907 died unexpectedly
To the northeast of the battlefield of Fort Minwei, they saw Ottoman cavalry rushing towards their own side.
One, two, three......
More and more, and suddenly, it attracted everyone's attention.
Koplulu was naturally reminded by his subordinates, and after turning his head to look, he immediately frowned. He was a little puzzled, what was going on?
Needless to say, the cavalry that came this way should be the army he sent out to plunder the north. Look at them like that, they don't come back to report the news, but flee back. How is this possible!
It stands to reason that he sent an army of 50,000, and the Ming army only had 20,000 horses at most, and the Ming army was so powerful that it could defeat an army that was far more than them so quickly?
Seriously, Koplulu doesn't believe it. However, more and more horsemen were desperately running in this direction, and this kind of sign showed that they were defeated!
This situation eventually became the most concerning thing on the battlefield of Fort Mingwei. Even the two sides that were fighting temporarily separated from each other, and then they all looked to the northeast, not understanding what was happening.
As the saying goes, stand tall and see far.
Hong Chengchou was at the head of Mingweibao City, staring at the northeast with a telescope, and he was the first to see the figure of a Ming army soldier wearing a red robe behind the defeated Ottoman army.
There is no doubt that it was the Ming army that won and was chasing the enemy.
To be honest, Hong Chengchou at this time was also a little surprised in his heart, the interception army he sent should not have such a high combat power!
Although I can't figure it out, it is clear in front of me that the Ming army is chasing and killing the enemy, but it will not be wrong. So he immediately issued an order to make this clear.
When the soldiers of the Ming army on the side of Mingwei Fort heard this, they all immediately cheered, and their morale was much higher.
The chant of "Daming Wansheng" rang out one after another.
But then, more mysteries emerged.
In just such a moment, the Ming army of Mingweibao and the Ottoman army could see the pursuit of the Ming army, which was more and more, and the feeling was endless.
Although it is said that the number of people is more than 10,000, endless. But between 20,000 cavalry and 50,000 cavalry, the difference in number is still very large. When the dense Ming cavalry was seen, everyone was dumbfounded: so many Ming cavalry troops came?
Some people quickly thought about whether the long-awaited Ming army had arrived, and before they could doubt it for long, the imperial flag representing Emperor Chongzhen appeared.
The Ottoman army didn't recognize it at once, but Hong Chengchou knew. He saw through the telescope before anyone else.
Suddenly, even if Hong Chengchou was an old guy, he immediately became excited. He refused to even put down his binoculars, stared at the imperial flag, and said loudly: "Your Majesty...... The emperor has arrived! The emperor led the army to ......"
After being reminded, more and more soldiers of the Ming army also confirmed. An iron-clad fact has been confirmed again: as soon as the emperor arrives, the enemy is full of fart!
Suddenly, the Ming army in Mingwei Fort immediately resounded with a huge cheer: "Long live my emperor!" Long live the Emperor! β
At the beginning, this voice was still one after another, but soon, the soldiers of the Ming army all shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor!" β
Contrary to the Ming army's side, the morale of the Ottoman army suddenly plummeted. With the shouting of the soldiers of the Ming army, their morale dropped to the bottom.
Copleu was a little dumbfounded! He never expected that the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom would really lead the army to come. Not only that, but fortunately, when the two armies were fighting, they drove the defeated army over, which was a double blow to his army.
In a hurry, Koplu didn't have time to think about it, and immediately issued an order to shrink the army and withdraw the part of the army that was fighting with the Ming army. In addition, the elite was assembled, preparing to block the Ming reinforcements, and guiding the defeated soldiers not to attack the main formation.
His military order is theoretically feasible. However, this is only theoretical.
The upper and lower ranks of the Ottoman army were already panicked at this time. Thinking about the legend of the Ming Emperor, looking at the boundless and endless Ming cavalry army that was constantly attacking, and listening to the panicked shouts of those defeated soldiers, how many soldiers would strictly carry out the military orders of Ke Plulu?
Hong Chengchou is also a qualified commander with vision, and when he saw the movement of reinforcements, he immediately understood what the emperor's plan was. So, he also stud on his side. At the sound of an order, all the troops were sent out by him to attack the enemy in front of them.
"Kill......"
"Daming Wansheng ......"
"Long live my emperor......"
The shouts of the soldiers of the Ming army, even the rumbling of iron hooves, could not be concealed, and it went straight to the depths of the heart of the Ottoman army.
