Salman couldn't help but feel weak for a while, and hurriedly said, "Your envoy doesn't have to be polite. ”

The Great Ming Envoy stood up, looked around, and smiled, "Presumably the messenger of the Shinra has already come, right?" ”

Salman was startled, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, absolutely not, how could the messenger of the Shinra come to me?" ”

The envoy of the Ming Dynasty did not delve into this matter, and said: "Our Majesty has learned the news that the Shenluo has increased its troops to Tianzhu by 200,000, and is worried that the Shenluo wants to be unfavorable to the countries of Tianzhu, so he specially sent me to see this news to inform you. ”

Salman hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you Your Majesty Daming for your kindness!" ”

The envoy of the Ming Dynasty said: "Our Majesty said that the people of the Shenluo have always been swaggering and deceiving under the banner of God, and they are afraid that they will deceive the Tianzhu countries with lies, but in fact, they want to annex the Tianzhu countries, so they specially sent me to warn the countries not to fall for the evil of the Shenluo!" Salman nodded with a dry smile.

The Ming envoy said: "Our Majesty said that the people of the Shinra may ask all countries to jointly attack the Ming Dynasty, and we ask you not to be fooled!" Because what HRE is using is actually a trick to attack the west! On the surface, they want to join forces with other countries to attack the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, they want to make the countries compete with our Ming Sandpiper, so that they will benefit from the Shenluo fisherman! They will definitely take advantage of the emptiness of the troops of the Tianzhu countries and the lack of defense against them, and take the opportunity to send heavy troops to sweep the countries! Dare to ask Your Majesty, if such a thing happens, will your Moda Kingdom be able to keep it? ”

Salman was shocked by what he said, and he only felt that the situation mentioned by the Ming envoy was very likely to happen. If your main army is really transferred to attack the Ming Dynasty, and the Shinra suddenly attacks, wouldn't it be tied up?

The Ming envoy said: "The Shenluo has ill intentions, for your own safety, the best way should be to join forces with our Ming to fight back against the Shenluo." His Majesty our emperor said that the war between the Ming Dynasty and Tianzhu before was entirely because the former Tianzhu Emperor took the initiative to provoke the war, and the Ming Dynasty did not have any desire for Tianzhu Ben! The previous occupation of Dhaka and other places was nothing more than for the sake of safety, and with this bridgehead, it would be difficult for the former Tianzhu Emperor to advance eastward! We, the Ming Dynasty, will never occupy an inch of Tianzhu again! On the contrary, it will help Tianzhu drive away the Western invaders entrenched in Delhi and other places. When this is done, our Majesty will support the most powerful king to ascend to the throne! ”

Salman hurriedly said: "His Majesty the Great Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has considered us so much, we are really grateful!" Please rest assured that your envoy and the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty will not be able to sow discord without the envoy of the Holy Empire, even if the envoy of the Holy Roman Dynasty arrives, we will never be the enemy of the Great Ming! As for the matter of uniting with the Great Emperor to deal with the HRE, this is really very important, and I still need to think about it! ”

The Ming envoy clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty is wise, I believe that you will make the most correct choice." I am here at the guest house to help His Majesty keep in touch with His Majesty the Emperor! Salman hurriedly sent a minister to accompany the Ming envoy down.

Salhei couldn't help but ask; "Your Majesty, what the hell should we do? Do I still need to travel to Delhi? ”

Salman rubbed his temples and said a little overwhelmed, "I really don't know what to do!" Both of them seem to have a point! Salhei couldn't help but sigh and said, "It's always difficult for a small country like ours to do it!" ”

Salman thought for a moment and said to Salman, "You still have to go to Delhi." After all, I assigned you in front of the Shinra envoy, and if you suddenly change the hexagram, I am afraid that it will cause misunderstanding on the HRE side. Salhei bowed in agreement.

Salman's mind was sometimes the words of the Great Ming Envoy, and sometimes the words of the Shinra Envoy, and he only felt that he was in a dilemma, and he didn't know what to do.

