As soon as the two walked into the tent, they saw Li Xu, Shi Ping, and Huyan Chijin were all there, and it was Li Xu and Shi Ping who were arguing fiercely, fighting for each other's faces and thick necks.

Huyan Chijin saw Yang Peng and Yan Ji coming in, and hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed: "Your Majesty! Seeing this, Li Xu and Shi Ping, who were arguing, hurriedly stopped arguing and looked towards the door, and also saw Yang Peng and Yan Ji who were walking in, and hurriedly clasped their fists and saluted: "Your Majesty (big brother)!" ”

Yang Peng walked to a pestle and sat down, while Yan Ji stood behind Yang Peng, looking at Li Xu and the others with a smile.

Yang Peng glanced at the three of them and asked with a smile, "What are you fighting for?" I hear you from afar! ”

Li Xu smiled: "We are just arguing about the next strategy." Pointing at Shi Ping, "Shi Ping thinks we should immediately return to the Khorezm area, but I think we should go south to attack." Now that Shi Liancheng and General Yang have annihilated the main force of the Shinra in the Tianzhu region, the army is bound to fight west and fight with the army of the Empress Shinra. At that time, the two sides are in a stalemate, and our surprise troops can raid the Alborz Mountains, attack their backs, and defeat the Empress of the HRE in one fell swoop! As soon as the Empress of Shinra is defeated, the whole battle situation will be alive! ”

Shi Ping said unceremoniously: "General Li Xu's idea seems to be very reasonable, but it is actually not feasible!" First of all, our army has suffered heavy losses in the previous war, and gunpowder and other firearms have almost all been exhausted, and the Alborz Mountains are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Empress Shinra also prevented us from raiding when she left, leaving 150,000 troops to garrison the Alborz Mountains, and it is impossible for our army to capture the Alborz Mountains with the current situation! On the one hand, according to the report of the secret agent, the enemy's follow-up soldiers and horses are also on their way to the Persian region, and if I attack the Alborz Mountains, that part of the troops and horses will inevitably reinforce the Alborz Mountains, and the purpose of our army will be even more impossible to achieve! I think that attacking the Alborz Mountains may seem good, but in fact it is just a waste of time to consume troops in vain, and nothing will be gained! Why do we do such laborious and useful things? ”

Yang Peng smiled: "Just tell me your opinion." ”

Shi Ping clenched his fists and said, "Your Majesty, I think we should return to the Khorezm Sea region. At present, the Montenegro region has also been lost, and the soldiers and horses under the command of the Governor of Yelu have suffered heavy losses, and I am afraid that they will not be able to hold the east coast of Khorezm. If we don't pay a blind eye, it will only be a matter of time before the eastern shore of the Khorezm Sea is lost. Once the eastern shore of the Khorezm Sea is lost, the entire Western Regions will be in danger. If we rush across the Khorezm Sea and attack the rear of the enemy army from the west, we will certainly be able to contain the enemy army in order to buy time for our army to reach the battlefield! Then the danger on the northern front will be lifted! ”

Li Xu said angrily: "If you do this, you can only form a stalemate with the enemy, when will you be able to completely defeat the enemy army?" Shi Ping retorted: "We can't put the Western Regions in danger for the sake of quick success." ”

Yang Peng smiled: "Okay, don't fight!" The two stopped arguing, but they looked unconvinced.

Yang Peng asked Huyan Chijin: "Seventh sister-in-law, why don't you speak?" ”

Huyan Chijin picked his head and said with a smile: "The last general thinks that what they said makes sense, and he doesn't know what to do, so he simply doesn't speak!" ”

Yang Peng and Yan Ji smiled.

At this moment, Li Lang hurriedly rushed in and said to Chen Xiao: "Your Majesty, Yelu Niangniang has sent another flying pigeon message. As he spoke, he presented the flying pigeon hermp he had just received to Chen Xiao.

