Chapter 258 Adults Should Be Responsible For Their Choices
Chapter 258 Adults must be responsible for their own choices
Author: Mu Yunfeng
Aksu.
Amid Aunt Wang's heavenly singing, Ambassador Yang leisurely crossed his legs and sat on his homemade rocking chair, tapping the rhythm of the music on the armrest while admiring the advancing enemy troops outside the city.
There were several beautiful girls waiting beside him.
Those who handed him grapes, those who fanned him, those who beat his legs...
What you want is this feeling.
Even if the legs are heavily armored, the beating feels more like knocking on a wooden fish.
Outside the city, after a month of preparations, the enemy troops finally began to attack. They were sweating profusely while pushing counterweighted trebuchets, siege towers, ladder trucks, and stubby rock cannons.
, and there are countless people carrying flying ladders. The materials used in these siege equipment are basically demolished houses directly from Baicheng, Quxian and other places where the city was massacred. Although there are actually poplar trees along the coast that can be cut down, but
Hudada still proposed to demolish those houses, as they cherished the Poplar euphratica trees very much. Anyway, Quxian, cities like Baicheng were also empty, and those houses were demolished to build siege equipment.
Then transport it over by water.
In this season, the Tarim River can be transported by water.
In fact, the supplies for the 150,000-strong army were also transported by water from Kashgar. Although Husada was in pain, he had no other choice but to do his best to search for food and livestock from various cities and then send them to feed them.
Timur's huge army is like a bottomless pit.
As for Timur’s fighting to support war…
Where can I grab it?
In a sense, Quxian is just an empty city.
Yang Feng's group of hungry wolves had already robbed it.
Not to mention the livestock and grain, all the women and children were snatched away and sent to Chaliqi. Only Baicheng was unlucky enough to be wiped out with blood. However, there were 5,000 young men in Baicheng and some of the women who were given to Yang Feng, who also brought grain with them.
Before that I went to Chali Lose.
Timur probably massacred the city because of lack of supplies.
There is some food and livestock there.
but……
The population there also needs to be consumed.
If he robs them all, they will definitely not agree. Since they are not given a way to survive, of course they will fight tooth and nail.
In this case, it is better to just kill the people who have no food.
As for the loss of fork strength...
Tamerlane slaughtered the city of Bai, and the city lord, who had lost his power, naturally fought to the bitter end.
Moreover, they were originally Gaochang Uighurs who were forcibly converted, but now they are generally called Sali Uighurs. Although this name originally referred to Yellow-headed Uighurs, Gaochang died long ago, so they are basically mixed together. Including
Don't miss the miscellaneous brands in Bali such as Turpan, Huozhou and other places. The entire east of Tiemenguan is counted, the northern Xinjiang is Mongolia, the western part of southern Xinjiang is the Dugrat tribe, and the middle area including the lower reaches of the Tarim River is Saliweiwu'er.
In fact, they were forcibly converted for only more than ten years. Under the current circumstances, they were certainly not willing to let Timur beat them over and continue to be enslaved.
If Timur did not slaughter the city, they might consider kneeling again.
Then I won’t kneel down when the city is massacred.
Then the fork lost its power, and Turpan and other cities quickly united together to gather together the remaining young men who could fight, and quickly arrived at Tiemen Pass to set up defenses.
And asked Song Sheng and Hami for help.
Timur's forward cavalry tried to attack after arriving at Iron Gate Pass.
But failed.
It is also difficult to supply supplies if the distance is too far.
Now all Timur's supplies have to be transported from Kashgar and Yarkand, and the distance to the iron gate is nearly two thousand miles. Such a transportation distance cannot support a large-scale attack there, so his army has stopped at the iron gate.
The door is closed.
"The population of the Western Region has been reduced by at least half due to your actions!
So cruel!"
Zhang Fu, like him, sat leisurely on the same rocking chair and sighed.
Of course, he changed his words in nonsense words.
He has been in Longquan Guard for so long, so of course he can speak the languages of those tribes.
But what he said is also true. This war drastically reduced the population of the Western Region, and the vast majority of those who died were young and strong. Among the 60,000 troops they brought across the Iron Gate Pass, less than half are still alive, and
There is still one third of Ugqi Hashiha's army.
This is just from their side.
As for the enemy, more young and strong people died.
And the war is not over yet, it can only be said to be halfway through.
