909 Desperate
Hearing this, Alexei was immediately dumbfounded.
The Ottoman army, according to the information heard in advance, had at least about 150,000 troops, and it was also under the command of the famous imperial prime minister, Koplulu. How could it be that as soon as the emperor of the Ming Kingdom came, the whole army was wiped out?
At this time, even if Alexei had no memory, he immediately remembered that the Ming Emperor had destroyed the Mughal Empire with only more than 20,000 cavalry!
Thinking of this, Alexei suddenly coaxed. I don't have the courage to go to Samarara's side anymore. Once the emperor of the Ming Kingdom is provoked, with the current strength of Tsarist Russia, it will definitely be destroyed.
However, there is a good saying: tomorrow or the unexpected, I don't know which will come first!
Just when Alexei made up his mind and was about to sneak back to the lair in the west, he was so immortal, he returned by the horse, saying that he would not accept it at night when he met Ming Guo. Immediately afterwards, the striker came to report that he was discovered by the Ming army at night, what should I do?
Hearing this news, Alexei was immediately furious: How could a group of rice buckets be discovered by Ming Guoye's non-collection!
"Your Majesty, what should I do? Hit? His men had no choice but to ask him.
Alexei was furious when he heard this, and he snorted angrily: "How to fight? The emperors of the Ming Kingdom are here, they have just won another big battle, and their morale is high, just our little army, it's okay to pick up the cheap, and directly face to face, who do you think you are? ”
After a moment of rage, he became worried. If the Ming army does not accept it at night, it will definitely send the news back to Samara Fort. Whether it is Hong Chengchou, the commander of the Ming army, or the newly arrived Ming emperor, they are definitely not easy to deceive: if they were told that they had concluded an agreement with the Ming army on their side, so they wanted to help the Ming army repel the Ottoman army, would they believe it?
The answer is very obvious, Alexei is worried. That Emperor of the Ming Kingdom is not a master to be messed with, once he knows his little abacus, what if he gets angry and leads the army to attack him?
After thinking about it for a long time, Alexei finally came up with an idea. Send the grain from the Chinese army to the forward, and order the forward side to send the grain to the Ming army, so as to express the sincerity of the Tsarist Russia: Look, we all sent food, we are the friends of your Ming country, we are the friendship of the fight, and we and the Ottoman Empire are also mortal enemies!
With this sincerity, I believe that even if the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom guesses his intentions, it will not be easy to pull down his face and hit himself, right?
Thinking so, Alexei took advantage of the fact that the Chinese army had not been discovered by the Ming Kingdom at night, and hurriedly withdrew first.
In fact, at this time, Emperor Chongzhen had already led the army south. On the side of Mingwei Fort, the strength of the Ming army was not strong. He even had to take care of more than 100,000 Ottoman prisoners, but in fact, he was not capable of fighting Tsarist Russia at all.
Of course, with Hong Chengchou's prudence, of course, he is also guarding against Tsarist Russia. The same is true, the night he sent out is to send as far away as possible to give a warning to the Mingweibao side.
As a result, he really expected it, and he didn't collect an emergency report at night, saying that he had discovered tens of thousands of Tsarist Russian troops coming east.
Hearing this news, Hong Chengchou immediately mobilized his personnel to the east bank of the Volga River and reorganized his forces on the west bank.
However, what he never expected was that soon, he did not collect at night and urgently reported that the Russian army was very polite, saying that they knew that the Ottoman Empire was going to attack the Ming Dynasty, so they urgently came to help the Ming Dynasty.
Now they know that the Ottoman army has been defeated by the Ming Dynasty, and they are very happy. Since Da Ming's side is fine, they will go back. Before leaving, the military rations brought with them were also sent to the Ming army by the way to express their congratulations.
"......" Hong Chengchou was a little dumbfounded when he heard it, is this still the insatiable Tsarist Russia he knows?
However, with his wisdom, he only summoned the night and inquired carefully about the situation, and after thinking about it for a while, he guessed what the general situation was. His guess is not much different from the truth.
In this regard, Hong Chengchou had to sigh, thanks to the emperor's timely arrival with reinforcements, and the emperor's prestige has already shocked the world, otherwise, I really don't know who Mingwei Fort will fall into in the end!
In addition to rejoicing in his heart, he did not expose the true intentions of the Tsarist Russian army, and while sending people to accept military rations, he also comforted and praised Tsarist Russia: Good little brother, you have done a good job. That's probably what it means!
Not to mention that Tsar Alexei led the army back to continue to recuperate, let's just say that on Emperor Chongzhen's side, he was able to grasp the situation of Li Laiheng, Wu Sangui, Li Dingguo and others in real time through the eavesdropping system. Therefore, when the army led south, it went extremely fast.
