Volume 16 Chapter 36 The Tile Thorn Strikes

"Driving", Gu Shihan waved the leather whip with high spirits, and whipped it on the horse's buttocks, the war horse was in pain, and ran forward desperately.

The warm spring breeze was blowing in his face, and the sound of thunderous horses' hooves resounded throughout the world, and behind him, 100,000 watts of spinning iron rode horses and galloped, like a rolling torrent, about to swallow everything in front of him.

Gushi Khan liked this feeling very much, and led thousands of troops and horses to crush the enemy directly, and then, their belongings, women, and fertile grasslands would be their own, how happy it was!

In front of him is Hamiwei, as long as he occupies Hamiwei and captures Jiayuguan, the world of flowers and flowers of the Ming Dynasty will be snatched by himself, he seems to see endless wealth, and countless beauties are beckoning to him.

Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, he couldn't help but raise his whip again, and whipped the horse's buttocks fiercely, the horse galloped faster and faster, and the feeling of extreme speed made his blood boil all over his body.

In order to maintain his horsepower, it took him nearly three days to lead his army to the foot of the Tien Shan Mountains, north of Hamiwei, yesterday afternoon.

After half an afternoon and a night's rest, the 200,000-strong army was full of energy, and it was time for the Ming army to tremble!

Early this morning, he directly led 100,000 thorn iron cavalry to Hamiwei, dozens of miles away, while the Kazakh cavalry was sent by him to cut down trees on the nearby hillside.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Ming army is not very good, the sense of resistance is very tenacious, even if it is outnumbered, there are few people who open the door to surrender, so if you want to occupy Hamiwei, there will definitely be a siege battle.

Although he led the cavalry, he was not very afraid of the siege battle, because according to the information more than ten days ago, the defenders of Hamiwei were only more than 10,000 people, and he had 200,000 people, surrounded on all sides, attacking in turns, to see how long they could stand!

In his mind, it was impossible for the Qin army to increase troops to Hami, because Jiayu Pass was more important to them, and there were five or six guards to guard outside the pass, so they couldn't distinguish between men and horses.

Of course, it would be better if they gathered heavy troops in Hamiwei, and they would directly attack Jiayu Pass after a day of temptation, and once they rushed into the pass, the happy day would come!

Dozens of miles away, it doesn't take half an hour to gallop wildly, Hamiwei in front is already in sight, Gu Shihan raised his hand, and then pulled the reins slightly, and the 100,000 army began to slow down slowly with him.

When there was still a distance of about three miles from Hamiwei, the 100,000 iron horsemen finally stopped slowly, and without his order, the iron horses behind them were automatically lined up in a phalanx, and from a distance, it looked like a terrifying black line on the ground level.

Gushi Khan took out the telescope that Rozov had given him, expertly raised it, and looked at the city wall.

This is a good thing, the scenery can be seen clearly from a few miles away, and when Rozov gave it to him, he simply couldn't put it down, and he took it every day and looked around, and after playing for nearly a month, the novelty slowly faded.

The city wall in the distance was full of Ming troops as he expected, and the city wall of Hamiwei was not wide, and it was almost full with 2,000 people standing on one side, and there were more than 10,000 defenders in the city, so it was not surprising that the entire city wall was covered.

He pursed his lips disdainfully, and snorted coldly in his heart: "Hmph, I don't know whether I live or die, even this little man and horse dare to resist the 200,000 army, wait for the ladder to be built, see how many rounds you can hold." “

At this time, Hou Gongji also held a telescope and looked at the cavalry of the Tile Spur Division, and a rare smile appeared on his resolute face, this is all military merit, I hope they can attack a few more rounds, preferably besieged from all sides, in that case, they can accumulate more military merits.

He knew that the 100,000 cavalry in front of him was not all, and there were still 100,000 cavalry cutting trees at the foot of the sky, preparing to build a ladder.

Gushi Khan always thought that the Ming army would be caught off guard, but he didn't know that the Ming army had already prepared, and they were so good that they were stationed under a Ming army's sentry last night, and what they were doing The Ming army's sentry saw clearly.

Hou Gongji was not in a hurry, he knew that the tile spur cavalry on the opposite side would have to dismount and attack the city sooner or later.

Gushi Khan is not in a hurry, he still doesn't care about the Ming army, if there is no Ming army in the city, then he may be able to take Hamiwei down today; It doesn't matter if there are a lot of Ming troops in the city, tomorrow, he will wave his army and go straight to Jiayu Pass!

The two sides confronted each other quietly, neither fighting nor scolding, as if they had reached a tacit understanding.

An hour later, the Kazakh cavalry finally dragged the cut trees one after another, and since today was only a tentative attack, and only a ladder was built, they did not need a lot of wood, and they did not need too thick wood, so they did not bother much.

This time, Jangar Khan did not come with the army, and the Kazakh cavalry was led by Asyd Taiji, who had been instructed by Jangar Khan before he came, that he could properly obey the dispatch of Gushi Khan, and that it was okay to fight, but he could not charge in front.

Therefore, Gushi Khan asked him to lead his army to cut down trees, and he readily agreed.

At this time, Gushi Khan saw that they had cut the wood, and began to assign tasks again.

Very simply, the Hami guards were on all sides, with 25,000 thorn iron cavalry and 25,000 Kazakh cavalry on each side, the Kazakh cavalry was responsible for making ladders, and the tile spur cavalry was responsible for besieging the city.

He had only one requirement for Asyd, and that was to build at least five hundred ladders on each side by noon.

Naturally, Asyd doesn't have any opinions, as long as he doesn't let him go to the siege, it's easy to talk about building a ladder or something.

As for the tile cavalry, they rested before noon, and as soon as noon came, they launched at the same time on all sides, and made three tentative attacks, the first of which were 5,000 men, and the second and third rounds of 10,000 men each.

After arranging everything, 200,000 cavalry scattered in all directions, surrounded the Hami Guard, and that posture had the feeling of frenzied siege, and none of them were let go.

Hou Gongji saw all this from the telescope, and a smile appeared on his resolute face again, it's good to attack the city from all sides, the more they come, the more they die, if they attack one side, it's not good, the city wall is so wide, how many people can be piled up.

As for the question of whether to defend or not, there is no need to think about it at all, not only does the other side not see artillery, but also does not see a single musket, even if there are 200,000 troops, if they attack the city to the death, their own 50,000 horses can even consume them all!

Seeing that some of their cavalry were frantically making ladders, while the other part of the cavalry also began to dismount and rest, Hou Gongji knew that for the time being, they would not attack, so he dropped a sentence: "Pay attention to vigilance." “

Then, he walked down the city wall and convened a brief battle meeting with the generals above the battalion level.

His meaning is also very simple, that is, to attract as many enemy troops as possible to attack the city.

Because the walls of Hamiwei are only so wide, it is impossible for the enemy to rush up and will definitely attack in batches, so he asked his generals not to fight too hard in the first round, so that the enemy can see hope, so that the enemy will attack the city fiercely.

He also knew that the Tile Spur Coalition would definitely not die here, they were cavalry, and they knew that they would not be able to attack, so they would definitely run to try their luck elsewhere.

If they play too hard in the first round, they are likely to give up the siege and walk away.

That's all military feats, how can they let them go so easily!