Faqir became fierce and immediately ordered the front team to attack and the rear team to supervise the battle. If the front team retreats without receiving military orders, the rear team will kill the front team, and the next rear team will be the front team, and the rear team will be the rear team...
As soon as this military order was issued, the battle became intense.
Row after row of Ottoman troops attacked the walls of Baghdad.
The Ming soldiers on top of the city were still shooting calmly. The renovated Baghdad city wall is in the form of a diamond fort. An enemy's attack on any wall will be flanked by several flanking attacks.
The Ottomans who rushed to the city were often bombarded.
This shelling was not a bombardment of solid iron bullets, but a bombardment of shotgun shells.
The soldiers of the Ming army carried small Franco machine artillery. The guns were filled with gravel and other things. They used cotton or paper to block the muzzle to prevent it from slipping. They fired "boom" at the densely populated areas of the Ottomans under the city. fire.
This method of attack is far more terrifying than musket shooting. One bombardment can destroy a large area. The most important thing is that the Ottoman soldiers who were hit could not die for a while, and they were just there wailing in pain, which greatly affected the attack of other Ottoman soldiers.
This siege lasted for about an hour, and the bodies of dead Ottoman soldiers were everywhere under the city of Baghdad.
Faqir in the distance saw that there was no trace of breaking through Baghdad, and it was getting late, so he ordered the troops to withdraw, and the day passed like this.
In this battle, at least five thousand Ottoman soldiers were killed or injured, but the damage to the walls of Baghdad was limited. If the fight continues like this, there will be no hope of defeating Baghdad.
Those ordinary Ottoman soldiers were all dejected. No one knows whether it will be their side's turn to take the lead in the next attack.
Many of the tribal armies on the Arabian Peninsula have already regretted it. Why should they get involved in this war?
Although the Ottoman Empire was very powerful, didn't the fact that the Ming Empire in the Far East was able to fight here prove to be very powerful?
Some tribes had already surrendered to the Ming Empire. Although they could no longer decide many things, they could still survive. Now that he is involved in this war, if he is forced by the Ottomans to attack the city, he will die. Disobeying orders is still a death sentence.
Ah, who knew that such a huge Ottoman army could not defeat Baghdad, which was defended by 50,000 people! I really didn’t expect that!
The commander-in-chief of the Ottoman Empire's army, Faqir, didn't care what these miscellaneous troops thought. The next day, he drove these miscellaneous troops back to attack the city.
Fierce fighting lasted all day, and this time there were more casualties, at least 10,000.
On the third day, it was still the same, with more than 10,000 casualties again.
However, the flag of the Ming Dynasty is still flying on the top of the city of Baghdad, and the damage to the city wall is also pitiful.
The Ottoman soldiers, relying solely on the muskets, bows and arrows in their hands, it is completely conceivable that even if the 250,000 Ottoman troops are consumed in this way, it is impossible to consume the city wall.
Therefore, Sun Chuanting immediately came to the conclusion that the Ottomans' trump card was not to attack the city openly.
Combining the entire war process, one can naturally draw a conclusion. Although the Ottomans could not be seen to continue digging trenches, it can be concluded that they were digging tunnels.
As for the location, it is easy to guess, that is, in the directions where the city wall was not attacked.
However, digging tunnels to attack a city is one of the most common methods used in siege warfare. The methods of coping have been passed down from our ancestors. With Sun Chuanting's ability, there is no problem.
The fighting in Baghdad continues like this.
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At the same time, in the Mediterranean, the Portuguese fleet led by Portuguese Prince Theodosio no longer held back as in the past, but instead used full firepower to catch the Ottoman Empire fleet in attack.
For a time, the Ottoman Empire fleet was unable to stop the Portuguese fleet's attack. It either sank into the sea, or it took a quick opportunity and fled to the port. It was only with the help of the port's coastal defense guns that it was able to escape the fate of the shipwreck.
It is said that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. Of course, it can also be said that he is full of vigor. Theodosio did not care about the feelings of the Ottomans at all, led the fleet through the Dardanelles Strait, rushed into the Sea of Marmara, and even Rushed into the Black Sea Strait, also known as the Bosporus, and bombarded Istanbul.
Of course, it is impossible for the fleet at sea to truly threaten Istanbul. However, over the years, Istanbul has never been bombarded by enemy troops. The shock caused by this was absolutely huge.
The Ottoman Empire immediately sent someone to contact the Portuguese fleet and asked the Portuguese why they were attacking the Ottomans so frantically?
Not only the ancient Chinese understood the principle of making friends at a distance and attacking closely at home, but the Ottomans also understood it.
