"Barbarians under the wall, grenadiers, throw!" talk too much

In the chaos of the battlefield, as the Persian soldiers ventured close to the wooden wall, the Xia army officers above quickly noticed their movements, and hurriedly raised their voices to give orders to the grenadiers who were also dodging the arrows.

As soon as the grenadiers heard the shouts of the officers, and did not care about the arrows that grazed their heads from time to time, they used their fire breakers to ignite the fuse of the grenade, weighed them in their hands for a second, and ventured out to throw them at the Persian soldiers below.

Grenades the size of a round fist cut through the air in arcs and smashed directly on the heads of the Persians who tried to mount the ladder against the wooden wall.

The rest of the soldiers didn't bother to see what had been thrown down, and they shouted to set up the ladder on the wall and climb it, but after a few seconds, the grenade fuse burned out, and only a few loud bangs were heard, and the grenade exploded in the crowd.

The flying shrapnel and the impact of the explosion immediately knocked the surrounding Persian soldiers to the ground, the sharp shrapnel can directly penetrate the armor on the soldier's body, deep into the flesh and blood, an unlucky soldier was directly by the flying shrapnel in the throat cut a hideous gap, blood gushed out, the soldier's eyes widened, covering the wound that was cut open to stop the blood that kept spurting, but this was in vain after all, after struggling in pain for a while, he slowly fell, fell in a pool of blood without movement.

"W-what kind of weapon is this?" The Persian general who was supervising the battle behind looked at the gadget that caused the explosion in astonishment, completely unaware of what was happening, but soon, he recognized the weapon used by the Xia army, and he punched him in the palm of his hand, scolding: "Damn the Xia people, they even have grenades, and this attack is even more difficult."

The Persians have been at war with the Ottoman Empire for the past hundred years, and are naturally no strangers to grenades that were once equipped in the Ottoman Empire, and even their standing army directly under the royal family is equipped with grenades. talk too much

However, although they knew the grenade, in the explosion of the grenade, the Persian infantry, who had managed to rush under the wooden wall, were still blown up to fight, and they screamed and abandoned their comrades who had fallen in the explosion and retreated.

Looking at the embarrassed retreating infantry, the officer who was supervising the battle behind waved his saber and scolded angrily, "Don't retreat! Give me all back, you cowards! Go back!"

As he cursed, the Wardens behind him raised their arquebuses, arquebuses may not be as useful as bows and arrows in battles, but they are very useful for shooting directly at the routs fleeing towards them.

"Stop! Regroup and kill those who retreat without permission!"

Under the angry scolding of the officers and the threat of the black muzzles, the infantry stopped their flight, and they slowly stopped hesitantly, looked at the overseers in fear, and turned to look at the wooden fort on the hillside, and regrouped at the officer's order.

Of course, the officer also knew that it would not be wise to let them go up again to take up the main attack, so he asked the soldiers to regroup, rest in place, and send new infantry to attack.

At the shouts of the officers, the Persian infantry pressed forward again, and under the cover of their own marksmen, they quickly approached the wooden fort, and despite the groans of the wounded who had fallen to the ground, they lifted up the discarded ladder and put it together on the wooden wall. talk too much

However, it was obvious that the Xia army could not let them easily climb the wooden wall, and one by one the grenades were thrown out of the wooden wall again and fell into the crowd, although the infantry quickly dispersed, but many soldiers still fell in the explosion.

This time they did not lose because of this, and began to climb up the ladder despite the casualties, and at this time, the Persian archers also stopped shooting to avoid friendly injuries, and the Xia infantry was finally able to get up and fight back without worry.

They leaned out from behind the battlements, pointed their guns at the infantry climbing on the ladder and pulled the trigger, only to see a spark bloom, and a small hole appeared in the shield that the infantry raised above his head, and the infantry fell down with a scream.

Under the fierce resistance of the Xia army, the Persian army besieged for several hours

None of them were able to climb the wooden wall, but they paid hundreds of casualties.

When the attack was repulsed again, the Persian general looked at the wooden fort standing proudly with an ugly face, and he only wanted to scold his mother in his heart, why the people who built this wooden fort made it so strong, and how the previous defenders of the wooden fort were so wasteful and were taken away by the Xia army so quickly.

