Chapter One Thousand Six Hundred and Nine: Under a Heavy Reward
Seeing the other party closing the city gate, Han Du put down his telescope and nodded with satisfaction.
"That's right. Who dares to go out of the city to fight with me? Who gave him the courage?"
"These frogs in the well don't know the power of the Lord. Now that they know it, won't they dare not take a step out of the city?" Cao Tai leaned over and complimented.
Han Du nodded with satisfaction and ordered, "Send the order and let the Japanese slave soldiers come forward to attack the city!"
"Yes, sir."
"My lord has an order, the Japanese slave soldiers are to attack the city, and the main attack will be from the front!"
When Han Du heard this, he turned to look at Cao Tai and said, "What are the priorities of the 800,000 Japanese slave soldiers attacking the city? There is no main attack, there are main attacks on all sides, and the whole army attacks!"
"My lord has an order, the whole army will attack!"
Dong~dong~dong~
The messengers rode fast horses with small flags on their backs, and quickly passed on Han Du's orders.
Upon hearing this, the Japanese slaves stood up one after another, holding the crescent scimitar in their hands tightly, staring at the city of Herat ahead with cruel and vicious eyes.
Herat is located in a plain, with a high mountain range behind it. The mountains have rugged rocks and steep slopes, and the mountainside is covered with white snow. It is extremely beautiful under the clear sky and white clouds.
At this time, Herat was like a well-dressed beauty, alone in front of so many hungry Japanese slaves.
The densely packed Japanese slaves were carrying ladders and trying to climb up the wall, just like countless ants climbing up from the feet of the beauty, trying to desecrate this rare beauty in the world.
Not to be outdone, the Timurids fought back with bows and arrows from a high position.
"Ready, shoot!"
"Ready, shoot!"
Shaharul's legion commander raised his scimitar and organized archers to fire a volley at the enemy before they could rush under the city wall.
Although the Timurids are nomadic people, it does not mean that they cannot attack and defend cities.
Perhaps before Timur began to expand, they did lack experience in this area, but in the process of sweeping across Central Asia, the Timurs broke through one fortified city after another, and they had long learned to defend and attack cities.
Already.
There were too many Japanese slaves, eight hundred thousand in total.
Attacking the city together, not to mention the gaps between people, the Japanese slaves behind were still blocked and unable to move forward, while the Japanese slaves in the front had already densely surrounded the city of Herat.
Faced with such a density, the power of the Timurids' volleys was displayed explosively. Almost every time a rain of arrows fell, hundreds of people fell to the ground dead or injured.
Japanese slaves are not stupid either. When the arrows come, they will huddle up to reduce the possibility of being shot and raise wooden shields to defend themselves.
But there are always places that cannot be defended and arrows can penetrate.
Howl just now
As soon as it sounded, it was drowned in the shouts of killing.
But it was useless. The rain of arrows had just cleared an open space, and the next moment it would be filled by the Japanese slaves rushing up from behind.
I don’t know if the Timurids have ever seen the despair caused by the overwhelming ants before. Anyway, now even though they have clearly caused a large number of casualties to the enemy, all the Timurids on the city wall are breaking out in cold sweat.
"Calm down! Don't panic, don't be afraid"
"Zhang Gong, prepare, release!"
After a whole day of fierce fighting, although not a single Japanese slave soldier was able to climb the city wall, Han Du was quite satisfied and found out some details about Herat City.
Judging from today's situation, there are quite a few defenders in Herat City.
The Japanese slave soldiers attacked the city from all sides, but could not find a weak point. This also shows that the defenders in Herat City are very sufficient, at least they can cover the entire city wall, and there may even be more.
But it makes sense to think about it. Herat is the second minister of Timur's empire, so it is naturally heavily guarded.
And Shaharul has been operating here for more than 20 years. If it was breached in one day, it would be too underestimated for the heroes of the world.
Fortunately, the locals did not have the thinking of the Ming Dynasty when building the city. They would not build small cities in dangerous places around the city to protect the big city. Herat was completely an isolated city.
Attack the city again tomorrow, continue to put pressure on the defenders, and test the details of the Herat defenders.
In this way, Han Du did not need to personally intervene in the routine testing. He handed over the command of the Japanese slave soldiers to He Rong and Cao Tai, and Han Du returned to his commander's tent.
As soon as I walked to the door, before I even opened the curtain, I heard an overwhelming sound, one after another very rhythmic.
"Ugh vomit vomit"
"Sister, please drink some tea to clear your mouth."
An Qing quickly picked up the tea and took two sips.
"啕"
Yao Yue was trying to persuade An Qing just now, but the next moment she couldn't stand it anymore.
Seeing Yao Yue's appearance, An Qing handed her the half cup of tea in his hand.
"Sister, please take a few sips too."
Yao Yue lowered her head while vomiting, and waved her hands to indicate that she didn't need it. She had already drank tea, and now all she vomited was water.
Although this place was far away from the battlefield, the scene of broken limbs and broken arms was still echoing in her mind.
She was obviously so far away from the battlefield, but every time she took a breath through her nose, she seemed to be able to smell the looming fishy and nauseating smell.
