Chapter 972, the sound of the east and the west
The two sides fought endlessly, killing corpses all over the field, and killing blood into a canal! The Ming warriors died one by one, blood spilled on the battlefield, but the HRE side did not get a single bargain, the corpses were layered, the blood cement was muddy, and they were slowly advancing the pace of victory at an extremely heavy price.
Catherine couldn't help frowning when she heard the sound of the great battle going on for a long time without the slightest intention of abating. For a while, I was worried that I would be broken out by the Ming army, and for a while, I was worried that Yang Peng would not be hurt in this desperate fight of thousands of troops.
Woooooo …… The sound of a hurried horn suddenly sounded loudly. Catherine couldn't help but retract her thoughts, and looked in the direction from which the trumpet came, and her heart could not help but be surprised. Because this sudden sound of the horn does not mean anything else, but indicates that the enemy is attacking! Catherine couldn't figure out for a moment what enemy would attack her camp. Didn't the Ming army pour out and break through to the east?
Before Catherine could finish her thoughts, the sound of a rumbling wave was mixed with a rapid slashing and screaming. Catherine's face changed slightly, although she couldn't see the specific situation here, but listening to this voice, it seemed that the situation was very bad.
Catherine was about to send someone to check on the situation, when Bona rushed over in a hurry and said urgently: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! ......" Catherine asked urgently, "What is going on?" Bohner pointed to the north and said urgently: "Emperor Daming personally led the elite to attack our camp!" It's the Ming Iron Rider, we can't resist it at all! ”
As if it was in response to his words, a loud noise came from the mountains and seas, and it seemed that it was very close to the big tent, which was thrilling.
Catherine was not afraid of danger, drew her sword, and shouted: "Order all the armies to fight back with all their might!" Bona immediately raised his sword and shouted, "Come with me!" Then he led a group of officers and soldiers to the north. At the same time, the Shinra soldiers who stayed in the camp quickly assembled to counterattack the Ming army. Yang Peng led the Daming Iron Cavalry all the way forward, breaking through the army and breaking through the formation, stepping on thousands of troops, like a bamboo, and moving forward! Although the Shenluo army kept rushing up and desperately resisting, where could it withstand the impact of the Daming Iron Cavalry, and they were rushed to the ground with corpses all over the ground!
Yang Peng took the lead, and there was no one under the iron horse! The front team of the HRE army couldn't resist and retreated one after another, and the soldiers and horses behind were all in chaos! The soldiers and horses in the back saw that all the soldiers and horses in front of them were defeated and retreated, and the sound of iron hooves in front of them was incessant, like a landslide and the ground cracked, and they couldn't help but panic in their hearts, so those HRE troops who had not yet joined the battle quickly turned around and fled for their lives with the rout soldiers who had fled!
At the same time, another group of Ming infantry cavalry stormed into the Shenluo military camp from the west, and the Shenluo army was even more unable to resist, and there was a great defeat like a mountain.
Catherine saw that the whole camp was in disarray, and her own soldiers and horses were defeated, and she could not help but be shocked and angry, and at the same time very confused.
Bona stumbled in front of Catherine and said urgently: "Your Majesty, the enemy's iron cavalry is so powerful that many of us have died and we can't resist it, and the army has collapsed!" Withdraw! At this moment, there was a sudden rumbling sound not far away, and I saw that I don't know how many Daming iron horsemen rushed out, and their own soldiers were running over with rolling and crawling, and they fell to the ground one after another under the opponent's iron hoof blade, blood and water flew wildly, and the screams were endless!
Bona was so frightened that he could no longer care about the etiquette between the kings and ministers, and quickly grabbed Catherine and fled in the direction where there was no movement.
The Great Ming Tiger Wolf galloped through the HRE camp and suddenly entered a no-man's land, killing people and setting fire at the same time, and the entire camp became like a hell.
The Shenluo army, which was besieging and breaking through the Ming army, suddenly saw the fireworks in the direction of the camp illuminating half of the night sky, and they couldn't help but be shocked and shocked. The armies were worried about Catherine's safety, and they abandoned the current Ming army and rushed to the camp to rescue! And the Ming army led by Huyan Chijin no longer broke through, but retreated to the mountains. The fierce fighting in the east quickly came to an end.
The various HRE armies hurried to the camp one after another. However, I saw only corpses all over the ground, a sea of fire, and as for the shadow of the enemy, I did not see half of it. Just when the generals were panicking, a team came from the south, and everyone hurriedly looked over, and saw Her Majesty the Empress surrounded by a large group of soldiers. Everyone was pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly greeted them.
