One Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty-One I can not take it, but you can’t take it!
"How much was lost?" Han Du asked in a more serious tone.
"The casualties exceed 5,000." Cao Tai was a little depressed.
"Then pull all the people back and let Faraij's people take the lead." Han Du said without hesitation.
Of course Cao Tai wanted to withdraw the Ming army. After all, they were his own troops, and he was heartbroken to lose even one of them.
But
"Sir, are the soldiers and horses of the Mamluk Dynasty helping us to resist the Ottomans? Isn't it a little bad that we have withdrawn our soldiers and horses now?"
Han Du's eyes widened, "What's wrong? After all the soldiers and horses under your command are lost, you think it's okay?"
"Yes, sir, I will go and give the order to withdraw the troops now." Cao Tai did not dare to argue anymore and immediately turned around to give the order.
As soon as Han Du followed Cao Tai into the Tianfang Governor's Mansion, Miransha came galloping over on his horse. .??.
The moment Miransha saw Cao Tai, he became furious and drew his knife, pointed it at Cao Tai and cursed.
From the translator, we learned that Miransha was angrily scolding Cao Tai for withdrawing his troops without authorization. If he hadn't found out in time and immediately sent troops to make up for it, his flank might have been attacked by the Ottomans.
Cao Tai didn't know how to explain to Miransha, so he stood without answering.
When Miransha saw that Cao Tai ignored him, he was about to get angry again. Suddenly, he saw a figure that frightened him stand up from behind Cao Tai.
Han Du stared at Milansha coldly.
The anger in Miransha's heart was instantly suppressed by an invisible force. After a short pause, Miransha had to lower his head and salute proactively, "Milansha pays homage to the Duke."
Han Du looked dissatisfied and asked sternly, "I ordered Cao Tai to retreat. Do you want to question me?"
"Milansha doesn't dare!" Mirasha raised his head and said with an aggrieved tone, "But Your Majesty, even if the Ming army wants to retreat, it should have informed me in advance. Instead of suddenly retreating like now, which almost caused the entire army to retreat.
There is a gap in the defense line.”
"Didn't you inform him in advance?" Han Du looked back at Cao Tai and frowned.
Cao Tai immediately bent down with a guilty conscience, "It seems that the official has indeed forgotten."
Han Du turned back to Milansa and said, "Okay, it was just a misunderstanding. Besides, there is no trouble now, so the matter has been revealed."
Miransha looked at Han Du with dissatisfaction and asked sharply, "Your Majesty the Duke, I am waiting to fight and bleed in front, are the Ming army hiding behind?"
Han Du paused and said, "The Ming army is not hiding behind, it is just resting temporarily. And you are not here to support. Since you are a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, you must obey the Ming Dynasty."
Under Ming’s instructions, first find out your identity!”
Miransha was furious, but he didn't dare to show it. He could only complain dissatisfiedly, "Is this the Ming Dynasty's way of hospitality?"
"This is not the way to treat guests, this is the rule of the Ming Dynasty!" Han Du replied unceremoniously, "If you are dissatisfied, you can withdraw from the vassal state. Of course, in this case, the Ming Dynasty will no longer protect you."
Miransha clenched and opened his fingers, and had no choice but to compromise and said, "Your Majesty, the Mamluk Dynasty will always be the most loyal vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. But it is really difficult for us to resist the Ottomans alone. If the Ming Dynasty does not send troops and relies on us alone, I am afraid that
There is no way to defeat the Ottomans."
Han Du looked at him indifferently for a moment, and then said, "It doesn't matter, you can shrink your troops. You don't want to fight back against the Ottomans, you just need to block them."
"This" Seeing that Han Du had reached this point, Miransha did not dare to continue, so he could only nod helplessly, "Okay. But in this case, how long will the fight with the Ottomans last?"
Han Du smiled faintly, "Don't worry, it won't take long."
As long as Hader could persuade the Byzantine king to send troops, the Ottomans, who were attacked from both sides and from both sides, would be unable to bear it and choose to retreat. Why would they need to defeat them?
But Handu would not explain this to Milansha.
Time passed day by day under the stalemate between the two sides.
More than a month later, Hader suddenly returned to Tianfang and was immediately taken to the Governor's Mansion.
The moment he saw Han Du, Hader quickly raised his hands and saluted.
"Xiaguan Hade pays homage to the father-in-law"
This was a Ming etiquette that Hader had learned. He felt that this action was very elegant and noble. But before, he thought that he was not qualified to use it. Now that he became an official of the Ming Dynasty, he couldn't wait to use it.
Han Du waved his hand to interrupt his greeting and asked directly, "How is the situation?"
Harder did not expect that the father-in-law was so urgent, so he smiled and nodded quickly, "Don't worry, father-in-law. After Harder's hard work and persuasion, Byzantine King Manuel II agreed to send troops to attack the Ottoman Empire."
"Okay." Han Du immediately slapped his thigh happily.
