Thick smoke of gunpowder spreads across Central Asia.
The major khanates and tribes in Central Asia wanted to take back the Hezhong area from the hands of the Ming Dynasty. It was originally thought that after the Ming Dynasty mobilized its troops, it would not have much strength to deal with the joint attack of many khanates and tribes.
Who knew that the Ming Dynasty would be so strong, fighting tooth for tooth, blood for blood, and once again reinforced 50,000 cavalry from China and arrived in Central Asia, and even boldly divided its troops into several groups to attack several major khanates in Central Asia at the same time.
Herat, the capital of the Timur Khanate, and the original capital Samarkand were captured by the army led by Wang Shouren last winter. At the same time, the power of the Timur Khanate was completely expelled from the Transoxiana area.
You must know that the Hezhong area is the most important piece of land for the Timur Khanate. More than half of the land in the Hezhong area used to belong to the Timur Khanate.
In this regard, the Timur Khanate was gnashing its teeth, threatening to make the Ming Dynasty pay with blood. Not only did they want to take back the Hezhong area that belonged to their Timur Khanate, but they also wanted to invade the Western Regions, and then go from the west to
Fight all the way to Beijing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, the Timur Khanate was the most active and hard-working in attacking the Hezhong area this time. It concentrated 30,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry of the Khanate, a total of 80,000 troops to attack more than ten towns in the Hezhong area at the same time, hoping to attack more than ten towns in the Hezhong area.
Cleaned up the Ming Dynasty towns in the Hezhong area.
However, the results can be imagined.
Not only have they suffered repeated setbacks in the Hezhong area, the towns built on cement are extremely strong, coupled with the strategy of grouping households into groups and the use of a large number of firearms, as well as the support of the Ming Dynasty cavalry stationed in the Hezhong area.
The Timur Khanate failed to capture even a single town, but instead lost its own troops and generals. Now it even attracted an attack by 20,000 Ming cavalry, which led them directly to the city of Herat, the capital of the Timur Khanate.
The city of Herat is very tall, with strong walls, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is considered one of the best in the entire Central Asia. It is also a very important economic center in Central Asia.
On the tall city wall, Prince Babur of the Temuer Khanate looked solemnly at the Ming Dynasty cavalry outside the city. The military formations were strict and neatly arranged, like two huge squares placed outside the city of Herat.
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Babur is the sixth-generation grandson of Timur, the founder of Timur's empire. His name means "tiger". Many people may have guessed who he is just by hearing his name.
Yes, he is the founder of the famous Mughal Empire in the history of the South Asian subcontinent!
The history of his life can be described in a simple sentence, that is, he could no longer survive in Central Asia, and the Temuer Empire was about to be destroyed. In the end, he had to flee to the South Asian subcontinent, and then cheated in the South Asian subcontinent.
Defeated and conquered the cheating peoples of South Asia, and finally established the huge Mughal Empire in the South Asian subcontinent.
At this time, Timur's empire had already reached the point of sunset.
Timur, the founding emperor of the Timur Empire, a Turkic Mongolian nobleman, had a very glorious life and was good at fighting. He even ambitiously went to attack the Western Regions and wanted to attack the Ming Dynasty from the Western Regions.
There was also a war with the Ottoman Empire, which was famous in history, and took the initiative to attack the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire did not dare to face Timur's army.
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But he also made the same mistake as Genghis Khan, the Mongolian Khan in history. Like Genghis Khan, he distributed his land to his descendants. After his death, his descendants fought for the throne of Khan.
After a fierce struggle, they were torn apart from each other, and the internal strife was extremely serious.
By now, the entire Timur Khanate has declined, and the area it can control is far less than one-tenth of what it was at its peak. Many tribes that once trembled under Timur have also risen up one after another, overthrowing or destroying many Timurs.
The rule of the Khanate.
Among them, the one that posed the greatest threat to the Timur Khanate was the Shaybani Khanate established by the Shaybani Khan. After several wars, the only remaining fig leaf of the Timur Khanate was lifted.
But last winter, as the Ming Dynasty swept through the Hezhong area, the Timur Khanate lost its most fertile and important area that it now relies on most, and the entire Khanate was about to perish.
