"Gao Xu, when I think about it now, why do I always feel something is wrong? You said you were so sure about Lan Zhen's bet with me last night. Did you have some wonderful way to attack the city? Did you deliberately set a trap for me?" Early the next morning
, looking at the soldiers who were preparing to charge towards the city of Delhi, Zhu Gui recalled what happened last night, and the more he thought about it, the more something was wrong, and said to Zhu Gaoxu.
'Look at Lan Zhen's appearance at that time. Although I don't know anything, I must be setting a trap for you!' Zhu Gaoxu thought to himself. But he would not say these words. He just smiled and said: "Uncle Thirteen, you
Didn’t you have a drink last night?”
"Where is the wine in the army? I wanted to bring a few bottles of wine, but Cao Xing found out and confiscated it. He said that he would definitely not drink it, but he would only return the wine to me after the city of Delhi was captured. I was in the wrong.
In addition, Cao Xing is in charge of military discipline, so how dare you argue with him? We can only ask him to take the wine away. But we also make him promise not to throw it away secretly or drink it himself," Zhu Gui said.
"Since the Thirteenth Uncle didn't drink, then the Thirteenth Uncle has more experience than my nephew. No matter whether General Lan has some wonderful ways to attack the city, the Thirteenth Uncle can't see it. How can the nephew see it?" Zhu Gaoxu
road.
Zhu Gui was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Gao Xu, I haven't seen you for a few years, and you have become so slick, turning into a flatterer of your uncle."
"I am not flattering you, I am sincerely saying this." Zhu Gaoxu also said with a smile.
"I'm not joking with you. To be honest, do you think Lan Zhen has a wonderful way to attack the city? Otherwise, although the city of Delhi will definitely belong to the Ming Dynasty, the Indians are also trying their best to defend it. According to the appearance yesterday, I am afraid that it will not be possible in the next year.
We must conquer Lan Zhen in advance. Lan Zhen is not someone who can use the blood of soldiers to increase his rank and rank. Besides, even if he wants to use the blood of his soldiers to increase his rank and rank, it depends on whether we agree or not. He is also a smart man and will not commit the crime.
This is wrong." The two of them joked for a while, and Zhu Gui said seriously.
"About that. Lan Zhen's expression at that time, although there was nothing wrong at first glance, seemed to be different from usual." Zhu Gaoxu replied.
"Well, I will watch how he finally captures the city." Zhu Gui said: "If he can really capture the city of Delhi before the year, I will naturally not break his promise and will give him a big gift."
But contrary to Zhu Gui's expectations, and beyond the expectations of many people, in the next three days, Lan Zhen did not show any inclination to have a brilliant siege method. She still just sieged the city step by step every day, using artillery.
Bombarding the city walls and city walls. Everyone was wondering how Lan Zhen could conquer the city of Delhi years ago. Some people asked Lan Zhen, but Lan Zhen just smiled and said nothing more.
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"Sudan, the Ming army has withdrawn again. Today our army has killed more than 6,300 soldiers and injured 20,200. The Ming army has killed about 7,000 to 8,000 people and injured 23,000 to 20,000 people.
Between 16,000 people." The general who commanded the defense of the southern city wall reported to Said Hui.
Said said "hmm". He was not satisfied with this battle loss ratio. Although their casualties were smaller than those of the Ming army, they were the defending side. According to convention, the losses of the attacking side should be on the defending side.
More than twice that of Fang. But now the casualty ratio is only about 1:1.2 believers, so of course he will not be satisfied.
But he also knows the reason why the battle loss ratio is so low. Many of the soldiers defending the city were recruited in the past six months. Although they can also play a role, they are still worse than the veterans. Of course, more importantly, Ming Ming
The military's firepower superiority.
'The Ming Army really had too many artillery pieces, and they seemed to have endless artillery shells. The Ming Army attacked the city for four days and used more artillery shells than the entire city's storage capacity, but it didn't seem to be enough for the Ming Army.
What. When attacking a city, there are more than a hundred artillery firing shells at every moment. The direct casualties are nothing. More importantly, the shells will disrupt the rhythm of the city defenders. Sometimes the Ming army has already
Arriving at the bottom of the city wall and starting to climb, the soldiers were preparing to meet the enemy. Suddenly, several artillery shells fell on this section of the city, killing the soldiers. There were also many artillery shells falling around. Even if other soldiers came to rescue them, it was too late, so they had to fight with
The Ming army fought hand to hand. In such a war, it is normal to have such a casualty ratio.' Said thought.
