Chapter 110: The city of Gaochang was destroyed, and I, Aheimahan, were asked to retreat?
"Poor Khan, it's too late!"
"Now that winter has entered the grassland, there will be snowstorms at any time. A group of women and children who have no ability to protect themselves enter the grassland, and they will escape death!"
Yalan was lying next to Aheimahan, and while being treated and bandaged by the witch doctors in the Khanate, he said to Aheimahan.
Winter in the grasslands has always been cruel, with temperatures often reaching dozens of degrees below zero.
When they were still nomadic people, there were many women and children with weak constitutions who could not survive the wind and snow in the grassland in winter.
Yunusi Khan chose to build a city and settle there. Part of the reason was that too many people died in the winter on the grassland, and it was easier to survive the winter in the city.
Aheimahan was so angry that he gritted his teeth and punched the ground hard.
The wound that had just been bandaged began to ooze blood again, so the witch doctor had to bandage it again.
The Ming army chose the right time to set out on the grassland. The nomadic people on the grassland would be greatly restricted when they set out to conquer the grassland in winter.
When Lan Yu fought in the Battle of Yuerhai, he set off in autumn and went deep into the grassland in winter to defeat the Yuan army!
Emperor Taizongwen made five expeditions to Mobei during the Yongle period. The first two of them reached the grassland in winter and achieved rich results.
The next three times, we all set out in spring. When we arrived on the grassland, it was the time when the weather in the grassland was the best, and there was no one to fight at all.
Zhu Di's subsequent three expeditions were not for fighting at all, but to lead troops and control the army and thereby control the court.
It doesn’t matter whether you hit someone or not, just treat it as a spring outing on the grassland.
Because starting from the 20th year of Yongle, Zhu Di found that he could no longer control the civil servants under his command.
In June of the 20th year of Yongle, the Oara tribe invaded the Hami Guards, and at the same time Arutai detained the Bianxinghe Guards.
Even if Zhu Di dispatches his troops, he will go out to conquer Arutai.
As a result, Arutai immediately withdrew his troops and returned to the grassland a few days after Zhu Di ordered it. The speed was so fast that it made people develop.
What is even more strange is that when Zhu Di summoned Fang Bin, the Minister of War, Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs, and Wuzhong, the Minister of Punishment, to discuss the Northern Expedition.
The three people gave a unified reply that the court had no money.
The Yongle Dynasty has no money, are you kidding me? !
Zhu Di has done all the most expensive things in the entire Ming Dynasty!
Conquered the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the north, conquered Jiaozhi in the south, built the Grand Canal, moved the capital to the capital, and compiled the Yongle Dadian...
Zhu Di had a lot of money. Zheng He went to the West and opened maritime trade, which earned Zhu Di a lot. There was a lot of money, and it was impossible for Yongle to be short of money.
Zhu Di knew that his group of civil servants were working together to deceive him.
When Xia Yuanji and Wuzhong were imprisoned, Fang Bin committed suicide out of fear and was later whipped to death by Zhu Di.
It can be seen that the rebellion of the Ming Dynasty civil servants has begun to grow since the late Yongle Dynasty.
What is puzzling is that the rebellion of these civil servants only lasted in the Ming Dynasty and not in the Qing Dynasty. How strange it is! Weird!
Back to business.
After Ahema Khan retreated to Gaochang City, the Ming army also finished processing the prisoners of war.
Xuchang only allowed the Ming army to rest for two hours before continuing to march towards Gaochang City.
Xuchang still understands the principle of a warrior who makes great efforts at one go, then fails again, and is exhausted in three attempts.
As the saying goes, it is better to chase the poor bandits with the remaining brave men, and not to pretend to be the academic overlord.
At this moment, the people of the Turpan Khanate are fleeing like bereaved dogs. Xuchang will go all out to capture Gaochang City today!
The long army marched on the cold grassland. The winter on the grassland not only affected the Turpan Khanate, but also affected the Ming Dynasty's expeditionary army.
But thanks to Jisheng's supervision, the logistics of the Ming army was guaranteed.
Compared with the isolated and helpless Turpan Khanate, the Ming Expeditionary Force has the entire Ming Dynasty as a logistical guarantee, and the conditions are definitely much more favorable than it.
The distance between the Ming army and Gaochang City is getting closer and closer.
When the Ming army arrived at Gaochang City, it was the day when the Turpan Khanate was destroyed!
There was chaos in Gaochang City.
For those recruits who finally escaped death, the first thing they did when they returned to the city was to find their families.
And those wives and mothers who cannot wait for their husbands and sons to come back can only cry alone.
Aheimahan stood in Gaochang City, watching this scene, his heart was cut by a knife, and his face was filled with tears.
When he slaughtered the people of Ming Dynasty, he felt no pain.
Only when his own country is about to suffer disaster will he shed tears.
Aheimahan felt really regretful at this moment. If he had not invaded Hamiwei, the Turpan Khanate would not have suffered so much at this moment.
At this time, he realized that the current Ming Dynasty was no longer the moderate and conservative Ming Dynasty before.
The current Ming Dynasty is a powerful, ambitious, and extremely dangerous expansion civilization.
Those who offend my Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away they are.
will no longer be empty words.
"Yalan, did I really do something wrong?"
Aheimahan's eyes were a little confused, and the cold wind blew by, making his heart feel cold.
Ya Lan also felt a little sad at this moment: "Dahan, don't think about the past."
"No one expected that things would turn out like this. ”
"I will definitely defend Gaochang City! Definitely!"
