Chapter 260 Without them, it is very important to me
Chapter 260 Without them, it is very important to me
Author: Mu Yunfeng
Talas.
Amidst the piles of dead bodies...
"Burn, burn these pieces of shit!"
Taiping shouted.
His Mongolian soldiers were pouring cans of crude oil over it.
More than 5,000 dead bodies were piled into a mountain.
Immediately afterwards, as the Mongol soldiers held torches one by one, the mountain immediately burned. As the flames rose, more and more dead bodies were swallowed up by the flames, and then merged into them, turning into more violent flames. The fire illuminated the small city.
, those Mongolian soldiers were leading the cattle and sheep, and the women were carrying various belongings, happily showing off their harvests to each other.
As for the Ming army...
Horses and camels belong to them.
Zhu Di stood not far away, looking at the mountain of burning corpses.
The messenger lay trembling at his feet...
"Go to Seram City and tell the people there to prepare five thousand horses, five thousand cattle, and 20,000 sheep for military use. Before I arrive at Seram City, these must be sent outside the city to wait.
Otherwise this is their fate."
Zhu Di said.
The messenger cried and kowtowed hurriedly.
"Get out of here!"
Xu Huizu, who had just walked over, kicked him kindly.
He quickly got up, mounted his horse as fast as he could and ran southward.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid these bitches are not so sensible. One of their saints was born in Seran City. Timur respected this man extremely. He was also respected by the Turks. The Turks in the entire Western Region would go to his tomb to pay homage.
, they won’t let anyone who doesn’t believe in them pass.”
Taiping hurriedly made slanderous remarks.
"Then use cannon to blast the door open."
Zhu Di said.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
Taiping, Guilichi and Mahamu praised in unison.
They were just waiting for Zhu Di's words!
Now these three guys, like three spotted hyenas, are waiting for Zhu Di to point forward.
"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Xining has sent a message. He has led his army to Tiemenguan."
Xu Huizu then said.
"He went to Iron Gate? How could he have so many troops to rescue Yang Feng?"
Zhu Di said doubtfully.
"The people in Chalishi, Turpan, Huozhou, Shanshan, and even Hami, because Timur slaughtered the city of Bai, the people in these places have shared the same enemy. They put together all the men over fourteen but not over sixty, and added
The 5,000 cavalry brought by Song Sheng and the 5,000 cavalry left by Uge Qiha Shiha finally made up an army of 40,000.
It is indeed impossible to relieve Yang Feng, but it is still possible to contain Timur's tens of thousands of troops."
Xu Huizu said.
"They really tried their best."
Zhu Di said with a smile.
This result still surprised him.
It's normal for Song Sheng to rescue Yang Feng, but it's amazing that places like Turpan can fight to this extent.
"Your Majesty, Turpan and other places have always had a deep hatred for the Duglat tribe. Back then, the Dugrat tribe killed many of their people who refused to convert. Now that they finally have the chance to stand up, they really have no choice but to fight."
Taiping said.
"Tell your men that after this battle, I will build a temple for you.
One family builds a big temple."
Zhu Di said.
The three people quickly saluted and thanked the king.
"Send a message to Tan Yuan immediately and ask him to find a way to tell Yang Feng that our army has captured Talos."
Zhu Di said to Xu Huizu.
Yang Feng......
Yang Feng was on the city wall, holding up his high-power lens, looking at Timur as he divided his troops.
In the night vision picture, a large number of cavalry were heading east. Although the distance was a bit far and the night vision picture was not very clear, judging from the proportions of the camels, he could still be sure that they were the Dugrat soldiers of Husuda.
They were not as luxurious as Timur. Most of them rode horses, even good horses. Most of Dugrat's troops rode camels. Only one-third of the cavalry actually fought, and the rest were actually camel infantry.
After all, southern Xinjiang is not in the middle of a river, and the oases in this area are much smaller.
They are a self-preservation force.
"What are they doing?"
he said doubtfully.
Timur's attack during the day suffered heavy losses. It is conservatively estimated that there are more than 3,000 dead bodies piled up under Aksu City. These are just those who died here. Including the injured, it is estimated that 7,000 people were disabled.
It was just a one-day assault.
There were less than a thousand casualties on the city, mainly due to the Ming army's artillery.
Of course, there are still thousands of enemies.
