Chapter 835, Daming Iron Horse
When the panicked civil and military ministers and nobles heard the emperor's scolding, they were also furious, and they shouted and scolded one after another, and for a while there was a commotion in the hall, as if it had become an disorderly vegetable market.
At this moment, an officer rushed in with a rolling belt, and because he was in too haste, he tripped over a raised floor tile under his feet, and the whole person stumbled forward, fell to the ground with a thud, and fell to the ground. The noisy hall fell silent immediately, and everyone's appearance fell on the officer. In normal times, when everyone sees such a scene, they will definitely laugh, but at this time, everyone's hearts are full of tension and anxiety, where can they laugh.
The officer didn't care about the pain of falling, and hurriedly got up, and said urgently: "Your Majesty, the 30,000 cavalry advance of the Crusaders is only ten miles away from here!" ”
As soon as these words came out, all the monarchs and ministers were shocked, and the emperor was terrified, not knowing what to do.
At this moment, Prime Minister Akshay, who had been separated from the emperor due to the chaos of the previous army, rushed in with the support of a personal soldier and shouted: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! ...... "The emperor couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw Akshay coming. Then he thought of the current crisis, and asked anxiously: "Prime Minister, the enemy army is about to enter the city, do you know?" ”
Akshay nodded, swallowed his saliva, and looked like he was out of breath from exhaustion. After breathing a sigh of relief, he said urgently: "Your Majesty, the situation is not good!" ......" Everyone was already flustered, but now they suddenly heard his opening remarks, and they couldn't help but be shocked.
I only heard Akshay say: "When I begged for it, I found that the crusaders were mighty, and the soldiers and horses were endless, and we were definitely not their opponents!" When they heard this, they were in a mess, and many shouted, "We must flee for our lives!" We must run for our lives! ……”
The Emperor asked Akshay urgently, "What should we do now?" ”
Akshay said urgently: "You must run for your life!" Otherwise, you will be surrounded by enemy troops, and it will be too late to flee for your life! As soon as the emperor heard this, he naturally had no doubts, and immediately shouted: "Quickly send the order, and flee to the east quickly!" As soon as these words came out, all the civilians, warriors and nobles rushed out of the hall.
Immediately, the whole city was in chaos, and although the Tianzhu monarchs and the Tianzhu army fled out of the city in panic, the people in the city were also panicked and fled out of the city with their families. The gates were crowded everywhere, and anxious shouts and shouts rang out.
At this moment, the 30,000 horsemen, who were the vanguard of the crusaders, detected the chaos in Lucknow and immediately hurried to the scene. Just when Lucknow was still in chaos, 30,000 crusader cavalry suddenly launched a surprise attack on the army and people of Tianzhu who were fleeing from the north, south and east in a hurry! The attack came so violently that the rushing iron hooves were like a tidal wave, and the cold light of the cross-sword shone with a cold light; When the Tianzhu people saw the sudden appearance of the enemy, they were so frightened that they scattered, the civil and military ministers and nobles lost their gold and silver treasures, the people lost their belongings, the soldiers lost their armor, and everyone fled in all directions as if they had exploded. The crusader cavalry poured into the middle of the fleeing crowd, the horses' hooves trampled, the long swords slashed, the scene of blood and flesh flying, the long screams rang out, and in an instant, the scene was a scene of corpses all over the field and flowing into a river! Lucknow, which was originally rich and beautiful, has become a hell on earth in an instant!
The Tianzhu people fled east in a hurry, and the crusaders kept chasing and killing, killing the red-eyed they were completely crazy, just rushed into the crowd and slashed with their swords, no matter whether it was the army or the people, whether it was a man or a woman, all animals that could walk upright were hacked to death! The road on which the Tianzhu people fled east was like the road to hell, with corpses stretching for more than ten miles, and the scene was unbearable.
