Chaluhan was indeed a little panicked, but in the panic, he was angry and extremely angry.

The Ming army and the Persian army ambushed them, and the food transport team was still ambushing them.

These guys can be said to be extremely cruel and can accurately defeat their vitals.

It's really hateful!

Chaluhan knew what the consequences of the 300,000 army was out of food. If they could not get enough food to break the city in a short period of time, they would likely suffer a catastrophe.

Even the consequences of the soldiers' mutiny are immeasurable.

Now Chaluhan is forced to change his plan and choose to fight quickly.

He pointed directly at the city of Isfahan, the capital of the Safi Empire.

In an emergency marching, Chaluhan chose an unprecedented emergency marching.

Now is not the time to delay. The sooner it is to end all this, the sooner it can repay the new Sultan's trust.

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Li Dingguo was very happy when he learned that the Ottoman army was coming to Isfahan City.

All this was within his expectations.

In fact, the reason why he decided to cut off the Ottoman food route was because he wanted to end the battle in a short time.

The longer it takes, the more traumatizes the Safi Empire.

Since His Majesty the Emperor has decided to form an alliance with the Safi Empire and jointly operate the Silk Road, Li Dingguo must guarantee the interests of his allies.

Otherwise, even if there is a terrible victory afterwards, Abbas II will definitely be unhappy.

If Abbas II sent an envoy to the Central Plains and complained to His Majesty the Emperor, Li Dingguo would probably not have any good results.

So helping the Persians is helping themselves.

Furthermore, if there are many military tactics, it will change later.

Even Li Dingguo, who was experienced in many battles, could not guarantee that he could defeat the Ottomans in one fell swoop.

If the Ottomans figured out the defense situation and carried out targeted attacks, Li Dingguo might not be able to withstand it.

So he wanted to attack the Ottomans without firm foothold, and it would be best to wipe out the enemy completely.

Instead of taking the initiative to come up, it is better to lure the Ottomans to attack.

In this way, the Ming army and the Persian army can wait for their hard work and respond to the enemy in a better state.

After careful calculation, the Ottomans would probably be at the city within five days, which means there was not much time left for the Ming army to arrange preparations.

Li Dingguo decided to summon everyone to explain some specific preparations before the battle.

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The war is coming, and the Opti faction led by Li Laiheng, Liu Xingming and others is very excited. In contrast, Yuan Zongdi and Liu Tichun are much more silent and cautious. At least the opponent is the Ottoman army that has devoted all its main force, so it is not easy to be careless.

However, Hao Yaoqi, who has always been rebellious and above his gaze, has become much more modest this time, which makes everyone uncomfortable.

Li Dingguo summoned the generals next to the map and analyzed carefully: "Look, this is Isfahan City, here are his acropolis. Several cities are horns and can help each other. If the Ottomans come, do you think they will attack the main city directly or attack the acropolis first?"

"this..."

Li Laiheng pondered for a moment and said, "The Uttomans are likely to take down the Acropolis first."

"Oh? Why?"

Li Dingguo asked with interest: "Are you saying that the Ottomans are not in a hurry? Even if you take down the Acropolis and use the food reserves in the Acropolis, it is not enough to solve their current urgent needs, right?"

The food and grass problem is obviously the main problem facing the Ottomans now.

If they cannot solve this problem before food is cut off, the army will likely collapse directly.

Li Dingguo believed that the Ottomans would directly attack Isfahan City, but Li Laiheng believed that the Ottomans would take the Acropolis first, which was really interesting.

"The reason is simple, because they want to turn the city of Isfahan into an isolated island."

Li Laiheng paused and said, "For example, when Wu Sangui besieged Kunming City, did he control several surrounding cities first? In this case, their chances of winning would be greater."

"Of course, Wu Sangui was stronger than the Ottomans at that time, and our troops were much smaller than those now. But overall that's what it means."

Li Laiheng was afraid that Li Dingguo would misunderstand, so he hurriedly asked for a supplement to explain.

Li Dingguo nodded slightly to express his agreement, and he has to say that what Li Laiheng said was quite reasonable.

"In the view of Duke Lin, are these acropolis guarding or not?"

"Of course we have to guard it."

Li Laiheng replied almost without hesitation.

"Although there is not much food stored in the several acropolises, as long as they are in our hands, the Ottomans will be cautious and dare not put all their troops on the attack of the main city. But if the Ottomans take down these acropolises, they will take the absolute initiative."

Hao Yaoqi also continued: "I think what the little tiger said makes sense. The Ottoman barbarians have always felt that they are the best in the world, and this time they probably came with the belief of winning. As a result, they fell into such a big fall from the beginning, and they must be very unhappy. But they will definitely be more cautious because they have no room for failure. If they lose one or two more games, the morale of the army will be disintegrated. So they will definitely attack the Acropolis first, on the grounds of conservativeness."

Li Dingguo started to pace with his hands on his back, and his mind was moving rapidly.

Since everyone thinks that the Ottomans will attack the Acropolis first, there is no reason why he doesn't send additional troops to these acropolis to prepare in advance.

Whether the Persian army will increase its troops is one thing, and it is another thing that he will send more troops.

Finally, Li Dingguo stopped and said very seriously: "I have decided to send additional troops to several acropolises. Liu Xingming, Hao Yaoqi, Yuan Zongdi, you will be divided into 10,000 troops to lead 10,000 troops."

"I will obey the order."

The three of them answered in unison.

Li Dingguo said a lot, but only pulled Liu Tichun and Li Laiheng off, which made Liu Tichun and Li Laiheng feel a little embarrassed.

Li Dingguo smiled and stepped forward and patted their shoulders and said, "As for Duke Lin and Duke Wan, this king has other uses. Look here."

Li Dingguo pointed to the map, then increased his voice and said, "We are going to rush here. If we set up an ambush here, we can block the Ottomans well."

"But His Highness, King Jin, the Ottomans will probably take a detour. This is not a necessary path."

Li Laiheng analyzed: "What if they take a detour?"

"They will not detour, because I will lead the army to drive them here in person."

"His Royal Highness of Jin is going to fight against the Ottoman barbarians?"

Almost everyone exclaimed.

They clearly have a strong city behind them, so why do they risk going out of the city to fight?

"What? Do you think I have no chance of winning?"

Li Dingguo pretended to be angry and said, "I have a clear idea in my heart and will not fight in a bad way. The reason why I want to go out of the city to fight is to make the Ottomans let go of all their vigilance."

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Chapter completed!