In fact, the guards around Zhu Su were also on guard against the cold arrows during the melee.
However, the arrows were actually unable to cause much damage to Zhu Su and his guards. Each of the personal guards wears armor forged from hundreds of refined steel. Even if they encounter a rain of arrows, they can only cover their faces with their wrists, and it will pass after a hard fight. Ordinary arrows cannot attack them at all. How much damage was caused, not to mention that Zhu Su's armor was more sophisticated and he wore an extra soft armor inside.
Coupled with the cover of personal guards, ordinary cold arrows are of little use.
However, muskets are different. Ming Dynasty's current firearms have been upgraded with cone-shaped bullets, and their armor-piercing capabilities have been greatly improved. Timur's musket was obviously confiscated from a certain Ming soldier on the battlefield.
It doesn't matter if it's a cold arrow. Although Timur has already become a bastard, he is still a Mongolian force after all, so it's expected to use a cold arrow. But he suddenly pulled out his musket, which caught everyone off guard. It was as if a guy known as the Sword Master had pulled out a blunderbuss during a martial arts competition, or a barbarian tribe in the mountains had launched a cannon during a battle. It was full of a sense of disobedience.
Fortunately, someone was still alert and pushed Zhu Su hastily and blocked him.
However, Timur was obviously not very good at turning the fire blunderbuss. I don't know whether it was good luck or bad luck. The bludgeon fired did not hit Zhu Su's covered vitals, but it went sideways. A little.
It failed to hit Zhu Su and the bodyguard, but it just happened to pass by Zhu Su's shoulder, and a string of sparks burst out.
This scene was seen by many Ming army generals.
"Guard your Highness!" The dead souls of everyone emerged, instantly blocking Zhu Su's body with water. Even the Ming army in the distance suddenly gathered towards Zhu Su in panic: they only saw a spark on Zhu Su's armor, but they did not see clearly whether Zhu Su himself was really shot.
As a result, the Ming army's formation was slightly chaotic. Timur took advantage of this opportunity and led the Mamluk cavalry to turn their horses around and escape from the encirclement.
Things can't be done anymore. If you force yourself to step forward, the best you can do is to end up dying together. As a hero, Timur naturally knows the importance.
"Nothing, I, the king, have nothing to do... pursue the thieves!" Zhu Su spent a lot of effort to reorganize the slightly chaotic Ming army. After all, Timur did not have Zhang Dingbian's ability to penetrate thousands of armies. But if he were allowed to escape unscathed, a good opportunity would be wasted. Zhu Su endured the burning pain in his left shoulder and personally led his troops to pursue Timur. However, Timur was extremely decisive and did not hesitate to abandon hundreds of Mamluk cavalry and send them back.
He died, and then he broke out of the encirclement with dozens of cavalry.
Subsequently, Timur's army began to fight and retreat, abandoning this battlefield.
"This cripple!" Zhang Ding chased for several miles. After he was sure that he could not catch up with Timur, he stopped his horse and stopped pursuing. The thieves chief took the initiative to retreat, and the Ming army could be said to have won. However, Timur led the crowd to rush to Zhu Su's formation and then calmly came out, which once again coated his body with a layer of golden light.
In this way, even if he is defeated this time, his personal reputation will not be greatly affected. The goal that I had previously negotiated to greatly damage Timur's reputation and cause the Timur Empire to fall apart could not be achieved.
If he were really lucky enough to kill King Zhou... he would be able to turn defeat into victory and gain great prestige.
And the stake... is his own safety.
"What a decisive decision, what a hero." Zhu Su also praised in his heart, but the look in his eyes became colder. Although the projectile just missed it, his left shoulder was now completely numb and so soft that he couldn't use any force at all. However, he knew that this was not the time to suspend his troops and treat his injuries. If Timur wanted to withdraw, his side would have to bite off as much flesh on him as possible and make every effort to weaken his strength.
If you miss this time, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult in the future.