Emperor Tianzhu was chased to heaven and there was no way to enter the earth, just when he was panicking. At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves ahead. The emperor and the others were so frightened that the emperor couldn't help shouting: "It's over!" Finished! We're dead today! ”
As he was saying this, he saw a fierce cavalry in the woods in front of him, and the people were like dragons and horses, like tigers, galloping and enthusiastic, and the momentum was amazing! Emperor Tianzhu was so frightened that he quickly turned around and fled for his life. The envoy next to him, who had sent many envoys to the Ming Dynasty, hurriedly grabbed the emperor and shouted, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Don't be afraid, it's not the Crusaders, it's the Ming Army! ”
When the emperor heard this, he quickly stopped and looked at it. Sure enough, I saw that the cavalry rushing from the east was completely different from the appearance of the crusaders, not wearing white robes, wearing typical Chinese chain armor, and wearing a phoenix-winged goose feather helmet, which was exactly the appearance of the Ming Dynasty war horse! When the emperor and the others saw clearly that it was a Ming cavalryman, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, and couldn't help shouting; "Oh, the Great Tomorrow Soldiers have arrived, we are saved! ……”
Immediately, I saw thousands of Ming war horses rolling in front of me like a violent wind, colliding with the pursuers, and the war horses of both sides stood up on the wasteland. I saw that the iron hooves were intertwined vertically and horizontally, the horse lance rolled like a dragon, the sword was brilliant and the holy blood was brilliant, and the sound of killing was like thunder! The Ming Dynasty cavalry rushed and killed, like a tiger and a wolf, and the soldiers were unstoppable; The Crusader War Cavalry was originally having fun chasing and killing the Tianzhu people, but they didn't expect to suddenly bump into such a strong army, and they were amazed. The Crusader cavalry howled and rushed forward, trying to rely on the numerical advantage to defeat the cavalry in front of them in one fell swoop, but the wave that had just been set off was suddenly rushed by the tiger and leopard, and the Crusader cavalry turned on their backs, and the army's heart was turbulent!
The Ming warrior took the lead, rushed to the enemy's front, the horse lance stabbed out, the enemy was shocked, it was too late to dodge, said it was too late, the horse lance pierced the enemy's chest with a sound, picked him up high, and fell heavily to the ground!
The Crusader horsemen were all terrified and turned around and fled for their lives. The Ming war cavalry pursued and killed countless enemy soldiers. Suddenly, I saw the dust surging ahead, and countless soldiers and horses were coming overwhelmingly!
An officer said to the general: "Deputy commander, it must be a large army of the enemy, what should I do?" "It turned out that the Ming general who led the cavalry suddenly appeared here was Ma Jin, the deputy commander of the Eighth Legion.
Ma Jin said: "The enemy must not have imagined that our soldiers and horses would dare to attack them!" Follow me and storm the enemy's ranks! All the soldiers responded to the promise, and their morale was like a rainbow.
Ma Jin rode out first, and three thousand Ming war horses followed. Three thousand horsemen rushed down from the hill and rushed straight towards the endless enemy army!
The commander in chief of the Crusader was Generalissimo Goode of the Holy Roman Empire. He couldn't help but be annoyed when he learned that thousands of enemy horsemen had defeated tens of thousands of his own forward horsemen, but he didn't care too much. Now I couldn't help but be taken aback when I saw that the other party's 3,000 war cavalry was fearless in the face of his own hundreds of thousands of troops, and rushed straight forward! However, this generalissimo Gude was a famous general after all, although the enemy's actions were very unexpected, but he did not panic, and immediately ordered his cavalry to meet the attack, and immediately 3,000 heavy armored cavalry broke away from the large formation and attacked the enemy cavalry that was rushing.
The two sides were equal in number, galloping and charging, and a loud rumbling sound echoed between heaven and earth. At the same time, the main force of the crusaders stopped, shouting and cheering, and the shouts were like a sea of tides, echoing the loud sound of the galloping horses of both sides.
In an instant, the two warhorses slammed into each other! Everyone had the illusion that they had seen two rushing waves collide violently!
