"No!" Yunzhi said firmly: "Tomorrow morning, we must send troops to pursue!"
"Huainan!" Zhu shouted.
"Uncle Wang," Yunzhi said these two words, rolled her eyes, swallowed back what she was going to say, and instead said lightly, "We will discuss this matter tomorrow morning." Then she turned to the generals in the tent and said.
: "It's getting late now. We are very tired after fighting all day today. We will discuss the remaining matters tomorrow morning. Generals, please go back and rest first."
"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness." The generals bowed and left one after another. Zhu thought that although they were uncles and nephews, it would not be good for him as an uncle to stay in his niece's tent, so he wanted to leave together. But he didn't want Yun Zhi to say: "
Uncle Wang, last month the official sent a letter to Uncle Wang. Uncle Wang will stay here for the time being until Huainan takes out the letter." After hearing this, Zhu of course stayed.
"Huainan, where are the official letters?" After a while, after the generals had left, Zhu asked.
"There is no letter. This is just an excuse for my niece to leave Uncle Wang." After Yun Zhi said this, seeing Zhu's expression a little disappointed, she immediately added: "But the third brother did ask my niece to tell Uncle Wang something.
: Uncle Wang must not be impatient. In this battle, the Ming Dynasty will use the vast power of China to fight against a corner of India. As long as we fight steadily, we will be able to win. There is no need to rush for success."
After hearing this, Zhu's expression changed for a while, and then he said to Yunzhi: "Thank you for telling me." Then he sighed: "If I had heard this a few days earlier, I wouldn't have suffered such a defeat."
"How did Uncle Wang lose? This battle was clearly won! Uncle Wang held on to the camp and cooperated with the troops led by his niece to defeat the Yinlu army, winning a complete victory. How did he lose the battle?" Yunzhi said immediately.
Zhu could only give a bitter smile. It is true that Yunzhi's words were used as propaganda, but this was only a victory for reinforcements, not his victory. However, as a king in these years, Zhu would not be affected by such things.
She smiled bitterly and put the matter behind her, wondering why Yun Zhi deliberately made up a letter to keep him.
'She must persuade me to agree to send troops to pursue Salha tomorrow morning. That's all. If she insists on sending troops to pursue Salha, she will agree. Her relationship with the official family is much closer than my relationship with the official family. There are even rumors that the official family will
She treats her like her own daughter, what should I do if I offend her?' Zhu Xin thought. But even though he made this decision, he still felt a little uncomfortable. He always felt as if Yunzhi was using her power to suppress him.
But what surprised him was that the first thing Yun Zhi mentioned was not this. "Uncle Wang, my niece heard that at the critical moment when the camp was about to fall, Uncle Wang personally led troops into battle to kill the enemy? Uncle Wang, what are you doing?
It's too inappropriate. You should know how much impact it will have on the Ming Dynasty if the battle is lost in the hands of Yinlu. This is much more important than your false reputation. How can you ignore others just for your false reputation? What's more, at that time
Uncle Wang, it is not impossible for you to withdraw. If the third brother knew that Uncle Wang had done this, it would be strange not to write a letter specifically scolding Uncle Wang!"
Hearing that Yunzhi mentioned this matter, Zhu was stunned for a moment, and then replied with a smile: "Huainan, do you think that my uncle will kill himself to serve the country in a desperate situation and care about a false reputation?"
"Uncle Wang, isn't he? Then why did Uncle Wang personally lead the troops to kill the enemy?"
"It's not that the situation was already very critical at that time." Zhu explained. "As early as the day we encountered the Indian captives, my uncle sent someone to ask for help from Lan Zhen. He also sent someone to reply saying that reinforcements would arrive today. Lan Zhen did not dare not to
Step up to rescue the orphans. Since we said the reinforcements would arrive today, they will definitely arrive. But at that time, the camp was about to be breached by the Yinluo. Although each tribe still had its own small village, since the Yinluo could break the big camp, the small village could also defend the camp.
