After Shaharul left, Yang Feng's army continued to move forward and quickly swept through Kokand before approaching Khujand.
At the same time, Song Sheng's deputy general Liu Zhen arrived with reinforcements.
They did not take the Tielekda Ban, but took the Shater Ancient Road to Atami, and then from Atami to Uzgen. Because Uzgen had been captured, they entered the river unimpeded. The supporting army except for 10,000 Ming
army, in addition to the 10,000 cavalry that Hami put together again...
Stimulated by Rabbit Timur's huge gains.
At this time, the plundered harvests of various armies have begun to be escorted home one after another. For the poor devils of the Kansai Guards, the sight of these property, livestock and women makes people's blood boil. As for the casualties, no one cares, after all, they are dead.
It was no longer possible for them to come out to disturb their excitement. After learning that the Western Expedition was still going on, and that they would go deep into the river to grab more, the eyes of the chiefs of each guard were red. Anyway, this season is considered to be in full swing, and it is time to arrive.
I went to fish a handful from the river, and all the men in the various ministries who could take up arms gathered together.
Even boys who were fourteen years old rode horses and brought bows and arrows to snatch a woman back.
In the end, another 10,000 people were gathered together.
So Yang Feng generously rewarded Margilan to them.
And he himself ran to help and opened the gates of Margilan for them.
Leave the rest to them.
After all, it is also a famous Silk Road city, which is enough to satisfy their desires from afar.
I have to say that now he is the light of the people of all ethnic groups in the Western Region.
Illuminating their originally dark lives.
Khujand.
Ambassador Yang showed off his power...
He could finally ride into battle.
Because he got a war horse with a shoulder height of more than 1.6 meters. This was found in Kokand. The breed should be the Akhal Tekin horse.
But he still can't fight on horseback. After all, his giant sword is not suitable for fighting on the horse.
Moreover, the weight of his armor plus its own weight is already more than two hundred and fifty. It is actually not easy for this poor war horse to carry him, and then he is swinging a giant sword weighing hundreds of kilograms. If he swings the sword, it will be so heavy.
Recoil...
It should be considered recoil.
It is estimated that the horse could fall over with more force.
But it’s okay to be pretentious.
If you want to really let him fight on a horse, he probably needs a Shire horse, but there are none now. Even the UK does not have a Shire horse. At most, he can only get a few Friesian horses and Andalusian horses, but these two kinds of horses still hold up.
Don't stop him from fighting.
Therefore, the issue of Ambassador Yang’s mount cannot be effectively solved so far.
We can't let him ride a rhinoceros, right?
But that thing is highly short-sighted and not cold-resistant.
On the other hand, if I go to India in the future, I can indeed get a rhinoceros and ride on it.
"I, Yang Feng, who dares to fight with me!"
Wearing plate armor, he carried a giant sword that he dared not wield, and rode a handsome white horse, shouting outside the ancient city of Khujand.
This was Juzhanti in the Tang Dynasty, but in the records of the Yuan Dynasty, it became Khujand or similar transliterations such as Huzhen, Huozhan, etc. At this time, the city gate in front of him had been blocked, and the reinforcements were
He had already entered. The soldiers in the river on the city wall silently watched his performance. This devil-like man was now the presence that stopped the children from crying in the night.
He brought his demon army, just like the gods punishing believers, and broke into this beautiful land from the east with killings.
Everything he passed was filled with blood.
The city was destroyed.
Countless heads were beheaded.
There was even a pyramid being built with human heads behind him at this moment.
This is vast.
No one can defeat him.
Even the invincible Miran Shah was torn to pieces by him. He killed, desecrated, and trampled on the dignity and courage of the people in the river, and many people were even confused.
In the temple behind them, the elders were constantly praying to the gods.
But the gods did not respond.
Of course, there was no heavenly punishment to burn this devil to death.
He is still showing off his power.
After showing off, Yang Feng turned his horse around and took the Molotov cocktail from a soldier's hand. After lighting it, he suddenly threw it onto the pyramid with human heads. The pyramid, which had been poured with a lot of crude oil, immediately turned into a blazing flame.
As the fire burned, the mortars that had been set up sprayed flames.
The cannonball dragged its tail into the sky.
Then, with traces of smoke, it fell towards the city of Khujand.
The explosion immediately sounded in the city.
I don’t know what these black powder and white sugar cannonballs hit, but soon thick smoke rose from the city. The soldiers in the river on the wall of Khujand still looked outside silently, looking at Yang Feng and the tens of thousands of people arrayed behind him.