The Great Ming Hussar was indomitable, wielding a horse lance and horizontal sword, and the crusader heavy cavalry was also violent, wielding a chain hammer sword! The two sides poured into the middle of each other like two huge streams of water, and under the flickering of the sword, they saw people turning on their backs! The crusaders wielded a long sword to cut off the Ming war horse, and the Ming war horse brandished a horse lance to knock the crusader off the horse. The Crusaders are like a pack of fierce leopards, while the Ming Army is like a bloodthirsty and crazy wolf pack, but the battle between tigers and leopards is a hundred times fiercer!
Seeing such a scene, Gude couldn't help but be amazed, and couldn't help but say: "How can the Tianzhu people have such a strong army? ”
A young man dressed in a cardinal archbishop costume who accompanied the army next to him immediately said: "Generalissimo, they are not Tianzhu people, they are the Ming Army!" "This young cardinal archbishop turned out to have an oriental face, and it turned out that he was the Mo Haotian who instigated the Holy See to launch a holy war against Yan Yun. He is now one of the twelve cardinal archbishops in the Holy See dominated by the Empress of the Holy Roman Empire, and since he is from the East, the Empress specially made him a bishop of the Crusades this time, one to pray for the blessing of the army, and the other to help the army in battle.
When Gude heard this, he couldn't help but suddenly realize, and then an exclamation rose in his heart: I didn't expect the legendary Ming Army to be so strong!
Mo Haotian hurriedly said: "Generalissimo, I'm afraid it will be difficult to win with the current cavalry, let's send another cavalry!" ”
Goode said angrily: "Now this is a fair showdown, I can't send reinforcements!" That's what a scumbag does, and it's not what a knight should do!
Mo Haotian was reprimanded by Good, depressed, and scolded Goode for being pedantic in his heart. But although I thought so in my heart, I didn't dare to say it.
The war cavalry of both sides rushed and killed several times one after another, with equal casualties and inseparable. After another round of confrontation, the Daming war horse stopped and did not rush towards the other party again. When the crusaders saw that the Ming army did not rush, they did not move. Ma Jin's eyes showed admiration, he raised the horse lance and drew an arc on the top of his head, and the Ming war horse immediately turned the horse's head and galloped towards the east.
The Crusaders returning to the formation. The majestic and fierce general who led the army came to Gude and said with an amazed face: "Generalissimo, these enemy troops are really unexpectedly powerful! We can't beat them! I didn't expect that there would be such a respectable warrior among the useless Tianzhu people! "This man was a famous general of the Holy Roman Empire, named Daxt, fierce and formidable, who had fought many great battles in the eastern conquests of Arabia and Turkey, and was intimidating the enemy.
Gude said: "Dear Dast, it was not the Tianzhu people who fought with you just now, but the Ming people of the East. ”
Daxter was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said: "No wonder, no wonder! I said that the appearance of this enemy army is different from the Tianzhu army I have seen before, it turns out that they are not Tianzhu people! Then he said puzzledly: "How could the Ming army come to fight with us?" Isn't this Tianzhu? ”
Goode said: "We don't have to guess. Naturally, we will know later. Then he ordered: "The army continues to advance, and all the scouts are spilled." Now that the Ming army is here, we can't be careless! And the congregation stood up and said yes.
Ma Jin led the cavalry back to the town where he had previously saved Emperor Tianzhu, but found that there was no one here, and many of the ministers of Tianzhu and the army and the common people did not know where to go. Just when Ma Jin was surprised, a scout rushed to report: "Deputy Commander, Emperor Tianzhu and their ministers' army have fled to Fazabad. "Faizabad, about two hundred miles east of Lucknow, on the south bank of the Ganges, is also a city of great importance. Fazabad is best known in Tianzhu for its endless flat fields. It's a very rich land.
