Suleiman's order was like a knife, cutting the hearts of Anatolian leaders and soldiers.
But in the face of Shaharul's fatal charge, the Anatolians also knew that they must fight, otherwise they would die.
Under the urging of Prince Suleiman of Bayezid, the Anatolian soldiers plucked up the courage and charged towards Shaharul's cavalry. Seeing that they were only fifty steps away from the opponent, and when the confrontation was about to begin, a strange A scene appeared.
Shaharul's cavalry seemed to have encountered the waves of the mountain head-on, splitting directly in the middle, and there was a large area of empty space in the middle.
What the hell is this?
The Anatolian soldiers didn't know what was going on. Suleiman who was watching the battle was also a little surprised. How could the center of the battlefield between cavalry and cavalry be left empty? Isn't this a taboo for military strategists?
Once the Anatolian cavalry inserts through the gap in the middle, Shaharul's cavalry formation faces the risk of being cut in half. Once the cavalry is divided, it is likely to lose its combat effectiveness and then be disintegrated. combat effectiveness.
As the fourth son of Timur, Shaharul is said to be quite wise and not stupid. How could he use such stupid tactics?
Just when Suleiman and the Anatolian cavalry were confused, a horrifying scene suddenly appeared.
I saw the Timur cavalry in front of me in twos and twos, and behind the cavalry was a half-rope, half-iron chain. At one end of the chain, there was a huge orange-red fireball with flaming flames, and black smoke was spraying from the top of the fireball. .
"Greek Fire!"
Suleiman's voice became sharp, and his whole body couldn't help but tremble.
This kind of fireball is a nightmare for Suleiman, no, for the Ottoman sergeant, a lingering nightmare!
Greek fire, legend has it, was a secret weapon of the Eastern Roman Empire that could burn on water and was originally used in naval battles. The Arabs suffered great losses under Greek fire and called it Greek fire, Greek gunpowder. Byzantium possessed this secret weapon and called it ocean fire, liquid fire, and artificial fire.
One of the reasons why Eastern Rome lasted for thousands of years and survived crisis after crisis was because of its powerful and mysterious Greek fire. The Crusaders faced the Greek fire and left these words:
"Whenever the enemy attacks us with Greek fire, all we do is kneel down and pray to God for salvation."
Suleiman knew about Greek fire and had seen Greek fire. The reason was very simple, because the Ottoman Empire annexed almost the entire Byzantium and had only one city, which was Constantinople. One of the reasons why it was not conquered was that the city had Greek fire!
The Ottoman sergeant had suffered, so he was naturally afraid.
Although the Anatolian cavalry had never seen the fireball jumping on the plains with their own eyes, they knew very well that people cannot be burned by fire...
But the forward has already charged in, and there are still Timur's cavalry on the left and right. If you want to turn around and run back, you first need to overcome the forward inertia, then turn the horse's head, accelerate, and run away, but all of this takes time.
Unfortunately, they ran out of time.
The fireball was pulled by the cavalry and rolled before, and then the cavalry separated left and right. The rope holding the fireball was broken. The fireball flew forward and hit the cavalry in front of it.
boom!
The flames of the fireball suddenly burst into flames, and black liquid continued to fly out. Along with the flames, the horses, cavalry, and swords continued to burn.
The war horse howled and fell to the ground. The cavalry was pinned under the horse and could not get out at all. The flames continued to burn, and it seemed that even the ground was on fire.
If Zhu Yunwen were here, he would definitely be able to tell what kind of Greek fire this is. Isn't this just thick oil?
The West has Western weapons, and the East has Eastern weapons.
Different roads, different tactics, but they all have the same purpose, which is to win!
The Anatolian cavalry completely lost the will to fight. There was the unstoppable Timur cavalry in front of them, and there was Greek fire that could burn everything. In addition, they had been traveling for two consecutive days and had not even had a sip of water here. If the fight continues like this, it will be completely over.
Suleiman didn't think so much. Seeing that the Anatolian cavalry stopped moving, he issued the most severe military order: "Behead those who retreat!"
The Anatolian cavalry finally understood that going forward was death, and going backward was also death. They were like sandwiched bread with no way out. Faced with this situation, the Anatolian cavalry leaders began to discuss countermeasures, and the soldiers suddenly became uneasy after hearing the news.
"Don't forget who killed our relatives, don't forget our ancestors, we shouldn't sacrifice our lives for the Ottoman sergeants, we need to unite with Timur's army to restore our khanate!"
The leader shouted loudly, and then beheaded the Ottoman general who was supervising him.
At this point, the Anatolian cavalry could no longer resist. Except for the dead Anatolians, the others began to turn their horses and charge against the Ottoman army, which was their master not long ago.
Shaharul saw this scene, ordered his troops to press forward, cooperated with the Anatolian cavalry to attack, and issued a slogan to capture Suleiman alive.
