Balurus waited and waited until he finally received news that the grain transport team had been attacked.
However, it was his own grain transport team that was attacked.
"The Ming army is all in Tehran, where will the team come from to attack our food team?"
"Report to the Captain of Ten Thousands, they are Black Sheep and Aries!"
"What?"
Balulus felt like he was going crazy, even the Black Sheep and Aries would step on him?
This battle is getting more and more useless.
"Have you checked it out? Are they really the Black Sheep and White Sheep troops? How is the damage?"
"Back to Captain Ten Thousands, my subordinates have found out that the Black Sheep people are led by Karashah, and the White Sheep people are led by the Emir. They attacked the food team on our supply line five times, and a total of fifty people were burned.
Carts of grain and fodder are countless.”
With a dark face, Balulus reported the situation to Abu Saiza truthfully, and then received another scolding.
"Great Khan, we have no retreat, let's launch a general attack!"
Abu Saiza pondered for a moment and asked: "What are the chances of winning if we launch a general attack now?"
"My subordinates promise to capture Tehran within three days!"
"What are you going to use against the Ming army's firearms?"
"Don't worry, Great Khan, their ammunition is running out. We have an army of 500,000 people. I don't believe they can kill them all!"
Abu Saiza was speechless. What's the use if you don't believe it?
If the Ming army really has enough ammunition, will my troops really die at the hands of them?
Besides, logistics accounts for more than half of the 500,000-strong army. Don’t you have an idea of how many actual combatants there are?
Seeing Abu Saiza's hesitant expression, Balulus continued: "Great Khan, my subordinate is willing to personally lead the charge!"
"No, we can't attack rashly before the time comes!"
"But……"
"When fighting a war, you need to use your brain and not be impulsive. It is better to divide a team of people to escort the grain transport team first. No more problems will occur."
The successive defeats made Abu Saiza become cautious. He didn't know what dirty tricks the Ming army would play next. However, he still had two groups of troops stationed in the southeast and northeast, about 400,000. Due to the long distance,
, has not arrived yet.
As long as these two groups of soldiers and horses merge with the Chinese army and the 900,000-strong army comes out together, any conspiracy and trickery will be useless.
Balulus said: "Great Khan, our number is ten times that of the opponent. Even if we divide our troops and go to the rear, it will not affect the battle on the front line."
Abu Saiza still felt that now was not the best time to attack, so he said: "Let's launch a few feint attacks first to find out the details of the opponent."
At this point, Balulusi can only obey: "I obey my orders!"
Starting from the next day, Timur's army launched three feint attacks in succession, but the opponent did not fire a single shot.
At night, two more feint attacks were carried out with great fanfare, but the Ming army was still indifferent.
I watched helplessly as Timur's cavalry rushed up and then retreated.
Balulus was almost furious. Isn't this treating people like monkeys?
It's too much to bully others, it's simply too much to bully others!
"Khan, attack!"
However, seeing the Ming army being so calm, Abu Saiza was even more afraid to act rashly.
"The Ming army is too stable, so there must be some conspiracy brewing."
"Great Khan, we don't care what conspiracy he has, just rush forward and do it!"
"I told you, don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive!"
Abu Saiza frowned and said, "You have been on the battlefield for a long time and have rich experience. How could you be so impatient this time?"
Baluluosi sighed and said: "The Ming army is too cunning. My subordinates have been fighting for many years. I have never seen such shameless people. They only hide and attack. They have no bottom line!"
"Let's do this, you lead someone to charge once!"
Abu Saiza behaved very calmly, because until now in this battle, he could not see the strength of the Transparent Army at all.
However, fighting is all about virtuality and reality. The previous few attacks were all feints. The Ming army may have relaxed its vigilance, and it is really time for a serious attack.
It would be great if you can rush down. If you can't rush down, just withdraw directly and it won't cause too much loss.
"Yes, Khan!"
Balurus finally smiled, bowed and left.
The night before dawn is the darkest. At this time, the earth has fallen asleep, the stars have begun to dim, and the deep night sky seems to be able to swallow everything.
Most of the ordinary soldiers would have already fallen asleep by this time.
Even if he didn't sleep, he was still physically and mentally exhausted. He wanted to fall down and go to sleep immediately, even if a knife fell from the sky and he wouldn't get up.
