my days with tyrants

Talos.

Layers upon layers of dead bodies piled up...

"Burn, burn these dogs!"

Taiping shouted.

The Mongolian soldiers under him are pouring tanks of crude oil.

More than [-] dead bodies piled up into mountains.

Immediately afterwards, as the torches in the hands of the Mongolian soldiers gathered together one by one, the mountain immediately burned, and more and more dead bodies were swallowed by the flames as the flames rose, and then merged into it, turning into more violent flames.The fire illuminated the small town, and those Mongolian soldiers were leading cattle and sheep, carrying women and all kinds of belongings, happily showing off their harvest to each other.

As for the Ming army...

The horses and camels belong to them.

And Zhu Di stood not far away, looking at the mountain of burning corpses.

The messenger lay trembling at his feet...

"Go to Seran City and tell the people there to prepare [-] horses, [-] cows, and [-] sheep for military use. Before the king arrives at Seran City, these must be sent outside the city to wait.

Otherwise this is what happens to them. "

Zhu Di said.

The messenger hurriedly kowtowed while crying.

"Don't hurry up!"

Xu Huizu who had just walked over kindly kicked him.

He got up quickly, mounted his horse as fast as he could and galloped south.

"My lord, I'm afraid these dogs won't be so sensible. They are a saint who was born in Seran City. Timur respects this man very much, and he is also respected by Turkic people. The Turkic clan in the entire Western Regions will go to his tomb to worship. , they won’t let people who don’t believe in their ways pass.”

Taiping quickly entered the slander.

"Then open the door with a cannon."

Zhu Di said.

"Your Majesty Yingming!"

Taiping, Guilichi, and Mahamu all praised in unison.

They are waiting for Zhu Di's words!

Now these three guys, like three spotted hyenas, are waiting for Zhu Di to point forward.

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Xining has sent a letter. He has already led the army to the Iron Gate Pass."

Only now did Xu Huizu say.

"He closed at the iron gate? How could he have so many troops to rescue Yang Feng?"

Zhu Di said doubtfully.

"Chalishi, Turpan, Huozhou, Shanshan, and even Hami, the people in these places are already fighting against each other because of Timur's massacre of Baicheng. They put together all the men over fourteen but not over sixty, plus The [-] cavalry brought by Song Sheng and the [-] cavalry left behind by Wu Geqihashiha finally made up an army of [-].

It is indeed impossible to rescue Yang Feng, but it is still possible to contain Timur's tens of thousands of troops. "

Xu Huizu said.

"They really worked hard."

Zhu Di said with a smile.

This result surprised him.

It is normal for Song Sheng to rescue Yang Feng, but it is amazing that places like Turpan can fight to this extent.

"Your Majesty, Turpan and other places have always had a deep hatred for Dugrat's department. Back then, Dugrat's department killed many of their people who refused to convert. Now that they finally have a chance to turn around, they really have to desperately."

Taiping said.

"Tell your subordinates that after this battle, the king will build temples for you.

A family built a big temple. "

Zhu Di said.

The three hurriedly saluted to thank the king.

"Immediately send a letter to Tan Yuan, asking him to find a way to tell Yang Feng that our army has captured Talas."

Zhu Di said to Xu Huizu.

Yang Feng...

Yang Feng was on the city wall, holding his high-power mirror, looking at Timur who was dividing the troops.

In the night vision picture, a large number of cavalry were heading east. Although the distance was a bit far away, and the night vision picture was not very clear, judging from the proportion of the camels, he could still be sure that they were the Dugrat soldiers of Kugeda.The latter is not as extravagant as Timur. Most of them ride horses, even good horses. Most of Dugrat’s troops ride camels. Only one-third of the cavalry actually fight, and the rest are actually camel infantry. .

After all, southern Xinjiang is not in the middle of the river, and the oasis in this area is much smaller.

They are a self-preserving force.

"What are they doing?"

he said suspiciously.

Timur’s attack during the day suffered heavy losses. It is conservatively estimated that there are more than 3000 dead bodies piled up in the city of Aksu. This is only the dead here, plus the injured, it is estimated that 7000 people were abandoned.

It's just a one-day assault.

The casualties in the city were less than a thousand, mainly due to the artillery of the Ming army.

