my days with tyrants

And at this moment, on the south bank of the Volga River.

With a successful smile, Zhu Di looked at the thick smoke of Beergosarai rising into the sky in the distance.

And in front of him, on a simple pontoon bridge built urgently, the huge south retreating army was passing by continuously.

This pontoon bridge is connected by boats and planks that have been built long ago...

Zhu Di has been making preparations for this for a long time. People with a mind like his are almost certain that Timur will eventually enter the battlefield. Everyone is a hero of the same level. I can't stand him controlling the Qincha grassland, but Di should not be able to resist him, so Timur, the boss behind the scenes, will eventually end up.

But when Timur is gone, it will be very difficult for him to return east.

It is impossible for 20 to [-] cavalry to cross two thousand miles of desert and grassland under the siege and interception of [-] enemy troops.

but……

You can take the opportunity to go south.

Taking advantage of Timur's opportunity to lead Hezhong and Khorasan's direct descendants into the Qincha grassland to deal with him, he came by surprise or put them to death and survived.

Cross the Volga River and go down to Persia.

Neither Timur nor Yedige would have thought that he could do this, because the Volga River is a natural moat.

Even camels cannot wade through the water depth of more than one foot.

Don't even think about war horses.

And this river is only in the lower reaches of Astrakhan, because it enters the sea and becomes a fan-shaped water network with countless forks, so that the cavalry can wade through, otherwise it can only be at the upper corner, which is the city of Stalingrad Small boats are used to cross the river there, but that has no military significance.

So neither Timur nor Yedigai had ever thought of guarding the south bank.

In winter, Zhu Di prepared boats at a branch of the river. As for the wood, he directly dismantled it from the city of Belgosarai, and then made small boats, and then connected the boats with wood. This section of the Volga River is a pure plain river. , the water flow is slow and there is not much impact. Anyway, it is a one-off, as long as it lasts for a day or two is enough.As for the shipbuilding workers, it was even simpler. Most of his men were nomads, but his guards were basically southerners, and Yanshan guards all moved from the south to the north.

Zhu Neng's ancestral home is Huaiyuan, and Qiu Fu's ancestral home is Fengyang.

Isn't it easy to find some of these who can build simple boats and pontoon bridges?
What's more, he knows it himself.

In the end, relying on this two-mile-long pontoon bridge built in just one day and one night, his 3 army and [-] local young adults willing to follow, more than [-] women and children, and more than [-] horses and camels, all withdrew. Leaving Bergosarai and crossing the Volga River, and then staying at the end of the Tudor Lost directly set the city on fire...

Ye Di, who blocked the north bank, should pursue it.

Thinking of the pontoon bridge, I can only go to Belgosarai.

"My lord, the last general is still worried about King Gaoyang..."

Zhu Neng hesitated to speak.

"He is on the battlefield, not traveling. If he leads [-] elite camel city cavalry and can't even retreat well, then he deserves to die!"

Zhu Di said.

Zhu Neng stopped talking too much.

After all, as for the matter of father and son, as a subject, it is enough for him to make up his mind.

"My lord, Tuotuo got lost and crossed the river!"

Qiu Fu said.

Zhu Di was lost looking at Tuotuo who was rushing towards him.

"King Khan!"

The latter shouted with excitement.

"Khan, it's up to you next."

Zhu Di said.

"Khan, let's hurry up. Yedi should report this to Timur. It will take at least three days. Timur will withdraw his troops from Salechuk immediately, five days to Haji Talha, five days to Telek River, we have to reach Telek River in ten days, otherwise it will be difficult to get rid of him before entering the mountains, from here, everyone must march hundreds of miles every day, without any delay in the middle."

Tutuo lost and said.

The Telek River was his sad place, and he was defeated by Timur in the decisive battle of the Telek River.

In fact, it is the Terek River in Dagestan.

"I've heard that the Caucasus mountain people are difficult to deal with."

Zhu Di said.

"Don't worry about them, we are not occupying their land, and they are not strong in fighting, but there is a fortress in Darban, we have to go, after Darban is Shirfan Shah Ibrahim His territory, his capital is in Baku in the south. But he is a fool, the Shirvan family will surrender to anyone who fights over, as long as they continue to rule Shirvan, they don’t care who they surrender to, the family has already For hundreds of years, they have surrendered to the Turks, to us, to Timur, and even shamelessly to the pagan Georgians.

