Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 911 Despair

Hearing the news, Alexei was immediately dumbfounded.

The army of the Ottoman Empire, according to the information heard in advance, has at least about 15 troops, and it is 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 Alexei had no memory, he immediately remembered that the Ming emperor had destroyed the Mughal Empire with only 2 cavalry troops!

Thinking of this, Alexei was immediately frightened.I no longer have the guts to go to the Samara Fort.Once the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is provoked, with Tsarist Russia's current strength, it will definitely be wiped out.

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 old lair in the west, he wanted to die, and Tan Ma reported back, saying that he would not accept Ming Guoye.Immediately afterwards, the forward came to report that he had been discovered by the Ming army Yebushou, what should we do?
Hearing the news, Alexei was immediately furious: How could a group of idiots be discovered by Ming Guo Ye Bu Shou!

"Your Majesty, what should we do? Fight?" His subordinates had no choice but to ask him.

Alexei was furious when he heard this, and said angrily: "How to fight? The emperor of the Ming Dynasty has come, and just won a big victory, and the morale is high. With our small army, it's okay to go for a bargain, and face to face head-on. ,who do you think You Are?"

After a bout of anger, 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 Ming emperor, they are definitely not easy to deceive: if you tell them that you have concluded an agreement with the Ming army on the Samara Fort, so you want to help the Ming army fight Retire the Ottoman army, will they believe it?
The answer was obvious, and Alexei was worried.The emperor of the Ming Dynasty is not easy to provoke. Once he knows his little plan, what if he gets angry and leads the army to attack him?
After thinking for a long time, Alexey finally came up with an idea.Give the food from the Chinese army to the forward, and order the forward to deliver the food to the Ming army, in order to express the sincerity of Tsarist Russia: Look, we are all here to send food, we are your friendly army of Ming, we It is a friendship made by fighting, and we and the Ottoman Empire are also sworn enemies!
With this sincerity, I believe that even if the emperor of the Ming Dynasty guessed his intentions, he wouldn't be able to slap himself with shame, right?
Thinking of this, Alexei hurriedly withdrew before the Chinese army was discovered by Ming Guo Yebushou.

In fact, at this time, Emperor Chongzhen had already led his army south.On the side of Mingwei Fort, the strength of the Ming army is not strong.There are even hundreds of thousands of Ottoman captives in custody, but they are actually not capable of fighting Tsarist Russia at all.

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.

In the end, he really expected it, Ye Bu received an urgent report, saying that he had discovered tens of thousands of Tsarist Russian troops coming from the east.

Hearing this 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 Bu received and urgently reported that the Tsarist Russian army was very polite, saying that they knew that the Ottoman Empire was going to attack Daming, and they rushed to help, wanting to help Daming.

Now knowing that the Ottoman army has been defeated by Ming, they are very happy.Now that Daming was fine, they went back.Before leaving, the military rations they brought should also be sent to the Ming army to express their congratulations.

"..." Hong Chengchou was a little dumbfounded. Is this the greedy Tsarist Russia he knew?

But with his wisdom, he just summoned Yebushu, asked about the situation carefully, and after thinking about it for a while, he guessed the general situation.His guess is 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!
Fortunately in his heart, he did not expose the real intention of the Tsarist Russian army. While sending people to receive the military rations, he also comforted and praised Tsarist Russia: Good boy, you did a good job.That's probably what it means!
Not to mention that Tsar Alexei led the army back to recuperate in despair, but on Emperor Chongzhen's side, he was able to grasp the situation of Li Laiheng, Wu Sangui, Li Dingguo and others in real time through the wiretapping system.Therefore, when the leader went south, he walked 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 5 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 [-] 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 for this journey is still very good.He stood firm in Lahore, backed by Tang, and let Li Laiheng lead the army to attack the back of the Ottoman army, disturbing their back. As long as he persisted, his chances of winning would be very high.

