Chapter 619: The demise of the Seljuk Empire(1/2)
The royal cities of the Seljuk Empire, Ogedei, Mongge, and Yelu Dashi, received the battle report on the battlefield of the Chagatai Khanate. Temujin and the Chagatai Khanate were actually defeated with absolute superiority in the Ili River Valley.
"That guy, Wusun King, he is timid with us. He has made a lot of efforts when attacking Luntai City. Two or three thousand soldiers from Wusun Kingdom died. Many Han troops fell under his command. He even became enemies with his original master Huo An. Unexpectedly..."
Ogedei now regrets that he did not kill the Wusun King immediately, but instead uses the influence of the Wusun King to recruit the Wusun Army.
If he and Yelu Dashi were in Luntai Kingdom, perhaps the coalition forces of Temujin and Chagatai Khanate would not have been defeated by the Han Empire's expeditionary forces.
When the Han army crossed the Tianshan Mountains, the force would definitely not reach hundreds of thousands of people, because the mountain road could not transport the food and grass of hundreds of thousands of troops!
"I'm afraid this revenge will be difficult to avenge..."
When Yelu Dashi learned that King Wusun betrayed, he could only express his powerlessness.
King Wusun is now following Huo'an and the princes of the Han Empire. It is not easy to kill the betrayed King Wusun.
King Wusun's acting skills were so good that he had concealed many people at the expense of the cavalry of the Wusun Kingdom.
"Speed up the attack, Khan is waiting for us to return!"
Ogedei seemed a little anxious.
The dense Xiangyang cannons and crossbows poured stones and crossbows into the royal city of the Seljuk Empire!
A siege general provided bonuses to the Xiangyang cannon, which had already had amazing destructive power, causing the royal city of the Seljuk Empire to shatter during bombardment.
Inside the royal city, Alp Arslan, the hero of the Seljuk Empire's royal family, led a team of Seljuk soldiers to defend the city, and fell into despair in the face of the fierce bombardment of the catapult.
Tigers of rocks and fireballs fell, hundreds of defenders were killed by catapults and crossbows, cracks appeared in the city walls, and the morale of defenders dropped sharply.
Alp's helmet was bleeding, his eyes were red, and a huge rock fell less than twenty meters away from him, killing a defender in seconds!
The damage of the catapult is too high!
"They have famous siege generals!"
As the sharpshooter of the Seljuk Empire, Alp bent his bow and arrow and shot a Khwarezm soldier who was attacking the city.
The royal city of Khwarezm was captured and had been ruled by Ogedei. These Khwarezm servants, driven by Ogedei, were like moths flying into a flame.
Wolf smoke filled the city, and the black smoke was mixed with the smell of herbs with a paralyzed effect, making the defenders miserable.
As one of the top heroes of the Seljuk Empire, Alp was good at using bows and arrows. However, his own archery skills could not change the bad situation.
The Mongolian army under the city had top siege generals, top cavalry commanders, and a group of famous generals from the Ogedei Khanate and the Ili Khanate. With the Seljuk Empire alone, they might be able to deal with one Khanate, but they could not stop the two Khanate from joining forces.
Not to mention, the Seljuk Empire lost two battles with the Chagatai Khanate, thus losing many main cavalry and generals.
"If this continues, the royal city will be lost soon! Our city walls cannot stop the continuous bombardment of large catapults!"
The Governor of Seljuk, who was guarding the city, was in a panic of smoke and dust on his face.
"You must keep it even if you can't keep it!"
Alp shot dozens of arrows in a row and killed dozens of Mongolian servant soldiers, his arms numb.
Under Alp's command, the morale of the defenders was slightly boosted. This future second Seljuk Empire Sultan candidate had great courage to fight Ogedei, Mongge and others head-on, defend the city to prevent the last city of the Seljuk Empire from having a teleportation array from falling into the hands of Ogedei!
"The Seljuk people's resistance is very tenacious. It seems that in addition to the Sultan of Tuglile, the Seljuk Empire has other tenacious generals. If they can serve us, then our troops will be sharper, just like an eagle on the grassland."
Mengge commanded the Persian servants to attack the city, but tens of thousands of people were killed under the city, but he was unable to take down this solid city.
The Seljuks regarded their royal city as the last pillar and held on to it.
Even though the old Sultan was old, there was a young royal family man, a young sharpshooter, who was leading the defenders to resist the Mongolian army's offensive.
But Ogedei didn't care: "Add another ten Xiangyang cannons, and the bombardment will last for three or five days, and this city will be broken. There have been cracks in the city wall."
Yelu Dashi is behind Ogedei.
Both sides are now fighting for time.
If Ogedei and Mongko quickly conquered the most important city of the Seljuk Empire, then they could take over the Seljuk Empire's servants to the Ili River Valley to support Chagatai and Temujin.
Ogedei and Mengge all have monarch characteristics. Although they are not as good as Temujin and Chu Tian, they can still control a group of servants and work hard for themselves.
The offensives of the Mongolian army, Khwarezm army and Persian army were led by Alp, the hero of the Seljuk Empire.
The army that sieges retreated slightly, but their siege of the city has not been lifted yet. Instead, they have built a large number of siege machines, siege towers and other siege equipment to increase the number of siege equipment that bombard the city.
