered the territory of the Ming Kingdom. I didn't expect that Li Dingguo's department would run so far to sneak attack the rear army!

At this time, Abbas II did not deliberately pay attention to the problem of grain and grass in the Italian army, because the grain and grass he carried with the army was enough. In addition, in the territory of the Ming Kingdom, the situation is like a bamboo, everywhere you go, it is to burn and loot to supplement military resources, it can be said that the consumption of grain and grass is not particularly much.

If Li Dingguo's department was just to cut off the army's food route, then he would probably be disappointed. However, did Li Dingguo really just want to cut off the army's food route? Abbas II thought about this, and for a while, he really couldn't confirm Li Dingguo's true purpose.

Abbas II's fears are actually very reasonable.

As a general who grew up in the army since he was a child, Li Dingguo saw Abbas II's plans very clearly. Therefore, he did not hesitate for long on how to deal with Abbas II's sudden attack to the north, and quickly made a decision: that is, regardless of the army led by Abbas II, even if he knew that they had been killing Delhi, he would not pursue or anything, but just sent someone to report a message.

And Li Dingguo himself selected the elite to come out and kill to the west, to the back of the Abbasid army. If he could not mobilize Abbas's army, he chose to go all the way west to the territory of the Persian Empire.

His countermeasure was similar to Tsar Alexei's invasion of Poland. It's to kill each other and see who can't stand it first.

However, relatively speaking, Alexei is still a little more ruthless than Li Dingguo.

You must know that the Poles were burned in Alexei's territory, but the current Persian army is burned in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, not the Ming Dynasty itself. In addition, this feudal state has just been defeated by the Ming army, and in terms of identity, it is even smaller. Therefore, relatively speaking, Li Dingguo's psychological burden is much smaller.

In addition, Li Dingguo was born as a thief, and he is best at mobile warfare. He can be said to be familiar with this tactic.

In this way, Li Dingguo ignored the army led by Abbas II, and wanted to cut off their back route and kill all the way to the west. The rear army, which had defeated the Persian army, did not say anything, and without looking back, they plunged into the territory of the Persian Empire.

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Compared with Li Dingguo's unhesitation, Abbas II was much more entangled. Continue north or go back to the division and make a U-turn?

At the beginning, Abbas II felt that the border areas close to the Ming Kingdom had been cleaned up by himself, and even if Li Dingguo's troops were killed, his side would not suffer heavy losses. On the contrary, if he led the army north again, and if the troops were directed at Delhi, the losses would definitely be more heavy in the Ming Kingdom! In this way, it will definitely be Li Dingguo's subordinates who will not be able to hold on and turn around.

With this in mind, Abbas II led the army further north. However, Tanma kept reporting that Li Dingguo's troops showed no signs of turning around at all, and had already entered the territory of the Persian Empire.

Abbas II was finally not calm, and at this time, he had already felt the decisiveness of Li Dingguo's subordinates. However, he was also very unwilling to turn around and return to help immediately.

An army of 100,000 is running back and forth, what about the money and food consumed? This would definitely be a big hole in the Empire's finances!

Moreover, the dignified emperor of the Persian Empire was led by the nose by a Ming general like this, what would others think?

He had already been defeated for a while, and if he returned in vain this time, Abbas II would be worried about whether he would be able to sit on the throne safely.

Thinking so, Abbas II finally gritted his teeth and pinned his hopes on the city in the country to be defended. And he himself led the army to speed up the speed of the north, and went to Delhi.

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In the contest between Li Dingguo and Abbas II, the most unlucky was the Tang King. For Li Dingguo, he hated it to death. But at this time, he had no choice at all.

The materials and troops of the Tang State were all being sent to Lahore, and the Tang King had no way to attack the 100,000 Persian Empire troops from the south.

Seeing that the Persian Empire's army was getting closer and closer to Delhi, the Tang king finally announced his journey eastward. To put it bluntly, it is to flee to the east, to the vassal kingdom of King Fu.

He didn't dare to run to Lahore, because there were still Ottoman troops over there, and if he ran over, Wu Sangui wouldn't be able to beat him, and he would be made dumplings. Instead, if you flee eastward, even if you can't hold it, you can escape all the way, and finally escape back to the Ming Dynasty.

On the 23rd day of April in the 30th year of Chongzhen, at this point in time when the Ottoman Prime Minister Koplulu led his army to Mingweibao, Abbas II led a large army to capture Delhi.

Ordinary Persian Empire soldiers didn't know what was going on in Li Dingguo's department, and when they saw that they had defeated Delhi and completed the siege that was not completed last time, it was all a carnival.

But their emperor, Abbas II, was worried.

At present, it is too far away from his own country, and he doesn't know how big the scourge of Li Dingguo's department is. For him, if the army continues to pursue eastward, it will be farther away from his country. The most important thing is that at this time, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, which also limits the efficiency of marching and fighting.

Also, should this Delhi be occupied all the time? If you don't occupy it, in this alliance with the Ottoman Empire, it is agreed that whoever will conquer the territory will belong to whom, and give up being occupied by the Ottoman Empire, so don't vomit blood?

However, if you hold on to Delhi, you will inevitably have to divide your forces. If there are fewer soldiers, it will not work, but if there are more soldiers, then there will be fewer mobile troops.

At this time, Abbas II had also learned that the Ming army was holding Lahore and that the Ottoman Empire was in a stalemate. Then do you want to lead your troops westward and conquer Lahore with the Ottoman Empire?

After this thought came to him, he quickly remembered the cooperation with Aurangzeb at the beginning, under the intrigue, the two armies still had to watch out for each other, but they could not exert their combat effectiveness. Thinking so, he dispelled the idea.

After hesitating for a long time, Abbas II finally decided to attack the surrounding area with Delhi as the center. At the same time, send people to hurry back to the country to see the situation. Of course, the army is also indispensable to connect Delhi and Kandahar.

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Abbas II did not know the situation of Li Dingguo's department, but Emperor Chongzhen, who rushed to Central Asia for reinforcements, knew it clearly. Through Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui, Tang Wang, Li Dingguo, and even Zheng Chenggong, he had a comprehensive understanding of the entire battle situation.

I have to say that whether it is Li Dingguo or Li Laiheng, they really inherited the lessons learned when they were thieves. They led their troops into a mess, causing their opponents to turn around, and occasionally biting them.

Not to mention Li Laiheng's side, Li Dingguo's side has turned the eastern region of the Persian Empire upside down. Every time he hits, he uses the same trick as Emperor Chongzhen at the beginning. Kill the local rich and powerful, divide half to replenish the army, and scatter the other half to the poor. And also took them all the way to the west, faintly pointing to the capital of the Persian Empire.

After understanding the whole situation thoroughly, Emperor Chongzhen also made a decision: first clean up the northern route army of the Ottoman Empire, and then go south with the power of great victory and clean up the other two routes.

In addition, there is another advantage of fighting from north to south, which is that over time, winter arrives, and you can avoid the cold wind of Siberia that freezes to death.

As for the Tang side, it was all plagued by the Persian Empire, and to be honest, Emperor Chongzhen really didn't care much. If King Tang sues Li Dingguo, he will reprimand a few words. As for Li Dingguo's military exploits, they must be clearly rewarded and punished.