If the Ottoman army does not care about Li Laiheng's troops, then their logistics cannot be guaranteed, and it will even affect morale. Therefore, the Ottoman army must divide its troops to deal with it.

In addition, the Ottoman army could not go around Lahore to attack Tang. Otherwise, Wu Sangui's troops with more troops would definitely cut off the Ottoman army's retreat.

As long as this situation can persist, the Ottoman army's food and grass will definitely be difficult to sustain. At that time, it will be Wu Sangui's chance.

However, he never expected that Abbas II of the Persian Empire would lead the army all the way north, not only captured Delhi, but also captured a large area of ​​the territory of the Tang Kingdom with Delhi as the center.The soldiers of the Persian Empire even reached Lahore.However, they did not participate in the siege of Lahore, but in any case, they also cut off Lahore's supplies, making Lahore an isolated city.

At this time, Wu Sangui began to worry.

He knew that with the strength of the Tang Kingdom, or even the three newly established vassal states, it 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 thing that can be counted on is Hong Chengchou's troops at Fort Mingwei.However, he learned from the captives of the Ottoman army that the well-known Koprulu of the Ottoman Empire personally led an army of more than 15 troops to attack Mingwei Fort.

In this way, not to mention that Hong Chengchou's subordinates can come to rescue, even if they can protect themselves, it is already good.

On Wu Sangui's side, he 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 sent him to conquer.Facing the siege of a powerful enemy, Wu Sangui was really worried, feeling the pressure.

But at this time, he is not the most dangerous person, at least he has the city wall of Lahore to rely on.However, on the side of Li Laiheng's troops, there was no city wall to rely on, and no logistical supplies to replenish. They were fighting entirely by the mobility of the cavalry he led.

At the beginning, the Ottoman army was caught off guard by Li Laiheng's troops, and they had never fought against each other before. Li Laiheng had a lot of experience in guerrilla warfare, so the Ottoman army was taken aback.

However, after a long time, the Ottoman army came back to their senses.More than 2 troops were mobilized, and they began to chase and intercept Li Laiheng's troops. They became ruthless and wanted to kill Li Laiheng's troops.

As a result, more wars were fought. Although Li Laiheng led his troops to stand out from the encirclement every time, in each of these wars, soldiers were sacrificed, and the accumulation of small numbers made a lot. Today, Li Laiheng's troops have been reduced from 5000 to About four thousand cavalry.

This is already [-]% casualties, and there is no end in sight. I don't know where Daming's victory is. Although Li Laiheng's cavalry is elite, morale is inevitably low.

After another breakout battle, Li Laiheng's troops hid in a remote place to camp and rest.

The continuous months of guerrilla warfare have exhausted the soldiers, and even the horses have lost weight. If this continues, the combat effectiveness of the army can be imagined, and what will happen in the coming days.

However, that's not the worst.Just as the saying goes, when the house leaks and it rains overnight, the quartermaster told Li Laiheng: "Commander, the army rations are only enough for two days!"

After hearing this, Li Laiheng fell silent.

The generals under him also did not speak, and the atmosphere was quite heavy.

Suddenly, a general suggested to Li Laiheng: "Commander, we can't fight anymore, otherwise, the army will be gone."

"That's right, Commander, let's withdraw while we still have some mobility!" The other generals also strongly suggested after hearing this.

For a long time, the Ming army has been invincible, especially when Emperor Chongzhen came here, it was even more invincible, and it was a joy to kill.

But now, facing the joint attack of the two Central Asian empires, they really feel powerless.It's not that I don't want to fight, but I really can't fight, and I don't see a chance to win!

Hearing their proposal, Li Laiheng's face was very ugly, and he immediately asked: "If we withdraw, what will happen to Marshal Wu? When did I, Daming, abandon my friendly army and run away?"

Before Emperor Chongzhen personally led the army, this matter was not too common.The generals of the Ming army are all teammates who are weak in strength.

(End of this chapter)