Yang Peng took the book, opened it, and read it. Raising his head, he saw that everyone was looking at him with a look of great concern, so he said: "Mei'er said that the east coast of the Khorezm Sea has also been lost, and she has led the army to retreat to the Salan area. ”

Li Xu frowned, and Shi Ping couldn't help but say, "I'll just say it!" Now that we have basically annihilated the main force of the Gude Division, the situation is still favorable to us, we should not rush to take risks for quick success, we should immediately resolve the crisis in the Western Regions! ”

Yan Ji asked Yang Peng, "Husband, does Yelu ask us for support?" ”

Yang Peng shook his head and said, "Not at all. "But that doesn't mean she's in control." I know her, alas! She's a person, no matter how dangerous the situation is, she won't say it, she just reports the situation to you! ”

Yan Ji frowned and asked, "Husband thinks Yelu's situation is very bad?" ”

Yang Peng pondered: "That's for sure. The 100,000 military army in Yelu's hands is probably almost exhausted, and with her current situation, I am afraid that she can only delay the enemy's footsteps at most, and she will not be able to resist it at all. She doesn't have much time to last, but the fastest reinforcements may not be able to reach the battlefield for a while. Looks like I don't have a choice. Then he stood up, went behind the bookcase, and took up his pen and wrote a letter. handed it to Li Lang and ordered: "Immediately send the flying pigeon to Cao Jun." The latter took the letter and ran on as he answered.

The gaze turned to the eastern shore of the Khorezm Sea. The Byzantine army and Karn's Shinra soldiers and horses followed the Ming army of Yelu Hanyu in one fell swoop in Montenegro, and marched all the way, not long ago, they broke through Yelu Hanyu's defense on the east bank of the Khorezm Sea in one fell swoop, and then hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses pursued Yelu Hanyu's headquarters all the way until the fortress of Salan. The army was arrayed for more than ten miles, and although it had not yet attacked the city, its majestic momentum seemed to have made the Salan Fortress tremble.

Yelu Hanyu, who was dressed in military uniform, accompanied by Mills and other generals, patrolled the city wall, constantly giving the soldiers an atmosphere, but these soldiers of the Western Regions Military Government were all listless. These Western Regions military government army was originally the army of Western Liao, since the Western Liao was merged into the Ming Dynasty and became the Western Regions region of the Ming Dynasty, these original Western Liao troops were compressed and reorganized into the Western Regions Military Army, which was divided into 100 military palaces with a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses.

Yelu Hanyu stopped and looked out of the city, only to see the enemy's joint camp for more than ten miles brightly lit, and couldn't help frowning. Then he asked Mills beside him, "How many soldiers and horses do we have?" ”

Mills said, "It's only a little over 30,000. ”

Yelu Hanyu was taken aback, "I thought there were nearly 50,000 people!" Mills didn't know what to say, and then said, "Eldest princess, our situation can be said to be very critical now!" If the reinforcements can't arrive in time, this Saulan naturally doesn't need to be said, I'm afraid that the entire Western Regions region may fall to the enemy! ”

Yelu Hanyu said: "Ningxia Military Army, Shaanxi Military Army, Taiyuan Military Army, Datong Military Army, are already on the road, as long as we persevere, we will definitely be able to turn the crisis into safety!" ”

Mills frowned and said, "But the fastest of them all, the Ningxia Army, I'm afraid it will take a month before they can reach the battlefield." Eldest princess, with all due respect, there is no way we will last a month! Unless Montenegro is still in our hands! ”

Yelu Hanyu said categorically: "No war can be smooth!" The harder the times, the more persevere! Only by persevering can it be possible to see the dawn of victory! These are the most difficult times for us, but I absolutely believe that as long as we can persevere, we will not only be able to turn the tide in the end, but also win the final victory! He turned to look at Mills and the others, and said, "Our Ming army has broken through countless hardships and hardships to get to this point!" Today's crises are nothing compared to those of those of the past! When the generals heard Yelu Hanyu's words, the worries in their hearts couldn't help but subside a lot, and their confidence surged into their hearts, and they couldn't help but hug their fists together and said: "What the eldest princess said is very true, I will swear to the death!" ”

Yelu Hanyu turned to look at the enemy camp outside the city, and couldn't help frowning slightly. Don't look at what she just said categorically and confidently, in fact, she is not optimistic about the war in front of her at all. She had already made up her mind, Saulan couldn't hold it and retreated to Sailan, if Sailan couldn't hold it, she would retreat to Tarasi, and if Talasi couldn't hold it anymore, she would retreat to Husi's ears to make a final resistance. If the reinforcements can't arrive in time, then I can only repay my eldest brother with death!

