I saw that the Persian Empire's pursuers on the other side of the river suddenly became confused. He didn't even think about crossing the river, but started running away to the south.
"Look, what's going on?" King Meng came to his senses and shouted immediately.
King Tang and King Fu turned around and looked dumbfounded: What is going on?
Just when they couldn't figure it out, a sharp-eyed guard shouted happily: "Ming army, it's Ming army, reinforcements are coming!"
Sure enough, just after a while, on the very distant horizon, groups of cavalry in red military uniforms appeared, like wolves hunting sheep, attacking the Persian Empire's troops from all directions. The pawn attacks.
"This..." King Tang was a little stunned and said in confusion, "This is the imperial army? Where did they come from?"
The armies of their three major vassal states inherited everything from the Ming Dynasty, including military uniforms. Therefore, it cannot be distinguished from a distance. However, those armies were chasing the Persian Empire army.
This alone is enough to prove that he is definitely not one of their men. Because their troops were all fleeing with them!
"Didn't you say that Lahore was heavily besieged by the Ottoman Empire's army?" King Meng asked with some confusion after hearing this, and then clapped his thigh and said, "Then there is only one possibility. It was Li Dingguo who led the troops to fight back. !”
This is the only explanation. After hearing this, the King of Tang was not happy. Instead, he said bitterly: "Look, he can defeat the Persian army, but he didn't fight before. As a result... he even lost his country. What the hell is he doing?" What do you mean? I want to impeach him!"
"Yes, Gu also wants to impeach him!" After hearing this, King Fu nodded in agreement and said with the same hatred, "Gu's vassal state was almost gone! This is so hateful!"
King Meng did not speak, but stared at the other side, feeling very envious.
Why were my men unable to withstand their attack when they encountered the Persian army? However, the Ming army on the other side was able to kill the Persian Empire's army like a lost dog?
It didn't take long for the situation on the other side to become clearer and clearer, and even the flags could be seen clearly. But after seeing the flag clearly, the three vassal kings were dumbfounded again.
"Gang Qi Battalion? Why is it Gang Qi Battalion?" King Meng turned around, looked at the other two people and asked, "Where is this Ming army from your vassal state?"
"No!" Prince Tang and Prince Fu denied almost in unison.
"Look, there is another banner, it is... the Duke of Tu Guo?" King Meng was surprised again, "The Duke of Tu Guo... isn't that the original Great Khan of the Turgut Tribe? He should be over there at Mingwei Fort. Well, why are you here?"
"It must be the Mingwei Fort where Governor Hong defeated the main force of the Ottoman Empire army?" King Tang said incredulously when he heard this.
He knew that the Ottoman Empire's army besieging Lahore was not their main force, but the Northern Route Army was.
To be honest, he didn't believe that Hong Chengchou's side could win, but the fact was right in front of him, and he couldn't help but deny it, so he sighed with emotion: "It turns out that the imperial army is really powerful!"
After hearing this, the other two feudal lords subconsciously nodded in agreement. They have completely forgotten that before, they complained about the imperial army and said that they would not provide money and food to the imperial army in the future!
"Preach Gu's decree, kill them back!" King Meng watched for a while, and finally couldn't hold back his eagerness. With a command, he led his defeated soldiers to the other side of the river.
King Fu and King Tang did not go. When the overall situation on the other side was decided, King Fu followed the lead under the leadership of King Tang.
By the time the two of them reached the other side, King Meng had already been chatting with the generals there for a long time.
Punchuk saw the two vassal kings coming and came to see them.
"Where is Governor Hong? I want to express my gratitude in person!" Prince Tang went over and took his hand cordially.
Before Pengchuk could speak, King Meng said impatiently at the side: "What Governor Hong? It's my father who is here!"
His words were full of pride, and he immediately added: "My father led the army to help and defeated the Ottoman Empire's Northern Route Army, and then went south to relieve the siege of Lahore. Hundreds of thousands of Ottoman Empire troops were not captured. He was wiped out by us! And then, he saved us!"
"..." King Tang and King Fu were stunned when they heard this. They really didn't expect that the one who saved them was neither Li Dingguo nor Hong Chengchou, but the Ming Emperor himself!
After roughly understanding the situation, the three vassal princes went to see the Ming Emperor outside the city of Delhi.
At this time, Delhi had not yet been captured and was still in the hands of the Persian Imperial Army. Emperor Chongzhen knew through Class A eavesdropping seeds that the three vassal kings were in trouble, so he sent people to rescue them first.
Now that they came back, groups of cavalry either threw the heads of the Persian Empire army into the city, or escorted the prisoners to show off outside the city. Suddenly, the morale of the Persian army in Delhi was extremely low.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The three vassal kings greeted Emperor Chongzhen loudly at the same time.
