King Suleiman I of Persia was the eighth Shah of the Safavid dynasty. He was not a heroic ruler. This time he led an army of 70,000 to attack Kabul because he was bewitched by the eunuchs around him. He favored the eunuchs more than his ministers.
It directly led to the decline of the dynasty. The people sitting at the top of the pyramid were unaware of it, dreaming of conquering Tianzhu and conquering the world.
Among the 70,000-strong army, 20,000 Pashtun warriors serve as the vanguard. The leader is Ahmed, the chief of the Abdali tribe, a young generation of Pashtun warriors who is said to be unstoppable.
The army captured Kabul and continued south to the city of Jalal-Abad, where they set up camp.
Thirty thousand Ming and Sikh coalition forces led by Li Dingguo also arrived here.
"Tell me, how should we fight this battle?" Duke Li Dingguo of Qin asked the generals with stern eyes.
The commander's gaze had the power to penetrate people's hearts. When his gaze caught the generals Wang Guoxi, Chen Youlong, Zhao Desheng, Zhao Yinxuan, and Banda, their hearts suddenly shivered.
"Commander, our troops are all veterans of hundreds of battles. What kind of powerful enemy has we never seen? Just fight them directly. I don't believe this Persian army can be stronger than the Manchu Tatars, Mongols, and Burmese," Wang Guoxi said nonchalantly.
He and Li Dingguo were both from the Great Western Army, and they were old friends. They were also close friends of Crown Prince Zhu Ruofeng, so they spoke relatively casually.
"Yes, we are willing to fight to the death with the Duke of Qin," all the generals said.
"Well, although you have good courage, the enemy's army is far more numerous than ours, so we should not be careless. I would like to let the Sikh army test it out tomorrow before making a decision."
At noon the next day, Li Dingguo ordered Banda to lead 11,000 Sikh troops in the front, and he led 19,000 Ming troops to form behind.
The densely packed Persian army came to the battlefield. In this era, their main force was cavalry wearing armor and holding lances and spears. They were arranged on both wings, with ten thousand people on each side. In the center were fifty thousand infantry. Although they were large in number, they were also equipped with
There are some cannons and artillery, but most of them are civilian soldiers. They still maintain the ancient linear battle formation, with ten people in a row. The captain is in the front with a shield and spear, and the other nine people either hold swords, shields, daggers, or guns.
Living in the back, there are not many firearms, mostly cold weapons.
The Persian army has always attached great importance to cavalry and neglected infantry. Although the number of infantry is large, it is in a subordinate position to the cavalry.
Li Dingguo put down his telescope and smiled. The Persians had arranged their formation in this way. Unless the cavalry on both wings could quickly break through the enemy's formation, the infantry in the center would not be able to withstand the artillery fire for too long.
He waved his hand and ordered the Ming army's artillery battalion to concentrate on firing at the Chinese army.
"Chirp ~ chirp ~ chirp ~"
The cannonballs shot towards the Persians like locusts, and each cannonball was like a fairy scattering flowers, taking away lives one by one.
"Speed up, run, and get close to the enemy, and their artillery will not work." Ahmed led 20,000 Pashtun warriors to charge at the front, so he suffered the greatest losses.
Watching the warriors fall in droves, his heart was bleeding, hoping to rush to the Ming army's formation to fight as soon as possible. Once handed over, the Ming army's artillery would stop shooting for fear of accidentally injuring friendly troops.
"Allah is Great~"
The Persian army shouted praises and rushed towards the Sikh army.
However, the Ming army's artillery did not stop shooting, but fired more and more joyfully. The Sikh army was in the front row, but the Ming army was in the rear. In the eyes of Qin Guogong Li Dingguo, only the lives of the Ming soldiers were important.
It’s a life, if you accidentally injure some Sikhs, it’s nothing.
"Tell the artillery battalion to bombard me hard. No one is allowed to stop the artillery," he ordered fiercely.
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The Persian cavalry on both wings were still capable of fighting. They could deal with the poorly equipped Sikh army and quickly broke through the two wings of the Sikhs without any effort.
Then, they encountered the well-equipped Ming army. Not counting horses, iron clusters, and the like, there was actually a vehicle array. One after another, sidecars formed a wall, with muskets mounted on them.
There is a fort.
"咴迿迿～咴迿迿～咴迿迿~"
Countless war horses fell down and screamed under the gunfire of the Ming army.
"Drive!"
A centurion with excellent riding skills jumped over a row of horses, but was blocked in front of the wall.
He angrily slashed at the carriage with his saber. There was a gunshot and the saber flew out.
Finally, a brave Persian rushed to the wall of the car, but stopped in front of a forest of spears, swords and shields.
"Whoosh", Li Dingguo took out a feather arrow and sealed the throat of a Persian with one arrow. When he was young, he was "the enemy of ten thousand people" and was also an expert archer.
"Kill", Wang Guoxi's sword swung open and fiercely split the head of a Persian.
The cavalry gradually lost speed and became the targets of the Ming soldiers. They fell one after another and had to be swept back.
The artillery is still roaring, and the Duke of Qin's general order: No one is allowed to stop the artillery, and the deputy general of the artillery battalion dare not disobey it.
Ahmed fell. A general will inevitably die in battle.
The retreat of the cavalry has greatly demoralized the infantry, but they did not dare to retreat due to the power of King Suleiman I of Persia.
However, as more and more people died, the Persian army's infantry tactics were backward, and the weakness of low military quality was undoubtedly exposed. "Run away", with a roar, the first person to flee appeared, followed by a wave of deserters. p>
"Don't retreat, kill the enemy for me," Suleiman I roared, but to no avail, he himself was forced to retreat by the defeated army.
A stray bullet hit his horse, which caused pain and knocked him off his horse. The army was in chaos, and no one cared about the emperor for a while.
"Your Majesty, please ride my servant's horse." A eunuch saw the emperor and gave up his horse.
Suleiman I glanced at him gratefully. After all, these people in the palace were still loyal to him!
"Drive!"
He whipped his horse and whipped his horse and fled desperately.
The sun is setting, the battlefield is in a mess, and crows are circling over the dead bodies everywhere.
"Reporting to the Duke of Qin, our army suffered 600 casualties in this battle, the friendly Sikhs suffered 4,000 casualties, and the Persian army annihilated 26,000 people??" Wang Guoxi reported the results of the battle to Li Dingguo excitedly.
"Okay! Thank you for your hard work, soldiers!"
Li Dingguo praised first, and then said firmly: "However, it is not the time to rest yet, the Persians still have tens of thousands of remaining soldiers. Send the order, keep pursuing, and do not give the enemy a chance to stop and regroup!"
"Yes!"
The ensuing war was an extremely painful torture for Suleiman I. Every time he stopped and wanted to gather his troops, the Ming army would catch up and keep gathering and being dispersed. In the end,
He simply stopped gathering troops and kept running, running, running, until he ran out of Kabul Province and retreated to Persia. Only then did he have a chance to breathe.
Li Dingguo led his army to chase the border. Looking at the Persian territory on the opposite side, he sighed and exclaimed, "What a pity."
"Why did Duke Qin say it was a pity?" Wang Guoxi asked puzzledly.
"How can it not be a pity? Our army has defeated the main force of the Persians in this battle. If we had not gone south to fight the Mughals, I would have jumped across the border and seized all the land," Li Dingguo said with a smile.