Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 307 Destroy the Bulgarian Khanate and the Eight Red Barbarians

As long as you have more rolls than the enemy, you can prevent the enemy from getting any rolls.

After discussing the battle plan, along with the army's logistics and supplies, they first set up camp in a nearby pasture for livestock raising, and appropriately planted some tomatoes and watermelon seeds.

Although watermelon can only be eaten in summer, it has a high yield. Sometimes one can be eaten for lunch, and the most important thing is that it tastes good.

Everyone from officers to ordinary soldiers likes to eat it.

As for tomatoes, it goes without saying that they are really important to Mongolians now. They are an excellent food with beef and mutton.

Twenty thousand troops were left behind to protect the logistics and equipment, and the remaining troops were divided into two armies, and they attacked the Bulgarian Khanate and the Kipchak Tribal Alliance in a mighty manner.

How fast did the Mongol army march with all its cavalry? Perhaps Mongolia’s former enemies, such as the former Sultan of Khwarezm, Mr. Mokomo will be very happy to tell you.

At that time, he thought that the Mongolian army would take a year to reach his own land, but what he did not expect was that the Mongolian army reached Khwarezm in just a few months.

The Bulgarian Khanate also did not expect the Mongolian army to arrive so quickly.

At this time, the merchants, ordinary residents, preaching priests, and even some captured slaves in the city were in panic.

"According to our rules, let's send two envoys in first to persuade them to surrender!" Batu said.

How can we persuade him to surrender? We will attack the city now, raze the city to the ground, and plunder all the property. "Zhang Yong said.

This group of grassland people seems to be different from the Mongols, Kipchaks, Alans, and other grassland nomads who came to plunder before.

Wood, fur, this city can be said to be full of flammable materials, so it is not very suitable for fire attacks.

The residents of Burial City were now in a state of panic.

What's more, can such a wooden city wall really stop the Mongolian army?

Just kidding, they were able to break through the Central Plains city wall that was dozens of meters high and more than ten meters thick. Can this small wooden city wall of several meters high also be able to stop them?

"Batu! We are here to conquer the west this time. We want to conquer all the peoples and countries in the west.

When the Mongolian army acted collectively, the troops were so neat and orderly, like a dark forest, which gave people a huge sense of oppression.

A small wooden city wall, Zhang Yong didn't even bother to use explosive packs, thunder cannons, and the ten heavy cannons he brought.

"Children! Prepare to attack the city." Subotai directly pulled out his saber and said with a little excitement in his eyes.

Boom!Boom!Boom!

The Mongolian army quickly set up twenty catapults outside the city.

He had waited too long for this day to take revenge on the people of the Bulgarian Khanate.

"What you see is not a moving forest. What you see is the Mongolian cavalry. They are coming. They are really back."

Naturally, Batu would not refute anymore. After all, if he sent an envoy to persuade him to surrender, he would most likely be killed.

"Pray, the Lord will bless us!" An Orthodox priest knelt on the ground and said.

At this time, the defenders and most of the people in Briar City were also alert to the arrival of the Mongol Empire army.

"I saw that a huge forest ran over by itself last night. The forest actually moved in front of us." A fur trader in his fifties said.

Seeing that the deputy commander and military advisor suggested not sending envoys directly to persuade them to surrender.

Some small gathering points of Bulgarians encountered on the way here were also wiped out by the Mongolian army.

Huge stones with burning flames were thrown into the city, and gasoline flints hit the wooden city wall, quickly igniting a fire.

The Bulgarian Khanate had many conflicts with the Mongol Empire on the border. During the three years of preparations for the Western Expedition, Ogedai also sent many scout cavalry units to conduct reconnaissance on the Bulgarian Khanate.

"Hahaha! King Guanzhong understands me. This time, I want to avenge my brother.

Just use a catapult and gasoline rocks to greet them.

"King Guanzhong and General Subotai, since you two think this should be the case, then we will capture the city today and we will rest in the city tonight." Batu said.

A few days after the division of troops, Zhang Yong, Subutai, Batu and others led an army of nearly 200,000 people directly to the city of Burial.

You must know that the main sources of business in Buliar City are slaves and the fur trade.

"To prepare to attack the city, first use a trebuchet, load it with boulders, pour gasoline on it, and then throw it into the city." Zhang Yong said.

This is the first battle of the Western Expedition. We must fight well and deter the enemy. This is called getting off to a good start and winning the battle. "Zhang Yong said.

"No no! Batu, we will not send an envoy!

Lord Subotai just said that he would massacre this city to avenge his brothers.

"The number of these Mongols is terrifying. Their army is larger than all the people in our city combined." A local citizen said.

First of all, the city wall, Nima's city wall is actually made of wood, only a few meters high, with some stones underneath for the foundation.

With just a few rounds of strikes, the entire city burst into flames, and a large number of soldiers turned into small firemen and began to run around.