It is very long-lived, it is said that it has ruled there for 600 years. "

Tuotuo said with a lost smile.

"Smart people like this live long!"

Zhu Di couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"As long as we pass through the ear squad and leave a team of guards to stand firm, Timur will never be able to catch up with us. That is the only road to cross the Caucasus Mountains. Even if Timur can go around, he has to drill The mountains are going to Georgia, and when he goes around, we will have already arrived at the Taoli Temple, and the people who stay behind can also evacuate, it is close to the sea, as long as the boats are ready, they can enter the Khazar Sea and then go south or east across the sea."

Tutuo lost and said.

Of course, the latter one is a fool, not to mention that there is no boat, even if a small boat can be built during Timur's attack and enter the Caspian Sea, it will be a dead end.

But defenders are dead men.

Zhu Di didn't care about this issue for the time being, and then ordered to go south at full speed, straight into the Telek River.

The mighty team started what can be called a desperate run.

At this time, Ye Digai was already in a cold sweat, and sent someone to report to Timur as quickly as possible, but he had no way to pursue him. He also couldn't cross the Volga River, so he could only go south along the river at full speed to Astor. Rahan then went south along the Caspian Sea, but he didn't know that a cavalry that could be said to have entered the battlefield indiscriminately was rushing towards Belgosarai at full speed...

On the wasteland that has just begun to thaw.

"Damn Khan, this won't work. There isn't much pasture along the way, and our horses can't get enough to eat. Even if we go to Beergosarai, it will be difficult to fight. We need to find a place with rich water and grass."

A chief caught up with Kun Timur to remind him.

They are not the Ming army that usually carry a lot of feed, even if Zhu Di went south at full speed, it was because he took all the food he could find in Belgosarai. The food was enough for the horses and camels, at least it was enough before entering the Caucasus Mountains , As for passing through the Caucasus Mountains, then don't consider this issue, there are plenty of food for pastures and cities.But Kun Timur and these poor ghosts have no supplies. They are just like the original Templars. Many armors and weapons of those Huining cavalry, including war horses, were bought with loans, and they just waited to get them back and pay back the loans.

They have to let the horses graze.

"Go to Batu Sarai, and then go up the Volga River for two or three days, but the most fat pastures are all along the way."

Say goodbye to the chief that month.

This guy is a descendant of Xiban, named Hasimu.

"Go, go to Batu Salai!"

Kun Timur shouted.

The huge cavalry corps immediately turned from west to north to due west under the leadership of Hasimu.

They had just walked out for more than an hour when a group of galloping cavalry suddenly appeared in front of them. There were only a few dozen cavalry with more than 100 horses...

"on!"

Fancha, who finally saw some prey, looked at their tall horses with salivating eyes. Before Kun Timur's order, he led hundreds of cavalrymen under his command and rushed forward. But what surprised them was that these cavalrymen did not Instead of avoiding them, he kept waving a flag while running wildly, as if he regarded them as friendly troops.Fan Cha was not interested in thinking too much, he was not good at riding and shooting, he quickly dismounted, under the cover of the horse, quietly prepared the bow and arrow, and his cavalry also dismounted, and then quietly prepared the bow and arrow.

The cavalry quickly arrived at the front, and the leader was still shouting in a Turkic language they could not understand.

"Go!"

Fancha let out a roar.

Almost at the same time, he raised his bow and arrow, aiming at the fastest speed to shoot.

It is true that they are not good at riding and archery, but that is because they are forest hunters. On the contrary, their arrow skills are all top-notch.

Those who are not good at archery starve to death because they can't shoot enough prey.

A sharp arrow flew out in an instant, and almost no one missed it at a distance of more than ten steps. In a blink of an eye, dozens of cavalrymen were tied into hedgehogs, and they all fell down screaming. He took the reins of an Arabian horse, and then rushed to pull the other two.

The cavalry leader who was still alive on the ground looked at him with grief and indignation, and then he remembered this guy. He stepped on his chest, pulled out an arrow, and began to peel off the good-quality armor, but While opening it, a letter was revealed inside. He picked up the letter and opened it, and there were crooked words inside.At this moment, Hasimu ran over, and he handed it to Hasimu, who saw the letter and screamed, then turned his head to Kun Timur, who was coming behind...

