Yang Peng handed Yan Ji a letter and asked her to send it to Yang Guihua immediately. Yan Ji took the letter and hurried down. Yang Guihua, who followed Yang Peng very early, is now the governor of Sichuan and Tubo, Yang Peng gave him an order, naturally to make him support Shi Liancheng nearby.

It is said that the Eighth Army Corps of the Xingfang Division was pinned down in Faizabad, and he was looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements from the Great General every day. However, soon after, they received the news of the defeat of the general's troops at Patna, and Xingfang and the others couldn't help but panic and didn't know what to do.

Ma Jin said worriedly: "The general lost at Batna, and our army will be alone!" We must find a way to break through quickly, otherwise when the main force of the crusaders returns, our army will be in big trouble! ”

Commander Hao Long said: "The Ming soldiers are not afraid of death, but it is not worth dying for the sake of the Tianzhu people!" The generals nodded in agreement.

Xingfang was a little hesitant: "What you said is right. However, we hastily retreated without the order of the general, for fear that we and the others would inevitably be guilty of leaving the battlefield without permission. Besides, I don't know what the general's plan is, if I evacuate rashly, I'm afraid it will disrupt the general's plan! Everyone looked at each other, only feeling that what the regiment commander said made sense, and they couldn't help but feel in a dilemma.

At this moment, a herald hurried into the big tent and presented a flyer with a report; "The General's Story!"

Everyone's eyes lit up, and Xingfang immediately stepped forward, picked up the handbook, opened it and read it, and said happily: "The general led the army to contain the enemy's main force in the east, so that our army immediately found a way to break through!" When the generals heard this command, they could not help but rejoice. It's true that the Ming army is strong, but no matter how strong they are, no one is willing to die until they have to, after all, how beautiful it is to be alive.

Xingfang said happily: "The great general has decided to be wise!" Now that the order has been given, we have nothing to worry about, so we will immediately send the order down, and the armies will prepare to break through to the north! The generals agreed in unison.

As the order was delivered, the morale that had been somewhat low was reinvigorated, and everyone began to prepare for a breakthrough. Put off your armor, pack up your weapons, those heavy equipment that is difficult to take away, such as catapults and the like, must be discarded, grain and grass only carry ten days' rations, and the rest that cannot be taken away is poured with tung oil. Everything is ready for nightfall.

Just as the Ming army was preparing to retreat, the HRE army outside the city noticed the movement inside the city. The HRE general Gomez was a veteran of the killing field, and immediately judged that the Ming army in the city was about to break through, and immediately sent an order to prepare to intercept, and the HRE armies were also actively mobilized.

The sun had set, and soon the sky and earth were dark. On this night, the stars and moon were dark, the wind was howling, the shadows of the trees writhing wildly were like demons and monsters, and the whining sound was like a ghost crying wolf.

The gate to the east of Faizabad suddenly opened, and a troop of soldiers and horses poured out. Since there was no light and waiting, I couldn't see clearly at all, and I could only see a lot of black shadows surging out.

The HRE army had already laid an ambush around Faizabad, but it was not clear which direction the Ming army would break through, so the forces were evenly distributed outside the city gates on all sides, and it was agreed that once the enemy army was found to come out, it would be warned with rockets. The HRE army ambushed in the wilderness to the east heard the sound of footsteps in the sudden wind, and vaguely saw the figure in the darkness, and immediately knew that the Ming army came out of the east gate, and the leading general immediately ordered his soldiers and horses to prepare to intercept.

After a while, I felt that the other party was coming, and immediately gave an order, and the crossbowmen who had long been ready to fire released their arrows together, only to see that the Ming people fell a lot in the dark. Immediately, they heard the rumbling sound of horses' hooves, and the HRE army couldn't help but feel surprised. In the blink of an eye, the Ming War Horse crashed up like a tide, and in the eyes of the HRE soldiers, it was like a black wave surging in the dark! In an instant, the iron hooves swept over, and the HRE soldiers only felt dizzy and staggered by the powerful force, and the leading generals hurriedly shouted: "Send a signal quickly!" Signal now! The herald immediately lit a rocket and shot it into the night sky.

The HRE army, which was in ambush in the other three directions, had already heard the sound of fighting from the east, and then saw the rockets rising from the northeast, which were very eye-catching in the night sky, and immediately stopped delaying and hurried towards the east. The three teams of men and horses rushed to the east one after another, preparing to encircle the Ming army, but they were surprised to find that the battle was over, and the Ming army did not know where to go. Gomez hurriedly asked the general in charge of the east: "What about the Ming people?" "The general couldn't come up with a reason.

