Upon hearing the news, Alexey was immediately dumbfounded.
According to previous information, the Ottoman Empire's army had at least 150,000 troops, and it was also led by the famous Imperial Prime Minister Koprulu. How could the entire army be wiped out as soon as the Ming Emperor came?
At this time, even if Alexey had no memory, he immediately remembered that the Ming Emperor had destroyed the Mughal Empire with only more than 20,000 cavalry!
Thinking of this, Alexei suddenly became frightened. I no longer have the courage to go to Samara Fort. Once the Ming Emperor is provoked, with Tsarist Russia's current strength, he will definitely be destroyed.
However, there is a saying that goes well: Tomorrow or the accident, I don’t know which one will come first!
Just when Alexei made up his mind and was about to sneak back to his hometown in the west, he was so desperate that he scouted the horse and reported back, saying that he would not accept it at night when he encountered the Ming Dynasty. Immediately afterwards, the vanguard came to report that they had been discovered by the Ming army who stayed late at night. What should I do?
Hearing the news, Alexei was immediately furious: How could a bunch of losers be discovered by Ming Guo Ye Bu Shuan!
"Your Majesty, what should we do? Fight?" His men had no choice but to ask him.
Alexey was furious when he heard this, and shouted angrily: "How to fight? The emperor of the Ming Dynasty is here. He just won a great victory and his morale is high. With our small army, it's okay to go and find bargains. We can just fight face to face." ,who do you think You Are?"
After getting angry, he became worried. If the Ming army refuses to collect at night, the news will definitely be sent back to Samara Fort. Whether it is Hong Chengchou, the commander-in-chief of the Ming army, or the newly arrived emperor of the Ming Dynasty, they are definitely not easy to deceive: if they are told that they have concluded the Samara Fort Agreement with the Ming army, they want to help the Ming army fight. Will they believe it if the Ottoman Army withdraws?
The answer is very obvious, Alexey is worried. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty is not someone to be trifled with. Once he knows his little plan, what if he gets angry and leads his army to attack him?
After thinking for a long time, Alexey finally came up with an idea. Send the food from the Chinese army to the forward, and order the forward to send food to the Ming army to express the sincerity of Tsarist Russia: Look, we are all here to send food. We are your friendly forces of the Ming Dynasty. We It’s a forged friendship. We and the Ottoman Empire are also mortal enemies!
With this sincerity, I believe that even if the Emperor of Ming Dynasty guessed his intentions, he would not be able to shame himself and hit him, right?
With this in mind, Alexey quickly withdrew before the Chinese army was discovered by the Ming Dynasty.
In fact, at this time, Emperor Chongzhen had already led his army south. On the Mingwei Fort side, the Ming army was not strong. They even had to guard over 100,000 Ottoman prisoners. In fact, they had no ability to fight against Tsarist Russia.
Of course, with Hong Chengchou's caution, he was also on guard against Tsarist Russia. The same is true. The Ye Bu Shuang he sent out was sent as far away as possible to give Mingwei Fort an early warning.
As a result, he really expected it, and refused to accept urgent reports at night, saying that he had discovered tens of thousands of Russian troops coming from the east.
Upon hearing the news, Hong Chengchou immediately mobilized his personnel to the east bank of the Volga River and prepared for war on the west bank.
However, what he never expected was that soon, Ye Bushou urgently reported back that the Tsarist Russian army was very polite and said that they knew that the Ottoman Empire was going to attack the Ming Dynasty, so they came to help urgently and wanted to help the Ming Dynasty.
Now they knew that the Ottoman army had been defeated by the Ming Dynasty, and they were very happy. Now that there was nothing wrong with Daming, they went back. Before leaving, the military rations he brought were also given to the Ming army to express their congratulations.
"..." Hong Chengchou was a little dumbfounded. Is this still the greedy Tsarist Russia he knew?
However, with his wisdom, he just summoned Ye Bushe and asked about the situation carefully. After thinking about it for a while, he guessed what the general situation was. His guess was not far from the truth.
In this regard, Hong Chengchou had to lament that it was thanks to the emperor that he arrived in time with reinforcements, and thanks to the emperor's prestige that has become famous all over the world. Otherwise, he really doesn't know whose hands Mingwei Fort will fall into in the end!
Although he was thankful in his heart, he did not reveal the true intention of the Russian army. While sending people to receive military rations, he also comforted and praised the Russian army: Good boy, you did a good job. That’s probably what it means!
Not to mention that Tsar Alexei led the army back in despair to continue to recuperate, but on Emperor Chongzhen's side, he could grasp the situation of Li Laiheng, Wu Sangui, Li Dingguo and others in real time through the eavesdropping system. Therefore, when leading the army southward, they moved extremely fast.
