Yang Xin and Yang Dezheng rode horses and walked on the battlefield, both of them were covered in blood, and there were many traces of swords on their armor and battle robes, which were shocking, and it was conceivable how tragic the fierce battle was just now. Many Ming soldiers are cleaning up the battlefield on the battlefield, carefully packing up the corpses of their own soldiers, and piling the corpses of HRE officers and soldiers in one place!

Yang Xin and Yang Dezheng climbed a small hill and looked at the entire battlefield. Yang Xin couldn't help but sigh: "These Shenluo soldiers are really brave and good at fighting!" Although our army was victorious, it also suffered heavy losses! Yang Dezheng couldn't help but nodded.

A scout officer rode up to the two of them, reined in his horse, clenched his fists, and said, "Two generals, the remnants of the enemy army have fled in the northwest direction!" ”

Yang Dezheng immediately said to Yang Xin: "Yang Xin, I will lead the army to pursue!" Yang Xin nodded, and immediately said, "I'll give you five thousand cavalry!" "Thank you!" Yang Dezheng hugged his fists and thanked him, and then rode his horse down. A moment later, Yang Dezheng led the 5,000 cavalry allocated to him by Yang Xin and the volcano army under his own command to chase straight down in the northwest direction. Yang Xin stayed where he was and continued to clean up the battlefield, and at the same time sent someone to report the battle situation to Yang Yanzhao.

Yang Yanzhao received Yang Xin's report and immediately conveyed the order to send six armies to various places around Barreri, while he himself continued to lead the army forward.

It is said that Gude led the HRE army and the Ming army to fight a big battle in the wilderness, and finally ended in a crushing defeat, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were almost wiped out, and only thousands of remnants escaped with him. All the way to the northwest, the people were sleepy and demoralized.

Soon after, Goode received a report that Yang Dezheng had led the cavalry to catch up again. Goode couldn't help but be furious, and shouted at his subordinates: "Since we can't escape, we will fight with the Ming army!" Many of the HRE officers and soldiers couldn't help but show a desperate look in their eyes, and they shouted one after another. Herm and Muller tried to dissuade them, but Goode did not listen at all, and led all the soldiers and horses to win the pursuit of the Ming army, ready to fight desperately.

Soon after, the remnants of the army led by Goode encountered Yang Dezheng, and the two sides couldn't help but say, and immediately rushed towards each other and started a scuffle. The Shenluo soldiers were sleepy and demoralized, where was the opponent of the vigorous Ming war cavalry, and in just a moment, the Shenluo army was scattered and divided by the Ming war cavalry! Goode still had to fight hard with the Ming army, but fortunately, Herm and Muller dragged him to stop his impulsive behavior, and the few remaining soldiers retreated into the nearby mountains.

Yang Dezheng immediately led the war cavalry to chase in, and there was a battle in the mountains, and many of the HRE soldiers were wiped out by the Ming army, and the general Mueller was captured. Seeing that the Shinra soldiers were about to be wiped out, at the last moment, Goode set fire to the mountain! At this time, the climate is very dry, and everyone together will immediately become a fire to the sky, and many Shenluo soldiers and Ming soldiers will be buried in the sea of fire before they can dodge!

Yang Dezheng saw that the fire was fierce and could not be pursued, so he had to lead the war horse to quickly withdraw from the mountain.

On Good's side, although he relied on the means of fire attack to force back the Ming pursuers, the fire spread ferociously, and soon the surrounding mountains were burning, and the curtain of flames opened in all directions, and Goode and others seemed to be trapped in the valley. Everyone is trapped in this desperate situation, there is no way to enter the heavens and no way to the earth, and a feeling of despair wells up in their hearts.

Gude looked at the sky that was burned red by the flames, and couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect my Gude Hero I to end up like this today!" Then he threw away the cross-sword that had been cut in his hand, drew the sword at his waist, looked at the sword in his hand, and thought that he had finished himself. Seeing this, all the officers and soldiers had a clear heart, and they all had the intention of committing suicide, and in everyone's mind, it was much better to die by suicide than to be burned alive by fire!

