Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 1049
Taichang really did not expect that Sun Chengzong could instigate the Persian Empire to counterattack the Ottoman Empire.

This is a good thing, and he will naturally support it vigorously.

If the Persian Empire counterattacks the Ottoman Empire, the 30 troops of the Ottoman Empire on the west bank of the Ural River will inevitably withdraw in a hurry to rescue.

No matter where the Persian Empire went, the Ottoman Empire would definitely not be able to participate in the battle on the Western Front.

Now there are only 30 troops from Tsarist Russia and Wallenstein's 200 million troops left on the western front, and he doesn't have to worry about the line from Kandahar to the Ural River in the south.

When Lu Xiangsheng and Cao Bianjiao counterattacked, they didn't have to worry about the enemy's harassment in the south. They could concentrate on dealing with Wallenstein in the middle and Tsarist Russia in the north.

In this way, the soldiers of the Ming army did not know how much casualties would be reduced.

As for the grain and grass, that was trivial, a few million shi of grain was nothing to Daming.

Taichang immediately ordered Yu Zigao, commander of the Nanyang Navy, to fully cooperate with Sun Chengzong's actions, and ordered the household department to mobilize the nearest grain and grass to the Mesopotamia.

Mesopotamia refers to the Euphrates and Tigris river basins, that is, Mesopotamia in ancient times.

This is the birthplace of the Babylonian Kingdom, one of the four ancient civilizations, and the place where the Persian Empire rose.

Originally, when the Persian Safavid Dynasty rose, it had already regained the Mesopotamia, but it was a pity that the lunatic emperor Safi slaughtered meritorious ministers crazily, which made the Ottoman Empire take advantage of the vacancy and seized nearly half of the territory of the Persian Empire in a few years. , Mesopotamia was also incorporated into the territory of the Ottoman Empire.

If it weren't for the sudden death of Murad IV, the master of the Ottoman Empire's revival, and the replacement of Ibrahim I with a brain problem, it is estimated that the Persian Empire would be destroyed by the Ottoman Empire.

In the Persian Gulf, Sultan looked at the familiar coastline with tears in his eyes.

Most of this sea area named after the Persian Empire no longer belongs to the Persian Empire, and he hasn't been here for several years.

Originally, this place was once the pride of the Persian Empire, but now it has become the sad place of the Persian Empire.

The decline of the country, the destruction of mountains and rivers, the invasion of foreign races, the loss of power and humiliation of the country, not only the Central Plains Dynasty will feel sad, but the Persian Empire will also feel sad.

Sun Quan raised his binoculars and looked at the river mouth not far away, then at Sultan with a dull face, and asked curiously, "Your Excellency, what's wrong with you?"

Sultan hurriedly wiped away his tears secretly, then shook his head and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing, I'm thinking about the next battle."

Sun Quan couldn't help asking curiously: "The next battle, is it going to start soon?
It seems that there are still five or six hundred miles away from Baghdad. It seems that we can't make it to Baghdad today, right? "

He is not familiar with this area, there are several cities marked on the map, but he also knows that Baghdad is an important town in the Mesopotamia, and the other cities seem to be not well-known.

If he followed his thinking, he would lead the army straight to Baghdad, take this important city while the enemy was unprepared, and then recover the other cities slowly.

Anyway, they have ships to transfer people and horses, and they move very fast.

Sultan pointed to the mouth of the river in front of him and introduced: "Your Highness, the Young Duke, in front of you is the Arabian River formed by the confluence of the Socrates River and the Tigris River.

We went up the Hebei River for about a hundred miles, and then we arrived at Basra.

Basra strangles the Socrates River and the confluence of the Tigris River and the Arabian River. It is the second largest city in the Mesopotamia.

We also equipped a lot of artillery there, and I believe the Ottoman Empire will not remove those artillery.

If we leave Basra alone, the passing ships will be attacked by the artillery of Basra.

So, I think we should take Basra first, and then go to Baghdad. "

Is that so?
Sun Quan frowned when he heard this.

He really didn't want to waste time on the road, because they had been delayed for a long time, and the troops stationed in the Mesopotamia of the Ottoman Empire would most likely gather in the important city of Baghdad to stand by for help.

If the enemy has assembled tens of thousands of horses in Baghdad, it may be a bit difficult to take Baghdad with the 20 people of the Persian Empire.

Sun Quan frowned and pondered for a while, and then asked: "How many artillery do you have in Basra?"

Sultan said without hesitation: "There are about a hundred gates in total on the four walls, and there are about fifty gates on the side facing the port."

It turned out that there were only fifty artillery pieces, so it was no big deal.

Sun Quan thought for a while, and then said decisively: "Well, you go and inform the forward's 5 troops to prepare for landing. Today we will take Basra first, and tomorrow we must take Baghdad.

We must be fast, the longer we delay, the more defenders there will be in Baghdad
If we delay for two or three days, your men and women will probably suffer heavy casualties. "

Uh, is this war a joke?

Take the fortress of Basra one day, and the important city of Baghdad another day!

Do you think the defenders of the Ottoman Empire are paper?

When the Ottoman Empire attacked Mesopotamia, our defenders in Basra persisted for several months, okay?
The defenders of Baghdad persisted for several years!
Hearing this, Sultan said in disbelief, "Can we take Basra today?"

Sun Quan nodded without hesitation and said: "Yes, the troops of the Ottoman Empire have basically gathered on the west bank of the Ural River, and it would be considered good to have a few thousand troops stationed in Basra.

As long as you can take down the wall facing the port, Basra will almost be taken down.

When the time comes, we will use artillery to cover, and you just need to direct the forward 5 troops to land at the port pier and rush directly to the city wall. "

Uh, go straight to the city wall!
Although the city wall of Basra is not very high, it is still as high as two or three people. How can we rush up the city wall without siege equipment?