Han Du opened the curtain and walked in, and instantly smelled a strong sour smell. As a veteran of alcohol testing, judging from his rich experience in drunken vomiting, this smell was far less strong than drunken vomiting.
"I told you to just wait for me in Horumus, but you insisted on following me. Now you know that this battlefield is not a pleasant place, right?"
When An Qing and Yao Yue saw Han Du come in two days ago, it was as if they had seen a savior, and their eyes were full of prayers.
But when they found that Han Du was just standing there nagging and did not come forward to comfort their tortured hearts, two murderous intents rushed towards Han Du.
The smile on Han Du's face froze for an instant, and the next moment he poured the tea with a natural expression and said, "Come and rinse your mouth, why is there no one to clean up this tent?"
"Where have all the people died? Come in and clean up quickly."
Han Du had no time for both hands, and gently patted An Qing and Yao Yue's backs respectively to make them feel better after vomiting.
Several sergeants did not dare to raise their heads and came in cautiously.
Han Du swept his fingers and said, "Sweep this place clean."
"Yes, sir."
In fact, they had already heard the movement in the tent from outside, but it was Her Royal Highness the Princess who was inside the tent. How could they dare to come in rashly?
The other one is even more untouchable to them. Although she has no title, who doesn't know that she is the father-in-law's concubine?
The wife is the treasure of the family, but the concubine is the darling of the heart!
"Come on, let's go out and get some air."
Han Du helped the two of them out of the handsome tent.
An Qing and Yao Yue didn't want to move at first, but as soon as the smell in the handsome tent was too strong, and Han Du asked, they had no choice but to insist on walking out. But as soon as they came out, the warm breeze blew, and the two of them suddenly felt
I feel a lot better.
The siege on the city on the second day had no results. Although the Japanese slave soldiers attacked many times, they never climbed onto the city wall once like yesterday.
"How did this battle happen?"
Facing Han Du's reprimand, none of the governors and generals in the two rows below dared to say a word.
Since no one spoke, Han Du directly named him.
"He Rong! You are responsible for the frontal attack. You fought for two days and you didn't even touch the city wall. Is this how you fight?"
He Rong was reprimanded in public, and his face was full of shame. He thought that he had enjoyed himself in front of his colleagues the day before, but he was reprimanded before the pleasure was over.
"My lord, the casualties the day before were too great. Twenty thousand people were killed and more than ten thousand injured. Those
The Japanese slave soldiers are not stupid either. Seeing such casualties, they will naturally shrink back a little. The official has already supervised the siege of the city many times, but the effect is not great."
Han Du's face softened after hearing the explanation.
He put his hands on the table and looked down at the map of Herat.
"Now that we have found the crux of the problem, it will be easier to solve. Isn't it because the Japanese slave soldiers are afraid of moving forward because the front is not attractive enough and they are greedy for life and afraid of death?"
"Go down and tell the Japanese slave soldiers that what is in front of you is the second largest city in the Timur Empire. There are countless gold and silver treasures in it. Once the city is broken, it will all be theirs."
"In addition, whoever reaches the top of the city first will be rewarded with a thousand households!"
"Master, those are Japanese slaves."
"Yes, sir, please think again."
Everyone had no objections to promising the city's wealth to the Japanese slaves. Anyway, the wealth was not their own, and they could only cash it out after the city was broken.
But the official position of Qianhu is different. Even in the Ming Dynasty army, it is a middle-level and high-level general. First there are soldiers, then there are chiefs, small flags, general flags, hundreds of households, and then Qianhu.
This is not an official promotion to the third level, but a continuous promotion to the ancestral level eighteen!
Dare to say this, if this military order is announced to the Ming army soldiers, they will be able to attack this city today!
"Stop talking!" Han Du shouted in the face of the crowd's noise.
"Give me the order."
"yes!"
It is conceivable how great the response of Han Du's military order was among the Japanese slave soldiers.
The Japanese slaves were originally envious and jealous of the people of the Ming Dynasty, let alone the people of the Ming Dynasty. Even those Japanese slaves who were fawning over the people of the Ming Dynasty were the envy of ordinary Japanese slaves.
But now, as long as you can be the first to climb the city, you will not only directly become a Ming citizen, but you can also be granted a thousand households and become the upper-middle class of the Ming army.
This kind of temptation instantly made everyone's eyes turn red. In comparison, the gold and silver treasures in Herat were not as attractive to the Japanese slave soldiers as the official positions of Qianhu.
"Kill! Kill! Kill"
Without any urging from the Ming army, this time the Japanese slave soldiers held their swords in high spirits and rushed towards the city of Herat spontaneously.
After attacking for a whole day, although the Japanese slave soldiers had high morale and climbed to the top of the city several times, they were eventually beaten down again and again by Timur's defenders.
But even with huge losses, the Japanese slave soldiers had no intention of retreating. If the sky had not turned dark, causing them to suffer from night blindness, they would have continued to attack.
In desperation, Han Du had no choice but to withdraw his troops and let the Japanese slave soldiers recuperate for a day before fighting again tomorrow.