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Chapter 612 Timur's reinforcements!

Timur made sufficient preparations for this counterattack on Samarkand, equipped with shield vehicles, catapults, artillery, firecrackers and other types of troops.

And in order to ensure the victory of the counterattack, he also trained for a month to make them familiar with the cooperation of various arms.

However, when he brought the army to the city of Harleh, which was two hundred miles away from Samarkand, and saw the well-disciplined and neatly lined up Ming army, an ominous premonition suddenly rose in his heart.

"Amin!"

"Stay back for a while, and if the battle goes wrong, take me and Ma Heima and run away..."

"Yes!"

Timur quietly placed an insurance policy on himself, and only then did he line up his troops and make the final mobilization before the expedition.

After an impassioned speech, all the soldiers were excited and shouted the slogan of fighting for the pearl.

Timur felt a little better when he saw the patchwork army striding forward, especially when he saw that the shield car he had prepared blocked Daming's lead bullets and allowed his soldiers to advance calmly, he felt even more victorious waving to him.

"Cannons and catapults are ready!"

"Project in the direction of Daming!"

"Your Majesty, you can't hit it...you have to go a few hundred steps forward!"

"Isn't this still possible?"

"Last time we were defeated several miles away from the Ming army!"

As soon as Timur's words fell, he heard loud noises from a distance, and then saw shells with flames smashing towards him.

Seeing this, Timur subconsciously hid back in the carriage. His carriage was specially made with thick steel plates installed inside. Instead of being broken by normal shells, it would be bounced away.

But the soldiers on the battlefield were not so lucky. Under the fierce artillery fire of the Ming army, the shield chariot they were proud of was blown to pieces. When it was close to the launch, the flesh and blood blasted by the shells flew everywhere.

As for the catapults that Timur managed to collect, it was even worse. They were the key targets of the Ming artillery. Before the first round was over, the dozens of catapults he brought over were completely scrapped.

Timur's painstakingly crafted cannons were not spared either. Some were destroyed by Ming's shells, and some were blasted by Timur Empire's shoddy shells.

In short, the war started in an unexpected way, which caught the Timurid army by surprise.

The Timurid Empire's army has gained experience in failures. Seeing that they could not beat Daming, the rear team immediately changed to the front team, and the front team changed to the rear team, and fled away with lightning speed.

They also discovered the shortcomings of Da Ming. Da Ming generally does not chase the enemy. Even if they do chase, it is difficult for them to maintain shooting accuracy while on horseback. They have to dismount to shoot accurately.

Therefore, Timur's army knew that as long as they ran fast enough, they would not have to worry about being caught by the Ming army.

However, just as they were running in an orderly manner, they suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes behind them.

The soldiers at the back turned their heads in horror, only to see tens of thousands of Beiyuan soldiers wielding sabers in the phalanx of the Ming army at some point in time!
These people not only wore the unique robes of the Beiyuan people, but even shouted the same slogans as the Beiyuan people when chasing and killing them!
In fact, these people are Beiyuan people, soldiers recruited by Ming from the conquered Beiyuan homeland.

It's just that they were rarely used in the previous battles, and Sapphire has kept them hidden until now.

After the Mongolian cavalry of Ming Dynasty joined the battlefield, the entire battlefield situation turned into a one-sided massacre.

The soldiers of the Timurid Empire, who were jogging slowly, were overtaken by these Mongolian cavalry who were eager to be rewarded for their meritorious service. A token of the enemy's merits.

After running for a few miles, Timur hurriedly stabilized his position, ordered his generals to restrain the soldiers, and prepared to turn around and fight bloody with the Mongolian cavalry.

In his opinion, it's all right if he can't beat Ming Dynasty, could it be that he can't even beat the Mongolian cavalry?

However, as soon as he stopped here, Da Ming's artillery fire followed and fell precisely on his troops.

Although some of the shells missed and hit the Mongolian cavalry, but because the Mongolian cavalry was scattered, the casualties were not very large.

Seeing this situation, Timur cursed.

"How can you fight this!"

"When did the artillery fire of the Ming army become so strong that it could even hit such a long distance?"

Just as Timur was swearing, Jiawen Kuban tugged Timur's sleeve and pointed to the hilltop tens of feet high.

Timur looked up, and saw that there were thousands of Ming troops on the mountain, plus hundreds of cannons, who were condescendingly bombarding his own army at this time.

"Damn!"

"Everyone in the scout battalion is executed!"