He looked at his soldiers again, their morale was a little shaken, and they looked at the wooden fort and the Xia army battle flag fluttering above the wooden fort, and everyone had a little fear on their faces.

Just when the Persian general was hesitating whether to continue the attack, a scout suddenly rushed over on horseback, the scout looked anxious, jumped off his horse when he was close to the Persian general, knelt down in front of him in a few steps, and said, "General, the Xia army is approaching this side, their number is at least nearly nearly 10,000 people, withdraw the army as soon as possible, if we are surrounded by the Xia army, we will all die here......" Zhan

As soon as the Persian general heard the scout's words, his face instantly became more difficult to see, and he looked sharply in the direction of Shiva, although it was obviously impossible to see the figure of the Xia army from his angle, but under the psychological suggestion, he seemed to vaguely see a huge Xia Dynasty army coming over the mountains and mountains.

"Seeing" that scene, the Persian general could no longer heed Nadr Aziz's orders, he waved his hand and shouted, "Blow the horn of retreat, evacuate here!" Get out of here!"

Woo –

The dull trumpet sounded at the rear of the battlefield with the general's words, and the Persian infantry immediately turned around and withdrew from the battlefield as if they had been amnestied, and they came in like a tide, but they receded like a tide, leaving only the corpses and wounded soldiers still struggling outside the wooden fort.

Seeing the sudden retreat of the Persian army in the wooden fort, and looking at the current sky, Du Si, who personally led the team to take this wooden fort, thought of something, and said to his subordinates: "It seems that our reinforcements should be coming soon, collect the remains of the sacrificed comrades, and prepare with me to welcome the friendly army."

Du Si's guess was quickly fulfilled after more than half an hour, and after the main force of the Xia army appeared in the north, the soldiers of the Xia army in the wooden fort breathed a sigh of relief, although they were not afraid of fighting alone, but they were able to join the main force, and it was always down-to-earth.

The first to arrive at this wooden fort was the Fourth Brigade, which was at the forefront as the vanguard, followed by the Second Brigade led by Mu Zhongxian, and finally the First Brigade and the attached cavalry brigade under the personal command of Mu Tianbo. talk too much

As for the 3rd Brigade...... After being transferred to Tan Wen's command to attack Urgench and other places, he continued to follow Fuhou to Dingnanfu and launched an attack on the lowlands along the Caspian Sea.

The 4th Brigade did not stop there, but continued its southward attack under the guidance of its guides, and the mountain defenses on which the Persian army relied did not serve the purpose they had hoped under heavy artillery fire from the Xia army.

In the rumbling artillery fire, one wooden fort after another was taken, and it took less than half a month for the Xia army to uproot the wooden fort stronghold on the road to Mashhad, an important town in northern Persia.

The reason why the Xia army's offensive was so smooth was not only due to heavy artillery fire, but also based on the fact that they had the number of people who could overwhelm the enemy.

The success of the Xia army's offensive surprised the Persian commander Nader Aziz, although he knew that the Xia Dynasty's army was strong, but he did not expect that the mountain defense line he had prepared for half a year in advance would be torn apart by the Xia army so quickly.

But at this time, he couldn't think about it so much, Xia Jun was about to point his sword at Mashhad, and he had to make a decision, whether to hold the city at all costs, or abandon it and retreat to the hinterland.

Nader Aziz thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to stick to Mashhad, he wanted to personally command the army to line up against Mashhad to meet the enemy, and use Mashhad as a bait to repel the Xia army's offensive head-on. talk too much

It was not arrogant that he was able to make this decision, in fact, he also had his own considerations, this time he brought not only the local levy army to defend against the Xia army, but also the new army formed by the founding Shah Abbas I, which passed through Abbasid II

, still maintained a high fighting power, but because of Suleiman I's hedonism and some other reasons such as ***, lax armament, etc., the number of this army has plummeted, from 37,000 at its peak to only 20,000 today.

With the help of the British, this new army developed from a medieval army with a tribal atmosphere to a new type of army equipped with muskets, bronze cannons, etc., although it had equipment comparable to that of European armies, but after the rapid corruption of Abbasid II's death, this army was no longer as strong as it once was.