Before long, if this continues, we will be completely defeated before reinforcements arrive, so we must find ways to support it for a while. At that time, my uncle thought about it and decided that only if I went to fight the Indians in front of the battle in person could I inspire the determination of all the troops to fight to the death.
Hold on for a while longer. Because if I die here, whether it is a guard soldier or a tribal warrior recruited, even if he escapes back, he will not be able to survive. It is better to die with me. That's why I go to the front to kill the enemy.
"
"But even so, with swords and guns without eyesight, Uncle Wang is still in danger of death in battle." Yunzhi said again.
"How could my uncle not know this? So he wore the most exquisitely crafted armor and the strongest helmet in the entire Ming Dynasty. It covered all parts of his body and would not be hurt even if he was hit by someone. I wore the helmet on my face.
There are also iron wires crisscrossing the top, so arrows cannot penetrate and swords cannot cut through. Unless the whole army is wiped out, uncle and I will never die in battle." As Zhu said, he picked up his helmet and connected the iron wire net.
Place it in front of the door and show it to Yunzhi with a smile.
"Uncle, you are so awesome!" Yunzhi didn't know what to say for a moment. She was also wearing the finest chainmail, and her helmet was also very strong, but the protection was not as good as Zhu's own protection.
"As you just said, as a clan member, death in battle would be a huge shock, so what's wrong with my uncle caring about his own life?" Zhu Huan said plausibly.
"Yes, Uncle Wang did the right thing. If Brother Pu Wang was as concerned about his own safety as Uncle Wang, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been seriously injured." Yunzhi could only say.
"Xian Na is different from me. He was suddenly attacked and had no time to put on his clothes. How is he now? Has his injury been healed?" Zhu said.
"Brother Pu Wang's injury has not completely healed yet." Yunzhi's face changed a little and she replied.
Zhu didn't see Yun Zhi's expression change, so he joked with her a few more words, and Yun Zhi also chatted and joked with her. While they were chatting and laughing, the two people who were a little stranger at first became warm to each other.
"Uncle Wang," Yun Zhi said to Zhu Zhengse again after the joke, "it's already mid-morning, and it's time to rest. We have to get up early tomorrow morning. My niece has one more thing to say to Uncle Wang."
"According to General Lan's arrangements, there should be another 20,000 to 30,000 troops arriving here tomorrow. Our troops can number 80,000 to 90,000. However, the number of Indians who were defeated was no more than 40,000, and most of them were beaten.
There is no need to worry about the dispersion of the army. Only the army led by Salha is still intact. Therefore, my niece still feels that troops should be sent to attack Salha early tomorrow morning so that he cannot rest. Anyway, even if ten or twenty thousand soldiers are sent
Attacking will not affect our ability to set up camp here and clean up the mess."
"What you said makes sense, so let's do what you want. Uncle Wang was the one who thought wrong at first." Zhu pondered for a moment before replying.
"Uncle Wang is not overthinking anything. He is just being cautious." Yunzhi said with a smile.
"You," they joked a bit more, and because it was really late, Zhu left and returned to his tent.
"Your Highness, why are you so polite to His Highness King Min?" the female guard, who was now serving as a maid, said at the same time as she helped her take off her coat.
"Between clans, it's always better to be polite," Yunzhi said. In the future, her husband will live in India for a long time. She doesn't know how long he will stay. Zhu may not be sure whether he will become her husband's neighbor. Can she not offend him or not?
Well done.
Hearing what Yunzhi said, the female guard stopped asking and asked, "Who will your Highness appoint to lead the pursuit of the escaped Yinlu tomorrow?"
"Of course I am alone." Yunzhi said.
"Why, doesn't His Highness take a rest here?" the female guard said in surprise.
"When Salha's troops are defeated, there will be time to rest, not in these few days. Moreover, if Salha's troops cannot be defeated, this battle cannot be considered a complete success. Of course, it is the first time to lead troops in a battle, and of course it must be perfect, so
I will personally lead the troops to pursue you tomorrow." Yunzhi said firmly.
