Chapter 1115 The Battle of Samarkand City - Inspiration
Pilmahama immediately panicked. Although he had 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers at this time, he only had 20,000 troops that he could trust. The rest were auxiliary soldiers recruited from nearby tribes. If the city was besieged, their military morale would definitely be unstable, and they would even think about it.
They wanted to surrender; although there are different accounts of the Ming army that attacked, they all numbered more than 100,000.
And there are many other factors that are unfavorable to him. Secondly, all the generals who can fight have been transferred by Timur. At this time, all the people in the city are mediocre people. Thirdly, the Ming army officers and soldiers have just defeated Timur himself.
The Eastern Expedition Army he led had high morale, but they all knew that Timur was defeated and died, and their morale was low; fourthly,...so he was not sure of holding the city.
But he neither dared nor could he abandon the city and escape. The city of Samarkand has long been the ruling center of this country, and countless wealth has been accumulated here. Even if he could abandon these wealth, his ministers and soldiers may not be willing to abandon themselves.
property, not to mention it is difficult for family members to escape.
Moreover, Pir Mahama knew that many people were unconvinced by his position as prince. Shaharul and Abubelq followed Timur in the eastward expedition. Shaharul's life and death were not known, and Abubelk was defeated in the war.
When he was stationed in the city of Urumqi, there is no need to worry about successfully escaping and falling into his hands, but there are still Khalil, Umar and others stationed in various places. If they lose the city of Samarkand, they will definitely not admit that they are the Great Khan.
position, they would even kill him. So Pilmahama could only choose to defend the city.
Pirmahamama immediately recruited the people in the city to prepare to defend the city. But not long after, an army came to the city of Samarkand from the north.
Although he knew that most of this army was the Ming army, he still held on to the hope of being safe and asked the soldier what the flag they were flying was.
Of course, Pu Bing's words completely extinguished the fire of his hope: "Report to the Great Khan, they flew several flags, the two largest ones, one is the national flag of the Ming Dynasty in the east, and the other is the Chinese character for 'Qin'.
flag."
"I understand, please step back." Pirmaha said weakly.
Pu Bing bowed and left. When he left, Pilma sat down on the chair slumped, not knowing what he was thinking.
At this time, someone suddenly opened the door and walked in. Pirmahama said: "I didn't give an order. No one is allowed to come in without my permission. You are Abubelke."
"Brother, is the army that is about to arrive in the north of the city the army of the Ming Dynasty?" Abubelke, who was also dressed in animal skins, asked.
"Yes, they are the vanguard of the Ming army. They also displayed a banner with the Chinese character for 'Qin'. It is possible that Zhu Shangbing personally led the troops."
"Zhu Shangbing personally led the troops? He is very courageous. Aren't you afraid that there are still enough troops in Samarkand to defeat these 30,000 people?"
"Zhu Shangbing must have sent people to investigate in advance and learned that there were not enough troops in the city. He forcibly recruited people from countless tribes north of Samarkand City to fight. It was easy to send a few people to investigate in advance. And he led all
They are cavalry, so they can retreat easily if there is a mistake in the reconnaissance."
"These tribes in the north are really! Don't they know that the Ming Dynasty strictly prohibits the Tianfang Sect in the country! If Zhu Shangbing captures the city of Samarkand, will they live a good life under the rule of the Ming Kingdom?"
Bu Bierke said angrily.
"They may or may not know, but even if they know, they won't care. If believers will help believers, then why did grandpa carry out the massacre in Damascus?" Pir Mahama said, still sitting on the soft chair.
"Pirmahama!" Abubelke suddenly reached out and grabbed Pirmahama's shirt and shouted to him: "Why do you always have the ambition of your enemy and destroy your own prestige!"
"But it's all true."
"Even if it's all true, it can't be said!" Abubelke said again: "You are now the backbone of the entire city. If you yourself don't have the confidence to defend the city, how can you make others have confidence in defending the city!"
"But," before Pirmahama finished speaking, he was interrupted by Abubelke: "The most important thing now is to defend this city. As long as you defend this city, you can become the leader of the country."
Khan, not even Khalil or Umar can deny your status and can only surrender to you!"
"To be honest, I am very dissatisfied with you becoming the Great Khan, but now that I am trapped in Samarkand, I can only support you to become the Great Khan! After all, even if you don't like me as the Great Khan, you will not
You can kill me easily, but in the hands of people from the Ming Dynasty, even if I don’t die, I will live a life worse than death.”
"Since the purpose of my support for you to become the Great Khan is to defend the city of Samarkand, you must show the majesty of the Great Khan and give everyone the confidence to defend this city!" Abubelke's last words were almost all
Shout out.
Hearing Abubelke's words, Pilmahama slowly regained his energy and said: "You are right, even if I am not sure, I have to pretend to be completely sure, otherwise I would be 100% sure.
The possibility of defending the city was only 10% in the end."
As he spoke, he stood up, straightened his clothes, and called his servants to come in and serve him.
Seeing that he had cheered up, Abubelke turned around and was about to leave. But he was stopped by Pilmahama. Abubelke turned his head again and heard him say in a language that his servants could not understand:
"If you can defend the city of Samarkand this time, I will let you live and let you go to your elder brother."
"Thank you." Abubelke said with a hand.
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"The city of Samarkand looks very strong!" Three miles north of the city, Shang Bing led hundreds of guards and carefully observed the city of Samarkand in front of him with his clairvoyance.
He looked around again. "The land here is also very fertile!" Shang Bing sighed.
"Your Majesty, the city of Samarkand is not only an important transportation thoroughfare, but this area is also very suitable for the development of planting industry. 'Samark' means 'fertile' in the Khwarizm language, and 'Erhan' means 'fertile' in Khwariz."
The meaning of Mo language is 'land', which together means fertile land. Because of the unique location and environment of this place, Timur was determined to be here."
The person who said this was a man about fifty years old. Because this man is not young, his body does not look strong, but if someone wants to look down on him, if they notice his eyes, they will stop.
It means contempt.
This man's name was Mirsha, and he was the chief of a large tribe near Tashkent. Shang Bing led the troops there and sent out troops to recruit troops. Most tribes would randomly send a few people to deal with it, but he led half of the tribe's adult men to follow him.
, and actively made suggestions and introduced things he knew along the way.
He continued to introduce in unskilled Mongolian: "After the rise of Timur, he swept through many countries and brought all the treasures of these countries to the city of Samarkand. Skilled craftsmen from various countries were also brought here to let them