Originally, the Ming army still resisted step by step to cover the Ming people in the Volga River Valley, and the people of the Heshute Department on the east bank and the Gosart tribe on the west bank evacuated to the north.

As a result, because of the betrayal of this part of the tribe, the Ottoman cavalry drove straight into the Ming army and raided the weak points of the Ming army. At least more than 10,000 Ming people did not have time to evacuate and fell into the hands of the enemy.

The most important thing is that there is no exact figure on how many Ottoman troops came. There are rumors that there are at least 300,000, and some say that 500,000 are available. The regular strength of the Ming army is only about 50,000. Even if the herdsmen were to be conscripted into the army temporarily, it would not exceed 100,000.

Regardless of whether the enemy is 200,000 or 500,000, in terms of troops, they are at an absolute disadvantage.

In this case, people's hearts are even more flustered.

Seeing this, Hong Chengchou knew that stabilizing the hearts of the people and the army was the key, so he immediately ordered all the generals to hold a meeting.

At the military meeting, the atmosphere was solemn, and Hong Chengchou said in a relaxed tone as much as possible: "Although the enemy is numerous, he has come from afar, and he will be tired for a long time. In this battle, our army will win! ”

Hearing this, the generals of the Ming army from Tianshan and Guannai responded loudly one by one.

"Yes, Da Ming is invincible!"

"The last general will go to war, kill all the traitors, and drive the Ottomans back!"

“……”

Apart from them, the other generals didn't say much. Including the former Great Khan of the Turghut tribe, who has been made the Duke of the Turks, and the former leader of the Gosatt tribe of Volgabeth, Racin.

In fact, it is easy to understand that for them, Hong Chengchou's reason is not a reason. If it is said that if you come from afar, you will be tired, and you will definitely fail in the end, then the Ming army came from the Tianshan Mountain, and it was even farther than the Ottomans came. But in the end, it wasn't the Ming army that won!

Not to mention, the strength of the Ming army was not as large as that of Tsarist Russia; Today's Ottoman Empire has far more troops than the Ming army.

Also, Mingwei Fort is far away from the Ming Dynasty, so it can't count on reinforcements at all, so it can only fight alone. 100,000 against 300,000, or 500,000 or more, can you win?

For the silence of these people, Hong Chengchou could clearly feel their worries. These generals are like this, so the morale of those soldiers under them is estimated to be even lower.

Now, if we want to win this war, we must first muster up morale.

And the best way to boost morale is either to fight a clean victory, or to have reinforcements to help.

For now, reinforcements are out of the question. Then there is only one way, to find a way to concentrate forces and fight a winning battle.

However, the situation is chaotic now, and it is unknown what the situation of the enemy will be. If you want to win a battle neatly, the difficulty is not ordinary!

Originally, according to Hong Chengchou's idea, it was to destroy the Volga River valley and lead the enemy to the side of Mingweibao, so that the enemy's battle line was long enough. As long as they can hold on, the more troops the enemy comes, the tighter the logistics will become, and in the end they will be the first to collapse.

But the premise of this is that the morale of the soldiers under him should be high. Otherwise, before the enemy can be dragged down, it will be crushed by the enemy.

Thinking about the key to this matter, Hong Chengchou felt a little tricky.

At this time, he had to admire that the emperor only led 20,000 cavalry troops into the Mughal Empire. It's amazing to be able to fight in a strange enemy country, and finally destroy a huge enemy country!

He was thinking about this when suddenly, there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside.

When everyone in the lobby heard this, they couldn't help but immediately turn their heads to look outside. At this time, in such a hurry, there must be some bad news, maybe another tribe has defected to the enemy!

"Report, 800 miles to expedite ......" Outside the lobby, before anyone saw it, the voice came.

Hearing this, Hong Chengchou's brows suddenly wrinkled. It took 800 miles to expedit, shouldn't it be the main force of the Ottoman Empire?

He thought so, and the others were naturally similar. Everyone's face suddenly became grim, including the local generals of the Ming Dynasty, and they were no exception.

It was only a moment before the captain standing guard at the door flashed outside the lobby, and he shouted excitedly: "My lord, the eight hundred miles from the Jingshi are urgent, and the angel has arrived!" ”

"What?" Hong Chengchou didn't expect that it would be an angel from Jingshi, and he was taken aback. Could it be that at this time, there will be some chaos in the country?

As soon as I had this idea, I saw that the captain's face didn't seem to be right, if there was really a mess on the Jingshi side, he shouldn't be so excited!

As he was thinking about it, he heard the lieutenant excitedly add: "It is the emperor who has sent a message that the combined forces of the Ottoman and Persian empires will come to attack us. ”

Hearing this, everyone in the lobby was dumbfounded.

