With such a small range, the distance from the Ming army's artillery was still hundreds of thousands of miles away.
Even Sha Suchagan himself felt deeply embarrassed, but he had given the order and could not change his words immediately, so he had to watch coldly as the soldiers wasted their energy in shooting arrows.
Han Du observed for a long time and saw no sign of cannons on the city wall, and he was immediately relieved. The opponent doesn't even have cannons. Unless they go out of the city and fight with them, they won't even have room to fight back.
As a result, Han Du was not in a hurry and ordered the cannon to fire in an orderly manner.
Sha Suchagan initially made up his mind to be a coward, but in just half a day, a long crack was blasted out of the city wall by a cannon. If the bombardment continues like this, wouldn't it be possible that one day the city wall will be blasted with a cannon?
Knowing that the Ming army's artillery could not continue to blast like this, Shasu Chagan gritted his teeth and sent a cavalry out of the city, hoping to destroy the Ming army's artillery.
When Han Du saw it, he burst out laughing and said to Azashili: "Commander Azashili, it's up to you."
Azashili was refreshed and immediately clasped his fists and said, "I will live up to the expectations of the Marquis!"
After that, he personally led five thousand cavalry to meet him. On the opposite side, there were only about 3,000 cavalry out of the city. Azashili thought that he could kill these 3,000 cavalry without too many troops.
When the Ulyanha cavalry was about to approach the Timur cavalry, they also shot once into the sky, and then hid under the horses' bellies.
The effect of this move on the opponent's Vala cavalry was not very significant. Except for some unlucky men and horses, the results were not great. Both sides are familiar with this move and have been wary of it for a long time, so naturally it won't have much significant effect.
But it's different now. These Timurid cavalry have never seen such sharp riding and shooting, and they don't know how to deal with it at all. In other words, even if they knew that they could escape the arrows by hiding under the horse's belly, they couldn't do it. If someone who is not very proficient in horse riding does this, the only outcome will be to fall and be trampled to death by random hooves.
The power of riding and shooting skills was once again demonstrated in the Western Regions!
Puff...Puff...
The sound of arrows hitting the flesh was heard intensively, and at the same time there was the sound of arrows hitting the cavalry equipment.
With just one cavalry shot, Timur's cavalry fell between seven and eight hundred people, plus the chain effect losses. One-third of Timur's three thousand mounted cavalry fell in an instant.
After discovering the shortcoming of Timur's armored cavalry that was not good at riding and shooting, a burst of cheers instantly broke out among the Ulyanha cavalry. While there was still some distance, he raised his bow and shot out again.
By the time the two sides came into contact, Timur's cavalry had lost about two thousand.
Such a terrible loss instantly made Sha Suchaqian's cheeks break into cold sweat. He wanted to order the cavalry to come back, but at this time, could the remaining one thousand cavalry be recovered?
Sure enough, at the next moment, Shasuchagan saw that the remaining one thousand cavalry collapsed. They did not even have the courage to confront them head-on and fled in all directions.
Facing the people who were running away with their backs turned, the Uliangha cavalry was naturally not polite. He raised his bow and quickly shot the thousand people on the spot.
Sha quickly checked three thousand mounted cavalry, and they all died without even touching the Ming army's cannon.
"Devils...the devils from the grassland, it's them! These devils are here again..." Shasuchagan heard the trembling exclamations of the people around him, and his confidence was also low. Got to rock bottom.
At this time, there was only a "bang" sound, and a cannonball blasted a gap in the upper part of the city wall.
Sha Suchagan looked quickly and discovered that the area hit by the cannon was already covered with cracks and seemed to be on the verge of collapse.
He lowered his head, a trace of fear flashing in his eyes. Sha Suchagan raised the scimitar in his hand and shouted words of encouragement to the Ming army. Then he hurriedly walked down the city wall and headed towards the palace eagerly.
Sha Suchagan's move was not to return to the palace to mobilize troops, but to pack up his treasure and flee Yili Baoli immediately. He came here to enjoy and make a fortune, not to die in battle and to be loyal to Timur. Even if he had to go back without being punished by Timur, he was willing to do so.
Besides, it’s not like he doesn’t have helpers in Samarkand. He just needs to inform them in advance and let them help him find a justifiable reason and say a few good words for himself. Even Timur would not take his own life after all, right?
If he continues to stay in Yilibaoli, once the Ming army breaks the city, he will be dead.
The city wall started out as a gap, and gradually the gap got bigger and bigger.
Of course, Timur's guards knew what would happen if the city wall collapsed, but they had no idea what to do. If anyone stepped forward, the flying gravel alone would be enough to kill them. They had no choice but to throw some debris towards the gap, hoping to block it again. However, under the power of the cannonballs, the wood and stones just thrown down could not withstand the bombardment and were shattered into pieces without any effect at all.
Boom...long...