Then he looked at Harder and frowned, "Then why don't you watch Byzantium send out troops and what will you do when you come back?"
"My lord, please come back and report to your lord!" Harder quickly explained.
"Then if they are
I lied to you, what should I do if I actually don’t know how to send troops?" Han Du asked again.
Hader straightened up and smiled lightly, "Please don't worry, sir. When I left, the Byzantine army had already invaded the Ottoman Empire. And the Byzantine army had successively attacked more than a dozen Ottoman towns. Now even if the king ordered
If you ask them to go back, I'm afraid the generals won't agree!"
The "Hahaha" scene immediately made Hader amused, and everyone who heard it laughed.
The people here are all people who have personally fought in battle, so they naturally know the pleasure of leading troops to sweep everything. Not only can they gain trophies, but they can also greatly satisfy the desire to kill in their hearts. No general will refuse. ??
"That's good." Han Du was finally able to relax.
He glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice, "The Ottoman Empire has been attacked into its hinterland. I'm afraid those people opposite us will soon receive orders to retreat."
Everyone's eyes gradually became serious, and they stood erect, waiting for Han Du's order.
"Pass my order to tell Miransha immediately and ask him to be ready to attack at any time. Cao Tai, you immediately assemble the army and prepare to go north to pursue the Ottomans."
"I will dye the Aegean Sea red with the blood of the Ottomans!"
"yes!"
When Miransha received Handu's order, his face was full of confusion. He had been suppressed and beaten by the Ottomans for more than a month, and now he was preparing to attack? Isn't this looking for death?
Miransha asked about the doubts in his heart, but all he got was a cold "This is the father-in-law's order, please be sure to execute it, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences!"
The arrogance of the Ming herald made Miransha's generals go crazy with anger.
However, Miransha waved his hand to stop them, and simply said to the herald, "Please report back to the Duke and say that Miransha obeys the order!"
He knew that the Ming Dynasty was too powerful to compete with it. Therefore, no matter how rude Han Du's orders were, he could only obey them.
But Miransha was not a fool. Although he ordered the entire army to prepare for the attack, he was also carefully observing the movements of the Ottomans on the opposite side.
As a result, just two days later, he found that the Ottomans' fighting will suddenly dropped sharply, and they even showed signs of wanting to escape by boat.
What is going on? Miransha was extremely surprised, and at the same time he was in awe of Han Du's mystery.
But now is not the time to think about this. Seeing this, Miransha immediately drew out his sword and shouted, "Attack with the whole army, kill!"
At the same time, a simple and desolate trumpet sounded from the defense line guarded by the Ming army.
Horn sound.
"Kill! Kill! Kill"
The sounds of fighting came one after another in the distance.
General Osman never expected that when the stalemate reached a stalemate, he would suddenly receive news from His Majesty the Sultan that he would immediately return for reinforcements.
Although he knew that if he retreated now, he would definitely be attacked by the opponent on the opposite side, the message left by the Sultan in the letter made him have to return for reinforcements even if he risked heavy casualties.
Byzantium suddenly sent troops to attack the western part of the empire. In just a few days, the western part of the empire had been retreating steadily, and a large number of towns were recaptured by Byzantium, even approaching Adrianople.
These places originally belonged to Byzantium. Muhammad I was afraid of being completely occupied by Byzantium, so he couldn't wait to order the withdrawal of troops and reinforcements.
The pursuit lasted from morning until sunset filled the sea. Countless Ottoman corpses were left on the long seashore, and even the waves turned bright red.
at night.
Cao Tai found Han Du and asked, "My father-in-law, the Ottomans were defeated. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. How about we lead troops directly into the Ottoman Empire and completely destroy him!"
Cao Tai was holding back a fire in his heart, especially those soldiers who died in the battle, which made him hate the Ottomans.
Han Du sneered and glared at him, "How many people do you have under your command now? Do you dare to say that you will enter the Ottoman Empire?"
"Aren't there still soldiers and horses from the Mamluk Dynasty?" Cao Tai said matter-of-factly.
Han Du picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and said calmly, "Do you want to use them to attack the Ottoman Empire? Then, will the land conquered in the future be theirs or ours?"
Cao Tai looked stunned, obviously he hadn't thought about this yet.
"Even if it's ours, do you have enough troops to defend it?"
"No, no." Cao Tai laughed dryly and lowered his head.
The troops and horses he currently has are at their limit to be able to defend several governor's palaces in Tianfang, and there is no extra strength to defend the land.
"Since we can't defend it, why should we waste all our efforts to fight it down?" Seeing that he finally figured it out, Han Du nodded and said.
Moreover, if the Mamluk Dynasty defeated the Ottoman Empire, its strength would inevitably grow rapidly, and maybe one day it would grow to the point where it would not be afraid of the Ming Dynasty.
By that time, even the Seventh Governor's Mansion of Tianfang will be in danger.
Han Du would never do such a thankless thing. Not only would he not do it himself, he would not even let Milansha do it.