Ma Jin led the cavalry back to Faizabad, only to see that the originally beautiful and rich Faizabad was overcrowded, and there was an atmosphere of panic and panic. Those Tianzhu people, whether they were ministers, generals, soldiers and ordinary people, all looked panicked and extremely frightened, which was clearly a nation that had lost hope and fighting spirit because of fear.
When the Tianzhu people saw the Ming army coming, their faces that were originally full of panic and fear couldn't help but show some hope. Ma Jin heard that Emperor Tianzhu was here, so he went to see him.
The Crusaders, led by Goode, continued eastward, and before sunset they reached a hilly area from Faizabad in defiance of you. Seeing that it was getting late, Goode ordered the army to camp on the spot and rest for the night. Hundreds of thousands of crusaders set up a camp within a radius of more than ten miles, and although it was a camp composed of more than a dozen national armies, it did not look chaotic, but it seemed to show a kind of law. It can be seen that although the generalissimo of the Holy Roman Empire, Goode, although arrogant, is by no means an ordinary person.
In the big tent, Goode convened the commanders of the armies to discuss the matter.
Spanish General Juan said: "According to the scout report, the Tianzhu Emperor is now in Fazabad, we should speed up the march and capture Fazabad and capture the Tianzhu Emperor before the Tianzhu Emperor escapes!" Several people chimed in, and everyone looked very excited. The Holy Roman Empire's crusade was not responded to by England, France, and Rome, but by almost all Catholic countries, many of which had previously praised the Crusade.
The younger brother of the King of Denmark, Duke Odin said: "I'm afraid this matter is not easy now!" Because the Ming Army appeared! "This Ou Ding, the last time he responded to the call of the Holy See to participate in the so-called holy war against the Ming Dynasty, the result was that more than 200,000 coalition troops suffered a crushing defeat in the Dhaka area, so he was apprehensive about the Ming army. Marcono, the head of the Knights of San Marco in Venice, and Andrew, the king of Norway, who participated in the last holy war, echoed Odin's words, saying that the Ming people are completely different from the Tianzhu people, and the Ming people are very fierce and good at fighting.
Juan had not yet suffered the loss of the Ming Dynasty, and after listening to the words of Ou Ding and the others, he was greatly disapproving, and mocked: "How can you be such a coward and cowardly, how can you be worthy of being a warrior of Tianzhu?" The crowd was furious, and they all pointed at Juan and shouted. Juan is not a good stubble, in the face of everyone's scolding, they ridiculed each other, and the two sides quarreled.
At that moment, Goode yelled, "Shut up! "A loud voice drowned out everyone's voices.
Everyone was shocked and stopped arguing.
Goode looked at Juan and said, "Odin makes sense. Today we encountered the Ming cavalry, how the Ming cavalry is fighting, we have all seen. Juan couldn't help frowning, and Odin and the others looked worried.
Goode stood up and said proudly: "But we are God's warriors, and with the gods blessing us, we will be invincible!" Even the Ming army will be defeated by us! ”
Everyone only felt an impulse rush to their hearts, and they couldn't help but shout loudly.
The people of Gude quieted down and said: "The Ming army has appeared, although we must be vigilant, but we don't have to worry too much!" The war has reached this point, and now that the Tianzhu heresy is about to be destroyed, we will never allow anyone to destroy our sacred cause! Everyone echoed one after another, and they all vigorously expressed that they would destroy all the enemies who dared to challenge God's willing, and under the excitement of the crowd, they no longer put the Ming Army in their eyes!
Goode waited for everyone to be quiet and said, "The plan to march remains the same, but there are some slight adjustments. I led the main force of 200,000 to advance head-on," then glanced at everyone, named Juan and others, ordered their army to take the southern route, and then called the names of Odin and others, and let their army take the northern route, and finally ordered King Andrew of Norway to lead a 15,000 soldiers and horses to stay in the local area to ensure logistics and transportation and plan for the three-way army. All kings and generals said that they would obey the general's orders!
