Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 432 For Your Royal Highness!

It is not the first time that Zhu Zhanhe has experienced the slow speed of information transmission in this era, but it is the first time that he feels embarrassed by it.

When he received the news from Qian Yong and Mu Xin, it was already twelve days later, this is the disadvantage of this era.

Venice.

This abandoned city is no longer worthy of Zhu Zhanhe's nostalgia, but he has no possibility of moving forward, because the vanguard troops he sent out, that is, those people like Jian Xiao, are crossing the Velebit Mountains.

According to Zhu Zhanhe's plan, Jian Xiao led people over the Velebit Mountain and arrived near Zagreb, and then used the captives brought all the way from the Papal State to coerce the crusaders occupying there to surrender.

Or... in front of those crusaders, kill those captives!
In this way, the Holy See, which has already fallen to the bottom, will be completely abolished, and the Holy Roman Empire will lose the very handy tool of theocracy.

Don't think that this is nothing. If this move is really successful, the people recruited through the so-called jihad before will have a great reduction in their desire to fight. In addition, the fall of theocracy will cause the Holy Roman Empire to encounter great difficulties in recruiting. difficulty.

Although the speed of the Holy Roman Empire's mobilization of troops is much slower than that of Ming Dynasty, if Zhu Zhanhe's plan is really successful, the Holy Roman Empire, which was able to recruit [-] troops in a month, will be able to recruit and mobilize the same troops. It may take two to three times as long.

To maximize the convenience brought by theocracy to Europe, this is the best way Zhu Zhanhe can think of.

But I didn't expect that he, who has always been exhaustive from the Wa Kingdom to the Indochina Peninsula to the Timur Empire, finally made a mistake this time.

He... took a step slower.

"Zhu Ling!"

Zhu Zhanhe's tone was already a little angry, this feeling of being out of control...is not good.

"The little guy is here!"

"Release the eagle! Release the remaining two! Let Kunzaxi attack immediately!"

"Send an order to Mu Sheng to lead people into the Sea of ​​Azov as quickly as possible! Send the most people there without affecting the defense of the Adriatic Sea and King's Castle!"

"Also! Send someone to notify the supply troops behind! Let them go back to Nanzhou Prefecture to transfer people! How many transfers can be made!"

"Yes!"

Three orders in a row made Zhu Ling's heart tense up.

He didn't know what news Zhu Zhanhe had just received, but his years of experience with Zhu Zhanhe told him that Zhu Zhanhe was really angry.

When was the last time you saw Zhu Zhanhe angry?Zhu Ling can't remember clearly, it seems...that time he went back to Shuntian Mansion during the Xuande period?When facing the late Emperor Xuande in Changling?
"Zhu Ping..."

Following Zhu Ling's departure, Zhu Zhanhe's tone slowly sank, but it was full of oppression.

"The little guy is here!"

"Mu Sheng... have you found any traces of the ten-member regiment of the Principality of Venice and Francesco?"

"His Royal Highness, still...not yet."

"I see..." Zhu Zhanhe let out a long sigh, leaned back on the chair slowly, and closed his eyes.

……

Zhu Ping stood quietly beside Zhu Zhanhe, Zhu Zhanhe didn't speak, and he didn't dare to take any action.

I don't know how long it took before Zhu Zhanhe suddenly spoke out, his voice was low and deep, which made Zhu Ping, who had been with Zhu Zhanhe's bodyguard for more than 20 years since he was a child, feel a little creepy.

"Send someone to send a letter to Rome, and ask someone to send Joan over..."

"In addition, let someone transfer Louis XI away..."

"Yes!"

……

With Zhu Ping's departure, the tent returned to calm, and this was the first time that Zhu Zhanhe had the shadow of defeat.

In his opinion, defeat is a trivial matter, and it's not like he hasn't lost a battle before. He even lost more than 5 Ah San last year.

Therefore, defeat is not terrible, what is terrible is that things are out of one's control.

What he has been doing is to provoke the anger of Europe, which seems inappropriate, but in fact he has planned it all.

Successive defeats will gradually cause European nobles and common people to lose confidence in the Holy Roman Empire, eventually causing them to fall apart and fight on their own, or to fight for the throne of the Holy Roman Empire.

At the same time, combined with radical means, the Crusaders' desire to fight was completely disintegrated, and the Holy See, which had always stood at the top of Europe, fell into a quagmire.

At that time, the whole of Central Europe will fall into a situation where the authority of theocracy and kingship will lose their authority. In this way, if you want to win Europe... No, it should be said that it will be much easier to win Central Europe.

But now, the Holy Roman Empire united the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and even the Golden Horde and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, which made him very dissatisfied and felt that things were out of control.

This is actually a failure caused by arrogance.

Because he has never taken the Eastern Chagatai Khanate seriously, and has repeatedly let them go, even positioning them as tools for future generations to spur and sharpen.

But in fact, it takes full strength for a lion to fight a rabbit.

Consequences of holding back...

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Astrakhan.

Mu Xin had already left here, and she left immediately the next day.

