At the same time, outside the distant city of Talas.
Flags are flying, thousands of horses are galloping.
"I have been ordered to lead an army of 500,000 to patrol the west, to proclaim and pacify all the vassals in the Western Regions on behalf of Heaven. Even Timur should kneel down and accept the imperial decree. You are no more than a small border official, how dare you stop me?"
Zhu Di angrily scolded the envoy who was kneeling in front of him.
The Governor-General of the Ming Dynasty visited various armies in the west and was ordered to pacify the vassals in the Western Regions. His Highness King Yan, after a long journey of nearly a year, finally arrived at the territory of Samarkand belonging to the Ming Dynasty...
Of course, among the vassals of the Ming Dynasty, there was no such name as the Timurid Empire.
He is the King of Samarkand.
In fact, in the original history, he did not even have this title of king.
He currently calls himself Sultan, and previously called himself Emir. However, neither Sultan nor Emir is a monarch in the Eastern cognitive system. At most, he is just a local chief. If he is the Great Khan, this is understandable, but Sultan is not a monarch.
Mir, after all, is a chief.
Therefore, in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, his highest status was actually Timur, the consort.
That is, the consort of Chagatai Khan.
Then Zhu Yuanzhang gave him the title Prince Consort Timur, commanding envoys and so on.
The edict had been translated by many hands, and the person responsible for the translation was probably a Persian. He didn't understand what it meant to have a prince-in-law and a commander-in-chief, so he transliterated it directly for him.
On the contrary, in the time of his son Shaharul, due to the split of Timur's empire, the latter moved the capital to Herat and received the official name of the Kingdom of Khali. As for now, because of the appearance of Yang Feng, Zhu Yuanzhang understood the situation there early.
, so he was given the title of King of Samarkand. After all, he has been very submissive in recent years. In short, he is the King of Samarkand in the Ming Dynasty vassal system. As for the territory, of course there is no specific division, it is said that he only has Samarkand.
It's okay, it's okay to say that he is the whole river. Anyway, no matter how many titles are given to him, they are all gifts from the Ming Emperor...
Thunder, rain, and dew are all gifts from God.
You have to recognize as many as you want.
Of course, His Highness King Yan’s trip is to delineate the boundaries of these vassals.
But in Talos, he was blocked by the defender.
Of course, no one in their right mind would let him in.
Talas is the gate to the river. This city has gone through countless wars. If you want to enter the river, you must go here. Its status is even greater than that of Shanhaiguan to the North China Plain, almost equivalent to what Jiange is to Sichuan. This small city with a circumference of seven or eight miles, protects
Looking into the river behind.
We dare not let these thousands of troops enter.
"King, I don't dare to stop you. I just need to report it to the Sultan."
The messenger carefully spoke in Mongolian.
He was so submissive out of pure fear.
After all, in front of him at this moment were seemingly endless cavalry.
The earth is shaking!
"Why, does Timur still dare to stop His Highness Prince Yan from going to Samarkand?"
Mahamu sneered.
"Then he disobeyed the imperial edict of the Ming Emperor. We, the loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, cannot tolerate such rebellious ministers."
Guilichi on the other side said with a smile.
A loyal minister who has only been loyal for less than five months.
Therefore, the mentality of these guys is no different from that of Tuli Timur. Zhu Di has told them that Timur is surrounding Yang Feng in Aksu, and the combat effectiveness of Yang Feng is known to Mahamu. Besides, even if it is not
Clearly, and knowing that this means that Timur will not be able to return to the river for at least a month.
Take advantage of the opportunity!
They are all very poor now.
Although His Highness King Yan graciously accepted their surrender and granted him official status, their first contribution to the Ming Emperor was like cutting off flesh.
Guanggui Lichi presented five thousand horses to the Ming Emperor.
You have to find a place to make up for your losses.
This time, it would be perfect if we could grab a wave in the river with His Highness King Yan of the Ming Dynasty.
"Your Highness, you don't have to talk nonsense to them, these bitches need to be whipped!
They'll be smarter with cannons."
Taiping said eagerly.
He was originally with Ugqi Hashiha, who was the leader of Turgut, but later he was driven by loyalty and went north to help Elbek. As a result, when he saw the fighting power of the Ming army on the battlefield, he stabbed him in the back without hesitation.
Sweat knife.
This was also an important reason for Elbek's defeat.
This also made him highly regarded by Zhu Di.
"right!"
"Your Highness, talk to them with the cannon!"
…
The Mongolian chiefs were excited.
Zhu Di raised his hand to signal them to shut up, and they all shut up quickly.
