Goode said angrily: "Where did they get so many soldiers and horses, how can they annihilate your 50,000 army?!" ”

Mueller hurriedly said: "There are many enemies! I can't see it clearly in the night, but I estimate that there should be about 100,000 of them! ”

Goode and the others looked at each other, and General Herm frowned and said, "This thing is too strange! How could the Western Ming Army mobilize so many soldiers and horses? Aren't they afraid of a million-strong army led by His Majesty? Goode frowned and paced back and forth.

Muller said: "General Herm is so right! What an unexpected thing! The Ming army has more than 400,000 soldiers and horses in the Persian region, and the more than 100,000 troops led by His Majesty have more than 600,000 main forces alone! In terms of the strength of the Ming army, there is no chance of victory in the face of such a huge imperial army, how can such a large number of troops be divided to attack the Tianzhu region? It's unexpected, and it's unbelievable! ”

Herm looked at Goode and said worriedly: "The current situation is far beyond our imagination! We are in a very bad situation! ”

Everyone couldn't help frowning, and the atmosphere was very depressing.

Just then, a herald rushed in from outside. Chao Gude saluted and said, "Your Excellency Marshal, Your Majesty's flying pigeon has passed the book." He then presented a letter to Goode.

Goode hurriedly walked down, took the handbook, opened it, and looked at it. His face changed suddenly, and he couldn't help but exclaim: "Two hundred thousand!?" For a moment, the generals didn't understand what Goode was talking about, and they only felt inexplicable. Herm asked, "Your Excellency, what two hundred thousand?" ”

Goode raised the handbook in his hand and said, "Your Majesty said in the handbook that the enemy army in Persia has divided 200,000 soldiers and horses to attack our side, and we should be vigilant!" ”

The generals looked at each other, and Mueller said with a pale face: "I didn't expect it to be 200,000!" Then he said to Goode: "Your Excellency, this matter is serious! The generals whispered, and Goode paced up and down the hall with an anxious look on his face.

Herm asked, "Your Excellency, since the enemy's disposition is completely different from what we had anticipated, has your Majesty not taken any targeted measures?" The people stopped talking and looked at Goode.

Goode realized that he hadn't finished reading the letter, so he quickly picked up the letter again and continued to read it. Raising his head, he said to everyone: "Your Majesty has adjusted the deployment and is leading the army to the east!" "In this way, the situation is not too bad. Although the situation of our army is not very good. However, for Yue Fei's part and Lu Zhishen's Yan Yunjun, the situation is only afraid of being more sinister. Thinking of the current overall situation between the two sides, everyone couldn't help but nodded.

Goode thought, "Now all we have to do is hold on and wait for help!" Hem bowed and said, "Your Excellency Marshal is absolutely right! In today's situation, the enemy has formed a local advantage, but in the overall situation, our Holy Roman Empire still has the advantage! At this moment, you should not think about counterattacking the enemy, you should hold on to the existing land and wait for reinforcements to arrive! The last general absolutely believes that with His Majesty's wisdom and the combat effectiveness of the imperial army, it will not be long before Lu Zhishen's troops come here! The crowd agreed.

Goode had a decision in his mind. glanced at everyone and said loudly: "Our army will stick to it and wait for help!" In addition, the southern armies were immediately ordered to abandon all inconsequential cities and retreat to the big cities of Jaipur, Bhopal, Nagar, Dammam, Mumbai, etc. In any case, the armies must hold out until His Majesty's army arrives! Long live the Empire, long live Your Majesty! The generals shouted in unison: "Long live the Empire, long live Your Majesty!" "I saw that everyone was full of fighting spirit, as if they were determined to fight Yan Yunjun to the end.

Dozens of carrier pigeons flew out of Lucknow, and the generals from all over the south received Goode's flying pigeon message, and immediately obeyed the order, and transferred all the soldiers and horses near him back to the city, and at the same time looted all the money and grain of the nearby people to collect in the city as military supplies, and all those who could not be taken away were burned.

