The look in Jan Sobiesky's eyes did not escape Fu Xinghua's eyes, his eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a little more inquiry in his gaze towards Sobiesky.

He beckoned to one of the soldiers standing beside him, disguised as a guard, who approached and attached his ear.

"Let the brethren lurking in Poland inquire about this Jan Sobiesky, I think he has a problem."

After hearing this, Jinyi Wei Baihu quietly glanced at Jan Sobiesky, who was looking at the Type II rifle feverishly, whispered yes, and turned to leave.

No one noticed the departure of an ordinary guard, and the Polish nobles praised the strength of the Xia soldiers, and King Mihau I then invited Fu Xinghua and a group of Xia generals into the city to discuss the next battle plan.

After they entered the city, the king directly revealed to Fu Xinghua their plan to attack Suceava, the capital of the Duchy of Moldavia, hoping to get the support and assistance of the Xia army.

Fu Xinghua did not give an immediate answer to this, he asked the Poles to spread out the map of this area, he looked at the map very attentively, and soon had a general understanding of the terrain of this area in his heart.

The Principality of Moldavia was mostly hilly, and in the western part of the Principality was a long and towering Carpathian Mountains, and it can be said that the whole Principality had no natural advantage to take advantage of, and the army could easily reach the city of Suceava from Iasi.

However, the Ottoman Rumelian legions had built a well-defended position outside Suceva, and with the assistance of the Moldavian dukes, they decided to hold off the Polish and Xia armies at Suceava, and if they wanted to annihilate them, they would have to pay a great price.

It is also difficult for the coalition forces to bypass the Rumelia army to move south, if they ignore it, it is equivalent to exposing the weak rear to the Ottoman front, and they do not know how many troops the Ottomans can mobilize in the south.

Therefore, in any case, they must first annihilate the enemy forces in Suceava.

Thinking of this, Fu Xinghua expressed his opinion:

"I agree to attack Suceava, but since there is going to be war, I should ensure that they are completely annihilated in Moldavia."

King Mihau didn't speak, and continued to look at Fu Xinghua, waiting for his next words.

"I think we should attack the Ottomans from multiple directions, but deliberately leave a weak gap to give the Ottomans a chance to break through that gap." Fu Xinghua said, his finger drew a circle around Suceava, and when he said the back, he nodded at Berrad in southern Suceava: "If the Ottomans really break through from this side, we can set up an ambush in advance on the way they must escape, and annihilate them all in Moldavia in one fell swoop."

The Polish nobles nodded, and Jan Sobieski asked, "So, which force should we stand in the direction of the breakthrough, and which force should set up an ambush?"

"For the sake of safety, our army will set up an ambush, and as for the former, how about bothering your country to divide some local armies with relatively low combat effectiveness?" Fu Xinghua asked.

After the interpreter paraphrased his words in Polish, Sobieski and the other generals discussed it for a while, and they nodded in agreement.

Subsequently, the two sides began to distribute the direction of the offensive, they were to launch a fierce attack from the east, north and south, in which the Polish army would attack from the north, the Xia army from the east, and the Lithuanian army would be responsible for the offensive in the south.

After being assigned combat missions, the two armies rested in Iasi for a day, and at the same time sent scouts to inquire about the Ottoman army, and the next day, the army moved forward and approached Suceava from three directions.

Considering the importance of the task of ambush, Fu Xinghua handed over this task to his henchman Chen Lihe, who had followed him from Buryatia, and ordered him to lead a brigade of soldiers and horses to set up an ambush in the rear of the Lithuanian army.

……

The acting commander of the Rumelia Legion, Koprulu Fazal Mustafa, sensed the sense of crisis coming from all directions, which made him very uneasy, so he could only send more scouts to keep an eye on him

Actions of enemy troops.

"Captain Koprulu, I still think we should evacuate here and retreat to the Danube, if we are surrounded here, then the northern part of the empire will be completely empty."

Rumelia Pasha III saw Mustafa's apprehensions, and he once again offered his opinion.

