Needless to say, his decision, of course, was to go on the expedition again.

Although it was too far from the Persian Empire to arrive before the war began, it was still necessary to rush there anyway.

Seriously, Emperor Chongzhen still admired Abbas II a little. In order to deal with the threat of the Ming army, he actually bowed to the feud. This is a decision that ordinary people can't make.

After thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen felt that it was still his own way of destroying the Mughal Empire, which made Abbas II afraid. Or rather, to the aristocracy of the entire Persian Empire. Otherwise, after all, the Ottoman Empire was a feud of Persia, and even if Abbas II wanted to submit, he would have to consider the influence at home.

Since they are so afraid, it means that this method is easy to use. Emperor Chongzhen thought in his heart, then continue to use this means.

This time, he led a battalion of 10,000 hussars to the expedition, and it was the same as the last time, taking the train to Tianshan Luntai, and entering the territory of the Tang Kingdom from there. Regardless of whether the combined forces of the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire ultimately wanted to attack Hong Chengchou's side or Wu Sangui's side, he could go west or south for reinforcements.

Yellow sand wears gold armor in a hundred battles, and Loulan will never be returned if it is not broken!

This time, let's destroy these two countries, otherwise, I will be so sorry for myself if I have traveled thousands of miles!

Emperor Chongzhen had a decision in his heart, but he did not support it, not only when he learned the news, he sent an urgent envoy to the west to report the news, but also before the expedition, he also issued a holy decree to the Hetao side, gathered 15,000 cavalry troops, and asked them to take the train from Guihua City to Tianshan Luntai to wait for him.

In his prediction, he would select 5,000 cavalry from the Tianshan Luntai side and gather 30,000 cavalry, and it would be almost the same.

The reason why we want to make it this way is because the Naturalization City on the other side of the Hetao is the gathering place of the Mongolian steppe tribes, including the three tribes of Mobei, Eastern Mongolia and Central and Western Mongolia, and it is more than enough to select a 15,000 cavalry army, one person with two horses or three horses.

On the side of Tianshan Luntai, because Hong Chengchou led the army to attack Tsarist Russia, he took away the main force at that time, not to mention, and even reinforced troops from Shaanxi and Hetao, so the number of troops left behind will not be too much, and it will be almost the same if you choose a 5,000 cavalry army.

In the other direction, according to the Class-A seeds at the Donggo Shipyard, a steam ironclad battleship was created. It's a little less, but it's better than nothing. Emperor Chongzhen's will has also been passed on to that side, ordering the Ming navy in Nanyang, together with the newly built steam ironclad warship, to immediately move west to reinforce when the order is received.

This time the mobilization of troops was much more than the original destruction of the Mughal Empire.

In addition to this, before Emperor Chongzhen left, he also gave a decree to the cabinet. Let the domestic side organize manpower, that is, select the Ming Dynasty and prepare to move to Persia and the Ottoman Empire. By the way, let them deliver the follow-up supplies.

Of course, this thing is not forced, the focus is on propaganda. For the Ming Dynasty at this time, most of the people may not be able to accept the ghost appearance of Xiyi, but there are legends about the beauty of Persia.

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When Emperor Chongzhen rushed to the west, he was a little regretful that the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire did not discuss too much. This was mainly due to the fact that both Abbas II and Koplulu were shrewd men who knew how to advance and retreat, so it did not take long to reach an agreement.

Subsequently, on the side of the Persian Empire, it gathered forces and the fleets of the Dutch and British, a total of 150,000 troops, and marched east together by sea and land to attack Li Dingguo's headquarters.

The Ottoman Empire, conscripted his vassal states, including the Crimean Khanate, with 80,000 cavalry and 150,000 infantry troops, a total of 230,000 troops, to attack the Bukhara Khanate, which had just been defeated by the Ming Dynasty, and then depending on the situation, either to the north to attack the Ming army in the Volga Valley, or to the south to attack Kabul, Lahore and other places, to join the Persian army, and then to conquer the original Mughal Empire territory.

Although Emperor Chongzhen used the eight-hundred-mile rush for the first time, it was a flying horse, and a carrier pigeon to deliver the news, but after all, it was too far away, whether it was Hong Chengchou's side, or Wu Sangui's side, Li Dingguo's side, he didn't expect the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire to join forces to attack them.

Previously, the Persian Empire adopted the strategy of clearing the wilderness with strong walls, scorching the land near the Ming army to prevent a large-scale attack by the Ming army. This brought trouble to the Persian Empire's eastward advance this time, but it also made Li Dingguo and Wu Sangui unable to imagine that the Persian Empire would take the initiative to attack.

On the northern side, Hong Chengchou also misjudged that there would be no enemies on the side of Mingweibao for the time being, so the reorganization of the Turghut Department and the Cossack Department was being carried out.

Suddenly, the enemy attacked in a big way, which caught several Ming troops off guard.

