When Quaid saw that the other party did not kill him, he couldn't help but be moved in his heart, and bowed down with his hand on his chest and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for sparing my life!" Then he sighed infinitely and said: "I have long heard that the Ming Emperor is invincible in the world, I didn't believe it at first, but today I completely believe it!" ”

Yang Peng said: "Go back and tell Boehner and ask him to act according to the previous agreement." I respect you HRE soldiers, don't insult yourselves! ”

Quaid nodded, bowed slightly to Yang Peng, and then turned his horse's head and returned to the mountain. Yang Peng turned his horse's head and returned to the military formation.

Yan Ji greeted her, and said with admiration and admiration on her face: "My husband is really brave and brave in the world!" ”

Yang Peng laughed.

Yan Ji looked at the mountain, frowned, and said, "Although the husband made a gambling contract with that Bona, I am afraid that they will not abide by the gambling contract." Yang Peng said with a smile: "Whether you abide by the gambling contract or not, it's up to him!" If he didn't keep his bet, it would be easy to destroy them! Yan Ji didn't quite understand what her lover meant for a while.

As soon as Quaid returned to Bona, he immediately turned over and dismounted and pleaded: "Your Excellency, Marshal, I have been defeated, please punish you!" Boehner frowned and said, "It's not your fault, it's that the opponent is too strong!" I had long heard of the prestige of the Ming Emperor, but I didn't expect him to be so brave! You are already one of the few warriors in our HRE army, and you are no match for him! ”

Quaid: "Your Excellency, according to the bet, we have lost, and we should lay down our arms and surrender." ”

Boehner frowned, a little unwilling in his heart. Turning his head to look at the soldiers under him, he saw that the soldiers all looked very depressed. I can't help but feel that if I continue to fight with the Ming Army at this moment, I am afraid that it will be no different from sending him to death. Bona sighed, nodded and said, "We lost, keep the bet!" When the brave HRE soldiers heard this, although they were a little disappointed in their hearts, they did not object.

Soon after, Boehner led the remnants of his defeated army down the hill, laid down his arms, and surrendered to the Ming army.

Yang Peng immediately left a small group of soldiers and horses to guard the prisoners, and he himself led the main army to the west. According to Yang Peng's previous plan, he first lured Bona to lead the main force out of the city to annihilate him, and then captured the city. Now that the first step is complete, it's time for the second step.

It is said that Bonn led the remnants of the cavalry to break out of the siege and fled all the way to Khoramabad. The war cavalry led by Shi Ping was in hot pursuit. Not far from the outside of the city, the two sides had a big battle, how could the Shenluo war cavalry who was fleeing in a hurry be able to defeat the Ming war cavalry that rushed forward like a wolf and a tiger, and was killed so that people were on their backs and turned over corpses all over the field! Bonn led the remnants of the defeated army to the west, and finally rushed into the city gates! The Ming war cavalry led by Shi Ping immediately arrived and immediately attacked the city! Fortunately, the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate closed the city gate in time, and the Ming war cavalry failed to rush into the city!

Bonn was so frightened that he immediately climbed the city wall.

Soon after, the remaining general Dimu received news and came to the city wall. Seeing that Bonn was frightened like a lost dog, and that there were more than 10,000 Ming war horsemen approaching the city outside the city, he couldn't help but have a bad premonition in his heart, and asked Bonn: "General Bonn, what happened?" How did you get back? What about Your Excellency Marshal? ”

Bonn shook his head and said, "The enemy is simply a fake retreat, we fell into their ambush, except for me who led this cavalry to break out of the encirclement, everyone else is trapped in the enemy's encirclement!" Dimu's face changed. Born hurriedly said to Dimu: "Dimu, we have to gather troops to rescue His Excellency the Marshal!" ”

Di Mu said angrily: "How is this possible! There are only so many defenders in the city, and most of them are servant troops with little combat effectiveness! Not to mention going to the rescue of His Excellency the Marshal, I am afraid that as soon as I leave the city, I will be immediately swept away by the Ming Dynasty cavalry outside the city! ”

Bonn asked in a panic, "Shall we not care about His Excellency the Marshal?" ”

Di Mu frowned and said, "It's not that we don't want to take care of it, but we can't manage it at all!" Now that even the city may not be able to hold it, where can I go to rescue the marshal! I mean, concentrate the remaining forces in your hands and lose the city, and at the same time hurry to your majesty to send reinforcements! Bonn couldn't think of a better way, so he nodded helplessly.