Catherine looked at the burning camp in front of her, and said angrily, "I have calculated everything, but I still can't count him!" It's disgusting! Then he asked the generals: "You have come to my rescue, has the enemy broken through?" Loew hurriedly said: "No, they retreated up the mountain!" ”
Catherine was surprised, "What? Did they retreat up the mountain? What's going on? ”
The generals looked at each other and shook their heads.
At this moment, the killing sound on the mountain was loud and the flames were in the sky. Everyone was startled and hurriedly followed the sound to look towards the mountain. I saw the figures in the glittering firelight of the mountains, as if they were in a big battle!
Catherine exclaimed, "Not good! Then he shouted to the generals: "Attack the mountain at once!" The generals agreed one after another, and waved their troops up the mountain. Catherine looked at the murderous mountain, her brow furrowed tightly.
What's going on here? It turned out that before the start of the battle, Catherine ordered Marcel to immediately lead the main force occupying the fortress of Amole to occupy the camp of the Ming army once the Ming army broke through, and then attacked the Ming army from behind. However, tonight's situation was completely different from Catherine's previous expectations, and at this moment, Marcel's troops and horses, who were obviously ordered to occupy the camp of the Ming army, were ambushed on the mountain.
Catherine's guess was absolutely correct. Just now, Marcel led the troops into the camp of the Ming army on the mountain, but as soon as he entered the camp, there was a sudden fire all around, and the Ming army was like a wolf and a tiger from all directions! Marcel and the others thought that they would not encounter any resistance at all, so they were only shocked to see such a scene! Before he could react, he was rushed to pieces by the Ming elite! Immediately, the Ming army retreated to the north, and almost at the same time, the fire on the mountain suddenly spread wildly, and in the blink of an eye, the entire mountain was submerged! Countless Shinra soldiers were burned into burning men by the flames, screaming and running wildly, and as a result, such behavior made the already fierce fire even more uncontrollable!
Marcel wanted to flee for his life, but he saw flames in all directions, and there were officers and soldiers and war horses who were burned miserably and screamed everywhere, where was there a way to escape!
Seeing that he was about to die in the flames, Marcel suddenly saw a small waterhole formed by the mountain stream, and as if he had seen a life-saving straw, he ran away and plunged into the waterhole with a thud. A moment later, the flames roared, and everywhere they went, nothing escaped the fire demon's clutches.
At the same time, the main forces of the Shinra forces, which were coming up the mountain, were blocked by the increasingly fierce fire and could not advance, and were forced to retreat down the mountain. Watching the fire burn, I didn't know what to do, and the constant screams made everyone's scalps tingle.
It is said that Marcel led the main force to occupy the mountain according to the orders of Catherine, leaving only a general named Karl to guard the fortress of Amore.
Standing on the fortress, Karl and the others couldn't help but be frightened and worried about General Marcel's situation when they saw the flames on the mountain rushing into the sky like the legendary Satan had rushed out of the underworld.
At this moment, I saw the defeated army rushing straight down from the mountain and under the city wall. A man shouted, "Open the gates!" ”
Karl couldn't see who the other party was in the dark night, but felt that they were the defeated soldiers who had retreated from the mountain, so he immediately ordered someone to open the city gate.
However, what Karl did not expect was that as soon as the rout entered the city, they suddenly attacked their companions. The officers and soldiers guarding the city gate were caught off guard, and countless people were killed in an instant, and the rest of them ran away with rolling and crawling. Seeing that the situation was not right, Karl immediately led his army to the city gate to counterattack. At this time, Karl saw clearly that these soldiers were coming, all of them were Eastern faces, and they were clearly the Ming Army. Karl was furious and led his army into battle with the other party.
On the other side, Catherine saw the flames rolling on the mountain, and suddenly her heart moved, and she hurriedly said to Bona: "Bona, you immediately lead all the troops here to cross the mountain from the path to support the fortress of Amole!" When Boehner heard this, he was shocked and understood, but then said hesitantly: "But, it is Your Majesty's comfort!" Catherine was in a hurry, glaring and shouting, "Go! Bona did not dare to disobey, and immediately led all the soldiers and horses left behind to run towards the path on the mountain.
Fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and horses climbed as hard as before and reached the top of the mountain. Looking up, I saw that the fortress of Amole on the coast of the Caspian Sea seemed to be calm and there was nothing wrong with it.
