Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 915 Hope
Here in Lahore, the flag of Ming Dynasty is still flying on the top of the city.But outside the city, as before, the flag of the Ottoman Empire was flying.

Since Delhi was occupied by the army of the Persian Empire, Lahore has no reinforcements and supplies.It was okay at the beginning, but now that a few months have passed, life in Lahore is starting to be difficult.

Pessimism began to appear in the city, because there was no hope of victory in sight.This pessimistic mood would have come earlier if it hadn't been for the powerful combat power demonstrated by the Ming Dynasty in destroying the Mughal Empire.

The lack of materials forced Wu Sangui to start restricting, especially in terms of food. After the control, the pessimistic mood became stronger.

For this reason, he had to inspect the city and the city every day.In addition to sharing joys and sorrows with the soldiers and eating the same rations, he maintained a high fighting spirit to influence the soldiers.

It is also thanks to him that after deciding to use Lahore as a city to stop the Ottoman Empire, he sent the old and weak out of the city.Otherwise, food consumption will be even more.

Wu Sangui knew very well in his heart that he must give hope to his soldiers, so that they can hold on, and even turn defeat into victory.

For this reason, he kept telling the soldiers defending the city that Li Laiheng's troops were harassing the enemy's rear, and they would feel even more uncomfortable regardless of the number of enemies.

Especially later, the enemy army outside the city never attacked Lahore again, but instead divided into tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and headed northwest. Wu Sangui knew that Li Laiheng's troops were still fighting.While he was worried about Li Laiheng's subordinates, he was actually moved a lot in his heart.

In the early years of his life, his father Wu Xiang and his uncle Zu Dashou had a great influence on him.They all once told him that only with soldiers can you have power, and without soldiers, you have no power. Therefore, it is necessary to protect yourself wisely, and holding troops is the fundamental way.

But before he began to apply the guidance of his father and uncle, Emperor Chongzhen began to lead the army to fight in person, and then, one battle after another was won.He also started to go out with his car, and what he learned from Emperor Chongzhen was different from what his father and uncle reminded him.In short, he kept winning until later, he forgot what they said.

In these days of sticking to Lahore, especially when the situation of the Ming army in Lahore is getting more and more difficult, for some reason, the things taught by his father and uncle came out again, and he was a little Scared.

He was afraid, not because he was afraid of himself, but because Li Laiheng's subordinates would understand what his father and uncle taught him.When you know what you can't do, you will choose to be wise and protect yourself!

Wu Sangui knew very well in his heart that the only thing Lahore can rely on now is Li Laiheng's troops.If Li Laiheng's troops were more passive in combat, or simply hid for a while, who could blame them?They can say that they have been fighting, not to mention running away.

If they don't do their best, the Ottoman army outside the city can concentrate on attacking the city.After a few months, let alone whether it will be captured by them, at least it will definitely not be like it is now, mainly due to the pressure from the consumption of food supplies.

Since the Ottoman army actually divided most of the cavalry, Wu Sangui knew that it was definitely Li Laiheng's troops who hurt the Ottoman army, forcing them to send so many troops back to chase and intercept them in order to clean up and protect them. back road safety.

Of course, Wu Sangui wanted to take advantage of this news, and immediately publicized the reason why the Ottoman army left, so that the soldiers in Lahore knew that they were not alone, but had friendly forces and were still cooperating in the battle.

To be honest, at that time, the morale in the city immediately increased a lot.

Wu Sangui also thought about taking the opportunity to break out of the siege, after all, the enemy outside the city had lost tens of thousands of cavalry.Once it can successfully break through, it will be just infantry, and it should be much easier to deal with.

However, first, he couldn't guarantee whether the cavalry of the Ottoman Empire would really have to encircle and suppress Li Laiheng's troops when they left, or whether they were just playing tricks and finding a place to lie in wait for him to break through.

The reason why this suspicion still exists is that he does not understand the enemy he is facing, the Ottoman Empire.He doesn't know what kind of person their leader is, what style they usually fight, and what style they use, so he has this doubt.

The second reason is that it is not so easy to break through.During the months of siege, the Ottoman army dug trenches around Lahore in order to prevent the Ming army from breaking out of the siege or making a surprise attack out of the city.If Wu Sangui were to lead his troops to break out of the siege, there would definitely be no fewer casualties.

There is also the last reason, Wu Sangui and Li Dingguo have different backgrounds.Li Dingguo was born as a bandit, so he didn't really care about Tang Wang and others.With the emperor's secret decree, he didn't care anymore, and used the trick of hurting each other to enter the territory of the Persian Empire.

But Wu Sangui was born in a family of generals, he thought a lot, so he was not as bachelor as Li Dingguo.Although there is an imperial decree from the emperor, he is still a little worried.