The Mongol army's shocking battle rang out outside the city.

Just use local materials, find some huge rocks, tie them with linen cloth, pour some gasoline on them, and light them.

The first battle of the Western Expedition began.

When Jebe and I led our troops through here, the Bulgarians attacked us.

They chased us many times. If it weren't for their pursuit, Zhebie would not have died. Subotai said.

"I know they came once ten years ago and they didn't get anything, and now they're here again."

Therefore, there are a large number of fur items stored in the city, and most of the houses of residents in the city are built of wood, and there are no stone houses at all.

Burial City is considered a transportation thoroughfare with a very good geographical location. It connects the northwest and occupies an important position on the east-west commercial road in the grassland.

However, compared to the cities in the Central Plains, this city is not even a little bit worse!

The screams in the city were endless.

Even the soldiers and generals responsible for defending the city did not expect that the Mongols would be so decisive.

They had just arrived at the city, and without sending an envoy in or asking any questions, they launched an attack directly.

And the attack was so fierce.

The Mongolian army arrived in the morning and immediately launched an attack.

At noon that day, the city of Burial, the only capital of the entire Bulgarian Khanate, turned into a blazing sea of ​​fire.

The fragility of this city exceeded Zhang Yong's imagination, and also exceeded the imagination of all the Mongolian armies.

"These people are too weak! What's the point of building such a city?" a Mongolian general said.

is not that right? During the first Western Expedition, Khwarezm still had the city walls of those countries in the Western Regions.

Basically all of them are made of earthen stone walls. Although they are not as strong as cities in the Central Plains, they are not much different.

But the city wall of the Bulgarian Khanate left them speechless to the extreme. They just cut down some big trees, then simply woven it and inserted it directly into the outside. This is the city wall!

Can such a wall really protect you? Just protect you from wild beasts!

"Hahaha! Let me tell you, when I came here ten years ago, their city walls were like this.

The same is true for the city walls of the Russians. They are all made of wood and are completely vulnerable. Subotai said.

The wooden city wall may be completely sufficient to defend against the local nomads and the war between them and the great princes of Russia.

But to defend against the Mongolian army, it is just a fool's errand. Let alone the Mongolian army, the Khwarezm army from the Western Regions can easily defeat them.

At the same time that the Mongolian army launched an attack, in the city of Burial.

Suddenly there was a cry of killing and the sound of a large number of weapons clashing. It seemed that two groups of people were fighting each other.

"General Subotai, did you hear that? There seems to be someone fighting in the city." Batu frowned and said.

What's going on! Their Mongolian army is still launching long-range fire strikes. Why is there a fight in the city? We haven’t entered the city yet? Who are the defenders in the city fighting?

"Call a local businessman to come and ask." Zhang Yong said.

On the way to attack Burial City, they have captured many businessmen, and these businessmen are sometimes very good intelligence agents.

Soon a European businessman who was proficient in the Mongolian language came here.

"Why are there sounds of fighting in the city? Do you know the reason?" Zhang Yong asked.

"Sir! I think there should be a riot in the city. Maybe your army doesn't need to enter the city." The European businessman thought for a while and said.

"Oh! Tell me why there was a riot in the city?" Batu asked curiously.

"Sir! The two biggest businesses in this city are the fur trade and the other is slave human trafficking, and these are all from the principalities of Ross.

The cavalry of the Bulgarian Khanate would go to the land of the Rus every year to plunder some people.

Then they instigated the princes of the principalities of Russia to attack and fight against each other, and then purchased prisoners of war and slaves from them at high prices.

These slaves would be gathered together, waiting for us traders to transport them to Western Europe in the summer and sell them. "The businessman said.

The local Rus slaves broke out in riots more than once.

In addition to Russian slaves, some Kipchaks, Cumans, and Alans were also targets of Bulgarian slave owners.

"It seems that as long as we wait for a while before going in, there will basically be no resistance." Subotai smiled and said.

What an unexpected surprise! The city actually started fighting on its own.

"In this case, let's wait a little longer. When they decide the winner or both sides suffer losses, our army will enter the city again," Batu said.

Zhang Yong also nodded in agreement. If there is an advantage, why not take advantage of it?

At this time, there were a large number of Russian slaves, Kipchak slaves, and Alan slaves in the city of Burial.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when the defenders were attacked by Mongolian catapults, he snatched the guards' keys and directly opened his cell door.

Then they would draw sticks or seize the weapons of the defenders and start a riot.

"Kill them all and freedom will be ours."

"Kill! Kill!" A Russian slave knocked a defender unconscious with a wooden stick, took away his sword, and shouted.

"Kill! Kill them all!"

"Attention everyone, the slaves have rebelled! Suppress them."

A large number of slaves rushed towards the defenders one after another. The defenders had to deal with the Mongolian attack while suppressing the rioting slaves.

But how could the slave riots in the city be suppressed?