The army. Fortunately, Yang Feng did not continue the attack. The city gates were blocked. It was pointless for him to rush up to the city wall alone. Now he had to make siege equipment. So the cities such as Ahxi and Haokand behind were being demolished.
House, and then throw the wood into the Syr Darya River and transport it, at least until sufficient siege equipment is created, there will be no attack.
At the same time, reinforcements sent by Timur were still arriving one after another.
Even some Persian cavalry.
They were forcibly conquered by Timur, but because of the long distance, they arrived a little late.
It was just in time to rescue Khujand.
It is estimated that there will be armies from the Caucasus and even Kabul in the future. After all, Timur now has a huge empire, and even the two rivers further away have been conquered by him.
He has sufficient reserve forces.
But these armies...
"They won't help!"
Yang Feng looked at the Persian cavalry who were turning around and retreating under the night cover.
The latter came for a night attack, but here they were almost deliberately exposed...
Even if they don't mean it, it won't work.
But it was obviously deliberately exposed. Then as soon as the artillery was fired, they immediately turned around and ran away. At least in Yang Feng's opinion, the acting was very poor, but it was enough to fool Timur. After all, the Hezhong Army supervising the battle behind the scenes didn't know either.
How were these Persian cavalry discovered? It is obvious that these Persian cavalry are not here to help so much as to take pleasure in others' misfortune.
“After Timur conquered Persia, he imposed heavy taxes on the cities of Persia, and those who dared not pay the taxes went there with his troops to slaughter the cities.
The Persians dare not speak out when they are angry.
Now that he is in trouble, the Persians are happy. They are eager for us to break through Samarkand and find a few people who understand Persian to contact them secretly. Tell them that the Ming Dynasty is not here to attack their beliefs and that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty allows them.
The brothers of the same religion lived in the Ming Dynasty, and the believers in Xiangyang Land were still protected. Timur just wanted to coax them to die. As long as they were willing to resist Timur's brutal rule, the Ming Emperor would recognize them after they succeeded.
.And the Ming Dynasty is still liberalizing maritime trade. Their merchant ships can go to the Ming Dynasty to trade and buy things they like, such as armor and weapons."
Yang Feng said.
"The ambassador is wise, as long as the Persians rebel, Timur will not care about anything else."
Ha just smiled and said.
Of course, the main reason was that I couldn't care less about him.
Once the Ming army withdrew from the river, he could not guarantee that Timur would beat him, but if the Persians rebelled, Timur would really not care.
"You are a smart man. I leave this to you. You have been to your holy land. Your title of Haji is enough to crush Timur's lies."
Yang Feng patted his shoulder and said.
Then they will continue to fight. These guys can't beat Timur. The latter also met him and Zhu Di. Based on their own abilities, they are truly invincible in West Asia, the Middle East and even Eastern Europe. The result of their rebellion,
Just let Timur kill again.
"ambassador!"
Shamichagan came over.
"finished?"
Yang Feng said.
"Based on the distance, we should have arrived, but since there is no shaft in the middle, they can't say there is no error."
Shami Chagan said.
"This is easy, as long as they dig in a straight line."
Yang Feng said.
Then he took out a high-power lens and walked towards the construction site where siege equipment was manufactured. In the middle of the construction site, there were a bunch of siege towers being manufactured, and under cover such as ladders, there was a shaft...
He is digging a tunnel.
Of course he would not do things like pushing a ladder to attack the city. Building siege equipment is just a lie. The real goal is to dig tunnels, then pile gunpowder inside to blast them, blow up the city walls, and then the army rushes in.
.So he found a few karez craftsmen and more than a hundred soldiers with experience in digging karez among the soldiers in Turpan, and then dug forward day and night. The soil here is similar to southern Xinjiang and is easy to dig. At the same time, the surrounding cavalry
They were constantly mobilized to cover up the sound of excavation with the sound of horse hooves. The entrance of the cave was covered by the construction site, and the excavated soil was packed into bags and transported away. It was just a 300-meter tunnel.
quickly.
The only problem is how to determine whether it is under the city wall.
this……
"Three hundred and eight meters!"
Yang Feng looked at the numbers on the rangefinder.
This tunnel is a straight line, so it is not difficult to solve.
The directional lighting of the karez is sufficient.
Although ordinary oil lamps are difficult to see clearly at this distance, there is his flashlight!
