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Chapter 779 Claiming to be a minister to Daming?

The war on the front line is still continuing, and the Europa's will to resist is far beyond Kublai Khan's expectations. Although they have been completely defeated, the Holy Roman Khan, who was commanding the army, seems to have escaped. However, there are still three troops fighting to the death on the battlefield of the Vistu River!

One of the Swiss people who were guarding the small town east of the Vistula River (the core of the arc-shaped defensive position). They used spears and crossbows (the crossbows were handed over to them by the emperor's knights) to fight back against the attacks of the Ross and Lithuanians again and again. They also ignored Kublai Khan's persuasion. Even if Kublai Khan promised to spare their lives, these Swiss people were not moved that these mountain people from remote areas believed in Christ. How could they betrayed Christ?

Regarding the stubbornness and fighting skills of these Swiss people, Hu Dahan frowned and were all so stubborn? Is Switzerland so big? How much population is there? Will it not become a trouble for the Great Mongolian to unify Europe in the future?

Another Bohemia Legion of the Holy Roman Empire was the backbone of the knights from Bohemia, Austria and Styria. There were also some knights from other troops, heavy cavalry, light cavalry and crossbowmen, with more than 20,000 people. These people were defeated by the Mongols and were being chased and killed, and were rescued by another group of knights who suddenly fought back (the Knights commanded by Saint Hannon). Bohemia King Ottoka II took the opportunity to regroup and took the troops to the ferry on the Vistula River (where they crossed the river), but found that the pontoon bridge was burned. Just when he was trying to cross the river, he surrounded the pursuing Mongolian cavalry. The surrounded army also refused to surrender, and he sang by the river. After singing the song, his morale was greatly boosted. The Mongolian warriors rushed several times and were repelled...

This Bohemian country seems to be difficult to deal with! Kublai Khan's brows frowned even more. He didn't come to fight last time (the eldest son was the Western Expedition, he was not the eldest son). But when Mengge said that it was easy to fight, why was it so difficult to fight when it was his turn? One Switzerland was not enough, and another Bohemia came. It's really hateful!

The third group of Europa who did not know how to die was the knights of Louis, the King of France, which was similar to the Bohemians. More than 20,000 people were gathered (the defeated soldiers joined one after another). They formed a formation of radius and sang while fighting. The Europa seemed to be good at this, as if they were singing and fighting. These Frenchmen were also hard to fight very much! They fought several charges with Ross and Lithuanian mercenaries, but they were all defeated!

Due to the tenacious resistance of these three armies, Kublai Khan made a misjudgment on the combat effectiveness of the Europa army for a while. Therefore, he did not draw a large army to cross the river to pursue the Mongolian army led by Emperor Alphons. There are sheepskin rafts that can be quickly formed in the Mongolian army. It is possible to cross the Vistula River, but heavy weapons cannot be transported, and the number of troops crossing the river with the sherpa rafts will not be too large. If you encounter the Europa army, you will suffer a loss.

After all, there are too few people in the Eight Banners of Mongolia, and even fewer of them are authentic Mongolians! Kublai Khan dared not let them lose too much.

Listening to the constant good news, Kublai Khan's face became more and more gloomy, all of which were beheaded and captured, but there was no news that the three European troops that were still fighting stubbornly were annihilated. It was now the afternoon of the second day of the Vistula River decisive battle!

The hard battle has been going on for a day and a night! Kublai Khan even sent the artillery team of the Eight Banners Firearms Army to bombard these three enemy troops. However, the attack still failed! The Mongolian Khan sat in his tent like a stone statue. He was not worried about losing in this battle, but it was just a matter of the number of casualties and the length of time. However, the battle to pacify Europa has just begun, and I don’t know how many tough battles are to be fought. If the Eight Banners soldiers were dispatched to fight hard in each battle, there would not be a few of his 200,000 Eight Banners soldiers left.

Just as Kublai Khan was thinking about how to take down Europa with the minimum loss, he could only hear a sound of horse hooves outside the tent. Then Liu Bingzhong asked, and his voice was very light, and Kublai Khan couldn't hear clearly in the tent. Then the curtain of the tent was lifted. A cool breeze blew, and Liu Bingzhong hurriedly walked in, holding a bag in his hand, which seemed to be a box inside.

"Sweat."

"What's the matter?" Kublai Khan turned his head and looked at Liu Bingzhong, but the other party looked at the person who was serving in the big tent. Kublai Khan understood what the other party meant and waved his hand, "You're nothing more than you."

Seeing everyone leaving, Liu Bingzhong put his bag on the table in front of Kublai Khan with both hands. Then he opened it and there was a gold-painted wooden box inside. This was specially used by the Khans of the Khanate of Mongolia to send letters to the Khan.

"This is..." Kublai Khan frowned even more.

"It was Brother Bud's urgent report from Muer." Liu Bingzhong lowered his voice, "Five horses ran to death on the road!"