Sultan was stunned and said, "Don't we build siege equipment?"

Sun Quan didn't answer but asked instead: "Don't you have hook locks? Ten thousand sets are almost enough."

Uh, this.

Sultan said in disbelief: "His Royal Highness, do you mean to climb the city wall with hooks and locks?

We do have a few hook locks, but there are only a few hundred pairs at most, which is not enough at all! "

Sun Quan patted his forehead speechlessly when he heard this.

The equipment of the Persian Empire is also too poor. There are only a few hundred hook locks for 20 horses.

He could only helplessly say: "Come here, borrow [-] pairs of locks from each ship and give them to the forward of the Persian Empire."

Fortunately, the naval ships had a lot of bait locks, otherwise they really wouldn't be able to take Basra today.

The ten Spike warships connected to the flagship quickly dispersed, and soon, a bundle of hook locks was thrown from a nearby armed merchant ship.

Seeing this, Sun Quan waved his hand and said: "Okay, Your Excellency General, you go and inform the commanding forward to prepare to attack the city."

Sultan really couldn't believe that they were able to take Basra Fortress today.

He was a little suspicious that the young duke didn't come to reassure them, but to supervise the army.

For such a fortress, use hook locks to attack the city wall?
Even if they could charge up the city wall, they would suffer heavy casualties!
However, he has no choice. The Ming Empire actually sent thousands of ships to help. Can they not listen to him?

If they piss them off and don't help, they will miss this great opportunity.

He could only run to the forward to sit in town, ready to personally command 5 horses to attack the city frantically.

The infantry may not be able to reach the distance of more than a hundred miles in a day, but for the fleet of the Ming Empire, that is a matter of hours.

At noon, they had arrived near Basra.

Sun Quan raised his binoculars and glanced at the artillery on the city wall, and then ordered decisively: "Order, ten dragon teeth warships line up in a circle, load ammunition, approach the port, aim at the city wall, and bombard without interruption."

At this time, you can't hesitate. Any hesitation will give the enemy a chance to load shells.

The Longya battleship didn't wear black iron armor, and they couldn't stand the bombardment of other people's city defenses.

At this time, the defenders of the Ottoman Empire saw a huge fleet suddenly approaching from a distance, and they didn't even know which country's fleet it was.

Under such circumstances, do they dare to fire indiscriminately?

The guard in the city frowned and pondered for a while, then ordered his gunners to load the ammunition and get ready.

In case the enemy came, they could take advantage of the defensive advantages of the city wall to hold the port and prevent people from landing.

Unfortunately, his order was delayed.

At this time, the ten dragon tooth warships had already rushed forward to form a circular formation, followed by continuous artillery fire.

Although a single Longya warship can only fire fifty shells in a broadside salvo, the speed of ten Longya warships alternating is too fast, and the shells hit the city wall continuously without any gaps at all.

The defenders on the city wall were all stunned.

Don't say it's firing now, as long as they dare to show their heads, they will be killed by the rain of shells.

Seeing this scene, Sultan couldn't help being dumbfounded.

The artillery fire rate of the Ming Empire is too fast, right?

With such terrifying firepower, you don't need to look to know what's going on on the city wall.

Great opportunity!

He was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly ordered: "Quick, send the order, the forward strikes, land directly, and charge towards the city wall."

Soon, [-] armed merchant ships docked at the pier in turn, and the Persian Empire army rushed towards the city wall like a tide.

Seeing this, Sun Quan quickly ordered: "Order, all the artillery will be lowered by one degree between firing."

This would cause them to smash directly at the city wall, and some shells still fell in front of the city wall. If they continued to smash like this, they would have killed a bunch of Persian Empire forwards.

After one degree of reduction, it will be different. Although there are fewer shells falling on the city wall, there are no shells falling in front of the city wall.

The defenders on the city wall were even more frightened when they saw the Persian Empire army rushing towards them like a tide.

At this moment, the defenders in Basra City are less than [-] in total, and at least [-] of their size.

Moreover, they can't show their heads yet, and they will eat shells as soon as they show their heads.

How can this city wall be guarded?
The generals of the Ottoman Empire stared at the incoming Persian army through the arrow holes.

He still doesn't believe that the enemy's artillery will bombard his own people.

Sure enough, as soon as the Persian army approached the city wall, the hook and lock had just been thrown up, and the artillery of the battleship stopped.

He immediately stood up and shouted: "Chop the hook and lock, get off the rolling stone and wood."

The hook lock should have been easy to cut off, because basically there is a rope behind the iron hook, and it will be broken with a knife.

However, when they pulled out their knives to cut the hook and lock, they found that there was an iron chain behind the iron hook. Once the knife went down, the edge of the knife collapsed, leaving only a white mark on the iron chain!
When the Daming Marine Division customized the hook lock, they naturally thought that it might be chopped off, so the first half of the hook lock was connected with the iron chain of the gourd.

This kind of special steel, let alone a knife, may not be able to cut it with an axe.

The defenders of the Ottoman Empire could not believe their eyes as they looked at the cut edge.

What is this thing, even the edge of the knife has been chopped off!
Fortunately, they can also throw rolling stones and wood.

Thousands of people raised rolling stones and trees on this city wall and threw them down, killing and injuring many people.

However, this kind of people is nothing to the [-] army, and Sultan didn't even bat an eye.

Soon, tens of thousands of people rushed to the city wall.

Needless to say, there are only thousands of defenders on this city wall, and tens of thousands rushed up, how could they resist.

It didn't take long for nearly 5 horses to rush up the city wall.

Sultan clenched his fists in excitement.

The firepower of the Ming Empire was really fierce, and the defenders of the Ottoman Empire were like paper in front of their artillery!
(End of this chapter)