"Khan, King Yan and Tutuo lost their way across the Volga River to Persia. This is the messenger that Yedi should report to Timur."

he shouted.

Kun Timur was stunned.

Fancha led the horse, with armor on his shoulders, and came over with a money bag in his hand.

"Is Persia rich?"

He said.

"There are countless cities in Persia, and they are all commercial cities."

Hasim said.

"Khan, what are you waiting for, hurry up and catch up with King Yan, we have to follow the soldiers of tomorrow!"

Fan Cha regained his energy in an instant, and said without hesitation.

Kun Timur was also immediately infected by his patriotism...

Of course, the main reason is that now that Zhu Di has gone south, it goes without saying that Bieergosarai’s money must have been taken away, and there is nothing to share if he goes there, but Persia has been prosperous since ancient times, and Central Asia is full of Persian caravans. It is reasonable to catch up with Zhu Di and go to Persia to rob with the soldiers of tomorrow. As for the other participants, there is basically no objection. Don't worry, there are countless prosperous cities in the south, so of course you have to go there quickly.

As for the danger...

Those who dare to join the Zhao Sheng Army, who would think about this issue, besides, they will die, those eminent monks have already said that those who die in the Zhao Sheng Army will go to the west to become arhats.

Even if they are willing to reincarnate, they must be reincarnated in the princely family of Daming.

Death in battle is not death, it is the beginning of a better life in the next life!
Well, we've come here, believe it or not, you have to believe it now, this is when you start to smell a little meat, you have to keep going anyway.

Then they turned again, from the original due west to west by south, and went straight to Timur's logistics base Haji Talha.

Four days later they rushed to the city where only a few thousand people remained.

"Kill, kill these monsters, and take their horses and money!"

Fancha roared excitedly.

There are also no real walls here...

This is the summer palace of the Golden Horde. Only the palace is the real castle. As for the houses outside, the commercial market and the like are not protected. The modern ancient city of Astrakhan was built by the Russians. This is the pastoral area of ​​nomads. Of course, nomads don't like building walls.Moreover, this place was also destroyed by Timur and Tutuo Lost in the last war, so the old and weak in the thousands of rivers who stayed here now had to face these mad dog-like enemies.

Twenty-five thousand cavalry swarmed in.

Most of them are hunters from the eastern forest. They formed a formation among the dilapidated buildings of this city like a hunt. The one holding a large shield is in front, and the archer is behind. There are no arrows within ten steps. hair, and even shoot in the face.

The soldiers in the river who hastily faced the battle did not have such skills...

Hezhong is a commercial city, where farmers and herdsmen are combined, but they are not hunting peoples, and their bows and arrows are for fighting rather than part of life.

But the bows and arrows of these Huining soldiers are!

Fancha's body was covered with money bags, and he was even wearing a piece of armor that obviously hindered his movement, making him a bit bloated in the armor package and looked like a moving piece of garbage, but these messes on his body made him immune The enemy attacked, and the bow and arrow in his hand kept shooting at the faces of the enemies and even the civilians.Because he shot a lot, he simply pulled out his knife because his arms were exhausted, and slammed into the enemy in front like a brown bear in the forest. The latter's knife immediately slashed at him, but it only damaged the accumulated armor on his body.Then he forcefully knocked the enemy over, and the knife in his hand pierced his neck without hesitation, and the spurted blood covered Fancha's face the moment he drew the knife.

Fancha, who didn't care, tore the money bag from the guy's waist as quickly as possible.

But the only gold coin inside made him so angry that he chopped off his head and kicked it out.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

He roared furiously.

Then he knocked open the house next to him, looked at the shivering old man inside, and cut across it, and then searched for valuables amidst the screams...

And in the streets and alleys of this city, in each building, there are all barbarian warriors who are like carnival.

Although they are already subjects of the Ming Dynasty, their essence cannot be changed. They are still those who live like beasts in the snowy forest.

barbarians.

A barbarian with a bloodthirsty ferocity.

But what they didn't know in the carnival was that the cavalry led by Yedi was not far from the city.

And Timur, who was [-] kilometers away, was killed because of the messenger, and still didn't know the news of Zhu Di's going south, and was still in a fierce battle with Zhu Gaoxu.