"Five horses died of running? So anxious?" Kublai Khan took a deep breath. The messenger was rushing to the road at all costs. This only means that Brother Temuruer gave the death order and must be delivered within a limited time.

"Is it... the Ming army has reached the Western Regions?" Kublai Khan whispered.

The original fiefdom of Mangetemuir was on the territory of the Golden Horde, but before Kublai Khan expedition to Europa, he was re-arranged. The Yili River Basin and the territory north and south of the Tianshan Mountains were given to Mangetemuir. Mangetemuir's khan tent was on the territory of Haidu, which was originally Haidu. This arrangement was because Kublai Khan knew that Mangetemuir had a good relationship with Haidu, and he believed in the Tianfang Sect. So he arranged for him to be a neighbor of Hehaidu, and it was a place with a relatively strong Tianfang Sect.

"Hurry, open it and take a look!" Kublai Khan quickly instructed Liu Bingzhong to tear off the seal, open the wooden box, and take out the letters inside.

Liu Bingzhong first read the ten lines at a glance, then handed them to Kublai Khan with both hands, and whispered in a low voice: "Shan, Brother Bumi's letter said that the Ming army had already captured Hami power, just one and a half months ago!"

"Hamili! It's coming so fast!" Kublai Khan gritted his teeth. In fact, Chen Dexing's Western Expedition Army was not fast at all, because they had to deal with too many things during the Western Expedition. They marched, paved roads (railways), set up settlements and arranged military households for military farming, and suppressed local forces, and migrated the Tubo tribes on the Qingtang Plateau before dismantling and resettling. So many things to do, so the march would not be fast. So they were delayed until the autumn of the fifth year of Tiandao to capture Hamili.

"Khan, can you call all the ministers to discuss countermeasures?" Liu Bingzhong asked.

Kublai Khan nodded, then shook his head and lowered his voice: "No need... The news that the Ming army captured Hamili should not be leaked, so as not to shake the army's morale."

Although the Ming Dynasty was thousands of miles away, the Ming Dynasty had a long arm and now it reached Europa! Therefore, the news that the Ming Dynasty's Western Expedition Army captured Hami Power is likely to cause a certain amount of panic. If it spread to the Europa people, it will definitely inspire their fighting spirit.

"The news that the Ming army invaded the Western Regions may have only arrived in Jiangdu now. It will take at least half a year to send Europa by sea." Kublai Khan stood up and paced back and forth in the tent. "It is only half a year. Not to mention the whole of Europe, even Breir and Holy Rome may not be able to calm down..."

He walked to the long table with the map and stood, holding the edge of the table with both hands, staring at it for a long time, and shook his head, "To pacify the whole of Europe, even if it is just pacifying Breuer, Holy Rome and Flynn, it will take two years to do it! Liu Qing, do you think Chen Dexing can give us two years?"

Without waiting for Liu Bingzhong to answer, he continued to say to himself: "I think it is impossible. This time the Battle of Vistula was already aiding the Europa heroes. Chen Dexing was ambitious and wanted to unify the world, so he would not let Europa go."

Liu Bingzhong comforted: "Khan, Europa is tens of thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, and if you walk on the sea, it is probably 100,000 miles. No matter how long Chen Dexing's hand is, how much strength can he put in Europa?"

"This is hard to say..." Kublai Khan snorted coldly, "Isn't there any traitor, Haidu? The journey of tens of thousands of miles is a natural barrier for the Ming army, what is it for us Mongolians?"

Mongolia is the so-called country of travel, which means that the entire country is swimming everywhere and has no place to settle down. If the sea travels westward, it is the migration of the entire Khanate, and a large number of herders follow him, so naturally there is no need to worry about logistics.

During the Western Expedition of the Ming Dynasty, it was necessary to build a logistics transportation line of tens of thousands of miles. Along the way, it was necessary to recruit barbarians, build strongholds, build roads, and migrate the people. The advancement speed was naturally very slow, even slower than connecting Europa around the sea. If the Ming Dynasty had not had sea ships that could cross the ocean, Hu Dahan would not have encountered Europa troops using cannons and muskets.

However, what really made Hu Dahan scared was not the European army using "Hua Gun Hua Cannon", but the Mongolians holding "Hua Gun Hua Cannon"! Now the Mongolians' hometown is in Haidu, and Haidu also held the Currytai Conference according to the Mongolian ancestor system, selected the Mongolian Khan, and received the support of the kings of the Mongolian host. If Haidu was armed by the Ming Dynasty with muskets and cannons, he could reach the Ross grassland in a year at most!

At that time, if Kublai Khan cannot occupy a large piece of land in Europa and establish a solid rule, he will be attacked from both sides!

The Mongolian Khan turned around, looked at Liu Bingzhong, and said in a low voice: "Liu Qing, go to Jiangdu as my envoy! I want to discuss peace with Chen Dexing!"

"Party discussion?" Liu Bingzhong looked embarrassed. "I'm afraid it's not easy..."
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