There was an interesting scene in the battle between Timur and Bayezid.
On the eastern battlefield, Stefan led the heavy cavalry and pounced on Miransha's army like a lion. His spears were like poisonous snakes, sweeping across the area. Even though Miransha was the third son of Tamerlane and had a reputation for being fierce, he still wasn't. Stefan's opponent organized his army three times, and was torn apart by Stefan three times!
Stefan deserves to be the most powerful warrior in Serbia and an important general under Bayezid. He used his own strength to prove that the Serbian cavalry is powerful and cannot be easily defeated by anyone!
On the western battlefield, due to the impact of Shaharul's cavalry, the emergence of Greek fire, and especially the rebellion of the Anatolian cavalry, Suleiman had to invest his elite troops in a hasty response, but the result was a steady retreat.
Timur was in charge of the central army. Although the left and right wings were several miles away from the central army, Timur was still aware of the changes on the battlefield.
The current situation was somewhat beyond Timur's expectations. The left wing had gained an advantage, but the right wing was at a disadvantage.
Timur carefully asked Miran Shah's messenger on the right: "Did Miran Shah ask for help?"
The messenger gritted his teeth and shouted: "No!"
Timur lowered his head and fell into thinking. Mirasha was his son. He had extremely strong combat capabilities. Although Stefan was very powerful, it was still impossible to completely defeat Mirasha in a short period of time.
The only thing that worries people is that if Bayezid sends elites to support Stefan at this stage, Milan Shah will most likely be unable to support the battle.
"Send the order, the Chinese army goes out to fight!"
In order to force Bayezid to support Stefan without allocating his main force and maintain the entire situation, Timur decided to press the Chinese army. Only his own central army can suppress Bayezid's central army.
At this moment, Bayezid was also caught in a dilemma. Stefan defeated Mirasha's army three times, tearing apart the opponent's formation again and again, but each time, he was unable to completely penetrate and defeat Mirasha. It's because Stefan's army is not large in number. Even with all his strength, it is impossible to annihilate Milansha, who has the numerical advantage, in a short period of time.
Stefan asked Bayezid again and again for support to devote the most elite fighting force to completely disintegrate Timur's right wing, then break the deadlock and flank Timur's center army from the right wing to win victory.
Bayezid hesitated. After all, Timur's central army had not yet moved. He rashly moved the reserve army, his most powerful Xipaxi heavy cavalry, to the left wing. Once Timur's central army launched an attack, he would rely solely on The pike infantry and guards in front of him may not be able to stop him.
Just when Bayezid was hesitant, Timur's central army launched an attack. Bayezid was relieved that he did not send a reserve army, but the next news made Bayezid almost can not breath.
"Sultan, it's bad. The Anatolian cavalry has rebelled, and Prince Suleiman is in danger."
"What?"
Bayezid broke out in a cold sweat. The Anatolian cavalry numbered nearly 20,000, his own army totaled more than 80,000, and Suleiman's right wing totaled 30,000. So many people rebelled all of a sudden. Then wasn't Suleiman surrounded?
The nearly 20,000 Anatolian cavalry may not be a match for Suleiman's elite cavalry, but there is a more powerful enemy in front of Suleiman, Timur's son Shaharul!
Bayezid was anxious to get angry, and immediately ordered his third son, Muhammad Celebi, to bring the Sipaxi heavy cavalry to support the right wing and must rescue Suleiman.
Suleiman is Bayezid's eldest son and Bayezid's designated successor. He cannot be compromised here!
Muhammad Celebi set off with the reserve army of Sipahi heavy cavalry. This was the most elite heavy cavalry in the Ottoman Empire and the strongest fighting force of Bayezid. They were fully clothed and had extraordinary combat power.
At this time, Bayezid no longer had the mind to think about whether Stefan's request was reasonable, nor did he have the mind to worry about Suleiman, because Timur's central army launched a charge, and the thirty-two war elephants were like a wall. , the whole earth began to tremble.
Bayezid ordered the infantry to attack. The infantry were armed with long spears. The spears were very long, much longer than the spears of the Ming Dynasty at the same time. The spears of the Ming Dynasty were usually a little taller than people, simply over ten feet, but the spears of Western pikemen were , it is too common to exceed one foot, but the longest one can even reach two feet, which is converted to six meters.
However, the spears in the hands of Bayezid's pikemen were only one and a half feet. When faced with soldiers and elite Timurid cavalry, this kind of infantry often had only one fate:
die.
But Bayezid needs them to die. They will use their lives to hold back Timur's cavalry and slow down his cavalry, and then they will mobilize their own guard cavalry, which is the main force in the decisive battle.
The Ottoman infantry endured thirst and exhaustion, held their spears tightly in their hands, formed an array, and stepped forward step by step. On the opposite side were well-fed and energetic war elephants and cavalry!