The enemies they faced were all Ottoman troops. It is rumored that the Persian Imperial army is also attacking the Ming Dynasty. But, after all, it's just rumors, and they can't confirm it.

However, from the mouth of the angel who hurried from the capital for 800 miles, it was clearly said that there was an army of the Persian Empire, and according to the time, how long would it take to know the news in advance!

If you don't be stunned, you can only say that the nerves are too big.

Before they could regain their senses, they saw two lieutenants walk in with a tired messenger.

When Hong Chengchou saw it, he came back to his senses and hurriedly led the generals to welcome the angels.

After a while, the holy decree was handed to Hong Chengchou. The decree clearly stated that this time, it was the idea of the Persian Empire, which colluded with the Ottoman Empire, because it was afraid of the Ming Dynasty, so it took action and wanted to drive the Ming back to the East.

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen made it clear that the Ming army in Central Asia could hold on to help, and he would once again drive the expedition in person, and if the Persian Empire and the Ottoman Empire were not destroyed, he would never return to Beijing.

Although Hong Chengchou and others knew that the emperor's magic plan was invincible in the world. There are even immortals to help, who can give immortals to communicate news. However, Jingshi is really 108,000 miles away from here. The most important thing is that the emperor is well aware of the internal situation of the Persian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. This ability really shocked them again and deepened their understanding.

They are like this, let alone Racine and Punchuk, who are not very familiar with Emperor Chongzhen. When they figured out when Emperor Chongzhen would know the news, they were directly stupid.

The previous worldview has collapsed in its entirety!

What kind of god or something, they hadn't seen it before. Now, they will see a true, earthly God, and that is their Emperor!

In addition, it is impossible to explain why the Ming Emperor was thousands of miles away in Beijing, but he could know so clearly about the affairs of the Persian Empire and the Ottoman Empire!

I don't know how long it took for everyone in the lobby to finally come back to their senses. Suddenly, one by one, they were excited, and they almost knelt on the ground to worship in the direction of Jingshi.

The morale problem that Hong Chengchou was most worried about was just this will, which was solved at once.

It can be said that this holy decree of Emperor Chongzhen is far more useful than winning a battle. Especially for Racine and Punchuck, it really got to the point of fanaticism: fighting for the living gods!

Therefore, Hong Chengchou didn't have to bother, and immediately ordered that the army continue to cover the retreat of the people, lead the enemy to Mingwei Fort, and then fight a decisive battle with the enemy, or hold on, wait for the emperor to drive in person, and then destroy the enemy.

After these generals dispersed, they naturally passed the news to their subordinates.

At first, many people were not convinced, suspecting that the news was fake. In particular, the soldiers of the Turghut and Gossatic tribes were even more unbelievable.

In the army of the Turghut Army, I saw Ayuqi ask in that incredulous tone: "Father, how is this possible, could it be that the holy decree is fake, and it was impersonated by the Governor in order to boost morale?" ”

He has indeed grown up, and it is rare to be able to come up with such a reason.

When the other subordinates heard this, they all looked at Punchuck and looked at it without blinking, and they wanted to hear how to explain it?

"You're thinking too much!" Punchuck said to his son flatly, "Do you know what the sin of false proclamation is?" That's to punish the nine clans, who dares to falsely preach the holy decree! And now is not the moment of life and death, and it is impossible for the Governor to take such a risk! ”

Speaking of this, he paused, and then said in a confident tone: "And can't I even tell whether the holy decree is true or false?" Don't think that the emperor will know these things thousands of miles away, just think it's incredible. You have to remember that the emperor is a real god, understand? Aren't the previous rumors about the emperor, the people of a hundred battles, the enemy like a god, and so on enough to explain these things? ”

Hearing his words, Ayuqi and the others were suddenly as stupid as Punchuck was at the beginning!

Their worldview has also collapsed!

It turns out that there really is a god, or their emperor, who really exists in the world and has been conquering the world! It's the invincible kind of god!

What you can't figure out can only be attributed to God in the end.

The thought of fighting for the gods, needless to say, the morale of the Ming army, it was simply a straight skyrocket.

As a result, Hong Chengchou's strategy was immediately implemented. When those people heard about it, they no longer had to leave their homeland, and they said they would leave without hesitation!

For them, the power of God is so great!

On April 18, the 30th year of Chongzhen, the Ottoman Prime Minister Koplulu personally led 230,000 troops to Mingwei Fort on the east bank of the Volga River. Of these, 150,000 were the troops of the Ottoman Empire and the Crimean Khanate, and the other 80,000 were the servant armies of the former Bukhara, as well as the small tribes of the Volt Valley, such as the Turghuts, the Gosats, and so on.

The sheer number of people and the magnitude of the momentum can be said to be very amazing. The most important thing is that they have won successive battles and their morale is high. All of a sudden, the southern plain of Mingweibao was full of Ottoman troops.