Chapter 139: The Siege Fails
The ironclad Ming army is like a copy of the iron harrier, but there are no fully draped horses, they are covered in heavy armor, holding double knives in a neat line to march forward, when they touch the coalition army, the steel knife wields flesh and blood, and the allies are helpless, as if facing a huge bone, but the mouth is too small to swallow,
Indeed, except for a small gap in the eye area, the heavy armor soldiers are very skillfully connected up and down, and the knife is just a white mark, in this case, if you want to defeat, you can only rely on the cavalry, and you can only pierce the heavy armor with a spear by running on horseback, but now it is on the city wall, where does the cavalry come from,
Some smart soldiers raised their knives and stabbed the heavy armored soldiers of the Ming army with the tip of their knives with all their might, and sure enough, there were several successful examples, piercing some weak links in the armor, but the soldiers inside seemed to be ignorant, and the soldiers of the allied forces began to be afraid, could it be that the armor was not a person, so how to fight this battle, the military heart was a little turbulent for a while,
Is it a person under the heavy armor, of course, Zhen Lingdan originally wanted to make the living dead, but he needed more medicinal materials, and the method was troublesome and took too long, not to mention that he was not Wang Yulu, and he didn't dare to guarantee that he could only give up if he could make it successfully.
This kind of chain mail is relatively lightweight, and because it is interlocking, it can disperse the power of stabbing and chopping, and it is an excellent defensive armor, but although the blacksmith of the Western Regions can build it, the workmanship is too troublesome, and the cost of a chain mail is worth more than 20 sets of Central Plains iron armor, so it is not used on a large scale, and there are only a few people who can build it after all, so even the general does not have a few sets,
Zhen Lingdan collected all the chain mail in stock, and then ordered the craftsmen to build it overnight, and finally gathered such a heavy armored army, Zhen Lingdan selected tall and mighty soldiers, let them put on chain mail, and covered the thick armor of the Central Plains to be foolproof, so although the battle armor was heavy, the soldiers were invincible without fear, because hiding in the battle armor only slaughtered others, and they were not afraid of the oncoming sword and sword shadow at all,
The assassination of the allies just now penetrated the thick armor, and after the strength weakened, it was resisted by the chain mail, and those Timurid people who risked their lives to try were ruthlessly killed by the heavy armor.
Heavy armored soldiers are not invincible in the world, at least on the plain battlefield and the iron harrier has more or less shortcomings, because their armor is too heavy, once they are overturned to the ground and are unable to get up, human strength is limited, but when all the weight is pressed on people, they can only move forward but can not get up, and all heavily armored infantry or cavalry are difficult to turn, which hinders the mobility of the battlefield, generally as long as they trip they are equivalent to killing them, You only need to wait for the battle to take off their armor and slowly slaughter, and the heavy armored soldiers will have no way to lie in place and wait for the slaughter to come, so the heavy armored soldiers are only suitable for surprise and icing on the cake, it is difficult to deal with large-scale rushing battles, as well as mutual charge attacks, a small few thistles pierce the horse's hooves to break the horse's hooves, and the knight can break the formation when he falls to the ground,
Tripping horses and hooking sabers are the natural enemies of heavy armor, but everything must pay attention to the right time, place and people, and it is because of the shortcomings of heavy armor on the plains that this type of troops has been slowly eliminated, so Boyan Bell was surprised when he first saw Zhen Lingdan's iron harrier, after all, this is something that didn't exist hundreds of years ago,
In all cases, the heavily armored infantry were invincible within the narrow walls, and they used their best effect to slaughter the helpless allies until there was not a single foreigner left in the city.
The ballista ladder has been destroyed by the fight between ghosts and ghosts, and after crashing and destroying the city gate, it was found that the city gate had been sealed with boulders, and it was impossible to enter at all, injuring thousands of people, but it did not attack the city wall, and even gave the Ming army a little pressure to almost break the city, which really made Boyan Bell and Murong Longteng angry, and they were helpless to deal with the ghost Murong family, they were good at divination and illusion, and there were not many people who could really fight, even if they could, the Murong family would not run to the city in danger, Fight with the ghosts manipulated by the Heavenly Master Battalion,
After deliberation, the two commanders of the Allied forces gave the order for Mingjin to withdraw his troops, and the Allied troops dragged their tired bodies and wounded comrades and retreated with full of anger.
Murong Longteng said angrily: "Rest first, and then attack tomorrow." Boyan Bell said: "It's the same if you continue to fight, as far as I know, the city wall of Samarkand was built by the famous businessman Fang Qingze, and the city defense is very strong, plus Zhen Lingdan is indeed a genius who leads troops, I'm afraid that even if we attack for ten days, it will be difficult to achieve results." ”
Murong Longteng squinted at Boyan Bell and said, "The nonsense that disturbs the hearts of our army is not the strength of Li Khan's fear of Zhen Lingdan's old thief. ”
"What did you say, how did you talk to my Khan."
"You guys are scared of being beaten, it's really a wretch."
The generals of the two sides suddenly quarreled in the big tent, and in the end, both sides moved their knives, Murong Longteng and Boyan Bell stopped their subordinates, and Boyan Bell said: "If you have to fight, then take your Timurid army to fight, we will also try to send the people to watch the enemy for you, this is your battle, we are just here to help you, and now the captured capital is Samarkand, not Yili Li." ”
"Hmph, I forgot that I was kicked out like a lost dog, Zhen Lingdan just gave up Yili for the time being, once Timur collapses, then the next one is your Xiyili regime, don't forget, the Yili in the east has no longer obeyed your call for Boyan Bell." Murong Longteng sneered at each other, especially saying that Yili was divided into two parts, East and West,
Boyan Bell frowned and suddenly asked, "Do you have a lot of food in Samarkand?" ”
Murong Longteng was slightly stunned and then replied: "Samarkand is the economic capital, there are many caravans, and doing business is about liquidity, so the stock should not be too much, but it is definitely a lot, there are only two granaries in the city, do you want to rely on the number of people to besiege the city and fight, and wait for them to run out of food." ”
"Yes, we are many times more numerous than our opponents, the siege may not be enough, but the siege is more than enough, now there is only the existence of the Ming army in the city, tens of thousands of troops are eating, drinking and Lazar in the city, and they will definitely not be able to hold on for a long time, we are not in a hurry, it will not take long for them to surrender automatically, even if they can bear it to the end." Boyan Bell smiled coldly,
Murong Longteng thought for a while and sighed and said, "Then let's do this first." ”