My Daming New Empire

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Even if there is no movement outside, they dare not leave the city again.It seemed that they were no longer willing to resist, and had resigned themselves to their fate. The open city gate remained wide open.

However, Ming soldiers did not go to occupy it.In order to avoid unnecessary loss of personnel, they are waiting for dawn.

When the winter sun cast a golden light on the earth, the city of Telabat became an undefended city, like a powerless girl, allowing the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to invade.

This is a small city, which cannot accommodate nearly 15 people in it.Without sufficient defense, even if the city resists, it will only delay for a few more days in the end.

The main reason is that the people in the city have lost their confidence. Facing the firearms of the Ming people, they have no hope of defeating them.

In just one day and one night, this small city specially built for agriculture became Daming's spoils of war.

Soldiers and civilians were separated, and the men were all driven to Herat, three hundred miles away.

These people are a burden to Daming. With a supply line of [-] miles, Daming can only supply military supplies, and all food must be collected on the spot.

Nearly [-] more prisoners means [-] more mouths.

The Chinese New Year is approaching, Zhu Di and the others originally did not intend to attack Herat before the Chinese New Year.But these people don’t need to use it for nothing, even if it’s just to consume them and consume a little more of Herat’s defense weapons, they should directly conduct a siege battle.

But in Herat, after ten days of research, the Timurid craftsmen reported to Shahru with fear that they were unable to imitate Ming's muskets.

In a large-scale battle of more than 10 people, even if it was a one-sided massacre, Ming's soldiers lost nearly a thousand people.

And Daming's muskets also lost more than [-] pieces.

These muskets are regarded as treasures by the Timurids. They want to imitate the same muskets. Only with muskets can they fight the Ming people to the death.

But Shaharu was disappointed. So far, their steelmaking temperature has not reached 1000 two hundred degrees.

Molten steel cannot be melted directly, so it cannot be cast directly. Besides, they don't have a lathe, so they can't make seamless barrels at all.

Whoever burns the steel red and then beats it can't make a gun barrel as strong as the Daming people.

Even if they can make muskets, they are no more than the same as the muskets of the Europeans and before the Ming Dynasty.

The only thing that makes sense to them now is the design of the bolt mechanism, which allows them to create muskets that shoot directly without ignition.

However, at least in a short period of time, this technology has little meaning to them.

"Your Majesty, the firearms of the Ming people are powerful, and the power of the artillery far surpasses that of the trebuchets. When they come to attack the city, even if the walls of Herat are solid, they will not be able to resist for long.

Nowadays, only artisans can be brought along, and women go north first.For our loved ones, even if it is death, the soldiers will go on and on. "

Shah Ruh looked at the generals in front of him. In the past years, they fought all over the world, and they have never been so desperate as they are now.

But who would have thought that the originally powerful Timurids would be completely powerless in front of the Ming people because of the gap in firearms.

"In more than ten days, it will be the Ming people's Spring Festival. This is our chance. Now the Ming people have occupied the Khyber Pass, and Samarkand in the north is also facing the threat of the Ming people. Therefore, our craftsmen cannot withdraw to Samarkand..."

Shah Ru stared at the map for a long time, and made up his mind: "Go northwest, go to Mashhad, go to the Caspian Sea, go to Rai (Tehran). The Ming people will not stay here forever, they will always Those who withdraw their troops, we must research muskets that are not inferior to them, and then it is time for us to take revenge."

"Your Majesty, the spies are here to report that the Ming people are driving us soldiers and people towards Herat."

In just a few days, Terabat fell...

A shadow was cast over everyone's hearts, and this kind of despair was something they had never experienced before.

Shaharu said excitedly: "Although there is no way to retreat, but we have not reached the point of despair, our fighters still far surpass the Ming people. Even with blood, we must pave a way to victory."

On December 7, after a nine-day trek, Ming soldiers escorted more than [-] Timurids, and finally arrived outside the city of Herat.

In this era, Herat is one of the largest cities in Central Asia. Even if it has 15 people, it still seems insignificant.

Beyond the catapult distance from Herat, the army no longer moved forward, but drove the captives forward.

For the hope of living, those Persians desperately ran towards hope.

The soldiers in the city were prepared for the attack of the Ming people, but they were disappointed.

The Daming people seemed to be just trying to send the captives back, they didn't move forward, they watched these people swarm under the city wall.

People in the city did not dare to open the door, they could only watch their soldiers and people crying outside the city.

Seeing the stalemate, Xu Jingyan shook his head and said, "The main force of the Timurids is still there, and the strong attack is not worth the loss. It seems that we can only wait for the next year to fight."

As the illegitimate son of the Dingguo government, Xu Jingyan was not valued by the family at first.But in the 12th year of Yongle, Xu Jingyan was appreciated by Zhu Zhanji during the Northern Expedition. Over the years, he has been on the rise and has become a commander of a guard.

Because he had been fighting against the Mengyuan people on the grassland, Xu Jingyan was recruited by Zhu Di this time because of his experience, and became the commander of the cavalry.

Another commander, Yao Chongsan, said: "I can rest here and have a good year, but Commander Xu will not have a good year."

Yao Chongsan's task was to be stationed outside the city of Herat, watching the movements in the city.

And Xu Jingyan's task is to wipe out the surrounding forces, that's why Yao Chongsan said so.

Xu Jingyan said with a smile: "Making meritorious deeds is right in front of you, suffering and suffering are nothing."

At this time, the banner of the Chinese army camp was unfurled, the cavalry dispersed, and the cannons were transported to the direction facing the city gate.

Seeing this scene, the Persians outside the city panicked one by one, and the people inside the city also became nervous.

The messenger hurriedly reported the news, and Shahru finally couldn't bear to order after seeing this scene. "Open the city gate."

"His Majesty……"

"This is our soldier..."

Before the words fell, there was a loud bang, and then the shells fell directly on the city wall, outside the city wall.

Large stone bullets weighing tens of kilograms, and chain bullets weighing several kilograms, where they fell, blood was splashed everywhere, and limbs and bones were broken.

The crowd had nowhere to escape. They cried and shouted under the city, begging for the gate to be opened.

The city gate was finally opened, but the crowd was completely out of control, they were desperately pushing inward, and countless people were pushed down and trampled under their feet.

At this time, the trebuchets on the walls of Herat also threw big fireballs.

These fireballs are not intended to hurt the enemy, but just to deter Ming soldiers from rushing forward.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had no intention of attacking at all. A large city that currently accommodates tens of millions of people cannot be eaten in one bite.

A large number of corpses were left outside the city, and finally became quiet.Except for firing hundreds of cannons, Daming's army did not move at all.

Seeing this scene, Shaharu couldn't help worrying.The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were so well-mannered, could they really let the artisans leave safely?

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Yu Qian was elected in August, and married Dong Shi, the daughter of Dong Yong, the magistrate of Yongfeng County, who had been engaged since childhood in September.