Chapter 1114 The Battle of Samarkand City - Prelude
Two days later, on August 23, King Zhu Shangbing of Qin officially set out to lead his soldiers on a westward expedition to attack the city of Samarkand. The road from Yiwu City to Alashankou was Yilibaili's territory.
They would have blocked the Western Expedition, but instead supported the Western Expedition, so the journey was very peaceful and they arrived at Alashankou without anything happening.
After arriving at Alashankou, Shang Bing ordered: "The army will rest here for a few days. Each branch of the army will separately plunder the nearby tribes. If there are powerful tribes that are difficult to plunder, they will report back to Gu."
Although the journey from Yiwu City to Alashankou was peaceful, it was still more than two thousand miles away. The cavalry was better. They brought many horses and could run at a speed of nearly a hundred miles a day. However, the infantry and defenders used to attack the city were better.
The equipment couldn't move so fast and was left behind. Shang Bing stayed at Alashankou to wait for them.
Moreover, although most of the troops who followed him westward from Yiwu were barbarians, they would be his allies when he ruled the Samarkand area in the future. He did not want them to suffer too many casualties, so he decided to recruit these troops.
For the powerful tribes nearby, this will also take time, so it would be nice to stay here for a few more days.
The various barbarian armies were of course very happy after hearing Shang Bing's order, and went out to plunder nearby tribes. When they encountered a large tribe that they could not afford to offend, they rushed back to inform Shang Bing.
While Shang Bing asked the craftsmen he brought to repair the city, after hearing the news about the big tribe, he led his troops to "recruit" this tribe to follow him to attack the city of Samarkand.
At this time, the news of Timur's defeat and death had been spread in the Land of Seven Rivers by the few soldiers who were lucky enough to escape from the Eastern Expedition. All the tribes were very shocked by this incident, and regarded Ming Dynasty as the most powerful in the world.
country. When they heard that the Ming army had arrived at the tribe's location, they hurriedly offered various rare things. After hearing Shang Bing's request, although they were very reluctant, they did not dare to disobey it. This family had hundreds of people.
The one or two thousand people in that family actually managed to raise nearly 70,000 horses.
At this time, the infantry transporting siege equipment had also arrived at Alashankou. Shang Bing officially revealed his true purpose to all the troops following the Western Expedition: "This Western Expedition is not just to capture the land of Qihe, but also to seize the fortress of Qihe."
Fight all the way to the city of Samarkand and destroy this country founded by Timur!"
After hearing the news, Shamechagan and Mahamu were very reluctant: they were both wealthy and well-off people, and they were unwilling to go all the way to attack the city of Samarkand; but they did not dare to go against Shang Bing's words, so they could only talk in private.
Discuss the matter with him.
"In this case, I allow you to lead the troops back after the city of Samarkand is captured. I will not force you to stay near the city, but you must lead the troops to attack the city of Samarkand!" Shang Bing finally said.
After hearing this, Shamechagan and Mahamu reluctantly agreed.
As for the other armies, the soldiers of the Yiwu garrison are of course willing to attack the city of Samarkand. Not only can they take revenge but they can also make a fortune, so why not? The other barbarian garrison offices also want to make a fortune more, so they have no objection.
After that, the army started to march westward again. Shang Bing divided the army into two parts. One part followed Timur's eastward expedition route out of Alashankou to the south bank of Lake Balkhash, then turned south and forced into Samar through Shymkent and other places.
Hancheng; the other route went south from the Lake Aibi area into the Ili Valley, from the Ili Valley to the southwest through Almaty and other places, met with another army in Tashkent, and headed south together.
Along the way, Shang Bing continued to plunder small tribes and even captured their people as slaves, forcing large tribes to send troops to follow him to attack the city of Samarkand. In this way, the Western Expeditionary Army, which had only 150,000 troops at the time of departure, arrived in Giza
At the time of the defeat, there were already 300,000 horses.
After arriving in Jizzak, Shang Bing ordered the entire army to rest for a day, and then no longer stayed, nor did he send troops to plunder small tribes and "recruit" large tribes. The entire army moved south as quickly as possible to attack the city of Samarkand.
On November 18, after a total of more than 80 days of marching, the forward of the Western Expeditionary Army led by Shang Bing personally arrived at the city of Samarkand.
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"Great Khan, a full 50,000 horses have come from the north and have arrived twenty miles north of the city." In the tallest and most gorgeous palace in Samarkand, a soldier knelt on the ground and faced the person in front of him.
the young man said.
"Which family's flag are they flying?" This young man was wearing a robe made of tiger skin, a pair of trousers made of wolf skin, and a bearskin hat on his head. He looked very fierce.
But his expression destroyed this fierceness. At this time, his face was full of panic, and he stared at the soldiers in front of him.
This person was Pir Mahama, the prince of the khanate appointed by Timur before his death. Timur left him to garrison the city of Samarkand before he went on the expedition, so he followed his grandfather's teachings and garrisoned here, following the rules every day.
Manage the entire city.
Starting from the beginning of April in the Muharram calendar (mid-September in the Ming calendar), vague news came from the north that Timur had been defeated and even died in the battle. However, Pir Mahama did not believe such news: his grandfather was so
How could he possibly lose the war? Not only that, he would arrest and execute everyone who spread "rumors" without permission. The officials in the city did not believe Timur because of his glorious past, and cooperated with him in executing those who spread the rumors.
But the 'rumors' not only did not disappear, but became more and more numerous, and the details became more and more complete. People in the city became more and more suspicious, and the people who spread the rumors became more lax. Even if they had to arrest people, they must be arrested.
They chatted and asked how they got the news.
But Pirmahama still didn't believe this. It wasn't until the end of April, when someone who had returned from Urumqi fled back to Samarkand and reported to him face to face that Pirmahama believed that the Eastern Expedition had really failed.
Most of the army was destroyed, and Timur himself was defeated and died.
Pir Mahama burst into tears at that time. He had not been the prince for a long time, and he had not had time to have the usual conflicts between the prince and the current king. Moreover, Timur had always been very good to him, so he was very sad.
However, the person who can be chosen by Timur to become the crown prince is still capable. Pir Mahama quickly gathered his mind, summoned all the ministers to announce the news, and held the ceremony as quickly as possible to inherit the throne.
At the same time, he sent people to other places to inform the generals and princes guarding the cities and ask them to swear allegiance to him.
But just as these people were sent out, another bad news came from the north: the Ming army sent troops to march westward, and their destination might be the city of Samarkand.
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