Of course, there are thousands of enemies.

When this thing is paired with crude oil, the effect is surprisingly good.

With such a number of casualties, Timur cannot continue to attack.

"No matter what they do, Timur won't be able to attack again within half a month."

Zhang Fu said.

Indeed, Timur lost almost all of his siege engines.

The counterweight trebuchets that he worked so hard to make were all burned by Yang Feng, and several siege towers were also burned by the Molotov cocktails, as were the ladder carts, and even the ladders were not left intact, unless he made a new one. Approved, otherwise there will be no way to attack.In fact, this battle has clearly told them that unless a long-term siege is adopted, it is impossible for them to open the city of Aksu.

But the long siege...

It depends on whether Zhu Di agrees or not.

After all, the current Timur has actually jumped into a big pit.

It has to be said that this war caused all the forces in the entire Western Region to enter the pit.

"He's not that stupid. I reminded him so much during the day. He already knew that King Yan must have entered the river."

Yang Feng said.

"I still don't understand, why did you remind him?"

Zhang Fu said.

If Yang Feng didn't remind, it would probably take at least half a month for Timur to know the news of Zhu Di's army entering the river. When he returned, Zhu Di would probably have arrived in Khujand, and this sudden attack would catch Timur by surprise.

But now, even if he doesn't withdraw his troops, he can quickly notify the cities of Hezhong and Khorasan to let those secret agents move north.

"What is my purpose? To grab more livestock and women for you? To grab more land?"

Yang Feng said.

"Who knows your purpose?"

Zhang Fu said angrily.

In other words, until now, he has basically been coerced by this guy all the way.

It is indeed coercion.

It was like a dream for him to hit here.

Not only him, but the entire Ming army seemed to be in a dream. The original mission was to hit Helin, but after arriving at Helin, he tricked him into hitting Kebuduo, and after arriving in Kebuduo, he tricked him into not missing Bali and Hami, who hadn’t slowed down after reaching Biesha Bali, were dragged westward by him. In less than a year, they can be said to have pierced through the Mongolian grasslands, the northern border, and now they have pierced half of the southern border. Xinjiang.

nonstop.

The point is that this kind of expedition, which was clearly a death-defying expedition by normal standards, actually won.

Not only did he win, but he also won with ease.

Of the 2000 people from the Ming army who went south, less than [-] people have died so far, and one-third of them died of illness. Even if the injured are included, there are only about [-] casualties...

In fact, there was no fighting at all.

Those desperate jobs were all done by those servants. They lost more than half of them, and those who were alive are now starting to feel a little sad, that is, Yang Feng is good at keeping pace. I have never fought a real field battle, and the main casualties were actually caused by defending the city during the day.

Fifty were killed and eighty were injured.

"Their land is not important to me, and their cattle, sheep and women are not important to me.

but.

It's important to me without them.

Some things are too complicated for me to explain to you, and many things you can't understand now, but you only need to understand a little bit, everything we do now is for our future generations, even hundreds of years later .What I want is that the population of the tribes under Timur's subordinates has been greatly reduced. If Timur can't go back in time, the enemies that King Yan faces may not resist. After all, resistance is hopeless.But if Timur knew that King Yan was going south earlier, he would order these places to defend them no matter what, and wait for him to lead the army back.

These people know that he is already returning, and they will also choose to stick to it.

After all, they would not let King Yan enter the river if they had a choice.

Take a look here. "

Yang Feng pointed to the map.

He was referring to the city of Seran where Zhu Di was about to go.

"It's almost here.

A place to bleed them dry. "

He said.

"Is this place special?"

Zhang Fu asked suspiciously.

"It's true for Timur. If he can't even defend there, then he has nothing to fear for those strange secrets in the river."

Yang Feng said.

That is the spiritual pillar of the Turkic family, the birthplace of Yasawi, the founder of the Sufi sect, and the most famous building left by Timur in his life is the mausoleum built for him at a huge cost. symbol.Although this mausoleum is in the Turkic city in the west, Seran is his birthplace, which is equally important. If Timur can't even keep it there, it will be difficult for the Turkic secrets to have any respect for him.In the final analysis, the Timurid Empire is still an alliance in essence. The lords of Hezhong and Khorasan surrendered to him, followed him to expand, and plundered through expansion.