Seeing that these remnants of the defeated army are about to cut themselves into this desperate valley. At this moment, a man suddenly shouted, "There is a cave!" ”

When everyone heard this, the desire to survive couldn't help but come back to their hearts, and they all looked at the person who spoke. I saw a soldier pointing to a place at the foot of the mountain, so they all looked in the direction of his finger. Sure enough, I saw a small cave at the foot of the mountain. All the people were overjoyed and rushed to the east. When I looked inside, it seemed to be very deep. Herm frowned and said, "I don't know if there is another exit to this cave?" "Goode took the opportunity to make a decision;" I can't care so much now, let's go first! Then he ran into the cave first. Seeing this, the crowd hurriedly followed.

Soon after they left, the fire spread into the valley, and the fire swept through and everything was wiped out!

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Before Yang Yanzhao led the army to the mountain, he saw that the fierce burning seemed to have turned into a mountain of flames.

Yang De came to his father on his horse, reined in his horse, hugged his fists and said: "Father, the enemy army has basically been wiped out, but Gude and more than 100 remaining generals have fled into the mountains. ”

Yang Yanzhao was very satisfied with Yang Dezheng's performance, but he didn't show it at all. He raised his hand and pointed to the 'Flame Mountain' in front of him and asked, "How can this fire be?" ”

"Returning to his father, the enemy saw that there was no way to escape, so they set a fire. We had no choice but to retreat. ”

Yang Yanzhao nodded thoughtfully and asked, "In other words, if it weren't for this fire, you would have been able to completely annihilate the enemy army?" Yang Dezheng said ashamedly: "I didn't complete my father's order, please ask my father to deal with it with military law!" ”

Yang Yanzhao said: "Although I am not very satisfied with your performance, I can see that you have done your best, and I will not punish you!" Yang Dezheng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you, father!" ”

Yang Dezheng looked at the 'Flaming Mountain' in front of him, and then ordered thousands of cavalry to divide into ten teams and cruise around the mountain to prevent the enemy from escaping, and then led all the other soldiers and horses to Lucknow.

That night, the army encamped in the wilderness. After dinner, Yang Dezheng was ordered to inspect the situation around the camp.

Yang Xin saw Yang Dezheng leaving, and couldn't help but say to Yang Yanzhao: "The father is too strict with his son!" In this battle, Yang Dezheng took the lead in the bloody battle with the enemy, and it can be said that in the vicious battle that destroyed the enemy's spirit, Yang Dezheng made the first contribution! Even if the marshal doesn't praise a word, how can he not mention Yang Dezheng's merits in the military merit report to His Majesty and the cabinet! Your Majesty is wise, and the other generals in the army are also heroes and heroes, and they will never say that the marshal is fake for personal benefit because he has made meritorious contributions to Yang Dezheng! Dashuai did this, I was afraid that it would chill Yang Dezheng's heart! ”

Yang Yanzhao smiled: "Are you doing this to sell your reputation?" ”

Yang Xin smiled: "This is what the marshal said, but the last general didn't say it!" ”

Yang Yanzhao smiled, and then said with a straight face: "The reason why I did this is not because I am worried that others will misunderstand. Then he said proudly: "As long as I have a clear conscience, I won't care what others think!" ......" Yang Xin was even more strange, "In that case, why did the marshal treat Yang Dezheng like this?" It's so unfair to him! ”

