906 The Emperor Arrives
More than twenty miles northeast of Fort Minway, the Ming army intercepted the Ottoman army that detoured north.
At this time, the battlefield was still plains, only to the east, where there were hills, and eventually they became higher and higher, which was the Ural Mountains.
There are not many means to use when fighting in the plains. This means that the next battle can only be a tough battle with strength.
In the days before, such wars had happened many times. Every time, the Ming army beat the Ottoman army back. However, inevitably, there were many casualties among the Ming army.
At this time, looking at the dense enemies opposite, the Ming army was not very morale. Because they knew that there were more enemies this time than ever before. After this war, I don’t know how many people I know would die here.
Some people in the Ming army have complained about this.
"Why do we fight hard with them every time? They obviously have more soldiers than us. If this continues, we will die here."
"Yes, why not let them move eastward? Then we don't need to intercept again."
"Don't you know? If your home is here, who would be willing to move eastward, not that he can't beat them! Besides, what if they move eastward, what if Fort Minway is short of food?"
"Yes, Fort Minway is too small to protect the herd. But if they are allowed to move far away, if the siege is long, we will be short of food."
"Stop talking, fight hard, wait for the emperor to lead reinforcements and we will win!"
"You are so light-hearted. It's been so long. Where is the emperor's reinforcements? If you continue to fight like this, who can wait until the reinforcements arrive?"
"Dare you dare to question the emperor and rebel against you?"
"I just said something, but didn't say bad things about the emperor. What's wrong?"
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The situation is bad and morale is low, so there are more low noises.
Of course, these noisy sounds were not found in the local army of the Ming Dynasty, mostly in the Cossatt tribe and the Turkut tribe.
He was about to fight with the enemy, but he had no military discipline on his side. Zhu Zhongming, the deputy general in the local army of the Ming Dynasty, became a little angry and drove over, regardless of the opponent's title. He reminded coldly: "If you don't want to fight, just withdraw. The Ottomans have passed, and they will kill you, the Cossatt tribe and the Turkut tribe!"
He was just a general flag that he could not collect at night. As Emperor Chongzhen fought all the way to Bangladesh, he fought back to the west, and accumulated merits and promoted, but did not use military merits to exchange for his wife's money or anything. When he returned to Luntai, Tianshan, he was already guerrilla.
Afterwards, he followed Hong Chengchou all the way to the west, and made military achievements in many wars. Now he is the deputy general.
I have to say that as long as you keep fighting and have good luck, you will definitely get promoted quickly!
Hearing his questioning reminder, although Racine was unhappy, she understood that he was right, so she yelled backwards and asked his tribe members to shut up. The same is true for Pengchuk, who immediately rectified the military discipline and prepared for war.
However, despite this, the morale of the soldiers of the Cossatt and the Turgut tribe was obviously not high even though they stopped talking.
When Zhu Zhongming saw this, he knew in his heart that these tribal troops had not been reorganized. In addition, they had not fought with the emperor, and many of their tribe members were killed or injured, so they became timid.
He felt a little disdainful of this, so he deliberately said loudly: "In this battle, we will use our army as the vanguard, and you will be the one who cuts the rear!"
After saying that, Zhu Zhongming, regardless of Racine and Pengchuk's expressions, drove his horse back to the formation.
Ayuqi was annoyed by his despising him and immediately responded loudly: "Our Turkut tribe is not a coward!"
However, Zhu Zhongming ignored him and returned to his own formation. With a command, the five thousand cavalrymen yelled in unison and responded: "The Ming Dynasty won thousands of victories!"
The sound was so loud that even the Ottomans in the distance watched.
Morale is contagious. When other members of the Ming army met, the bloody men of course did not want to be compared, so they responded with actions.
The Ming army finally started moving.
With Zhu Zhongming's troops as the spearhead, the left and right wings are Racine and Pengchuk's troops, and the remaining herders' troops are behind this font shape.
[fo]After the formation is completed, it begins to slowly approach the enemy and prepares to launch an attack.
Of course, the Ottoman army is also forming formations and preparing to fight.
If nothing unexpected happens, a fierce battle will break out immediately.
While the troops on both sides were tense and were about to start a war, many people felt something was wrong.
Finally, a sharp-eyed person saw the situation and suddenly screamed.
The Ming army was ecstatic and pointed to the east and shouted: "Reinforcements, reinforcements are here, the emperor is here..."
That's right, I saw countless red knights in the hilly area to the east, as if they were coming out of the ground, endless and endless.
