Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 960 Time is on our side!

In Skyworld, winter has never been a season that hampers warfare.The lowest temperature is around zero, which cannot threaten the combat effectiveness of the soldiers at all.As long as proper preparations are made, the war can still proceed normally in winter.

Therefore, shortly after Yang Yao led the army back from the north of the coastal mountains in a "triumph", more and more news came from the north that the Seljuk army had arrived.

Sanjar, with Minister Gershap as his general, commanded more than [-] Seljuk troops, and arrived at the port of Humos in the twelfth lunar month.

Since Lu Qi has only established a foothold in Humos Port for a short time, the foundation has not yet been laid, so there is no time to find out detailed information.I only know roughly the number and composition of Gelshap's army.

2 people is a very general number, which contains too many tribal troops.Let's just talk about the elite force inside, that is, the famous Seljuk Gulam cavalry in Europe, which is less than 2000 people.The rest are Seljuk infantry, or tribal troops like the Seljuk armed forces that Yang Yao encountered earlier, and their combat effectiveness and military quality are very untrustworthy.

Ghulam means "trained slave" in Persian, and generally refers to a professional army.Among the major Turkic dynasties and the Persian dynasties, the Gulam army was their treasure, the elite of the elite.

Gulam is generally dominated by cavalry, infantry only accounts for a small part, and most of the cavalry is heavy cavalry.They were all slave soldiers in the beginning, and they were instilled with the idea of ​​loyalty to their masters and the teachings of heaven since they were young. They had to go through seven years of rigorous training before they could become members of Gulam.

In the Seljuk Empire at its peak, the entire Gulam army was less than 2 people, and it was divided into palace Gulam and general Gulam.The palace gulam is responsible for protecting the capital and the central government, while the general gulam follows the local governor.The number of troops directly under the control of the Central Sultan may be less than 5000, but even so it is a powerful force.After all, most of them are heavy cavalry!Even though the so-called heavy cavalry here are mostly wearing chain armor!
In West Asia, the local dynasties can easily find good enough war horses, but the creation of vests and human armors is even more wasteful.

Unlike China, the more troublesome centralized dynasty is how to find enough strong and good horses, rather than building heavy armor.

Except for the Gulam cavalry, which numbered less than 2000, the quality of the rest of the army led by Gelshap was worrying.Even though there are many of them, Yang Yao still looks down on them.

In his eyes, the so-called heavy cavalry here was too weak.

A cavalry wearing chain mail or half armor, lined with a sleeveless inner armor, can become a heavy cavalry? [Flat armor, similar to a combination of scale armor and zhao armor]

It's a joke, look at Lu Qi's fine riding?If he had [-] elite cavalry in his hands, he wouldn't even defend Homos Harbor. It would be more straightforward to kill the enemy in a field battle!

In fact, Lu Qian also looked down on the heavy cavalry of the West and Tianfang. These two civilizations have been entangled for a long time, which shows that they are evenly matched in terms of armament.In history, during the Mongolian Western Expedition, the European heavy cavalry was inferior to the Mongolian heavy cavalry that charged into the battle. But now Lu Qi's armaments are obviously better than the so-called heavy cavalry of the Mongols.

When the strength of the troops is about the same, Yang Yao is sure to squeeze out all the eggs of the enemy on the opposite side.

But the problem is that the disparity in the strength of the two sides is too great.

Gelshap also had at least [-] soldiers in his hands, and even more than [-] soldiers may not be impossible. Yang Yao led the team into the Persian plateau before, but ravaged many people.This is almost five or six times that of Yang Yaobu.

Such a huge gap cannot be filled by Lu Qi's army relying on some advanced tactical ideas or weapons and equipment.At least Yang Yao himself is not absolutely sure.Therefore, it is better to honestly defend the first place in Port Homos.

This city has been improved and strengthened by them during these days. Tens of thousands of residents were driven by Lu Qi's army to reclaim rocks at the southern foot of a coastal mountain range twenty or thirty miles away. Although less than a month is not enough to turn the city wall of Humos Port into a stone wall, it is enough to build small fortresses outside the city wall.