Li Dingguo said that the Persian Emperor Abbas II led his troops north to capture Delhi caused a lot of pressure on Wu Sangui's department in Lahore, and Emperor Chongzhen had to lead the army south as soon as possible.
More than 50,000 cavalry troops, rumbling iron hooves, resounded in the Volga River valley, and a red torrent went south.
Along the way, there was no resistance at all, and about 10,000 Ottoman soldiers were able to flee to the south, but they did not stop, they just fled south desperately.
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Wu Sangui's original plan was still very good. He stuck to Lahore, backed by the Tang State, and then let Li Laiheng lead the army to attack the back of the Ottoman army, stirring them up, as long as he persisted, then his side would have a high chance of winning.
If the Ottoman army did not care about Li Laiheng's department, then their logistics could not be guaranteed, and even affected their morale, so the Ottoman army must divide their troops to deal with it.
In addition, the Ottoman army could not bypass Lahore to attack the Tang State, otherwise, Wu Sangui's army, which had more troops, would definitely be able to cut off the back road of the Ottoman army.
As long as this situation can persist, the grain and grass on the side of the Ottoman army will definitely be unsustainable, and when that time comes, it will be Wu Sangui's chance.
However, he never expected that Abbas II of the Persian Empire would lead his army all the way north, not only capturing Delhi, but also capturing a large area of Tang territory centered on Delhi. The Persian Empire's forces even reached Lahore's side. However, they did not participate in the siege of Lahore, but in any case, they also cut off Lahore's supplies, making Lahore an isolated city.
At this time, Wu Sangui began to worry.
He knew that with the strength of the Tang State, and even the three newly sealed vassal states, it was definitely not enough to defeat or drive away the Persian Empire army. On Li Dingguo's side, although he didn't know what the situation was, since the Persian Empire army appeared here, it means that there must be something wrong with Li Dingguo's side.
At this time, the only thing that can be counted on is Hong Chengchou's department on the side of Mingwei Fort. However, he learned from the captives of the Ottoman army that the famous Ottoman Empire's Koplu personally led more than 150,000 troops to attack Münwiburg.
In this way, not to mention that Hong Chengchou's department can come to the rescue, it is already good to be able to protect himself.
Wu Sangui's side did not receive the news of the angel sent by Jingshi, so he did not know that Emperor Chongzhen had already known and personally conquered. Facing the siege of a powerful enemy, Wu Sangui was really worried and felt a lot of pressure.
But at this time, the most dangerous person is not him, at least he has the walls of Lahore to rely on. However, Li Laiheng's side did not have any city walls to rely on, nor did they have logistics materials to replenish, and they were fighting completely by relying on the mobility of the cavalry he led.
At the beginning, the Ottoman army was caught off guard by Li Laiheng's department, and he had never fought before, and Li Laiheng also had a lot of experience in this kind of guerrilla warfare, so the Ottoman army was a one-brainer.
However, after a long time, the Ottoman army came to its senses. mobilized more than 20,000 troops and began to pursue and intercept Li Laiheng's subordinates, and was ruthless to kill Li Laiheng's subordinates.
As a result, there were many battles, although each time Li Laiheng led his troops to break out of the encirclement, but every time the war was held, there were soldiers who sacrificed, and now Li Laiheng's department has been reduced from 5,000 men and horses to about 4,000 cavalry.
This is already two percent of the casualties, and there is no end in sight, I don't know where the victory on the Ming side is, although Li Laiheng's cavalry is elite, but morale is inevitably low.
After another breakout battle, Li Laiheng's troops hid in a remote place and camped to rest.
After several months of guerrilla warfare, the soldiers were exhausted, and even their horses lost weight so badly that if this continued, the combat effectiveness of the army could be imagined, and what would happen in the coming days.
However, that's not the worst. In response to the common saying, the house leak happened to rain overnight, and the quartermaster told Li Laiheng: "Marshal, the military rations are only enough for two days!" ”
When Li Laiheng heard this, he fell silent.
His generals also did not speak, and the atmosphere was quite heavy.
Suddenly, a general suggested to Li Laiheng: "Marshal, we can't fight anymore, otherwise, the army will be gone." ”
"Yes, Dashuai, while we still have a little bit of mobility, let's withdraw!" The other generals listened and also made heavy suggestions.
For a long time, the Ming army was invincible, especially with the Chongzhen Emperor killing here, he was even more invincible, and it was a pleasure to kill.
But now, in the face of the combined attack of the two Central Asian empires, they really feel powerless. It's not that I don't want to fight, but I can't beat it, and I can't see a chance to win!
Hearing their proposal, Li Laiheng's face was very ugly, and he immediately asked, "If we withdraw, what will happen to Wu Dashuai?" When did my Ming abandon his allies and escape? ”
This matter, before Emperor Chongzhen personally led the army, it was not too common. The generals of the Ming Army are all teammates in the strength pit.
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