Bona did not dare to delay, and immediately led his army down the mountain and went straight to the fortress of Amole. He went straight to the city and shouted, "I am Marshal Bona, who is the guard?" Come out and talk! ”
At this moment, a fire suddenly lit up on the city, and Bona squinted at the sudden firelight. Then I saw where the soldiers of their Shenluo Army were standing on the city wall, all of them were oriental faces, wearing animal-faced helmets unique to the East, wearing heavy armor, murderous, clearly terrifying Ming soldiers! Bona and the others couldn't help but be shocked.
At that moment, arrows rained down on the city. The officers and soldiers of the HRE were caught off guard, and many people were killed and injured when they turned over on their horses. Boehner hurriedly waved his army and retreated.
Knock knock ......! The war drums of the Ming Dynasty rumbled loudly. Immediately, the fire on the north and south sides appeared, and I saw countless Da Ming step riders rushing out of the darkness, like tigers and wolves, like demons!
The HRE soldiers were terrified, but after all, they were all elite divisions that had been war-torn for a long time, and they were not chaotic in the face of such an unexpected situation, and they quickly formed a formation under Bona's orders, and saw that several round formations were about to appear!
However, the speed of the Ming army was faster than them, and more than 10,000 Ming war cavalry divided into several teams broke into the Shenluo army formation like a wolf pack.
The Shinra soldiers couldn't form a formation, so they simply howled and besieged the Ming war horse. The combat effectiveness of the HRE army is not a joke, and the Ming war cavalry that broke into the HRE army formation saw people on their backs, and the situation was very bad.
At this moment, the Daming Iron Cavalry, all teams of infantry broke into the enemy formation, rushing and rushing forward, killing the flesh and blood of the HRE soldiers in a moment! And the Daming war cavalry that had previously broken into the enemy formation was desperately messing around, slashing and killing, and rushing indiscriminately inside it. The HRE army couldn't resist the path they had always taken and retreated. The Ming army refused to let go of the Shenluo army, and the infantry cavalry kept chasing and killing, the iron hooves galloped vertically and horizontally, and the infantry army shouted and pursued! The HRE army is indeed extraordinary, at this time, there is no chaos, the army is fighting and retreating, although the situation is worrying, but the rules are still there. A group of backward Shenluo troops were wiped out by the Ming army, and they saw that one by one the Shenluo soldiers were cut down by the tiger-like Ming army!
Unconsciously, the two sides chased and retreated and came to the foot of the mountain. Boehner hastened to order a small force to fight back in peacetime, and then he led the main force up the hill.
When the Ming army eliminated the small force that came to block it, it was seen that the main force of the enemy army had retreated to the mountain. Yang Peng saw that the mountain was steep, and he was afraid that the gains would outweigh the losses if he pursued further, so he ordered all the troops to stop the pursuit and retreat into the fortress of Amole. Da Ming Buqi quickly retreated.
Bona couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw the Ming army retreating. He immediately ordered people to check the losses, and found that his soldiers and horses had actually lost more than 20,000 people, and he couldn't help but be shocked and shocked. After thinking about it, he left 5,000 men to guard this steep path, and he led the large army back.
Catherine saw Boehner coming over with his head pulled, and knew that he must not have succeeded, and perhaps even ate the turtle. Upon inquiry, it was exactly as she expected.
Bona couldn't help but sigh: "This Ming Emperor is really terrifying!" Not to mention now, even in thousands of years of history, there has never been such a terrible person! He was able to turn defeat into victory in such a desperate situation, completely shattering our encirclement! ”
Catherine snorted and muttered, "This hateful man is clearly bullying me!" At this point, there was a look of tears in his beautiful eyes. Then he cleaned up his mood and asked, "How big are the losses of our army?" ”
Boehner sighed and said, "The details have not yet been counted, but the losses must be very heavy!" If nothing else, just Marcel's part, if not all of them were wiped out, it would be pretty much the same. ”
Catherine frowned, and ordered, "Let the army re-encamp and rest, and wait until the fire is extinguished." Bona answered, and immediately sent someone to give the order. The HRE army retreated to a place more than ten miles west of the original camp, and set up a new camp by the mountains and rivers. And the fire was still burning at the moment, burning for three days and three nights before it gradually went out. Fortunately, the valleys and cliffs on this mountain range are dense, so the fire did not spread uncontrollably, but only burned the original Ming army camp and its surrounding areas to charcoal.
As soon as the fire was extinguished, Catherine sent people to search the mountain. A short time later, an officer led a few soldiers and carried a dark, completely unsightly man to the camp and reported: "Your Majesty, we have found General Marcel in a waterhole on the mountain. Everyone was shocked, and hurriedly looked at Marcel lying on the stretcher, but he couldn't recognize it at all, the person in front of him was in tatters, his hair was scorched and yellow, and the whole person was blacker than the blackest Moor, where was there a little shadow of Marcel!