"The Ming Dynasty Iron Cavalry really deserves its reputation!"
Prince Babur was the only brave and resourceful man left in the Timur Khanate. Looking at the Ming Dynasty cavalry outside the city, he couldn't help but admire them.
If he had such an iron cavalry in his hands, restoring the glory and glory of his ancestors would not be a problem at all, but he knew that this was impossible.
Last winter, the Ming Dynasty's iron cavalry swept through the Hezhong area. The khanates and tribes of all sizes in Central Asia were studying the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty's iron cavalry, trying to figure out why the Ming Dynasty's iron cavalry could have such powerful combat effectiveness.
The Ming Dynasty's iron cavalry swept across from east to west. It was unknown how many ethnic groups known as horseback were wiped out, and it was unknown how many tribes known for their tough folk customs were wiped out.
Counting slowly on the fingers, the Ming people defeated all the famous and powerful tribes and khanates in Central Asia and the Western Regions. None of them were weak, or in other words, the weak were not worthy of being conquered by the Ming cavalry.
Those who fought against the Ming army include Mansuer Khan of the Turpan Khanate, Mahem Khan of the Chagatai Khanate, Said Khan of the Yarkand region, and Shaibani Khan of the Shaibani Khanate.
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These people are all famous monarchs in Central Asia and the Western Regions, but Mansu'er, Mahemu, and Said are said to be fighting landlords in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and they were captured alive by the people of the Ming Dynasty.
Shaibani Khan was cast into the shadow by the Ming Dynasty. When he learned that the Ming Dynasty cavalry was coming to kill him again, he fled towards the South Asian subcontinent without any grace, and did not dare to fight against the Ming Dynasty people at all.
Such Ming Dynasty cavalry shocked the entire Central Asia and Western Regions, and its reputation even spread to the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire.
Everyone is studying the reasons why the Ming Dynasty's iron cavalry is so powerful, and they want to learn the methods of the Ming Dynasty people and create powerful iron cavalry.
However, after some research, everyone couldn't help but feel discouraged.
The reason why the Ming Dynasty's iron cavalry is so powerful depends on, in addition to long-term rigorous training, the most important thing is the luxurious equipment of the Ming Dynasty's iron cavalry.
The armor is indestructible. The muskets on the back, the bows and arrows, and the sabers on the waist are all the most sophisticated weapons. In terms of armor, the armor of the Ming Dynasty cavalry has amazing defensive power, but its weight is less than one-third of ordinary armor.
, wearing iron armor all over his body weighed less than twenty kilograms.
I don’t know what material the saber in his hand is made of. It is also very light, but it is very sharp and tough. As for the musket, it goes without saying. This is a weapon unique to the Ming Dynasty in the martial arts. It has a long range and is powerful.
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In Central Asia, there are many excellent war horses. Whether they are sweat-blooded horses or Arabian horses from the Middle East, they are the best war horses. You can find many high-quality BMWs anywhere.
As for warriors, there is no shortage of them. Central Asia has been plagued by wars and disputes since ancient times. The tribes here are basically strong and brave, and you can easily find many who are strong and fearless of death.
warrior.
However, there is no way to obtain the equipment used by the Ming Dynasty cavalry.
Iron armor can still be made, but it cannot be as tough and light as the Ming Dynasty's iron cavalry. Such armored cavalry is very popular in Europe and is a famous heavy cavalry.
However, when Batu conquered the west, the Mongols easily tore these European heavy cavalry to pieces. Too heavy armor was not only a heavy burden for the soldiers, but also for the horses. It was useless at all.
The method is to fight for a long time.
This is the most important reason why the Ming cavalry swept across all directions.
The cavalry of the Ming Dynasty had the defense of European heavy cavalry, the lightness, speed and endurance of the Mongolian cavalry, and the sharp attack of firearms. Coupled with long-term rigorous training, they created the invincible Ming cavalry.
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If you want to build such an iron cavalry, you not only need the support of strong national power. You must know that in this era, iron is an extremely precious resource in that country. Iron is needed in agriculture, weapons, and all aspects, but everyone's smelting technology is
It is still very backward, so the price of iron has long been very high.
