There had been news before that the Ottoman army had gathered a million troops to kill them.
Today, the Crimean Khanate, a vassal state of the Ottoman Empire, has so many cavalry troops. It can be seen that the Ottoman army coming to attack Baghdad is not far away, even if it does not have a million troops.
The total number of Ming troops defending Baghdad was only 50,000. This disparity in military strength affects people's hearts the most, at least the morale of Persian soldiers.
Seeing this scene, the Jinyi guards at all levels responsible for ideological work began to work.
They did not beat or scold these Persian soldiers, they just smiled and chatted with them in a confident tone.
"It's just some Mongolian cavalry, no big deal. Our Ming Dynasty has already swept across the Mongolian grasslands, and it's easy to deal with them!"
"Soldiers are more expensive than finesse. Even if the Ottoman army comes in larger numbers, it will never be able to withstand a single blow in front of our Ming army. Even if there are millions of troops, what's the use?"
"This is not a big talk. In our Chinese history, there are many examples of defeating more with less. The Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Chibi, the Battle of Feishui, etc. Look back and learn more about our Chinese history. You will know that when we Chinese fight, we use all kinds of tricks. What kind of war has not happened?"
"To put it simply, twelve years ago, Duke Xingguo led 30,000 troops, not even 50,000, to rescue Kaifeng City, but there were millions of bandits. What was the result? With negligible casualties, He killed millions of thieves and fled in rout. They were the troops of Li Zicheng who had escaped from Persia before."
"The same goes for Zhang Xianzhong, who was also led by Duke Xingguo. Due to the power of God, his men surrendered one after another. Zhang Xianzhong's army of hundreds of thousands collapsed and fled in an instant."
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When the Persian soldiers heard these examples, they suddenly felt that it was indeed true. It seems that even if you have more troops, you may not be able to win!
In particular, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng's bandits were famous in Persia. But even so, he was still chased all the way by the Ming army. Doesn't this just show how powerful the Ming army is?
Thinking of this, their reason came back. There is no need for the Jinyi Guards and Supervisors to say anything, they all thought about it themselves.
If he couldn't defeat the Ottoman army, or if he was unsure, it would be impossible for Governor Sun to stay here after receiving the news!
Even if the Persians were killed, the local soldiers of the Ming Empire were not afraid at all. In this case, what do people like me have to fear? No matter how valuable I am, can I be more valuable than the local soldiers of the Ming Dynasty? Is it more valuable than these royal guards and supervisors and Governor Sun?
Besides, after receiving the news, Baghdad moved all the people downstream. Today's Baghdad is already a military city, and it has been hoarding supplies. It is obvious that it has been waiting for this battle for a long time, and it must be fought with confidence!
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With all these thoughts, the most important thing is that the Persian soldiers saw the calmness of the local soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. Under the influence of such an atmosphere, they finally felt relieved.
The uneasiness of meeting the Ottoman army for the first time, as well as the fear that the Ottoman army had always suppressed in the hearts of the Persians, slowly disappeared under the confidence of the Ming army.
At night, Ming troops in Baghdad could be seen patrolling nervously, seemingly fearing that people from the Crimean Khanate would steal the city.
However, people in the Crimean Khanate would never know that in the Governor's Palace in Baghdad, Sun Chuanting was telling Huang Degong and Yan Yingyuan: "You two, wait until dawn tomorrow to lead the cavalry to raid these Mongols. Remember. , just grab the Khan King’s flag and attack, and the ammunition will be almost returned!”
"General, I obey!" After hearing this, Huang Degong and Yan Yingyuan immediately accepted the order with clasped fists.
From the beginning of the Western Expedition, the Ming Dynasty considered that its opponents would be Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng, so the generals it transferred had nothing to do with these two parties. In other words, Li Guo, Li Laiheng, Yuan Zongdi, or Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, etc., all did not participate in the Western Expedition, or they were only transferred to the Oirat Mongolia to fight against the Tsarist Russian army.
This is not because they are afraid that they will rebel, but when they were recruited by the court, they had already promised them that they would not be allowed to fight with the original bandits.
Therefore, none of the soldiers who came from the Western Expedition were from bandits, or in other words, they were not generals from Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.
At this time, Sun Chuanting looked at the two of them, his expression was still cold, but he had no expression, and told them: "In this battle, fight harder and harder, give these Mongols a disincentive, and also give the Ottomans who are coming If someone shows off his power, he will kill their power, do you understand?"
When two armies meet, the brave one wins! Huang Degong and Yan Yingyuan were both generals who had fought hundreds of battles, so they naturally knew the importance of morale to the army. Without saying much, they both clasped their fists again and accepted the order: "General, I understand!"
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At dawn the next day, when the sky was just a little bright, Huang Degong and Yan Yingyuan led 10,000 cavalry troops and quietly left Baghdad, and then began to gallop towards the Mongolian camp in the distance.