Next, Timur withdraws his troops, and Yang Feng will definitely have to hunt down Hudada, Kashgar, and Yarkand. The cities will have to face a war. Deaths in the war plus those who were captured will eventually be enough to survive in southern Xinjiang.
The lower third of the population would be good.
"How can you blame me?
Shamichagan and his son are here to get rid of their powerful officials and restore the authority of the Great Khan. On the contrary, I am helping them. This is what they invited me to do. Tuli Timur is here to help their brothers from the Golden Family. In addition,
In order to plunder, they also thanked me for giving them the opportunity to escape poverty. As for the new auxiliary troops, it was the Khan who followed them who served the country loyally.
This is their responsibility.
As for Uge Qiha Shiha, he wanted to redeem his merits and obtain a pardon from the Ming Emperor.
None of them were forced by me or tricked by me.
It's all voluntary.
As for the current result, how can there be no surprises in this war? Could it be that I knew beforehand that Timur would send troops? War is risky. We are all adults and we must be responsible for the choices we make.
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As for Timur massacring the city, it was because he was cruel by nature."
Yang Feng said in the same language.
Then he straightened up...
"Timur, you cruel devil, I condemn you. The spirits in heaven who worship the people of this city will not let you go.
You're going to hell."
he shouted.
Then he lay down again.
"Look, I condemn him!"
he said.
Zhang Fu was speechless.
"Ambassador, their trebuchet is in position."
A Ming army officer came over and saluted and said.
Yang Feng lazily straightened up again...
"I'm going out to show off again!"
he said.
The next moment he jumped up, and amid cheers on the city wall, he instantly grabbed a log standing by the city wall, flew outward, and thrust the log into the moat in mid-air, just as he fell towards the river.
At the same time, the log reached the bottom of the river. The buoyancy of the water and the buffering of the silt gave him a certain buffer, and then he used the length of the log to fall to the other side.
There was an excited roar on the city wall, and even the sound of drums and horns sounded chaotically.
Ambassador Yang put on a half-centimetre-thick iron plate.
Then he pulled the log out of the moat and raised his hand upward.
A specially selected soldier on the city wall immediately threw a gourd at him.
Ambassador Yang caught it without looking back.
Then he pulled out the plug and poured the gasoline inside onto the logs like a charm.
His own distillate.
There is a lot of crude oil used for city defense in Aksu City and Wushi City. This thing is commonly used in cities in the Western Regions, because it is available in Kuqa. There is a crude oil stream emerging in the northwest mountains, which should be from the modern Baicheng Oil Field.
Oil sprouts. As for the distillate, it is even simpler. Get a closed large pot, connect an iron or copper rolled pipe and soak it in water, boil the crude oil over a fire and condense the steam. It doesn't matter what kind of oil these are now.
As long as it's easy to use.
It should actually be a mixture of kerosene and gasoline.
When Ambassador Yang completed the enchantment, the cavalry on the opposite side had already rushed out of formation.
This is the Kashgar Cavalry.
You can see that Hu Gada is behind, and the leader should be the general of his family. They can be said to hate Yang Feng with all their teeth. It is all because of this devil that things have turned out like this.
The corpses of their brothers are strewn across the fields, the city is in ruins, and their families are still starving to save food to support Timur's army. It can be said that everything is thanks to him. These cavalry are the most wanted now.
Damn it, after all, if they spend one more day here, their relatives at the rear will have to feed the 150,000 troops for one more day.
Some people are already starving to death.
How much food would a 150,000-strong army have to eat in a day?
The total number of households in Kashgar is only 24,000. Including Yingjisha, Yarkand, and Khotan, there will not be more than 100,000 households.
It is not enough for one household to raise one.
I really can't afford it.
In fact, at this time Yerqiang and other secret officials were already dissatisfied with Hudada.
"Where's Khuda?
If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place?
At first, I just asked you 30,000 young men to work for me with a year's worth of food, and I even gave them wages for starting work, but he refused. Now, more than 30,000 of you have died, and the price you have paid exceeds that of that year.
food?
Combined, these six states and forty-three counties can’t make one mistake!”
Yang Feng admired the log in his hand and said as if appreciating a piece of art.
At the same time, he took out his lighter.
Just as the cavalry on the opposite side roared and began to charge, flames instantly rose from the front of the log.
Then he raised the sturdy poplar tree with both hands, just like Hellboy holding the flaming sword...
"Suffer death!"
He yelled.
Then he rushed forward to meet these cavalry.
