Chapter 817: The Decisive Battle on the Bala Plain (1)
Dorgon brought from Isfahan 54,000 Manchurians, 40,000 cavalry, 50,000 Persian infantry, and 20,000 flintlock pipers of the Dragonbreakers, for a total of 164,000 men.
When the two Qing armies of Zihar and Dolgon joined together, the Qing army under Dolgon increased to 180,000, only more than 10,000 more than the last battle with the Ottoman army, but it had to fight against the Ottoman army, which was more than 100,000 more than the last time.
The balance of power did not seem to be proportional at all, but Dorgon was still confident that he could defeat an army of 300,000 Ottomans.
While Zihar and his Manchu Eight Banners were at peace with Dolgon, the offensive and defensive battles of Urumiyah City became more and more intense.
"Calculate the time, the reinforcements of the full man should be coming, hurry up and take Urumiya City!" The commander of the Ottoman army, Getjevic, said with a calm face: "Send orders to the front-line army and increase the offensive!" ”
The order of Getjevic was conveyed, and suddenly, the Ottoman army besieging the city increased its offensive.
"Killing---- dense Ottoman soldiers under the city.
There have been more than 100 Ottoman soldiers attacking the broken city wall, and more and more, once the Ottoman soldiers who attacked the city wall reached half of the Persian flag soldiers of the Qing army, then it means that the Ottoman soldiers can no longer stop it, and it is inevitable to attack the city.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the Ottoman soldiers on the city wall to surpass the Persian soldiers of the Qing army, and some Ottoman soldiers began to enter the city, and fought fiercely with the Qing Persian soldiers in the city, at this time, there were less than 6,000 Qing Persian soldiers left in the city.
"Okay, God forbid, Urumiyah City will soon be our Ottoman Empire!" Seeing that his soldiers had almost completely occupied the crumbling walls, Getjevic said with a laugh.
Inside the city of Urumiya.
Sangbul, the king of Huaishun, was covered in blood and carried the only remaining 5,000 Persian flags and fought fiercely with the Ottoman soldiers who attacked the city.
30,000 Persian banners, in just two days and two nights, 25,000 people were killed and wounded, one can imagine how fierce the Ottoman army's offensive was.
And Sanghpur can still resist despite the heavy casualties of more than eighty percent of the soldiers under his command, and he has to be said to be a good fierce general. Dolgon's vision is not bad in the end, and there is a certain reason why he can choose Sanghpur to lead the original Persian banner.
---In order to raise the will of the remaining soldiers and let the remaining soldiers continue to resist, so that the Ottoman soldiers would not collapse because the Ottoman soldiers had already entered the city, Sanghpur had to take the lead and rush to the front.
Although the Huaishun king Sangpur was brave and had not lost the city of Urumiyah until now, the Ottoman soldiers continued to flow, and many of the remaining 5,000 Persian soldiers had begun to collapse and flee backwards.
At the city gate, more Ottoman soldiers began to move away the stone piles blocking the city gate, once the passage of the city gate was cleared, more Ottoman soldiers would enter the city through the city gate, and then the city of Urumiya would not be able to hold it anyway.
"Poof!" Slashed and killed an Ottoman soldier again, but looking at the steady stream of Ottoman soldiers behind him, Sanghpur was already a little desperate, he couldn't hold it anymore, and if there were no more reinforcements, the city of Urumiya would be lost.
Outside the city, Gatjevic was also waiting for news of the complete capture of Urumiyeh.
"Newspaper ----" An Ottoman spy quickly came to Getjevic.
"Marshal, Dolgon personally led 180,000 Qing troops to come, and they have reached twelve miles away!" The spies loudly reported the news to Gatjevic.
Getivich nodded faintly and did not speak.
After a while, another spy quickly came to Gatjivic.
"Report ---"
"Marshal, the Qing army is in formation on the Bala Plain, ten miles away!" The spy reported loudly.
"Huh?" Getivich immediately frowned, what does Dolgon mean by this, pausing the march in the open plains, and setting up a position, is this preparing for a decisive battle with him?
Ghetewich quickly confirmed his idea, and Dolgon's purpose in doing so could not be any other than that it was a sign of a decisive battle.
"Hmph, a decisive battle? That's exactly what I was hoping for! Getivich sneered.
Although Gatyivich was confident that he would sweep the entire Qing Kingdom with 300,000 Ottoman elite troops, if the attack of one city at a time, the besieging side would always have more casualties than the defenders, and even if he captured the entire Qing Kingdom, his Ottoman army would inevitably have to pay a great price.
However, the decisive battle between the two armies is different, and the winner can be determined in one battle.
Getivich is also one of the top military commanders of the Ottoman Empire, this time he has 300,000 Ottoman elite troops, and Dolgon is only 180,000 Qing troops, no matter how much he overestimates Dorgon, Getivich is also very sure to defeat Dorgon in the decisive battle.
It is believed that Dolgon's 180,000 Qing army must already be all the troops that the Qing Kingdom can mobilize, and once this army is defeated, the entire Qing Kingdom will no longer have the strength to resist.
Ghetewich glanced at Urumije, who was about to be completely breached, with some pity.
"Send the order to stop the attack on the city of Urumiyah, and the whole army will go to the Bara Plain, ten miles away, to fight a decisive battle with the Dolgon Qing army!" Gatyivich ordered.
As for Urumiyah City, although it has not been taken, the Qing army inside will inevitably be killed and wounded, and there is no threat, as long as the decisive battle is won, and then turn around, Urumiyah can break itself without attacking.
"Woo-" The Ottoman horn sounded.
The Ottoman soldiers who had already stormed the city of Urumiyah were stunned, and in a moment, all the Ottoman soldiers began to retreat outside the city, suspending the attack on Urumiya.
The Ottoman army retreated suddenly, and the Persian soldiers such as Sangpur, the king of Huaishun, who were already desperate in the city, were also stunned.
After a while, all the remaining Persian soldiers erupted in cheers.
"It's the regent, it must be the regent who is here with reinforcements!" Sanghpur rejoiced.
For Dolgon, Sanghpur is definitely worshipped, and Dorgon is the true god in Sangopur's heart.
Sangpur was excited, and he was extremely confident that Dorgon would be able to defeat the Ottoman army and keep the Qing Kingdom.
"Target, Barra Plains!" After the Ottoman army withdrew outside the city, Getjevic immediately left the city of Urumiya with all the Ottoman troops and went to the Barra Plain, ten miles away, to fight the Qing army such as Dolgon.
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