On the way over, they listened to Punchuk and others in detail about the story of the war. I know the fighting situation in several places and what it is like.
It turns out that it's not that the imperial army is incompetent, but that the enemy is too powerful! But even so, the imperial army did not give up its efforts and kept fighting. No army escaped.
Especially Li Laiheng's unit, the Gang 7th Battalion that they didn't understand. There were only five thousand cavalry troops, which had been attacking the enemy's back roads. If it weren't for this army, it's unknown whether Lahore could have been defended despite being besieged for several months by several times the enemy's force.
In this way, the enemy wanted to destroy the 7th Gang Battalion first. Faced with the encirclement and interception of tens of thousands of troops, they did not give up on the friendly forces and finally persisted until reinforcements arrived.
After understanding this, their previous resentment towards the imperial army disappeared.
However, there is still one grievance that cannot be quelled.
After seeing the ceremony, the King of Tang cried out to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I want to impeach Li Dingguo. I have not changed my treacherous heart. I have abandoned the enemy and allowed the Persian army to invade the vassal state of Weichen. I have harmed Weichen." The losses were heavy and the country was almost destroyed, wuwuwu..."
King Fu originally wanted to follow the impeachment, but compared to the Tang State, the losses to his vassal state were actually not great. Among the three vassal kings, he was the least courageous. After knowing the power of the imperial army, he hesitated.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at King Tang and knew that he was indeed frightened, so he smiled and said: "Isn't it okay? Li Dingguo is indeed responsible for the Persian army's invasion of Tang. But to be fair, it is understandable. Original!"
Hearing this, King Tang was a little dumbfounded and wanted to say it again.
But Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand, and then took the lead and said: "Li Dingguo's troops are only about 10,000 men and horses, and there are only more than 30,000 local soldiers. The Persian Empire is led by their emperor himself, with 100,000 troops. The crowd is coming to kill him. Does he have a strong city to defend? How do you think he should deal with it?"
Before the King of Tang could answer, he continued: "Li Dingguo's strategy was originally to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao. This was also a clever plan. He forced the Persian army to return to reinforcements by attacking the rear of the Persian army and even attacking the Persian mainland. But he didn't expect it. What's more, the Persian emperor is a ruthless man, and he even abandoned his retreat. I also want to say something to you here..."
"Ah..." King Tang couldn't help but lost his voice after hearing this.
But before he had time to speak, Emperor Chongzhen had already said: "For your part, if you can stop the Persian Empire army and let them know that they will have to pay a heavy price to defeat them, even if it only takes them a long time, Only then can we defeat it, we cannot get military supplies, and once our morale is low, I predict that the Persian Emperor will definitely withdraw his troops."
The King of Tang never expected that the emperor would say such a thing. After that, why would he be responsible for the country's almost destruction?
He wanted to refute, but for a moment, he didn't know how to refute?
The King of Tang was dumbfounded, and Emperor Chongzhen looked at the other two vassal kings and said: "You are the same. Logically speaking, with the combined military strength of your two countries, whether it is geographical location or military strength, they will be better than the Persian Empire's army." .However, you are completely defeated!"
I didn't expect to be punished so quickly. King Tang and King Meng were also a little confused. Aren't we the masters of suffering?
"I am really a little doubtful of your ability. You have no resistance at all! If Fuguo leaves me, will a group of thieves anywhere be able to beat you and destroy your country?"
After Emperor Chongzhen finished talking about King Fu, he then turned to stare at King Meng and said: "And you, when you encounter a slightly stronger enemy, you are also defeated. I am really disappointed!"
Faced with Emperor Chongzhen's questioning, both King Fu and King Meng could only be scolded but could not speak back. Because what Emperor Chongzhen said is the reality that just happened. How else to refute?
Seeing that the three vassal kings below him were all convinced by what he had said, Emperor Chongzhen changed the subject and said: "There is really no way, so that's good. When I come here this time, I will destroy both Persia and the Ottomans. Build two more independent provinces to block your western side. I believe this way, you will be safe!"
Hearing this, King Meng was fine, but King Tang and King Fu were overjoyed. This is great! So they quickly thanked him.
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled in his heart and said: "But this place is too far away from the mainland. Therefore, the military supplies and logistics for attacking these two countries need to be shared by the three of you."
At this time, the Tang State actually had little strength to provide military supplies and logistics, and was harmed by the Persian Empire. Fuguo was okay, while Mengguo suffered the least loss.
Although they wanted to complain, they faced the pressure of Emperor Chongzhen, especially Emperor Chongzhen who made it clear that in order to ensure your safety, he would destroy these two countries once and for all and let the imperial court stand in their way. . Once this kind of reason comes out, it is really unjustifiable to complain!
