Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 29 Turpan and Hami Guards (Part )
There were tens of thousands of men and horses, boundless, and looking at the endless army, Muhanmatixia was full of confidence that he would win. The enemy's main force has withdrawn to the west, and the defenders in Liucheng area are only three thousand. Our own army is several times that of the enemy. How can we be invincible?

"Report, Prince Ebedullah has captured Chiting and is heading towards Bican City." Good news came from the front. Two thousand forwards led by his eldest son, Ebedullah, captured Chiting on the outskirts of the Hanhai Desert. oasis.

"Very good, tell Ebedulla to keep moving forward; give orders to all the ministries to speed up the march, and we must reach Bican City within five days." Sitting on his handsome yellow steed, Muhanmatixia gave the order with high spirits.

"Porphy", the dismounted horse snorted suddenly, as if cheering for its master.

Military orders were issued, and one team after another, the Hami army accelerated their march. This army mainly comes from three ethnic groups: the Uighur tribe near Hami, the Hui tribe west of Jiayuguan near the border of the Ming Dynasty, and the Hacihui tribe, among which the Hacihui tribe is a branch of the Mongols.

Because it is located at the hub of the Silk Road and has developed commerce, Hami people live a relatively prosperous life. Once a man is rich, he will cherish his life, so the combat effectiveness of the Hami army is not strong. In this regard, "The Beginning and End of Pingfan" written by Xu Jin of the Ming Dynasty records: "There are three types of people in Hami: Huihui, Aiwu'er, and Hacihui. They all work on farming and weaving. If they don't fight, the country will be rich." .

A major difficulty facing the Hami army is the boundless desert. It doesn't matter, as locals, they have long been accustomed to crossing the desert. It only took more than four days to arrive at Bican City.

When it comes to being disabled, almost no one knows about it, but when it comes to Loulan, no one knows about it. The city's original name was "Loulan"; in 77 BC, the Han Dynasty established Wei Tuqi as king, and Loulan was renamed "Shanshan"; during the Zhengtong period of the Ming Dynasty, it was merged into Turpan and renamed "Bican".

Over thousands of years, the vast sea of ​​sand has continuously eroded, and the original ancient city of Loulan has long become a ruin. The current Bican City is just a small city rebuilt near the ruins.

Prince Sulitang of Turpan led two thousand troops to garrison here. This is the choke point of the Hanhai Desert. Without this place, the enemy can march straight in.

His heart was heavy. He had just received a military report that the Chiting Oasis had been lost, and one hundred defenders were surrounded and annihilated by the enemy. There is news that the number of enemies is extremely large, several times greater than ours.

"Ouch~ow~ow~"

A group of cavalry rushed to the city, showing off their military might.

Seeing the bravery of his subordinates, Prince Ebedulla of Hami felt very happy, and thought to himself: I was ordered to be the vanguard of the entire army, and I am invincible. After capturing Turpan, I wonder how my father will reward me?
"hateful!"

The enemy was so arrogant that it angered Prince Sulitang on the city wall. His eyes widened and a black line bloomed between his eyebrows.

"Your Highness, the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. If we do not dampen their energy, it will be difficult to defend this city. The general is willing to go out of the city to fight!" Hu Bofeng, a brave general under his command, shouted.

"Hu Bo Feng Burke, you lead a thousand cavalry out of the city to meet the enemy. I will lead five hundred cavalry to flank the enemy. This battle will be won!" Prince Sulitang gave the military order calmly.

Ai Zezi, the general of the Hami army, was riding proudly on his horse. His subordinates yelled and cursed for a long time, but none of the defenders dared to fight. Huh, what a bunch of rubbish! He took out the big ax from his back and did some tricks on his horse to show off his strength. The ax was very heavy, but to him it was like a child's toy. His name means "powerful" in the Uighur language, so he is naturally strong and can use a big axe.

The heavy city gate opened, and a group of cavalry galloped out. The leader had superb riding skills. With a few leaps, he reached Aizezi's horse.

