Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 118 This is not a simple war
Under Shule City in the early morning, a faint mist shrouded the top of the city, and the ancient suspension bridge was slowly lowered.

The noisy sound made this fortified city look like a vegetable market. A large group of warriors from all over the world were chatting loudly, and slowly marched out of the city under the leadership of their respective leaders.

They are almost all infantry, and there are very few cavalry, because the cavalry was absorbed by the Kara Khanate almost before they reached Shule City.

This country is dominated by Ge Luolu people with three surnames, supplemented by Oguz people with nine surnames, mixed with Uyghur and other ethnic groups. Although the number of settled people has gradually increased, most of them still retain their nomadic habits. Therefore, the army of the Kara Khanate , infantry is a minority, cavalry is the majority.

Therefore, those who are good at equestrian skills and have cavalry equipment can quickly integrate into the army of the Khanate.

Such fighters who could not afford war horses and other equipment, and were completely attracted by the high remuneration in the East, became the main source of infantry for the Kara Khanate.

In the war between the Kara Khanate and Khotan in history, the most dead were the cannon fodder fooled by wealth and Allah.

It was also because of them that the Kara Khanate easily recovered from repeated defeats, and finally exhausted Khotan to death.

Today, Governor Ittihad is paying attention like this again.

There are more than [-] people in Shule City, of which more than [-] troops released [-] experienced cavalry.

Among the remaining nearly 60,000 people, apart from the [-] residents, there are seven or eight thousand warriors.

A few days ago, Saktu Bugla Khan consumed too many warriors in the siege of Bala Sagon, so he confiscated another 5000 people, and now there are less than [-] people left.

The governor of Ittihad originally wanted to arouse their religious enthusiasm and then use them to defend the city, but now he has ignored them. He wants to use these people to test the reality of the Khotan army outside the city.

Amidst the rumbling drums, more and more God Warriors began to line up in the city. The richer ones wore all kinds of armor that they had equipped, while the poorer ones wrapped themselves in a few single clothes and held machetes in their hands.

It seems that the hundreds of warriors Zhang Zhao killed near the Jialu Pavilion should be the best of them.

"Everyone is arranged in advance to line up near Dazhai, and they are not allowed to attack without orders!"

After Zhang Zhao gnawed the last flax cake in his hand, he began to order the officers around him. If the past few days were an appetizer, now is the real test.

Under the city of Shule, the Kara Khanate has more than 3000 people of war fighters as its central army.

Almost all of them are infantry, equipped with a certain number of long and short bows, basically there are some shields in the front row, one-third of them have armor, and the rest are wearing single clothes and holding machetes and spears. cannon fodder.

The troops of the Kara Khanate are lined up on both sides, and the outermost is a group of light cavalry covering the large troops.

There are even more armored infantry, almost everyone has bows, spears, knives, hammers and axes, and the number is about three thousand.

Zhang Zhao has no doubt that these people are not only the main force to attack him, but also serve as the supervisor of the team.

This is more than [-] people!It seemed that Ittihad had spent a lot of money. During the observation, a group of cavalry ran out from behind the infantry who were in formation. This was obviously counted to report to someone.

Although Zhang Zhao didn't know how many cavalrymen had been left outside the city by Ittihad, it was certain that they had been kept, as we knew from the unprecedented smoke of war and the two black flags erected at the top of Shule City.

The cavalry who can be released from the city before the war must not be the parallel cavalry of the previous few days, but should be the elite of the Kara Khanate. These cavalry are terrible!In case of defeat, Zhang Zhao will not even have a chance to escape.

Looking back at Liu Zaisheng, the captain of the palace guard cupped his hands at Zhang Zhao.

"Two days ago when I sent the Tianma to the Son of Heaven, according to the general's instructions, the last general has already informed the Son of Heaven of the military situation here. As long as the right guard of the Xiaoqi can arrive, I will not be afraid of Karakhan's cavalry!"

"Liu Duwei has worked hard, go down and prepare! Today's bloody battle, you the emperor's personal guards are the main force!"