Of course, there are vigilant sentries on the Crimean Khanate side. Soon they discovered that the Ming army had actually launched an attack on them, and immediately issued a warning.
However, it was impossible to say that the Crimeans were not tired when they traveled from their home country to the Ottomans, then gathered from the Ottomans, and fought all the way to Baghdad as the vanguard.
Moreover, behind them were hundreds of thousands of Ottoman troops, and in front of them were only 50,000 Ming troops.
When they thought about it, the Ming army had so few troops and only slightly more troops than them. It was too late to hide in the city to defend them, so how could they take the initiative to send troops to attack them!
Therefore, although it is customary for them to send sentries to prevent sneak attacks. But these Crimean people, from top to bottom, from their Khan Mohammad Grai IV to ordinary Crimean Tatars, were not mentally prepared to be attacked by surprise.
When an alarm is suddenly heard, the reaction speed is naturally different from one who is mentally prepared.
When the Ming army reached the Crimean Tatar camp, the Tatar tribes reacted at different speeds and hurriedly began to fight.
"Damn it, these Ming people are crazy!" Muhammad Glei IV said bitterly while hurriedly dressing up, "Since you have to give us credit, let me kill you ruthlessly! We only have 10,000 cavalry. , just want to kill 40,000 of us, it’s just a dream!”
As he was talking, he suddenly heard intensive gunshots coming from outside.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
Just hearing this sound, Mohammed Grai IV was shocked, because he knew that there were not many firearms in his army, and so many dense gunfire must come from the Ming army.
Just hearing such a loud gunshot, he couldn't help but ask: "How many troops are there from the Ming army?"
"Great Khan, the Ming army is probably... probably only ten thousand people!"
After hearing this, Muhammad Glei IV didn't believe it at all. He hurriedly rushed out of the tent and looked towards the other side of the battle: There were only ten thousand people, how could there be such dense gunfire?
As the commander-in-chief of the entire army, his yurt was naturally stationed in the middle and on a slightly higher ground. Therefore, after Mohammad Grai IV got out of the tent, he mounted his horse and looked around, and saw the situation at the battle site at once.
I saw that the Ming army had already entered the camp and was heading towards him. At the edge of the Ming army and horses, there was smoke and gunfire, and the Tatars fell in pieces, including men and horses.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
Amidst the intensive gunfire, I saw that the accomplices in front were beaten into sieves, but the other Tatars still dared to step forward. Even those in front of the Ming army hurriedly avoided it.
"Oh no, Khan, those Ming troops are coming to kill us!"
"Khan, please get out of the way. The Ming army is too sharp, so you should avoid its sharpness!"
"Khan, the firearm in the hands of the Ming army can fire three shots in a row. The firepower is too strong. Move quickly!"
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Amidst the noise, Muhammad Glei IV also saw clearly that the firearms in the hands of the Ming army soldiers were relatively large and seemed to have three to five holes that could eject fireworks. Obviously, the barrels of the guns were capable of shooting. No wonder There was so much gunfire.
Their Crimea is far away from the Ming Dynasty. If they were close, they would know that the Ming Dynasty cavalry has always had this kind of weapon called the three-eyed gun. There are also a small number of four-eyed gun and five-eyed gun.
Originally, when the Ming Dynasty cavalry encountered the enemy, they would dismount their horses and form a formation, then light the match rope, ignite the gunpowder, and fire the multi-eyed blunderbuss.
However, these multi-eyed blunderbuss in the hands of the Ming Dynasty cavalry have been improved by the War and War Bureau. They were changed to flint hair, so they don't have to dismount to light them.
In addition, the gunpowder of the Ming army all used white gunpowder, which is smokeless gunpowder, which is three times more powerful than black gunpowder. The lethality of this cavalry weapon at close range was greatly improved. After the attack, there is no time to reload, but it can be used as a hammer to attack the enemy.
At this time, the Crimean Khan was still observing. Huang Degong and Yan Yingyuan saw the Khan's flag and rushed to kill him.
When Mohammed Grai IV saw this, he could no longer care about anything else. He hurriedly fled first, and naturally he could not care about command.
When other Crimean leaders saw that their Khan was being attacked, they came to the rescue one after another. However, things happened in a hurry, and their subordinates were not fully assembled. There was even a situation where you were in my way and I was blocking your way. It was very confusing.
Just like that, the Crimean camp was in chaos.
Muhammad Grai IV fled in front, with the Ming cavalry chasing behind. Other Tatar leaders chased the Ming army, or tried to stop them but were broken up by their own king.
From a distance, it looks like a torrent galloping across the gray ocean, like a shark among a school of fish.
The Persian officers and soldiers of the Ming Army arrived, and each one of them shouted excitedly.