After all, King Tang was a relative of the emperor. If he broke through, the Ottoman army could move eastward and unite with the Persian Empire. Not only Tang would suffer, but even the other two vassal states might suffer.Once this happens, who will be unlucky?In Wu Sangui's heart, he was actually not sure.

With all kinds of worries in his heart, Wu Sangui didn't dare to move.After time passed slowly, the morale that had been boosted before was slowly consumed again.

One day, when Wu Sangui was in the military camp in the city, when he and his soldiers had finished eating gruel, suddenly the city leader came to report: "Commander, there are movements from the enemy outside the city, it seems that their cavalry has returned!"

Wu Sangui was shocked when he heard this, and hurried to the top of the city to check for the movement.

Sure enough, dust was flying in the northwest direction.You can even see teams of Ottoman cavalry troops returning to the camp outside the city without looking through the telescope.

Seeing this, Wu Sangui's heart sank.The return of the cavalry of the Ottoman army can only explain one thing.That is, they have already solved the problem of the back road, and then they can attack the city with all their strength!
He didn't know whether Li Laiheng's troops had been wiped out by them, or if they couldn't bear the heavy siege of the Ottoman army and fled.In short, no matter what, Li Laiheng's troops only had [-] cavalry troops. After fighting for several months, they were suddenly surrounded by heavy troops. It was absolutely impossible to win.

Thinking about this, to be honest, there is not even the only friendly army now, and Lahore really has only one army left to fight alone. Wu Sangui is a bit desperate.

However, no matter how desperate he was, he knew in his heart that this kind of emotion must not be shown, instead he had to find various reasons to boost morale.

With that in mind, he carefully observed the enemy's movements.Needless to say, he saw some abnormal signs.

First, the Ottoman Cavalry who came back did not come back neatly, but came back one by one.

Second, although the distance is a bit far away, the faces of those people can't be seen clearly, but his movements after being greeted by the enemy do not seem to be good news.If they had accomplished their goal and returned, at least they could have heard cheers, right?But no!
Wu Sangui believed that if the goal was really achieved, even if the Ottomans were very restrained, their commander would know that it would be best to use this news to boost morale.After all, the Ottoman Empire was blocked in Lahore for several months, and their morale was also not high.

After discovering this, Wu Sangui became a little suspicious.Could it be that Li Laiheng's troops were able to defeat the heavy encirclement?How can this be?

Even though he thought so in his heart, it didn't prevent Wu Sangui from telling the story and telling all the soldiers to know.In short, he used all means to boost morale.

"Pass the order and let all the soldiers know that Marshal Li's troops have won again!" Wu Sangui showed an excited "smile" and said to his personal guards, "The enemy came back in a hurry, wait and see, if they win, They will definitely send their heads over to intimidate them, if not, they will lose!"

At least he didn't seem to find a head when he looked through the telescope.

Therefore, Wu Sangui's reasonable inference became the hope of the soldiers of the Ming army.

The cavalry of the Ottoman Empire came back one after another until the evening, but Wu Sangui did not go down to the top of the city, and kept observing with binoculars.Finally, he realized that something was wrong. The returning enemy army seemed to be missing tens of thousands of cavalry.

And the most important thing is that it has been a whole day, and there is no cheers at the Ottoman Empire's barracks, and no heads are thrown over.If it was Wu Sangui himself, he could throw the fake head down the city to scare the enemy!

Therefore, at this time, he came to the conclusion that either the enemy's commander-in-chief couldn't fight, or the enemy had suffered a big defeat, and he didn't even have the intention to use such a method.

In comparison, Wu Sangui is more convinced that it is the latter situation.However, this seems impossible!Li Laiheng had worked with him for several years, and he knew the combat effectiveness of that cavalry!
He didn't understand, and he didn't say anything.

On the second day, Wu Sangui made another discovery.Looking through the telescope, it seems that there is a feeling of panic on the enemy side.He was even more surprised. Could it be that Li Laiheng's troops really won the battle?

At this time, he never thought that it was Hong Chengchou's troops or reinforcements from the country.Therefore, the enemy used a strategy of attacking the mind to let Wu Sangui know that the main force of the Ottoman Empire was still in the north.Domestic reinforcements cannot be delivered by messengers. Who would have known that they would come so soon, generally speaking, it would take at least a year and a half.

After a few days, the enemy outside the city seemed to be more chaotic, and even the soldiers of the Ming army who did not have binoculars could feel it.

Hope, like the seeds of spring, began to sprout and grow in the hearts of the soldiers of the Ming army, and the morale of Lahore finally picked up.But they were very curious, what happened to make such a turnaround?

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