In the city of Burial, slaves were captured in the summer and autumn and sold in the spring.

Therefore, the number of slaves accumulated in the city now reaches an astonishing 20,000 to 30,000.

Even more than the local defenders.

The shouts of killing in the city were loud, but the Mongolian army outside the city was extremely leisurely. In order to allow them to carry out the internal struggle with peace of mind, even the trebuchet attack was cancelled.

In the afternoon of that day, the shouts of killing in the city gradually weakened.

I don't know whether it was the defenders who had the upper hand or the slaves who had the upper hand, but it didn't matter.

Anyway, whoever wins in the end will be dealt with by them.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Subotai immediately led tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry and rushed into the city of Briar.

"My sons, follow me and fight in."

"Kill! Kill!"

The fighting lasted until late that night, or it could not be called a fight with resistance at all.

At this time, both the defenders and slaves in the city were in a lose-lose situation.

Face well-equipped and well-trained. And the extremely fierce Mongolian cavalry collapsed in an instant.

However, the Mongolian army still spent a whole night to eliminate all the resistance forces in the city and drove all the living people out of the city.

Then the Mongolian army carried out a devastating plunder of the city of Burial, plundering all the livestock, property, and fur products in the city.

Then a fire burned the only city of the Bulgarian Khanate and the country's capital to the ground.

"King of Guanzhong, Batu, we have captured more than 10,000 Russian prisoners in total.

There were more than 20,000 Bulgarians, and most of the others had been burned to death. Subotai said.

This first battle of the Western Expedition went smoothly to an unimaginable level. The Mongolian army basically destroyed the Bulgarian Khanate without any casualties.

"All the young and middle-aged men were organized into the servant army. The women and the looted gold and silver were sent to the supply camp. After the soldiers have made meritorious service, they will be rewarded." Batu said.

The fall of Burial shocked all Bulgarians, and they could not believe the capital of their country.

The extremely strong city of Burial, where the Mongolian army was defeated last time, was actually defeated in just one day this time.

All Bulgarians who received the news immediately packed their bags and began to flee towards the west.

According to the original plan, Batu, Subotai, Zhang Yong and others, after resting for three days near the city of Burial, sent out a large army to attack all the tribes near the Bulgarian Khanate.

In just a few days, the swift-moving Mongolian army captured all the territory of the Bulgarian Khanate.

The smoothness and simplicity of the battle even exceeded Zhang Yong's imagination. Damn it, we didn't fight that easily in the Kingdom of Jin!

These people are really weak! Extremely weak.

After completely defeating the Bulgarian Khanate, the Western Expeditionary Army held a grand bonfire and banquet.

At the same time, on the other side, the armies led by princes such as Guyu, Mengge, and Baidaer also entered the territory of the Kipchaks.

After learning about the arrival of the Mongolian army, the Kipchaks were frightened. When Genghis Khan went on his first western expedition, the old queen mother of the Khwarezm Kingdom was a Kipchak.

Back then, they also helped Khwarezm to resist Mongolia a little, but the result was that it collapsed at the first touch, and even attracted retaliation from Mongolia.

Zhebie and Subotai led 20,000 troops into the Kipchak grassland, letting them know what the gap in combat power was.

The twelve Kipchak tribes were immediately frightened after hearing the news of the arrival of the Mongolian army, and they all gathered together to discuss what to do.

The leaders of eight tribes surrendered directly to Mongolia and expressed their willingness to surrender to Mongolia again.

The eight Kipchak tribesmen, Meng Ge, Guyu and others who were willing to surrender, did not refuse and surrendered directly.

There were four other tribes that chose to resist the Mongolian army resolutely. Meng Geguiyou and others divided their troops into four groups and directly defeated the armies of these four tribes without even allowing them to unite in one place.

Seeing this, the remaining three Kipchak tribes directly chose to surrender. However, this time's surrender was not as lucky as the previous eight tribes.

The eight Kipchak tribes that surrendered before received excellent treatment. They could keep their own pastures and livestock, but they had to give 10% of their property to the Mongolian army.

From now on, a certain amount of livestock must be handed over to the Mongol Empire every year. In addition, when the Mongol Empire needs it, these tribes need to send troops to assist the Mongol army in fighting.

The three Kipchak tribes that later surrendered did not receive such good treatment. At Guyu's request, they had to hand over 50% of their entire tribe's cattle, sheep and horses, and the Mongolian army would mobilize all adults of their tribes at any time. Men go to war.

The other Bachiman tribe was the only tribe that was completely unwilling to surrender to Mongolia. They began to fight guerrillas with the Mongolian army on the land of the Kipchaks.

From time to time, they would attack the Mongolian army or rob some livestock.

The brave behavior of the leaders of the Bachiman tribe in resisting the Mongols inspired other Kipchak tribes.

Some Kipchak tribes, more or less secretly, want to support the Eight Red Barbarians.

(End of this chapter)