Chapter 2 The Battle of Samarkand (2)
The Governor's Mansion in Samargan City is a semicircular dome building, with four pillar towers standing on the four corners of this Mohammed official residence. Compared with the Central Plains buildings, it has another magnificent charm.
The reception hall of the official residence is in a noisy situation.
The main seat was Karakhan Ali Musa and Ghasene Sultan Mahmud, who personally led his troops to help.
Mahmud had just inherited the great cause and was only twenty-seven years old this year. However, since he was a teenager, he had followed his father to fight south and north. When his father was no longer controlled by the Caliph, he led his troops to defeat the army from the Baiyi Kingdom, which interfered in the name of the Baghdad Caliphate. He became famous. In the entire Mohammed world, the reputation of this shining and rising star was gradually praised by the bard.
Lu Ning was also very familiar with him. In history, it was during Mahmud's reign that the Sultanate of Gassene reached its peak, conquered northern India and encroached on the entire Persia, making the Baghdad Caliph a puppet in his hand, and had to give the title of right arm of other countries.
Moreover, not just martial arts, Mahmud also founded the first Mohammed University, established a library and observatory, making Gazni a cultural and academic center in Central Asia.
At this time, Mahmud sat beside Alimusa, looking coldly at the governors who were noisy and even quarreling on both sides of the long table, the commanders of the front army, and the commanders of the sacred war regiments who volunteered to come to Samargan to fight against Qi.
Alimusa was fat like a meat ball. He was in his fifties for more than 20 years and his body became weaker. The wars of retreating in the east made him even more exhausted. The Qi army approached and heard that it was already in a state of closing. He was even more depressed and he didn't want to say anything at all. Sometimes he looked at Mahmud, who was sitting next to him, who was full of energy. This young man had become his life-saving straw at this moment.
"There is nothing to be afraid of infidels in the East." Mahmud's cold words immediately calmed down in the hall.
"The true God is above, the fate of the pagans is already destined!"
Mahmud's eyes were filled with anger. The scene in front of him, the faint fear of some commanders reminded him of his youth. Every time his father talked about the Eastern Empire, he could not hide his fear. He knew that more than 20 years ago, in Delhi, in the southern region of the Qi people, his father and grandfather were defeated by the Qi people one after another, and most of the elite were killed and captured, forcing his father to stop expanding and lie dormant for more than ten years. Even the Baiyi Kingdom of Persia took the opportunity to rise and subdue many emirs (regional governors) who had originally obeyed his father, and even came to attack the city of Gaseni a few years ago.
However, this was a long time ago. Although the Qi people's firearms were sharp, their shortcomings were obvious. In recent years, some firearms have been spread to the world of Mohammed. Craftsmen imitated them. Because of this, it is discovered that the firearms are far from being as terrible as imagined. Moreover, twisting gunpowder is even more dangerous. A big explosion occurred in the city of Gassini, which gave up the idea of imitating firearms. Da Qi should be the paper tiger in the Chinese proverb. It looks huge, but it is actually very weak. If their gunpowder field is to be made to provide sufficient gunpowder for the expeditionary army, it is unknown how many people will be killed. Moreover, it is impossible to supply them. This is also the main reason why Qi State has not surpassed the line in a more than 20 years ago, and it is not dared to launch large-scale wars to the outside world for more than 20 years.
I believe that this time, I will uncover the true face of this empire that is disguised as a very powerful one.
Mahmud opened his mouth and was about to speak again, a noise suddenly came from outside, and even a faint cry.
A guard officer hurriedly pushed the door and walked quickly to Alimusa, whispering in his ear.
Alimusa's fat body trembled and his face pale sharply. He glanced at Mahmud, and said with a trembling voice: "The jihadist group from Nisa, more than 3,000 believers, were ambushed by the Chinese in Bosterda and destroyed the entire army. Only dozens of people escaped..."
Bosterda is more than fifty miles west of Samarkan, and is a strategic location for Samarkan to various western regions. The Chinese appeared quietly in Bosterda, obviously in order to cut off the retreat route of the coalition forces gathered in Samarkan. This also means that the Chinese are scattering their troops and gathering the siege, and they are obviously full of confidence in the victory of this war.