Aheimahan put on his armor again, replaced it with a brand-new saber, and ordered through gritted teeth.
"Count the whole army, and all those who can still fight, follow me on the city wall and defend the city to the death!"
"Yes, the Great Khan!"
At this moment Gaochang There are no more than 30,000 fighting people in the city.
Ten thousand of them were new soldiers who had stayed behind in Gaochang City and had not participated in the previous battle.
Of the more than 20,000 people who escaped, more than 4,000 were seriously injured and unable to participate in the battle.
There are only more than 8,000 elite soldiers and 11,000 new soldiers left to participate in the battle.
With a total of less than 30,000 troops, there is no telling how long they can hold off the Ming army. Soon, under the command of Yalan and Mansuer, there were still warriors from the Turpan Khanate who were capable of fighting.
After a brief reunion with his family, he had to go to the city wall and defend the city with Ahemakhan.
At this moment, the offense and defense have changed!
The Ming Dynasty turned from defense to offense and vowed to eradicate the Turpan Khanate.
The Turpan Khanate turned from offense to defense and was forced to walk up the city wall and defend the city to the death for the sake of the family and tribe behind them.
After the Turpan Khanate's city defenders ate some beef and mutton in a hurry, they heard sounds outside the city.
Less than ten miles outside Gaochang City, the dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty has appeared.
More than 100,000 troops marched towards Gaochang City in order.
Cavalry, infantry, and logistics troops are in good order and have strict military discipline.
The walls of Gaochang City are also filled with guards.
The Ming Dynasty’s army stopped after entering the range of the divine machine arrow in Gaochang City.
Commander Xuchang issued the command: "The Fifth Army Camp, Shenji Camp is ready."
"Fire the arrow!"
"Yes!"
The Shenji Camp and the Fifth Army Camp immediately bent their bows Set up arrows, and under the command of the commander, release arrows uniformly into Gaochang City!
In an instant, thousands of arrows were fired!
The entire Gaochang City was covered by the divine machine arrows.
"Enemy attack! Pay attention to cover!"
"Everyone in the city hides in the house and don't come out!"
"Defending warriors, fire arrows to fight back!"
Aheimahan roared an order, took the lead in shooting arrows, and launched a counterattack.
The tribesmen behind him also fired arrows at the Ming army.
The arrows from both sides intertwined in the air, blocking out the sky and the sun.
But because the Ming army’s magical arrows had a much longer range than the Turpan Khanate’s feathered arrows, the enemy suffered heavy losses in a single salvo, but the Ming army suffered very few casualties.
Three rounds of volleys came down, and the enemy troops on the city wall were suppressed to the point where they could not raise their heads.
At this time, Xu Chang waved his sword and gave the order to charge.
"The whole army attacks!"
"Gaochang City must be captured before dark!"
"The first one to enter the city will be rewarded with a thousand taels, a thousand households will be sealed, and a thousand cattle will be rewarded Sheep! ”
Under heavy rewards, there must be brave men.
Spurred by high-ranking officials, generous salaries, gold, silver, cattle and sheep, the Ming army began to launch a fearless offensive.
The trapped camp, the Three Thousand Battalion, the Fifth Army Battalion, and the Shenji Battalion launched a charge one after another and launched a fierce offensive towards Gaochang City.
Climbing the ladder and hitting the city pillars appeared one after another. The five military camps set up the ladder and hit the city pillars to attack the fragile Gaochang City.
Countless soldiers from the Fifth Army Battalion climbed onto the walls of Gaochang City and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the warriors who defended the city, engaging in a life-and-death struggle without distinction of superiority or superiority.
Aheimahan sat on the central city wall and also led his troops to kill the enemy bravely.
But bad news one after another kept coming to him.
"Report! The Great Khan! Jiriga, the general guarding the East City Wall, died in battle! The East City Wall was lost!"
"Report! The Great Khan! General Qimuge led his army to retake the East City Wall!"
< br>"General Qimuge said that people are here The city is here, fight to the death! "Report! General Qi Muge was killed in battle, and the east wall was lost again!"
The military situation changed too quickly, and one of the walls was lost. In the time it takes to burn an incense stick, many of them change hands.
Such a battle situation made Aheimahan so anxious that he had no time to issue effective instructions.
At this moment, a piece of new news shocked Ahimahan, and his whole body was trembling with fear.
"Report! Great Khan! The city gate has been knocked open, and the Ming army is about to enter the city!"
"What?!"
Aheimahan Sweating in a cold sweat, he never expected that Gaochang City would not even last for half an hour before the Ming army blasted open the city gates.
You must know that it took at least one night for them to attack the Hami Guards head-on.
The city was completely defenseless, and Aheimahan was slightly dazed. At this time, Yalan and Mansuer had already ran over from the west city wall.
"Great Khan! Lead the army to withdraw from Gaochang City quickly!"
"Gaochang City cannot be defended!"
Yalan rushed towards Aheimahan , while slashing the Ming army in front of him: "Great Khan, quickly lead your army to Aksu City to ask for reinforcements!"
Winter in the grassland is dangerous, but that is for women and children with weak constitutions.
For a well-equipped and physically strong army.
From Gaochang City, it is not a big problem to rush to Aksu City, the capital of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.
“Retreat again?!”
“Ask me to retreat again?!”
Aheimahan looked like he was going crazy: "If I retreat, what will happen to Gaochang City?!"
"What will happen to the hundreds of thousands of women and children in the city?!"
"I will not retreat! This I would rather die than retreat this time!”
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