According to Qian Yong's estimate, this place will become the direct battlefield of Eastern Europe, if not it will be very close to the main battlefield, so it is not very appropriate for Mu Xin to stay here.

Zhu Zhanhe is very short of people now, it is very important to Zhu Zhanhe to abandon all the Mu family members who belong to the Wu Wang lineage, at least Qian Yong thinks that Mu Xin is more important than himself.

In addition, letting Mu Xin leave is also to lay the foundation for victory.

Zhu Zhanhe will not do this kind of thing if they come out in full force. One is because if they do so, the home will be left unguarded. Even if the outside is knocked down, it will not be worthwhile if the home is lost. of.

Therefore, Mu Xin left to go to the Suez area to get his brother Mu Ang to come and support him.

The second, of course, is because Mu Xin and Zhan did not really get along very well.

For a long time, although Mu Xin had not participated in wars, most of the time she appeared in wars as a logistics officer. As for fighting...

It's not that he's not good at it. After all, Qianning Palace is Mu Ying's descendant, and he followed Taizu Emperor Gao to fight the world. Even if he hasn't fought in the battlefield, he has read the book of war.

However, compared to the two elder brothers Mu Sheng and Mu Ang, Mu Xin is still a bit behind.

But there is one thing...

It is not Qian Yong's style to stand passively and wait for rescue.

You know, he hasn't done nothing after being stationed in Astrakhan for so long.

"Pass down the order..."

……

The next day, early in the morning.

Before dawn, Qian Yong had already gotten up, not only him, but all the soldiers of the Ming army stationed in Astrakhan got up.

Cooking, eating, wearing armor...

Everything was so orderly, even those people brought by Arip, they did not have any doubts and obeyed the command of the soldiers of the Ming army.

As time passed slowly, when the day was slightly bright, the closed city gate of Astrakhan slowly opened...

……

From Astrakhan to Sarai, the straight-line distance is only three hundred miles, and even counting the twists and turns of the road, the total distance is only four hundred miles.

As we all know, the fastest record of the rapid march was created by the rabbit. When it can be said that everything is behind the enemy, it surpassed the eagle sauce with modern equipment at a speed of 14 kilometers in 72.5 hours, and finally established the victory.

This time, Qian Yong adopted the strategy of marching in haste.

In the feudal era, a regular march could only travel about [-] to [-] miles a day. If you marched in a hurry, you had to abandon all supplies and travel lightly, so that you could reach a speed of [-] miles a day.

This time, Qian Yong was even more extreme.

He handed over half of the supplies to Arip's people, and he himself took a small number of royal guards and Uzangdu commanders, and used this period of time to snatch from the surrounding areas of Astrakhan and Mu Xin's leftovers. The horses made a quick march.

In addition to sidearms, a small amount of drinking water and rations, Qian Yong only brought white phosphorous eggs as a weapon.

And it is different from the previous method of launching with artillery or catapult, this time, Qian Yong intends to be more extreme.

In the case of giving up almost any equipment, Qian Yong was not able to break the rapid marching speed of [-] miles a day created by Genghis Khan.

Fortunately, Qian Yong doesn't need such a fast speed, and there is...

When Genghis Khan set this record, it was also on the land under Qian Yong's feet.

The terrain here is flat, there is no need to find a place to feed and drink the horses, and you can give up all unnecessary behaviors, so as to achieve the fastest marching speed.

Finally at noon the next day, Qian Yong saw Sarai.

However, because of the hasty march, all the soldiers were exhausted. Besides, even if they had physical strength, Qian Yong, who had given up a large number of infantry, did not have the capital to attack Sarai.

But fortunately, he didn't need to capture Sarai. For him, it was enough to warn the Golden Horde.

"Shizi guards, come out..."

It was clearly an order, but Qian Yong's tone was very low, with an inseparable and sad emotion.

Because what he has to do is...

"Are you all ready?" Looking at the guards of the prince in front of him, Qian Yong's reluctance was not concealed at all.

These people are not only Zhu Zhanhe's eldest son's guards, but also his comrades-in-arms, who have been with him day and night for more than a year.

"Ready!"

Unlike Qian Yong, all the Shizi guards had firm faces, and some even had smiles on their faces.

"For His Royal Highness!" Qian Yong took a deep breath, suppressed his trembling voice, and growled.

"For His Royal Highness!"

……

The chaotic sound of horse hoofs sounded, Qian Yong got off his horse and watched the Shizi guards leave in the dust.

Without artillery and catapults, if you want to ignite and launch white phosphorus eggs, you can only manually send white phosphorus eggs to the place where you want them to fall.

The risks of doing so...are undeniable.

The flame of white phosphorus is enough to burn through the bones. Once it gets a little bit of it, the skin will be rotten and the flesh will be worn out.

Moreover, it does not mean that they are safe if they are not directly exposed to the flames of white phosphorus. The poisonous gas produced by the burning of white phosphorus will make their future unpredictable.

Is it a painful death?Or can you return to the life of ordinary people after a period of pain?
All of this depends on how hard their lives are...

(End of this chapter)