Outside the city of Therma, the army of the Seljuk Empire under the leadership of Sultan Maliksha has come to the outside of the city, Suleiman did not lead the army to meet the attack, but to stick to the city, several battles made Suleiman deeply aware of the strength of the Seljuk army, for the field Suleiman has no certainty of victory, but the defense of the city is more than enough, as long as Suleiman can hold the city, and when the army of the Seljuk Empire runs out of food, he will lead the army to attack and win the battle.
"Your Majesty, the enemy has been cowering in the city, and our army will not be able to capture the city in a short time."
Sevich rode up to Maliksha and said.
"Sevic, you are the bravest warrior under my command, and I now order you to lead your First Legion to attack the city of Thellma."
Maliksha said loudly as he brandished his whip and pointed at the Lost City of Theer.
"Yes, Great Your Majesty, I will do my best" Under the leadership of Sevich, 50,000 soldiers of the First Army of the Seljuk Imperial Army launched a fierce attack on the city of Terma, in the face of the Black Khan army standing on the city wall, they were fearless to charge forward wave by wave, huge ladders, building carts began to want to advance the Delmaze step by step, archers and catapults were responsible for covering, compared with the Central Plains Dynasty they lacked large siege bed crossbows, in this era the siege warfare was basically filled by life, the Seljuk army attacked for more than an hour and did not even touch the battlements, It is completely in a situation of being beaten passively.
Maliksha gave the military order: "Blow the trumpet, and the whole army will retreat." ” "Woo, woo, woo" With the sound of the horn, the siege army withdrew like a tide, and in the next few days, the Seljuk army would conduct siege battles every day, and the battle was extremely fierce, and the Seljuk army had lost more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in just a few days, which was unacceptable for Malikshah, because when the armies of other countries were fighting, the Seljuk army could be said to be invincible, and they occupied one city after another, expanding the territory of the empire to such an extent, But in the city of Terra, they were met with unprecedented resistance.
"Your Majesty, the enemy resistance in the city is too strong, and the dense rain of arrows and stones makes it impossible for us to get close to the city walls."
"They have plenty of food and water in the city, and we won't be able to storm it in the long run."
"Since the city of Theermaze is so difficult to attack, Your Majesty, see if we can bypass it, just send an army to surround the city."
The generals said with their mouths.
Mariksa shook his head and said: "No, once our army bypasses the city, it will automatically cut off its own rear road, there are hundreds of thousands of enemy troops in the city, and the few soldiers and horses we leave behind are not enough to besiege the city, and the more soldiers and horses left, the number of soldiers and horses we continue to attack will be reduced, so it is very likely that we will not even be able to defeat the city in front; As soon as the enemy breaks through the encirclement, our army will completely lose its rear route and fall into the encirclement of the enemy" As the war became longer and longer, the situation began to become increasingly unfavorable to the army of the Seljuk Empire, the reason was that the logistics supply line of the Seljuk Empire was too long, from Isfahan, the capital of the Seljuk Empire, to the city of Therma, more than 10,000 miles, once the Seljuk army carried the army of food and grass was exhausted, except for collecting grain and grass from the northern provinces, the only thing left was to transfer it from the south of the empire, which was almost impossible.
Time has passed unconsciously a month, Li Liangzuo has been staying in Suzhou during this time, the purpose is to wait for the next news of the battle of the Ermi, Li Liangzuo has been waiting patiently, in the north of Suzhou more than 100 miles of Heluo River, here is located on the bank of the Heishui River a place with abundant water and grass, has always been the Hexi war horse breeding base, at this time here Li Liangzuo hoarded 400,000 troops, they are the main force of Li Liangzuo's westward expedition.
"Your Majesty, I just got the information, and the Black Khan's envoy Witteson has arrived at the Jade Gate."
Xiao Zhuozi hurriedly walked in and said to Li Liangzuo.
"Whitson, what is he doing after this time," Li Liangzuo said with a questioning face.
"Needless to say, maybe I'm here to see Your Majesty."
Xiao Zhuozi was able to go out with the army this time when Li Liangzuo specially approved, the reason is that Xiao Zhuozi is familiar with the situation in the Western Regions, as an important intelligence leader under Li Liangzuo, Xiao Zhuozi can be said to be conscientious, many things are done personally, to this operation, Xiao Zhuozi can be said to have made sufficient preparations a long time ago, in order to provide accurate information to Li Liangzuo, Xiao Zhuozi once personally led people disguised as a caravan to the Western Regions to conduct on-the-spot investigations, and to conduct field surveys on the language, religion, culture, customs and customs of various ethnic groups in the Western Regions.
There is a detailed understanding of geography and landforms, and several exploration and reconnaissance can be said to be a living map.
"Xiao Zhuozi, send someone to bring the Black Khan envoys, I'm here, so I don't need him to run to Xingqing Mansion."
"But Your Majesty, then our actions will be completely exposed Li Liangzuo smiled and said: "Now it doesn't matter whether it is exposed or not at this juncture, Witson came here for two purposes; The first is to see if we have any action to take advantage of the fire, and the second is to find a way to stabilize us, and then continue to draw troops. ” "Your Majesty means that the battle of Termi is over" "From the point of view of time, it should be so, the battle situation should be unfavorable to the Black Khan Dynasty, otherwise Suleiman would not have sent Witson at this time" As soon as Li Liangzuo's words fell, a spy hurriedly came in and said, "Your Majesty, eight hundred miles to expedite the military report." ” Xiao Zhuozi immediately reported to Li Liangzuo, Li Liangzuo opened the military newspaper and read it and said: "It's really a God-given opportunity, this time God really helped me."
Xiao Zhuozi had the courage to ask Li Liangzuo: "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
Li Liangzuo brought Xiao Zhuozi to the map and said: "You see this is the Lost City of Ther, about half a month ago, the army of the Black Khan Dynasty and the army of the Seljuk Empire broke out here in the final decisive battle; It has been more than two months since the two armies started and ended the war; Both the military commander and the ordinary soldiers had endured to the limit, and after several battles, Suleiman had been holding his army in the city, preparing to drag the Seljuk army to the death under the city; But Mariksa was not stupid, and after five days of storming, he suddenly left an army of 100,000 men to surround the Termi, and dug a trench outside the city to build a low wall to prepare for a long-term siege of it, while the main army of Maliksha bypassed the city of Terra and continued northward; Suleiman did not calm down, probably worried that Maliksha cut off his back road, so he led the troops to break through at night, but he did not expect to fall into the trap of Malikshah, the army that originally went north during the day was just a pretense, and the real main army of the Seljuks has been lying in ambush outside the city, when the Black Khan army went out of the city, it immediately rose up and attacked, and the Black Khan army instantly fell into the encirclement and suffered heavy losses, and finally Suleiman led tens of thousands of troops to break through, and now Suleiman is holding on to the Iron Gate, The area south of Tiemen Pass has basically fallen; If Suleiman wants to save the defeat, he can only continue to draw troops from the country, and also draw troops from the Khorezm country, and go down the Jihun River, so that it is possible to save the defeat by attacking from both sides. ” Kneel down and ask for recommendations, please vote more: