my days with tyrants

Indeed, at this time Zhu Di was already being besieged and beaten.

Bergosarai.

"What are they trying to do?"

Tuotuo was lost standing on the tower of the onion palace of the Golden Horde Khan, watching the attacking enemy with the telescope that Zhu Di gave him.

There is still snow and ice everywhere.

However, compared with the severe cold in winter, the weather is actually good. The pasture grass has even been exposed in the places where the ice and snow have melted. The Eastern European Plain is about to enter the period of slurrying, and this is undoubtedly a happy time for livestock. , so the horses and camels that were trapped in the ice and snow for a winter are now scattered in the swamp area south of the city to graze...

The city is well situated, basically surrounded by swamps.

But the north side is the edge of the swamp, the width is very narrow, and there is a road in the middle.

On the south side is the tens of miles wide swamp formed by the flooding of the Volga River. Numerous forked tributaries form a dense water network, while on the south side of the swamp is the main channel of the Volga River.

Therefore, the enemy cannot attack from the south, because it needs to cross the Volga River, and then pass through the swamp water network for dozens of miles, so that it can only attack from the north, and the vast swamp water network in the south is along the Volga River, stretching all the way to The Caspian Sea, and this terrain is the most lush pasture, so their hundreds of thousands of horses and camels graze in it.However, as the weather got warmer, the Golden Horde cavalry who had retreated before reappeared. They seemed to be crazy, and they kept driving those cannon fodder to attack the city, regardless of the cost, or even whether they succeeded or not. Guys keep attacking.

Even if their blood stained the Volga River red.

"Consume our ammo!"

Zhu Di sneered.

He was also admiring the battle scene.

A large number of cannon fodder with obviously pale skin, being driven by the Golden Horde cavalry behind, carried a ladder through the narrow swamp to the north, and charged towards the simple city wall that had begun to melt due to the warmer weather.

It has even crossed the city wall in large numbers.

However, this city wall has long been abandoned. It was originally formed by the accumulation and freezing of soil due to the severe cold, without any procedures such as compaction. Now that the ice has begun to melt, it naturally turns into a lump of mud.

Now its function is only to restrict the intrusion of cavalry. This kind of mud, let alone war horses, even those attacking cannon fodder infantry have to rely on wooden boards to step on them, and some unlucky ones have even been trapped in it and struggling.

As for the defenders, they have retreated to the construction area of ​​Bergosarai.

And behind the city wall is the empty area left by the demolition of the houses when the city wall was built, so the cannon fodder who rushed through the city wall were falling down in the precise shooting of the archers on the buildings. They could only howl wildly and run wildly holding their shields forward.Fortunately, the bows and arrows could not really stop them after all, and then rushed past the cannon fodder intercepted by the bows and arrows, and continued to rush towards the streets and alleys between the buildings. them.

They are all heavy armored swords, like steel monsters, slashing at the enemy soldiers trying to enter in the narrow streets.

The narrow environment makes it impossible for the cannon fodder to enter too much.

They could only rush forward in groups of a few, and use their spears to poke these monsters in vain, but they watched the spears cut open on the forged steel infiltrated and polished armor with broken lines.

However, the chain armor and rough armor on their bodies couldn't stop any slashing from the giant long knife.

The cannon fodder crowded among the buildings could only watch the cold light cut down from the sky, and then their bodies were cut off.However, their efforts are not completely in vain. Relying on the physical strength of constantly exchanging heads for opponents, they can still move forward in some streets and alleys, but every step has to pay more blood, because the musketeers occupying the commanding heights on both sides are constantly shooting. them.The cannon fodder crowded in the streets is the favorite shotgun of rapid-fire guns. The small-sized shotgun sprayed from a distance of tens of meters can kill a lot of people with one shot. Almost all the streets and lanes where fierce battles are fought are full of dead bodies of attackers.

Zhu Di showed his strength as a military genius very well.

In particular, he also developed defensive skills in the Battle of Kaifeng. He took advantage of the fact that the city is basically built with rammed earth, and as a capital, the urban area has a high density of buildings, and there is basically no planning, which leads to chaotic layout and countless alleys. Maze-like features...