Just after Gude decided to hold on for a few days, the army led by Yang Yanzhao entered the city.

Not long after, Yang Yanzhao met with Shi Liancheng, Shi Liancheng smiled and hugged his fists and said: "General Yang is finally here, my burden can be lifted!" ”

Yang Yanzhao hurriedly humbled himself and said, "The general is polite!" This battle to sweep Tianzhu should still be commanded by the general! ”

Shi Liancheng laughed and said, "General Yang doesn't have to be humble! I admire General Yang's ability very much! Besides, the eldest brother has a flying pigeon message not long ago, asking General Yang to be the commander! General Yang should be the one who does not follow the woman's example! Yang Yanzhao saw Shi Liancheng say this, so he didn't shirk it, and said with a smile: "Since that's the case, then I'm ashamed!" Shi Liancheng made a gesture of please. Yang Yanzhao hugged his fist towards Shi Liancheng, and then went straight to the top and sat down. The generals of the two armies were divided left and right, led by Shi Liancheng.

Yang Yanzhao looked at Shi Liancheng and said, "General, the current situation of separation is actually created by His Majesty, you and I are just following orders to do our best!" ”

Shi Liancheng nodded approvingly, and said, "That's a good point!" If it weren't for the eldest brother personally leading the army to feint, then how could the Empress of Shinra be so easily fooled! The eldest brother has been waiting for such a good situation for us, if we can't sweep away the enemy army in Tianzhu in one fell swoop, we will still face the eldest brother with a face! ”

Yang Yanzhao nodded and said, "What the general said is extremely true! Then he clasped his fists upwards and said: "Your Majesty is a British lord who has not been born for thousands of years, and it is really a blessing for us to follow Your Majesty!" Shi Liancheng said: "Let's not keep talking about these words as men!" A faction of chests, "Men, you should use your own blood to repay!" All the generals present echoed one after another, and they were all very excited.

Yang Yanzhao treated everyone a little quieter, and said: "Although our situation in Tianzhu is favorable, but in terms of the overall situation, our situation is not very good. ”

Shi Liancheng nodded, and then said confidently: "Although the overall situation is not very good! However, I believe that all other armies and generals will fight to the death just like us, and will never let the enemy succeed! I don't want to think too much, I just need to solve Tianzhu's problem wholeheartedly! ”

Yang Yanzhao asked, "What does General Shi Liancheng think?" ”

"My idea is to concentrate my forces and try to capture Lucknow in the shortest possible time. Now not only Gude himself is in Lucknow, but also the main army of the Shinra in Tianzhu is also in Lucknow, as long as Lucknow is captured, the forces of the Shinra in Tianzhu will collapse instantly, and the remaining enemies are just lonely ghosts, and it will be much easier to solve! ”

Yang Yanzhao nodded and said, "General Shi Liancheng's thoughts are naturally high. But I'm afraid we won't be able to break through Lucknow in a short time! Under normal circumstances, it would be okay to spend more time. But in today's situation, time is very precious to us! The enemy needs time, and we can't waste it. The Empress of Shinra is also a once-in-a-millennium hero, and he has discovered that our army is coming east, and he will definitely take corresponding action! In fact, they had already acted, and according to the pigeon biography received from His Majesty two days earlier, the Empress of the HRE had withdrawn the main army from the southern shore of the powerful and headed straight to the east. Its purpose is very clear, obviously to concentrate on solving the crisis that Tianzhu has become in. ”

"Now we only have the defensive force in the west, General Duan Zhixian, and the soldiers and horses are thin, even if they can all be used as ten, I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist in the end. Therefore, General Duan Zhixian could only delay the enemy's footsteps at most. According to my estimate, General Duan Zhixian can buy us a month at most, and we must basically solve the Tianzhu problem within a month, otherwise the situation of the war will probably become unfavorable to us. ”

