Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 222

The current situation is that Nasr II has [-] guards of the Forbidden City of Arka on his side, and [-] Ghulam from Herat and Samarkand. Hundreds of people.

And Prince Hamid mobilized more than 3000 people from the city of Bukhara. Excluding the [-] people necessary to control Bukhara, there were about [-] people who followed him out of the city.

The strength of the two sides is similar, but the advantage is not on Prince Hamid's side.

Although he used the name of Qing Jun, everyone knew that this was bullshit and they were rebelling.

Rebellion is the most exciting thing in ancient and modern China and abroad. If it goes well, miracles can often happen, but if it goes wrong, it is easy to become unstable and collapse.

King Nasr II occupies Stone City, and the number is comparable to that of Prince Hamid. If Prince Hamid cannot capture Stone City, it will take a day or two at most, and the morale of the troops will drop.

At the same time, the standing army of Elsalia and the armed Ikta who came from all over to serve the king will gather, and at that time, he will undoubtedly be defeated.

Not only that, there are two thousand emir guards in the Forbidden City of Alka. Once they figure out the truth, they will not stick to the Forbidden City of Alka.

There are more than [-] people in the city of Bukhara, and who they will help is still a big problem.

So Prince Hamid can't wait, time is extremely precious to him.

The first to enter the battlefield was the cavalry archers of Bukhara Gulam.

Although King Nasr II retreated into the stone city, it was impossible for all the more than [-] troops and thousands of nobles to retreat.

If so many people retreated into Stone City, it would be a disaster, not to mention anything else, the lack of water could directly collapse them.

Therefore, after more than [-] guards of the Forbidden City of Arka escorted Nasr II into the stone city, the rest of the army still formed up outside the stone city under the organization of the officers.

He also specially guarded a small path leading to the dense water to ensure that he would not be cut off from the water source first.

When the cavalry archers of the Bukhara Gulam Guards arrived, the cavalry archers of Herat Gulam had just assembled.

The horse archers on both sides immediately fought each other with the same tactics at the place where they had gathered under the hill.

There was no temptation, after the cavalry archers on both sides fired at each other twice, they immediately drew out their long swords and cut close to each other.

In the place where all kinds of gorgeous flags were still planted, and the barbecue was still smelling, the blood of the murder was splattered, which was quite ironic.

When the cavalry entangled, the infantry of the brigade also arrived, and Prince Hamid, who was eager to fight, immediately drove his subordinate Gulam forward.

Hussain just wanted to persuade him, but Hamid couldn't care less about anything. He had never been so eager to take the emir's position immediately.

As a result, the Bukhara Gulam guards drove to a distance of 600 meters from the hill, and most of them began to wear armor.

But a drum sounded on the opposite side, and there were at least seven or eight hundred Alka Forbidden City guards with armored horses in black, and they drove out directly.

"Quick! Form the formation quickly! The spearman is steady! The archer is ready to cover and shoot!"

Hussein didn't care about the superiority and inferiority, and pushed Prince Hamid away and roared loudly.

Prince Hamid, who was pushed away, had a dazed expression on his face, and his head almost shut down. For the first time, he felt that the war was different from what he had imagined.

They haven't put on armor yet, if more than [-] armored horses crashed in, they might be pierced right away!

The sound of dense bowstring vibrations sounded. Fortunately, the archers Hussein temporarily organized were relatively reliable.

More than two thousand bows and arrows did not shoot directly at the armored cavalry that had already begun to trot, but gave a little advance, covering and shooting the armored cavalry on the way forward.

Three rounds of continuous coverage shooting, the effect is still good, at least forty or fifty armored cavalry were full of arrows and fell to the ground.

But this doesn't help, it can only slow down the opponent's speed, the loss of less than 5.00% can't suppress the opponent's charge at all.

Waiting for the armored cavalry wearing the traditional pagoda-shaped pointed iron helmet to get closer and closer, the Bukhara Gulam, who hadn't had time to put on the armor, was crushed more and more flat like a sponge.

The shrill screams from the front row sounded one after another, although the infantry who hadn't fully put on their armor miraculously did not collapse.

The armored cavalry on the opposite side did not slam into it, but the casualties began to increase visible to the naked eye, and morale continued to decrease.

"His Royal Highness!" Hussein was still quite courageous, and he stared at Prince Hamid.

Prince Hamid knew what he meant, so he simply closed his eyes, then pulled out the gold-encrusted sword from his waist, and howled, "Warriors, come with me!"

At this time, only the hundreds of personal guards under Prince Hamid had finished their armor, and only the prince himself could stabilize his position.

So, at the front, four or five thousand infantrymen and more than seven hundred armored cavalry strangled together. The infantrymen were not fully armored, and were constantly hacked to death and stabbed to death.

At the same time, the armored cavalry who rushed in couldn't penetrate such an infantry phalanx. They didn't break through the enemy formation at all, but drove their horses forward with their full armor.

And the infantry of Nasr II in the back began to approach in a scattered formation and shouted slogans.

After Hussein behind him pushed his master up, he began to frantically beat his own infantry, telling them to put on their armor quickly, and then formed a second line of defense on the spot.

This is really a chaotic battle!One side rushed forward anxiously, while the other organized defense in a panic.