Just when the people of the HRE looked at each other inexplicably, a scout suddenly rushed over in a hurry and said urgently: "General, the Ming people have all run away from the north!" Gomez was furious and shouted, "Follow me!" Immediately, the army of the HRE leaped and the dragon soared, and the horses neighed and chased towards the north with great vigour.

Soon after, the HRE army pursued to the banks of the Faizabad River. At this time, the clouds and fog dispersed, the wind stopped, the bright moon hung in the night sky, and the vision in front of me became clear.

The HRE soldiers saw that the Ming army was crossing the river from the wooden bridge on the river, and hurriedly chased after it. Many friends may wonder why the Crusaders didn't destroy the wooden bridge first. In fact, the reason is very simple, the Crusaders can now be said to be in control of the situation on the battlefield, in this case, why did they destroy the wooden bridge? Is there any other use for this than to hinder your own march and the movement of supplies?

Seeing that all the Ming troops had crossed the river, the HRE soldiers pursued them relentlessly, and the general Gomez personally led a group of soldiers and horses to board the wooden bridge first.

However, at this moment, rockets suddenly rained down on the opposite shore and landed on the wooden bridge. In an instant, countless fires sprang up, followed by four flames, and the fire demon opened his teeth and claws! The Shinra soldiers who boarded the wooden bridge were instantly in a sea of fire, and they were burned so much that they jumped into the river below in panic, crackling loudly, splashing in all directions, and the scene was like dumplings.

Because Gomez and the others were wearing armor and carrying the weapons of the city, as soon as they entered the water, the whole person sank straight down like a scale. Gomez hurriedly threw away his weapon in the water, and hurriedly dragged the armor, but the armor was fastened by many leather buckles, and he couldn't take it off in a hurry! Gomez sank to the bottom of the water, and in a panic, he drank several sips of river water! Gomez panicked, thinking that he was going to be finished, but at this moment, he only felt seven or eight palms reach out and pull him, and then he felt his body float. In the blink of an eye, I came to the shore, coughed vigorously, and couldn't help but be afraid when I thought of the line between life and death just now!

At this moment, only bursts of laughter were heard from the other side. Gomez was so embarrassed that one of the soldiers in charge of saving him just now stood up, waving his fist at the other side and howling.

The Ming army quickly moved away and soon disappeared into the night.

Gomez was unwilling to stop there, and ordered his men to build a pontoon bridge immediately. The HRE soldiers were busy, cutting down trees, building pontoon bridges, and building pontoon bridges, the so-called many people were easy to do, and in the early morning of the next day, the three pontoon bridges were completed on the river. Gómez immediately crossed the Faizabad River with his army and pursued it to the north.

However, perhaps Fazabad chased in the wrong direction, and they chased until ten in the evening, but they did not see a single figure of the Ming army. In desperation, the army had no choice but to withdraw.

The HRE army did chase in the wrong direction, and although the Eighth Army crossed the Faizabad River to the north, it did not go north after crossing the river, but went east along the Faizabad River. Xing Fang did not want to retreat into the Tibetan region, but wanted to join the general Shi Liancheng.

Gomez returned to Faizabad and looked at the empty city and felt nothing but depression. He then ordered the army to be stationed on the spot, and at the same time sent a messenger to report the situation to the generalissimo Goode.

A few days later, Gomez received a reply from Goode. In his reply, Goode did not mention the breakthrough of the Eighth Army of the Ming Dynasty, but only told Gomez that the main army was retreating with a large amount of booty and asked him to prepare to respond.

It turned out that after the Crusaders successfully occupied Batna, Goode felt that the army was too deep, and Patna was not far from the Ming Dynasty, Goode was worried that Patna would be retaliated against by the Ming army, and the crusaders of other countries had already made a lot of money and had no intention of going home, so everyone unanimously agreed to abandon Patna and withdraw to Delhi.

The Crusaders stayed in Batna for a few days and plundered everything they could plunder, even the silver horns used by the nobles of Tianzhu to decorate doors, doors and windows. After the search had been cleaned, the soldiers of the army, on the orders of Good, destroyed all the walls, destroyed all the houses, and then set a fire, and the whole of Patna burned brightly, even from dozens of miles away, and in the light of the fireworks, the warriors of God sang the hymn in countless ox carts and wagons carrying countless gold, silver, treasures, grain, and grass.

When Shi Liancheng learned of the retreat of the Crusaders, he immediately led his cavalry in pursuit. Cross the burning city of Batna and catch up with the lagging Venetians. The Venetians were so greedy that they could not help but take away the plundered gold and silver treasures, and even did not spare the bronze and iron utensils, and as a result, they gradually distanced themselves from the brigade and fell behind.

As soon as Shi Liancheng found the Venetians carrying countless gold, silver, treasures and materials, he immediately waved his army and attacked fiercely, and the Ming war horses swept away like wolves all over the mountains, with iron hooves like thunder and killing sounds!