It is said that since Shi Liancheng received the order from Yang Peng and the cabinet, he immediately raised the alert level, and ordered the military governments in the southwest to immediately assemble military government troops, and transferred all the 20,000 horses of the Fourth Army originally stationed in Babula to Batna. Friends who have read the above must be no stranger to Batna, who is the place where the Tianzhu Oriental Army was prepared to defend at the beginning. However, Batner eventually lost. However, the Crusaders led by the HRE did not stop at Patnado, and after a period of pause in Patna, they left Patna with a large amount of booty and retreated westward. Soon after, the Ming army entered Patna, repaired and strengthened the city of Patna, and now it is the westernmost fortress in the southwest region of the Ming Dynasty. Originally, the Ming army only deployed 40,000 soldiers and horses of the Fourth Army in Batna, but now Shi Liancheng has transferred another 20,000 soldiers and horses, so the soldiers and horses stationed in Batna are the entire army of the Fourth Army.

At present, the Ming Dynasty has deployed troops in the entire southwest region, including the Fourth Army, the Fifth Army, the Eighth Army, and the Hanzhong Army. The Fourth, Fifth, and Eighth Army Corps each had 60,000 soldiers and horses, and the Hanzhong Army had 100,000, making a total of 280,000 troops. In addition, there are also military government troops in the great southwest region, 100,000, which will take time to mobilize. However, not all of these forces were deployed on the thin line in the southwest region, and about half of the Hanzhong army was deployed in the east and southeast. At present, Shi Liancheng can immediately mobilize only about 200,000 soldiers and horses for battle.

Just when the Ming side was actively preparing for war, an urgent report came, and the Generalissimo of the Holy Roman Empire, Good, personally led the army to leave Delhi and head to the east. Soon after, news came that the army led by Goode had arrived in Lucknow, and had joined the HRE army and the Tianzhu servant army stationed in Lucknow, with a total of 500,000 troops heading straight to the east.

As a result of the previous war, the vast expanse of land between Lucknow and Batna is now in a state of anarchy. Thieves haunt it, the land is desolate and vinely, the original village is long gone, it has become a wilderness ruins, and the original city is ruined and has become a lair of thieves. As far as the eye can see, the vast grass is like a wild land. The 500,000-strong army of the Shinra is rolling eastward here, and the thieves who live here are so shocked that they have fled into the mountains, and none of the thieves are tired of provoking them!

The urgent report reached Shi Liancheng's hands, and Shi Liancheng immediately ordered 50,000 Han Chinese troops to support Huyan Bixian, and ordered Huyan Bixian to defend Batna to the death. Huyan Bixian is the commander of the Fourth Army Corps, so with the Fourth Army as the main guard of Batna, Huyan Bixian is naturally the commander.

Zhang Xiaocun, the governor of the southwest, said worriedly: "The enemy's army of 500,000 is menacing, and the situation is not optimistic!" ”

Shi Liancheng smiled indifferently: "It's nothing. ”

Zhang Xiaocun hurriedly bowed: "The generals are wise and brave, so naturally they don't take them seriously." But we can't help but be vigilant! Why don't you ask Bianliang for help? ”

Shi Liancheng waved his hand and said, "There's no need for that!" With our current strength, we can deal with the enemy! Zhang Xiaocun's heart is still up and down. Just as he was about to speak, a herald hurried in and presented a letter to him, saying, "General, Your Majesty's Flying Pigeon Messenger." ”

Shi Liancheng took the letter, waved the herald away, and opened the letter to read it. There was a look of thought on his face.

Zhang Xiaocun couldn't help but ask; "I wonder what Your Majesty's letter says?"

Shi Liancheng handed him the letter. Zhang Xiaocun hurriedly took it with both hands, looked at it, and said in surprise: "This, is this possible?" Shi Liancheng smiled: "It's impossible not to know now." Since Your Majesty has orders, we will follow them. Zhang Xiaocun nodded.

Batner. The general Teng Ji asked Huyan Bixian for battle: "General, the enemy army is menacing, and he must think that we dare not attack, so we will take this opportunity to stab him fiercely!" ”

Huyan Bixian frowned and thought: "That Gude is a generation of famous generals, won't he be on guard?" ”

Teng Ji hurriedly said: "General, if you don't take risks, how can you achieve a big victory?" If the enemy army is defenseless, we will not say that we will defeat them in a battle, but at least we will severely defeat their spirit! ”

Huyan Bixian said angrily: "If they are prepared, our army will fall into the middle of the army, and I am afraid that this Patna will be difficult to defend!" Teng Ji didn't think about this problem, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but sigh.