When paired with crude oil, the effect is amazing.
With this number of casualties, Timur could not continue the attack.
"No matter what they do, Timur will not be able to attack again within half a month."
Zhang Fu said.
Indeed, Timur lost almost all of his siege equipment.
The counterweight trebuchets that Yang Feng had worked so hard to build were all burned by Yang Feng. Several siege towers were also burned by Molotov cocktails. The ladder trucks were also burned. Even the ladders were not left intact. Unless he made a new one.
Otherwise, they will not be able to attack again. In fact, this battle has clearly told them that they will not be able to open Aksu City unless they adopt a long-term siege.
But the long siege…
It depends on whether Zhu Di agrees or not.
After all, Timur now has actually fallen into a big pit.
It has to be said that this war pitted all forces in the entire Western Region.
"He is not that stupid. I reminded him so during the day. He has long understood that King Yan will definitely enter the river."
Yang Feng said.
"I still don't understand, why do you want to remind him?"
Zhang Fu said.
If Yang Feng hadn't warned him, it would have been at least half a month before Timur knew about Zhu Di's army entering the river. By the time he returned, Zhu Di would have already arrived in Khujand. This sudden attack would have caught Timur by surprise.
But now, even if he does not withdraw his troops, he can quickly notify the cities in Hezhong and Khorasan to let the aliens move their troops north.
"What is my purpose? To steal more livestock and women from you? To steal more land?"
Yang Feng said.
"Who knows your purpose?"
Zhang Fu said angrily.
In other words, until now, he has basically been coerced by this guy.
It is indeed coercion.
When he hit this point, he felt like he was in a dream.
Not only him, but the entire Ming army seemed to be in a dream. The original mission was to defeat Helin, but after arriving at Helin, he was deceived into beating him to Khovd.
Bali and Hami, before they could regain their composure after reaching Bali, they were dragged by him on the westward expedition. In less than a year, they could be said to have penetrated the Mongolian grassland, the northern Xinjiang, and now half of the southern border.
territory.
nonstop.
The key point is that this expedition, which was obviously a suicide attempt by normal standards, was actually won.
Not only did he win, he also won easily.
Of the 2,000 Ming troops marching south, less than 200 have died so far, and one-third of them died of illness. Even if the injured are included, there are only about 300 casualties...
In fact, there was no fighting at all.
Those desperate jobs were all done by the group of servants. They lost more than half of them. The survivors are now starting to feel a little sad. That is to say, Yang Feng is good at setting the pace. Otherwise, with just these casualties, morale would have collapsed long ago. But the Ming army has so far
There was never a real field battle, and the main casualties were actually caused by defending the city during the day.
Fifty were killed and eighty were wounded.
"Their land is not important to me, nor are their cattle, sheep, and women.
but.
Without them, it is very important to me.
Some things are a little too complicated for me to explain to you, and there are many things that you can't understand now, but you just need to understand one thing. Everything we do now is for our descendants, or even descendants hundreds of years from now.
.What I want is that the population of the tribes under Timur is greatly reduced. If Timur cannot go back in time, the enemies faced by King Yan may not resist. After all, resistance is hopeless. But if Timur can't go back in time,
Once he knew that King Yan was heading south, he would order these places to be defended no matter what, waiting for him to return with his army.
These people know that he is already returning, and they will also choose to stick to it.
After all, no matter what choice they had, they would not let King Yan enter the river.
Look here."
Yang Feng pointed at the map.
He was referring to the city of Sailan where Zhu Di was about to go.
“That’s pretty much it here.
A place where they can bleed dry."
he said.
"Is this special?"
Zhang Fu asked doubtfully.
"This is true for Timur. If he can't even defend there, then he has nothing to fear from the secrets in the river."
Yang Feng said.
It is the spiritual pillar of the Turks, the birthplace of Yasawi, the founder of Sufism. The most famous building left by Timur in his life is the mausoleum built for him at a huge cost. This is the place where the Turks surrendered to Timur.
Symbol. Although this mausoleum is in the Turkic city in the west, Seran is his birthplace, which is equally important. If Timur cannot even save it, it will be difficult for the Turkic mysteries to have any respect for him.
In the final analysis, Timur's empire was still essentially an alliance. The lords of Hezhong and Khorasan surrendered to him, followed him to expand, and plundered through expansion.