"There are so many Ming soldiers hiding on the mountain and they didn't find it. They should be smashed into pieces!"

On the battlefield where the flames of war raged, everyone was only concerned with running away, not listening to Timur's roar.

Amin faithfully performed his duties, disregarding Timur's objections, forced him into the carriage, and then took him out of the battlefield in chaos.

As for the other people, their lives are not so good, they can only run on two legs.Fortunately, half of Timur's army is cavalry, even if it is damaged, half can run back.

It's just that the infantry is likely to be folded...

After running dozens of miles away, Timur finally got a chance to breathe, and began to gather the fleeing soldiers calmly.

As he expected, the infantry was completely lost, and only a part of the cavalry ran back.

While Timur counted the casualties, Sapphire was also sweeping the battlefield.

When encountering Timur soldiers who are still alive, the military doctors in the Ming army will come forward to diagnose and treat them first. If they are sure that they cannot be cured, they will order the soldiers on the side to give them a happy life. He was carried back on a stretcher and handed over to his apprentices for careful treatment.

Sapphire prefers captives to these injuries.

Whenever captives were captured, Mongolian soldiers would step forward with a red-hot branding iron, imprint the slave's brand on the opponent's forehead, and then take them back to repair bridges and roads, and iron and mine mines.

As for the nobles and generals, they will make bids according to their positions, and ask their families to send someone to redeem them.

This can be regarded as the characteristics of the Middle East, and Lan Yu's move is also doing as the Romans do.

Sapphire inspected the battlefield and commented on the artillery camp on the mountain.

"The range of our cannons is still too short. If we can shoot dozens of miles away, why do we need to ambush an army here?"

"Chang Sheng, you send electricity to the people in the Arsenal and tell them to improve the cannon!"

"Even if the cannon can't shoot at a range of tens of miles, the power of the cannon must be increased by a hundred times!"

"Samarkand is just an ordinary city, and our cannons can't hit it. If we hit the city of Constantinople in the future, do we have to use our lives to fill it?"

At this moment, Sapphire has only one thought about the entire Western world, and that is to lead an army to capture Constantinople.

In fact, Sapphire did not have such lofty ambitions at the beginning, but as he came into contact with more and more scholars in the Middle East, he heard them boasting how powerful Constantinople was from time to time, and no one could capture it for thousands of years. His enthusiasm was aroused.

As for why he attacked Constantinople, he never even thought about it.

After all, for him, as long as he wants to play, he can always find a suitable reason.

Sapphire cleaned the battlefield for three days and captured [-] to [-] prisoners before returning to Kangju City to retire contentedly.

As for the soldiers in Hale City, they naturally continued to garrison here to prevent Timur's army from counterattacking again.

Timur also stationed dozens of miles away for three days, taking in soldiers while thinking about how to deal with Daming.

After returning to Isfahan, Timur finally thought of a way to deal with Daming.

"Jarwin Cuban!"

"You choose [-] emirs who can speak well, and let them represent me as envoys to various countries to seek reinforcements!"

"Reinforcement?"

Jawin Cuban said with a bitter face when he heard the words.

"Your Majesty, where did we get reinforcements from?"

"Although both the Golden Horde and the Ottoman Empire agreed to send troops, they just agreed with their lips and have no intention of sending troops at all..."

"As for Byzantium in the west, it would be nice if they didn't take advantage of the fire. How dare we expect them to help?"

Timur smiled coldly when he heard this.

"Just do it, and then I will tell them what to say..."

Five days later, [-] special envoys were dispatched from Isfahan City, and they were ordered to go to western countries for help.

In the Ottoman Empire, Bayezid heard that Timur sent a special envoy again. Although he didn't say anything, he was already a little bit displeased.

"Is Timur so useless?"

"Didn't he be very powerful when he forced me to withdraw from Byzantium? Now that I've been beaten by Da Ming, I wish I could call for rescue three times a day!"

The people next to him secretly rolled their eyes when they heard this.

Timur only sent two groups of people in total, so why did it become three times a day?

"Your Majesty, would you like to receive him?"

"See you!"

"If you don't see it, the old thing needs to be dealt with again!"

Bayezid is already mobilizing soldiers, but he needs time to prepare.Not only do you have to prepare enough weapons and armor, but you also need to understand how strong Daming's army is and whether you can handle it.

He didn't want to put his empire into it just to help Timur.

