Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 866 The Trebuchet

"thump……"

Just now the archery soldier was shot and killed by Meng Liang, turned over and fell on the top of the wall.

The others didn't know what was going on, they were jumped by the soldier who suddenly fell, and then they laughed loudly:

"It's useless, the Ming army can't shoot it with one arrow, and it made me lose my temper..."

Two soldiers who had a good relationship with him tried to help him up, but they failed to pull him up.

"Get up! Don't let others laugh at you... God..."

As they spoke, they helped the fallen soldier up, and suddenly saw the big blood hole in his chest.

"My God! What's going on? Damn it..."

Seeing Meng Liang shooting and killing the defenders on the city, Zhang Fugui, Huang Dahu and Huang Xiaohu sent people to inform some Ming soldiers with good marksmanship to come and kill the defenders, and they also urged their horses to come to Meng Liang.

"Old Meng, you're so mean, why don't you make a fortune without making a sound! Haha..."

Several people are sharpshooters, aiming at the defenders in the city while speaking:
"Bang bang..."

"Pfft..."

Following a few gunshots, another five defenders on the city were killed.

Zhang Fugui and the others practiced good marksmanship at the Royal Military Academy, and today they finally showed it.

The defenders on the city hadn't figured out how their teammates died, and suddenly several people fell down.

This time they finally began to suspect that the Ming army under the city was playing tricks, and hurriedly looked down the city, only to see six people riding horses standing more than 200 meters below the city.

Behind the four of them, hundreds of Ming troops came up immediately, and they quickly stood in two rows in front of the four of them just now, pointing their rifles at the soldiers of the Yarkand Khanate on the city.

At this point the defenders finally understood:

"It must be the ghost of the Ming army in the city, shoot them with arrows..."

"Whizzing……"

Suddenly arrows rained down.

However, in their panic, they forgot that bows and arrows did not have such a long range, and the arrows fell tens of meters in front of the Ming army's horses.

"Look at ours, start!"

Zhang Fugui was the oldest among them, and before Zhu Cihong entered the military academy, he was the eldest of them.

With a yell, he pointed his gun at a defender and pulled the trigger, and the defender fell in response.

"Bang bang bang..."

Almost at the same time, other Ming soldiers raised their guns and pulled the triggers one after another. The defenders on the city fell into a pool of blood one after another, causing hundreds of casualties in an instant.

Seeing that their leader was wrong, he hurriedly ordered the soldiers to hide under the crenel:
"Hurry up and hide, the trebuchet is ready..."

Under the command of the general, the soldiers of the Yarkand Khanate hid behind the city wall one after another, and some soldiers went to attack the Ming army with trebuchets.

"Boss, what if they all suddenly hid?"

Seeing the defenders hiding, Huang Dahu became anxious immediately, and hurriedly asked Zhang Fugui.

"Whoosh..."

"Boom..."

Before he finished speaking, a few big rocks fell in front of them, and Zhang Fugui waved his hand:
"Fuck, the trebuchets are all used up, brothers, retreat!"

As soon as they withdrew, hundreds of stones fell on the place where they had stood.

Meng Liang looked back at the stones on the ground and said:
"Don't underestimate cold weapons! Look at their trebuchet technology is still good. When attacking the city, you must first destroy the trebuchet."

Zhang Fugui sneered:
"Such a primitive weapon dares to be used against our Ming army. Not only is the trebuchet inaccurate, but the stones thrown are scattered here and there, and it is impossible to concentrate. If we storm the city of Yarkand, there will be no trebuchet at all. What's the use of..."

"Boom..."

"I go……"

Zhang Fugui hadn't finished speaking when a big stone fell beside them, and they were shocked and urged their horses to retreat.

Meng Liang hurriedly said:

"The siege has not started yet, so retreat quickly. If we are injured by a big rock, we will not only have no merit but will be punished by the prince."

Seeing the Ming army being scared away by the catapult, the defenders on the city laughed and completely forgot how their companion died just now.

"Haha, the Ming army is nothing special, just a few stones scare them away..."

Abdullah, the Great Khan of the Yarkand Khanate in the city, was not as calm as his soldiers at this time.

Hearing that the Ming army suddenly appeared outside the city, Yarkand Khan Abdullah panicked and hurriedly summoned the nobles of the Khanate to discuss countermeasures.

Abdu always thought that even if the Ming army wanted to retaliate, at most they would take Turpan, a barren land of thousands of miles, the Ming army would definitely not go deep into the desert.

As long as the supplies of the Ming army are not available and they return to Jiayuguan, they can lead their troops to attack again and regain Turpan!
He never thought that the Ming army had even reached the city of Yarkand!
The Yili River Valley, snow-capped mountains, Gobi desert, and the sneak attack of the Yarkand cavalry did not stop the Ming army.

All the nobles, big and small, including Yarkand Khan, were dumbfounded at this moment.

Everyone has lingering fears, and the powerful ability of the Ming army has never occurred to him.

Abdullah scolded Hassan for not killing the Ming envoy! , otherwise where would such a thing happen.

Now it seems that the Ming army not only wants the Seven Guards of Kansai and Turpan, but also may destroy the Yarkand Khanate.

If Hassan had been in his presence, Abdullah would have chopped off the troublemaker's head.

In recent years, Abdullah has heard more or less that the Ming Dynasty has become stronger, especially after the defense of the capital, all countries in the Western Regions have spoken of the strength of the Ming army.

But Abdullah has always been skeptical. If Daming is really so powerful, how could he let the bandits besiege the capital, and let Hou Jin repeatedly break through and rob?

He has long heard that the Han people are very good at bragging, especially those literary scholars who write more and more mysterious things.

Since Daming regained the Central Plains, Liaodong, and northwardly attacked Mongolia, Abdullah realized that Daming had really become stronger, and this time it seemed that he was not bragging.

Therefore, Abdullah had the intention of repairing the relationship with the Ming court, and sent his son as an envoy to personally go to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to meet the Emperor of Ming.

But no matter what, the Emperor Daming beat his son violently, almost preventing him from returning to the Yarkand Khanate.

He also asked Yarkand to return Hami and pay tribute to Ming Dynasty every year. Isn't this bullying?

Abdullah immediately became angry. After all, Ben Khan was also the master of ZTE in the history of the Yarkand Khanate. How could he let Daming bully him if he fought all the invincible opponents around him.

Although the Great Khan of the Yarkand Khanate ignored Daming, he was still at a loss when he heard that the Ming army besieged the city.

At this time, the gatekeeper came in with a letter in his hand and paid his respects:

"Report to the Great Khan, a letter was shot from outside the city..."

Abdullah was taken aback for a moment, then said:

"present"

"Yes"

The general of the defenders hurriedly handed the letter to the Great Khan, and Abdullah was furious when he took the letter.

It turned out to be a letter of persuasion, in which Abdullah asked Abdullah to open the city gate and surrender, commit suicide and apologize, otherwise he and his family would be wiped out.

The Khan felt that his self-esteem had been greatly trampled, and finally made up his mind to resist to the end.

(End of this chapter)