"Ten miles of erosion?" Everyone was shocked. Zhu Di was still suspicious and said: "Fifth brother, please don't try to trick me... Isn't this nonsense that you used to deceive the Japanese people in the past?"
"If it can really be destroyed for ten miles...what's the point of Timur? Why not get it earlier?"
"Haha, ten miles of erosion is indeed an exaggeration. However, the power of the cannon is definitely beyond your imagination, Fourth Brother." Zhu Su said. "After this battle, Tamerlane no longer dares to show his head out of the city. As long as we blast open his turtle shell with cannons, the overall situation can be said to be settled."
Zhu Su was full of confidence in what he said, but the generals in the tent were still a little doubtful. Zhang Ding said, "Your Highness, you want to blow open the city wall?"
"Unless someone is doubting it...the walls of Samarkand City are even thicker than those of the former Yuan capital and today's Peking Prefecture of China."
"Your Highness, I have never thought of suggesting that the army launch artillery." Fei Juye said. "But looking at the thickness of the city wall, even if hundreds of reciprocating cannons are fired, it will take a long time to break open such a large city."
"Your Highness, the cannons you brought are only about a dozen...is this reliable?"
Zhu Su was unwilling to bear the sacrifice of storming the city, and Fei Ju understood. However, if the cannon fails to attack the city and wastes this good opportunity today, it will be a waste that outweighs the gain. .bμν.
"Please don't worry, Marquis Pingliang." Zhu Su said. "Cannon fire is everywhere, the city will be opened!"
Although the wall of Samarkand is thick, it is only made of bricks and stones, and the method of building the wall is already a craft hundreds of years ago... And these newly cast cannons made by Baoyuan Bureau, although they have not overcome some problems, are particularly special. It is bulky, but in terms of power alone, it has even surpassed the red cannon of the late Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Su was very confident in using heavy firepower that was hundreds of years ahead of this era to attack a city that was still using the same construction techniques as a hundred years ago.
Timur was in a hurry when he returned to the city.
Unlike the majestic and high-spirited army when they left the city, the army looked very embarrassed after returning to the city. They originally received instructions to attack and break out of the siege at all costs, but suddenly the situation took a turn for the worse. The Sultan changed his order overnight and asked them to return to the city...
A courageous Sultan can certainly inspire the fighting spirit of his subordinates. But when the Sultan suddenly retreated, this fighting spirit dissipated as it should.
No one has the heart to sing that war hymn in praise of Timur anymore.
"Sultan, after the Ming army has won such a great victory, they may take advantage of the situation to attack the city... Please gather your troops quickly. If it is later, I am afraid..." Timur's grandson Ulugh Beg came to Timur. Next to him, he quietly reported. He looked at many generals with vigilant eyes and reminded Timur. Those generals were already somewhat afraid of the Ming army, but they only gained courage because the Sultan personally went out to fight in the city. But now that the Sultan has been defeated... no one knows whether these people may have alienated intentions.
Timur was also worried about this. The victory of the Ming army was too devastating. That terrible army had destroyed the original invincibility of the imperial soldiers. Moreover, there was also the heat that could fly in the sky. balloon……
Being able to make people fly in the sky is undoubtedly the power of gods in this era. Originally, Tamerlane thought that he could restrain the armies in the name of religion, but now he no longer feels confident.
"Go, take my personal guards and command the generals to defend against the Ming army's attack." Timur said. At the end, he added: "...Remember, all generals must deploy their forces in a unified manner."
The current situation is chaotic, but it is also a good time to take back military power.
Ulugh Beg understood and accepted the order and left. Timur calmed down and began to think about whether there were any other chances of victory... Now that his army had lost its vigor, it was impossible to break through. For the current plan, the only way is to guard the city wall honestly. Perhaps after repelling several attacks by the Ming army, the soldiers can regain their courage.
The Ming army's food and grass could not last long. As long as you hold on to the city, you still have a chance. But if he could only defend the city, why did he break through just now, and why did he suffer so many losses?
Thinking of this, Timur felt that his heart was really blocked...
one night
In the past, Timur stayed up all night, and the Ming army did not take advantage of the situation to attack the city, which really surprised Timur. But precisely because of this, he successfully gathered all the military power of his many generals who were afraid of the Ming army's attack on the city, and assigned them to his sons and grandsons who were least likely to betray him.
The palace was no longer occupied, and Timur himself stood on the tower, preparing to guard the city gate.
"Sultan, the Ming army seems to be preparing to attack the city." Ulugh Beg said.
Timur squinted his eyes and saw several elephants pulling something in front of the Ming army formation. Elephant soldiers are an army of the Kingdom of Delhi. Tamerlane has also seen them before. Although they are considered powerful, they have no effectiveness in siege.
What Timur was most afraid of was the big ball that could fly in the sky, but the Ming army seemed to have no intention of using that big ball to attack the city again, which made Timur sigh with relief.
"It doesn't matter." He shouted to boost the morale of the soldiers. "Originally, last night was the best opportunity for the Ming army to break through the city. The foolish Ming people missed this opportunity, giving the empire's warriors a chance to breathe."
"Now that the warriors of the empire have recovered, it will be absolutely impossible for Akito to attack the city again. If they dare to attack the city, we will use their blood to wash away the shame of last night!"
If in the past, Timur boosted morale like this, the whole army would have responded with a roar. But today, after the surrounding soldiers heard this, they remained silent and lacked the previous vigor.
This made Timur extremely angry.
Fortunately, these words still made sense, and more or less, they calmed down the originally anxious Timur Emperor's army.
"Prepare your bows and arrows, Mingren is coming... Hey, what is that?" Seeing the changes in the formations of the Ming army, Ulugh Bo was still scolding the soldiers to prepare for the rain of arrows, but out of the corner of his eye he saw Mingren coming from the back of the elephant. After untying something, he unloaded it on the ground and began to tinker with it.
Timur also saw it, and his heart suddenly jumped.
He has now summed up his experience. Once the Ming army comes up with something they have never seen before, it will definitely be bad!
Sure enough, after a stick of incense, the Ming army's thing was finally ready. Timur was on guard in his heart when he suddenly heard a "boom" and a black thing flew towards the city wall at an extremely fast speed. Come.
Before Timur could avoid it, the thing hit the city wall at his feet hard.
Then, the earth shook!