The three-storey stone fort was only thirty or fifty feet away from the city wall, and the number of garrisons was even less than 50, but with a series of cannons and the city wall behind them, just talking about defense, it was impenetrable.Even when the Seljuks were unable to attack for a long time and their morale was low, Yang Yao still thought about counterattacking!
There is plenty of food in the warehouses, and there is water in the city, enough for people and livestock to drink.Yang Yao was not afraid of the Seljuk army at all.

Who told the other party to have no artillery?

Without artillery, there is almost no threat to the city.There are so many artillery and tiger squat guns in Humosi Port, if there are mistakes, Yang Yao will wipe his neck.

Gelshap came quickly.

Groups of cavalrymen appeared in the field to the north of Humos Port. Yang Yao stood at the top of the city and looked out. All he could see was a group of Seljuk cavalry wearing Tianfang robes and turbans.

This is the forward of the Seljuks.

Although the Gulam cavalry also like to put a traditional robe on the coat of the armor, this is to avoid the reflection and heat caused by the direct sunlight on the armor. In Europe before, there was basically nothing but chain mail).But helmets do a good job of telling the difference between tribal cavalry and Gorum cavalry.

The pointed iron cap has locks hanging down around it to protect the cheeks and the back of the neck. Some helmets can also be used to protect the front of the neck with locks, and even made into a lock mask.But among the folks, helmets are far less popular than headscarves in Tianfang society.

Yang Yao looked at a sentry cavalry of the Qi army who were fighting with the Seljuks.There were not many people, only five or six people, but the tribal cavalry who could often beat more than ten people fled in embarrassment.However, after taking advantage of the advantage, they did not take advantage of the victory to pursue it, but immediately galloped towards the city.

"Have the natives been settled?" Yang Yao turned to Pei Yun, the guard of Humosi Harbor who was following him.

Pei Yun came from an extraordinary background, his father was Pei Xuan with a strong face, he hardly made a name for himself in Jinhu City back then, but there is no way out, and the Kipchaks offered to give away their heads, which made Pei Yun's military career more promising. A turnaround was made.

Pei Yun, who seized this opportunity, was successfully promoted to a higher rank after the end of the war in the East Kupchak Khanate, and then got a ride in the Battle of North Tianzhu. Now only five years have passed, Pei Yun He is already a middle-level officer at the regimental level.

The regiment-level organizational system, with a full formation of [-] troops, is already the largest military unit of the Lu Qi Army.

Above it are the garrison divisions of the provinces, the governor's office of the five armies, and the imperial division.When a large army goes out for an expedition, it is nothing more than dispatching the number of garrison troops in a certain province, and the number of troops dispatched to the Dudufu of the Five Armies and the Imperial Front Division. Governor, general, lieutenant general, etc.

Pei Yun's official position and military position can be put in the Central Plains to be a military envoy in one place, but as long as he makes meritorious service, he can't expect to be the military commander of each province, and the governor of the five armies. Deputy Chief Ma, or general or lieutenant general?

Pei Yun didn't have the slightest worry about the upcoming war.Based on their current preparations, how can the Seljuks break the port of Humos?
More than 20 five-pound cannons, eight-pound cannons, more tiger crouching cannons, and many thunderbolts guarded the city wall of Homos Port. He really couldn't think of a reason for failure.

In the face of firearms, the role of human power has been greatly weakened.

"Don't worry, General. The Port of Homos is under control." The Port of Homos, which originally had a population of 5 people, escaped during the war, and some escaped one after another later, leaving a total population of less than 4. arrive.There are around [-] males, as long as they are confined to special places—such as the labor camps established by the Qi army after clearing out many aboriginal houses, with big bellies and small exits, it will be easy to control them.

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"The Chinese artillery is very powerful, we can't launch an attack recklessly. Let's try it out at night first." Gelshap said to the officers and nobles under his command: "Don't worry, everyone, time is on our side! Know that human energy is limited..."

(End of this chapter)