Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 865 Sharpshooter

On May 20th, 8th year of Chongzhen, the first huge military order in the history of the Ming Dynasty came into being, which brought another [-] taels of silver income to the Ming Dynasty. expenditure.

But there is no way, if you don't buy and sell powerful firearms, the royal family will be destroyed in repeated uprisings.

This is what Zhu Youjian will never allow. He will never let those revolutionaries succeed. It is best to fight every day and never stop.

Li Yan led the army to guard the Ili River Valley, and Zhu Cihong led the army to continue to go deep into the desert, aiming at the city of Yarkand, and going straight to Huanglong!

On the way to the south of Yarkand city, the Ming army was cautious, preparing to give Yarkand Khan Abdullah an unexpected surprise.

Along the way, Zhu Cihong ordered the sergeant to cook in the cave to prevent the fireworks from coming out, which was discovered by Yaerqiang's scouts.

In the vast desert, the more than 5 Ming army is like a poisonous snake looking for prey, advancing quietly, and when it reaches the prey, it will deliver a fatal blow!
Yarkand City is located in the southwestern border of Xinjiang, the northern foot of Kunlun Mountains, the southern edge of the Pamirs, and the middle and upper reaches of the alluvial fan plain of the Yarkand River, which is later known as Shache County.

Yarkand City is the hub of the ancient Silk Road, an important place for military garrisons, and the city is only a few miles away. It is a typical Central Asian architectural style and a famous historical and cultural city where Central Asian culture and Western culture are integrated.

The structure of the city is similar to the city built by the Han nationality, and there is a small city inside, which is the residence of the Yaerqiang royal family, similar to the imperial city of Nanjing.

In the ninth year of Zhengde, Said Khan led his army across the Tianshan Mountains, arrived at Kashgar through the Turgat Pass, and soon entered the city of Yarkand, officially ascended the throne of Khan, and established the Yarkand Khanate.

Said Khan's cousin, Babur, established the Mughal Empire in India as a Turkic Mongol.

Before the founding of their own countries, the two were almost beaten out of shit and ran around.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty, the Yarkand Khanate and the Mughal Empire were all in a period of prosperity.

It stands to reason that the army sent troops to destroy the Yarkand Khanate, shouldn't the mighty Gomor Empire help?Anyway, the ancestors are all cousins.

The relationship between the two countries is always more real than the relationship between the two. This pair of difficult cousins, not only did not have a good vassal relationship back then, but they almost met each other.

The Yarkand Khanate and the Mughal Empire have been in a state of hostility for a long time, and there have been many large-scale armed conflicts in the past hundred years.

Said Khan, the founding monarch of the Yarkand Khanate, sent troops to occupy Badak Mountain, a vassal state of the Womor Empire, which is now in the northeastern part of Afghanistan, and prepared to take Tibet.

Going directly to Tibet from southern Xinjiang, you can only go to Ali No Man's Land. This is a dead end and a road to death.

Under normal circumstances, they would choose to follow the old path of the small Pamir countries, invade Ladakh from the Pamir Valley, and then use Ladakh as a springboard to invade Tibet.

At that time, Said Khan received a strong warning from his cousin Babur. If it hadn't been for the heavy snow that blocked the mountains, Said Khan's army might not be able to go back. Xinjiang.

Facts have proved that this road is not easy to walk. Said Khan eventually got altitude sickness and died on the way to withdraw the troops.

Since then, except for a few periods of time, the relationship between the two countries was temporarily reconciled due to joint confrontation with the Bukhara Khanate and other reasons. Most of the time the relationship was not very good, but they were very close in terms of making money from trade.

Therefore, when the Ming Dynasty sent troops to attack the Yarkand Khanate, the Mughal Empire in India did not say anything after learning about it.

Within a vast range of nearly a hundred miles from Yarkand City, there is a vast prairie with abundant water and grass. The grass here grows very high, sinking into the sky like a picture scroll.

However, at this time, the grassland around Yarkand City was full of traces of being trampled, and even the soil had been turned up in some places, making it look messy.

The vast grassland was empty and there were no people there, even the two camps stationed to defend the city of Yarkand were also empty, with the camp tents crumbling to this side and looking decayed.

In the early morning mist, densely packed cavalry galloped on the grassland. They were not Yarkand cavalry wielding machetes, but the Ming army who came from afar with rifled guns!
This piece of riding the sea continued to rush to the city of Yarkand, and more Ming army infantry joined the besieging army behind it.

After nearly half a month of marching, the Western Expeditionary Army climbed over the mountains, marched through snow-capped mountains, glaciers, cliffs and deep valleys, and finally arrived near the capital of the Yarkand Khanate.

In the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, Gao Xianzhi led tens of thousands of Tang troops across the Pamirs and completed an epic expedition!
After 900 years, the army of the Central Plains Dynasty arrived near Congling again!Pamirs.

Along the way, the cavalry of the Ming army attacked everywhere, encircling and annihilating the remnants of Yarkand in various places.

Li Yan led the army to suppress the fleeing cavalry of the Yarkand Khanate around the Ili River Valley.

Finally, the army led by Zhu Cihong rushed to the city of Yarkand, and besieged the small city of Yarkand like an iron barrel, ready to catch a turtle in an urn.

The heavy city gate of Yarkand City was closed tightly, and on the towers, there were still many Yarkand soldiers holding bows and arrows and hiding on the city wall to guard.

The Ming army under the city was patiently waiting for the order of the commander Zhu Cihong to attack the city.

Huang Dahu, Huang Xiaohu, Zhang Fugui, Meng Liang and others rode on their horses, standing in front of the Ming army and looking at the defenders of the Yarkand Khanate on the city.

Zhang Fugui pointed at the defenders on the city with his finger and said with a smile:
"Brothers, you can see that the defenders on the city have bows and arrows in their hands. The defenders of a country are so outdated in weapons, and they dare to challenge Daming's bottom line. What a joke!"

Meng Liang nodded:
"I heard from the Holy One that most of the small country's firearms are almost imported from western countries, and the western countries are all in contact with the coastal countries. This is completely inland. Their news is very closed and the transportation is not developed. It is difficult to contact the western countries. People, so they are still completely in the era of cold weapons."

Huang Dahu rolled his eyes:
"In this case, we can let some soldiers with good marksmanship shoot and kill them outside the range of the bow and arrow. How about giving them a disarm first?"

Huang Xiaohu:
"Since the eldest brother wants to give them a blow, why don't we use mortars to bombard them!"

"No, mortars are to be used during sieges. We can't expose the mortars now, let's use sharpshooters!"

While speaking, Meng Liang urged his horse to go forward and raised his rifle 200 meters below the city.

The defenders on the city saw a Ming army coming to the city, and immediately drew their bows and shot arrows.

"Whoosh..."

The arrow fell about 50 meters in front of Meng Liangma.

He shook his head helplessly:

"It's only from a high position that you can shoot so far. If it's not on the city, it's estimated that you can only shoot about 100 meters..."

"boom……"

There was a gunshot, and the archery defender hadn't finished speaking just now. A big blood hole was pierced through his chest by a Mini bullet. He looked down at his chest, died of breath, turned over and fell down.

(End of this chapter)