Then he climbed out of the shaft, and according to the direction of the craftsmen below, he looked at the predetermined point on the city wall on the ground...
"Three hundred and four meters, plus the amount of gunpowder, it's almost right."
Yang Feng looked at the numbers above with satisfaction.
Then he took out a pocket...
"It belongs to you, follow me from now on!"
he said.
The leader of the craftsmen took it in surprise, opened it and looked at the dazzling light inside.
They are all gems!
Then they cheered excitedly, quickly knelt down and saluted Yang Feng, and then went to divide the gems.
At the same time, Song Xuan's engineers began to enter the tunnel with bags of gunpowder. These were real engineers. Each army in the Shenji Battalion had engineers who were responsible for blasting and other tasks. The gunpowder they used was also specially prepared.
"Call the troops to prepare to enter the city. Who will be the first to enter the city?"
Yang Feng said.
Liu Zhen, who had just arrived with his troops, was about to speak, but was quietly pulled by Zhang Fu.
He shut up quickly.
Shamichagan immediately asked for help. He has always been the most unwilling to lag behind in such matters. In fact, he currently has the largest number of troops, because Yarkand, Yingjisha, Khotan and other cities have surrendered to him at this time. Again.
In addition to the cities he originally owned, such as Beelse Bali, Turpan, Shanshan, and Chalishi, nearly half of this coalition army can be regarded as his subordinates. Although in theory, King Beelse Bali died in this war.
, and the number of casualties plus civilians exceeded 200,000, but with the addition of these cities, the number of people and land area he actually ruled increased greatly.
Now I am also very confident.
Including his generals, they are also very ambitious.
"Then it's up to you to advance into the city, attack the gap immediately after the explosion, and follow up with other armies."
Yang Feng said.
Then the generals quickly returned to their headquarters to prepare for the next attack.
Liu Zhen looked at Yang Feng in confusion, and Yang Feng just smiled. At this time, Song Xuan's engineers quickly transported at least two tons of gunpowder into the tunnel. As for how to arrange the blasting inside, it was the job of the engineers to fill the gunpowder, and then
Seal it with layers of bricks and soil...
All that's left is to light the fire.
Soon at midnight, all preparations inside were completed, and the last soldier climbed out in a hurry.
At this time, all the troops outside the city, totaling nearly 60,000, were already on the verge of battle. Each one of them wore a helmet and armor and looked at the city wall under the night...
Suddenly, it was as if a flaming monster rushed out of the ground. The huge force turned a section of the city wall tens of meters long into countless fragments, and flew into the sky together with the defenders on the city wall. At the same time, there was a loud sound of the earth shattering and the earth shattering.
Touching the earth, as the earth trembled, the fire reflected the sky red, and then the air waves and smoke spread out in a diffuse manner. In the air waves that could still be felt from more than 300 meters away, Shamicha moved forward with the knife in his hand.
With one finger, he let out an attacking roar towards his soldiers, and then led countless soldiers to start running towards the dust-covered black.
"The show begins!"
Yang Feng smiled and said to Liu Zhen.
At the same time, he handed Liu Zhen the high-power lens with night vision.
The latter looked puzzled.
In the night vision footage he had seen back then in Huining, countless soldiers from Beiqibali ran wildly across a distance of 300 meters and poured into the nearly filled city moat. Taking advantage of the chaos of the defenders, they frantically stepped on the city wall.
The collapsed rammed earth poured into the black area that was obviously a gap.
Then……
It seems to have disappeared inside.
Because they had no idea whether they had rushed into the city or not, they continued to move forward and rushed into the black, but the black began to fade over time.
Soon Liu Zhen took a deep breath.
"day!"
He said something.
On the night vision screen, there was a huge gap, but inside the gap, there were densely packed people.
Some of the soldiers standing on top were even frightened by the situation under their feet, standing there blankly looking at their feet, while some of the defenders in the city began to wake up and rush into this gap like hell like crazy.
"Now you know why you didn't let our people be the first to charge?"
Yang Feng said with a smile.
Two tons of gunpowder, and it was blasted underground. There was a gap, but it was also a big hole that exploded. The first batch of people to charge were to fill the hole with their own bodies. But it was impossible for the Khujand defenders to return.
The force of heaven was powerful, because Shamicha's cadres were also pouring into the gap continuously, and the small number of defenders who had just woken up from the explosion were unable to stop their attack.
With at least seven or eight layers of corpses of their companions under their feet, the soldiers from Bessbali still swarmed into Khujand and started their killing spree.