"Collect them all and hurry up!" Chun

Outside the Xia army camp in the north of Khiva, Xia soldiers collected weapons and arrows outside through the slightly open gap in the gate that could only accommodate one person.

Realizing that the ammunition reserves in the camp were not enough to support a long-term holdout, Kwan quickly set his sights on the arrows stuck in the wooden walls and the spears scattered on the ground.

Although there were no bows and arrows in the camp for the Xia army to collect and use these arrows, there were many abandoned weapons and equipment outside the camp.

So Kwan asked the soldiers to take advantage of the gap before the Khiva army to take the risk of going out of the camp to collect abandoned equipment and realize waste use.

Needless to say, bows and arrows were not meant for melee combat, but were to be handed over to the battalion craftsmen to transform them into javelins capable of throwing.

This kind of spear-converted javelin does not aim to be able to throw a long shot, but to throw a blow from a high altitude after the enemy has advanced under the wooden wall.

Li Qingshan personally led the team out of the camp, he didn't care about the blood stains all over the ground, and picked up the spear from the dead Uzbek soldier. Chun

Among the dead were some of the unlucky ones who were not completely dead, lying in the pile of corpses, letting out a faint moan, begging for a helping hand from the cleaners of the battlefield.

However, the Xia army hated the treacherous Khiva barbarians, and when they saw the people who were still alive, they did not hesitate to raise the spears they had picked up and plunge them into the bodies of the wounded soldiers, ending their suffering.

The Khiva army soon spotted the Xia soldiers who had come out of the camp to clean up the battlefield, and the general, Abu Saeed Batutai, was surprised by the courage of the Xia army, but he then waved his hand and sent the Turkmen cavalry in the army, who were brave and good at fighting, coming and going like the wind!

"Kill all the Xia people who dare to go out of the camp!"

Amidst the wild shouts, the Turkmen cavalry roared and rushed towards the Xia soldiers outside the north and south gates.

The Turkmen cavalry did not hide their whereabouts, so the Xia soldiers on guard on the wooden wall immediately spotted the enemy cavalry coming towards them.

They hurriedly fired warning shots as they shouted at the robe outside, "The enemy is coming! Quick, go back!" Chun

After Li Qingshan heard the warning gunshots, he subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction of the enemy army, and saw many cavalry galloping towards this side with the dust raised.

His face changed in vain, and without hesitation, he turned and retreated, waving his hand and shouting at the soldiers who were farther away from the gate, "Don't pick it up, come back!" Give me the back!"

When the soldiers outside the camp heard the shouting, they didn't care about the weapons they had collected, threw their things on the ground, and ran to the gate of the fortress like crazy.

And the soldiers behind the gate also hurriedly opened the gap in the gate wider, and while looking forward to the soldiers running desperately here, they waved their hands and shouted, "Quick! Hurry up!"

On the wooden wall, Guan Qixun looked at the Turkmen cavalry galloping towards him with a gloomy face, and the soldiers were constantly running around him, entering their respective combat posts, and then reloading the Type 2 rifles in their hands.

"What a way to live, these damn Turkmen brutes."

Kwan said, his hands clutching the buttresses of the wooden wall, allowing the unpolished wood chips to pierce his skin and sink deep into his flesh. Chun

Fortunately, the soldiers who were sent out to clean up the battlefield were not too far from the walled gate, and the Turkmen cavalry was discovered by the Xia army as soon as they appeared, so before the Turkmen cavalry came, the Xia soldiers fled into the camp first.

When the Turkmen cavalry rushed under the wooden wall, they saw the gate, which was still tightly closed, although it had been knocked out of shape.

Seeing that the Xia army had successfully escaped into the walled gate, the Turkmen cavalry, who knew that they had run in vain, shouted angrily, and shot at the figure on the wooden wall with their bows as if they were angry, and the arrows that were shot fell sparsely on the wooden wall, but none of them hit the target.

The Turkmen cavalry thought that their angry shooting would be exchanged for the Xia army's muskets to return fire, but to their surprise, the Xia army on the wall was indifferent and watched them leave the muskets

Range range.

After the Turkmen cavalry returned in vain, the Xia army opened the gate again and sent a small number of soldiers to continue collecting weapons and equipment, and the Turkmen cavalry immediately made a comeback, and the Xia army retreated to the camp again.