Shi Liancheng asked, "Is General Yang worried that we won't be able to break Lucknow within a month?" ”

Yang Yanzhao smiled: "Although we have won two big victories in a row before, we all have the element of tricks. General Shi Liancheng took advantage of the enemy's hasty retreat and attacked with all his might while the morale of the army was in turmoil, while our army was ambushed and attacked. But if you want to break Lucknow now, I'm afraid you will have to attack hard! We all know very well the combat effectiveness of the Shenluo army, and it is not weaker than our Ming army! With more than 100,000 main troops and the strong fortress of Lucknow, if our army wants to take it, it will not only take a lot of time, but also sacrifice a lot of troops! Even if we manage to take Lucknow in time, we will suffer heavy losses, and how will we deal with the army of the Empress of the HRE? ”

Shi Liancheng frowned and nodded, and said; "I've also thought about what General Yang said. But what can you do if you don't? As General Yang said, we cannot afford to lose time. Even if there is another way, I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve results in a short period of time. ”

Yang Yanzhao said: "I have a way, and I have to ask General Shi Liancheng for advice." ”

Shi Liancheng was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Yang Yanzhao's confident appearance, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "It turns out that General Yang already has a way!" Come on! Yang Yanzhao smiled slightly, and then told his plan.

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It is said that since Gude made up his mind to wait for reinforcements, he ordered all the armies to be on standby, waiting for the Ming army to attack the city all the time. However, time passed day by day, and for three consecutive days, the Ming army outside the city did not move.

Gude, who had dealt with the Ming army many times, couldn't help but feel that there was some conspiracy on the Ming side? Otherwise, how come it is that after so many days, they still haven't moved? Obviously, time is really on their side, and they can't afford to delay it at all!

On the morning of the fourth day, Goode arrived at the city wall early in the morning. Looking out of the city, there was still silence outside.

Seeing that there was still silence outside the city, Goode felt more and more uneasy in his heart, and asked the general on the side, Herm, "The enemy army still has no movement?" Hem frowned and nodded, "They haven't moved since dawn. It's unsettling! ”

Goode frowned and looked at the silent Daming military camp outside the city, and then asked, "I taught you to send scouts, did you send them?" ”

"It was sent out in the middle of the night last night, but there is still no return."

Goode looked at the Ming military camp outside the city, frowned and muttered, "What kind of conspiracy do they have?" ”

At that moment, the sound of horses' hooves was heard outside the city. Goode and Helm immediately followed the prestige, and saw a fast horse galloping from the wilderness outside. Herm immediately said, "It was the scout I sent out last night." ”

Soon after, the scout galloped into the city and came to the city walls. He saluted Gude and Hem, and then said urgently: "Your Excellency Marshal, Your Excellency General, I found that many troops of the Ming Army have secretly moved south!" ”

Both of them were stunned, and Herm immediately said, "Not good." When they saw that we were unbreakable, they wanted to go and conquer the cities in the south first. ”

Goode nodded, and immediately ordered his own soldiers to pass the order: "Immediately send an order to the generals in the south, and ask them to be careful." The soldiers answered and ran down.

Goode frowned and said worriedly: "Although there are more than 100,000 main forces in the south, they are scattered among five or six cities. If the Ming army concentrates its forces on attacking them, they will definitely not be able to hold it! Herm said excitedly: "Your Excellency, if this is the case, maybe our opportunity has come." Goode was stunned for a moment, then understood what Herm meant, couldn't help but his eyes lit up, nodded vigorously, and said loudly: "Yes, yes, yes!" If that's the case, I'm going to let the Ming people know how powerful we are! Then he said to Herm: "You immediately send more scouts to reconnoiter the enemy's territory!" Hem answered and prepared to go down.

"Wait a minute!" Goode suddenly stopped him. Herm stopped and looked at Goode in bewilderment. Goode frowned and thought, "I can't send out scouts anymore!" If the Ming people feel that their intentions have been discovered by us, we are afraid that they will change their strategy, and our plan will not be able to proceed! Helm felt Goode had a point, and nodded.

