The Ming Dynasty: The most ruthless imperial grandson, Old Zhu begged me not to kill him.

Chapter 515 The Price of Support

"You're right, this is indeed a very troublesome situation, so I plan to retreat to the east!"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, wondering why Lan Yu was doing this. At this moment, Lan Yu sighed.

"If possible, I really want to continue fighting, but we have a severe shortage of troops, so it's practically impossible!"

"If we get involved in the east, we can take advantage of the weakened military presence there and seize a large area. Then we'll have our own territory in this region!"

"There are many soldiers in the Delhi Sultanate who have surrendered and revolted. This is our opportunity. If we can organize them all, they will become an extremely powerful force!"

"By then, the Delhi Sultanate will already have many internal problems, and with us causing trouble around them, their power will be impossible to develop any further!"

"If we're lucky, we might even be able to wipe them out completely!"

After saying this, the group looked at the terrain to the east and found it to be suitable. The land here was relatively fertile, and more importantly, there were several important cities. If they relied on these important cities for defense, the Sultanate might not be able to defeat them. Furthermore, this place bordered the U-Tsang Provincial Administration Commission of the Ming Dynasty to some extent. As long as they occupied this place, there would be a continuous stream of support coming from the country.

At that moment, Lan Yu suddenly gave a sinister smile.

"Although we are leaving, we can't let them have it easy. Since there are two groups of people providing support, we must give them a gift!"

Timur's general, Udo, led 50,000 cavalrymen southward in a grand procession.

Along the way, they seized many places, causing widespread resentment throughout the Delhi Sultanate.

However, the local government officials were powerless to intervene in this matter. After all, it was something their emperor had personally promised, so how could they possibly disobey their own emperor's orders?

This led to the people of the Delhi Sultanate hating their emperor and having no goodwill towards this so-called ally, resulting in uprisings everywhere.

Udo was extremely dissatisfied after learning about this.

"This is outrageous! I led the grassland warriors to support you and help you drive out the Ming army, but you actually attacked us from behind, causing us to lose many of our elite soldiers."

You must resolve this matter no matter what, or don't blame us for being impolite!

Upon hearing this, the local official could only manage a wry smile.

They didn't know how to solve this problem either; at least, with their current abilities, they simply couldn't reach that level.

Just then, an army from the Delhi Sultanate appeared on the battlefield and charged directly at the Timurid Khanate's cavalry.

Udo frowned when he saw this.

There had been some rebel armies before, but they were just ordinary civilians with little fighting power against them; they were simply throwing their lives away.

But this army was different. Not only was it well-equipped, but it was also clearly a specially trained force. It was obviously the army of the Delhi Sultanate. After thinking of this place, his face turned extremely ugly. It seemed that the Delhi Sultanate thought that their Timurid Khanate was easy to bully.

"Damn guy!"

"Don't blame us for being impolite if you're courting death!"

Then, 50,000 Timur Khanate cavalry charged directly at the Delhi Sultanate soldiers, and the two armies clashed. Not long afterward, the Delhi Sultanate soldiers began to retreat.

Timur's cavalry originally wanted to continue the pursuit, but they were ambushed halfway and lost another one or two thousand men.

After they withdrew, Lan Yu looked at them and nodded in satisfaction. "Now, you all retreat immediately and turn your attention to Duobu Aqili!"

"Dobu Aqiri probably doesn't know about the alliance between the Emperor of the Delhi Sultanate and the Timurid Khanate yet. When the time comes, just tell Dobu Aqiri that the Timurid Khanate is planning to take advantage of the situation!"

"They can then take advantage of the internal strife in these two armies to retreat at their leisure, and may even inflict heavy losses on them!"

Wang Bi and Mu Ying's eyes lit up when they heard this; they never expected that Lan Yu would suddenly become so clever.

Although Lan Yu used to employ schemes, he would never do so. The fact that Lan Yu was so smooth today truly piqued his curiosity.

Lan Yu felt extremely pleased to see the surprised looks on these people's faces.

At this moment, everyone suddenly remembered that Lan Yu had been frequently entering and leaving Lu Xiang Sheng's camp during this period, and they immediately guessed what was going on.

Lu Xiang-sheng is a rare general under His Highness the Crown Prince. More importantly, he not only has the ability to train troops, but is also extremely skilled in combat. He is rare in both command and personal bravery. It is quite normal for him to come up with such an idea.

Seeing the heavy losses suffered by his troops, Wu Duo was extremely angry.

These people from the Delhi Sultanate ostensibly invited them to come and provide support, but they secretly attacked them behind their backs. It's utterly despicable.

So he led his troops and charged straight in.

Soon, this army of the Delhi Sultanate arrived not far from Prince Dobu Achiri.

Prince Dobu Aqiri was extremely puzzled to see that an army of his own country was being pursued and killed by the army of Timur Khan.

Wasn't the Timurid Khanate their reinforcements? How could they be in this place? So he immediately sent this army into their ranks to inquire.

What are you doing in this place?

"How could the Timurid Khanate's army be here!"

The leading general spoke hastily at this moment.

"We are the army guarding the north. We came to support the capital after hearing that it was besieged. But who would have thought that the Timurid Khanate's army would take advantage of the situation to attack? They brought a total of 50,000 troops. Our army has been almost completely depleted, and we simply don't have enough troops now!"

"Therefore, we had no choice but to fight and retreat at the same time, which led us to this place. We beg Your Highness to make a decision for us!"

Dobuaqiri was extremely surprised to hear this, and his face turned very ugly.

"Good heavens! They were our allies before, but now that they see us being attacked by the Daming Palace, they actually come here to take advantage of our misfortune. It's truly despicable!"

"If I can't beat the Ming army, am I not going to beat you?"

"Brothers, assemble! Let's wipe them out completely!"

The general standing to the side spoke with some hesitation.

“We are allies with the Timurid Khanate, and our current enemy is the Ming Dynasty. Why would they suddenly attack us? I feel there is something wrong with this!”

(End of this chapter)