In this way, the enemy advanced and I retreated, and after the enemy retreated and I advanced for a few rounds, the Turkmen cavalry finally lost patience and directly watched from outside the range of the musket, shocking the Xia army and making it dare not leave the camp easily.

On the other hand, the "strange" behavior of the Xia army not firing back was also reported to the top of the Khiva army, and reported to the Sultan of Anusa and General Abu Saeed Batutai and others. Chun

After listening to the report of the Turkmen cavalry officer, Anusa Sultan looked puzzled, looked at his beloved general Batutai and the others, and asked, "Batutai, why do you think the Xia army gave up the best opportunity to shoot the Turkmen cavalry and watched them leave?"

Batutai pondered for a moment, and combined with the Xia army's continuous efforts to go out of the camp to collect various weapons, he had a bold guess in his heart, and he said: "Your Majesty, my subordinates guess that the Xia people have been surrounded here, and there is not enough source of supplies, and the gunpowder they rely on will definitely not be enough for them to continue to support the long-term siege, and it is very likely that there is a problem with the gunpowder reserves."

"I agree with General Batutai's idea." Another general, Umar Yeke, chimed in, saying, "If General Batutai's thoughts are true, then the Xia army's move to go out of the camp to collect weapons and equipment is most likely to prepare for a long-term hold, but whatever they want to do, we must stop it."

Sultan Anusa nodded, he slapped his face, and said, "Since the Xia people's gunpowder reserves are likely to be depleted, then, when the troops on the front line withdraw to join the siege, continue to attack, no matter what the cost, this group of Xia troops must be eaten!"

"Are we going to have a long-term siege now?" Umar Yeke asked.

The Sultan nodded, not speaking.

Seeing this, the generals immediately understood and dispersed. Chun

For the next half month, the 4th Brigade of the Xia Army was under the long-term siege of the Khiva army, and the Turkmen cavalry continued to patrol outside the range of the Xia army's rifles.

In the camp, in order to increase the time of perseverance, under the instruction of Guan Qixun, the quartermaster reduced the daily food per person to prolong the time that the food could support, and the dead and wounded horses that were forcibly dragged back from outside the camp at the beginning were disposed of, and the cut pieces of meat were buried in the snow so that the horse meat would not rot so quickly.

As for the few living war horses, Guan Qixun was a little reluctant to slaughter them at first, but as the food was gradually consumed, the food supply of the war horses could not keep up, so he could only be ruthless and ordered the war horses to be slaughtered, and the meat pieces were also buried in the snow for preservation.

Fortunately, several wells were drilled in advance in the camp to solve the soldiers' water problem, otherwise, there would have been a water crisis in the camp - people can last at least seven days without food, but if they don't drink water, they can't last for three days.

The Khiva army outside the camp did not know that the Xia army had built a well in the camp, and they also hoped to besiege the Xia army until they ran out of ammunition and food, so that they would go out of the camp and surrender on their own, but until the army that had returned from the front line converged with the besieging army, the Xia army still held on.

In addition to the army that returned from the front line, the main force of the Khiva kingdom, there were also the Persian armies that turned enemies into friends - although it was known that the previous war was a drama, there was a gap between the Khivan army and the Persian army, which prevented the former from sincerely cooperating with the latter.

After the two armies converged, the returning Khiva generals entered the city with the Persian generals to meet the Sultan of Anusha, and although the Persian generals heard about how the Sultan of Anusa killed the top of the Xia army, they did not fear that they would be the next target. Chun

Because, the Khiva Khanate has now completely offended the Xia Dynasty, and if they offend the Persians again, it will really be an old birthday star who eats arsenic and is tired of life.

Don't worry too much about offending one of them, but if you do both

Offended, the Khiva Khanate, caught in the middle, will soon be wiped out.

Led by his court attendants, the Persian commander Noft Ami Fatil strode into the palace hall of the city of Khiva, where he met the Sultan of Anusha, where he had slaughtered the top of the Xia army.

Thanks to the efforts of the attendants, there was no trace of the fighting in this hall.

