Upon hearing this, the Ottoman security troops immediately raised their shields, and even had special large shields covered with cotton wool to protect against lead bullets, while other soldiers stretched out their spears or muskets to fire.
Their defense method is absolutely effective against ordinary muskets and bows. The Ming cavalry will not be able to do anything to them for a while, and then the subsequent cavalry and infantry will come up as reinforcements.
But who would have expected that when the Ming cavalry rushed into these spacious trenches, they did not focus on firing or shooting. Instead, a group of cavalry jumped out of the team and threw things into the spacious trenches. .
As soon as the thing fell to the bottom of the trench, smoke and sparks soon erupted, and then it began to spin.
Those Ottomans were holding shields and the like, which could protect them from bows, arrows and lead bullets, but there was no way they could protect themselves from something they had never seen before. Thick smoke sprayed in from the cracks, and it was enough to choke just one breath.
Subconsciously, the Ottomans holding shields retracted their hands, covered their mouths and noses, and sprayed them on their heads. The sparks on their faces suddenly became a mess.
With that, the things that were spewing smoke and sparks fell to the ground. Right at the feet of the Ottomans, it began to spin and spray smoke and sparks, immediately causing greater chaos.
This is the first time the Ottomans have tasted this kind of Ming Dynasty firearm. This is the enemy of ten thousand people.
The most suitable place for tens of thousands of enemies is to defend the city wall. If you throw it under the city wall, the enemy will enjoy the "edification" of poisonous smoke and fire under the city wall, while your own side above the city wall will not be affected.
Similarly, throwing ten thousand enemies into trenches dug by the Ottomans themselves would have the same effect as defending the city. Therefore, Sun Chuanting immediately thought of cracking the Ottomans' simple siege method.
No, the Ottomans in the trench were in chaos by thousands of enemies. Who was still holding up a shield?
The soldiers of the Ming army stood on horseback and fired the three-eyed blunderbuss, four-eyed blunderbuss, and five-eyed blunderbuss in their hands. This kind of close-range attack is the most powerful of this kind of multi-eyed blunderbuss.
Just like that, almost as soon as the Ming cavalry arrived here, they eliminated the Ottoman security forces. Not stopping there, the cavalry also began to massacre the cannon fodder digging trenches.
Seeing that the Crimean Tatar cavalry was approaching, they turned back to Baghdad with a roar, leaving corpses on the ground. Thick smoke still lingered from the trenches to welcome the arrival of the Crimean Tatar cavalry.
In the distance, the commander-in-chief of the Ottoman Empire, Faqir, used a monocular to see the battle clearly, and he was so angry that he wanted to throw the monocular.
He wanted to vent, curse, and deal with people, but as far as this battle situation was concerned, there was no problem with the reinforcements from the Crimean Tatars. The problem was that the Ming army used a special kind of firearm, which just happened to Restrain this tactic of hiding in trenches!
"I can't do it anymore!" Faqir looked at the flag of the Ming army flying above the city of Baghdad and said viciously, "If you have the ability, then use it up and see who can outlast the other!"
Later, he readjusted his deployment and ordered his troops to dig multiple parallel warning trenches. If the Ming army attacked the front trench, the troops in the rear trench could support it with bows, arrows and firearms, increasing the Ming army's casualties.
It has to be said that this is how the confrontation between the two sides is. It is for both sides to show off their tricks. In the end, it depends on who has the upper hand and has the last laugh.
After Sun Chuanting saw Faqir's new tactics, he gave up his plan to send troops out of the city. He did not think about consuming troops with the Ottomans, even if the consumption ratio was one to three.
However, this also increased the amount of trench digging work for the Ottomans, and the time was also delayed.
Three days later, the Ottoman trenches were once again dug within less than half bow range of the city walls. In the past few days, the Ming army defending the city had not moved. This made the Ottomans think that the Ming army had no choice, so they all breathed a sigh of relief.
Some people even flattered Faqir, saying that this move was good because they were sure that the Ming army had few troops and did not dare to fight against the Ottoman army. It was high, it was really high!
Faqir was also very proud of this. Of course, as the prime minister of the Ottoman Empire, he did not show it superficially. He just waved his hands indifferently with a faint expression, as if he didn't care at all.
But who would have thought that at this moment, someone suddenly screamed: "Look, what is that?"
I saw something flying out from behind the wall of Baghdad. After a very beautiful parabola, it fell outside the city and hit the side of the trench.
Faqir was shocked when he saw it. He could tell immediately that this was not an artillery piece, but a catapult!
That's right, it's a catapult, and it's a counterweighted catapult. In other words, it's a catapult with controllable range and higher accuracy.
Since the Ottomans dug wide parallel trenches to prevent the Ming army from destroying the trenches, it is obvious that there are many trenches outside the city, and this catapult can be used just right.
