my days with tyrants

Chapter 259 I've Learned Badly
At the same time, outside the distant city of Talas.

Banners and flags are flying, and thousands of horses are galloping.

"This king is ordered to lead an army of 50 to patrol the west, and to proclaim and appease the feudal vassals in the Western Regions on behalf of the heavens. Even Timur should kneel down to accept the imperial order. You are no more than a small border official. How dare you stop?"

Zhu Di angrily scolded the envoy who was kneeling in front of him.

The governor of the Ming Dynasty toured the armies in the west, and was ordered to appease the feudal clans in the Western Regions. His Royal Highness, King Yan, after nearly a year of long journey, finally reached the ground of the Samarkand kingdom of the Ming clan...

Of course, the names of the Timurid Empire did not exist among the feudal vassals of the Ming Dynasty.

He is the king of Samarkand.

In fact, in the original history, he didn't even have the title of king.

He currently calls himself the Sultan, and he used to call himself the Emir, but neither the Sultan nor the Emir is a monarch in the Eastern cognition system. At most, he is a local chief. Mir was a chief after all.

So in Daming's eyes, his highest status is actually Timur the son-in-law.

That is, Chagatai Khan's son-in-law.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang gave him the title of consort Timur, commander and envoy.

The edict has been translated by many hands, and the person responsible for the translation should be a Persian, who doesn't know what the concubine means, and what the commanding envoy means, so he just played transliteration for him.

In the era of his son Shah Ruh, because of the split of the Timur Empire, the latter moved its capital to Herat and got the official name of Khaled. As for now, it is because of the appearance of Yang Feng that Zhu Yuanzhang understood the situation there early on. , so gave him a Samarkand king.After all, he has been very submissive in the past few years. In short, he is the king of Samarkand in the vassal system of the Ming Dynasty. As for the territory, of course there is no specific division. It is fine to say that he is only Samarkand, or that he is the whole river. Anyway, how many seals were given to him is the gift of Emperor Ming...

Thunder, rain and dew are all blessings from heaven.

You have to admit how much.

Of course, His Royal Highness King Yan's trip was to draw boundaries for these vassals.

But in Talas, he was blocked by the guards.

Of course, anyone with a normal mind will not let him in.

Talas is the gate of the river. This city has gone through countless wars. If you want to enter the river, you must go here. Its status is even higher than that of Shanhaiguan to the North China Plain. into the river behind.

But dare not let this thousands of troops enter.

"My lord, I don't dare to stop you, I just need to report to the Sultan."

The messenger spoke cautiously in Mongolian.

He was so submissive out of sheer intimidation.

After all, in front of him at this moment, is the cavalry that seems to be boundless.

The earth is trembling!
"Why, does Timur still dare to stop King Yan from going to Samarkand?"

Mahamu sneered.

"Then he disobeyed the imperial decree of the Ming Dynasty. We loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty cannot tolerate such rebellious ministers."

Gui Lichi on the other side said with a smile.

A loyal minister who has been a loyal minister for less than five months.

So the mentality of these guys is no different from those of Tuli Timur. Zhu Di has already told them that Timur is surrounding Yang Feng in Aksu, and that Yang Feng's fighting power is clear to Mahamu, so even if it is not Clearly, also knew that this meant that Timur would not be able to return to the river for at least a month.

Sneak in!
They are very poor now.

Although His Royal Highness King Yan kindly accepted their surrender and made him an official, their first contribution to the Ming Emperor was like cutting flesh.

Ghost Lichi presented five thousand horses to the Ming Emperor.

Have to find a place to make up for the damage.

This time, it would be perfect if he could grab a wave of Hezhong with His Royal Highness King Yan of Ming Dynasty.

"Your Highness, you don't need to talk nonsense with them, these dogs have to be whipped!
They are more sensible with cannons. "

Taiping said eagerly.

He was originally with Ugqihashha, he was the leader of Torghut, but he was driven by his loyalty to go north to help Elebek. As a result, he saw the fighting power of the Ming army on the battlefield, and stabbed a large number of people in the back without hesitation. Sweat knife.

This is also an important reason for Elebek's defeat.

It also made him highly regarded by Zhu Di.

"Correct!"

"Your Highness, talk to them with a cannon!"

……

The Mongolian chiefs were excited.

Zhu Di raised his hand to signal them to shut up, and they all shut up quickly.

"Go back and tell your guards to open the city gates immediately and prepare a thousand horses, a thousand cows, and five thousand sheep for military supplies. You must do this before noon, otherwise the king will open the city gates himself. I took them in and took them, but at that time, not only will I take these, but I will also take your heads, and punish you for the crime of delaying the military aircraft."

he shouted.