In addition, very advanced smelting technology is required to achieve this.
It is also an iron armor. The armor of the Ming Dynasty cavalry has good defensive effect and is very light in weight. Such iron armor is simply unheard of. Currently, only the Ming Dynasty talents have mastered such advanced smelting technology and can produce such iron armor.
Babur looked at the Ming Dynasty cavalry outside the city with a fiery look in his eyes. He was so eager to own such a cavalry. With such a cavalry, it would be enough to restore the glory of his ancestors.
But now, he had to face the Ming cavalry who was invincible in the world.
"Your Highness, there is no need to worry. Although these Ming Dynasty cavalry are powerful, our city of Herat has tall, strong walls that are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Unless they fly in on Pegasus, they will never be able to break through our city of Herat."
Beside Babur, General Selim of the Timur Khanate looked at the Ming army outside the city and was quite confident about the strength of Herat.
Almost everyone knows that cavalry is not good at attacking cities. Although the Ming Dynasty's cavalry is powerful, it is still cavalry and cannot fly into the city of Herat.
"We in Herat have almost 20,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry, a total of 50,000 troops, but we are so frightened by the 20,000 Ming cavalry that we dare not leave the city to fight. No matter what, we are disgraced."
After hearing this, Babur shook his head slightly.
In fact, he really wanted to send someone out to try out the Ming Dynasty cavalry to see if it was as invincible and invincible as the rumors said.
"We must not go out of the city to fight with the Ming Dynasty. Once we lose too many troops and the city of Herat is breached, our Timurid Empire will really fall."
When Selim heard this, he immediately persuaded him.
The remaining soldiers and horses in the city are the last strength of the declining Timurid Empire. The city of Herat can also be regarded as the last fig leaf of the Timurid Empire.
It was defeated by the Shabani Khanate before, but was finally recaptured by Babur.
"But if we continue to be besieged by the Ming Dynasty like this, considering the food and grass in our city, we probably won't be able to hold on for long."
"What's more, the Ming people's cavalry has arrived, and their infantry will arrive soon. I heard that the Ming army, even if it is infantry, is only one person and one horse. In fact, it can also be treated as cavalry."
"Once the Ming Dynasty's infantry arrives, no matter how strong our city is, it will probably be breached. Last winter, Samarkand in Shaybani was breached by the Ming Dynasty in less than a day."
"Samarkand is not inferior to our city of Herat in any way, but it was captured in one day, and Shaybani was beaten and turned into a homeless stray dog."
Babur thought for a while and shook his head.
In his opinion, there is only one idea to hold on to Herat. Instead, he can go out of the city and fight the Ming army in front of him. There may be hope of victory. Even if he cannot win, he can still take what is left of the Timurid Empire with him.
These forces fled to the South Asian subcontinent.
I heard that although the people in Tianzhu are known as a cheating nation, they have been conquered by outsiders since ancient times. Babur also wanted to give Tianzhu a try.
I'm afraid it will be difficult to survive in Central Asia.
The Timur Khanate itself was on the verge of extinction. Not only did it lose most of its territory, but the tribes it previously ruled no longer submitted to the rule of the Timur Empire.
What's more important is that there are the lions of Shaibani and the great dragon that sweeps in all directions. With them in Central Asia, I am afraid that the Timurid Empire will never be able to rise again.
"Then what should we do?"
After listening to Babur's analysis, Selim immediately panicked and asked quickly.
"There is only one way. Fight to the end with the Ming people. Even if we can't win, we can still escape when the time comes. If we hold on and wait until the Ming infantry arrives, we won't be able to leave even if we want to."
Babur thought for a while and said helplessly.
At the same time, in Babur's mind, he also began to worry about something. The Ming people were not only extremely powerful on land, but when they entered Central Asia, they heard that they were equally powerful and terrifying at sea.
They attacked Tianzhu from the sea and have occupied a lot of territory in the coastal areas of Tianzhu. Going to Tianzhu is a helpless choice, but if they encounter the Ming Dynasty again, it does not seem to be a good place to go.
"We still know too little about Daming."
"If you have a chance, you must go to Daming."
PS: I drove out today, it’s just one chapter, I’m so tired,