The old cities in the Middle East and West Asia basically look like this.

Rammed earth construction.

I also like to build buildings.

Then there is no plan, and it is built casually, resulting in all winding alleys and even alleys of different widths.

In this kind of terrain, occupy a high place to establish a firepower point, and you can keep shooting at the bottom.

Just find a window of an earthen building on the street and set up a rapid-fire cannon. Basically, no one can rush through with a cold weapon until all the shells are fired.

In the same winding and narrow streets, as long as a few heavy-armored long-swordsmen can form the result that one man guards the gate and ten thousand men can't open it.

As for the palace in the center of the city, this is actually a castle with a complete defense system.

The field artillery is concentrated here, but these field artillery are mainly used for mobile reinforcements. In fact, Zhu Di doesn't think the enemy has the ability to hit this castle at all. His tactic is to use the surrounding houses as huge traps, and then lure the attackers Fill in continuously, kill a large number of people through street fighting, until the enemy's morale collapses due to too many casualties.

After all, the military's ability to withstand casualties is limited.

As far as the current precarious situation of the Golden Horde is concerned, I am afraid that even one-tenth of the casualties cannot be borne.

When the casualties exceed the army's capacity, even without him counterattacking, a small accident may lead to the collapse of the entire army.

He's been waiting for this moment.

In this way, Bergosarai, like Stalingrad more than 500 years later, became a life-swallowing beast, constantly devouring the lives of attackers.

"Who are these people?"

Zhu Di said.

The real purpose of these cannon fodder was to consume his ammunition. Obviously, Digai was not stupid, he didn't want to capture Belgosarai at all.

His real purpose is to fight in the field.

After all, he thinks that Zhu Di will have to return to the east after the beginning of spring, as long as he gathers his troops to fight in the field at that time, but the problem is that the Ming army's camel city tactics make him unable to win at all, so he must use continuous attacks before that to consume the Ming army. As long as they don't have those firearms and just use cold weapons, they will have enough confidence.

but……

"This cannon fodder costs a bit too much!"

He then sighed.

This tactic is correct, but it requires a little too much cannon fodder.

Those attacking cannon fodder were constantly being shot by bows and arrows, slashed by heavy-armored swordsmen, and even those that were too dense were bombarded by shotgun shells. Occasionally, flowering shells fell among them, but they were not with mortars. This kind of mortar shell weighing a few kilograms on the battlefield can be thrown as a large grenade, and its power is at least no worse than a real grenade. Behind the supervising team to shoot.

Their only value is really to consume the ammunition of the Ming army.

"Like Georgians, yes, Georgians, probably Armenians.

Timur finally made his move.

These two places belong to Timur. I snatched them when I went south last time, but I was defeated by Timur later, and I couldn’t control these places. , You have to kill them once you go there.But Di should not be able to recruit troops from them now, unless Timur is helping him, Timur is forcibly capturing strong men in these places and sending them to him as cannon fodder, King Khan is right, they are wasting our ammunition , Di Ge and Timur don't care how many of these people we kill.

And they are not like the Russians, their families are definitely in Timur's hands.

They didn't dare to run either. "

Tutuo Lost frowned and said.

The main force of cannon fodder that Yedi should have recruited before was the Russians, of course not the Russians in modern cognition. In fact, the Russians are now a bunch of city-states that surrendered to the Golden Horde.

So did Kyiv before.

But now Kiev is occupied by Lithuania.

Although the Grand Duke of Moscow has indeed started to take the wild boar skin route, there are still many other city-states who are honestly serving the Golden Horde as dogs, paying taxes for them, and sending troops as cannon fodder for them, but these people are not easy to use now , after all they can escape.In fact, even if they are under their grand duke, they often escape, not only them, but also the herdsmen of the Mongolian princes of the Golden Horde, in fact, often flee, after all, the Mongolian princes are worth mentioning. No matter the serf owner, he is a kind of creature in terms of treating his subjects.

And the bottom layers are all the same.

These escaped serfs, herdsmen and even rogues eventually gathered into a special name.

cossack.