"Go back and tell your guards to open the city gate immediately and prepare a thousand horses, a thousand cattle, and five thousand sheep for military needs. You must do it before noon, otherwise I will open the city gate myself.
I took them in to retrieve them, but not only will they be retrieved at that time, but your heads will also be taken to punish you for delaying the military plane."
he shouted.
The messenger was dumbfounded.
This tastes wrong!
This Tamar is here to find trouble!
"King, Talas is just a small city. There really aren't these cattle and sheep!"
he shouted.
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Di's riding whip hit him in the face...
"Go away, this is my king's military order. You can either do it or die. If there are not enough cattle and sheep, then I will use your heads instead!"
His Highness King Yan shouted.
Mahamu and Taiping stepped forward at the same time, each grabbing the messenger's arm and dragging him forward. The messenger was still struggling to complain, but they both threw him away at the same time, and then threw him into the dust. The Ming soldiers next to him laughed.
With their whips whipped, the envoys climbed up and ran towards the city gate under their whips. Zhu Di looked at this scene calmly, then waved to the back, followed by a door that had been assembled behind him.
The cannons were pushed forward by the artillery. These were not rapid-fire cannons, but serious field cannons brought by his uncle. They used two-pound shells. Because they exceeded the weight of the war horses, they were disassembled and carried with heavy barrels.
It is carried on a special rack by the largest specially selected camel.
Soon sixteen field guns were lined up outside Talas City, aiming at the city gate from a distance of fifty feet.
Everyone is waiting.
soon……
"fire!"
Zhu Di looked at the sun in the sky and said.
Well, he actually stayed with them for less than an hour.
Sixteen field guns roared almost simultaneously.
The cannonball sank into the city gate in an instant.
This kind of long-barreled artillery can easily penetrate the city gate at more than 100 meters.
The artillerymen quickly reloaded, and less than a minute later, these cannons fired again. Then the artillerymen continued to reload and continued to fire. When the eighth round of shells was fired, in Zhu Di's telescope, the city gate had been basically smashed...
"Attack, massacre the city and establish your authority!"
he said.
Mahamu and others were pleasantly surprised.
"Attack, massacre the city and establish your authority!"
Guilichi roared excitedly.
Then he pointed the sword forward in his hand, and his cavalrymen started running towards Talas like hungry wolves.
Then there is Mahamu.
Then there is peace.
…
The Mongolian cavalry howled like crazy, just like their ancestors, and started running towards Talas City. Although there is a moat outside the city, in places like the middle of the river, the moat does not have much water most of the time, and it is straight.
The Mongolian cavalry who rushed down held up their shields to block the sharp arrows falling from their heads, then controlled their horses and quickly rushed to the other side.
Of course, many people and horses remained in the moat.
There was even crude oil poured on the city wall.
The first few Mongolian cavalrymen who rushed to the city gate were immediately set on fire.
But they screamed and crashed into the city gate that was already riddled with holes. The already shaky city gate was directly knocked open. With the flames burning, they instantly crashed into the defenders who were trying to block the door.
Behind them, more Mongolian cavalry rushed in...
However, the Ming army outside the city did not move.
"King?"
Xu Huizu looked at Zhu Di with questioning eyes.
"There are worthless cannon fodder and our people are of no use.
Stay to fight Tamerlane.
Yang Feng's crusade reduced the population of Bielse Bali by half, we must learn from it."
Zhu Di said.
His uncle sighed silently...
Why don't good people learn from this, but they all learn from this bad guy?
The atmosphere has been ruined.
Bad guy...
The bad guy was holding a big stone weighing tens of kilograms. Amidst his men's howling as if a little demon was cheering for the demon king, he suddenly threw the big stone outside the city. The big stone flew more than fifty meters with a roar and then
When it hit the enemy troops attacking the city, it instantly caused a splash of blood and flesh. It also bounced on the ground and broke two legs.
"Ambassador is mighty!"
The soldiers defending the city roared excitedly.
Then, like the ambassador, they raised the stones in their hands and threw them down at the enemy soldiers climbing ladders below.
A siege tower was pushed to the edge of the moat.
The enemy archers inside were aiming at Yang Feng. They even used crossbows, which were probably brought from the battlefields of Eastern Europe. But even this thing couldn't shoot Yang Feng's armor. Moreover, even if it penetrated his armor, there was nothing inside.
There is also Kevlar, if it is a torso, there is a bulletproof plate. At the same time, two rapid-fire cannons were aimed at the siege tower, and then with the spray of flames, the two shells instantly penetrated the wooden board and were fired by the crossbows inside.
There were stumps of limbs and broken arms. Immediately afterwards, the defenders' crossbows were fired, and the giant arrows with crude oil bags were pierced on the siege tower. Soon, the siege tower that had been pushed over so hard turned into a huge torch.