The soldiers and civilians in the city heard that the main force of Bona's department was annihilated, Bona's life and death were unknown, and the Ming army was about to descend to the city, so they couldn't help but panic! People only feel that this time the situation seems to be completely different from the last time, and the city is afraid of danger!

The people in the city were panicking, and Dimu and Bonn were hastily arranging defenses. Now there are only more than 30,000 servants left in the city, and 5,000 regular troops, and the situation is very serious.

Early the next morning, the rumbling of war drums suddenly sounded outside the city, and everyone couldn't help but be terrified.

Bonn and Dimu hurried to the city wall, and they couldn't help but be shocked when they saw the huge Ming army surging like a tidal wave. Dimu hurriedly ordered the armies to prepare for battle. The HRE army was fine, but the Persian servant army was flustered and their morale was turbulent.

Yang Peng looked at the situation in the city on horseback, and said to the generals around him with a smile: "The Shenluo army is not as good as the ordinary army, and at this moment, it still wants to hold the city!" Yang Jing shouted impatiently: "Big brother, give the order to attack the city!" ”

Yang Peng smiled, and immediately raised the iron horse lance and waved it forward. The war drums rang out like thunder, and thousands of Ming assault troops immediately shouted and surged towards the city, because they didn't have time to make siege equipment, so they only carried the most rudimentary ladders.

Seeing the Ming army rushing up, Di Mu immediately ordered the artillery to fire. Nearly 100 cannons on the city wall immediately roared, and the whistling cannonballs flew into the Ming army, smashing the flesh and blood of the Ming soldiers, and the scene stirred up countless huge ripples in the rolling waves! However, the fierce artillery fire did not stop the Ming army's advance, and in a blink of an eye, the Ming army rushed through the range of the enemy's artillery blockade and rushed into the dead corner area of artillery fire!

Dimu immediately ordered the crossbowmen to shoot. The crossbowmen fired arrows one after another, and the arrows flew all over the sky, like flying locusts, only to see that the Ming officers and soldiers continued to fall to the ground with arrows!

The Ming army used its shield to resist the opponent's arrows, and still rushed towards the city wall! The dense arrows finally failed to stop the Ming army, and they were rushed to the city by the Ming army! Immediately, I saw a cloud ladder erected, and the Ming soldiers bit their long knives and climbed bravely! Dimu and Bonn shouted hysterically, and the HRE soldiers kept unleashing arrows, throwing rolling stones and logs, and pouring boiling water and oil! I saw that the soldiers of the Ming army continued to fall down from the ladder, and the casualties were not small, but they continued to move forward one after another, and finally, there were Ming soldiers who climbed the city! Immediately a bloody battle broke out in the city! The Ming soldiers who rushed to the head of the city slashed and killed, but the enemy surrounded them on all sides, and the spears and knives attacked together, and the Ming soldiers couldn't resist it, and immediately fell in a pool of blood!

However, the HRE army has just eliminated the Ming soldiers who have climbed to the top of the city here, and there are more Ming soldiers on that side to grab the head of the city. At the beginning, the battle situation was favorable to the Shinra side, but as more and more Ming soldiers ascended to the top of the city, the situation gradually became unfavorable to the HRE side! The Ming soldiers were like wolves and tigers, and as soon as they landed on the top of the city, they wielded long knives and slashed wildly, and the HRE army at the head of the city gradually couldn't resist! Seeing this scene, Di Mu hurriedly transferred the regular army to this side of the city to resist the onslaught of the Ming army! As the regular troops of the HRE arrived on the battlefield one after another, the precarious situation on the HRE side was gradually reversed! Only the regular army of the Shenluo can fight against the Ming army, and those servant troops are like sheep in front of the Ming army, often a dozen or even dozens of people are killed by a few Ming soldiers and scatter and flee!