But even though he comforted himself in his heart, Said was still not satisfied, but he suppressed it forcefully and asked: "Have all the wounded soldiers been treated?" After seeing the Ming army's complete military medical camp system, Said
Although the city of Delhi could not follow suit for the time being, doctors in the city were gathered to treat the wounded soldiers as best they could.
"Some seriously injured people cannot be treated and have to give up; there is no need to treat those with broken arms and legs. However, all the people with minor injuries have been treated, but Sudan, the doctors in the city have no experience in treating so many people.
Although I still have the medicine, if I continue to use it like this, I won’t be able to last for a few days." The general said again.
"It's used up," Said thought for a while and could only say: "From now on, the medicine will only be used for soldiers with the least serious injuries who can return to the battlefield within ten days; it will be used for soldiers with slightly more serious injuries, but not too serious.
Disinfect with alcohol, but do not give medicine. The seriously injured and disabled are still not treated. But the difference must not be obviously shown, and the soldiers must not see it. If they see it, I will have no choice but to deal with you."
"Yes, Sultan." Of course the general was unwilling to accept this errand, but he had no choice but to agree.
Said said a few more things and ordered all the things that should be ordered. He lowered his head and began to read the detailed report on today's battle situation. Although he would listen to the generals' oral reports, he also asked his generals to write a document.
It was brought to him. The general bowed and left.
“I don’t know if the reinforcements from the Bahmani Sultanate have already set off. If the city of Delhi is captured and the Delhi Sultanate is destroyed by the Ming army, leaving only the Bahmani Sultanate as a Christian country, sooner or later it will be destroyed by the Ming army.
Destruction, Firuz Shah will not fail to see this."
"I have also sent an order to the city guards still under our control, especially the cities in the north, asking them to temporarily obey Firuz Shah's order and gather enough troops, at least 100,000 people, before coming back.
Rescue under the city of Delhi. There are more than 300,000 soldiers of the Ming army surrounding the city of Delhi. There are no more than 100,000 troops. They will be wiped out by the Ming army." Although he read the report, Said did not read it seriously, he just casually
I was just flipping through it, with other things on my mind.
At this time, he remembered that he was thinking about other things when he opened yesterday's memorial. He wrote a few sentences on it and was about to translate yesterday's memorial. He read those few sentences and was about to do it.
What? He suddenly noticed something in yesterday's report and was stunned for a moment. Said then took out the reports from the previous two days and compared them with the reports from these two days. After a while, he gave instructions to the guards
Said: "Go and call Daoud."
Soon, the general named Daoud, who was responsible for defending the southern city wall, came to the house again. While saluting, he thought to himself: 'The Sultan has clearly finished everything just now, why did he call me here again?'
He was thinking when he suddenly heard Said ask: "Daoud, have you noticed that although the Ming army's artillery fire continues, the intensity of the infantry siege is weakening every day?"
"Sultan, I have also noticed it. Even if it is not noticed during the siege, it can be seen after counting the number of casualties of soldiers every day. But I think this is a tactic of the Ming army."
"What tactic?"
"Sultan, I have also reported to you that the Ming army sent Brahmans to attack the city every day for three consecutive days, and the number was increasing. Today, the number of Brahmans attacking the city actually reached one-third of the total number of Ming troops attacking the city.
1. The daily casualties of the Ming army do not include these Brahmans. If they were included, the casualty ratio would be much better. I think this is because the Ming army used the Brahmans as cannon fodder to consume the soldiers and defensive equipment in the city.
After the army is almost exhausted, all the real Ming troops will be dispatched to attack the city and capture the city of Delhi in one fell swoop." Daoud replied.
Said nodded and agreed with his judgment. Of course he knew that in three days the most important festival of the year would be in the Ming Dynasty, and he also knew that Lan Zhen had planned to capture the city of Delhi before this important festival, so on the first day
All the Ming troops were used, not even the Tibetans, Maras and Bhutanese. But after seeing the results of the first day, he should have judged that the city of Delhi could not be captured in just seven days.