Hu Yan Bixian pondered: "But your suggestion is still very reasonable! As the saying goes, 'win with the right fit', how can you win without taking risks! Then he said to Teng Ji: "I will hand over 10,000 war horses to you, and you go and stab them for me!" Teng Ji's eyes lit up and he promised excitedly. Huyan Bixian advised: "Remember, once you find that the situation is wrong, return it to me immediately!" If the raid is successful, don't fall in love with the battle, after stabbing them hard, you must quickly get out of the battlefield! Teng Ji clenched his fists and promised, and ran down.

Soon after, the gates opened, and Teng led 10,000 cavalry under the command of the Fourth Army to gallop out of the city, heading straight to the west.

It is said that Goode led an army of 500,000 men all the way east, and did not encounter any obstacles in this reckless land, and the army advanced all the way to Varanasi, more than 300 miles west of Patna. It was already dark, and Goode ordered the army to be fed on the spot, ready to rest for the night, and then continue the march the next morning. All of a sudden, Varanasi was bustling and lively, and countless bonfires were scattered on the earth, like stars in the sky, and the aroma of meat and rice echoed between heaven and earth.

After a commotion, the entire camp fell silent, and the HRE soldiers and the Tianzhu servants had fallen asleep. However, the lights of the Great Tent were always on, and Marshal Goode was standing in front of the map thinking about the strategy of the march. Although his own strength has an absolute advantage over the Ming army, Gu De, who has fought with the Ming army several times, knows the strength of the Ming army deeply and does not dare to be careless.

Kill! "Enemy! Enemy! "Boom! Bang! Suddenly, there was a loud commotion outside the tent.

Goode was taken aback, and quickly grabbed his sword and ran out of the big tent. Suddenly, I saw fires rising in all directions, and figures were crowded.

Seeing that the enemy was attacking the camp, Goode was taken aback, and hurriedly ordered his own soldiers around him: "Immediately send orders to all armies to assemble and counterattack the enemy!" ”

At this moment, I heard a loud sound of horses' hooves like rolling thunder! Goode hurriedly followed the prestige, and saw thousands of fierce Ming war horses sweeping through the camp of the Tianzhu servant army; I saw that the Tianzhu people scattered and fled, rolling and crawling, and the corpses were flying under the iron hoof blade, and they had no power to fight back in the face of the surprise attack of the Ming Dynasty cavalry! Gude was greatly annoyed, and hurriedly ordered a detachment of troops and horses to be sent to the servant army camp to support.

The pro-soldier took the order and ran down, but as soon as the pro-soldier left, an officer came back and said urgently: "Generalissimo, it's not good, a team of enemy horsemen has raided our baggage!" ”

Goode was taken aback, and hurriedly looked to the west, and sure enough, he saw the tongue of fire rolling, the figures crowded, and the Ming war horses clashed back and forth as if they were in a no-man's land.

After a brief period of confusion, the HRE army quickly assembled to counterattack the Ming army that had entered the camp. Groups of war horses collided and fought with the Ming army, and teams of infantry troops rushed forward like a tidal wave. Although the offensive of the Ming army was fierce, after all, the strength was very limited, and the offensive was quickly contained under the continuous counterattack of the Shinra infantry cavalry. Soon, the battle situation began to reverse, and as the Shenluo infantry cavalry counterattacked head-on, the two wings were outflanked, and the situation became worse and worse for the Daming war cavalry that broke into the Shenluo camp! Teng Ji saw that the situation of the battle was reversed, and more and more Shenluo infantry cavalry joined the battlefield, but he still wanted to raid Gude's Chinese army tent.

In the end, this goal was not achieved, and instead a group of nearly 2,000 horsemen were surrounded by enemy troops. Teng Ji struggled to clash and try to save them, but he rushed away from a heavy enemy army, but two enemy troops surrounded him, and sacrificed his life to kill for a while, not only failed to rescue the surrounded cavalry, but his own brigade was about to fall into the enemy's heavy encirclement.

The lieutenant grabbed Teng Ji, who was red-eyed. Teng Kai glared and roared, "What are you doing? Let go! The adjutant general said urgently: "General, you have forgotten General Huyan Bixian's entrustment!" ”

Teng Ji was shocked. Immediately seeing that the main force was about to fall into a heavy siege, he had to give up his brothers in the siege and lead the main force to the east to fight a bloody road.