Although no longer as powerful as it once was, Nader Aziz decided to rely on this army to face the enemy head-on.

After making this decision, Nader Aziz ordered the surrounding troops to assemble in Mashhad, ordered the new army to build camps and fortifications outside the city, and sent messengers to invite the Xia army to a decisive battle.

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On the other side, the Xia army camp.

"Look at all, this is a letter from Nader Aziz, the commander of the Persians, who invited us to fight a decisive battle outside Mashhad in five days' time, and the winner will have possession of Mashhad." talk too much

Mu Tianbo stood in the tent, holding the letter that had been opened, and said to the deputy generals and brigade commanders who had been assembled by him.

The letter was written in somewhat crooked Chinese, and it can be seen that the Persians were sincere, but they could not find a pure Han Chinese to write it, so they had to ask merchants in the city of Mashhad who knew a little Chinese to write it on their behalf, and because of this, there were many grammatical errors in this letter.

The adjutant generals and brigade commanders couldn't help but look at each other after listening to Daduhu's words, they looked at each other for a while, and Mu Zhongxian, who was standing at the front, took the lead and said, "Daduhu, the Persian barbarians are scheming, we had better take precautions in advance to prevent the enemy from cheating."

"What Vice Admiral Mu said is right, the reason why the Khiva disaster happened last year was because of the instigation of the Persian barbarians, who were insidious and cunning, and had to guard against it!" Guan Qixun, the commander of the Fourth Brigade, said almost through gritted teeth.

It can be seen that the hatred of the Persians in the heart of this general, who was directly promoted from general to brigade commander, did not diminish with the fall of the Khiva Khanate.

"The last general thinks he should fight." Feng Zhengguang, the commander of the cavalry brigade attached to the sixth town, said, "Regardless of whether the Persians will keep their promise or not, we can take this opportunity to directly inflict heavy damage on the enemy's main force and reduce resistance for future attacks."

Liu Zhidu, the commander of the First Brigade, nodded in agreement with the commander of the Second Brigade, agreeing with Feng Zhengguang's suggestion. talk too much

Mu Tianbo looked at them and said their own words, smiled slightly, threw the battle request in his hand back to the table, and then said sharply: "Since they want to fight, then fight, Bendu Hu wants to let those uncivilized barbarians see, what is called the Great Xia King Division!"

"Pass on my military order, all brigades are ready for battle, and sail to Mashhad to fight a decisive battle with the Persian army!"

"Whoa!"

The adjutant generals and brigade commanders responded in unison.

Immediately, the Xia army drove directly to Mashhad and arrived at the outskirts of Mashhad three days later, although they arrived two days early, but did not attack immediately, but cut down trees and built company camps under the noses of the Persian army, waiting for the day of the decisive battle.

Xia Jun's movements all fell into the eyes of Nader Aziz, who was standing on the city wall, and he watched Xia Jun's actions, without the slightest expression on his weathered face, and Shaharu Ami Sabili, the emir of Mashhad, walked up to him at this time and said in a deep voice:

"The Xia army's army actually agreed to your invitation, it seems that they are full of confidence in the decisive battle in two days, Emir Aziz, do we really have to wait until two days before attacking?" talk too much

Nadel Aziz didn't look at him, he replied, "The surrounding armies are rushing to this side, and the more reinforcements that come in, the greater the probability of our victory, why are we in such a hurry to start a war with the Xia people?"

"I mean, we might be able to take advantage of the night to launch a surprise attack on their camp, just as they did with the mountain defenses where the battle began." Shaharu Sabili said.

"It's not a good idea." The Persian commander replied, "The Xia people's military camp is heavily guarded, and it is difficult to succeed in a surprise attack.

And that's what they've done, and they're going to be prepared for it."

After speaking, he paused and asked, "Have you done everything I asked you to prepare?" It's a very important matter whether we can win the decisive battle in two days' time."

"I've sent someone down to do it, but Emir Aziz, I have no intention of attacking you, there are not many cattle in the city, and they may not be able to decide the outcome of the battle."

"I'm not going to rely on them to win, as long as they can help us." Nadel Aziz said.