Chapter 1039 Battle of Iron Gate Pass - Night Attack
"Mullah Michal, why did their wounds fester so quickly?" Boermu asked the person in front of him while standing in the tent prepared for the injured.
This man named Michal is carefully examining the more than 20 wounds. The Kingdom of Samarkand does not have specialized military doctors accompanying the army, but there are mullahs (imams) accompanying the army. In addition to being proficient in the Quran, these mullahs
, also know some scientific knowledge, and Michal knows medical skills.
He looked through it for a long time, then turned to Boermu and said: "General, they must have been poisoned."
"Poisoned? What poison?"
"I don't know. I have never been to the East before. I have never seen the poison used by the Khitans, and I can't detoxify it. But I can take people around tomorrow to see if there are any medicinal plants.
Maybe the poison used by the Khitan people came from around here. But if they used poison brought from further east, I can save their lives, but it will be impossible to undo the poison in a short time." Michal replied.
Hearing this, Boermu was relieved at first, but then frowned. Mullah Michal proved that these soldiers were poisoned, which shows that the evil gods of Buddhism did not bless the evil Khitan people. He can relax, although
He didn't really believe in this matter from the beginning, but he never felt reassured after it was proved by others.
But if the poison of these people cannot be detoxified, how can the soldiers believe that they are poisoned and not attacked by evil gods?
Boermu didn't think of a way for a while, so he ordered Michal to use the existing medicinal materials to diagnose and treat them, at least not to let them die, and he immediately left the tent.
At this time, it was still raining heavily, and the attendants put on his raincoat and escorted him all the way to the Chinese military camp.
As soon as Boermu walked into his tent, took off his raincoat and hung it aside, he heard someone ask: "General, what is going on with those people?"
Bormu turned his head, glanced at Kule and others who were in the tent at this time, and said: "Mullah Michal has proven that they were poisoned and not attacked by evil gods."
After hearing this, everyone immediately heaved a sigh of relief. Kule was especially relaxed and said with a smile: "Once the poison of these people is detoxified, we can revive the morale of the soldiers and let them attack the city."
"I'm afraid this won't be easy." Boermu poured a basin of cold water on them: "Mullah Michal said he had never seen this kind of poison and it would be difficult to detoxify it."
"What should we do?" They immediately thought of the same problem as Boermu: If the poison of these people cannot be detoxified, how can the soldiers believe that they are poisoned and not attacked by evil gods?
No one thought of a good idea for a while. Although this strategy was simple, it could not deceive them, but most of their soldiers were herdsmen from the Balkhash Lake area. They had never followed the army to fight in the west before, and they were all country bumpkins.
A simple strategy can deceive these rubes and leave them with nothing to do.
Hakan thought for a while and then said: "General, in this way, these people will be replaced. They are not allowed to leave the camp at will, and other people will be sent to attack the city."
Boermu shook his head and was about to speak when he heard noisy sounds mixed with the sound of heavy rain outside. Boermu immediately shouted to his entourage: "Go out immediately and see what's going on!"
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"Kill!" Hundreds of soldiers of the Ming Dynasty shouted loudly, fighting together with the Xilu.
Wang Cheng held a shield in his left hand and a knife in his right hand, and rushed to the front. He slashed the person in front of him to death, and used the moonlight to avoid another knife. The shield in his left hand stretched forward and hit the person, making him unstable and fell.
When he reached the ground, Wang Cheng stepped forward and killed him.
At this time, he suddenly felt the wind behind his head and rolled on the spot. He saw a cold light flash in the air and a knife slashed from his original position.
Wang Cheng had stood up again at this time. While holding the shield with his left hand, he also picked up a knife. At this time, his right hand threw the knife in his hand to the previous position. He only heard a muffled groan and the man was dead. Then with his right hand
He took the knife from his left hand and continued fighting.
After fighting for a while, the fighting spirit of the Xilu in front of them was very low. Seeing that their number was getting smaller and smaller and the number of Khitan people was unknown, some people couldn't bear it and started to flee with strange screams. Then it seemed like an infectious disease, and everyone turned around.
Escape.
Wang Cheng chased forward and met Qin Shoushan on the way. He couldn't help but said to him: "Master Qianhu is indeed a clever man."
"This is nothing." Qin Shoushan said with a smile.
After Qin Shoushan took a bath in his residence, he saw that the rain outside not only did not stop, but became heavier and heavier, and he immediately became interested. All the soldiers of the Western Han Dynasty believed in ghosts and gods. He had just used poison to cause the wounds of more than 20 people to quickly fester.
, must have made them very suspicious, and the poison he used was spread from Qinghai. It is impossible for Xilu to untie it tonight, and the soldiers' morale will definitely be reduced when they see this.
It happened to rain heavily tonight. After arriving in the Western Region, my men's blindness (night blindness) was miraculously cured and they were able to raid the military camp at night.
