I, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, have risen since I destroyed the Turks

Chapter 659: Counterattack on the Delhi Sultanate

"Your Majesty, the situation in the Tang Kingdom is not as corrupt as Davis said. Their warships are huge, and there are even giant ships made of steel."

"Not only that, Tang's artillery is even more powerful, and its range far exceeds that of John's artillery."

Hearing one piece of bad news after another, Victoria was shocked by the power of the Tang Dynasty and remained speechless for a long time.

But after a moment she reacted.

"Even if the Tang Kingdom's warships are extremely powerful, our John Kingdom's navy is not without the ability to fight. How could they have suffered so many casualties?"

Upon hearing this, Charles quickly reviewed the battle situation in his mind, and after a flash of thought, he finally decided to tell the whole story honestly.

"Your Majesty, the Tang Kingdom has already conquered the surrounding Western countries. I think our army was discovered by the Tang Kingdom when we set foot in the South China Sea. In addition, our country John is unfamiliar with the place, so we were surrounded by the Tang Navy without intending to do so."

"When I saw that we were surrounded, I retreated immediately. But the Tang navy commander was a treacherous man. He actually took a detour to the rear of our John fleet early on."

Charles looked up at Victoria, whose face was gloomy, and continued speaking reluctantly.

"At this time, the navy of John Country was already badly damaged. In addition, on the way back to the country, they had to bypass the colonies of Tang Country, and they lost a lot of soldiers hiding here and there."

"In the final analysis, it's because the Tang fleet and its artillery are too powerful..."

After listening to the whole thing, Victoria also felt angry.

"That's enough. In the final analysis, it's because you are too incompetent to rashly step into the encirclement of the Tang Kingdom!"

Chaerhui was so shocked that he dared not utter a word when he heard this.

Victoria was so angry that she had originally wanted to consolidate her regime by winning a foreign war.

But now the John Kingdom's navy that went to war with the Tang Kingdom was basically wiped out. Not only did they not gain any advantage, but they also suffered such heavy losses.

This will undoubtedly greatly reduce the WeChat of the new Queen Victoria.

Charles, who was sitting below, couldn't help but think of the Tang Dynasty's iron fleet and its extremely powerful artillery. When he thought of the letter from Davis, the governor of the Delhi Sultanate, he felt a chill in his heart.

Thinking of this, Charles could no longer sit still, and regardless of the children, the angry Queen spoke out.

"Your Majesty, the Tang Kingdom's fleet is so powerful, but is the country's national strength really as corrupt as Davis said?"

Victoria, who was angry at the time, was unable to react for a moment when she heard Charles' words. She was still wondering if Charles was trying to shirk his responsibility again.

Charles spoke directly before Her Majesty the Queen realized the seriousness of the problem.

"Your Majesty, the information in Davis' letter about the corruption of the Tang Empire may be a trick of the cunning Tang Empire. We have all been deceived."

Victoria was also a smart woman. She was also overwhelmed by anger, so she hurriedly forced herself to calm down.

If the information in Davis's previous letter about the Tang emperor being incompetent and arrogant was all a scheme of the Tang Dynasty, then it means that all of this was performed by the Tang emperor for John to see.

At the same time, Davis, who was far away in Delhi Sultan, fell into a trap.

“The Delhi Sultanate is in danger.”

Victoria, who understood everything, murmured softly.

Just then, the servant who had dared to come in again.

"Your Majesty, Lord Davis, the Governor-General of the Delhi Sultanate, has returned and is seeking an audience outside the palace." After hearing the guard's report, Victoria, who still had a glimmer of hope in her heart, hurriedly summoned Davis to the Platinum Palace.

After a while, Davis, the Governor of the Delhi Sultanate, appeared in front of Victoria.

Looking at Davis, who looked haggard and dressed in tattered clothes, the last glimmer of hope in Victoria's heart disappeared.

The Davis in front of him no longer had the former splendor of the Delhi Sultanate Governor's Palace. The whole place was filled with a gloomy atmosphere, as if he had suffered a great blow.

"What's going on, Davis?"

Although she already had a guess, Victoria still asked.

"Your Majesty, the Delhi Sultanate is gone."

As soon as Davis spoke, he dropped some bombshell news, and Victoria's emotions, which had finally calmed down, were on the verge of getting out of control again.

She didn't expect that Davis would bring another "surprise". Even if the war against Burma was a failure, the Delhi Sultanate had been operating for a long time, so how could it be lost?
Victoria didn't understand and looked at Davis in confusion.

Davis didn't wait for Victoria to urge him, and he spoke slowly.

It turned out that on that day, Davis led 800,000 Delhi Sultan troops to invade Burma, but was blocked by Li Daozon's defensive and offensive tactics. When he was forced to retreat, Li Daozon suddenly led the army to take the initiative to attack.

Davis had been attacking the border town of Burma for a long time but failed. The local soldiers of the Delhi Sultanate were already complaining and had lost their morale. Li Daozon suddenly took the initiative to attack, and the soldiers of the Delhi Sultanate fled in panic.

But Davis had led troops for many years and was not panicked at all. He sent tens of thousands of troops from John's country and the Delhi Sultanate's local troops, a total of 100,000, to stay behind to cover their retreat.

Davis ordered his troops to fight and retreat until they reached a border town within the territory of the Delhi Sultanate.

At this point, the positions of both parties were reversed.

The attacking party retreated into the city to defend, but the defending Li Daozon had his troops at the gates.

Davis's idea was very simple. Since you can stay in the city and not come out, why can't I?

But Davis overlooked an important thing, that is, the Tang Dynasty's Shenwu cannon.

Li Daozon cleverly stationed his troops within the artillery attack range of the Delhi Sultanate and was not in a hurry to attack. Davis was also confused and didn't know what the Tang Kingdom was up to.

Soon, Davis realized that he was wrong, very wrong, because he saw the Tang Dynasty side launched dozens of powerful cannons.

In fact, this is not Davis' fault. The artillery at that time was extremely heavy, and the terrain of the Myanmar border was complex. He would never have thought that the Tang Dynasty would bring artillery over.

This is the advantage of the Shenwu Cannon. The Shenwu Cannon is not only powerful, but also light and fast. It can even be disassembled into qualified parts, making it naturally easy to transport and carry.

The asymmetry of information and equipment put Davis at an absolute disadvantage.

The result was obvious. The shells from the Shenwu Cannon were extremely powerful. They bombarded the city of the Delhi Sultanate, and the small border town was on the verge of collapse after several rounds of bombardment.

And because Davis deployed most of John's native troops in border towns, John's native troops also suffered heavy losses with the destruction of border towns.

Soon Li Daozon captured the border town.

Fortunately, Davis saw that the situation was not right and had already escaped, otherwise Davis would have died for his country.

(End of this chapter)