Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1577, The Battle of Damascus

In the Middle East, the ancient city of Damascus, an ancient city with a long history, once conquered by the pressure of the mountain, Darius also set up a stone tablet here, and Mohammed of the Arab Empire preached here...

It has experienced too much, too much wind and rain and history, so that every place in it is full of a heavy sense of history.

At this moment, outside the city of Damascus, flags fluttered, and the mighty Ottoman army surrounded the place, and cannons were aimed at the ancient city.

Inside the city, the defenders of the Egyptian Mamluk dynasty were trembling.

The strength of the Ottoman Empire is far beyond that of the decayed Mamluk military nobles. The powerful Sipahi cavalry across Asia and Europe are lined up neatly outside the city. The Miyun cannons purchased from Daming showed hideous faces.

In comparison, the Egyptian defenders in Damascus had much simpler equipment, most of which were cold weapons and lacked artillery, let alone firearms.

And there is also a lack of training and low morale.

"woooo~"

With the sound of horns, all of a sudden, cannons began to roar.

The Miyun Cannon, an expensive artillery purchased from the Ming Empire, began to show its value at this moment.

Terrifying range, terrifying rate of fire and power, when dozens of Miyun cannons fired in unison, the projectiles roared in the sky, and then smashed heavily into the city of Damascus, smashing the ancient buildings beyond recognition .

"Boom~"

The shells hit the ground so heavily that the ground seemed to be shaking.

The defenders on the city wall had never seen such terrifying cannons. They hid under the walls one by one, not daring to show their heads, but soon, accompanied by the artillery, they attacked the city head.

Under the precise artillery attack, shells fell on the top of the city in an instant, blood and flesh flew all over the place, death was heavy, and countless screams continued to sound.

"Siege!"

After the shelling, the mighty Ottoman army began to attack the city.

Because they have sufficient force superiority, they attack directly from all sides.

The musketeers lined up and came under the city wall, aiming their muskets at the defenders on the top of the city. As long as anyone showed their faces, they would be shot by muskets immediately.

This Hongzhi [-]-style musket purchased from the Ming Empire has many advantages, such as long range, high accuracy, and fast rate of fire. The tactics used are also learned from Daming.

At the beginning of the city of Erzincan, the number of Ottoman Empire was several times that of the Ming Empire, and relying on the protection of natural dangers in the city of Erzincan, I was confident that it could be impregnable.

However, under the attack of the muskets and cannons of the Ming Empire, it became extremely fragile, like a piece of paper. It didn't even hold on for a day, and it was directly breached.

The Ottoman army, which is good at absorbing the opponent's strengths, naturally learned this tactic.

The musketeers suppressed the city, and the siege troops attacked the city. At the same time, they sold explosives here at the city gate to blow open the city gate.

This set of tactics is extremely simple and effective. Of course, the premise is that your musket can suppress the defenders on the top of the city, and your cannon can stun the opponent's head.

"Bang~"

The dense gunshots like roasted beans accompanied by billowing gunpowder smoke suppressed the Egyptian defenders on the top of the city. Countless ladders climbed up to the top of the city, and a large number of soldiers began to climb up to the top of the city. , Packs of explosives stacked together.

Soon, with a deafening bang, the city gate was directly blasted open, and immediately, the cavalry who had been waiting for a long time rushed in like a tide.

Not long after the war started, the city of Damascus was breached.

The Ottoman soldiers who poured in like a tide quickly spread towards every corner of the entire city. When they saw people, their eyes lit up, as if they saw gold. No matter men, women, old or young, they all arrested them.

These are all silver.

Outside the city, there is a business firm of Daming people who is carrying boxes of silver to harvest the slaves in everyone's hands. Once the slaves are pressed out, the silver can be obtained without any burden.

Moreover, according to the military system of the Ottoman Empire, those soldiers who captured prisoners can also receive a certain amount of bonuses, all of which are based on proportion.

This point was also formulated by learning from the system of the Ming people and combining it with the military system of the Ottoman Empire. The reason why the Ottoman army was able to sweep across Europe was because of its strong combat effectiveness and desire to fight.

It's just a thorn in the side of money.

As long as slaves and captives were captured in Europe, they were all caught in this way. They were responsible for capturing them, as if they were responsible for transporting them and selling them to the Ming people, and they got the money.

From top to bottom, from the emperor of the Ottoman Empire to military generals, and then to ordinary soldiers, the layers are divided according to proportion.

After such a system, often after a battle, even the soldiers at the bottom can casually earn dozens of taels of silver.

In the past, the Ottoman Empire liked to kill prisoners very much. Sometimes tens of thousands or tens of thousands were killed, forcing the enemy to fight to the death. Therefore, although the Ottoman Empire army was powerful and occupied many places, it often suffered great losses. .

But it’s different now. The Ottoman Empire doesn’t kill prisoners anymore. As long as you surrender and throw away your weapons, they won’t kill you, because killing you is of no value. They can sell you as a slave to the Ming people for ten A few taels of silver.

The Ottomans were surprised to find that as long as they did not kill the captives, not only would they receive less resistance, but their own losses would be greatly reduced. At the same time, they could get a lot of wealth by buying slaves, which greatly stimulated the soldiers' morale and combat Desire can bring considerable wealth and benefits to the Ottoman Empire.

It can be said to serve multiple purposes.

In the city of Damascus, the mighty Ottoman army launched a contest to capture prisoners. Like mad dogs, they kept rushing into houses one by one and caught people out. As long as they surrendered, they would not be punished by any business. , One after another, they began to pull out of the city.

Outside the city, only three miles away from the Ottoman army, a large number of people gathered here, and the flags of each business house were fluttering in the wind. These slave traders from Ming Dynasty were standing on the mountain one by one, holding Telescope, looking at the fighting situation in Damascus city.

"Haha~"

"The city is broken, the city is broken~"

"Tell the guys, it's ready to take delivery!"

When they saw that the city of Damascus had been breached, the heads of the above-mentioned business firms cheered for joy one by one.

Such a smooth attack on the city of Damascus, with very few casualties, also means that everyone in the entire city of Damascus will almost become slaves.

Damascus is the oldest city in the Middle East, and it has a large population. Although it is not as good as a city like Baghdad, its population is at least [-], not to mention there are a large number of defenders.

These defenders are all physically strong, and they are all high-quality slaves. They are most suitable for sale to plantations in Nanyang or to some vassal states and colonies for farming.

The price of these slaves is also quite good, and labor is very valuable in this era.

Daming possessed an incomparably vast land, a huge number of vassal states and colonies, and needed people everywhere, such as farming, road building, port building, grazing, etc., no amount of slaves was enough for the Ming people to consume.

There are also a large number of women in the city, and these slaves are even more valuable.

In order to attract immigrants, many vassal states and colonies directly send a few female slaves to the immigrants for free, so there is a huge demand for female slaves. At the same time, in the Ming Dynasty, it has become a fashion and fashion to buy a few female slaves as servants or maids. Mainstream, there are quite a few ordinary Ming people who want to take concubines.

In short, except for the old and sick, there were no slaves that Daming didn't need. They wanted as many as they had, and they could make a lot of money by changing hands casually.

This is why these slave traders worked so hard to follow the Ottoman army, they are like vultures in the sky.

When the smoke of war began to fill the air, they already smelled the smell of blood, smelled the smell and came by themselves, waiting to share a feast.

The Ottoman army obviously did not disappoint them. Only two hours later, from the gate of the city, soldiers from the Ottoman Empire could be seen happily walking towards them with a string of captives.

(End of this chapter)