Until this day, Timur's doubts finally reached their peak: because he saw that the Ming army actually began to dig the same trenches along the four sides of the city... and the direction of the trenches was towards the city wall. directional.
If you are encircling a point for reinforcements, even if you need to dig trenches, they should be dug in the outermost direction. How can any siege party dig defensive fortifications such as trenches between the city wall and their own soldiers and horses?
Could it be that when attacking a city, you have to go through your own fortifications first?
It seems like they are guarding the soldiers on the city wall?
For a moment, Emperor Timur's generals on the city couldn't tell who was the attacker and who was the defender.
Timur's feeling of uneasiness grew stronger and stronger. If Samarkand was a small city lacking supplies, then it would be reasonable for the Ming army to do this: they dug trenches to prevent the city from breaking out, and trapped them in the city to die over time. But this move is not easy to use against Samarkand. Samarkand is a big Silk Road city with abundant supplies. The food stored in the city is enough to feed the defenders for several years. Could the Ming army still be able to fight in this foreign land for several more years?
But they dug trenches... but what did they want?
What are the Ming army waiting for?
Timur was hesitant, but kept urging the craftsmen in the city to make firecrackers. He is a veteran general and knows that no matter what, the military strength of a general is the basis for confidence. Now that the situation is unclear, he can only find ways to increase his own combat strength to cope with future changes.
A few days later, the content of the preaching outside the city finally changed. After the defenders on the city received the shooting letter from the Ming army into the city, they immediately presented it to Timur.
"Ulugh Beg concealed the news of the Sultan's death and sent someone who looked similar to pretend to be the Sultan in order to seize the Sultan's position?" The person who read out the letter to Timur was Ulugh Beg himself. He looked at the contents of the letter and said, I just feel like I am laughing and crying. "Grandpa, Mahema and Khalil are probably crazy! They actually said these ridiculous words."
"Even the cries of crows and vultures are more beautiful than their words! The content of this shooting letter is simply a joke..."
The reason why I mentioned Ma Heima and Khalil is that the content of Gein’s letter was written jointly by Ma Heima and Khalil. It called on the generals in the city to kill the biggest evildoer. The fake Sultan and the traitor Ulugh Beg established the real Sultan and welcomed the Ming Dynasty's heavenly soldiers into the city...
Following Ulugh Beg's laughter, other generals of the Timur Empire also burst out laughing: Is the Sultan fake? Say something stupid. The despicable Akito has run out of tricks, so he wants to use this childlike trick to deceive them?
Only Timur sat on the gold throne and thought for a long time, and suddenly asked: "The Ming army has been besieging the city for half a month... Can you see any trace of reinforcements outside the city?"
Ulugh Beg was stunned, thought for a moment, and shook his head: "Sultan, no. I didn't see any people coming to help..."
Timur frowned, his face already very ugly. "There are many of our vassals around Samarkand. Logically speaking, the news that the sultan was besieged should have spread long ago. Why didn't any of the vassals come to the capital to rescue?...***, do you have anyone among your troops? We successfully brought back the message, what is the situation outside?" He asked sternly his other grandson, Pierre ***, who was in charge of the sentinel.
Pierre *** didn’t know why his grandfather suddenly lost his temper. He had no choice but to go out and kneel in front of Timur: "Dear grandfather, my great Sultan, our expedition horse did not bring back News from outside the city."
"The Ming army is too wary of the sentries in the city. And now that they have dug trenches, it is even more difficult for our people to go out of the city to find out the news. This matter has been reported to you before... "
He said carefully. A few days ago, he had clearly reported that it was difficult for Tan Ma to get out of the city to investigate. At that time, his grandfather clearly advised him that it was okay, saying that it was not easy to go out to investigate when the Ming army was besieging the city. Forget it...
Why are you suddenly criticizing this matter in public now?
Timur's face became even more ugly. He realized that he seemed to have been plotted by the Ming army again... In the eyes of these people in the city, the Ming army
It is ridiculous to say that you are dead, but what about the eyes of people in other places? .
His orders can spread throughout Samarkand, so everyone in Samarkand knows that their sultan is not dead... But what about the people in other places? Now his orders are trapped within the city walls of Samarkand, unable to spread at all and unable to show up elsewhere... At this time, those people got the news of his death, and they will still fight for a dead sultan. And choose to fight to the death with the Ming army?
Not to mention, there are two unfilial grandsons, Ma Heima and Khalil, who are helping the Ming army spread the news of his death! This undoubtedly proves that he is really dead!
Even though he was defeated by the Ming Dynasty, Timur didn't actually have much panic in his heart: he had experienced too many ups and downs, and had already developed an extremely tough heart and strong self-confidence. He firmly believed that it was just his temporary disadvantage. As long as he bought time, he would eventually be able to make a comeback and defeat Ming Dynasty and completely wash away the shame on himself.
However, now, he rarely felt flustered: as the sultan of Timur's empire, this was the first time that he felt very clearly that the authority he controlled was being lost at an extremely fast speed.
If everyone except Samarkand believes that he is dead, his orders will not be able to leave this isolated city...
What kind of sultan am I?
"Breakthrough." Timur suddenly squeezed the armrest of the throne, and there were actually five fingerprints on the armrest made of pure gold. He stared hard at Pierre *** and ordered him in an unquestionable voice: "With your people, you must break out of the Ming army's encirclement tonight."
"Make this Sultan's order known to all parts of the empire...and ask them to come to King Qin of Samarkand quickly..."
"But, but grandfather..." *** was shocked and couldn't help but said, "But the Ming army's defense is really..."
"I'm afraid I can't..."
"If you can't do it." Timur's voice suddenly turned cold. "Then you die outside the city."
He has many children and grandchildren, and he is still in the prime of life, so he will not regret a mere grandson.
When Mr. Pierre heard this, his whole body trembled suddenly. He knew that it was useless to say anything, so he had to grit his teeth and then led the people out of the palace.
Timur's eyes were as cold as ice, and he stared coldly at the direction in which his grandson was leaving: If this was the plan of the Ming army, then as long as they broke through the siege and had people carry their own handwriting and spread it to various places, the clumsy lies of the Ming army would Naturally, it will destroy itself without attacking.
There is a saying among the Han people that only a thousand days can catch a thief, but there is no such thing as a thousand days to guard against a thief. No matter how tight the Ming army's defense was, it would never be watertight. After eliminating the reinforcements coming to King Qin, the Ming army must also find a way to break through Samarkand.
Moreover, judging from their efforts in using this strategy, the Ming army is probably quite confident that they can break the city...
In the end, what methods did the two princes of the Ming Dynasty have to destroy the city? Timur's eyebrows knitted together tightly.
