Daming Military Empire

Chapter 509

There are also guard posts of the Ming army on the high mountains tens of miles northwest of Kandahar. At this time, there is no clear national boundary line. It would be better if there are rivers and mountains blocking it. Like near Kandahar, there are no rivers or mountains blocking the two countries. , the national boundaries are blurred.

Under such circumstances, the two sides will generally default to a certain area as the border area between the two countries, and the desert hundreds of miles west of Kandahar is the border area between the Ming Empire and the Persian Safavid Empire. The army will only set up scattered sentry posts as a warning.

However, on this day, a huge army appeared in the desert west of Kandahar. It was so large that the black area within several miles was full of heads, at least no less than 10 horses!

Seeing this, the sentry of the Ming army on the high mountain rushed to the barracks behind the mountain to report to the captain in charge of the sentry.

Hearing the news, the captain ran to the sentry post and took a closer look with the binoculars, then immediately ran back to the tent and sent an urgent report to Kandahar.

The first regiment of the Ming Empire Expeditionary Army was in charge of stationing in Kandahar. Their regiment commander was Hou Gongji’s father Hou Shilu. This Hou Shilu was a well-known veteran in the Ming army. , Later, he was seriously injured and returned to the rear for recuperation. He accumulated military merits and was promoted to the General Army of Guyuan.

Hou Shilu and Hou Gongji were famous father and son commander-in-chief in the history of the late Ming Dynasty. It is very rare in the history of the Ming Dynasty that both father and son accumulated military merits and rose to the position of commander-in-chief. However, unfortunately, in the Chongzhen Dynasty In a desperate situation, no matter how talented you are, you can't use it.

Their ending is the same as those famous patriotic generals in the late Ming Dynasty. They all sacrificed their lives for the country. In the 16th year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng surrounded Yulin. The army and the people resisted, and in the end they were defeated and captured, and died unyielding.

Of course, these are all matters of the Chongzhen Dynasty. In the Chongzheng Dynasty, their fate was completely rewritten. For example, Hou Shilu is now a top-rank general, a five-star general of the Ming Empire Army, and is in charge of the defense of the entire South Asia. He is already the only military of the Ming Empire. high level.

Both Hou Shilu and Hou Gongji belonged to the kind of very serious and responsible generals, and they were extremely careful about the defensive arrangements of the station. Basically, there was no possibility of being attacked by surprise. Therefore, the 20 troops of the Persian Safavid Empire just appeared The inside and outside were discovered by the outpost he arranged.

Poor Sultan was afraid that the Ming army would not notice that he was leading the army, so he bravely continued to move forward for more than ten miles before stopping, and finally stopped right under the eyes of the Ming army sentry.

After the news of the front post was sent back to Kandahar, it was quickly delivered to Hou Shilu. Is the Persian Safavid Empire crazy?How dare you come to attack Kandahar!
Although he was a little confused about what the Persian Safavid Empire was going crazy, he immediately ordered the entire army to assemble, and all four walls of the city entered a state of emergency defense.

The army of the Persian Safavid Empire is not a joke. Their gunpowder weapons are much more advanced than the Mughal Empire. If they were not at a disadvantage in numbers, they probably would have brought down the Mughal Empire long ago.

Now, they have assembled nearly 20 troops to attack Kandahar. Even Hou Shilu can't guarantee that they will be able to defend. After all, the opponent has twice as many people as himself, and the gap in weapons is not very big. If they really fight It's really hard to say who will win the battle if he is ordered to attack the city.

So, after he arranged everything, he immediately sent a telegram to the capital, asking the emperor directly for help!
After Zhu Cijiong received the telegram, he finally felt that something was wrong. If it was said that Wacha and the Kazakh Khanate were helpers invited by Tsarist Russia, he believed it a little bit, because Tsarist Russia bordered them after all, and the relationship between the two parties seemed to be good.

To say that the Persian Safavid Empire was invited by Tsarist Russia is pure nonsense, the two countries have no contact at all, why did the Persian Safavid Empire take the risk to help Tsarist Russia.

Combined with the strength shown by Tsarist Russia when it attacked Manjingwei, he finally understood that the mastermind of the whole thing was not Tsarist Russia at all, it must be the ghost behind the Anti-Habsburg Alliance!
Zhu Cijiong was completely furious that he dared to slander Daming behind his back. He directly dug out the latest world map and studied it carefully.

Great powers such as Britain, France and the Netherlands have no way to deal with it for the time being, because they are too far apart, and there is still a certain gap in the relative strength of the allies in Europe compared with the anti-Habsburg alliance. The Persian Safavid Empire vented its anger, who made them accomplices of the great powers.

First of all, Tsarist Russia. At first, Zhu Cijiong was still thinking about occupying the Yeni River Basin. After all, it is too far away from the Central Plains. Even if there is a train, it will take at least half a month to transfer supplies. To advance, it is likely to take more than a month, and the thawing period of Siberia is only so long. It is too time-consuming to even think about completely occupying the entire Siberia in one year or two years.

However, now Zhu Cijiong is ruthless. No matter how long it takes, Siberia must be brought down. If the Anti-Habsburg Alliance does not give full support, he even wants to wipe out Tsarist Russia!
Then there is the Wacha Allied Forces. Wacha must be wiped out this time. As for the Kazakh Khanate, if they do not accept the "Daming vassal state order" and become a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, then they will be wiped out together!
Finally, there is the Persian Safavid Empire. It is a bit difficult for Ming to face three powerful countries or quasi-powerful countries at the same time. However, not only Tsarist Russia has allies, but Ming also has allies. Isn’t the Ottoman Empire always competing with the Persian Safavid Empire? Do you want the control of West Asia? Just let them send troops from the west.

Although it may not be possible to destroy the Persian Safavid Empire, it is still very simple to occupy the small piece of land between Kandahar and the Ottoman Empire under attack from both sides.

Hasn’t the Persian Safavid Empire been procrastinating and not allowing Daming’s railway and telegraph lines to cross the border? This time, they simply don’t ask, and just grab the middle piece of land. In this way, Daming will border the Ottoman Empire and build a railway There is no need to seek the consent of the Persian Safavid Empire to pull the telegraph line.

It will take some time for the entire strategy to be arranged. The most important thing now is to resolve the crisis in South Asia. The Second Corps of the Expeditionary Army and the Loyal and Valiant Army, which were supposed to be transferred to the northwest, can only be transferred to South Asia.

There are already three legions in the northwest, and it is absolutely no problem to withstand the attack of the Wacha coalition forces.

South Asia is different. The Ming Empire has not yet fought against the Persian Safavid Empire. The strength of their 20 army is still uncertain. If they really want to take Kandahar or even the whole of South Asia, then they must still There will be reinforcements, and to be safe, at least two legions must be transferred there.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cijiong directly issued a transfer order, ordering the Second Army of the Expeditionary Army and the Zhongyong Army to immediately go to Kandahar for support.

At the same time, he also sent a telegram to Hou Shilu, ordering him to stick to it for fifteen days, waiting for the reinforcements to arrive.

(End of this chapter)