At this moment, no matter the Ming army, whether it was the Cossatt or the Turkut tribe, they all remembered the legend of the emperor. If it weren't for the fact that it was true that reinforcements would never have appeared at this time.
Therefore, the morale of these soldiers who were originally inferior to that of the local cavalry of the Ming Dynasty rose suddenly, and even vaguely compared the morale of the local soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.
Correspondingly, the Ming army immediately cooperated with the Ming army in the distance and launched an attack at the same time.
And on the side of the Ottoman army, I was stunned.
The sudden appearance of the Ming reinforcements was definitely a major blow to them who were preparing to fight.
There was a rumor about the reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty and the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, which was immediately recalled by them. It was shown that the Emperor of the Kingdom was a real god and knew that there was a war here thousands of miles away, so he had sent someone to inform him.
Before, their Prime Minister clearly stated that this was a conspiracy of the commander of the Ming army. Or because of this, the rumor spread widely and almost everyone knew. For this reason, they all laughed at the Ming army soldiers for being fooled.
At this moment, all of them immediately thought of this rumor. Looking at the countless Ming cavalry emerging from the east, they were naturally stunned. How could an impossible thing become possible!
So, they panic!
This panic originated from the number of Ming cavalry appearing in the east, far beyond their expectations. Now that they are attacked by the Ming army from east to west, they may have more troops than them. How could this battle be won?
Another reason is naturally associated with it. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was a living god. How could they fight against God just by mortals?
The two reasons for these two aspects made the Ottoman army more and more panic as the East and West Ming troops approached. Especially when a sharp-eyed person discovered that there was a banner representing the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty in front of the Ming cavalry, he immediately collapsed.
This collapse initially appeared in the Ottoman army. Then, like dominoes, it immediately caused a chain reaction. In the end, even if many of them understood that if they did not resist, they might not be able to escape, and they could only escape with the defeated army.
The two Ming armies were already speeding up. After seeing the collapse of the Ottoman army, they all increased their horse speed again and began their pursuit.
The fierce battle that was originally about to occur was a one-sided pursuit because of the sudden appearance of the Ming reinforcements. This was unexpected to everyone, but it was reasonable.
The Ming generals, whether it was Zhu Zhongming, Racine or Pengchuk, were excited to go to see the car as soon as possible. However, Emperor Chongzhen issued a clear order to chase the defeated soldiers and not give them a chance to breathe, and rushed back to Fort Mingwei.
Seeing this order, of course no one will violate it.
The Ming army was full of cavalry, while the Ottoman Empire was mostly half of the infantry. On this battlefield, two legs could not escape four legs no matter what.
Originally, the scene where the most killing people on the battlefield was to chase and kill. At this time, the Ming army soldiers were extremely relaxed to harvest the enemy. It was not until this time that the soldiers of the Cossatt tribe and the Turkut tribe truly realized that fighting could be so easy!
Those who kneel on the ground and do not surrender basically have a knife on their backs and then fall to the ground. As for those who kneel on their backs, the Ming soldiers who roared and roared ignored them and just continued to pursue the enemy who was still running away.
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On the side of Minway Fort, Koplulu was also ruthless and was driving his subordinates to attack the Ming army. Of course, his troops would not be used as cannon fodder, but just drove other troops to attack first.
His idea is very simple, which is to use human life. The Ming army consumed is profitable, and the men consumed can save food and kill two birds with one stone.
The Ming army did not let the herdsmen go first. In this way, at the beginning of the war, the Ottoman army suffered more casualties. Keplulu didn't care at all. He believed that after a long time, the appearance of the elite Ming army would represent the emergence of a crisis on the Ming army.
Of course, people are not machines, and there are many casualties, and there are problems with the miscellaneous brands of the Ottoman army.
There is a saying that if an army has 30% of its casualties and can continue to fight, it is definitely an elite.
The miscellaneous cards in the Ottoman army were not even 30%, so they did not dare to fight again and fled one after another. However, behind them were countless supervising teams. Those officers who dared to escape were all killed on the spot, and then the defeated soldiers were driven back to the battlefield.
Kopullu had expected this long ago, cut off their escape route and asked them to trade their lives for their lives.
As a result, after a long time, the casualties of the Ming army finally began to increase.
Seeing this, Hong Chengchou sent a new army to replace his tired comrade-in-law. As a result, Kopululu sneered and finally sent his elite troops. In any case, the Ming army could not be allowed to go back and rest.
Chapter completed!