Goode smiled, "Just remind the southern generals to be on guard, and don't send out scouts as for them." As soon as the enemy forces attack the southern cities in a big way, we will know immediately, and there is no need to send scouts. Herm nodded, "Your Excellency Marshal is right. ”

In the next few days, Goode waited anxiously for news from the south, and he very much hoped that the main force of the Ming Dynasty would launch an attack on the cities in the south.

On this day, Goode was talking to the generals. A herald suddenly rushed in and said to Goode, "Jaipur and Bhopal have sent a letter for help at the same time!" Then he put the two letters together in front of Goode.

Goode hurriedly opened the two letters, then raised his head and smiled at the generals in front of him: "The enemy army has launched a fierce attack on Jaipur and Bhopal at the same time, and the defenders of both cities are about to be overwhelmed!" All the generals were overjoyed, and Muller said excitedly: "The enemy army attacked two cities at the same time, and the offensive was so fierce, this shows that they have indeed mobilized the main force to the south!" Our fighters have arrived! The crowd asked Gude for battle.

Goode sat and pondered for a while, and said to the generals: "The enemy is menacing and defeating our army, this time I want them to know how powerful we are!" Long live the Empire! The crowd shouted in unison: "Long live the Empire!" ”

Goode said: "The fighter plane has appeared, we can't hesitate, let alone delay!" I've decided to raid the enemy camp tonight! Defeat them in one fell swoop! And the congregation stood up and said yes.

Time passed as the HRE generals waited anxiously, and night finally fell.

Goode ordered Muller to lead 10,000 elite and 20,000 servants to stay in the city, while he himself led all the other soldiers to prepare to leave the city in the middle of the night to surprise the enemy camp.

In the middle of the night, in the dead of night, the night breeze blew softly, swaying the rustle of the treetops.

The gates of Lucknow were quietly opened, and the 100,000 servants and 70,000 Shinra troops quietly came out of the city, with men and horses picking up bells, barely making a sound except for the slightest sound of footsteps.

As soon as the 170,000 army left the city, it was immediately divided into four groups. Three of them were ready to break into the camp of Shi Liancheng's headquarters in the left, center and right, and the other road was ambushed on the road between Shi Liancheng's camp and Yang Yanzhao's camp. According to the estimation of Gude and others, once they broke into the Shi Liancheng camp, Yang Yanzhao was bound to perceive the situation and immediately poured into the nest to help, and this army of soldiers and horses who were ambushed on the road to attack Yang Yanzhao's reinforcements at this time, although they could not completely annihilate Yang Yanzhao's troops, but they could greatly kill and injure Yang Yanzhao's troops and prevent them from rescuing Shi Liancheng's camp. After the Ming army of Shi Liancheng's camp was solved, the army turned around and pounced on Yang Yanzhao's camp to wipe out the Ming army of Shi Liancheng's camp in one fell swoop. The plan of Gude and others can be said to be very sophisticated, and the timing of this attack is also very good, and the Ming army is afraid that it will be more than lucky.

Gu De personally led an army of 130,000 to rush towards Shi Liancheng's camp, seeing that Shi Liancheng's camp was defenseless, Gu De and the others were overjoyed, and even waved the army to pounce up! In an instant, the sound of killing suddenly rose, breaking the silence of the night! The tide of Shinra soldiers smashed through the Ming camp in one fell swoop and rushed in, the Ming army was defenseless, and the enemy army rushed into the camp before they could react!

The HRE army poured into the Ming military camp, setting fire everywhere, and some rushed into the camp tent to kill people.