Seeing that the main force of the Ming Dynasty rushed out of the encirclement, the Shenluo side did not pursue, and turned around to concentrate on killing the Ming warriors in the encirclement. A heavy infantry army, a heavy cavalry surrounded it, fiercely attacked and killed! Although the Ming Dynasty cavalry was in a heavy encirclement, it was extremely crazy, rushing to kill the enemy's sword mountain guns and forests, one after another, falling in a pool of blood!

The battle lasted a full hour before it was over. Nearly 2,000 Ming warriors in the siege were all killed, and the blood of the war horse warriors stained the earth! Seeing that the Ming army had finally been annihilated, the Shenluo people couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief!

General Muller rushed to Goode and bowed down to report: "Generalissimo, the enemy army that has attacked the camp has been completely annihilated by us!" ”

Goode asked, "Did you catch any prisoners?" Mueller frowned and shook his head, and said, "The last remaining officer also killed himself, everyone was killed, and we didn't capture a single prisoner!" ”

Goode frowned and muttered, "I didn't catch a prisoner!" Then he asked: "What is the situation of the losses of our army?" ”

Muller said: "Our army has suffered eight or nine thousand casualties, and the Tianzhu people have suffered even more heavy casualties, I am afraid that there are nearly 20,000." These losses came second, the biggest loss was the destruction of almost half of our grain and grass, and tens of thousands of horses escaped from the stable! ”

Goode was depressed and muttered to himself, "It's careless! I was too careless! I thought that the Ming army would not dare to attack under such a disparity in strength, but I didn't expect them to not only come, but also attack so quickly! Then he said to Mueller and others: "From now on, as long as it is facing the Ming army, everyone must not be careless, and must be fully prepared!" And they all agreed together.

Goode handed over the aftermath to Müller and other generals, and he returned to the big tent.

As soon as he entered the tent, Goode instructed his soldiers: "Call Master Andrew to me." The soldier said yes, ran down, and after a few moments led Andrew in.

The two saluted each other, and Andrew frowned: "I really didn't expect that the Ming people would be so brave!" In the case of such a disparity in troops, he dared to take the initiative! ”

Goode waved his hand and said: "Although we have been raided, the losses of the Ming people are not small!" These war horses are obviously the elite of the Ming army, and now losing thousands in a battle is also a very painful loss for them! Andrew felt that Goode had a point, and couldn't help but nod.

Goode said: "I called you here because I have something else to ask you. Didn't you say that the three kingdoms of Tianzhu had already agreed to send troops to cooperate with us? Why is there no movement in the three countries to this day? ”

Andrew frowned and said: "I also feel very puzzled, these three countries have obviously agreed to attack the joint army, why have our army attacked for so long but they have not made any movement?" ”

Goode frowned and said, "I'm a little worried about you being tricked by those Tianzhu monkeys right now. Andrew was taken aback and asked, "Is the Generalissimo worried that they will raid our rear?" "Isn't that possible?" Andrew said with some uncertainty: "This, they shouldn't have such courage!" ”

Goode said: "Our current enemy is the Ming Dynasty, and we must not make the slightest mistake in other directions, otherwise, I am afraid that not only will we not be able to defeat the Ming Dynasty and occupy Dhaka and other places, but we will suffer unexpected losses, just like tonight!" ”

Andrew didn't dare to pack tickets for anyone at this point, and asked, "What does the Generalissimo want to do?" Goode said: "The loss of grain and grass in our army is not small, so I simply stayed here for the time being and waited for the grain and grass to come up in the rear." It's also good to see the actions of the three kingdoms during this time. Andrew said: "It would naturally be best if the three countries sent troops according to the agreement, but what if the three countries always held their troops?" ”

Goode said, "That's the other thing I'm going to say. I want you to send another envoy to the three countries to find out the inside story of the three countries. Andrew nodded thoughtfully. Teng Ji led the cavalry back to Batna and pleaded guilty to Huyan Bixian. Huyan Bixian inquired in detail about the fighting Jin Guo, and scolded angrily: "Why are you so reckless! I told you not to fall in love, but you want to fight! We lost 2,000 elite horsemen in vain! ”

Teng Ji was very ashamed, clasped his fists and bowed: "Please punish the general!" "Fart! Punishment has a fart use! Will the fallen soldiers come back to life? Then he said: "Your battle has basically achieved the effect." Originally, it should have been ordered to commend the reward, but because the military order was not allowed to fight, our army lost 2,000 war horses in vain, but it was guilty. Now that the merits and demerits are offset, I will neither report the reward nor punish you. Get up. ”

Teng Ji thanked him and stood up.