After the meeting ended, Gude left Mo Haotian and said, "You are from the Ming Dynasty, you should know the Ming Army very well, right?" Tell me, what kind of army is the Ming Army? What tactics do they have in their habits? ”
Mo Haotian sighed and said, "The generalissimo doesn't know anything, we have taken off our barbaric habits under the education of Confucianism, we are gentle and elegant, and we don't like to use force!" But since Yang Peng became the emperor, he has destroyed all the ways of the saints handed down by his ancestors, the etiquette has collapsed, and all the achievements of thousands of years of education have been wasted! In this way, the people of Dongtu have resumed their habits of barbarism, violence, courage and ruthlessness, and the imperial court has also changed its practice of being kind to others and has been reckless, for fear that the entire Dongtu will be destroyed! ”
Goode looked at Mo Haotian strangely and said, "What's wrong with this?" Is it better to stay in your own house and be beaten? ”
Mo Haotian is uh, Rao is he can talk lotus, but he can't answer at the moment.
Goode didn't bother to pay attention to those things, and said impatiently: "You can tell me about the situation of the Ming army." ”
Mo Haotian responded, thought for a while, and said: "The Ming Army rose in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and established an empire in Dongtu after a hundred battles. However, this empire is reckless......" Speaking of this, thinking of these words to these Western barbarians, it is simply playing the piano to the cow, so he stopped and said: "In short, the military merits of the Ming army are judged by the number of enemy heads, and different titles are canonized according to the level of military merits!" ……”
Goode frowned and asked: "In other words, the officers and generals of the Ming Army have all experienced countless battles and climbed up by military merits?" ”
Mo Haotian nodded and said, "That's basically it." ”
Goode was a little surprised, "This is beyond my expectations! A considerable number of the officers and generals of our empire are hereditary! Then he looked at Mo Haotian, "You continued. ”
Mo Haotian replied and continued: "The warriors in the Ming army worship strong forces, these people are called the Ming warriors, and all of them are brave and fearless characters! Whenever the Ming army fights against the enemy, it always likes to test the enemy with the assault cavalry, or find the opponent's shortcomings, or dampen the enemy's spirit, and then use the heavy cavalry as the vanguard, and launch a counterattack to defeat the enemy with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai! Goode hummed and nodded.
Mo Haotian continued: "Because the Ming army was bewitched by the heresy of the Ming Emperor, almost everyone, whether it was a general or a soldier, was proud of dying on the battlefield and ashamed of surrendering and stealing his life, so the Ming army would fight to the end even if it was in a desperate situation!" Opponents often can't catch a prisoner of the Ming army! Mo Haotian didn't dare to belittle the Ming Army as before, and the lessons from the past told him that such an unrealistic belittlement of the Ming Army would only make people carelessly underestimate the enemy and finally fall into the Ming Army, and the gains outweigh the losses, so now Mo Haotian no longer belittles the Ming Army, but tells the true situation of the Ming Army realistically. He is not worried about Gude being afraid, because Gude is a real warrior who is eager to fight against a strong enemy, and the strength of the Holy Roman Empire can be said to be no less than that of the Ming Dynasty, and his words can scare others, but it is impossible to scare the generalissimo of the Holy Roman Empire, Goode.
Goode said in disbelief: "Are you saying that even if the Ming army is in a desperate situation, it will never surrender, but would rather die in battle?" ”
Mo Haotian nodded and said, "I don't dare to say that everyone is like this, but most of the Ming soldiers are like this!" Alas, it's all made up by Yang Peng's heresy! ”
Goode pondered for a moment and said, "I remember you once said that in the place called Dhaka to the east of Tianzhu, there is a Ming army stationed?" Mo Haotian nodded, "Yes." Goode asked, "How many people are there in that Ming army?" Who are the leading generals? Mo Haotian said: "As far as I know, there are two legions, which are the Fifth Legion and the Eighth Legion of the Ming Dynasty, with a total strength of about 120,000, and the leading general is named Shi Liancheng. ”
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.