Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 155 The miserable lion enters the cage

Xiri Ahong is a lion and a human. As a fierce general among the Yarkand people, he fought in the north and south and made many military exploits. Because of his contribution in capturing Kashgar, the home base of the Baishan sect, he was named Aqimubek. After a series of battles and a series of victories, he was promoted to an official position. Just when he was feeling high, he was suddenly attacked by troops. How could he not be annoyed?

"Aqimu, the Mongols are powerful, the defenders in various places have been defeated or surrendered, and the unruly people of the Baishan faction have rebelled, so they can move so fast," said General Lalm.

"Humph", Xiri Ahong took a breath and ordered: "Quickly gather all the peripheral garrison in Kashgar, and then send people to cut down all the trees outside the city and burn them all."

"Yes, Azimu," Lalm said as he was ordered to leave.

"Come back," Xiri Ahong said leisurely: "From today on, the whole city is under martial law. People are ordered to stay at home and the government will distribute rations. If anyone is found gathering, they will be killed immediately."

"Yes!"

This lion may not be an excellent governor, but he is definitely an excellent general. Ten thousand men and horses were quickly gathered, and hundreds of bloody heads were chopped off to stabilize the situation.

"The King of Shule governed Shule City and had cities" ("Book of Han·Biography of the Western Regions"). This is Zhang Qian's earliest written record of the ancient city of Kashgar. Kashgar City is the ancient Shule City and the city where Yarkand once The capital of the country has a strong city and is built on a high port at the junction of the Kizil River and the Tuman River, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Before arriving in Kashgar, Yusufu and Zhuo boasted to Sultan about Haikou, saying that this place was the headquarters of the Baishan sect, and the people would definitely prepare pots of food and wine as offerings to the city to welcome the king's division. As a result, when they actually arrived here, the people did kill chickens and sheep to welcome him, but the dedication of the city was nowhere to be seen.

If you don't surrender, you will surrender if you fight! Huitaiji coldly issued the siege order.

"Boom~boom~boom~"

The cannonballs hit the city wall and made craters, but they were unable to destroy the solid city wall.

As soon as the artillery stopped and the smoke had not cleared, Deputy Wanhu Su He ordered his men to attack the city. This type of infantry-artillery coordination tactic was practiced frequently by the Huite Army, and they were quite proficient. As a well-established Huite, he didn't have to personally attack the city, but these days, almost all the prisoners were dead, and the surrendering generals also suffered more than a thousand casualties. The casualties were heavy, but the city remained unmoved. Sultan was embarrassed to always surrender troops to attack the city, so he asked his trusted general Su He to lead three thousand Huite soldiers to attack the city, intending to use the powerful combat power of the Huite army to capture the city in one fell swoop.

The flag was waved, and 3,000 soldiers moved upon hearing the order. 1,500 infantrymen carried ladders to climb the city. Another 1,500 archers came close and fired to cover the friendly forces.

The Mongols were well-trained, but the city was built on a high port and the terrain was high, making it difficult to attack from above. There were still curtains hanging on the city walls, so cannons and artillery carts could not function. They could only rely on ladders to attack the city.

"Burn me with kerosene," Xiri Ahong ordered coldly.

Pots of hot oil poured onto the ladder, the defenders threw torches, and a fire suddenly ignited.

Su He saw with his own eyes that one of his confidants, the head of a hundred households, was burned into a burning man and fell from the ladder. "Hateful!" He raised his axe, ready to fight the enemy desperately. But he heard the desolate horn sound, which turned out to be the horn of retreat!
The fierce general couldn't help but came to look for Sultan angrily, "Huntaiji, my slaves are about to break the city, why did you withdraw your troops?"

Sultan wanted to say "reluctant", but he was indeed reluctant. Unlike sending troops to attack the city, the soldiers sent out this time were genuine Mongolian soldiers. Each one of them was his darling, so how could he bear to suffer so many losses. As soon as the casualties reached two to three hundred, he ordered the withdrawal of troops early. In order not to dishearten the Jiangjun, he swallowed the word "reluctant" and said lightly: "You just retreat, I have a plan to break the city." The so-called plan to destroy the city was just a lie. In fact, he had nothing to do, so he had to summon Aheqi, a demoted official, to ask: "You once served as Ishagar Bek of Kashgar. Do you know how much food is stored in the city?"

"My slave once had enough food in the city to feed an army of ten thousand men for a year. Even though it has been consumed by continuous wars, it is still enough to last for more than half a year." Aheqi responded eloquently.

"Most of a year?"

Sultan smiled bitterly, it seems that this battle can be fought! Since this city is strong, let’s surround it first and then talk about it. How many great cities in history were not conquered but were besieged to death!
So they divided their forces to capture the small cities of Toksari and Tilik outside Kashgar. All the peripheral garrison troops were transferred to Kashgar by Xiri Ahong. The Mongolian army successfully captured the peripheral cities and cut off Kashgar's connection with the outside world.

Huitai Ji was a ruthless man. He dug three trenches outside the city, built high barriers and planted fences all over, vowing to trap the defenders alive. At this time, Xiri Ahong became anxious and led his elite troops to fight out of the city many times in an attempt to stop the Mongols from building fortifications. However, the Mongols who were waiting for him were waiting for them with cannons, blunderbuss, strong bows and crossbows. Not only did they fail to prevent the enemy from building forts and digging trenches, but they also left corpses on the ground.

"Huntaiji, my slave has fulfilled his mission. The fortress has been built and the trench has been completed." Narisong, the deputy Wanhu in charge of the construction of the fortifications, came to report.

"Okay, okay! You should take the lead in this battle." Suletan praised his beloved general and suddenly burst into laughter. "I heard that Xiri Ahong means lion in the Uighur language, and I also heard that this thief has his name. "He fights without risking his life and is as ferocious as a lion. I want to see what kind of ferocious tricks a lion in a cage can do."

When a lion is imprisoned in a lion cage, its claws and fangs have no use, and it can only lie down like a dog.

Xiri Ahong, who was trapped in a tight siege, lost his former domineering spirit and looked gloomy all day long. The trapped beast still fights, and he pins his hope on the Yingjisha City defenders to come for help.

Yingjisha City, which means "new city" in Uighur language, has been an important town between Yarkand and Kashgar since ancient times and is also one of the six major cities. Guard Aman has quite a relationship with him, and at this moment he can only count on friendship.

The lion took up his pen and wrote a letter to his friend. It was a sincere and soul-stirring letter with only two words in mind: save me.

He summoned his confidants and gave careful instructions, "You are very good at water. After midnight, you can take this letter and lower it into the trench with a rope. There is water in the trench that leads to the Tuman River. You can swim along the Tuman River ashore and go to Yingji." Shacheng, ask General Aman for help."

"Yes, Azimu."

It was late at night, and a black shadow fell from the city wall into the ditch. Apart from a "plop", there was no sound.

So water-based! The body sways with the force of the water, swinging its arms and kicking its legs like a swimming fish, and stalking silently like a dragon. Soon they dived from the trench into the Tuman River and continued to move forward.

Just as he was about to swim out of the encirclement, he was entangled in a long fishing net. "Ding ling ling ~ ding ling ling ~" the bell rang on the net, alerting the defenders and catching the big fish.

Looking at this big fish, Aheqi smiled, "You want to sneak out by water? It's easy to think about it! It's a pity that I have been the Ishagar Bek of Kashgar. If you want to get it, can't I not think of it?" "

(End of this chapter)