Huyan Bixian walked up to Teng Ji, frowned and asked: "Our army's war cavalry is as fast as wind and fire, and its combat power is extremely strong, even if it is encircled, it should be able to break through, why can't it be done this time?" ”

Teng Ji clenched his fists and said: "This Shenluo soldiers and horses are really different from the soldiers and horses of other countries, they were suddenly attacked by our army and suffered heavy losses, but they can still react quickly and gather soldiers and horses to fight back!" After our army fell into a heavy encirclement, although we clashed desperately, the enemy's front was extremely strong, and the counterattack of the war cavalry was unstoppable, so it was difficult for our army to break through! If it hadn't been for my lieutenant who persuaded me in time, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to come back today! ”

Huyan Bixian frowned and asked, "In your opinion, how does the combat effectiveness of this Shenluo soldier compare to our army?" ”

Teng Ji thought for a moment and said, "The Shenluo Infantry Cavalry is well-equipped, well-trained, and extremely powerful!" Except for the will to fight, which may be slightly inferior to our army, the others may be able to compete with our army! ”

Huyan Bi showed a thoughtful expression, and then called a personal soldier and ordered him to immediately report the battle situation to General Shi Liancheng.

By this time, Slen had led the Fifth Army to Bihar south of the Ganges, and the Eighth Army had reached Muzaffarpur to the north of the Ganges.

After Varanasi was attacked by the sudden head-on attack of the Ming cavalry, Goode stood still in Varanasi, while transporting grain and grass to supply military supplies, and on the other hand, he ordered Andrew to send an envoy to the Three Kingdoms, urging them to send troops.

The envoy of the Shinra sent an envoy to the Three Kingdoms of Tianzhu, and the envoy of the Ming Dynasty was also envoy to the Three Kingdoms of Tianzhu. The three kingdoms of Tianzhu were sandwiched between the two powerhouses, and they were in a dilemma, and they were afraid that they would find each other and make them unable to get off the stage, so they trembled and covered up on both sides for fear of leaking the news.

That night, Wu Xing, who was in charge of the Peacock Empire, was sitting under the lamp and reading the flying pigeon biography that Yang Peng had just received. The door creaked open, and deputies Zhao Shuncai and Zhen Riqian walked in quickly. Came to the martial arts table, hugged his fists and said, "My lord! ”

Wu Xing glanced at the two of them, "You guys are here." Then he handed the book in his hand to the two of them, and said excitedly: "This is an order directly issued by His Majesty." When the two heard that it was His Majesty's direct order, they both showed a look of surprise, and hurriedly circulated it, and Zhen Riqian dragged the letter back to the desk with both hands. Zhao Shuncai said: "Your Majesty's intentions are simple and clear. Then he asked curiously, "It's just that how does Your Majesty know that the messenger of the Shinra is indeed here?" ”

Wu Xingdao: "I estimate that there should also be Hua Xu's people here, so Your Majesty can grasp the situation here." The two thought of Hua Xu, who had only heard of his name for a long time, and only felt very mysterious, Zhen Riqian asked curiously: "I heard some rumors that Hua Xu's great commander is a mother, I don't know if it's true?" ”

Wu Xing said angrily: "Don't go to the hall for these things." Zhen Riqian's heart sank, and he bowed down to promise. At this moment, the entourage had already rushed in and reported: "My lord, there is a Han man dressed in Tianzhu costumes sneakily coming to the back door to see your lord!" Then he presented an object, "This is a token of the person who came." Wu Xing took the token and looked at it, his expression moved, and he hurriedly ordered: "Invite him quickly!" The attendant said yes and ran down.

Zhen Riqian asked curiously, "Do you know the person who came?" Wu Xing showed the token to the two and said, "Look." The two saw that the token was a swarthy iron plaque, with two extraordinarily strong characters engraved on it: Hua Xu. I couldn't help but feel a stir in my heart.

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