Chapter 664: Stubborn Suleiman
Kolomna fell, and Hua Houwei, along with Suleiman and Montgogire, led an army of more than 200,000 men, meandered through the land of the Rus'. The turquoise grassland stretches as far as the eye can see, and the flowers of gold, smoke purple, blood red, and cornflower blue compete with each other.
The original meaning of Moscow was damp land, referring to a vast area of land centered on Rostov-on-Don. In the Song Dynasty, it was called Kievan Rus'. The Vladimir Principality was the predecessor of the Muscovy, and after a series of expansions, the Muscovy was created.
Ahead was the Polish-Lithuanian border town of Oyaner, and Suleiman ordered his army to immediately surround Oyaner and conquer it as quickly as possible. The Ming army's performance in Kolomna somewhat stimulated Suleiman's self-esteem. As the power that attaches the most importance to artillery besides the Ming Dynasty, Suleiman does not want the Ming Dynasty to dominate the country, and also wants to try the Ottoman presence first!
Falcon cannons and Dardanelles cannons were sent to the front, and Suleiman warmly invited Hua Houwei and Montgogire to watch the battle. A small border city is really not worth it in the eyes of Hua Houwei, but Suleiman has just ascended the throne, and it is when the spring breeze is proud, so it is not good to give too little face, so he has to go happily.
This is no less than the fortress of Kolomna, and the granite stone from which it came from nowhere, is the main building material of the castle, and it looks very strong. As soon as Montgogire saw the appearance of the Oyaner Fortress, he whispered to Huahou Wei: "Prince, Suleiman is afraid that he will be disappointed, this kind of fortress is very difficult to fight, and the Ottoman cannon can't open such a city wall." β
Hua Houwei nodded slightly and did not comment. Suleiman is not very old, he has not yet become a spicy political veteran, and excessive disrespect is likely to make Suleiman reckless in retaliation, just wait and see what happens.
Sismai is now proud, and Suleiman's succession to the throne has made him a hot man in the Ottoman army in an instant. He looked at the Ayenerba, which had been heavily surrounded, sneered, waved his big hand, and countless orders rang out one after another.
"Ready! Fire! β
"Ready, fire!"
Boom! Smoke erupted, and a thick black smoke enveloped the Ottoman artillery positions in an instant. The front-loading black powder bronze cannon, once fired, that's it. No matter how fully burned black powder is, it will also produce a large amount of black smoke, which is a characteristic of itself and cannot be changed.
While! While! While! Hundreds of granite shells smashed on the fort, which was also made of granite, and they bounced back one after another, smashed into the land outside the fort, and sank deeply.
There was silence in the fortress, and the Ottoman cannons were wreaking havoc, like a shrunken turtle, and they were killed without saying a word.
Hua Houwei put down the binoculars and shook his head slightly. Su Laiman glanced at Hua Houwei's expression sensitively, and asked worriedly, "Prince, is there something wrong?" β
Hua Houwei hesitated, but still said: "Your Majesty Suleiman, the power of the front-loading artillery is limited, such an artillery bombardment has no effect, and it is just a waste of ammunition." β
Suleiman felt the same way, but as Osman's head of the family, he naturally couldn't agree with Hua Houwei's opinion: "Well, the prince's opinion, well, there is some truth. But does such shelling really have no effect? I believe that after a long period of shelling, there will always be a place where the fortress will not be able to withstand it. β
Hua Houwei sighed: "Alas, Your Majesty Suleiman, what you said is very reasonable. However, but that was only possible if the fire was concentrated a little. How could it be possible to reach the upper limit of the bastion walls with aimless shooting now? I don't think it would be possible to break through such a fortress by giving the artillery an order to concentrate its fire and attack a corner with all its might! β
Suleiman hesitated for a moment, but still shook his head: "Prince, let's fight first, if not, follow your tactics." β
Hua Houwei nodded and didn't speak, it's hard to persuade the damn ghost with good words, so let him hit his head and bleed. Montgogire looked at the two of them, his eyebrows furrowed almost together, and he grinned and didn't speak.
Suleiman didn't know the bottom of his heart, and after saying a few words to Hua Houwei and Meng Gejire, he hurried to the front line, wanting to take command in person. Sismai has ordered his subordinates to launch a general attack, Zhuyu always has to learn two tricks in front of him, Niu Yaowu's tactics are very amazing to Sismai, he also learned the same this time, and ordered the firecrackers to face the Oyaner Fortress, which is a volley!
Those who learn from me live like me and die, and Sismai only gets the skin, but does not learn the essence. Therefore, although the scene was very lively, the stone chips of the ping-pong were flying wildly, and the sparks were splashing everywhere, in fact, the soldiers in the fortress suffered very little losses. The accuracy of the arquebus, uh, the arquebus has no accuracy at all, and only the general direction of firing, which completely relies on concentrated fire to cover the striking surface, can suppress the opponent.
It could not be said that Sismai did not have any ideas of his own, and a group of cavalry told to pass in front of the fortress, and each of them had a bag of explosives in his hand flying high and threw it under the walls of the fortress, piling up a pile.