Of course, all of this is because after Da Ming captured Samarkand, he didn't do anything excessive except for changing the name of Samarkand.

No matter whether it is continuing to expand or burning, killing and looting, it has never done anything, and it is much more civilized than the Mongols back then.

Otherwise, he would have joined the battle long ago!
Not long after, the special envoy entered the hall and saluted Bayezid according to the etiquette.

"Your Majesty, I am sent by my Lord Sultan, and I would like to ask you for a support army!"

"Reinforcements..."

"The special envoy doesn't know. I, Ottoman, have been at war with Byzantium all year round, and I have a lot of trouble with the Lord. Now..."

"Your Majesty, I haven't finished my words yet, my lord asked me to ask for a hundred reinforcements!"

Bayezid was stunned when he heard this.

"How many?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, we only need a hundred reinforcements!"

"There are only 100 people..."

"Row!"

"I'll send it to you now!"

"Whether you want cavalry or infantry!"

The special envoy saluted respectfully.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"However, for the safety of your soldiers, I suggest that you send cavalry, so that they can run faster even if they are defeated!"

Bayezid thought that the other party looked down on his soldiers, so he refuted them on the spot.

"do not worry!"

"My Ottoman warriors are not afraid of death, they will die on the battlefield even if they die!"

Byzantine Empire, Constantinople.

Manuel II received Timur's special envoy warmly.

For the Ottoman Empire, Timur was the enemy.But for Manuel II, Timur was a benefactor.

If Timur hadn't sent troops to force the Ottoman Empire to retreat, he might have abandoned Constantinople and ran away.

Therefore, compared with the indifference of the Ottoman Empire, he gave Timur's envoy a very high courtesy.

Not only went out of the palace gate to greet him personally, but also rewarded him with a luncheon.

"Honorable Your Majesty Byzantine, the servant is not here to attend the banquet, but to ask for reinforcements at the order of our lord!"

"Reinforcements..."

"The special envoy doesn't know that we have been fighting against the Ottoman Empire for many years, and there are not many soldiers in the country. Even in Constantinople, we can only make up tens of thousands..."

"No!"

"Your Majesty, you misunderstood. We didn't mean to ask you to send tens of thousands of reinforcements. Our Majesty said that we only need you to send 100 reinforcements..."

"100 people?"

Manuel II was also stunned when he heard this. He really couldn't figure out why Timur only needed 100 reinforcements!
"Special envoy, tell me the truth. Is it because your majesty wants too many reinforcements, and you are too embarrassed to say it, so you lied that you only need 100 people?"

"No no no..."

"Your Majesty misunderstood, I have credentials here, our Majesty really only needs you to send a hundred soldiers!"

"This……"

After reading Timur's credentials, Manuel II no longer doubted it when he saw that Timur's personal seal was indeed printed on it.

"All right!"

"However, 100 people really can't do it, why don't I give you 500 people?"

"No, no... no, our Majesty has made it clear that only 100 people are enough!"

"Is 100 people really enough?"

"I don't know, but our Majesty did say so!"

"Oh oh oh..."

"Then I will really only send 100 people..."

The same drama was staged in various countries. Even countries that hated each other sent 100 reinforcements one after another.

Not for anything else, but for Timur alone to block Daming's westward advance, it is worth them sending reinforcements.

What's more, Timur didn't want much, only a mere 100 people.

It's just that the monarchs of various countries have speculated after sending 100 reinforcements, how Timur will use these people, does he really have the ability to turn decay into magic?
Or that he communicated with the pearl, so that he could obtain the protection of the gods?
Faced with doubts from all sides, Timur did not give any response.

He just ordered people to arrange reinforcements from all over the world, entertain them with delicious food and drink every day, neither let them train the formation, nor let them practice the formation, but only let them practice one thing, that is, the escape skills on the battlefield.

On the martial arts field outside the city of Isfahan, Timur's imitated cannons of various models were lined up one by one, firing a few shots from time to time in a fixed direction.

Outside the range of the cannon, reinforcements from twenty countries lined up one after another, listening to the deafening sound of artillery fire exploding in front of them.

Whenever the horse neighed and was out of their control, they tightened the reins and forced the horse to be quiet.

However, it didn't work. When the cannonball went further and was only a dozen steps away from them, the war horse finally ran wildly uncontrollably.

After more than ten days of training, after the horses finally got used to the sound of the artillery, Timur announced his fourth counterattack against Samarkand!
(End of this chapter)