That will be wearing fiery red armor, like a ball of fire. He was holding a big gun in his hand. It was such a strange gun. There was an iron bump under the tip of the gun, which looked like a gun and a hammer. That's right, the big hammer gun!

Hubei Feng didn't say anything and hit his face with a hammer. Ai Zezi only blocked one move before he felt pain from the tiger's mouth and almost lost his grip with the axe.

What terrible strength!

Before he could take a breath, the opponent changed his attack to a stab, and hit his throat with a big hammer, a spear, and a poisonous snake. Ai Zezi's eyes lost their luster and the ax fell to the ground. But Hu Bofeng didn't care. He had killed many people in his life, so what if he killed one more?

"roar~"

Roaring again and again, at this moment, he transformed into a great demon, killing more than ten people in a flash.

A general is a soldier's courage. If he dares to fight, his subordinates will all dare to fight. They will risk their lives and attack the general's flag of the Hami army.

Prince Ebedulla felt a chill in his heart and ordered a formation to fight, trying to use the numerical advantage to destroy the enemy.

However, although the Hami army was large in number, it was not as powerful as the Turpan army, and was exhausted from the distance. It was unable to defeat the defenders, and the two sides fought in a draw.

Prince Sulitang led five hundred cavalry, secretly opened the east gate, and took a detour to kill. Caught off guard, the Hami army thought that the main force of the Turpan army was rushing back, and the formation was in chaos and fled in all directions.

When two armies are fighting, if one side escapes, it will leave its back to the enemy, with no way to fight back. Therefore, the casualties caused by retreating are often greater than those caused by attacking.

"Yasha (Uighur: Long live) ~ Yashai ~ Yashai ~"

The Turpan army shouted "Yaxia" and chased the enemy's backs, stabbing, cutting down and shooting them down.

Prince Ebedulla was defeated, with two thousand vanguards and more than half of them killed or wounded. Gather the defeated troops and prepare to face father's thunder.

Muhammetisha did not get angry, but silently prepared his troops to fight again. His army had four artillery pieces and three hundred gunmen. Tomorrow, we must let the defenders taste the power of firearms!
The four artillery pieces came from the Ming Dynasty. They were all heavy artillery. Although they were not as light and easy to carry as the artillery pieces manufactured in Central Asian cities such as Samarkand and Bukhara, they were good at attacking cities. No matter how heavy it is, you can use a camel to pull it. He believed that the small crumbling city wall could not withstand a few shots.

Then, the enemy did not defend the city, so Prince Sulitang chose to take the initiative to attack and led 1,800 cavalry to launch a desperate charge against the Hami army.

In the front arrow formation, the fierce general Hu Bo Feng served as the arrow, and Prince Suli Tang personally acted as the arrow body, shooting at the royal flag of the Hami army.

This is a completely lifeless style of play. There are enemies but no one, and there is no one for me.

Muhammetisha panicked. He was a master at playing politics, but he lacked the courage to fight for his life. Seeing the Turpan army charging closer and closer, they involuntarily retreated a little, and Wang Qi also retreated a little accordingly.

After only retreating a little bit, the morale of the soldiers was in chaos. Aba Huozhe, the general of the Hacihui tribe under his command, was the first to lead his troops to flee. His subordinates are all of Mongolian origin. They fight for the Uighurs mainly for the spoils of war. It is okay to fight with the wind and rob, but not to fight for your life!
As soon as he escaped, the morale of all the troops was unstable, and some people fled with the Hacihui people. At first it was just a trickle, but slowly it became a vast ocean.

"Failed~Failed~"

The defeated soldiers of Ha Cihui, Weighur, and Huihui exclaimed "defeated" and ran away desperately. They only regretted that their parents had lost two legs.

Muhanmaitixia didn't talk nonsense, so he turned his horse and fled. If you want to be the king, you must first save your life. Life is gone, where can the kingly soup come from?
King Hami escaped so fast that Prince Suli Tang could not catch up with him, but he still gained a lot. Not only did he annihilate more than 3,000 enemies, he also captured four heavy cannons that he did not have time to fire.

(End of this chapter)