Chapter 698: The Manchus' First Contact with the Ottomans
After completely capturing Isfahan, the capital of the Persian Empire, and capturing the Persian Emperor, Dolgon quickly forced the Persian Emperor to write an edict of surrender and ordered all Persian cities to surrender to the Qing Empire.
Perhaps knowing that the tide was turning, the Persian emperor did not choose to resist, and soon wrote an edict at Dorgon's request, ordering all Persian cities to surrender.
Not only that, but the largest mosque in Isfahan also showed goodwill, calling on all Persians to stop resisting and accept the rule of the Qing Empire.
Dolgon was extremely satisfied with the goodwill of the mosque, so he specially changed into a halal costume and went to the mosque for a walk, and negotiated with the elders of the mosque for two hours, no one knows what they ended up saying, but both sides were very satisfied.
Then, instead of staying and waiting to receive the cities of the Persian Empire, Dolgon left nearly 20,000 Persian infantry and 5,000 iron cavalry to guard Isfahan, and then led the other 164,000 main army straight to the west of the Persian Empire to block the Ottoman army.
Up to now, the Ottoman Empire has successively captured dozens of cities in the west of the Persian Empire, nearly one-third of the territory of the Persian Empire, so rampant that Dolgon can not endure.
After destroying the Persian Empire, Dolgon has regarded all the territory of the Persian Empire as the territory of the Qing Empire, and the Ottoman Empire cannot touch it, and if he wants to defeat the Ottoman Empire and give the Ottoman Empire a bloody lesson, there is only one bloody battle!
"Drive! Drive! ”
"Boom" is full of dust and smoke, and Jin Ge Iron Horse.
For the sake of speed, Dolgon left all the Persian flag foot soldiers, although the Dragon Breaker Army is also considered a foot soldier, but because they are all composed of Manchurians, they are also equipped with war horses, and they can also follow the fast march, so it can be said that Dolgon's more than 160,000 troops at the moment are all iron horses.
There are about nearly 50,000 Manchu Eight Banners, nearly 100,000 servant cavalry, and 15,000 Dragon Breakers.
After a whole day of galloping, more than 160,000 Qing troops including Dolgon finally reached the west and directly entered the occupied area of the Ottoman army.
"Newspaper"
"The Ottoman army is already waiting fifteen miles ahead!" There's news from the scouts ahead.
In recent years, not only the Manchus have developed an intelligence network in Persia, but the Ottoman Empire has developed earlier, and it can be said that the Qing army has just invaded Isfahan and someone quickly passed the news to Getyivich.
And Getyivich did not hesitate to order the army to stop attacking the city and gather together, because he knew very well that only by defeating the Qing army could he consolidate the captured places, and even continue to capture more places.
Gaitewich left less than 10,000 men to defend the captured 30 cities, an average of only about 200 people per city, and the remaining 170,000 troops joined him to meet the Qing army.
This is a flat, dry sandy land, perfect for a decisive battle!
At one end of the horizon, dust and smoke were everywhere, and two white flags led the way, which first appeared in the sight of Gatjivich, and then the other Eight Banners Iron Cavalry and servant cavalry also rushed out one after another.
Led by the Manchu Eight Banners, they held the war horse group in a formation more than 500 meters away from the Ottoman army.
The fifteen thousand Dragon Breaker Army also dismounted neatly, forming infantry formations and unloading the cannons they had brought in, everything was in an orderly manner, and there was no sense of chaos at all.
"The Qing army is really an elite force, no wonder it was able to destroy the Persian Empire!" Gaitevich sighed as he looked at the Qing army, which was strict in appearance and high morale.
170,000 to more than 160,000, the difference between the two sides is only a few thousand people, compared to the army of more than 100,000, this difference in numbers is almost negligible.
Although lamenting the strength of the Qing army, Gatyevich still has great confidence in defeating the Qing army, after all, the Qing army continued to fight, people were sleepy, and nearly 100,000 were killed and wounded in the process of destroying the Persian Empire, and the imperial army under his command was almost the most elite army in the empire.
Although most of the more than 160,000 Qing troops were cavalry, cavalry, as the king of cold weapon warfare, had certain advantages. But the Ottoman army also had 40,000 cavalry, 40,000 infantry troops equipped with excellent iron shields, 5,000 arquebus battalions, and even the other 85,000 ordinary infantry troops were all armored, which was really extremely elite.
"The Ottoman army is so elite!" When he saw that the Ottoman Empire's 170,000 troops were so well-equipped, Dolgon couldn't help but twitch the corners of his eyes, extremely surprised, and his face instantly gloomy. You must know that in his cognition, the Ottoman Empire is definitely a country stronger than the Persian Empire, although he is sure that this army is eighty percent of the most elite army of the Ottomans, but it is enough for him to feel extremely pressure on the Ottoman Empire.
Dolgon thought well, the Ottoman army in front of him is indeed the most elite army of the Ottoman Empire, this army not only pressed the European countries in the west, but also destroyed the most elite army of the Persian Empire in the Battle of Baghdad six years ago, which is the trump card of the Ottoman Empire, which shows how much the Ottoman emperor invested in order to capture the territory of Persia.
Although he felt a lot of pressure, but the matter has come to this, the two armies are facing each other, and there is no room for the slightest retreat, the Ottoman army is indeed strong, but the belief in Dolgon's heart has not been hit, and the Eight Banners are the most elite in his eyes at all times.
Two countries, two nations, the Ottomans were defeated by the Tang Dynasty and had to move west to the Middle East, and the Manchus were also defeated by the Ming Dynasty and had to move westward to the people, the two nations have a common origin, and now, the first contact between the two nations is the outbreak of a major war.
"Boom!" Gatjevic drew his sword and pointed forward.
"Attack!"
With the order of Gatywicz, more than forty Ottoman cannons opened fire in unison.
The Ottoman army carried light cannons of about 800 catties, with a maximum range of only 600 meters, and most of the more than 40 shells fell in the blank space in front of the two armies, blowing up a large amount of dust and smoke.
The neighing of the war horse! 40,000 Ottoman horsemen took the lead in galloping towards the Qing army, while the other Ottoman troops did not give orders and did not move for the time being.
On the Qing side, the artillery has not yet been prepared, but the enemy has already begun to attack, and immediate confrontation is their only option.
"Bow down! You take 40,000 iron cavalry to meet the Ottoman cavalry! Dorgon began to give orders in composure.
"Wow!" Bow down and receive your life!
"Killing" 40,000 Manchu Eight Banners followed Ao Bai to gallop together to meet the Ottoman cavalry, which was also 40,000 people.
40,000 against 40,000, the Manchu Eight Banners is the most elite cavalry of the Manchus, and the core ruling force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the 40,000 Ottoman cavalry is also an elite cavalry built by the Ottoman Empire, and it can even be said that it is the only cavalry army of the Ottoman Empire.
This is undoubtedly a pinnacle duel between elite cavalry and elite cavalry!