The messengers were all stupid.

This taste is wrong!
This damn is coming to find fault!

"My lord, Talas is just a small city, there really are no such cattle and sheep!"

he shouted.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Di's riding whip hit his face...

"Go away, this is my king's military order. You can do it or die. If you don't have enough cattle and sheep, then use your heads instead!"

His Royal Highness Yan Wang shouted.

Mahamu and Taiping stepped forward at the same time, each of them grabbed the messenger's arm, and dragged him forward, the messenger was still struggling to appeal his grievances, but they both threw him outward at the same time, and threw him into the dust.The soldiers of the Ming Army nearby laughed and whipped their horsewhips. The envoy got up and ran towards the city gate under their whips.Zhu Di watched the scene calmly, then waved back, and the cannons that had been assembled behind were pushed forward by the artillerymen.These are not rapid-fire guns, but serious field guns brought by his uncle. They use shells weighing two catties. Because they are more than the horses can carry, they are disassembled and carried. The heavy barrels are carried by the largest specially selected camels. special shelf.

Soon sixteen field guns were lined up outside Talas City, aiming at the city gate from fifty feet away.

Everyone is waiting.

soon……

"fire!"

Zhu Di looked at the sun in the sky and said.

Well, he actually left it for less than an hour.

Sixteen field guns roared almost simultaneously.

The cannonball sank into the city gate in an instant.

It is still very easy for this kind of long-barreled artillery to penetrate the city gate at a distance of more than 100 meters.

The artillery quickly reloaded, and less than a minute later, the cannons fired again, and then the artillery continued to reload and continue to fire. When the eighth round of shells was fired, in Zhu Di's telescope, the city gate was basically smashed...

"Attack, slaughter the city and stand up!"

He said.

Mahamu and others were pleasantly surprised.

"Attack, slaughter the city and stand up!"

Gui Lichi roared excitedly.

Immediately afterwards, he pointed forward with the knife in his hand, and his cavalrymen started running towards Talas like hungry wolves.

Then there is Mahamu.

Then there is Taiping.

……

The Mongolian cavalry howled like crazy, just like their ancestors, and started running towards the city of Talas. Although there is a moat outside the city, but in places like the river, the moat most of the time does not have much water. The rushing Mongolian cavalry held their shields to block the sharp arrows falling from above their heads, then controlled the horses and rushed to the opposite bank quickly.

Of course, many people and horses stayed in the moat.

Even crude oil was poured on the walls.

The first few Mongolian cavalry who rushed to the city gate were immediately ignited.

But they screamed and slammed into the city gate that was already riddled with holes. The already crumbling city gate was smashed open, and they slammed into the defenders who were trying to block the gate with flames.

And behind them, more Mongolian cavalry rushed in continuously...

However, the Ming army outside the city did not move.

"Your Majesty?"

Xu Huizu looked at Zhu Di with questioning eyes.

"There are worthless cannon fodder, we don't need our people.

Keep it against Timur.

Yang Feng's crusade halved the population of Bie Shi Bali, we have to learn from it. "

Zhu Di said.

His uncle sighed silently...

Why don't good people learn from this bad guy?

The vibe has been spoiled.

bad guy...

The villain was holding a big stone weighing tens of catties. Amidst the howls of his subordinates as if a little demon was cheering for the demon king, he threw the big stone out of the city. The big stone flew more than 50 meters with a roar and then hit Among the enemy troops besieging the city, a piece of flesh and blood splattered instantly, and even bounced on the ground before smashing two legs.

"The ambassador is mighty!"

The soldiers defending the city roared excitedly.

Then, like the ambassador, they raised the stones in their hands and smashed them down at the enemy who was climbing the ladder below.

A siege tower was pushed to the side of the moat.

The enemy archers inside aimed at Yang Feng. They even used crossbows, probably brought from the battlefields in Eastern Europe, but even this thing couldn't shoot Yang Feng's armor. And Kevlar, if it's the torso and bulletproof panels.At the same time, the two rapid-fire cannons were aimed at the siege tower, and following the spurt of flames, the two shells instantly penetrated the wooden plank, hitting a broken limb and broken arm in the crossbowman inside.Immediately afterwards, the defender's bed crossbow shot out, and the huge arrow carrying the crude oil bag pierced the siege tower, and soon the siege tower that had been pushed so hard turned into a huge torch.

On the walls of Aksu, similar battles are everywhere.