Zhang Zhao said to Liu Zaisheng with a smile, but his heart was pounding. What Liu Zaisheng said was that as long as he waited, he might not be there. Zhang Zhao really didn't trust the military ability of his good uncle.

In front of the army stronghold, Zhang Zhao's army was divided into three small square formations, and in the middle was his soldier of Regret Shandu.

There is no doubt that once a fight starts, the battle in the middle must be the fiercest and most difficult battle, which can only be fought by the soldiers of Regret Mountain Capital.

The Khotan Palace Guards are arranged around Regret Mountain Capital. These are Li Shengtian's own personal guards. The number of them is not fixed, because they are selected in turn from the Shenwei Left Army and the Shenwei Right Army, the two pillars of Khotan's armed forces. Enter the Forbidden Palace.

In history, it took nearly 40 years of employment by the Kara Khanate to be drained of blood and finally cease to exist, and its combat effectiveness is guaranteed.

Behind these three phalanxes were more than three hundred people selected by Zhang Zhao from his mob.

Most of them have their own armor. Although they are tattered or simply stitched together with certain fabrics and leathers, they are somewhat protective. These people are the support force in case the three phalanxes in the front cannot withstand it. .

Behind them, during these two days, there were hundreds of Shenjidu soldiers with more than a hundred disciples of monk Zhitong as the core.

They were arranged to stand on the hillside. When the bows and crossbows on both sides finished shooting and the enemy approached, it was their time to play.

At the end of the soldiers of Shenji City, there are more than seven or eight thousand real mobs. In fact, these burdens that Li Shengtian threw to Zhang Zhao are called mobs, and they are all flattering them.

They are a group of farmers, small traders, monks at the bottom of temples, horse raisers and sheep herders who originally lived in Shule City, as well as the surrounding Upper Atushi, Lower Atushi, Pianzhou City and other places.

Almost all the poor people were lost in Saktu Buglahan's forcible confiscation of land to support his Gulam Guards and the implementation of the policy of Tianfang Sect.

If they were passionate when they were oppressed or even expelled, then if someone could organize them, even if it was as cannon fodder, with the anger and hatred in their hearts, that would be a powerful cannon fodder.

But now, they were driven away under Karahan's oppression and Khotan's ill intentions. Countless people have done everything to survive, and they have endured even the humblest things. Their blood has long been cold up.

Being able to follow Zhang Zhao today is not only an unconscious behavior of following the trend, but also Zhang Zhao at least let them eat.

It is impossible to be full, but it is still possible to be half full, otherwise they will run away before reaching the city of Shule.

They haven't run yet, and it's just because they think Zhang Zhao is a good person, and he can still have food when he's tired. Perhaps, deep down in their hearts, they still have some expectations.

Looking forward to the fact that if the Khotanese really broke Shule and drove away Saktu Buglahan, they could get back what they had lost.

"Don't shoot the arrow! Don't shoot the arrow! We are forced!"

"Buddha! Open your eyes! My family has enshrined you for generations, so you must manifest once!"

The shrill howl resounded through the foggy morning, everyone looked at the source of the sound with wide eyes, even the 'cumbersome' who sat with their backs to the battlefield and were ordered not to look towards the battlefield, couldn't bear it. Live and turn around to look.

At the front of the Kara Khanate army approaching slowly, a group of men and women rushed over densely, crying and howling, they walked towards Zhang Zhao's military stronghold.

"Donkey's thieves!" Even Ma Yaozi, a murderer with a perverted heart, couldn't help but cursed with his face changed drastically.

These people are not from Khotan, even if they don't believe in Tianfang religion, they are still subjects of the Kara Khanate!Ittihad was so frantic that he used these people to lead the charge.

Zhang Zhao took a sharp breath of cold air until his entire lungs became cold. It turned out that in the eyes of people like Saktu Buglahan, he was fighting a religious war!

　I'm critically ill, but I haven't reached the final step, so Tiger will come back to restore the update first. If there is any change, I will ask everyone for leave!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)