In the tent of the Byzantine army outside the city, Empress Cynthia read the flying pigeon herald she had just received, and her face couldn't help but show a look of schadenfreude, and she smiled at the generals under the tent: "The news just came that the Holy Roman Empire's Gude Department suffered a crushing defeat in Tianzhu!" The main army led by Gude himself has been completely annihilated, and Gude's life and death are unknown! ”

The Byzantine generals all laughed, and Buffon, the first Byzantine general, laughed and said: "The Shinra people have been arrogant all these years, and it is time for them to suffer a little!" The crowd burst into laughter.

Cynthia smiled, "That's right! After a pause, he thought: "If the Shinra people are defeated, we will be much safer!" ”

An old general with gray hair, always frowning, and looking very wise said: "It is certainly beneficial to us that the Shenluo army has suffered this great defeat, but it is not a good thing if the Shenluo army is really completely defeated by the Ming people!" At that time, we will face the terrible beast of Da Ming alone! "This old general's name is Bruce, and he is one of the three most high-ranking marshals of the Byzantine Empire, and this time although it is Cynthia's personal expedition, it is actually this old marshal named Bruce who is actually in command. When the crowd heard this, the laughter disappeared immediately, and everyone looked worried. Buffon said loudly angrily: "What is there to be afraid of! It is said that the Ming army is so powerful, hasn't it been defeated and retreated by our imperial army and suffered heavy losses? ”

The generals couldn't help but laugh.

Bruce shouted angrily to the young warriors, "You must not be underestimated! What we faced along the way was not the main force of the Ming Dynasty at all, but the military army! ”

When everyone heard this, they were very depressed, and Buffon said angrily: "I don't think their main force is much stronger!" ”

Bruce said angrily: "Daming's military army, to put it bluntly, is just a certain amount of trained ordinary people on the Ming side, how can this be compared with their main force?" The combat effectiveness of the army of the Holy Roman Empire is well known to everyone, and the army of our Byzantine Empire is slightly inferior to it. But look at the battle between the Holy Roman Empire and the Ming Army during this time. The Holy Roman Empire was defeated one after another, and now even the main force of the Gude has been completely destroyed. Don't you think it's scary? Everyone did not speak, frowning, and although they were not convinced, they could not refute Bruce's words.

Bruce looked at Cynthia, "Your Majesty, we originally thought that there should be no problem for Goode to hold on to the Tianzhu region, but now the situation is that in just over a month, Goode's main force has been wiped out!" The terrifying Ming people are not only their strong combat power, but also their heads that are more cunning than foxes! Judging from the information obtained so far, the strategy and tactics of the enemy army are truly breathtaking! False and real, people accidentally fall into their trap! ”

Cynthia couldn't help but nodded, and then said, "Marshal Bruce has a point!" We must not despise the Ming just because of the victories we have achieved during this time! However, I also think that there is no need to be too afraid of the Ming army, the overall strength of our Byzantine Empire is no worse than that of the Ming Army, and I absolutely believe that our warriors can defeat the Ming Army! All the young generals howled one after another, and they all looked very excited. Bruce understood what Her Majesty meant, so he didn't speak.

Cynthia asked Bruce, "I want you to convey the order, did you convey it?" ”

Bruce immediately replied: "In accordance with Your Majesty's order, I have sent a flying pigeon herald, ordering Marshal Lambert to lead his army into the Caspian Sea region to guard against the Ming Emperor's troops. Cynthia nodded thoughtfully. Then Cynthia put down the matter and said to the generals: "Everyone should go down and rest early." Attack Salan Fortress early tomorrow morning! The generals agreed in unison.

