Chapter 1117 The Battle of Samarkand City - Breaking the City
On the next day, November 29, the Ming army began to attack the city.
At the beginning, the Ming army adopted the method of attacking from all sides simultaneously to attack the city. They had four times as many soldiers as the Xilu, and even if they attacked from all four sides at the same time, their strength would be enough.
"Furthermore, the Xilu people are small and most of them are conscripts. If they ride on horses and fight in the field, they still have some fighting strength. If they are not skilled in defending the city, they will make mistakes in the rush. Besides, they are small in number. Attacking from all sides at the same time will definitely defeat the Xilu.
The generals in charge of the captives are concerned about one thing and not the other." Song Sheng said.
Pilmahama, who was commanding the defense at the top of the city, was indeed in a dilemma. Just as Zhu Hengshi expected, the Xilu not only had a small number of people, but also were not good at defending the city. Although they had the advantage of the city, they also killed many attackers.
However, after fighting for an hour, their physical strength gradually became exhausted, and they were increasingly unable to resist the "Ming Army" who fought in turns.
Seeing this, Pir Mahama could only send out the reserve team in his hand to fight. However, the number of reserve teams was not large, and they were exhausted and out of breath before noon.
Abu Belk immediately found Pilmahama and said to him: "Great Khan, the battle cannot be fought like this! You cannot exchange the defensive equipment for the Ming army attacking the city! The troops they sent to attack the city now are from the river or the grassland.
The people recruited above are not even Mongolians. The Ming army doesn't value them and they don't feel sorry for them no matter how many die. Anyway, they can recruit from various tribes. But every time we shoot out the equipment for defending the city, we will lose one piece."
"Then what do you think we should do?" Pirmahama shouted emotionally. He could also see what Abubelk could see, but he couldn't think of a solution.
"Gather all the city defense equipment and carry out the most violent blows to the 'Ming Army' attacking the city from all sides. Since they were just recruited by the Ming State, they would not be very loyal to the Ming State. They were just because the Ming State defeated Grandpa.
I believe that the Ming Dynasty is the most powerful country in the world, and that the Ming Dynasty will definitely be able to capture the city of Samarkand and then plunder the city, so I am willing to follow the Ming army to attack the city."
"We give them the strongest blow to make them realize that compared with taking the city of Samarkand and looting it at will, they are more likely to die in battle, so they will not be as willing to attack the city as they are now. The real Ming army
The number of people is not large, and we do not dare to force too much, so we can defend the city for a few more days. If we can delay it until the coldest days, the Ming army will have to retreat and the city will be defended." Abubelke gave the answer.
own suggestions.
"Okay, let's do it!" said Pir Mahama. He was simply seeking medical attention for a sudden illness.
Abubelke's suggestion worked. The people who were recruited were here to rob, not to die. Although they all understood that someone would die in a war, they were unwilling to work hard when the casualty rate reached a certain standard.
When attacking a city, they would just rush to the city gates and hit the city gates or walls with rams every time, instead of climbing up and attacking the city. On this day, they held the city.
But Shang Bing also came up with a way to deal with it: "The order from Chuan Gu: First, separate the soldiers from the small tribe of the Sai people from the soldiers from the large tribe. Tomorrow, order the soldiers from the large tribe to drive the soldiers from the small tribe to attack the city."
"Second, gather all the cannons on one side, and gather all the soldiers as well, leaving only harassing soldiers under the other three walls."
"Fourth: Generous rewards. The first soldier to enter the city tomorrow will receive a reward equal to his body weight."
"Third, fire arrows into the city, and tie a letter of surrender to the arrows, telling the people in the city: If they continue to resist and the city is breached, they will all be slaughtered. If they are willing to surrender to the Ming Dynasty now, their lives and property will be protected."
"Your Highness, if the people in the city are willing to surrender, do you really want to forgive them? Now several guards want to kill all the Western captives in the city to avenge their relatives!" Song Sheng asked. Did he know that the people who came all the way from Yiwu
Because their relatives died in the Battle of Yiwu, several guard stations hated the Westerners deeply, and there were many incidents of arbitrary discrimination and abuse against the Cypriots. They barely maintained order by relying on Song Sheng's prestige.
"There are indeed some people who want to stay. Where these people live has been known in advance through spies in the city. If they are willing to surrender, I will let them live; but for the average person, even if they surrender, I will not leave them a way to live.
." Shang Bing said in a deep voice.
"Your Highness, this is an act of breach of trust. I'm afraid it is inappropriate. It will also cause doubts among the Cypriots under the rule." Song Sheng said. He did not just comment on the matter from a military perspective, but also mentioned how to rule the Cypriots in the future.
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"I will send all those who surrendered to the Central Plains. No matter how they are treated in the Central Plains, the Cypriots here will not know." Shang Bing said again.
"That's it, that's all. In this case, I will no longer object." Song Sheng finally agreed with Shang Bing's opinion.