Yang Yanzhao glanced up at Yang Dezheng, who was leaving the camp with soldiers and horses in the distance, and said to Yang Xin: "How did I not know that this is very unfair to Zheng'er!" But I'm doing this for the good of the government! I'm not young anymore, and now the only general in the army is almost my age! When we're gone, someone needs to take our place and continue the war for the Empire! I did this to Zheng'er to sharpen him, hoping that he could one day really become a general who could take charge of himself! Zheng'er is brave and unparalleled, in terms of martial arts alone, he doesn't dare to say that he is invincible in the world, but there are really few people in the world who can match him; And I'm not worried about strategy, Zheng'er is very smart, and his understanding of military strategy is not worse than mine. What worries me the most is his character, a general who fights on the battlefield is often defeated not in strategy, but in his character. The reason why I did this was to sharpen his character. Zheng'er is more than brave and not calm, I hope he can become calmer. ”

Yang Xin understood, couldn't help but nodded, and sighed: "The handsome's intentions are really good!" After a pause, he asked curiously: "Does the marshal think that among our second-generation generals, are there any generals?" ”

Yang Yanzhao said with a smile; "Of course there is, and not just one or two. Zheng'er is one of them, and Zhan Jinguo is the other one I am most optimistic about. However, his two characteristics are somewhat similar, both are brave and calm, and they still need to be experienced. ”

Yang Xin nodded, and asked again: "Among the officers trained by the Xie Military Academy, do you see if there is a talent for a general?" ”

Yang Yanzhao frowned and thought for a moment, slowly shook his head, and said, "I didn't find it." Then he glanced at Yang Xin and said, "I have always thought that the talent of a general should be fought in the army, not from reading!" Whether those people in the military academy have the talent of generals or not depends on their performance on the battlefield! In fact, the most important quality of a general should be bravery, and resourcefulness or something is only a secondary quality. ”

Yang Xinshen nodded approvingly, and said with a sneer: "The handsome talent has to be shot with a real knife and a real gun!" How can you read in the academy and have a great future! ”

Yang Yanzhao smiled. looked up at the sky, and saw that it was not early, so he said to Yang Xin: "It's not early, go down and rest." Yang Xin stood up and said with a smile: "I'm not sleepy yet, I'll go talk to Yang Dezheng!" Then he hugged his fist at Yang Yanzhao and went down.

The gaze turned to Catherine's side.

After Catherine learned the news of the critical situation in Tianzhu, she immediately led the main army to the east to help, and joined the army that attacked Zahedan, and attacked Zaheidan together. Duan Zhixian led his army to resist desperately, but the situation took a turn for the worse. Seeing this scene, Duan Zhixian immediately gave up Zhaheidan according to Yang Peng's previous arrangement, and fought and retreated.

Duan Zhixian led his soldiers and horses to take the initiative to abandon Zaheidan, and then divided the troops into ten divisions, along the road to the east, and resisted the Shenluo army at ten key points. Although the defensive strength of each key point is not very large, but due to the dangerous terrain and the Ming military made preparations first, although the HRE army is outnumbered, the pace of progress is very unsmooth. Each time a defense point is captured, the HRE army loses a large number of troops and takes a lot of time. However, the Ming defenders at every defensive point were often able to withdraw part of it, and it was difficult for the HRE army to completely annihilate them.

However, after all, the Shenluo army is outnumbered and has a large number of artillery, and it is difficult for the Ming army to defend a defensive point for a long time, and the defense points have fallen one after another in the face of the tide of the Shenluo army's sea of attacks. In less than half a month, five defensive points have been destroyed by the HRE army. Now the HRE army has advanced to the Zhob region on the edge of the desert, which is already the western border area of the former Tianzhu.

That night, Catherine had arranged the next day's attack, and all the generals withdrew from the tent, and the tent was suddenly quiet.

Catherine was stunned for a moment. Then he thought of the battle situation in front of him, and couldn't help frowning. She only felt that the battle situation in front of her was really depressing, and such a huge strength of her own side was like a lion falling into a quagmire, and her strength was completely unable to be displayed!