Seeing that the situation was gradually stabilizing, Di Mu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

However, at this moment, a loud shout was heard from the north. Di Mu was shocked and hurriedly sent someone to check the situation at the North City Gate. Before the people sent left, some defeated soldiers rushed down in a hurry, and hurriedly reported: "Oh no, General, the north gate has been broken by the enemy!" Di Mu was shocked, and immediately understood the opponent's strategy. The opponent clearly deliberately stormed the east gate, but ambushed a force outside the north gate. When they brought in all their troops and horses in order to resist the attack of the east gate, the army they were ambushing outside the north gate suddenly launched. At this time, there were no defenders on the east gate, how to resist the onslaught of the Ming tiger and wolf, it was naturally broken in one attack.

Dimu knew that the city was no longer defendable, and immediately ordered the city to abandon and retreat westward.

After learning the news that the north gate was broken, the army guarding the east gate couldn't help but be in turmoil. Immediately, it could not resist the onslaught of the Ming army, and the defense line was crumbling again. At this time, there was another order for Dimu to retreat, who would still be in love with the war this time! So everyone rushed to run, and the retreat instantly turned into a big collapse! The regular army of the HRE is still in order, and the servant army is like a flock of chickens that have broken into the wolves and tigers, completely exploding, throwing away their armor and wolves rushing around, like headless flies!

The Ming army broke through the east gate, and the strong soldiers swarmed in and swept over! Those with big lives escaped from the city, and those with bad lives became ghosts under the sword of the Ming army! The Ming army captured Khoramabad in one fell swoop! Immediately, Yang Peng left a part of the soldiers and horses to guard Horamabad, and personally led all the other soldiers and horses to march south! The war riders are in front, the infantry is behind, sweeping all the way! More than ten cities either fell in the wind, or were broken by the fierce Ming army! In just a few days, all the cities and passes from Horamabad to the sea were taken by the Ming army! Yes, the connection between the HRE Empire and the Tianzhu region has been completely cut off!

Catherine, who was leading a large army to Persia, received an urgent report from the front, and learned of the fall of almost all southern Persia, including Horamabad, and immediately summoned the accompanying generals to discuss the matter.

Catherine brought the most elite Imperial Guard with the Empire, a total of 100,000 troops, accompanied by two generals, the generals of the Imperial Guard's infantry and cavalry. The man who led the Imperial Guard infantry was named Marcel, a tall and thin man with a constant glint of wisdom in his eyes; The Imperial Guard cavalry was led by the name of Loew, a majestic man with a golden face and a lion-like beard.

Marcel and Loew were summoned to Catherine's cabin. Some of you may be surprised when you see the word 'cabin', but it's not surprising. After leaving the imperial capital, Catherine led her army south, boarding a ship in the port of Venice and heading from the water to the Middle East. Prepare to land in the Middle East before heading overland to the Persian region. Today, an army of 100,000 is sailing mightily across the Mediterranean Sea in a huge fleet.

Marcel and Loew saluted Catherine. Catherine said to the two: "I just received a military report that Bona was defeated in southern Persia, and now almost all of Persia has fallen into the hands of the Ming Dynasty. ”

The two generals were shocked when they heard the news suddenly, and Marcel frowned: "The Persian region is lost, and our connection with the Tianzhu region has almost been completely cut off!" I really didn't expect that after the successive defeats in the Khorezm region, the Persian region was defeated one after another! ”

Loew said: "A lot of people in the country blame the previous failures on accidents! How can there be a reason for accidents to appear one after another! ”

Catherine said: "I have long said that the Ming army is very strong, unexpectedly strong!" If the Ming Army's strongest opponent of the empire could not clearly understand this, there would be crushing defeats like the Khwarazm region and the Persian region! ”

stood up, walked to the window, looked at the calm sea outside the window, and said, "The empire has done its best this time, hoping to defeat Da Ming in one fell swoop!" ”