That night, hundreds of arrows were shot into the city and letters of surrender were distributed. Although Pilmahama tried its best to collect them, many of the letters of surrender were still collected by the people in the city.
Early on the next morning, Shang Bing ordered to attack the city again. Soldiers from various large Cypriot tribes drove people from small tribes forward. If there were any who were slower, they would wave sticks and beat them. Many people followed behind with spears.
Front. In this situation, even if the people of the small tribe are unwilling, they can only charge forward.
The Xilu at the top of the city immediately began to throw defensive equipment down the city. But they had just thrown two rounds when they heard a scream from the front. When they looked up, they saw many cannonballs crossing the top of the parabola towards the city.
Fly here.
Before many people had time to hide, the cannonballs had already fallen on the city. Because all the cannons were concentrated and the cannonballs fired were very dense, they suffered many casualties immediately.
Shang Bing immediately ordered the archers to approach the city head and shoot arrows at the city head to suppress the enemy. Those who were lucky enough to escape the shelling just received another round of arrow rain.
Many people immediately began to retreat and did not dare to approach the city head and retreated. Fortunately, Pilmahama immediately discovered this situation and ordered the supervising team to kill the retreating soldiers, and sent the reserve team to join them.
The battle allowed them to fight the Ming army again.
But in this short period of time, the Ming army had already set up several ladders on the top of the city, and many people climbed up the ladders to a place very close to the top of the city. The small tribes that were forced to attack the city fortified
People knew that retreating would lead to death, but if they moved forward, they would survive if they could capture the city of Samarkand, so they fought hard.
Seeing that the Ming army was about to attack the city, Pilmahama had to send out the reserve team that had just retreated. After a bloody fight, they finally killed all the Ming troops who were about to attack the city.
Time soon reached noon. Shang Bing ordered all the soldiers to retreat back to eat, and after they finished eating, they immediately began to attack the city again.
But this time the attackers changed: this time Shang Bing invested in the eastern barbarians recruited from around Yiwu. Because along the way Shang Bing had been preaching to them the benefits of settling in the Qin vassal after conquering the city of Samarkand.
, coupled with the generous rewards, these barbarians also burst out with great energy at this time and violently attacked the city; the cannons outside the city also began to roar, providing them with cover.
Most of the garrison at the top of the city did not have strong fighting will and morale because of the surrender letter last night. The reserve team left by Pilmahama could only go to the top of the city to support again and fight the Ming army again and again. As the situation became worse and worse
Worse, Pilmahama anxiously sent out all the guards to fight the Ming army attacking the city. The number of Ming army soldiers who could climb ladders to attack the city at the same time was limited after all, and Pilmahama's men
The personal guards tried their best to fight the Ming army. In addition, it got dark early in winter. When the sun was about to set, they successfully prevented all the Ming troops who wanted to climb the city.
Shang Bing's expression changed again and again as the situation at the top of the city changed. At the beginning, he had a smile on his face and talked with Song Sheng about how to manage the city of Samarkand after taking it; but the soldiers failed to attack it for several consecutive rounds.
His face became serious after he reached the top of the city. In the end, he still couldn't conquer the city until it was dark, and his face completely turned ugly.
"According to Gu's order, light the torches, and the whole army will fight at night, and we must capture the city of Samarkand!" Shang Bing ordered loudly.
Zhu Hengshi and other generals also supported his decision. They had finally exhausted the defensive equipment of the city defenders. If they stopped now, they would definitely collect the defensive equipment at night and fall short.
Soon, before it got completely dark, torches were lit one after another, the people who had withdrawn from the city were driven aside, and a new group of soldiers began to climb the city, and then the cycle started again.
Pilmahama didn't know how many times he had dealt with the Ming army's attack on the city. He had no time to look at the details. He had completely lost the concept of time since it got dark.
He has been very nervous these past few days and has not had a good rest at night. He didn't sleep all night last night. At this time, his head was groggy. He almost relied on his cold command to defend the city. When he heard shouts from somewhere, he sent out preparations.
The troops and the Guards went to the rescue, and after defeating the Ming army, they were allowed to retreat to rest and be ready to support other places. Due to the fierce fighting, the number of reserves was getting smaller and smaller.
After a long time, the moon had risen to the highest point in the sky. Shang Bing saw that the resistance of the Xilu was getting weaker and weaker, so he sent soldiers from the Han guard to attack the city. This time, the Xilu garrison was defeated after they attacked.
, surrendered the city head to the Ming army.
Shang Bing was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately ordered other tribes to board the city from here. As more and more Ming troops boarded the city, the Xilu, who had been shaken by persuading Xin'er to surrender, threw their weapons to the ground.
Raise your hands and shout loudly in Khorezm or Mongolian: "I am willing to surrender."
As most of the Westerners knelt down and surrendered, all the Ming soldiers knew this: the city of Samarkand had been breached!