They just formed a group to go out to burn, kill and loot.
But this kind of country relies heavily on a strongman.
For example, Yang Feng.
He is invincible!
So regardless of whether they are Mongols, Sali Uighurs or Oaras, everyone is willing to follow him out to plunder!
But without him, would these guys still be cooperating on their own?
It would be weird not to blow out the brains!
Tamerlane was like this, gathering all his ministries with invincible achievements, but as soon as he died, his empire quickly collapsed.
Similarly, if he fails, especially such a landmark failure, then he will no longer be trusted by the secretaries in various cities. This thing is like the credibility of a bank, which will be broken after one breach of trust, and currently he is still
It's not considered a failure. It can only be said that he failed in attack. But if he lost an iconic place like Seram City, it would really be a failure.
"An empire in bulk cannot afford even one failure."
Yang Feng sighed with emotion.
Then he continued to look at the land outside that had turned dark again...
"Hey, what is he doing?"
He said in astonishment.
Zhang Fu immediately pushed him away and lay down on his high-power lens to watch.
"No, Timur wants to withdraw his troops!"
he said.
"Well, if he withdrew his troops, why did he let Husada go east?"
Yang Feng said doubtfully.
Timur was indeed withdrawing his troops.
On the high-power night vision screen, you can clearly see the large group of cavalry leaving Timur's camp, and deliberately extinguished most of the lights, creating the illusion that the entire camp is asleep. But the problem is that they don't know that Yang Feng
There is also a high-magnification microscope, and their every move at night is actually monitored by Yang Feng.
Although the distance is far.
But the large cavalry march was still very eye-catching.
The question is, if he withdrew his troops, why did he let Husada lead his troops eastward?
contain?
Prevent Yang Feng from leaving the city to pursue him?
"There is a question, how can Timur make it appear that he did not go back with heavy losses and gained nothing, and how can he make his subjects continue to believe that he is invincible?"
Zhang Fu said suddenly.
Yang Feng smiled.
"Well, Kudada really made a big mistake this time."
he said.
Then they both laughed at the same time.
Indeed, it would be very shameful for Timur to go back like this. He led an army of 100,000 to the east. Not only did he lose a son, but he also suffered nearly 10,000 casualties. It would be really shameful to go back without any gain. So he needs a sum of money that is enough
Covering the gains of this defeat, let the subjects in the river see that their sultan once again returned with victory.
So where do you get the harvest?
Kashgar.
Hudada was originally his hostile force.
Khudada's uncle Hammaruddin was Timur's main opponent before. The two sides fought for many years. Although Hammaruddin failed in the end, he was defeated in the last battle with Timur and fled into the mountains south of the Ili Valley.
Then it disappeared.
No one knows whether it was eaten by wild animals in the mountains or buried by an avalanche.
Anyway, it never showed up again.
After that, Huzada also fought against him after he became the leader of the Dugrat tribe.
Now I am just desperate, so I came to him for help. Since I am retreating now, it means that it is impossible for him to capture Southern Xinjiang. Instead of leaving it to Yang Feng, he might as well go and rob it! So first, let Hu Bao go.
Da coaxed his troops to go east, and then he immediately withdrew his troops to the west, taking his army to plunder Kashgar first. What's more, he didn't have enough supplies to return, and even the cavalry had to go from here to Khujand.
Twenty days, during which time we must have enough supplies. After capturing Kashgar, we will have everything.
"What should I do? Should I send someone to tell Husuda?"
Zhang Fu said with a smile.
"No, let him rob it first, and then tell Husuda.
I think it’s time for us to make a truce with Husada.”
Yang Feng stroked his mustache and said sinisterly.
Of course, the main reason is that he doesn't have enough cannon fodder.
What he can put together now is only more than 30,000 troops, which is too few.
If Husada still resists desperately after Timur withdraws his troops, these cannon fodders will be wiped out. Even now, Husada's army is still close to 50,000, and he is still trying his best to protect the wealth of his relatives. But
If Timur slaughtered Kashgar with blood, it would be more cost-effective for him to find a truce with Hugada and then lead Hugada's army to hunt down Timur.
"Yes, if we do this, we can't rob Kashgar, but we can still rob Fergana!"
Yang Feng said proudly.
In this way, it is estimated that almost half of the 50,000 troops that were suddenly attacked were killed.