Turning around, he said, "I called the two of you here mainly to discuss the specific strategy of the march. What do you guys think? ”

Loew said: "Your Majesty, if the armies of our army enter the Persian region, the strength of the army will far exceed that of the Ming Dynasty. According to the current situation, our army can almost be said to be victorious, and the only thing to worry about is that the Ming army will flee back to the Khorezm area, and then flee back to China! Therefore, I think that before the main forces of all the departments will launch a full-scale attack, we should urge the Byzantine Empire to send troops as soon as possible to cut off the retreat of the Ming army from the direction of the Caspian Sea! Only in this way will we be able to completely annihilate the elite army led by the Ming Emperor in the Persian region! ”

Marcel nodded, "I agree with Loew's suggestion." ”

Catherine nodded, "I think so too." Then he said to Marcel: "On the side of the Byzantine Empire, you have to keep urging. Report any situation immediately. Marcel bowed in agreement.

Catherine pondered: "All the land forces of our army will be concentrated on the front of Persia, and when the time comes, we will attack in an all-out way, and strive to defeat the Yanyun army in one fell swoop!" Suddenly remembering something, he asked Marcel: "Is there any news from Mo Haotian?" Marcel immediately said, "I was about to report to Your Majesty." Just now I received a flying pigeon message from Mo Haotian, Mo Haotian said in the book that his side was going very well, and as soon as the time came, he immediately launched it and attacked the heart of Daming! ”

Catherine nodded.

Loew said puzzledly: "I don't know what time he is waiting for, can't he attack now?" ”

Catherine sneered: "He's waiting for the full-scale battle between us and Da Ming to begin!" This fox is really shrewd! ”

Loew scoffed, and said angrily: "Even a person like him actually wants to be the king and hegemon!" He doesn't understand at all that the most important thing for a king is temperament, not conspiracy! ”

Catherine waved her hand and said, "Okay, let's not talk about that guy." If that guy starts a rebellion within the Ming Dynasty, it will have some effect on the empire winning this big war. Then he frowned, "What I'm most worried about now is Marshal Goode!" The purpose of the Ming army's deliberate attack on the Persian region was obviously not to occupy Persia, but to attack the Gude and them. I don't know what Yan Yunren wants to do? Let's hope Goode can hold the line! ”

After Yang Peng swept through the southern region of Persia, he immediately concentrated almost all the troops in Persia to the west, preparing to deal with the attack of the HRE army. Yang Peng himself personally led an army of 60,000 troops to garrison Khoramabad.

The 50,000 regular HRE troops and more than 100,000 Arab servants in the Arab region did not dare to advance further when they reached the Baghdad region west of Khoramabad. Taken by the prestige of the Ming army, this HRE army did not dare to attack rashly.

When Yang Peng learned of this, he wanted to take the opportunity to raid Baghdad. However, before this plan was spoken, an urgent military intelligence arrived. The 100,000 regular HRE troops and 50,000 servant troops stationed in South Arabia appeared in Basra and fought against the HRE army in Baghdad. Yang Peng had no choice but to cancel the plan to raid Baghdad. Then the military reports continued to come, and the various armies of the HRE entered the Arab region one after another, and finally the news that the Empress Catherine herself led 100,000 Imperial Guards landed in Beirut and marched eastward.

Yang Peng summoned the generals to discuss in the big tent. Yang Peng briefly told the generals about the current situation. Yang Jingden shouted: "His grandmother's! There are so many soldiers and horses, and the total number of soldiers and horses from all walks of life exceeds one million! ”

Shi Ping said: "To be exact, more than 1.2 million. Among them, there are 550,000 regular troops of the HRE, and the rest are servant armies from all over the country. Don't talk about the servant army, but with these 550,000 regular troops, with our current strength, I'm afraid it will ......."

Yang Jing immediately glared and said, "I'm afraid of him!" I'm only worried that my pair of board axes won't be enjoyable! ”

Everyone couldn't help but smile.