It was obvious that Zhu Di and Fei Ju had the same plan as Zhu Su. Seeing the black army retreating, Timur's army began to retreat, and both armies cheered up. Although they didn't understand why Timur was clearly defeated, their morale was still strong. But when they saw that Zhu Su's King of Zhou banner was still there, they suppressed their worries and began to command the Ming army to launch a fierce attack on Timur's army. .
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Erbihu cut off his tail, leaving more than 20,000 elite cutters behind, and he quickly evacuated the battlefield with ten thousand people. Although they were victorious, Timur still preserved some elite troops that were enough to intimidate the forces in the country, which made Zhu Su and Zhu Di still solemn in their hearts.
"Your Highnesses, Sultan Timur sent an envoy to request a truce with us, and is willing to return the occupied land in Yili, give up the title of the Golden Family, and become a vassal of our Ming Dynasty..." In the Yanshan Camp, A soldier was kneeling on one knee, reporting on the uninvited guests in the camp today.
"Haha, the lone wolf has returned to his lair and started licking his wounds." Zhu Di sneered, his eyes full of coldness. "Seek peace? Do you think we will fall into this clumsy delaying strategy?".
"It's not necessarily a delaying strategy," Zhu Su said. At this time, he was wearing a large robe with several circles of bandages wrapped around it, and his face looked a little haggard. But he still stood up and came to the map.
"Since the thieves chief withdrew into Kangju City three days ago, he has issued an order to recruit the princes from all over the empire to come to the city to serve the king. Unfortunately, although the princes did not raise their flags, only a few came to help..."
"What Timur urgently needs now is to quickly subdue the princes and re-establish the majesty of the sultan of his empire... The half of the country that we captured is not that important anymore."
Zhu Di nodded and waved his hand for the soldier to retreat. The so-called envoy can wait for a few days, as the Ming Dynasty is no longer in a hurry. He stood next to Zhu Su, looked at the map and said: "The city of Kangju is high and deep. The more than 10,000 defeated troops taken away by Timur plus the original defenders in the city. Even though there are not many princes from Timur's empire rushing to help, the city has the least There are tens of thousands of troops... but it’s really hard to get out for a while.”
Kangju, later known as "Samarkand", is the oldest and richest city in Central Asia and a hub on the Silk Road. Yelu Chucai said: "The Westerners who sought Gan were named Yunfeiye because of the fertile land." During the Tang Dynasty, for a period of time it was the Governor's Mansion of Jisi, whose full name was "Kangju Governor's Mansion", and is now the Timurid Empire. The capital is located in the largest city in Central Asia.
"Fourth brother, do you think we should negotiate peace with the bandit chief?" Zhu Su asked Zhu Di.
"Hmm...I haven't figured it out either. But our army sent troops to the Timurid Empire for two reasons: one is to open up the country of Li, and to control the country that used to be the Chagatai Khanate, its homeland. It was plundered by Timur, and now it is also trying to annex the Great Khan to our Ming Dynasty. As the suzerain state, our Ming Dynasty should stand up for it."
"Both, Timur calls himself the Golden Family, and wants to take over the entire territory of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. His ambition is obvious. In the past, my father pinched his nose and recognized that the Ming Dynasty was unified from the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. Naturally, the Ming Dynasty also wanted to win over the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. The great righteousness of the Yuan Dynasty in the past... One mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, so I, the Ming Dynasty, should destroy Timur and then hurry up."
"Now Timur is willing to take the title of the Golden Family, and he is also willing to surrender to me, the Ming Dynasty, just like Yili Bili. These two major reasons have been eliminated by this guy's scheme."
"If our army still wants to attack by force, we need to think of other righteous reasons."
Zhu Di said. His goal was not only the country of Tamerlane. The Ming Dynasty is a country of etiquette. If it wants to truly conquer all nations, it must not give up the name of righteousness.
Otherwise, they will just be like Attila and other conquerors in the past. Although their military might can conquer all nations, they are just piles of sand. Once the wind blows one day, they will instantly scatter without a trace.