At the beginning, whether it was the Persian Empire or the Ottoman Empire, it was overwhelming, and the Ming army could not resist it at all.

Of course, this is also related to the will of Emperor Chongzhen who secretly explained to the local generals of the Ming Dynasty. Once a war starts, the city can be lost, and there must be no fewer people. It is also the so-called "saving land and losing people, losing people and land!" Save people and lose land, and people and land will be gained".

This strategy, if it was a native of the Ming Dynasty, he would not ask for this, but stick to it. However, for those places that have just been hit, it is not much of a burden to use this trick.

Although at this time, many Ming army soldiers had already sown the local area. But the enemy's edge is too strong, and if he stays, he will only be broken by the enemy, and when he loses both people and land, whether it is Wu Sangui or Li Dingguo, they finally chose to withdraw their troops to avoid the enemy's edge.

Of course, their public statement did not throw out Emperor Chongzhen's advice, but said that they should retract their fists and gather their scattered forces in order to teach the enemy a hard lesson.

In addition to the losses suffered by the troops and civilians of the nearest enemy country, all the troops and civilians withdrew after hearing of the enemy's large-scale attack. The army is subject to military regulations, and if you don't retreat, you must retreat. But if the people are nostalgic for their homeland and don't want to retreat, they are not reluctant.

In this way, Wu Sangui's troops abandoned large territories one after another, including the entire Bukhara Khanate and Kabul to the Ottoman Empire, and his forces were constantly shrinking, and finally gathered in Lahore to meet the enemy. On the other hand, Li Dingguo also retreated in great strides and withdrew to the Narmada River valley again.

In this way, King Tang was scared. He didn't expect that before the real vassal king's power could be enjoyed, he would encounter a million enemy troops. Although he knew that it was claimed, in reality it was certainly not that much. However, the imperial army that remained in the Tang Kingdom was defeated one after another, which really frightened him.

So, while he sent people to reproach Wu Sangui and Li Dingguo, asking them that as the Ming generals who were responsible for protecting the land, they ate the imperial court, but they did not think of being loyal to the monarch and serving the country, and if they retreated in the face of the enemy, they were not afraid of the emperor's condemnation, and at the same time begged the Ming army of the two roads not to retreat again.

Regardless of his soft and hard hands, with Emperor Chongzhen's advice as the confidence, whether it is Wu Sangui or Li Dingguo, they are not bird Tang Wang, they should not be withdrawn, and even told Tang Wang that if they want to keep Tang Guo, they should quickly mobilize and send manpower and materials to the front line, otherwise, they will retreat.

In this situation, Tang Wang had no choice but to do what they asked. However, he also has an idea, and sent people to King Fu and Zhu Cizhi to scare them as well, if Tang Guo can't keep it, it will be their turn next. To send supplies and manpower, they also have to go out, to support the front line.

In short, in the face of the attacks of the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire, the three major vassal states were panicked. But fortunately, the original rich and noble people have been killed. Otherwise, in such a situation, it is difficult to guarantee that those whose interests have been harmed will have a different mind.

After the capture of the Bukhara Khanate, the Ottoman Empire encountered a difficult problem for the first time.

Originally, according to Koplulu's original intention, he preferred to go north to attack the Ming army in the Volga Valley. Because the Ming army over there posed a great threat to the vassal states of the Ottoman Empire and the Crimean Khanate, and it may even further threaten the Ottoman Empire itself.

As a result, he didn't expect that the Ming army would retreat so quickly and give up a large amount of territory, so he couldn't help but occupy those territories and cheapen the Persian Empire!

Therefore, the final decision of Koplulu was to divide the army into two routes, of which the main force still decided to go north, with a total of 50,000 cavalry, and 100,000 infantry troops continued to attack the Volga River valley in the north. The other 30,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry troops effortlessly occupied the territory ceded by the Ming state, all the way south, occupied Kabul, and continued southward.

Hong Chengchou, on his side, was shocked after hearing the news, and hurriedly ended the reorganization of the Turghut and Cossack departments, reduced the troops, gave up part of the land in the Volga River Valley, and reorganized the army for war.

In this regard, many people in the Turkut Department could not figure it out, and even had opinions.

Originally, they cultivated land in the Volga River valley and diverted water for irrigation. After Hong Chengchou came, he increased his investment in this area. It can be said that the Volga basin has been transformed into a paradise on earth that combines cultivation and animal husbandry.

After destroying the southern Khanate of Bukhara, no one threatened the land. Unexpectedly, the Ottomans came.

It stands to reason that it is not about fighting to defend one's hometown. However, the Governor's order is to let them give up here, and they are really unwilling!

However, their emotions, Hong Chengchou did not come forward, but just asked Punchuck to suppress them and force everyone to retreat north to the north of Mingweibao.

This makes many people feel that the Ming army is actually nothing more than that, and the Ottoman Empire is so powerful and invincible. As a result, some small tribes that had not completed the reorganization began to think about it, and under the leadership of their leaders, they rebelled against the enemy.