Under the attack of the two Ming armies, the servant army of the Ottoman army could not bear it at first, and fled to the rear after the defeated soldiers who fled.
This is the most taboo on the battlefield, once someone retreats, it will immediately shake the morale of the army and cause the whole army to disperse.
This situation must be stopped in the first place.
However, the elite forces in the hands of Koplu were almost all on top, and even if he sent the remaining elites over to stop the army from breaking up, it would be too late. Whoever made his army too numerous will take a lot of time in the past.
In this way, more and more Ottoman troops began to flee. Eventually, like a dam bursting, it collapsed, affecting the rest of the Ottoman army, and they all fled.
Seeing all this, Koplulu was stupid and motionless.
His personal guards looked at their prime minister visibly with the naked eye, and their spirits were extremely sluggish, as if they had been sucked dry of their blood.
The energetic prime minister became a depressed old man, and then a withered and dying old man.
These guards understood that the defeat of this battle meant the defeat of the Eastern Crusade. This is too much of a blow to their prime minister to become like this.
However, this was not the time for comfort, and they anxiously urged one by one.
"My lord, withdraw quickly, it'll be too late if you don't leave!"
"Yes, run, the empire can't do without adults!"
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Hearing their noise, Ke Plulu came back to his senses and couldn't help but show a miserable smile: how could an old man who was a lot old and half cut into the ground escape the pursuit of the Ming army!
Besides, what if you run back? The army was thrown here, the main force was destroyed, and the other armies could not withstand the counterattack of the Ming army at all. On the domestic side, when they hear the news of the defeat, they must also be in chaos.
Above the court, those forces suppressed by him will definitely fight back, and the fate of escaping back will definitely not be better than here!
Thinking so, Koplulu pulled out the dagger from his waist as a decoration, and tried to commit suicide.
However, of course, his personal guards would not let it go, and hurriedly snatched his dagger. No matter how much he protested, he drove his horse and began to run too much.
Even if he was a man when he was young, the years were a pig-killing knife, and he had already killed Koplulu. As soon as he was bumped by the fast horse, he couldn't sit still at all, and he was about to go crazy.
His guards, of course, were all elite men, and when they saw this, the commander of the guards immediately jumped on his horse, grabbed Koplulu from behind, and fled with him on horseback.
Where the Chinese army is, it is naturally far behind. Of course, they had to run faster than the others.
The guards sent Ko Pullu to each other, and they escaped twenty miles in one go, feeling a little safer, before they stopped to catch their breath.
"Your Excellency, would you like to get off the horse for a while?"
With the questioning, the commander of the personal guard felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly hugged Ko PlΓΌlu and dismounted to check the situation.
"Ahh
The other guards gathered around and were shocked to find that their prime minister, Koplulu, had been killed on horseback. Judging from his expression, it seems that he is still dying in pain.
At this time, they finally realized that the physical condition of their Prime Minister could not withstand the toss of the fast horse at all, and they must have been very uncomfortable before and wanted to dismount. But the big guys are running for their lives, the rumbling hooves of horses, and the shouts of the Ming army, who cares about this. So, the Prime Minister was tragic......
These guards, you look at me, I look at you, all of them look panicked, I don't know what to do?
At this moment, the shouts of the Ming army behind them became clearer and clearer, and more defeated soldiers fled past them to the south.
I don't know who it is, but I suddenly shouted, I didn't care about anything, and immediately turned over and ran for my life.
When the other guards saw it, they didn't care, and immediately fled south. If the movement is slow, it will become a target for others to attract the Ming army.
When the commander of the guards saw this, he looked at the accomplices who had fled south, and then looked at the Ming cavalry chasing from the north, and shouted "ahhhh
The main force of the Ottoman Empire on the northern route, among the more than 100,000 troops, the largest number were still infantry troops, and no matter how much they escaped, they could not escape.
In the pursuit of the Ming cavalry, at first they were easy to harvest the heads, but later, these Ottoman soldiers came back to their senses and knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
When it was nearly evening and the Ming cavalry stopped pursuing, this land was full of cheers from the Ming soldiers.
The preliminary statistical results were quickly reported to Emperor Chongzhen, who had arrived here at Mingwei Fort: in this battle, more than 23,000 enemies were killed, and more than 113,000 enemies were captured.
On the side of the Ming army, if you don't count the previous battles, but only count today's battles, there will be more than 1,000 dead and wounded. It's safe to say that it was a complete victory!
When Racine and Punchuck and others came to see Emperor Chongzhen for the first time, the shout of "Long live my emperor" was more devout than anyone else!