At the moment of collision, the logs turned into flaming whips, sweeping across the cavalry's horse legs, and then the horses fell down. At the same time, the horse hair and the cloth on the cavalry were also ignited.
The horses that did not come and the cavalry on horseback struggled in the fire, but they burned in the struggle.
Although the gasoline on the logs has almost burned, the logs themselves are already burning.
Yang Feng swung this terrifying weapon and flew through the flames below like a pole vault. In the chaotic avoidance of the cavalry, it landed directly in the middle of them and swept in a circle.
There was a sea of fire all around.
There were crazy roars on the city walls.
All around were screams of being burned by fire.
He held a seven-meter-long flaming sword in the blazing fire.
Then he flew up again.
The cavalry below fled to both sides in fear.
After landing, he still jumped up again like a pole vault.
A few times later, he was behind the cavalry.
In front of him, there were counterweight trebuchets that had just been put in place. A Khorasan general was instructing the soldiers to prepare for loading. His sudden appearance made this guy confused for a moment. He probably didn't understand how he got there from above.
He rushed out from the thousands of cavalry. But he woke up immediately. The infantry formed in his roar immediately moved forward, but Yang Feng's speed was too fast, and these counterweight trebuchets were at the front of the formation. In the blink of an eye,
The guy wielding a pillar of fire more than seven meters long arrived. The general hurriedly led his soldiers forward. The log in Yang Feng's hand was like a spear and pierced between them. The soldiers were frightened and hid quickly. Then Yang Feng swept from left to right, and the soldiers in front were
They all avoided it.
This is instinctive.
After all, no one wants to touch a burning log.
The general was very brave. He held up his shield to protect himself and slammed into the log fiercely, trying to push it away and then force himself in front of Yang Feng.
but……
He was a little late.
The log burning with blazing flames suddenly hit his chest.
He screamed and flew backwards.
“Don’t overestimate your capabilities!”
Yang Feng said with disdain.
Then he punched the log in his hand into the stone bullets piled next to him. These stone bullets were all poured with crude oil. As soon as he punched the log, it turned into a flaming fire. Then he threw the stones to the side like a billiard ball.
As soon as the machine was pressed, the flaming stone bullets rolled over immediately, and Yang Feng leisurely hit them all over.
The huge counterweight trebuchet immediately burst into flames.
Then he moved on to the next one.
At this time, the infantrymen were swarming towards them, and he casually hit a stone bullet at them.
Hundreds of kilograms of stone bullets instantly crashed into the soldiers with burning flames.
The latter screamed in agony.
Yang Feng happily ran to the second trebuchet, also lit the pile of stone bombs, and then continued to hit them with the burning logs in his hands like playing billiards, letting them crash into the middle of the unlucky soldiers with flames. This
The poplar wood was very strong, and although it had been burned for a while, it was still not completely burned. He could happily continue his game, igniting the weighted trebuchet and using these stone bullets to hit the attacking infantry.
A total of six counterweight trebuchets were quickly set alight by him.
And the flames also rose among those unlucky soldiers...
On the war elephant in the distance, Timur was still silently watching his performance.
But the Sultan finally sighed.
Then he waved his hand forward.
"Siege the city!"
he said.
The flag in the hands of the officer beside him was waving.
In four directions, 150,000 soldiers who had been waiting in formation pushed ladders, siege towers, siege rams, and flying ladders to launch a full-scale attack on Aksu City.
Yang Feng looked at him in the fire.
He also looked at Yang Feng.
"Timur, don't you want to know where King Yan is now?"
Yang Feng shouted with a smile.
According to time calculation, Zhu Di had almost reached Talas by this time. Even if Timur retreated immediately, it would still take a month to reach Khujand, but he almost met Zhu Di at the same time.
He spoke in Mongolian, so Timur was immediately stunned.
Apparently he was aware of this overlooked issue.
Of course, it's not that he is old and dim, but that the Ming army has always belonged to someone in another world to him. His thinking has formed an inertia and he habitually ignores Zhu Di's army, even if he already knows that Zhu Di is Jinshan.
It is difficult to pay attention to this issue when considering the situation.
but now……
He seemed to be in real trouble.
"Sultan, I wish you good luck!"
Yang Feng said with a smile.
Then he ran towards Aksu City and quickly reached the city. He grabbed the rope thrown from the city and climbed to the city as quickly as possible...
"Get ready to fight. If you persist for half a month, you will win. King Yan's army has already gone to attack Samarkand."