15 enemy troops besieged on all sides.

A certain iconic slogan resounded through the sky.

But the sound of the Ming army's artillery was the voice that really dominated the battlefield.

A series of rapid-fire guns unloaded from the camels continued to bombard the besieging enemy army.

The Ming army hardly participated in the battle along the way.

Zhang Fu has plenty of ammunition.

In fact, Yang Feng can even make some for him in Aksu. This is a commercial city, with sulfur and nitrate. This kind of strategic material can be said to be strategic. He can find it wherever he goes. As for the shells, it is even simpler. There are lead mines, and lead has been smelted in Qiuci since the Han Dynasty.

"Timer, let me give you a word. The old man is lying in the road, how can the raccoon live?"

Ambassador Yang continued to roar arrogantly.

The next moment, with a ferocious roar, a huge arrow hit his chest.

Even carburized forged steel with a thickness of half a centimeter was deflated by the giant spear-like arrow. Yang Feng was even sent flying upside down and hit the tower behind him, but then he fell to the ground and trembled. Shaking my head...

"Damn, it's strong enough!"

He said.

Those minions once again roared frantically.

Yang Feng picked up the huge arrow that was obviously shot by the bed crossbow. The arrow had been deformed by hitting his armor because of its lack of hardness, but it actually shot through his plate armor, but was blocked by the bulletproof plate inside. .As for the fact that he has suffered a serious internal injury, he is just pretending now, anyway, he doesn’t care about the injury, he just needs to sleep, like a flat-headed brother who was bitten by a cobra, he simply pulled out his rifle and loaded it with bullets , and pulled the trigger at the bed crossbow.

The bullet immediately hit a lot of dead bodies there.

Then another giant arrow arrived.

"Where did they get so many bed crossbows?"

While shooting the crossbowman, he said in surprise.

"Ambassador, Timur used this. They called it a ballista. The manufacturing method taught by those Chinese craftsmen in the past."

The officer next to him said respectfully.

And it's not just giant arrows, even some giant arrows are tied with gunpowder.

A flame exploded not far away.

Yang Feng picked up the giant arrow and pierced it into the eyes of a rising enemy soldier in front.

"Throw the enemy!"

He looked at the densely packed enemy army below and shouted.

The soldiers guarding the city nearby quickly ignited a fuze that was an enemy of thousands of people, and then pushed it out from the parapet. The huge guy fell instantly and then hung over the heads of the enemy soldiers.The next moment the fuze burned out, and the low-quality gunpowder used as waste turned into spinning fireworks in an instant. A soldier on the city wall smiled and picked up a basin of crude oil, and poured it out amidst the terrified screams below.The combination of crude oil and ten thousand enemies produced an excellent effect. All the enemy soldiers who were splashed with crude oil quickly ignited raging flames, and then hundreds of people below immediately fell into a sea of ​​flames.

"Bring it."

Yang Feng stretched out his hand.

A soldier hurriedly handed him the Molotov cocktail.

Yang Feng lit the cloth outside, and threw the thing into the distance.

The Molotov cocktail flew tens of meters and hit a moving ladder truck. As the bottle shattered, the gasoline inside turned into explosive flames, and the soldiers around the ladder truck immediately turned into burning men.

He leisurely changed the magazine, and fired at the densely packed heads in front of him.

At this time, the city walls were lowered one by one by thousands of enemies.

Pots of crude oil were poured out.

The flames rose from below the city wall.

……

In the distance, Timur looked gloomy and looked at Aksu, who seemed to be surrounded by raging fire. Even his brave Khorasan soldiers could no longer bear such tragic casualties, and many attacking soldiers were retreating.But this is not the most troublesome thing for him. After all, he can still be trapped if he can't beat him. Even if he can't trap Yang Feng, he can trap the defenders inside to death. What really troubles him is that if Zhu Di really goes south from Jinshan to the river, it will be troublesome.

He almost took out the elite in the river.

The elites of Tashkent, Samarkand, Fergana and other places are almost all here.

Zhu Di...

If the Ming army were all so well-armed, the few people he stayed behind would be unstoppable.

"Sudan!"

At this time, one of his generals saluted him on horseback under the elephant.

"Song Sheng, the commander-in-chief of Gansu in the Ming Dynasty, led 3 troops from Chalishi, Turpan, and Huozhou to cross the Tiemen Pass and captured Kunkuo. He also sent someone to ask you to evacuate Xiangyangdi, saying that this place is not to be lost. You cannot occupy the land of the Great Khan."

he said cautiously.

(End of this chapter)