, it is normal for the siege strategy to change.
"One more thing, have you analyzed the purpose of the Ming army?" Said pointed to a part of the document and said to Daoud.
"Sultan, I have communicated with other generals about this matter, but I have not been able to get a definite answer, only some guesses." Daoud said: "The Ming army built a very large tent in the camp, which exceeded all other generals.
The area of the tent was large, and a thousand-man team was mobilized to transfer some gunpowder from the artillery camp. At first, some people speculated that the Ming army wanted to store all the gunpowder in this tent, but the Ming army did not send all the gunpowder to this tent.
This tent. Many people have put forward other speculations. Everyone finally believes that this tent is another place established by the Ming army to store things. This place is very close to the edge of the camp and also very close to the artillery position.
It is even more convenient to mobilize gunpowder and other supplies from here.
Said thought about it and couldn't think of any other reasonable explanation, but he always felt that their idea was wrong. He said to Daoud: "Be sure to send someone to keep an eye on this tent. If there is any movement in the tent,
You must report it to me in time."
"Yes, Sultan, I will definitely send someone to keep an eye on the tent. If there is any unusual movement, I will definitely..."
Just as Kodawood was speaking, a flash of lightning suddenly seemed to flash through the air, illuminating the room through the window. This was followed by a loud bang that seemed to ring in his ears, shaking Sai for a moment.
Yide and Daoud's ears were buzzing, and the glass inlaid on the windows was shattered!
"What happened!" Said almost fell to the ground for a moment and managed to steady himself. When the ringing in his ears became lighter, he immediately stood up and opened the door, looking at the dark night sky in the east.
Listening to the panicked shouts, he shouted: "Who can tell me what happened!"
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"Surprisingly, it actually collapsed!" Zhu Gui weakly put down the clairvoyance in his hand and muttered.
"I didn't expect it to actually collapse." Zhu Gaoxu, who was standing next to him, was also shocked. Hearing Zhu Gui's words, he subconsciously agreed. Not only the two of them, but everyone who looked at Delhi City was very excited at this time.
surprise.
Just half an hour ago, Zhu Gui and others were sleeping soundly. Lan Zhen suddenly sent someone to wake them up. When they came to the Chinese army tent and were about to reprimand him loudly, Lan Zhen said to them first: "After half an hour,
In just an hour, he could cause the eastern wall of Delhi to collapse.
Of course Zhu Gui and others did not believe it. Even if four hundred cannons were used to bombard a city wall at the same time, it would take a long time to break a city wall. Since the beginning of the war, all the artillery has been in the south, and not a single shell has hit the east wall. How could it suddenly happen?
Just collapse?
But Lan Zhen was so confident in his words that everyone couldn't help but become dubious, and finally decided to go to the east city wall three miles away in person to see with their own eyes whether Lan Zhen was talking nonsense or had really found a way to collapse the city wall.
Everyone waited for a while, and saw that half an hour had passed, but there was no movement on the city top except the torches held by the patrolling soldiers. Zhu Gui was talking about going back to find Lan Zhen to settle accounts, when he suddenly felt something behind him.
There was a burst of light behind me, and when I turned my head, I saw that the city wall was crumbling.
"What on earth is going on? Lan, where is General Lan, what is he doing?" After being stunned for a while, Zhu Gui suddenly turned his head and asked the guard sent by Lan Zhen.
"General Lan..." After the guard said a few words, he felt a light behind him, countless torches were lit, and then there were the voices of countless people shouting: "Come on, capture the city of Delhi, everyone has it"
Big reward! Charge!" Accompanied by the sound of charging, countless soldiers holding high torches lined up in loose formations and charged towards the city of Delhi.
"...He is commanding the soldiers to attack the city of Delhi. He cannot come to answer His Highness's questions now." The guard finished the second half of the sentence.
"Yes, it's important to attack the city of Delhi." Zhu Gaoxu also reacted. No matter what method Lan Zhen used to make the city wall collapse, it doesn't matter now. The important thing is to use this opportunity to send troops to capture the city of Delhi! If it's a little late, even if it can still be captured
If the city is destroyed, the losses will be much greater. The siege must be launched now.
"Go back immediately, call all the soldiers, and prepare to attack the city!"