Where did the Venetians expect that the Ming army would catch up, and suddenly saw such a scene, and they were all frightened. Before the battle was engaged, people had already begun to flee.

Shi Liancheng led the Ming Dynasty cavalry to rush into the middle of the enemy army like a tide and swept away. The horses' hooves trampled on them, swords and guns slashed and slashed, and they saw the enemy's corpses fleeing in confusion. The Venetians were defeated like a mountain, and the Ming army pursued and killed for more than ten miles, until the Venetian corpses were all over the wilderness and the blood was all over the wasteland before they stopped the pursuit.

Zhanjin still wants to chase and kill, Shi Liancheng stopped: "Our army is not strong enough, it would be good to take advantage of this!" Immediately give the order and return to Mongil with the booty. "The people will make a promise together.

It is said that the crusaders returned with countless booty, but suddenly received an alarm from the rear, saying that the Venetians who were walking last were attacked by the Ming army and suffered heavy casualties. Goode hurriedly ordered the army to stop, and the division lined up on the spot to prepare for the battle. The other crusaders sped up and rushed to the west, and the mountains were all over the place, and where could they still be called armies, it was clearly a group of bandits who had just plundered their possessions and were eager to return to their lair to enjoy. When the HRE Crusaders saw the ugliness of the other Crusaders, they couldn't help but look disdainful. Unlike other crusaders, the HRE Crusaders reaped more loot, but all their captures were handed over to the public, and for them the honor of the empire was more important than money.

The HRE army lined up in the wilderness and prepared for battle. Soon after, panicked Venetians rushed from the front.

Seeing that the Venetians were so embarrassed, Goode couldn't help but laugh mockingly. Immediately, Goode ordered Marcono, the commander of the Venetians, the head of the Knights of San Marco. Seeing his panicked and incoherent appearance, Goode frowned, and said angrily: "Captain Marcono, as the head of the knights, you should also look like the head of the knights!" Only then did Marconor feel that he had lost his temper, and quickly calmed down.

Goode asked, "How many enemy troops have attacked you?" ”

When the Venetian Ming cavalry attacked, they were defeated in an instant, where did Marconor know how many Ming troops came, but for the sake of face, he said: "It was the Ming war cavalry that raided us, and there were at least 100,000 troops!" ”

Goode was furious and scolded, "Bastard! The total strength of the Ming Dynasty is only about 60,000, and the cavalry is less than 10,000, where are the 100,000 cavalry? If the Ming Dynasty cavalry dispatched 100,000, would you Venetians still be able to escape? Marconor was scolded by Goode and shrunk his neck, embarrassed, where did he dare to reply.

Goode rarely paid any more attention to this useless waste, so that Muller led the light cavalry to break off, and then ordered the army to continue the division.

Shi Liancheng led the cavalry back to Mengier, and Xu Qing immediately greeted him and reported: "General, the flying pigeon of the commander of the Xingfang legion has arrived just now, and they have already passed Chabra. Shi Liancheng nodded and ordered, "Order the secretary to withdraw to Getihar." Xu Qing hugged his fists and promised. "We'll retreat to Pajlepur." Xu Qing promised and ran down.

Getihar is on the north bank of the Ganges River, which is now the border area of India in the east into Bangladesh, while Pagelpur is on the south bank of the Ganges, across the river from Getihar, only a few dozen miles away. These two places, choking the passage along the Ganges River to the east, the strategic value is naturally self-evident.

Shi Liancheng thought of the Tianzhu people in Kshatriya, so he asked Hao Long, the commander: "What are the Tianzhu people doing now?" ”

Hao Long clenched his fists and said: "Back to the general, Kshatriya and they have all retreated to Calcutta. Shi Liancheng didn't care about it and put it down. Kolkata is now the largest city owned by the Oriental aristocracy of Tianzhu other than Batna. A few years ago, the city was just a small city with little name, but due to the rise of the Ming maritime trade, this seaport city took advantage of the rapid development of this shareholder wind, and now although it is not comparable to the prosperity of Patna and other cities, it is the most important city for trade between Zhu and Daming today, with a large number of merchants and a prosperous population. When Batna fell, it undoubtedly became the last stronghold of the Tianzhu Oriental nobles. Many of you may not know the exact location of Kolkata, but it is also close to present-day Bangladesh, just south of the coast.

Although Tianzhu's Southern Army and Northern Army did not send troops north to fight the Crusaders, they were closely monitoring the development of the situation in the north. Seeing that the Crusaders had returned after capturing Batna, their worries could not help but ease.

Hydebara, located in the center of southern Tianzhu, at the southern foot of the Deccan Plateau, was originally one of the most important large cities of the southern aristocracy, but now it is the seat of the generalissimo Moïse of the north, and it is also the most important large city owned by the northern aristocracy.

