Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 474: I take the Pearl of the Golden Road (Part )
"Denzin and Uluk, you two will lead the Tashkent-Bukhara Army to capture the enemy castle on the Chapan-Ata Highlands outside the West City. Tarhun will lead 20 heavy artillery and 50 small artillery to assist. Mandu Latu led his troops to respond; Elinqin Batur, Aishan, Jimba, and Sonom Celing each led their headquarters to surround the four walls of Samarkand, and Teguzchao Ketu and Enhe Batu responded. ; Aldar and Shuoqi led the artillery battalion to concentrate artillery bombardment on the east city of Samarkand; Saihan led 10,000 elite cavalry to cruise between the Chapan Atta Highlands and Samarkand, and immediately intercepted the enemies when they discovered that they were leaving the city to rescue the Chapan Atta Highlands. ", Suletan calmly arranged the arrangement, showing the style of a famous general.

"Yes", the generals will act as ordered.

What a great Khan, slowly ascending to the throne of Khan. Although this command platform was temporarily built, the experienced guards built it high and stable, making it very convenient for commanding operations. Here he comes, climbing up the stairs one by one, calm and relaxed, with lotus growing every step of the way.

On the yellow-covered umbrella stands the unique dragon and lion banner of Lotus Khan. The dragon represents the emperor and the lion represents the Buddha. A long telescope gave a clear view of the war.

The Guards were building fortifications around the city of Samarkand, vowing to surround and trap the soldiers and civilians in the city; one fort after another was being built outside the east city; and gunpowder smoke was already rising on the Chapan Ata highland outside the west city, and the artillery on both sides exchanged blows. Shoot, shoot indistinguishably.

"As expected, this city of Samarkand is full of artillery," Sultan said to himself. He could clearly see from the command podium that the Guards had assembled seventy artillery pieces of various sizes outside the castle on the Chapanata Highlands, but they failed to gain the upper hand. The enemy deployed more than 70 artillery pieces in Chapan Atta Castle alone. It is worthy of being a famous firearms production and sales center in Central Asia, and the number of cannons is huge.

As the God of War, he was keenly aware that the Tashkent-Bukhara Army would pay heavy casualties in attacking Chapan-Ata Castle, but so what? Ten thousand bones will wither in one sweat, not to mention that the dead are all surrendered soldiers and generals, so what does it matter?
The great khan who was killed in the sea of ​​​​blood and corpses has a keen intuition that is different from ordinary people. In the dark, he felt that while he was observing the enemy, the enemy was also observing him, so he looked gloomily in the direction of the city of Samarkand.

"How many guards are there!" Subhan, the guard of Samarkand, put down his telescope and muttered to himself in the direction of the guard's banner. There was no fear on the young and resolute face, only solemnity.

"Emir (Commander), the enemy is building siege fortifications. If they are allowed to build it, Samarkand will become a dead city. Please let the general lead the elephant soldiers and cavalry to attack and interfere with their siege." Deputy General Curry asked for battle.

Scholars who do not go out cannot know the affairs of the world. Hu Liangqi believes that it is not true that there are no cavalry in the Hezhong (Bukhara and Samarkand) areas. It is true that the Uzbeks and Tajiks in the river had changed from nomadic to settled at this time, but there were still many Uzbek tribes in other places who were good at riding and shooting, and the so-called "Bukhara New Testament" was in the eyes of the careerist Bukhara Khan Aziz It's just a joke. With great wealth, he formed a cavalry regiment near Samarkand, with 1,000 heavy cavalry and 4,000 light cavalry. He also imported 200 elephants from the Mughal Empire in India. Subhan, who was good at using troops, hid this army in the city. The guards' sentries did not detect it. The knowledgeable Hu Lianqi thought that there was a lack of cavalry in the river.

"No, the guards have just arrived. They are full of vigor and vigilance. It is difficult to win at this time. On the contrary, it exposes the strength of our army. Don't worry, the wall of Samarkand is so vast. Even if there are many guards, we want to build a good siege. The fortifications will take at least ten and a half days, so wait until the enemy relaxes in a few days before attacking." Subhan, 25, was calm and composed. Although he was young, he was a veteran general who had joined the army at the age of thirteen or fourteen. He was quite strategic, otherwise Aziz Khan would not have entrusted him with such an important city as Samarkand to guard.

"But Emir, the Guards are storming the Chapan Atta Fort. If we don't go out of the city to rescue, I'm afraid General Bossen won't be able to hold on for long." Curry looked worriedly towards the west of the city. Of the 35,000 garrison troops in Samarkand, 5,000 were stationed at Chapan Attaba and 30,000 were left to guard the main city.