A loud noise was heard far away. In the sunset, the city wall that had been bombarded by artillery shells for a whole day finally couldn't hold on and collapsed.
Han Du excitedly raised his revolver and fired six shots.
He shouted: "The whole army is here, fight in, we will spend the night in the city tonight!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
The guards on the city wall desperately tried to block the gap, and the Ming army desperately wanted to rush in. In terms of defending and attacking the city, the Ming army dared to be ranked second, while no one in the world dared to be ranked first. Facing the ferocious Ming army, even the Uuliangha people couldn't help but take a step back in fear, letting them go first.
At first, Timur's guards held back their anger, thinking that the Ming army relied on cannons to open the city wall, and wanted to teach the Ming army a severe lesson in close combat.
After taking over a battle, I discovered that compared to cannons, the firepower of the Ming army in close combat was actually more intense. Dense banging sounds were heard, and countless tongues of flame suddenly appeared in the air. The people on their side fell down in rows. They couldn't even get close to the Ming army, so they died in a daze.
While the bloody battle was going on here, Sha Suchagan roughly packed his gear, opened the city gate on the other side, led his guards to kill them, and fled directly.
In less than an hour, the Ming army quickly occupied the entire city. The main reason for the hour spent is that Yili City is relatively large and it takes time to run. The time it takes to actually eliminate the guards in the city is not as much as the time spent on the road.
Han Du took Xu Chengfei and Azashili to the left and the right, and slowly walked into the palace that was once the Eastern Chagatai Khanate. Although it cannot be compared with the palaces of the Ming Dynasty, as the palace of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, it is definitely one of the best in the city. The large murals are bright and exquisite, and countless torches illuminate the entire palace like daylight.
There were originally many female waiters in the palace, but they had fled long ago before the Ming army arrived. Now the entire palace is firmly guarded by Ming army soldiers, and not even a fly can fly in.
The army was stationed in Yili for three days. During these three days, the Ming army did not kill people wantonly, but they looted all the belongings of the merchants and wealthy people in the city. Naturally, they will not let go of the gold, silver, utensils, jewelry and jade in the palace.
Three days later, Han Du ordered the entire army to evacuate Yilibaoli, and then returned to the DPRK!
On the way back, Xu Chengfei was in a very good mood. But he was still a little confused and asked: "I thought you wanted to stick to Yili and meet Timur once. Why are you so anxious to return to the court?"
Han Du chuckled and explained: "The end of a powerful crossbow cannot pierce Lu Zhen. The reason why we win consecutive battles is mainly due to the powerful firepower of firearms. Without the support of firearms, even if we can win consecutive battles, we will still suffer casualties." Tragic, right?”
Xu Chengfei nodded slowly when he heard this. Killing one thousand enemies and damaging one's own eight hundred is no joke. Only with the ultra-long range of firearms can we destroy the enemy on the way forward and keep ourselves unscathed.
Han Du saw it and continued to smile and said: "Although we brought a lot of gunpowder bullets out, after several battles along the way, we have consumed about 7788. Without the support of firearms, if we record them and keep them Here, what can I do to fight Timur?"
Although Han Du did not say it explicitly, Xu Chengfei naturally understood that without firearms, he could only risk the lives of soldiers, but this was obviously something Han Du did not want to see. Xu Chengfei knew that although Han Du did not love soldiers as much as his own son, at least he would not risk the lives of soldiers casually.
"Then...where are those people?"
Han Du lowered his eyes slightly, and naturally understood that Xu Chengfei was referring to the three guards of Wuliangha.
After pondering for a while, Han Du finally shook his head slightly and said softly: "It's not necessary."
Seeing that Xu Chengfei wanted to say something else, Han Du quickly said, "I know what you want to say, but don't worry, I have my own plan for this matter. I will ensure that they will not grow stronger again and become a new threat to the Ming Dynasty."
After hearing this, Xu Chengfei nodded and said nothing. What he just meant was that he wanted to use Timur to weaken the three guards of Ulliangha.
Regardless of the fact that the three guards of Wuliangha followed Handu on the westward expedition, they suffered a lot of casualties. But compared to their gains, it can be said to be a huge profit. Once the three guards of Wuliangha return to Liaodong, they will definitely grow rapidly.
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Samarkand.
Since Timur's Western Expedition, he has won consecutive battles, and such great achievements have even infected the people of the country. Fu An and Chen Wende walked side by side on the street, and the Timurid people they saw were all arrogant. Even when facing Fu An and Chen Wende, they looked at them with a condescending look.
"Huh! What a bunch of frogs in a well, they don't know how high the sky is!" Fu An narrowed his eyes and made a sound in his nose.
Chen Wende was more open-minded. He shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "What are you doing with them? If God wants to kill them, they must first make them crazy. If they regret it one day, why do you worry about them?"
Fu An and Chen Wende were both envoys of the Ming Dynasty, but Fu An came first and Chen Wende came later.