Fortunately for Li Dingguo, the fact that Emperor Abbas II of the Persian Empire led his troops north to capture Delhi put a lot of pressure on Wu Sangui's troops in Lahore. Emperor Chongzhen had to lead his troops south as soon as possible.
More than 50,000 cavalry troops rumbled with iron hooves, resounding throughout the Volga River Basin, and a red torrent headed south.
Along the way, there was no resistance at all. About 10,000 Ottoman soldiers were able to escape to the south, but they did not stop at all and just fled south as hard as they could.
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Wu Sangui's original plan was very good. He stood firm in Lahore, with the Tang State at his back, and then asked Li Laiheng to lead the army to attack the Ottoman Empire's retreat, making their retreat uneasy. As long as he persisted, his side's chances of winning would be very high.
If the Ottoman Empire army ignores Li Laiheng's troops, their logistics cannot be guaranteed, and their morale will even be affected. Therefore, the Ottoman Empire army must divide its forces to deal with it.
In addition, the Ottoman Empire army could not bypass Lahore to attack the Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, Wu Sangui's troops, who had more troops, would definitely cut off the Ottoman Empire army's retreat.
As long as this situation persists, the food and grass for the Ottoman Empire army will definitely be difficult to sustain. By then, it will be Wu Sangui's opportunity.
However, he never expected that Abbas II of the Persian Empire would lead his army all the way north and capture not only Delhi, but also a large area of Tang territory centered on Delhi. The Persian Empire's troops even reached Lahore. However, they did not participate in the siege of Lahore, but no matter what, they also cut off Lahore's supplies, making Lahore an isolated city.
At this time, Wu Sangui began to worry.
He knew that the strength of the Tang State, and even the three newly-confessed vassal states, was definitely not enough to defeat or drive away the Persian Empire army. As for Li Dingguo, although he didn't know what the situation was, since the Persian Empire army appeared here, it meant that there must be something wrong with Li Dingguo.
At this time, the only one we could count on was Hong Chengchou's troops at Mingwei Fort. However, he learned from the prisoners of the Ottoman Empire that the famous Ottoman Empire's Koprulu personally led more than 150,000 troops to attack Mingwei Fort.
In this way, not to mention that Hong Chengchou's troops can come to the rescue, but even if they can protect themselves, it is already good.
Wu Sangui did not receive any news from the angel sent by the capital, so he did not know that Emperor Chongzhen had already known about it and was driving the expedition himself. Facing the siege of powerful enemies, Wu Sangui was really worried and felt a lot of pressure.
But at this time, he is not the most dangerous person. At least he has the wall of Lahore to rely on. However, Li Laiheng's troops did not have any city walls to rely on and no logistical supplies to supplement. They relied entirely on the mobility of the cavalry he led to fight.
At the beginning, the Ottoman Empire army was caught off guard by Li Laiheng's troops. They had never fought before. Li Laiheng also had experience in this kind of guerrilla warfare, so he beat the Ottoman Empire army to the head.
However, after a long time, the Ottoman army came back to their senses. More than 20,000 troops were mobilized and began to pursue and intercept Li Laiheng's troops. They became ruthless and wanted to kill Li Laiheng's troops.
As a result, there were more wars. Although Li Laiheng led his troops to break out of the encirclement every time, soldiers sacrificed in each battle, and the number of troops under Li Laiheng was reduced from 5,000 to 5,000. There were about four thousand cavalry.
This is already 20% casualties, and there is no end in sight. I don't know where the Ming's victory will be. Although Li Laiheng's cavalry is elite, their morale is inevitably low.
After another breakout battle, Li Laiheng's troops hid in a remote place to camp and rest.
Months of continuous guerrilla warfare have made the soldiers exhausted, and even the horses have lost weight. If this continues, one can imagine what the army's combat effectiveness will be like in the days to come.
However, that's not the worst. Just as the saying goes, there was a leak in the house and it rained all night. The quartermaster reported to Li Laiheng: "Commander, the army rations are only enough for two days!"
Li Laiheng became silent after hearing this.
His generals also didn't speak, and the atmosphere was quite heavy.
Suddenly, a general suggested to Li Laiheng: "Commander, we can't continue fighting, otherwise, the army will be gone."
"Yes, Commander, while we still have some mobility, let's withdraw!" After hearing this, the other generals also made serious suggestions.
The Ming army has always been invincible, especially after Emperor Chongzhen came here to kill, they were even more invincible, and the killing was so satisfying.
But now, facing the combined attack of the two Central Asian empires, they really feel powerless. It’s not that I don’t want to fight, it’s just that I can’t beat him and I don’t see any chance of winning!
Hearing their proposal, Li Laiheng looked very unhappy and immediately asked: "If we withdraw, what will Marshal Wu do? When did Ming Dynasty abandon his friendly forces and escape?"
This matter should not be too common before Emperor Chongzhen personally led the army. Every one of the generals of the Ming Army was able to deceive their teammates with their strength.
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