"Huh? Why no one? Someone suddenly exclaimed. Immediately, similar shouts rang out in all directions, one after another. Goode and the generals rushed into the big tent, only to find that there was not even half a figure in the big tent. After all, Goode and the others were veterans on the battlefield, and when they saw this scene, a bad feeling rose in their hearts, and Goode shouted: "Not good! Evacuate! ”

At this moment, there were loud killings in all directions, and countless torches illuminated the night into day, and under the reflection of the firelight, only shadows and shadows were longing, as if there were countless enemy troops! Just when the HRE soldiers were at a loss, there was a sharp sound of breaking the sky from all directions, and the HRE soldiers were caught off guard and were shot down countless times! At the same time, the sound of war drums was earth-shattering, and the Ming war cavalry divided into several ways to guide a large number of infantry to roar and rush straight up, and the tiger roared and the dragon rushed into the enemy army. It was impossible for the Shinra generals to line up in a hurry, and they were killed in a moment, and their corpses were bloodied and suffered heavy losses!

Goode and others hurriedly organized soldiers and horses to resist desperately, and the two sides fought bloodily and fought together. Although the HRE generals were in a very disadvantageous situation, they did not collapse, and they all followed the generals to fight desperately! Although the Ming army has the upper hand, it can't take them down at all for a while! There were flashing swords everywhere, flying blood everywhere, and the soldiers on both sides were like tigers and wolves, fighting fiercely! Over there, a Ming soldier fell in a pool of blood, and a team of Ming war horses swept over, flesh and blood flying!

Just when the main force of the Shinra was struggling to resist, those servant troops were completely confused, completely disobeyed orders, and ran around in all directions, resulting in the main force of the Shinra army, which was already not in formation, even more chaotic! Yan Yunbu took this opportunity to move forward desperately, slashing boldly, with iron hooves and blades, just go forward to kill, people are like tigers, horses are like dragons, all of them are like tigers rushing down the mountain! The support of the HRE army could no longer hold on, and the army collapsed. The morale of the Ming army was even worse, like a tidal wave to suppress the enemy army and sweep away! In the dark night, the firelight flickered, and countless Shinra soldiers fell in a pool of blood! Seeing that the situation was out of control and he was still going to fight, the general next to him, Hemm, grabbed Goode and shouted: "Your Excellency Marshal, let's go, we have been defeated!" ”

Goode calmed down slightly. Glancing at the chaotic battlefield, angry and puzzled, he immediately ordered: "Order all troops to retreat to the city immediately!" ”

In fact, there is no need for Gude's order, and now all the armies of the HRE are fleeing in a hurry. The main force of the HRE is fighting and retreating, and although the scene is miserable, it has not lost the dignity of the HRE; But those servant troops are a different story, all of them have lost their armor and crawled to the ground and fled in all directions, like lost dogs that have slipped through the net!

The Ming army pursued all the way, and the HRE army retreated while resisting and came to the city gate. All the soldiers shouted to the city gates, calling for the doors to be opened inside. At this moment, the sound of fighting continued to be heard inside the city gate, as if it was still very intense. Herm hurriedly said to Goode: "Your Excellency, there is something wrong with the situation in the city! Goode frowned, raised his head and shouted at the city wall: "Open the city gate quickly, I am Marshal Good!" "Suddenly a torch lit up on the wall. Before everyone in the city could see the people above, a dense rain of arrows whistled and flew down! The people outside the city gate were defenseless, and many were shot down when they landed! Everyone was shocked and angry, and they all scolded!

Herm pointed to the city wall and shouted, "It's the Ming Army!" Gude hurriedly looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough, he saw the banner of the Ming Dynasty and the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and he couldn't help but be shocked and shouted, "What's going on?" Then Yuan stared at him and shouted, "Everyone obey the order, follow me to take back the city!" ”

Herm hurriedly grabbed the reins of Goodma's horse and said urgently: "Your Excellency Marshal, we have been defeated, we must break through the siege quickly, otherwise the whole army will definitely be wiped out!" At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves, footsteps, and shouts came from behind. Goode couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart. Herm glanced back and said urgently: "Your Excellency, Marshal, go quickly!" Goode had no choice but to lead a large army around the city.

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