Chapter 1116 The Battle of Samarkand City - Anticipating the Choice of Facing Failure
Mirsha took a while to introduce all the information about the city of Samarkand. During this process, Shang Bing listened patiently, even though he had already heard some things. He only put down the book in his hand after the introduction was completed.
The clairvoyant smiled at Mirsha and said, "Thank you for your hard work. If it weren't for you, I would not have been able to understand the situation of the city in such detail. You should be credited with capturing the city of Samarkand in the future."
"As long as what I said is useful, I won't care whether you remember the merit or not." Mirsha said respectfully.
After hearing that Timur was defeated and died in the war, and that Shang Bing led his troops to the west, after repeated consideration, he finally decided to fully surrender to the Ming Dynasty. As a force that had just arrived in the land of the river, the Ming Dynasty urgently needed the support of local forces.
The more benefits there are, the later you get, the less or even no benefits you will get. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty was powerful and the country established by Timur showed signs of splitting, so he decided to turn to the Ming Dynasty. Although the Khitan people, oh, should now
Being called Han is a pagan, but it is not worth mentioning in the face of huge interests.
In order to be able to better rely on the Ming Dynasty, Mirsha tried his best to search for the deeds of the Han people. From these deeds, he learned that the monarchs of the Han people liked their subordinates to be humble, so he said this at this time.
"Haha, Mirsha, you don't have to be like this." Shang Bing laughed loudly: "Just say whatever you want, don't be so cautious."
"What my subordinates said is true." Mirsha added.
Shang Bing smiled again, but didn't say anything. He turned his horse and returned to the main force. Mirsha approached and asked curiously: "Your Majesty, how long does it take for you to capture this city? My subordinates can also let the tribesmen prepare what they need in advance.
The food and vegetables are ready."
"After the army arrives, it will be enough to capture the city in three days!" Shang Bing said in a very firm tone.
"Can it be captured in three days?" Mirsha asked in disbelief. The city of Samarkand is so strong, how could it be captured in three days?
"It will be captured within three days. As for the reason, it is because..."
"Because the morale of the Xilu is too low!" It was already November 28th and June 15th of the Muharram calendar. Zhu Hengshi said loudly at the pre-war meeting held by Shang Bing: "Today during the day, I used my clairvoyance to observe
At the top of the city, although all the Xilu stationed at the top of the city were trying to stand upright, they could not hide the panic on their faces. In particular, they noticed that there were people under the city who looked at the top of the city and looked very panicked.
People with bows or crossbows even wanted to shoot arrows, completely ignoring the fact that they couldn't hit the target at such a distance. It was the low-level generals who led them who found out and stopped them so that their arrows were not wasted."
"In addition, Xilu is also short of manpower. Although there are more than 500,000 people loyal to the country around the entire city of Samarkand, and Pir Mahama also put them all into the city, many of the families involved
During Mu'er's Eastern Expedition, there were not many strong men in the city. Even if we included the men in their forties and fifties and the young men between fifteen and twenty years old, there were only 70,000 to 80,000 people. Our army had a total of 300,000 men.
Ten thousand, it is said that the defenders of the city must have three times the number of troops to capture it. Our army's troops and horses are nearly four times that of the enemy's. Even if the morale of both sides is average, it is enough to capture the city."
"Thirdly, there are insufficient defensive equipment in the city. Almost all the cannons in Samarkand were taken away by Timur. According to the news that he risked his life to spread, there are not enough arrows, which is far worse than our army. There are three reasons.
If you do this, we will be able to capture the city of Samarkand within three days!" Zhu Hengshi said at last.
"Commander Zhu is right, I think so too, where is Prime Minister Song?" Shang Bing said. Although Song Sheng is no longer Shang Bing's left prime minister, he still calls him this way habitually.
"I think so too." Song Sheng said while twirling the beard on his chin: "But the longer the time goes by, the higher the morale of the Xilu will be and the more equipment they will have to defend the city. As the saying goes, it can't be delayed. Today is the day
All the guards have arrived at the city, Your Highness, will we start attacking the city from tomorrow?"
"As Prime Minister Song said, we will attack the city from tomorrow. Zhu Hengshi, tomorrow you will lead your troops and the Cypriots assigned to you to attack the west of the city." Shang Bing said.
"Yes, Your Highness." Zhu Hengshi agreed hastily. The Cypriots are a ethnic group in the Western Regions recorded in the "Book of Han". At this time, they used to refer to the tribes in the land west of Alashankou and east of the Amu Darya River.
"Xu Youde,..., Shami Chagan,..." Shang Bing ordered two more people to lead troops to attack the north and south of the city. Finally, he turned to Mirsha and ordered in Chinese: "Mirsha, you lead the army
The troops and the small tribe of Cypriots assigned to you will attack the east of the city!"
After listening to the interpreter, Mirsha quickly imitated Xu Youde and saluted: "Yes, Your Majesty."
After the translator translated this sentence into Chinese, Shang Bing nodded slightly. In fact, the generals present knew more or less Mongolian, but the Central Plains dynasty had never had a tradition of taking care of foreign guests in terms of language. The Ming Dynasty was not even willing to pay tribute.
Taking care of the foreign language, not to mention the language, Shang Bing had to hear the Chinese translation before agreeing.
After finishing all the instructions, Shang Bing said in a deep voice: "My dear friends, it is the end of November now, and the weather is already very cold. If it is delayed any longer, it will get even colder. We must capture Sasha before the third day of the twelfth lunar month.
Markand City!”
"Yes, Your Highness!" Everyone stood up and bowed in agreement.
"Let's all go down and prepare for tomorrow's siege."
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"Great Khan, it seems that all the Ming troops have arrived at the city. They will begin to attack the city tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Are you sure of holding the city of Samarkand?" Abubelke stood on the top of the city and looked at the city's twinkling lights.
Looking at the bright Ming army camp, I asked Pir Mahama next to me.
"Only 20 to 30 percent sure." Pilmahama said seriously. Zhu Hengshi could see their disadvantages, and he could also see it himself. There was no need to deceive Abubel, so he answered honestly.
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"May the Lord bless his followers to be able to defend the city." Abubelke couldn't help but salute to the sky and said.
But after he finished speaking, he looked at Pirmahama: "What will you do if the city is destroyed?"
"I will try every means to retreat and lead the last elite force to retreat in an attempt to make a comeback." After Pirmahama finished speaking, he asked, "What about you?"
"I will stay in the city and commit suicide." Abubelke said.
"Suicide is a way of death that is not approved by the Lord. You cannot go to heaven after you die." Pir Mahama said this without knowing what he was thinking.
"Then I will let my guards kill me. I will never accept being captured by Kafilo from the East." Abubelke said firmly.