.
On the city walls of Aksu, similar battles are everywhere.
Besieged from all sides by 150,000 enemy troops.
A certain iconic slogan echoed across the sky.
But the sound of the Ming army's artillery was the sound that truly dominated the battlefield.
Rapid-fire cannons unloaded from camels continued to bombard the enemy troops attacking the city.
The Ming army hardly participated in the battle along the way.
Zhang Fu has plenty of ammunition.
In fact, Yang Feng could even make some for him in Aksu. This was originally a commercial city with sulfur and nitrate. This kind of strategic material could be plundered wherever he went. As for artillery shells, it was even simpler. Kuqa had
There are lead mines, and lead has been smelted in Qiuci since the Han Dynasty.
"Timur, I have a word for you. The old man is lying on the road, how can the raccoon survive?"
Ambassador Yang continued to roar arrogantly.
The next moment, with a fierce roar, a giant arrow hit his chest.
Even half a centimeter thick carburized forged steel was deflated by this giant spear-like arrow. Yang Feng was even knocked upside down and hit the tower behind him, but then he landed on the ground and shook.
Shake my head...
"Damn, that's good enough!"
he said.
The minions roared wildly again.
Yang Feng picked up the giant arrow that was obviously shot by a crossbow. The arrow had been deformed on his armor due to insufficient hardness. However, it actually penetrated his plate armor, but was blocked by the bulletproof plate inside.
.As for him having suffered serious internal injuries, he was just showing off. Anyway, he didn't care about the injury. He could just sleep. Like a flat-headed man bitten by a cobra, he simply pulled out his rifle and loaded it.
Bullet, point the crossbow at the bed and pull the trigger.
The bullets immediately left a mass of dead bodies there.
Then another giant arrow arrived.
"Where did they get so many bed crossbows?"
He said with some surprise while shooting the crossbowman.
"Ambassador, this is what Timur used. They call it a ballista. The manufacturing method was taught by the Han craftsmen in the past."
The officer next to him said respectfully.
And not just giant arrows, some giant arrows are even tied with gunpowder.
Not far away a flame exploded.
Yang Feng picked up the giant arrow and pierced the eye of an enemy soldier who appeared in front of him.
"Throw it at ten thousand enemies!"
He looked at the dense enemy troops below and shouted.
The soldiers guarding the city nearby quickly lit the fuse of a ten thousand enemy, and then pushed it out from the parapet. The huge guy fell down instantly, and then hung above the enemy's head. The next moment the fuse burned out, and the inferior gunpowder was used as waste.
It instantly turned into a rotating spray of fireworks. A soldier on the city wall smiled and picked up a basin of crude oil, and poured it out amidst the frightened screams below. The combination of crude oil and ten thousand enemies created an excellent effect, and everyone was splashed with crude oil.
The enemy troops who arrived were all quickly ignited with blazing flames, and hundreds of people below immediately fell into the sea of flames.
"Bring it here."
Yang Feng stretched out his hand.
A soldier quickly handed him the Molotov cocktail.
Yang Feng lit the cloth outside and threw the thing far away.
The Molotov cocktail flew dozens of meters and suddenly hit an advancing ladder truck. As the bottle shattered, the gasoline inside turned into explosive flames, and the soldiers around the ladder truck immediately turned into burning men.
He leisurely changed the magazine and fired at the dense crowd of heads in front of him.
At this time, the city walls were lowered one by one by tens of thousands of enemies.
Pots of crude oil were poured out.
Flames soared below the city wall.
…
In the distance, Timur looked gloomy, looking at Aksu that seemed to be surrounded by fire. Even his brave Khorasan soldiers could no longer withstand such tragic casualties. Many attacking soldiers were retreating. But this was not the case.
What gave him the biggest headache was that if he couldn't defeat him, he could still be trapped. Even if he couldn't trap Yang Feng, he could still trap the defenders inside. What really bothered him was that if Zhu Di really went south from Jinshan into the river, he would be in trouble.
He almost drained the river of elite.
Almost all the elites from Tashkent, Samarkand, Fergana and other places are here.
Zhu Di...
If the Ming army had such sophisticated firearms, the few men he left behind would not be able to stop them.
"Sudan!"
At this time, one of his generals rode under the war elephant and saluted him.
"Song Sheng, the commander-in-chief of Gansu Province in the Ming Dynasty, led 30,000 troops from Chalisi, Turpan, Huozhou and other troops to cross the Iron Gate Pass and captured Kunkuo. Moreover, he sent people to ask you to withdraw from Xiangyang, saying that this is the Bielos Bali