Both sides perfectly demonstrated what is called the excellent matchmaking mechanism in the middle of the river. The battle with nearly 30,000 people turned into a mess at the very beginning.

Nasr II's armored cavalry, magically unable to penetrate a small amount of armored infantry phalanx.

And Prince Hamid didn't give up too much, and Bukhara Ghulam was directly pulled to the front by him and suffered a wave of heavy blows when he was not fully armored.

Whoever says that this is not the online fighting dance of crouching dragon and phoenix chicks, Bai Congxin will be the first to not believe it.

"Captain, should we go now? It seems that the little Persian king can't hold it anymore!" Ma Shacai stood on the horse and looked into the distance.

"What's the hurry! Send two people out first to report to the king, there is no trap, Prince Hamid and his father are already fighting!"

Bai Congxin shook his head with a sneer, then pointed to Prince Hamid's banner in the distance and said.

"Did you see it? Although it was crushed, the big banner didn't back down, and it won't be defeated for a while. Let them fight for a while, and the dead are all Persians. Don't you still feel bad?"

Although in the eyes of Bai Congxin and Ma Shacai, the two armies were fighting like crouching dragons and phoenix chicks, for Prince Hamid, this was already the cruelest bloody battle he had ever seen.

The two armies, both wearing similar equipment, tried their best, because this was different from fighting the enemy. If you lost, you just lost your life, and you could even save your life and become a prisoner or be incorporated.

But this time it won't work, both sides are not only putting pressure on themselves, but also their own family members. If one party fails, even the wives, children and parents will be completely liquidated.

. . . .

There is a war outside the city, and it is also difficult inside the city.

Bukhara is divided into three parts: the southern city, the northern city, and the Alka Forbidden City. Among them, the Alka Forbidden City is the city within the city of Bukhara. It has high walls and thick walls, and even has an independent moat system.

So even if Prince Hamid encouraged the Gulam guards in the city to rebel, he could only control the southern city and the northern city, and the Alka Forbidden City, which was still guarded by more than [-] guards, was beyond his reach.

And in the Forbidden City of Alka, the most embarrassing person is Queen Ai Xie, the emir.

She is a few years younger than Prince Hamid, but has a very close relationship with Prince Hamid because she is the half-sister of Prince Hamid's deceased mother.

The queen was born very beautiful and was deeply favored by Emir Nasr II. She and her daughter Princess Sefiye are the most staunch supporters of Prince Hamid in the inner palace.

It can be said that Prince Hamid has been able to survive the suspicion of Nasr II until now, one is due to the Ghulam who has mastered Bukhara, and the other is the support of Queen Aishe's mother and daughter.

"Sefiye, my daughter, what should we do now? Your brother has already fought with his father, what should we do?"

Princess Sefiye is 14 years old this year. She is a famous elf in the Forbidden City of Alka. She is sweet, intelligent and polite, and is deeply loved by everyone including King Nasr II.

"My mother, I don't think we have any other choice. If I hadn't come, I don't think the guards outside would let anyone in!"

Although she is only 14 years old, she grew up in the oppressive palace environment of King Nasr II, and Princess Sefiye already has some understanding of politics.

"You mean?" Queen Ai Xie trembled all over.

"I'm the queen, how dare they treat me like this? The betrayer is your brother, not me!"

Princess Sefiye sighed helplessly, "Mother, everyone knows that we are the supporters of Brother Hamid, but the guards of the Alka Forbidden City are not.

If Brother Hamid succeeded, the guards, especially the officers, would lose all their status and wealth, and even their lives. "

"Have they already expressed their attitude towards you?" Queen Ai Xie also keenly sensed that Princess Sefiye had something to say.

"Yes!" Princess Sefiye nodded.

"The generals of the Imperial Guard hope that you can come forward to persuade the Gulam guards outside, at least let them remain neutral, so that the guards in the city can go out of the city to participate in the battle!"

Queen Ai Xie was stunned for a while, and then her body trembled a few times uncontrollably.

"But...but I don't have a son! There are only two daughters, you and your sister. If your elder brother is gone, my daughter, who can we rely on in the future?"

Princess Sefiye was also silent. Her mother, Queen Aishe, had no son. This was the reason why their mother and daughter fully supported Prince Hamid.

In case Nasr II dies one day, a queen without a son will not have many good days.

"Mother, we have no choice. Although the princes in the Forbidden City of Alka have gone to participate in the Eid al-Fitr, the concubines in the city are still there. They all have family members living in Bukhara, and the Imperial Guard can also use their names.

The elder brother has no chance of winning, and his father has long been prepared for him. There are two thousand well-equipped guards here, and the guards of honored ministers in Bukhara can also gather thousands of people. "

As she said that, a few crystal clear teardrops suddenly slipped out of Princess Sefiye's shining eyes.

"I don't understand, my brother only has the support of some Gulam, how dare he directly launch a rebellion, and he didn't reveal even a little bit of information to us, we used to support him so much!"

"Okay! It seems that we have to choose one of the two dead ends that is less hopeless. Let the officers of the Imperial Guard come in, I agree!"

A few minutes later, Queen Ai Xie made a choice, and she chose to side with her husband.

(End of this chapter)