The people of the Timurid Khanate are still gathering, especially in the southeast and northeast, which are far apart, and with heavy grain and grass, it will take at least two months.

Abu Saiza did not continue to wait, but led the leading army of 200,000 men.

The military minister, Muhardah, commanded 300,000 men to transport supplies, a total of 500,000.

The army was mighty and rushed straight to Tehran.

"Your Majesty, Timur has sent 500,000 troops and has arrived in the city of Gamsa."

Zhu Qizhen looked at the map, the distance between Tehran City and Gamsa City was only fifty miles, and war was about to break out.

"How are you going to deal with it?"

Li Zhen replied: "The soldiers will block, and the water will cover the earth!" ”

"Don't talk nonsense, talk about tactics!"

"Yes!"

Li Zhen compared it on the map: "The enemy army is numerous, and with cavalry as the main force, it can only go to the open area, there are mountains in the south and north of Tehran, only the east and west sides are open land, and the minister has dug twenty trenches in the east to limit the opponent's cavalry, if the war starts, we can use long-range fire to strike, so that the other side can not approach." ”

Zhu Qizhen suddenly asked, "What about the west?" ”

"West...... It's our territory! ”

"Aren't you worried about the Timurid legion going around?"

"It should ...... Won't it......"

Li Zhen stared at Yutu, and suddenly lost confidence in her heart.

"The possibility of the enemy army going around is indeed very small, but now that we are fighting, as long as there is the slightest possibility, we cannot let it go, you are now the supreme commander of our army, and any mistake will cause a big mistake."

"The minister understands, so let's arrange it."

"Don't worry, let's talk about your deployment."

Li Zhen turned around and said: "The frontal troops are mainly firearms, and the black sheep and white sheep each lead 5,000 men and horses, and cut off the enemy's supply around the rear. ”

"That's a good idea!"

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "With an army of 500,000 people, how much food do you have to consume a day?" As long as the problem is filled, I am afraid that there will be chaos without a fight! ”

"He also recruited a large number of laborers to expand the workshop, produce gunpowder, and smelt steel, mainly to make mines and cluster bombs for the Academy of Sciences."

"What did Belin say?"

"Master Pei is busy making cluster bombs, what the minister means is that the Academy of Sciences is a secret weapon, and it can't be shown at the beginning, in the early stage, our army is mainly defensive, consuming the other party's supplies and patience, and when the time is ripe, the Academy of Sciences will take action and completely destroy it!"

Zhu Qizhen smiled with satisfaction: "I don't have any meaning to your tactical arrangement, go and implement it!" ”

"Yes!"

Both sides are still nervously busy, making various preparations for the war.

Ten days later, Abu Saiza, believing that everything was ready, took the lead in the attack.

Timur's army was led by the general Baruras, who was a man of great valor by nature, especially good at siege warfare, and had made great achievements in the attack on the Sultan of Delhi.

In his army, there were all kinds of siege equipment such as return cannons, ladders, siege vehicles, etc., and it seemed that he had come prepared.

It's just that these instruments are really not worth mentioning in the eyes of the Ming army.

In this era, any style of siege equipment is not as real as artillery.

The return cannon is a large trebuchet that throws boulders out and collapses the city walls.

There are two kinds of siege vehicles, one is called a rushing car, also called the opposite building, which is equipped with a crash wood in front of it, or a large pendulum is used to hit the door.

There is also a kind of Lu Gong Car, which is a kind of siege tower with eight wheels and five floors high, the soldiers on the lowest floor are responsible for pushing the cart, and the other four layers are loaded with siege fighters, which can be near or far, and it is also a kind of battlefield killing weapon.

The ladder is improved according to the folding flying bridge of the Song Dynasty, the bottom is designed as a model with shielding on all sides, and the outside is reinforced with raw cowhide, and when the personnel push the cart in the shed to approach the enemy city wall, set up the upper section of the ladder, and the combatants can directly climb the city wall.

In addition, there are building carts for observation and wooden curtain carts for defense......

Li Zhen stood on a higher position, observing the enemy situation through a telescope, and felt more and more puzzled.

The Timurid Khanate fought everywhere and was brave and invincible, why was the weapons and equipment so backward?

They are all old antiques from the Song and Yuan dynasties, and they are not as good as the big iron cannons in the early Ming Dynasty!

Although that thing has a limited range, and the cannonball is a solid iron lump, and it is easy to explode, it is better than these wooden shelves, right?

"Rush!"

"Kill!"

The cavalry of the Timurid regiment began to accelerate, they raised long knives and screamed in their mouths that they were bound to chop the Ming army to pieces.

In the binoculars, you can even see the fierce faces of the Mongols.

In fact, these people are different from the Mongols in the north of the Ming Dynasty, they inherited the Persian culture, believed in Muslims, and have been Turkicized from beginning to end, and it is more accurate to say that they are Turkic.

Li Zhen didn't care about distinguishing between the Mongols and the Turks, and directly ordered to open fire.

Bang!

Bang!

The first round of shelling began, and the shells whistled like meteors, fell into the enemy cavalry phalanx, and then burst open.

The Timurid cavalry, who rushed to the forefront, suddenly turned on their backs, and either died on the spot, or fell down and were trampled to death by the horses of the rear team.

Bang!

Bang!

The artillery continued to roar, reaping the lives of enemy cavalry.

The large army was still in high-speed motion, and they had no time for fear and mercy to continue the charge.

Li Zhen stared at the battlefield from afar, the number of enemy troops was too large, and the number of artillery on his side was limited, even if the fire continued, it would not be able to inflict a devastating blow on it.

And the other party saw this, and continued to rush and kill with casualties.

In their eyes, as long as they can get close to the position of the Ming army, the next thing is a one-sided killing.

When the two sides were a hundred paces apart, the head of Timur's cavalry suddenly began to fall to the ground one by one.

This was the first horse trap prepared by the Ming army, specifically for the cavalry.

After discovering the trap, the Timurid cavalry began to deliberately jump up to dodge, however, there was a second and third behind them......

Looking at the battle situation ahead, finally, Barulath sensed that something was wrong.

At such a rate of battle damage, his own cavalry would not be able to break through to the front of the Ming army!

"Withdraw!"

Barulasi gave the order decisively, and the trumpet of retreat sounded.

The troops in front stopped, the rear changed to the front, and began to retreat.

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