At this moment, a female guard hurried in, and Catherine retracted her thoughts and looked at the female guard. The female guard went straight to Catherine, presented a flying pigeon message, and said, "Your Majesty, the Tianzhu Army has reported." Catherine hurriedly took the military newspaper, opened it, and read it. His brows furrowed unconsciously, and he muttered, "Defeated so soon!" What exactly is Goode doing? ”

Then he walked quickly to the big map hanging on the side, his eyes fell on Delhi, Lucknow and other places, only to see back and forth, frowning and muttering: "Goode has lost so badly!" Can Tianzhu still be saved? After a moment of contemplation, the female guard immediately summoned the congregation to the great tent. The female guard ran down as promised, and a moment later all the generals gathered in the tent. Seeing that Her Majesty's expression was serious, all the generals couldn't help but have a bad feeling in their hearts.

Catherine raised the flying pigeon message she had just received, and said, "This is the military report from Tianzhu just now. ”

General Pol couldn't help but ask, "Your Majesty, how is Tianzhu doing over there?" Another general, Loew, shouted, "The armies of the two sides should still be in a stalemate now, right?" ”

Catherine said: "The military newspaper says that Goode's main army has suffered a crushing defeat in Lucknow and its environs, and has been completely annihilated! The whereabouts of Gude and others are unknown, and there are many bad luck! ”

There was an uproar, and Loew exclaimed, "How is this possible! How could the Ming people annihilate Gude's main force in such a short period of time?! The other generals were all shouting and shouting, and they all looked like I would never believe it, only Boehner frowned, his face gloomy, and did not speak.

Catherine said unhappily, "What are you all called?" Look at what you look like! Only then did everyone stop shouting, and everyone frowned, apparently unable to let go of what was said in the military newspaper.

Loew said to Catherine, "Your Majesty, I think this military report may be wrong! Several generals chimed in, all thinking that the military newspaper was nonsense.

Catherine raised the military newspaper and said angrily: "This military newspaper has a special stamp of our military intelligence department, and the secret language is also accurate. There is nothing wrong with this military newspaper. The generals looked at each other, and they all looked like they had swallowed.

Catherine looked at Bona and asked, "Marshal Bonner, what do you think?" ”

Bohner said: "Marshal Goode's main army has been wiped out, and Tianzhu may not be able to keep it!" Loew jumped up immediately, do you want to give up Tianzhu, how can this work!" Bohner glanced at him and said to Catherine: "Your Majesty, if we have to give up Tianzhu, we must not be nostalgic!" The current situation is completely different from what we expected before, the main force of Gude has been completely annihilated, and the previously designated plan of flanking things is obviously no longer feasible! Even if we fight, we will have to face the main force of the Ming Dynasty and a large number of Ming army troops who have been freed up! At that time, it was not easy for us to get out easily! ”

Loew said angrily: "No matter how strong the Ming army is, our warriors of the Holy Roman Empire are not afraid of them!" Several of the warriors immediately cried out like wild beasts.

Boehner was disdainful in his heart, and said to Catherine: "None of us will be afraid to fight to the death with the Ming army. But now there's a problem. Our army is entangled with the main force of the Ming Dynasty in the south, not to mention whether it will be able to win, even if it can win, it will definitely not be possible to do it in a short time! And our army pinned down the main forces of the Ming Dynasty in the south, didn't it give the Byzantine Empire a big advantage in the north? Loew asked, puzzled, "What do you mean by that?" Bona ignored him.

Catherine said, "Boehner has a point. After a pause, "In the current situation, it seems that there is not much benefit in continuing to attack eastward. ”

Loew's look of anxiety was ready to persuade Catherine. At this moment, a herald rushed in from outside, and everyone's eyes couldn't help but fall on him.

I saw the herald rush to the tent and salute, "Your Majesty, General Karn's flying pigeon herald." So saying, he took a letter of preacher.