Yang Peng pondered for a moment, and then said to the generals: "The change in the enemy situation has not exceeded expectations, and the original plan remains unchanged. Glancing at the generals, he said, "Everyone get ready." The generals got up and answered, and they rushed out.

After everyone left, Yan Ji couldn't help but ask, "Husband, can we win this battle?" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "Why do you ask this?" ”

Yan Ji frowned and said: "The concubine feels that this time is different from the past, it seems, it seems to be ......"

Yang Peng smiled: "It seems that the enemy is not weaker than us at all, and even stronger in some places, right?" ”

Yan Ji nodded, looked at her lover worriedly, and said: "The current situation, although we have isolated the army of Gude, but we ourselves are trapped in Persia, and the situation we are facing is only more dangerous than that of Gude!" I think the outcome of this big battle seems to depend on whether we can't resist it first or Goode can't hold it first! ”

Yang Peng showed surprise and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to see the key point of this war!" ”

Yan Ji glanced at her lover, and said angrily: "No matter how I say it, I am also your wife, no matter how stupid I am, I can learn more or less by following you for so long!" Yang Peng laughed.

Yan Ji frowned, "The outcome of the battlefield on the road is unpredictable, and the situation on the sea seems to be even more dangerous!" With the superiority of the forces of the Shinra, I am really worried about whether Wang Hai and Wang Rong will be able to resist them! Then he asked with concern, "Husband, the battle on the sea should have begun, right?" ”

Yang Peng nodded and said, "According to the time, it should be the prelude." ”

Yan Ji said worriedly: "Since the war has already started, why is there no news coming?" ”

Yang Peng held Yan Ji's slender hand, patted it, and said with a smile: "There is no news, then it is good news!" Yan Ji felt that what her lover said made sense, so she couldn't help but smile and nodded.

Yang Peng stood up, walked to the door, looked at the heavy dark clouds in the sky, and muttered: "We have already done what we should do now, and the final success or failure depends on God's will!" He turned around and smiled: "It's up to people to make things happen, and it's up to heaven to make things happen!" Yan Ji stepped forward, looked at her lover's face, sighed, and said, "I really admire my husband!" How can you be so calm in such a tense situation! I can still laugh! ”

Yang Peng looked around, leaned into Yan Ji's ear, and whispered, "You don't know, I'm pretending!" ”

Yan Ji was stunned for a moment, and then glanced at her lover angrily, she thought he was joking.

When Catherine arrived in Baghdad, she immediately made some arrangements and divided her army into three groups at the same time Qom, Horamabad, and Ahvaz. These three cities are the three nodes guarded by the Ming army, and if Catherine wants to break the Ming army's interception, she needs to break through at least one point in these three points. And the most critical of these three points is undoubtedly Horramabad, which Yang Peng personally handled. As mentioned above, the Ming army guarding here has a total of 60,000 people, all of whom are elite divisions directly under the legion.

Catherine divided her troops into three routes, and she herself led the middle road directly to the city of Horamabad, and the joint camp was more than ten miles, and the momentum was impressive.

On this morning, just as Yang Peng was discussing military affairs with the generals, a personal officer rushed in and reported: "Your Majesty, there is a Shinra officer outside the city gate, saying that it is the messenger of the Shinra Empress Catherine, and there is a letter from Catherine to be handed over to Your Majesty!" ”

Everyone raised their heads, and Yan Ji looked at her lover's side face with a very strange expression.

Yang Peng said: "Bring that person in." ”

The officer answered and ran down, and soon after, the officer led in with a Shinra officer. When the Shenluo officer saw Yang Peng, he immediately made a Westerner's usual chest salute and said, "I've seen His Majesty the Ming Emperor!" Then he took out a letter and said, "This is a handwritten letter from Her Majesty the Empress to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty." Yan Ji immediately walked down, took the letter, and then handed it to Yang Peng.

Yang Peng took the letter, and a familiar fragrance poured into his nasal cavity, and the past came to his heart.

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