Form a group to go out to burn, kill and loot.

But such a country relies heavily on a strongman.

Such as Yang Feng.

He is invincible!

So regardless of whether it is Mongols, Sari Uighurs or Oirats, everyone is willing to follow him out to plunder!

But without him, the guys themselves still cooperate?

It would be strange if he didn't get his brains out!

Timur was like this, gathering all the ministries with an invincible record, but when he died, his empire quickly collapsed.

Similarly, if he fails, especially a symbolic failure like this, then he will no longer be trusted by secrets in various cities. It's not a failure, it can only be said that he lost the attack, but if he loses such an iconic place as Seran City, it will really be a failure.

"An empire in bulk cannot afford even one defeat."

Yang Feng sighed with emotion.

Then he continued to look outside at the land that had turned into darkness again...

"Hey, what is he doing?"

He said in astonishment.

Zhang Fu immediately squeezed him away, and lay on his high-power lens to watch.

"No, Timur wants to withdraw his troops!"

He said.

"Well, if he withdrew, why did he send Kugeda east?"

Yang Feng said doubtfully.

Timur was indeed withdrawing troops.

On the night vision screen of the high-power mirror, it can be clearly seen that the cavalry group is leaving Timur's camp, and most of the lights are deliberately extinguished, creating the illusion that the entire camp is falling asleep.But the problem is that they don't know that Yang Feng has a high-power mirror, and their every move at night is actually being monitored by Yang Feng.

Although far away.

But the march of the brigade cavalry is still very eye-catching.

The question is, if he withdrew his troops, why did he let Kugeda lead his troops eastward?
contain?

To prevent Yang Feng from going out of the city to hunt him down?

"There is a question, how can Timur not appear to have suffered a heavy loss and go back with nothing, and how can he make his subjects continue to believe that he is invincible?"

Zhang Fu said suddenly.

Yang Feng smiled.

"Well, Kugeda really made a big mistake this time."

He said.

Then they both laughed at the same time.

Indeed, it is very shameful for Timur to go back like this. He led an army of [-] to march eastward. Not only did one son die, but he also suffered nearly [-] casualties. It would be a shame if he went back without any gains.So he needed a harvest big enough to cover up the defeat and show the subjects in the river that their sultan had returned victorious again.

So where to get the harvest?
Kashgar.

Kudaida was originally his hostile force.

Kugeda’s uncle Hamaruddin was Timur’s main opponent before. The two sides fought for many years, although in the end Hamarudin failed, and then in the last battle with Timur, he was defeated and fled to the mountains south of the Ili River Valley.

Then disappeared.

No one knows whether it was eaten by wild animals in the mountains or buried by an avalanche.

In short, it never appeared again.

After that, Hudaida also fought against him when he became the leader of Dugrat.

Now it was just desperate, so I asked him for help. Now that I am retreating, it means that it is impossible for him to take Nanjiang. Instead of keeping it for Yang Feng, he might as well grab it!So first coaxed Kugeda to lead his troops to the east, and then he immediately withdrew his troops to the west, leading his army to loot Kashgar first.What's more, he didn't have enough supplies to return. Even cavalry would have to go from here to Khujand for 20 days. During this period, there must be enough supplies. After robbing Kashgar, everything will be there.

"What should I do? Should I send someone to tell Kugeda?"

Zhang Fu said with a smile.

"No, let him go and grab it first, and then tell Kugeda.

I think it's time for us to make a truce with Kugeda. "

Yang Feng stroked his mustache and said sinisterly.

Of course, the main reason is that he doesn't have enough cannon fodder.

What he can piece together now is more than 3 horses, which is too few.

If Kuzeda still desperately resisted after Timur withdrew, then the cannon fodder would have been wiped out. Even now, Kuzeda's army strength is still close to [-], and he is still desperately defending the wealth of his relatives.But if Timur bloodbathed Kashgar, he would go to Hugeda for a truce, and then lead Hugeda's army to hunt down Timur, which would be more cost-effective.

"Yes, just do it like this, we can't rob Kashgar, but we can also rob Fergana!"

Yang Feng said proudly.

In this way, it is estimated that almost half of the [-] troops of Kuzeda were killed.