Catherine hurriedly took the handbook, opened it and read it, and then frowned. Seeing His Majesty's expression, the generals couldn't help but feel nervous, and Pol hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, could it be that the army of the Byzantine Empire has also been defeated?" ”

Catherine shook her head, "No, not defeated, but won!" When several tenacious generals heard this, they were all puzzled, and they couldn't figure out what Her Majesty was talking about. Only to hear Catherine continue: "Not long ago, the coalition of the Byzantine Empire and our army broke the Ming army in Montenegro, and the Ming army suffered heavy losses, and the remnants of the army have fled to the east coast of the Khorezm Sea. The coalition forces are in pursuit. ”

Puzzled, Pol asked, "Your Majesty, isn't this good news?" ”

Catherine mused, "Good news. Then he said to the generals: "Boehner and Dimu stay, and the others retreat." Everyone agreed, and Yuguan withdrew from the tent.

Catherine glanced at the two generals and asked, "What do you think we should do next?" ”

Di Mu immediately said: "Your Majesty, for this period of time, we have been the main force that has restrained the Ming Dynasty, and this situation must be changed." Bohna nodded and said: "If you fight so hard with the Ming Army, it will only be the result of losing both sides in the end, if you want to say how much benefit we can get, you don't have to think about it!" The Byzantine Empire, on the other hand, took advantage of the opportunity of the Ming army to concentrate its forces against us, and in such a short period of time, they even took the entire Caspian Sea region and the Montenegro region! If the situation continues like this, our Holy Roman Empire will lose a lot and gain little, while the Byzantine Empire will easily gain a lot of land and wealth! ”

Dimu said to Catherine anxiously: "Your Majesty, the situation must not continue like this!" ”

Catherine frowned, "I thought so too. Then he glanced at the two of them and said, "I have an idea," and then said his thoughts. Bona and Dimu glanced at each other and couldn't help but salute, "Your Majesty's decision is really very wise! ”

Catherine asked, "Do you both have no opinion?" The two shook their heads. Catherine said, "Well, since you all have no opinion, let's do it this way." Then he wrote a letter and called the herald, ordering it to be immediately passed into the hands of the southern generals of Tianzhu.

Look to the island of Chechnya. At the same time that Catherine received the news that the Byzantine army had captured Montenegro, Yang Peng also received an urgent report from Yelu Hanyu that Montenegro had been lost!

When Yan Ji saw the content of the book in her lover's hand, her face showed surprise, and she couldn't help but say: "Montenegro is lost!" How good is that? ”

Yang Peng pondered: "I originally wanted to block the Byzantine army west of Montenegro, but I didn't expect Montenegro to be lost!" He frowned, "I hope Mei'er's situation won't be too dangerous!" Yan Ji hurriedly comforted: "Husband, don't worry too much. Since Jerod can send flying pigeons to pass the book, it means that there is no problem with Jerod's safety. Yang Peng nodded, but he couldn't let go of it in his heart.

Picking up the handbook and looking at it, his brows furrowed tightly, and he muttered: "Although Tianzhu has made breakthroughs, the overall situation of the entire battlefield is still very unfavorable to us!" I hope that the military government troops in Ningxia and other places can feel the battlefield in time, otherwise Mei'er's side will be in danger! ”

Yan Ji asked puzzledly: "Montenegro is so steep, although it is impossible to say that a husband and a man cannot be opened, but it is definitely a natural fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack!" How did the enemy break through to Montenegro so quickly? Didn't Jerod mention it in the military newspaper? ”

Yang Peng shook his head, "Mei'er didn't say the reason for the loss of Montenegro. However, Xiongguan has always broken through from the inside, but I'm afraid this time is no exception! Damn, it seems that too many aliens are not a good thing! If it is not of my race, its heart will be different! Yan Ji nodded sympathetically.

Yang Peng said to Yan Ji: "You rest, I'll go talk to Li Xu and them." Yan Ji hurriedly stepped forward, hugged her lover's arm, and said with a smile: "The concubine can't sleep, so let's accompany my husband." Yang Peng smiled, and left the big tent with Yan Ji. A moment later, the two came to Li Xu's tent, but heard a quarrel coming from inside. The two of them felt strange and immediately lifted the curtain and walked in.

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