III never thought it a good idea to hold out in Moldavia, believing that the only right thing was to retreat to the Danube, and as long as they could hold the Danube, the enemy would not be able to threaten Bulgaria, or even Thrace, where Konstantiniye was located.

"It's a good idea, but I can't accept it." Mustafa refused, "If we give up Moldavia like this, how do you think the other client states will view the Empire?" The Wallachians will think so: behold, they will all give up Moldavia without hesitation, so what will we do when it is our turn?"

"It would be a very heavy loss to the majesty of the Empire." He added later.

The Third looked at him helplessly, and he insisted, "If you insist on holding on here, I will not object, but allow me to lead some of my brothers back to the Danube, or at least to hold our retreat."

"How many people are you going to take with you?" Mustafa thought for a moment, did not refuse him, and asked rhetorically.

"All it takes is five thousand soldiers." The third said.

"Okay, I'll give you four thousand infantry and a thousand provincial Sipahi cavalry to build a defensive line along the Danube." With a wave of his hand, Mustafa handed over the military power to *** III.

The latter hurriedly agreed, and the army was counted on the same day.

Three days after their departure, on 18 January, the combined forces of Shapo attacked from three directions, and the Ottoman soldiers of Suceava almost woke up to find a large number of enemy troops outside their positions, so numerous that the whole land was covered with flags fluttering in the wind.

The Ottoman-Moldavian coalition had built a long defensive position with Suceava behind them, with more than 200 artillery pieces scattered in the positions, and their infantry was basically equipped with the Turkish heavy arquebus, which had been handed down to the Ming Dynasty and was copied by Zhao Shizhen.

As soon as the coalition forces arrived, Mustafa was quickly debriefed and led a group of officers up the walls of Suceava to look out.

"It looks like the Carpathians are surrounded by enemies except for the Carpathians to the west." Mustafa said.

"Pasha, what are we going to do next?" A general asked.

"Wait for them to attack." Mustafa suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and said in an indifferent tone: "We are in a tight position, and we have a large amount of supplies in reserve, so we can hold out here for a long time, we only need to drag it until the Sultan defeats the Austrians, and the victory in this war will still be ours."

Everyone looked at each other, but they still nodded in unison, indicating that they understood.

The Sino-Polish forces outside did not give them time to ponder slowly, and after the units were in position, heavy artillery pieces were erected in front of the military formation, and the gunners methodically loaded the artillery with shells.

"Brothers, work hard, don't let those Xiyi people underestimate us, let them see how good our artillery is in Great Xia!"

In front of the Xia army, the artillery officers shouted loudly, encouraging the artillery who were loading, and they listened to the officers' shouts, and they all echoed them, and the movements of their hands also accelerated.

"The Chinese will also participate in this battle, I hope you can behave a little better, do not let the Chinese contempt us, I declare in the name of the marshal of the kingdom, whoever is the first to storm the Ottoman position, I will canonize him as a knight under my command, and at your own expense, I will award him a large prize."

In front of the Polish army, Jan Sobieski rode his horse and shouted loudly, and the soldiers listened to his promise, and they all let out cheers, full of anticipation for the next battle.

When Sobeski rode back to Michau I, the king looked at him with some apprehension and said, "Jan, will you anger the Chinese like this?" They

The current forces are not something we can provoke."

Listening to his inquiry, a trace of contempt flashed in Sobiesky's eyes looking at him, but he still replied respectfully on the surface: "Your Majesty, the Chinese will not be provoked by us so easily, and this is the first time that the two armies have fought side by side, if we do not show the combat effectiveness of the federal army, in the next joint operation, we are likely to be despised by the Chinese, and even lose the dominance of the battle."

Listening to Sobiesky's hypothetical possibility, Michau I still decided not to interfere, and now in the Federation, among the generals with superb command ability, Jan Sobiesky is the most prominent, he is professional, and he should not intervene rashly.