Walking to the center of the hall, the Persian commander looked up at the Sultan of Anusha, who was lying on the throne, stroked his chest, and said, "Sultan of the Khiva Khanate, I am the supreme commander appointed by Suleiman I Shah, Noft Ami Fatil, I am very honored to meet you, your prestige has long been resounding throughout Khorasan, and everyone knows about it, may Allah bless you and your kingdom."

Sultan Anusa smiled and returned the salute and said, "May Allah bless you, General Noft Ami Fatil."

He then inquired about the situation of Suleiman I of the Persian Shah, and when he learned that the young Sultan was studying astronomy and mathematics at this time, he could not help but exclaim that Suleiman I would be able to become an accomplished astronomer and mathematician in the future. Chun

After some small talk, the two quickly led the topic to the Xia army camp outside, Fatil asked about the situation of the Xia army in detail, and when he learned that the Xia army's gunpowder reserves were likely to have problems, his face was obviously a little relaxed.

He said, "The Sultans of Khiva, the Xia army fought from the distant Khitan to the Kazakhs, relying on the muskets in their hands, and as long as the gunpowder they relied on to fight was exhausted, then the muskets in their hands could not be compared to even the lowliest burning sticks.

Therefore, if the Xia army's gunpowder reserves are really depleted, the Xia army inside will be easily slaughtered by us, and I suggest that our two armies should immediately enter the attack on the Xia army, and destroy these Xia troops before the Kazakh Xia army gets the news."

"I agree with you, General Fatil." Sultan Anusa said, "However, the firepower of the Xia army is too fierce, and we do not have enough heavy weapons to break through the wooden wall, and now that you are here, I believe that the Xia army hiding behind the wooden wall will become a cold corpse in a few days."

"Sultan, we have brought forty heavy artillery pieces, twenty-eight torsion trebuchets, and thirty ballistas, believing that these terrible heavy weapons will be enough to break through the camp of the Xia army and open the way for the warriors of the coalition army to attack." General Fatil said proudly.

"Then I'll see." Anusha Sultan said.

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After the Persian generals left the city of Khiva and returned to their troops outside the city, they immediately ordered them to rest in the siege camp for the night, in preparation for the next day's attack.

The heavy weapons drawn by a large number of camels and pack horses were also sent to the camp, and as soon as they appeared outside the camp, they were quickly discovered by the Xia soldiers in charge of the sentry.

The sentry who found all this hurriedly reported it to Guan Qixun, and when the latter heard this, his heart tightened in vain, and he hurriedly asked the sentry to lead the way, and the group rushed to the wooden wall to look out.

At this glance, Guan Qixun and the others saw that the enemy reinforcements in green uniforms were assembling tall torsion catapults and extremely conspicuous ballistas, and the heavy artillery pieces were also unloaded from the vehicles by dozens of people and transported to the front line of the siege camp, and the black hole pointed to the Xia army camp in the distance.

Seeing this scene, Guan Qixun and the others all looked bitter, the reason why they were able to hold out for so long was that the enemy did not have heavy weapons in their hands that were enough to break through the wooden wall was a relatively large reason, if the enemy had artillery and had already put it into use, although they could still hold on, they would definitely pay greater casualties.

And now, there are so many more artillery, catapults and ballistas in the enemy army, not to mention the wooden walls, even the stone walls of Khiva can be blasted out of a huge gap!

"It seems that this is a joint play between the Persians and the Khivas in order to trick us into coming here and then destroying us." Chun

After coming down from the wooden wall, Guan Qixun quickly figured out the meaning behind this incident in his heart, and said to Deputy Staff General Li Qingshan, who had worked with him for many years.

As soon as he was on the wooden wall, he recognized the extra green battle flag in the enemy army

Isn't the identity of this newly joined enemy army exactly what they thought they were the enemy of the Persian Safavids?

Li Qingshan nodded solemnly, agreeing with the commander's opinion, he sighed, and said sadly: "We are on the road this time, and we only hope that the heralds sent out can bring the news back smoothly, otherwise, all the brothers of our Fourth Brigade will probably be buried in this foreign land."

Guan Qixun was also looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements, but he knew very well in his heart, not to mention how difficult it was for the heralds to send the news back smoothly, even if it was successfully delivered, when the reinforcements arrived here, I was afraid that they would have already become the unjust souls of the barbarians!