Early the next morning, the Byzantine army and Karn's Shinra troops launched a fierce attack on Saran. I saw that the tide of soldiers was rushing and mighty, the rain of arrows covered the sky and the sun, and the tide of the army continued to pound on the city. The Ming army struggled to resist, and saw that the situation was very bad.

The enemy continued to attack, and in less than three days, the Ming army could not hold on to being broken into the city by the enemy, and the entire fortress defense line collapsed! Seeing that Salan was no longer defensible, Yelu Hanyu led the remaining soldiers and horses to abandon Salan and retreat to the southeast, and at the same time set a fire in the city. The enemy did not expect that the other party would set fire to the city, so they quickly withdrew from the city, and the Ming army took this opportunity to evacuate Saolan.

The Ming army, which had withdrawn from Saulan, soon retreated into Sailan, and the enemy army followed and attacked. Sairan didn't last long before he lost his defense, and Jelu Hanyu continued to retreat to Tarath, urging the remaining soldiers to resist the enemy army desperately, but in the end he could not resist the enemy's attack. The remnants of the soldiers and horses withdrew from Tarath and retreated straight into the ears of Husi. Aliqi, who was left in the ears of Hu Si by Yelu Hanyu, immediately came to greet him. At this time, the city was silent, and there was hardly a single person in the streets and alleys. When the people heard that the enemy was about to attack the city, they hid in their homes and did not dare to come out.

Yelu Hanyu asked Aliqi, "How did you do what I wanted you to do?" ”

Aliqi said: "The last general has only mobilized 7,000 men. "When Yelu Hanyu had not yet lost Montenegro, he ordered Aliqi to immediately mobilize the former Western Liao Army soldiers who were sent home in order to deal with the unforeseeable.

Yelu Hanyu couldn't help but be startled and asked, "Why are there only seven thousand?" I thought I could mobilize at least 20,000! ”

Aliqi said angrily: "I don't know who is spreading rumors everywhere, saying that the gods have sent down an omen, saying that the Ming army will be destroyed, and if you want to avoid disaster, you can only oppose the Ming Dynasty!" Most of the people have listened to this set of nonsense, although they are not willing to be our enemies, but they are not willing to help us! It took a lot of effort for the last general to mobilize these 7,000 men! ”

Yelu Hanyu frowned and said, "Seven thousand people, plus the people and horses we brought back, there are less than 20,000 people!" Aliqi was taken aback and couldn't help asking, "Only a little back?" ”

Yelu Hanyu instructed the generals: "Everyone go and prepare immediately, the enemy army will arrive soon!" The generals agreed and ran down. Yelu Hanyu went to the palace to rest, and after so many days of continuous fighting, she was really tired.

Yelu Hanyu returned to the palace, which was formerly the Western Liao Palace. I took a shower and went to the study to think about the current situation of the war. However, she was so tired that before she knew it, she fell asleep on her desk.

Yelu Hanyu's personal female officer, Jin Xiuying and Jin Xiuwen, the sisters rushed into the study, and saw that Yelu Hanyu had fallen asleep on the bookcase, and couldn't help but hesitate. Kim so-wen asked Kim so-young, "Sister, what should I do?" Jin Xiuying frowned and said: "The military situation is like fire, and I can't care about that much, let's wake up the mother." Jin Xiuwen nodded. The two girls walked up to Yelu Hanyu and called softly, "Niangniang! Empress! ......" kept calling several times before Jeruhanyu woke up. raised his head and looked at the two sisters of the Jin family, and they turned out to be delicate and red, shy and timid. Jin Xiuying hurriedly said: "Niangniang, General Aric asks to see you." ”

Yelu Hanyu had come to his senses, and when he heard this, he commanded, "Bring him in." Kim so-young answered and ran down, while Kim so-moon stayed by Yelutri's side.