Under the cover of darkness, Balulusi led 20,000 elite cavalry to attack.
In order to prevent the Ming army from noticing, they even wrapped the horses' hooves in cotton or animal skins, which greatly reduced the noise when walking.
In this way, 20,000 cavalry arrived at a position less than a hundred paces in front of the Ming army's formation without any sound.
Snapped!
A flying monkey shot out quickly and exploded in the night sky.
Balulusi was startled and immediately realized that this was a signal from the Ming army.
There should be hidden sentries lurking around the perimeter, so it's hard to detect in the dark.
"charge!"
Now that someone has seen through it, there is no need to hide it. The distance of a hundred steps can be reached in an instant.
Balulusi took the lead and rushed towards the Ming army's position.
He only has one thought in his mind now, and that is to seize time!
Although the Ming army's secret sentry sent out a signal, it would take some reaction time for the large army to be ready for battle.
After constant feint attacks, the Ming army had relaxed its vigilance, and might not even have gathered up when it rushed over.
The more Balulusi thought about it, the happier he became, as if the Ming army had been defeated by him.
The Great Khan was also too cautious. He didn't bother talking about tactics and just charged in.
The fact was as he expected, the Ming army did not pay much attention and was sleeping in shifts.
When we saw the enemy attack signal, the ground was shaking and thousands of horses galloping.
He stopped pretending and actually came to kill me.
Sun Jixian was patrolling the camp and suddenly saw a signal. He had no time to report it and directly issued a combat order.
"Gunner ready!"
"Artillery ready!"
Two machine guns, one on the left and one on the right, were set up directly on the road, like two roadblocks.
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Therefore, the five machine guns were not placed in firing positions at the same time. Instead, two were placed in front and three were used as backup to ensure continuous firepower.
Twenty small mortars were also set up and entered combat mode.
Sun Jixian tried hard to observe the enemy's movements. Although he couldn't see anything clearly in the night, he could tell from the sound of horse hooves that this was not a feint attack!
"fire!"
With an order, twenty small steel cannons began the first round of firing.
Boom!
Boom!
The artillery shells streaked across the night sky like meteors, hitting the enemy array.
Boom!
The bomb exploded, turning people upside down wherever it passed.
However, these casualties could not stop the cavalry troops from charging, and they had already broken through to within fifty steps.
Balulusi began to feel proud when he saw the Ming army's position close at hand.
No matter how powerful the Ming army was previously promoted, in my opinion, it was nothing more than that.
Thirty steps!
Accompanied by the whistling and explosion of artillery shells, Timur's regiment quickly approached the Ming army's position at the cost of minor casualties.
Twenty steps!
At this distance, artillery has lost its effectiveness because it is likely to hurt one's own people.
Balulus shouted: "Follow me to kill the enemy!"
Immediately afterwards, a gunshot rang out!
This time it's not a rifle, but a heavy machine gun that emits blue fire.
Chug tug tug, tug tug tug...
Tongues of flame spurted out from the muzzle of the gun, bullets flew out one after another, and Timur's army suddenly fell on its back.
Balulusi had never seen such a powerful weapon before, and was stunned for a moment.
However, the Ming army's position was already close at hand, only twenty steps away. For the cavalry, it was only a few breaths away.
"Don't be afraid, they are out of bullets, charge!"
Balulus issued orders frantically, but the troops could not go any further.
Everything started from two machine guns emitting blue fire, which were frantically harvesting the lives of Timur's legionnaires.
Balulusi watched helplessly as bullets flew around and his men kept falling, but there was nothing he could do.
He has never seen this thing before, let alone how to deal with it.
Chug tug tug... click!
Without warning, one of the machine guns went off, and the blue light stopped emitting.
Balurus was overjoyed and said: "Front left, charge!"
The machine gun on the right was still pouring bullets wildly, but the fire on the left was out and a flaw had been exposed. The firepower on the right alone could no longer stop the enemy's progress.
All Timur's cavalry troops began to concentrate on the left, preparing to capture it in one fell swoop.
On the Ming army's position, when the reserve personnel found that the machine gun in front was misfiring, they did not need to ask for instructions and directly set up their own machine guns.
Chug tug tug, tug tug tug!
Just as Balulus led his team to rush to the left, gunshots suddenly rang out again.