In the sixteenth century, the Ottoman Empire's Suleiman the Magnificent concluded an alliance with King Francois I of France. This alliance lasted until Napoleon attacked the Ottomans.
Portugal is also far away from the Ottomans. Although they have not formed an alliance before, the relationship between the two sides is almost a stranger, and they are not hostile to the point of life and death.
But this time, the Portuguese fleet looked crazy to the Ottomans.
They just want to know, why? Just because you have a business relationship with the Ming Dynasty, it's not so crazy, right?
Facing the Ottoman messenger's puzzled question, Theodosio also gave a very clear answer: "Didn't you see what I'm wearing? I'm really blind! Let me tell you this, dare to talk to the Ming Dynasty Being an enemy means being an enemy of Portugal. If not, who will you fight?"
After hearing this, the Ottoman messenger suddenly realized that the strange clothes worn by the Portuguese prince turned out to be the clothes of the Ming Dynasty in the Far East?
At this moment, he had a deeper understanding of the relationship between Portugal and the Ming Empire.
In fact, there was speculation before that Portugal and the Ming Empire were in an alliance, just like France and the Ottoman Empire. However, maybe there is an outlier like the Portuguese prince, so he is so crazy, right?
Thinking of this, the Ottoman messenger asked Theodosio: "Aren't you afraid of offending the Ottoman Empire to death? From now on, you will never stop fighting?"
"Joke!" Theodosio heard this and sneered, "Which of your eyes can see that I am afraid of this? I think there is something wrong with your Ottoman brains! I will bombard your capital." Now you come here to fool around with me, thinking that you can still threaten me, so I will withdraw my troops?"
Having said this, he paused, raised his voice a bit, and said in a decisive tone: "If you dare to be an enemy of the Ming Dynasty, you are my mortal enemy of Portugal. Prepare to die!"
After speaking, Theodosio ordered that the Ottoman messenger's ear be cut off and asked to be taken back to express Portugal's attitude!
Afterwards, the Portuguese fleet continued to hang around here. Until they were almost out of ammunition, Theodosio led the fleet to retreat and returned to Lisbon for supplies. But before leaving, he also blatantly made a signal that he would come back again.
Of course, Duheng Hatijie immediately sent someone to report the situation of the Portuguese to the Ottoman Prime Minister.
After hearing this, other European countries further confirmed their speculation that the Portuguese and the Ming Empire were in alliance. But they didn't expect what kind of alliance this alliance would be!
The alliance between France and the Ottoman Empire was the first non-ideological diplomatic alliance between a Christian country and a non-Christian empire. This unprecedented alliance caused great shock in the Christian world and was considered an "ungodly alliance" or a "sacrilegious alliance of lilies and crescents."
In contrast, once the alliance between Portugal and the Ming Empire is made public, it will definitely be more shocking than the alliance between France and the Ottoman Empire! Moreover, the time for European countries to know this is not far away!
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Here in Baghdad, the fighting continues.
The methods of attacking openly and by digging tunnels secretly were not particularly surprising. They were all easily resolved by Sun Chuanting.
Looking at the corpses of the Ottoman soldiers dragged out of the tunnel, Faqir's face was very ugly.
Through these days of fighting, he finally realized that the commander of the Ming army was definitely an experienced veteran, and not just relying on the more advanced firearms of the Ming Dynasty.
The difficulty of this battle was far beyond his expectation.
Faced with this situation, he also understood the truth that soldiers are more valuable than more elites!
I had always thought that it would be easy to assemble so many troops and attack Baghdad, which was defended by 50,000 people! Now that I think about it, it’s really ridiculous!
Of course, there is also the reason for Faqir's own carelessness, that is, his siege weapon was destroyed by the Ming army in the first battle!
As for the current plan, there are only two ways to go.
The first is to continue to consume and use up all the supplies of the Ming army in the city, then the city can be captured.
However, the crux of the problem is that Faqir does not know how much food and supplies are stored in the city. If they continue to be consumed at the current scale, will the food and supplies in the city be used up first, or his troops?
The second way is to besiege the city, besiege it but not fight!
To do this is very simple, dig trenches, erect fences, and completely surround the Ming army in Baghdad.
However, the key to the problem is who runs out of food and grass first?
Faqir is actually very worried about this.
In addition, he has no better way to deal with the current Baghdad!
Continuous attacks with heavy casualties, especially the failure of the tunnel siege, further damaged the morale of the Ottoman army.
Faqir, this is so sad!
However, at this moment, the messenger from Istanbul arrived.