A moment later, Jin Xiuying led Aric in a military uniform as majestic as a bear to enter, and then retreated to the side of Yelu Hanyu. Aliqi bowed on one knee and said, "The last general will meet Her Royal Highness the eldest princess!" ”

Yelu Hanyu said: "Don't be polite, get up and speak." Aliqi responded, stood up, and said with a worried face: "Eldest princess, the last general has just inspected the army, and the situation is very bad!" Most of the officers and soldiers looked demoralized! ”

Yelu Hanyu frowned and muttered, "Are these military government troops the main force after all!" ”

Aliqi said: "The last general is worried that such an army will not be able to hold for long!" ”

Yelu Hanyu looked at Aliqi and asked, "What do you have in mind?" ”

Aliqi said: "The responsibility of guarding Hu Si's ears will be handed over to the general, the eldest princess's daughter must not stay in such a dangerous place, she must leave immediately!" The last general will send someone to escort the eldest princess to retreat to the Tianshan region! ”

Yelu Hanyu frowned and said, "The responsibility that the eldest brother gave me is to guard this side, how can I leave?" ”

Aliqi hurriedly said, "But ......"

Yelu Hanyu raised his head and interrupted Aliqi's words, "If you want me to run away alone, I can't do this kind of thing anyway!" I am the woman of the Ming Emperor, I can only die on the battlefield, and I must not steal my life and flee for my life! I've made up my mind, you don't need to persuade me anymore! Aliqi had no choice but to say anything more.

At the same time, in the southern theater. After Yang Yanzhao and Shi Liancheng eliminated Gude's main force again, they immediately divided their troops into two divisions, one led by Yang Yanzhao and turned westward, preparing to help Duan Zhixian resist the main force of Empress Shinra. The other was led by Shi Liancheng to sweep to the south, preparing to annihilate the Shenluo troops in the south of Tianzhu and completely wipe out the Celestial Clan.

The army led by Shi Liancheng converged with the feints in the south and immediately stormed forward. Jaipur was broken by the Ming army in just three days, and then Shi Liancheng divided his troops into two routes, one to the southeast, led by Huyan Bixian, with the goal of Bhopal, and the other led by Shi Liancheng himself, preparing to capture Nagar. The HRE armies in both places voluntarily abandoned the city and retreated south, retreating into the Dammam region. The Ming army followed, and the HRE army did not resist and retreated to Bombay. At this moment, almost all the HRE soldiers and horses in Tianzhu have retreated to Mumbai, with a total of nearly 80,000 troops. Soon after, the Ming army approached Mumbai. However, this time the HRE army did not retreat as before, but actively prepared, with a posture of fighting to the death with the Ming army in Mumbai.

The general Khedira stood on the city wall, and couldn't help frowning as he saw the Ming army slowly approaching like a tide. Turning his head and asking the subordinate generals on the side, "Isn't there any news yet?" The general shook his head, "It's been a few days, and there is no news yet." Khedira frowned. Seeing that the enemy was approaching, he immediately drew his sword, raised it high, and shouted: "Prepare for battle!" "The armies of the HRE immediately took action, spread along the city walls and prepared for battle!

The Ming army approached beyond the range of the cannon in front of the city wall and stopped.

Seeing the enemy troops lined up in the city, the swords and guns were fierce, which was completely different from the situation he had seen before, and he knew that the enemy army was planning to fight desperately here. He was not in a hurry to attack the city immediately, and ordered the army to retreat several miles and set up camp. The Shinra soldiers couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw the enemy retreating. Seeing that his soldiers were very tired, Khedira left only the necessary garrison and let the rest of the men and horses go down to rest. Khedira herself was very tired, and came down from the city wall and returned to the makeshift camp to rest.

The whole city soon fell silent, and the soldiers who left the city wall fell asleep, and even the officers and soldiers on the city wall could not help but be tired and disturbed, and fell asleep one by one, and after a while, there was a sound of snoring on the city wall. And the people of Tianzhu in the city were trembling and restless, and they were all hiding in their homes, looking out through the cracks in the doors and windows, although the outside was very calm, but no one dared to take a step out of the house. Many others knelt before the idols of their gods and prayed fervently, hoping that their gods would appear to save them!

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