A series of bullets flew over, and Timur's cavalry was stunned again.
The battle continued, and the Ming army's machine guns poured out bullets wildly, as if they were free of charge.
Seeing people falling down one after another, Balulusi finally couldn't stand it any longer.
"Retreat, retreat!"
The battle went so fast that before Abu Saiza could react, Balulus had already evacuated on his own initiative.
It’s impossible not to withdraw, it’s too fierce and I can’t bear it!
Seeing the withdrawal of Timur's legions, the horns sounded again in the Ming army formation.
"Come on!"
"Kill!"
In the trenches, soldiers with rifles began to fight back.
Balulusi had no intention of fighting at all and ran away desperately. He ran for an unknown amount of time. He turned around to look and found that the Ming army had not caught up, so he slowed down.
White fish belly begins to appear in the east, and a new day has arrived.
In the large tent of the central army of Timur's army, Abu Saiza's face showed no trace of blood, and he said solemnly: "How many people died?"
Balulusi knelt down on one knee, saluted with his hands clasped in fists, and said: "It's my subordinate's negligence, please punish me!"
"Let me ask you, how many people died?"
"Back to the Great Khan, the casualties are about...more than half!"
Abu Saiza suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, and then said: "Twenty thousand elite cavalry can't even break through the defense of a mere three thousand Ming troops. What use do I have to support you?"
Balura's face was like pig's liver, he bowed his head and said: "This subordinate has neglected his duty and is willing to be punished!"
"Even if I kill you now, nothing will change... Sigh!"
Abu Saiza sighed slowly and said: "How the Ming army's firepower could be so terrifying is really beyond imagination."
Now, he finally knew why the black sheep and silver were gone.
Balulus was not good at words. When faced with a new thing he had never seen before, he really didn't know how to describe it, so he could only say: "The Great Khan, the Ming army... is a devil!"
The Timurid Khanate was a product of the fusion of Mongolia, Turks, Persia and Muslims. When they encountered something they could not explain, they took it for granted that it was attributed to ghosts and gods.
Abu Saiza sneered: "If it were the devil, would we still be alive today?"
"But, but..."
Balulusi was confused in his heart and said: "Their weapons are too terrifying. They can shoot continuously. They rush closer, but they can never go any further. These are not human weapons. Maybe they have already made a deal with the devil."
trade!"
Abu Saiza said: "The first time the Black Sheep attacked Tehran, they were defeated by this weapon. Our people did not attack rashly that time because the troops and preparations were insufficient. However, now that you are here,
Still helpless, do you know what it means?"
Balurus said blankly: "What?"
Abu Saiza said with no expression on his face: "It means that no one in the world can stop them. The Timur Khanate is about to become the next victim. You, me, and all the soldiers must die!"
Balulus's face changed drastically and he murmured: "Impossible, impossible, they only have tens of thousands of people..."
"This is the most terrifying thing. You must know that their main force is still in the Ming Dynasty. If we can't capture tens of thousands of people, when they gather their forces to launch an attack, we will have no way out!"
The Timur Khanate was a legacy of the Mongol Empire and was of the same nature as the original Yuan Dynasty regime. Facing the rise of the Ming Dynasty, it has always been treated as a rival and enemy.
Over the years, there has been no direct conflict between the two, mainly because the boundaries between the two are relatively clear. The border areas are all uninhabited Gobi deserts or inaccessible snow-capped mountains, forming a natural isolation zone.
However, this time is different.
The Ming Dynasty traveled thousands of miles to conquer the Ottomans, but then turned around and attacked itself. It was impossible not to fight this battle.
Abu Saiza originally planned to concentrate on destroying the Ming army in Tehran while the local troops of the Ming Dynasty had not yet been mobilized. However, he did not expect that Tehran was like a big quagmire, sinking deeper and deeper, almost engulfing the entire Timur Khanate.
stick it in.
If the main force of the Ming Dynasty attacks from the east, how should we respond?
"Great Khan, Tu Mian of Bukhara has sent an urgent report!"
The curtain of the big tent door was lifted, and a guard walked in with a roll of parchment.
Tumian is the title of the local military and political leader of the Timur Khanate. It can also be called Ten Thousand Households, or Ten Thousand Captains.
Abu Saiza suddenly felt his eyes light up, he was finally here!