Mahmud was happy, and he immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to hit the superior forces and encircle and annihilate the Chinese army.
"I'll send scouts, east, west, south, north, and 50 miles each! I'll find out that the main gathering place for the Chinese people."
Mahmud suddenly stood up and loudly ordered the commanders. He could call out the names of each commander, and the order was even more organized, causing the noise in the hall to gradually disappear. Commanders Mohammed, who had already had a fanatical color on his face, were even more excited, as if he had seen his saber, how to cut off the heads of one Chinese soldier after another.
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The first battle of the Battle of Samargan first broke out in Bosterda.
In Bosterda, it seems that the Chinese had only deployed more than 3,000 troops in a large imperial guard regiment. The Samargan coalition, Mahmud's most confidant Ahmad led 5,000 heavy infantrymen in Marvaz, supplemented by various slave soldiers, mercenaries and jihadists from all over the country, but they could not break through the Chinese front line, or it was difficult to rush to the front line of the Chinese.
As a result, Ahmad's side gathered more and more troops. From Samarkan, all the heavy infantrymen of Malvaz were urgently removed, and even used the Gulam heavy cavalry and the Ikta noble knights. In Bosteda, the Mohammed coalition even reached 40,000 to 50,000 people, and took turns to attack the Chinese army in Bosteda villages.
As the fierce battle fell until night fell, the Chinese firearms seemed to be getting faster and faster. When the rumbling Gulam heavy cavalry and the Ikta noble knights appeared on the battlefield, the fanatical believers of Mohammed immediately burst into a shocking cheer. These heavy armored knights were invincible in the world of Mohammed. When they appeared on the battlefield in large numbers, it almost meant that the enemy's front line would be torn apart and then crushed by the charge of their own troops.
"Crush! For the true god!" Ahmad waved his sabre and shouted loudly.
"For the True God! Alahu Ekbair!"
Thousands of heavily armored cavalry rushed towards the Qi army formation like thunder, like a black tide.
"Alahu Ekbair!" Amid the fanatical roar, the culprits flocked to the ground, following the cavalry like a dense sea of ants.
In the muddy grass, there were no known many bodies left behind by them who were trampled on them during the day. Large areas of soil had a faint dark red color. I don’t know if it was because of the blood mixed in it or the original color of the fertile soil.
"Boom boom boom", the huge explosion sounded, and the iron ball falling from the sky immediately burst after it landed on the ground, the horse neighed and the iron armored knights were all dismounted.
The Second Imperial Corps, which was arranged in Bosterda to restrain the Mohammed coalition, certainly did not come for the bloody battle. In the formation, the two artillery battalions directly under the Second Brigade Division had been ambushed, and almost half of the flowering bullets and shrapnel bullets of the Western Expedition Army were sent to these two artillery battalions. At the same time, the results were extremely prominent. The elite heavy cavalry and heavy infantry of the Gaseni Sultanate, who were caught off guard, suffered a devastating blow under the sudden explosion attack.
In the early morning of the end of the Bosterda War, Urgut, in the east of Samargan City, the main force of the Qi army launched a fierce attack on the coalition forces.
The artillery fire roared and the smoke filled the gunpowder. This was a war with absolute generation gap.
Even the bayonets of the Daqi musketeers can easily pierce the opponent's armor. Of course, the main force of the charge is still heavy cavalry, light cavalry, and lined spear formations. The Daqi Modao Square formation, which once made the enemy frightened, completely withdrew from the historical stage several years ago.
Since the Bosterda war broke out, in just five days, the Qi army defeated Mohammed's 200,000 coalition forces into Samargan City.
Even the believers who came from the West with the most fanatical emotions, faced with the thunderous and thunderous offensive of the Eastern Empire, the fanatical beliefs did not fly away. The legend of how powerful and mysterious the ancient Eastern Empire was once became so real at this moment.
In this way, many churches were as heartless as a tree, and they simply lost the intention of resisting or escaping. The Western Expedition Army captured more than 100,000 prisoners of war alone. Many believe that it was the end of the world that the true god ordered them to be punished and become slaves to the Eastern people.
Chapter completed!