The Ming army gunners on the city walls were the best at estimating the range of catapults. After seeing the distance at which the first stone fell, he immediately sent out resting projectile parameters to the city.
After a while, I saw many stones flying into the air on the other side of the city wall, with a whistling sound, and they smashed into the spacious trenches where troops were stationed outside the city.
Previously, these Ottoman security forces were already frightened when they saw the first stone thrown down. Because they knew that if they hid in the trench, they would be beaten.
However, the Persian emperors were all beheaded because of their incompetence in fighting. Without military orders, they did not dare to flee back.
While he was hesitating, the first batch of stones fell down.
"ah……"
Along with screams, several Ottomans were thrown into the trench and never came up again.
When the other Ottomans saw him, they would not care about military orders. If they did not escape, they might die now. All of a sudden, everyone fled out of the trench in embarrassment and fled back.
At this time, the muskets and bows on the city began to greet these "rats" who escaped from the ditch.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
"Bang bang bang..."
When all these movements disappeared, the only sounds on the battlefield were the groans of the injured but not dead Ottomans.
On top of the city of Baghdad, cheers from the Ming army rang out. The Ottomans outside the city were very quiet.
With a livid face, Faqir stared at the Ming army flags fluttering in the wind on top of the city of Baghdad, as if he wanted to blow out torches from his eyes to burn those flags.
Five or six days have passed, and there is still no threat to the walls of Baghdad.
If this continues, it will be dangerous if food is in short supply!
At this moment, Faqir made a decision and no longer used any strategies. Since there were more troops than the Ming army, it was just a matter of hard labor!
So he immediately gathered the generals to discuss matters and redeployed the combat strategy.
On the side far away from the Tigris River, deploy heavy troops and attack the city directly. On the other side of the city wall, tunnels were dug outside the range of the Ming army's bows and muskets, and tunnels were dug all the way to Baghdad to blow up the city wall.
Such a two-pronged approach, a combination of oddity and rightness, depends on how the Ming army responds. Even if it is a waste, the Ming army's combat power will be exhausted!
The next day, with the sound of war drums, the Ottoman army formed a formation and finally launched a siege battle in an upright manner.
Groups of Ottoman infantry, either holding shields, holding bows and arrows, or holding muskets, scattered in formation and began to approach the wall of Baghdad. Behind them were soldiers holding simple ladders.
On the Ming army's side, they were in a tight formation. No one fired, and they quietly waited for the Ottoman soldiers to enter the shooting range.
The thunderous war drums sounded in the sky above Baghdad, and the fangs of war have been exposed.
The Ottomans were obviously afraid of the artillery on top of the city of Baghdad. They did not dare to show off large-scale siege equipment, and they did not even dare to form a dense charging formation. In this case, the Ming army's artillery has not been bombarding.
"Kill..." Outside the city, the Ottomans shouted to build momentum.
On the top of the city, there was silence, as if there was no one there, and the people waiting there seemed to be wooden figures.
Finally, the Ottoman siege troops began to enter the fire range of the city, but Sun Chuanting did not give the order to fire, and the city remained quiet.
The Ottoman siege troops were getting closer and closer, and even reached the shooting range of the Ottomans. While they charged, they began to shoot at the top of the city indiscriminately.
At this time, I finally saw the handsome flag on the top of the city and issued an order.
The Ming army soldiers immediately pulled the trigger.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
Intensive gunfire rang out, gunpowder smoke filled the air, and a large-scale siege finally began.
Faqir had a gloomy face, looking at the battlefield from a distance with a monocular. With the continuous investment of troops, I don't believe that it can't cause large-scale destruction to the Ming army.
However, to his great surprise, the battle did not last long and his men retreated in defeat.
Suddenly, Faqir was furious. This was simply treating his military skills as child's play.
So, he immediately roared to kill all the generals to establish his power.
As a result, this report said: "Sir, xxx has been killed in battle!"
"Sir, xxx has been killed in battle!"
"..."
After hearing this, Faqir asked the officers at the lower level to take responsibility. In short, he wanted to kill people to establish his authority.
The result was the same report as before.
"Sir, xxx has been killed in battle!"
"Sir, xxx has been killed in battle!"
"..."
Finally, Faqir came to his senses. The Ming army sniped and killed the officers first, so the battle just now seemed anticlimactic and they were defeated so quickly!
After thinking about this, Faqir's eyes really started to spit fire!
Why is this Ming army in front of us so difficult to deal with?
This is actually easy to understand. This Ming army fought all the way from China to Baghdad, and all its local soldiers had many years of war experience. From the time when the rifled flintlock gun was invented, under the leadership of Zhang Mingwei, the army's sharpshooters were challenged, specializing in beheading tactics.
In this kind of city defense battle, with the cover of the city wall, the sharpshooters in the Ming army could more easily shoot down the officers of the attacking enemy.