Catherine hurriedly walked up to Marcel's side and comforted, "Don't worry, you're safe now." ”
Marcel said weakly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty ......"
Catherine immediately called the medical officer and ordered him to take Marcel down for treatment. Then Catherine asked the officer, "What is the situation on the mountain?" Are there any other survivors besides Marcel? The officer shook his head with a look of fear, and said, "It's miserable! The mountains were densely packed with charred corpses everywhere, especially a valley where charred corpses filled the small valley! We didn't find any survivors other than Marcel! ”
Bona couldn't help but say: "Emperor Ming's methods are really ruthless!" ”
Catherine glanced at everyone and said angrily, "I don't think anyone thinks our opponent is easy to deal with right now!" Everyone didn't speak, at this moment, if anyone still asked the Ming Army, then he was either a fool or a madman.
Catherine thought for a moment and asked, "Tell me, what are we going to do now?" ”
Everyone looked at each other, and Loew came out and said: "Your Majesty, we have paid such a big price, if we can't completely annihilate this Ming army, we won't be able to explain to our subjects in the country at all!" Please give your Majesty's order, and our army will immediately cross the mountains and capture the fortress of Amole! The generals shouted one after another, all like stimulated beasts.
Catherine didn't speak, looking at Boeau. Bohner said: "Your Majesty, after this setback, our army can't help but suffer heavy losses and low morale. It's not good to force your way in! Then he glanced at everyone and said, "Our opponent is the powerful Ming army, not those Islamists or Arabs. Forcing an attack at this moment will not gain anything at all, except for the vain consumption of our strength. The crowd was depressed, but they couldn't refute it.
Boehner said to Catherine: "Your Majesty, I can only rest for the time being, and wait for the backup and grain and grass to come up before making plans." ”
Catherine nodded, glanced at everyone, and said, "If you don't have any opinions, just do what Marshal Boehner suggests." No one said anything, and Catherine gave the order as Boehner had suggested.
As soon as Catherine returned to the camp, she saw no one and remained alone for a long time. Immediately, Catherine summoned everyone to discuss the big tent, and told everyone what Yang Peng had said, 'My purpose is to destroy the Shenluo army in Tianzhu', and asked everyone what they thought.
When everyone heard this, they only felt incredible. Loew said angrily: "Emperor Ming is simply too arrogant, under such circumstances, he even wants to destroy our army in Tianzhu!" It's impossible! All the generals echoed one after another, and they all looked very angry, saying that the Ming Emperor was too arrogant.
Bohner frowned and said, "That Emperor Ming is even more cunning than a fox, and he must want to disturb us by talking like this!" Then she couldn't help but ask Catherine: "What is the relationship between Your Majesty and the Ming Emperor?" Why did you repeatedly meet privately with the Ming Emperor? The others looked at Catherine with curiosity. If this was in China, most of the courtiers would never dare to ask the emperor about his private affairs. However, the character of the Shinra people is different from that of the Chinese people, although they will say anything to their own king.
Catherine sighed, her beautiful face shining with memory, and murmured, "I will tell you even if you don't ask." Glancing at everyone, "You must not know that Emperor Ming and I have actually known each other for a long time." He saved my life back then, and suffered a lot for me, and I fell in love with him at that time! Seeing that everyone was shocked, he smiled slightly and said, "So, we are lovers." Although everyone had already guessed it, they were still shocked to hear His Majesty the Emperor say it himself. Loew's eyes widened and he said in surprise: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty and the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty are actually lovers?!" This, this is unbelievable! ”
At this point, everyone finally understood one thing, and that was why Her Majesty had not chosen her husband to this day. It turns out that Her Majesty the Empress has long been in her heart! Everyone felt very depressed, but after thinking about it, they felt that today, it seems that only the Ming Emperor is the best partner for His Majesty! Immediately, everyone couldn't help but come for His Majesty. Because Shenluo and Da Ming can be said to be a life-and-death feud at present, I am afraid that His Majesty's affection will never come to fruition.
Catherine raised her voice, "This is my private matter, so don't discuss it anymore." Rest assured, my private affairs will not affect my decision. "People absolutely believe that.
Catherine looked at Bona and asked, "Isn't there any news from Marshal Goode yet?" ”
Boehner shook his head and said, "Not yet, and I don't know what the situation is." But there shouldn't be any problems, and we don't have to worry too much! ”
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.