The fireball dragging black smoke fell from time to time, bombarding the city wall, and then bursting. The fire spread rapidly on the city wall. The defenders were busy extinguishing the fire and rescuing the soldiers burned by the flames.
The Mongolian army's siege equipment bombarded the city day and night. Almost all the buildings outside the city were demolished by the Mongolian army. Then the stones and wood were made into stones or ignition materials, and were thrown into the city by the catapult, destroying the city walls and all fortifications.
Under a twelve-meter-high Xiangyang cannon, a Han general hugged his chest and looked at the Seljuk Empire city with thick smoke. The flames reflected the flames in his eyes.
According to his experience, the city soon could not stick to it.
Unless this city has a long-range firearm weapon, it is possible to crack the Xiangyang cannon, but no civilization has obtained the manufacturing drawings of the bronze cannon.
A Mongolian cavalry came over: "Godide Khan summoned you to come over and discuss the capture of this city within three days."
The Han general turned around and left.
On the city wall, a fireball exploded beside Alp, and gravel splashed. Fortunately, Alp's guards blocked the gravel with shields.
The gravel hit the shield and made a sound, allowing Alp to avoid the splash damage caused by the trencher.
Alp looked at the catapult standing outside the city wall and shook his head. Faced with such siege equipment, the city wall would collapse sooner or later.
"General, His Majesty Sultan, call you and all the generals into the palace."
Alp left the governor who guarded the city and then went to the palace with a group of generals from the Seljuk Empire.
There must be something important when Seljuk Sultan summoned them suddenly, and this matter may even be related to the defensive city.
Tuglile Sultan of the Seljuk Empire was lying on his bed and summoned Alp of the Seljuk Empire and dozens of generals.
These generals, from diamond level to emperor level, are all available.
Except for the similar technology, each civilized area requires drawings, and its era is different.
The Seljuk Empire was at the end of the reign of the first Sultan Tuglil.
All the generals looked at the ruler of the empire, but when they were old, they were defeated by the conqueror of the Chagatai Khanate.
If it weren't for an opponent like Yelu Dashi and Timur, or if the Sultan was young, he might not be so passive.
The gray-bearded Sultan said, "Alp, come forward."
Alp stepped forward: "Your Majesty, can you have a plan to defeat the enemy?"
Tuglile Sultan grabbed Alp's hand and announced to all the generals of the Seljuk Empire: "Bless Sultan Alp Arslan, the model commander of the army, shines his flags and helps him achieve success... so his rise will be victorious and bright."
All the generals of the Seljuk Empire who heard the orders of the old Sultan were stunned at first, and then knelt down together.
The old Sultan is about to abdicate when the city is broken!
Tuglile continued: "Alp Arslan will command the army, seeking light in the darkness, and leaving this city that is about to become a sea of fire."
Alp did not expect that Tuglile Sultan would give up the position of Sultan to himself and take a few steps back.
The meaning of the old sultan is already very obvious.
The old Sultan wanted him and the dozens of generals of the Seljuk Empire in front of him to escape from the city that was about to be captured by the Mongolian army, and preserve the last fire for the Seljuk Empire!
Alp himself is a legendary hero with the characteristics of a monarch, and with dozens of core generals of the Seljuk Empire, as long as they are not captured by Ogedei, Mongge and others, the Seljuk Empire can make a comeback and regain the royal city at any time!
"Where are you?"
"What a decayed body, what's the point of dying?"
The old Sultan finished speaking and remained silent.
Dozens of generals from the Seljuk Empire bowed their heads and were silent.
As the Lord, the Seljuk Empire, one of the three powerful countries in Central Asia, was facing the crisis of national destruction.
In the next two or three days, the Mongolian army organized more troops, Xiangyang artillery and crossbows, and launched an unprecedented fierce offensive against the most important city of the Seljuk Empire!
Boom-
Under the Xiangyang artillery offensive, a Han general's bonus, the giant city wall south of the Seljuk Empire collapsed, sand and dust rose, and it was seven or eight meters high. All the defenders covered their mouths and noses and their faces were pale.
Even though the Seljuks were defending this important city to the death, it still could not stop the fierce offensive of the Mongolian army and collapsed with a bang!
The chest wall on the south has been destroyed, the main city wall has collapsed, and the defenders of the entire royal city are like sheep in a destroyed sheep pen, exposed to the wolves.
All the Mongolian army, Khwarezm army, and Persian soldiers were waiting for the orders of commanders Ogedei and Mengge.
As long as they allow plundering cities or even slaughtering cities, they can obtain a large amount of gold, silver and slaves from the royal city of the wealthy Seljuk Empire.
Even the minion army hoped to get rich from the war, and they had been assimilated by the Mongol Empire.
"The city is robbed for two days and the city is not allowed to be slaughtered."
In the end, Ogedei and Mengge punished this city that was stubbornly resisting.
The reason why the city was not massacred was to facilitate future taxation and recruitment of the Seljuk Empire's minions.
The Seljuk soldiers were not that weak either, but they encountered a group of troubled opponents.
The Mongolian army, Khwarezm army, and Persian minions were ordered to rob the city, and the Seljuk defenders who were fleeing were unable to effectively organize street fighting and were destroyed by the Ogedei and the Mongol coalition forces.
Suddenly, a team of cavalry broke out from the northwest city gate!
To be continued...