Mihau I's ability can be called mediocre, if it is described by the points of Euroland Fengyun 4, then his administrative ability, diplomatic ability and military ability are 0, that is, he is more rubbish than Zhu Tumu, the god of war of the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why he went to the army was because of the constant persuasion of the nobles in the country, hoping that the personal campaign would boost the morale of the officers and men of the whole army, otherwise, with his cowardly character, he would not have left Warsaw to the dangerous battlefield under any circumstances.

While the two were talking, the artillery of the Polish army was quickly loaded, and just as Sobieski was about to give the order to start the shelling, a dull thunderous cannon sound suddenly sounded from the other direction of the battlefield.

Sobiesky quickly realized that it was the artillery of the Xia army that began to shell.

"Fire!"

Rumble –

Since the artillery of the Xia army began to roar, the artillery of the Polish army was not to be outdone, and followed closely to launch an artillery bombardment of the Ottoman positions.

"The enemy has fired! Stay out of the way!"

In the position of the Ottoman army, seeing the sound of artillery, all levels shouted and ran in the position, and the soldiers listened to the shouts of the officers and hurriedly scattered to dodge.

Immediately afterward, they saw countless shells whizzing down from the sky, either exploding in mid-air, causing shrapnel to splash over the soldiers below, or only exploding after hitting the ground.

At first, the Ottoman soldiers thought that the Xia army was using the most conventional solid shells, but after seeing the explosion, they realized that they were actually using flowering shells, and by the time they realized it was too late.

Because after the shells fell into the position and exploded, they killed and injured many Ottoman soldiers who were caught off guard, and after only one round of shelling, you could see many soldiers lying on the position who were uncertain about their fate and death, and the dazzling blood stained the yellow soil.

"The Chinese are really hateful to use flowering bombs."

An Ottoman officer looked at his subordinates who had fallen under shrapnel, angrily hammered the ground, and said hatefully, his voice fell, and the second round of artillery shelling by the Xia army followed.

In the sharp sound of shells breaking through the air, the officer saw with his own eyes that a flowering shell did not explode before it hit the ground, but coincidentally hit a gun on a position, and only exploded violently a few seconds after it landed, and the flying shrapnel shot all the surrounding artillery that did not have time to dodge, and the invisible wave of the explosion also overturned the heavy cannon and tilted to the side.

After three rounds of shelling, the Xia army formation sounded a passionate horn, and then the infantry of the Xia army line in red uniforms stepped on neat steps, advancing in the guidance of the military flag and the rhythmic beat of drums.

From time to time, shells flew over their heads and exploded when they fell into the positions of the Ottoman army, and when the Ottomans saw the Xia army attacking, the officers immediately stood up, raised their sabers in their hands, and shouted loudly: "Take your weapons, enter the battle post, and prepare to counterattack!"

"Artillery in position, open fire on the Chinese infantry!"

Amid the shouts of the officers, the Ottoman infantry returned to their respective combat posts, and the artillerymen also lifted their armor and reloaded the artillery, and after tens of seconds, the artillery was reloaded one after another.

"Fire!"

Boom –

At the roar of the officer, an Ottoman artilleryman held a torch and lit the fuse, and the subtle sizzling sound lasted only a few seconds, and the cannon emitted a deafening sound of cannonball, and the moment the shell came out of its chamber, the heavy cannon was also pushed backwards by the recoil force and moved several meters backwards.

Boom!

The dark solid cannonball made a piercing sharp sound in mid-air, and then fell heavily a few meters in front of the marching line infantry ranks, directly smashing out a deep pit, the soil splashed, and the shells flew up along the inertia, and cut off the thigh of a advancing Xia soldier head-on, the soldier fell to the ground screaming, and the blood instantly stained the soil under him, and the surrounding soldiers did not pay attention to him, but filled his vacant position and continued to move forward.

This is not that the soldiers are cold-blooded and ruthless, according to military regulations, they just need to move on, and the wounded will be carried away from the battlefield by someone to receive treatment.

Sure enough, just a few meters after the line of infantry had advanced, two unarmed medics ran up, and after simply stopping the bleeding for the wounded, they carried him off the battlefield - as for his broken leg, which had been broken into pieces by shells, where could they be found.