He had made up his mind and immediately left his residence to look for the soldiers. He met Wang Cheng on the road and immediately asked him to gather his own hundred households. He also brought two other hundred households with him, totaling nearly 300 people, to attack the Xilu military camp at night.
Because it was Kule's troops who were attacking the city during the day, and they also saw with their own eyes the wounds of those who were hit by arrows, their morale was definitely at its lowest. Wang Cheng happened to see through his clairvoyance that Kule's camp was outside, so they were the first to attack.
It was Kuhler's department. It was indeed a great success.
"Kule is not in his camp at this time, so our army can defeat them so smoothly." Qin Shoushan said again, and said: "Hurry up and lead the troops to attack the Chinese camp. As long as the Chinese camp is captured, even if it cannot
Capture or kill Bormu, as long as his camp is moved, the entire military camp will collapse, and we will win this battle!"
"Yes!" Wang Cheng agreed loudly, and led his hundreds of households to follow the defeated troops and attack the Chinese army's camp.
Qin Shoushan ordered another hundred households to lead troops to follow Wang Cheng to attack the camp, but he led the remaining hundred households towards the ordnance camp.
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"General, the Ming army has entered the camp and has defeated the Kule officer's headquarters. The defeated soldiers fled in all directions, many of them came towards the Chinese army camp. There were also some Ming troops chasing behind them." The attendant told Boermu.
said.
"I did not manage the troops strictly, please let the general punish me." Kule said immediately.
"We will discuss your punishment later!" Boermu made a decisive decision: "Order the archers to go to the camp and shoot anyone who comes near the Chinese camp, no matter what language they speak or what style of clothes they wear!"
"Notify each camp that you cannot leave the camp without my order. Just guard the camp gates. Violators will be dealt with according to military law. Those who go to each camp to deliver orders do not need to come back immediately. They can rest for one night in other camps and come back early tomorrow morning."
He turned to the officers in front of him except Ku Le and said: "You should lead the guards back to your camp immediately. I am worried that the Ming army will fail to attack the Chinese army camp and attack your camp again. If you are not here, I am afraid that
They rushed into the camp. Even if the Ming army is driven away in the end, the losses will not be small. So you go back as soon as possible."
"Yes, General." They all agreed, put on their raincoats and went out.
After that, Boermu stood nervously and walked around in the tent. After a while, the sky turned white, and several attendants returned to report: "General, the Ming army has retreated, and the Chinese army camp is safe and sound. But to the northwest
There were loud shouts of killing coming from the ordnance camp, but I don’t know if it was conquered by the Ming army.”
"You guys, please step back," Boermu said.
After a while, the sky was completely bright and the rain had stopped. Officers from each army came to his tent again to report the situation.
The other officers' reports were normal. Only the person in charge of the ordnance camp said: "General, our ordnance camp was invaded by the Ming army last night. Several cannons they brought were damaged to varying degrees and need to be repaired. It will take about three days to complete."
Repaired. Fortunately, it rained last night and they couldn't light a fire. Facing piles of arrows, they could only grab a box each and escape."
Ku Le also stood up and said: "General, a total of more than 700 of my men were killed, and the remaining 900 people fled. Now more than 600 people have been recovered, and the remaining ones are being recovered."
Boermu breathed a sigh of relief. After listening to the reports from each battalion, plus the losses of the Chinese military camps under his direct jurisdiction, the losses were not great. Only more than 1,200 people died in total, many of whom were trampled to death by his own people.
The total strength of his men was more than 10,000, and he could withstand the loss of more than 1,000 people. The loss of ordnance was also not large.
But he immediately became angry again. Although he was not yet forty years old, he had followed Timur in the north and south for twenty years, and he had never suffered such a loss.
The angry Boermu was eager to regain his position, and barely suppressed the commander who immediately ordered the siege. He loudly ordered: "The officers of each army rectified their own soldiers and regained their morale. After the ordnance battalion repaired the cannons, they will attack the city with all their strength."
!We must knock down Iron Gate City!"
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"Qianhu, it's really yours. Only a few people died in total, but thousands of Xilu were killed, and so many things were taken back." Wang Cheng said happily, holding a box of arrows in his hand. Then he spoke softly.
Sighing: "It's just that we couldn't break into the Chinese army camp in Xilu last night."
"Okay, Xilu's general Boermu is very capable, and he knows that our current total strength is less than a thousand people, and there are not many who can come out to attack the camp. He will never run away, but stick to the camp. If he can
It’s already good to achieve such results.”
"That's right. Especially with so many arrows recovered, it will be much easier to defend the city in the future." Wang Cheng said with a smile.
"You are wrong. It will be more difficult to defend the city in the future." Qin Shoushan said.
"Why?"
"Because Xilu will definitely attack the city more fiercely."