"I don't know how long it will take for the remnant army led by Salha to be completely defeated." The female guard said with emotion or something.
"You'll know this when you see his soldiers early tomorrow morning." Yunzhi smiled and said, "I hope he doesn't run too far."
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"Early tomorrow morning, before dawn, call up all the soldiers. We have to rush to the city of Babna." At the same time, Harlan, who returned to the soldiers' camp, sent people to call in all the remaining officers.
He also woke up those who had fallen asleep and spoke to them.
"Setting out before dawn? The soldiers may not be willing," one of them said.
"Kemari, and you guys, it depends on your abilities. But no matter what, we must set off before dawn tomorrow." Harlan said.
"General, why are you in such a hurry? Even if the Ming army sends cavalry to pursue the defeated troops, how many of us are there? They are all cavalry, so send a few people to look out. It will not be too late to leave when the Ming army is discovered." Another person asked.
.
"Do you think I am willing to lead the troops and set off so early? But this is General Salha's order." Harlan said impatiently.
"What happened to Salha's order? He took the risk of deploying troops to encircle and annihilate part of the Ming army, but he failed and suffered heavy losses; most of Bengal to the east has also been lost. Salha made such a big mistake
, how could the kings of the three countries allow him to continue to serve as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces? Ignore his orders." Another person said.
"He still commands about 30,000 soldiers, and the organization of more than 10,000 of them is basically complete, and this army is personally led by Salha." Facing everyone's doubts about Salha, Harun only said
After hearing these words, he suppressed them all. As long as Salha still had far more soldiers in his hands than other generals, other generals would not dare to disobey him. Especially when many soldiers were scattered, Salha at this time
It is also easy to reorganize them into your own army. These more than 30,000 people have become his troops, and no one dares to disobey him.
"General, how did you meet General Salha? Didn't you go to explore the camp? Even if General Salha commanded 30,000 soldiers, he still dared to station near the Ming army's camp? Did General Salha hold the camp?
?" Someone raised their own doubts, and there was surprise in their tone. If Salha really defended the camp, they would not have to escape in embarrassment, let alone suffer the blame after escaping like this, of course they would be happy.
"The camp was captured by the Ming army." But Harun's first sentence shattered their illusions. "I looked in next to the camp and saw the Ming army's camp. But there were not many Ming soldiers.
Even if reinforcements arrive in the afternoon, the total strength is only 60,000, leaving a large area of our army's camp empty."
"As for how I met General Salha. I was checking near the camp, and suddenly I felt something was wrong. Then I saw that it was General Salha's bodyguard, and he sent him out to check the situation in the camp. So I
I followed this escort to where General Salha was camping. After we talked, he ordered me to lead these soldiers to set off before dawn tomorrow, meet him halfway, and rush back to the city of Babna together."
"Rush back to Pabna City? Does General Salha want to hold on to Pabna City? Indeed, Pabna City is a place that must be passed by when traveling from Bangladesh to the Delhi Sultanate and Bahmani Sultanate. Guard this city.
It will prevent the Ming army from going north, which is also the best choice if Bengal is lost. But even so, there is no need to rush to Pabna City in such a hurry." One person commented.
"I also raised a question to General Salha at that time, but General Salha replied: The Ming army will definitely send cavalry to attack the army led by him. The Ming army will not rest assured unless the 30,000 soldiers are dispersed.
Moreover, most of the Ming army is coming here in a steady stream. If they are slow, they may not be able to return to Babna City. So they will set off early tomorrow morning." Harlan added.
"It's not necessarily what General Salha said..." But he stopped mid-sentence and swallowed the other half of the sentence. Who knows whether the people present will report it to Salha?
The soldiers under his command have been scattered or killed in battle, leaving less than a hundred people. Salha killing him will not cause anything at all.
"Stop talking, just carry out General Salha's orders!" Harlan said at last.