"No, it's the same sentence. The enemy troops have just arrived and are at their peak. They cannot leave the city to fight." Subhan firmly refused.

"But in this case, Chapan Attaba will fall."

"If the Chapan Attaba is really lost, the Guards will definitely despise our army because they won the battle. In this case, the time to attack will come." Subhan sighed leisurely, "'Bosen' It means 'hope'. I hope General Bosen can bring us hope!"

"嗞～"

The coach's cold words chilled Curry from head to toe. "Emil~" He murmured what he wanted to say, but in the end he didn't say it. He struggled to salute a military salute and left.

"Boom~boom~boom~"

"Boom~Boom~Boom~"

The artillery battle on the Chapan Ata Highlands was fierce. The number of artillery pieces on both sides was about the same. However, the defenders fired from a higher position and could shoot farther, gradually gaining the upper hand.

A large artillery shell exploded next to the veteran guard general Du Qianhu Tarhun, sending dust flying into the air. "Bah," Tarhun spat fiercely and cursed, "It's not that the Bukhara country has no army, only some militia. How come their militia has more artillery than the Kazakh army?" "Eqige, Sa Markand is a city famous for selling firearms, so there are naturally many cannons," the eldest son Mengkutmul replied.

"No, there can't be any more artillery battles. My cannons have stopped three times and have already stopped one. If we keep firing like this, the cannons will be completely damaged. Go tell Danzin that the artillery has tried its best and let his infantry attack the city." , Talhun yelled at his son.

"Yes, Eqi Ge", Mengkutmul took the order and left.

Talhun was born in the Dulbert tribe where Queen David Uligibayar lived. He was related to the queen and had seniority in the guard than Danzin. After receiving his request, Danjin did not dare to say anything more. He gritted his teeth and ordered his men to attack the fortress despite the rain of artillery.

"Warriors, shoot me hard," Burke (officer) Boson, who was guarding the fort, ordered calmly. Subhan once promised him that as long as he held on for three days, he would definitely come out of the city to rescue him. Because he believed in his brother Paoze, he was not afraid of many enemies.

More than three thousand fire cannons were fired at once, shooting down the surrendering soldiers in pieces. As soon as the battle began, the defenders confiscated all the firearms in Samarkand, so there were many muskets, causing a large number of casualties to the guards.

Because Sultan ordered the surrender of troops from Huozhan and Uraqiube to be assigned to Denzin for command, Denzin had more than 13,000 men, more than twice the strength of Chapan Attaba. Relying on the advantage of military strength, one group fell and another group came. Gradually, soldiers came up the ladder, and the two sides engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat.

After four days of fighting, the Bukhara army in the city has not rescued yet. Bosen is still trying to persist, "Brothers, Allah will not abandon us, and the Emir will definitely come to save us. Hold on for a while, hold on for a while, Honor belongs to the great Bukhara!”

"Du Qianhu, Chapan Ata Fort is built on a highland, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is better to bypass the Zerafshan River and return to the highland to flank the attack." The surrendered general Uluk offered advice to Danjin. Chapan Ata Highlands is located in the eastern section of the Zerafshan River. The river usually flows, but at this time it has frozen.

"This plan is very clever, so be careful with thousands of households in the deputy capital," Danjin told him.

Uluk led 700 elite soldiers on a sleigh and rowed on the Zerafshan River. They walked to the flank of Chapan Attaba and climbed up the mountain path to the high ground. The defenders were extremely exhausted after days of bloody battles, and no enemy sneaking into the fort from the flanks was discovered.

"Kill!" Uluk roared and threw himself down the fort wall, killing towards the fort gate.

"Kill~kill~kill~" Seven hundred evil wolves howled and opened the castle gate.

Danjin took advantage of the situation and commanded the troops outside the fort to enter the fort, and Mandu Latu's troops, who were originally responsible for the support task, also rushed forward to grab the credit.

After all, Bosen did not wait for Subhan's rescue and died fighting on the city wall covered in blood. The fishing rod and fishing flag of the Kingdom of David fluttered above the Chapan Attaba, and the cheers of "Haorui~Haorui~Haorui~" could be heard everywhere.

"Pass on my military order to commend the Danjin, Talhun, and Mandu Latu tribes." Sultan put down his telescope with a smile.

"Pass my military order to go out of the city to attack the guards early tomorrow morning." Subhan clenched his fists.

(End of this chapter)