That afternoon, after receiving the latest information from the north, Moïse immediately summoned all the generals and nobles who remained in Hydebara.

Moïse told the crowd: "I have just received news from the north that the Crusaders have retreated to Lucknow. ”

Everyone immediately turned their heads to each other, and a middle-aged man with a tall figure and a flamboyant face asked Moïse in a loud voice: "Generalissimo, since the crusaders have pushed to Lucknow, they shouldn't attack again, right?" "This man's name is Kanhan, and he was originally just a little conspicuous character in the north, but since the northern forces entered the south, he has won a very high position by advising Moïse, and now he is the new representative of the northern aristocracy.

Moïse said: "It's hard to say right now. Maybe this is the end of their crusade, maybe not yet. Everyone talked about it, and they all looked a little worried. "I don't think I have to worry about the crusaders!" When they heard this, they all looked at him.

A young nobleman standing opposite Kanhan said mockingly, "Don't worry about the crusaders? Could it be that Lord Kanhan could have dealt with crusaders more terrible than jackals, tigers and leopards? That's great! The nobles around him burst into laughter. It turned out that the name of the speaker was Sharm, and his family was the most prominent in the northern aristocratic tradition, and his father, Sharm, Sr., was once a representative of the northern aristocracy. And the nobles around him belong to the representatives of the traditional forces of the northern aristocracy.

If it was in the past, Sharm's words, Kanhan would not dare to refute it in any way, but now it is different from the past, the old nobles have long been dusk and sunset, where would Kanhan be afraid of them, seeing that the other party's words were not good, he immediately snorted coldly and said: "I naturally can't deal with the crusaders, and you don't have to say it!" I didn't say I could deal with the Crusaders! ”

When Sharmme saw that Kanhan dared to confront him in public, he was furious and shouted: "Kanhan, what are you to talk to me like this!" Kanhan couldn't help but get angry, and said mercilessly: "If I'm not a thing, then you Sharmam are even less a thing!" During this time I played for the Generalissimo, what did you do? I've heard you've got a few more beautiful wives these days! You can only do this kind of thing, and there is no other use! Relying on your father to have your current status, what are you capable of? It's just a waste, and you dare to look down on me! ”

Sharm's annoyance and anger scolded, and he was about to step forward and do it; Where would Kanhan be afraid of him, he also rolled up his sleeves and confronted each other, and the scene became a mess.

"Enough!" Moïse suddenly shouted angrily.

Everyone couldn't help but feel a pang in their hearts and quieted down. But Sharma still glared at Kanhan with a look of hatred, and Kanhan glared back at Sharm.

Moïse glanced at the two of them and said angrily; "Don't say such useless words! If you want to fight, if you want to fight, get out! ”

Kanhan hurriedly bowed down and apologized: "Please forgive the Generalissimo, I lost my temper!" Sharm, on the other hand, kept his head held high and did not apologize to Moïse. Moïse has long been tired of seeing this second ancestor, and he is even more bored at the moment.

No longer looking at him, he asked, "What do you mean you don't have to worry about the crusaders?" Sharmme sneered: "What idea can he have, it's just ......" Moïse was furious, glared and shouted: "Shut up!" Sharmme was so frightened that he couldn't say the rest of the words. Then he was very angry and shouted: "I am Sharm, Generalissimo, how dare you be so rude to me!" ”

Moïse was already impatient, and pointed at Sharme and yelled, "Get this little brute out of here!" Sharma was so furious that he pointed at Moïse and shouted, "How dare you! Then the two guards came in, and Moïse pointed at Sharmum and shouted, "Drag it out!" He will not be allowed to come to the discussion in the future! The two guards immediately stepped forward and grabbed Sharm, dragging him out like an eagle catching a chicken. Sharmus was shocked, he didn't expect the other party to come for real, and shouted while struggling: "Moïse, if it weren't for my father's help, how could you have ascended to the position of generalissimo, you dare to do this to me!" ......" The voice quickly faded away.

With murderous intent in his eyes, Moïse muttered, "This damn thing! The nouveau riche represented by Kanhan couldn't help but smile gloatingly, while the old nobles were flustered and at a loss.

Kanhan stepped forward and said, "Generalissimo, don't be angry about this ignorant kid, it's not worth it." ”

Moïse looked at Kanhan and said, "Continue with what we just said." ”

Kanhan responded, and then said: "The reason why I said that the crusaders don't have to worry even if they attack again, is because even if the crusaders attack again, they should start a war with the Ming army, and they should not do anything against us." Generalissimo, do you think that the Ming army is on the side, and if the crusaders go south, aren't they worried about being attacked by the Ming army on the flank? Therefore, even if the crusaders want to go south, they must first defeat the Ming army. ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.