Then a group of cavalrymen bent their bows and arrows, whizzed, and rockets were fired at the explosives packets. Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! The explosive package exploded, the power of the explosion looked great, and the fire and smoke instantly covered the sky, and the sound shook all over the world!
Hua Houwei raised the telescope and glanced at it, shook his head and put down the telescope again. Meng Gejilei took the telescope given by Hua Houwei and looked at it again, turned around and asked strangely: "Prince, this attack was very successful?" Why are you disappointed? β
Hua Houwei sighed, he couldn't tell Montgogire what an explosion was and what was the most conducive way to explode energy, so he had to prevaricate with a smile: "Montgogire Khan, such a black gunpowder explosion is not strong enough, I'm afraid it can't help the fortress." Besides, the explosives pack should be buried under the bastion in order to exert maximum power, and now, hehe, the power is not enough. β
Montgogire obviously didn't quite believe Hua Houwei's assertion, so he picked up the telescope again and carefully observed. Suddenly he exclaimed, "Oh my God! Allah, Prince, you are right! β
The smoke cleared, and there was a large crater in the ground. It's just that the fortress on the side is immovable, as steady as Mount Tai. When Sismai saw this, he couldn't help but blush and ordered loudly: "Mustafa! Attack with all your might! β
Boom, the cavalry of the brigade heard the wind and galloped towards the Oyaner Ridge Fortress. Whoosh! Arrows rained down on the dense shooting holes on the fortress. It's a pity that the original concept of the design of the fortress was defense, and this level of arrow rain could not help the fortress at all. As the cavalry approached the fortress, the fortress suddenly came to life.
Whoosh! Countless arrows flew out of the shooting holes, and countless stone bullets flew out of the sky above the fortress in arcs, smashing into the Ottoman cavalry! Flesh and blood flew everywhere, and stumps and broken arms flew everywhere the stone bullets went, which immediately disrupted the formation of the Ottoman cavalry.
Suleiman's eyes were on fire as he turned his head to Stare at Sismail. Sismai knelt down on one knee: "Your Majesty, please allow your faithful servant to charge personally, even if you die on the way to the charge, Sismai will never regret following Your Majesty!" β
Suleiman suddenly laughed: "Sismail, it doesn't matter, who can fight from birth?" I ask you, do you think the shelling just now will have an effect? I want to hear the truth! β
Sismai raised his head, sweat dripping down, and after a while, he said in frustration: "It doesn't work!" Your Majesty, ever since the Dardanelles cannon captured Constantinople, these barbarians in Europe began to build fortresses. His Majesty had discovered that the Ottoman artillery was no longer able to capture the fortress. The Falcon Cannon no longer has any effect on the Bastion, only the Dardanelles cannon. However, that also takes a lot of time. β
Suleiman let out a long breath and closed his eyes in silent contemplation. Sismiah didn't dare to speak, just knelt on the ground and remained still. After a while, Suleiman suddenly opened his eyes and smiled bitterly at himself: "It turns out that the fool is really me!" Sismail, can you tell me that it is possible to concentrate all the artillery and attack only one corner? β
Sismai hesitated for a moment, and then said uncertainly: "Your Majesty, I don't know if this will work. Our artillery is not accurate enough to accurately hit the same crater. But a corner of the fortress should still be able to do it. This kind of tactics is theoretically feasible, and Your Majesty is really wise! β
Suleiman shook his head: "No, such a tactic was proposed by Prince Daming. β
Sith hesitated for a moment before making a tentative suggestion: "Your Majesty, do you want me to ask Prince Daming about the details again?" β
Suleiman knew what Sismai meant, and he was afraid that his face would be tender, so he was embarrassed to ask Prince Ming. He shook his head: "It doesn't matter, the Ottomans have been able to develop from a servant tribe to today, but they have never done anything that is swayed by emotions!" Come on, come with me and ask Prince Daming! β
The Ottoman offensive suddenly stopped, and a burst of cheers finally erupted in the Oyanerlene fortress. MΓΆngogirΓ© looked in the direction of the Ottoman army in astonishment: "Prince, did Suleiman give up?" βm
Hua Houwei shook his head: "No!" That's a stubborn person, and he will never give up because of this little setback. β
While speaking, Suleiman and Sismai rushed to the high slope where Hua Houwei and the others were. Suleiman jumped off his horse and bowed deeply towards Huahou Wei: "Please forgive my ignorance, His Royal Highness is wise and incomparable, everything that happened on the battlefield is as you expected, we have failed!" Your Royal Highness, please advise us on how to attack! β
Hua Houwei also jumped off the horse and hurriedly helped Su Laiman up: "You're polite, we're allies, I won't really sit idly by." Your Majesty Suleiman, concentrated firepower is the first element of victory in the war, and behind all victories, this is true. Just now I saw that you want to use the explosives package to blow up the fortress directly, not because of bad ideas, but because of a lack of luck and a little means. Yaowu! Here, tell Sismiah the correct way to use the explosives pack! β