Of course, nothing really takes shape yet.

However, there were already many such fugitive slaves along the Don River and the Dnieper River. It was originally in this century that Cossack groups were formed.

After all, there is a battleground where all forces see-saw.

The Poles, Russians, and Ottomans continued to see-saw melee there. Since it was a see-saw melee, it meant that it was difficult for anyone to rule effectively, just like the two sides of the Huaihe River during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. homeless.

But now these Georgians are not the same as Armenians.

If they dared to escape, Timur would kill the whole family.

As for Timur secretly helping Yedi, this has long been expected by Zhu Di and Tuotuo. After all, Yedi should be Timur's person. It is inevitable for him to find Timur when he is in trouble. Zhu Di and Tuotuo also Tuo lost control of the Qincha grassland and posed a serious threat to Timur. It would be strange if he didn't help.

but……

"They want to laugh at us, and I want to consume them!"

Zhu Di looked at the cannon fodder outside and said.

The latter has finally reached the limit of its ability to bear. After all, when the attack is certain death, it is better to go back and rush to supervise the team!

At least the success rate of the supervising team is higher. These are indeed the cannon fodder that Timur forcibly recruited in Georgia and Armenia. A terrible battlefield.Soon they rushed into the Chincha cavalry, who kept stabbing them with spears and trying to force them back, but the cannon fodder who also had weapons in their hands fought back without hesitation, and the two sides immediately started a melee.

However, Digai also knew how to measure, so he immediately issued an order to retreat.

Then the cannon fodder and the Chincha cavalry fled together...

Of course, they just need to withdraw through the swamp area. After all, they have assembled an army of 10,000+ to attack this time, and the battle will continue.

And right now.

Caspian coast.

"King Gaoyang, in front of you is Salechuk. The current prime minister of the Golden Horde Khanate who besieged the king is here. He is the lord of the Nogai Grassland. Salechuk means a small palace, which is Nogai. The most important city on the grassland, but according to the inquiries of those Armenian businessmen, there are not many soldiers and horses in it, and the elite should have gone to Bergosarai."

Zhang Fu reported to Zhu Gaoxu.

At this time, King Gaoyang County was wrapped in a real full-body plate armor, riding a sweaty horse that could bear his weight, and his whole person was like a steel demon god. There are even a lot of patterns painted on the plate armor, all of which are some legendary beasts, such as Bi An, Ya Zi, etc., and even a red dragon coiled on the helmet.He is the king of the county, which is not considered a violation of the system. In fact, his regular clothes are also dragon robes. Besides, this is the Western Regions. Who cares about these things? In short, the whole person looks really shocking.

Similarly, he has now learned how to raise a private army. Behind him are five hundred armored cavalry in full body, but there are not as many painted heavy cavalry as him.

This is his bodyguard.

Five hundred guards.

"Slaughtered!"

He said very simply.

"King Gaoyang, if this happens, the Nogai people along the way may fight desperately."

Zhang Fu reminded him.

The [-] camel city cavalry behind them are continuously gathering.

They set off from Beiping Prefecture, followed the Chu River to the Aral Sea, and then spent ten days crossing thousands of miles of uninhabited wasteland to arrive here. The [-] camel city cavalry were almost half of the elite of Ming Dynasty in the Western Regions. , Beiting Liangdu Division, Gansu Anxi Army, four patchworks, although the commander is Zhu Gaoxu, but the actual command is Zhang Fu, after all, he is the most familiar with this tactic.

"If you dare to resist, continue to kill. If you kill them all, there will be no one to resist. Pass my order, no one will be left except women and children, and everything will be taken by the soldiers. All the soldiers will follow me thousands of miles to save my father. Some rewards."

Zhu Gaoxu sneered.

Then he raised his favorite mace...

"kill!"

Then he let out an excited growl.

The guards behind him immediately let out the same roar.

Zhang Fu looked into the distance helplessly, and at the same time, Zhu Gaoxu had rushed towards Salechuk with his personal guards, or Atyrau at the mouth of the Ural River in modern times. The first city I saw after traveling thousands of miles...