Chapter 816: The Second Great War between the Manchus and the Ottomans
The Ottoman commander-in-chief, Getjevic, had exactly what Dorgon had in mind. ( )
Indeed, as early as a month ago, the Ottoman army had completed the mobilization, and the reason why it did not immediately take advantage of the Persian rebels to rise up and the Manchus to enter the territory of the Manchus was because they wanted to watch Dolgon and the rebels lose both.
After all, the Ottoman army this time was not only to defeat Dolgon and other Manchus and destroy the Manchus, but also to defeat the Shiite forces in the Manchus, and although the rebels rebelled against the Manchus, there was no doubt that they were also Shiite forces, and they were also sectarian forces exterminated by the Ottoman army.
Getjevic was also worried that once the Ottoman army entered the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty too early, it would cause the Manchu and rebel forces who had been fighting endlessly to stop fighting and unite with the outside world.
It's a pity that what Getjevic didn't expect was that the Manchus wiped out all the rebels so quickly, and the Manchus only paid a small number of casualties, but no matter what, the Manchus who exterminated the rebels could only mobilize less than 200,000 troops at most, and Getyivich, who had 300,000 elite Ottoman troops, still didn't take the Manchus in his eyes, and was fully confident that he could destroy the Manchus and capture the whole of Persia! ——
Since most of them were cavalry, in just one day, the hundreds of thousands of Qing troops led by Dolgon himself rushed to the west, which was only more than thirty miles away from the city of Urumiyah.
At this time, the Ottoman army was fiercely attacking the city of Urumiya.
Guarding the city of Urumiyah was Sangpur, one of the kings of Sanshun, and 30,000 Persian soldiers, and 20,000 iron cavalry of Jihar outside the city, relying on the mobility of the cavalry to contain the Ottoman army from attacking the city with all their might.
"How's the situation in Urumiyah City?" Dorgon asked the returning spies.
"Back to the regent, the Ottoman army has stormed the city of Urumiyah for two days and two nights, and General Zihar is constantly waiting for an opportunity to harass the Ottoman army outside the city, and in two days, he has lost nearly 3,000 soldiers, but he has also killed 3,000 Ottoman infantry and 2,000 Ottoman cavalry! The casualties of King Huaishun in the city are not known for the time being, but they should be able to hold out for a while! The spy replied.
Dolgon nodded, the city of Urumiyah is an important town, and the defense is naturally not bad, and King Huaishun is the earliest Persian general who followed him, from Murkala, and the Persian flag under his command is also the earliest Persian flag, and the combat effectiveness is not weak, although there are only 30,000 people, they have to face the onslaught of ten times the Ottoman army, but it is not so much that they can't hold out for even two days.
"Let Zihar come to make peace, and the army will go to the open area ten miles from the city of Urumiyah to wait for the Ottoman army to come and fight a decisive battle!" Dorgon ordered.
"Wow!" The scout rode away.
From Dorgon's words, it can be heard that Dolgon actually intends to fight the Ottoman army directly in the open field.
With less than 200,000 troops, he dared to have a direct decisive battle with the Ottoman 300,000 elite army, and if people who didn't know Dolgon heard it, they must have thought that Dolgon was crazy and looking for death! But those who knew Dolgon were not worried, for they knew that Dolgon would not arrange it this way without great certainty—
Under the city of Urumiya.
"Kill-" shouted to kill the sky, and the black oppression was full of Ottoman soldiers.
The Ottoman Empire deserves to be the first hegemon in the Middle East, and it is still in its heyday, and its national strength is strong. During this period, the Ottoman Empire could fight successive battles with the allied armies of European countries with few defeats, and it could defeat the northern Tsarist Empire not dare to peek south into the Ottoman territory.
This time, the all-out invasion of the Qing Kingdom, not only was the 300,000 army all well-equipped elite troops, but also the large siege equipment carried was also extremely shocking.
Huge siege trucks, all covered with fireproof iron sheets, and trapezoidal wall mounters! All of these can be produced without strong national strength.
"Boom, boom, boom—" Not only did the soldiers climb and attack the city wall like a tidal wave, but the more than 200 cannons they carried also kept firing all the time.
Solid shells and flowering shells continued to explode on the city walls and inside the city, and a large number of Persian soldiers of the Qing army were killed and wounded.
After two days and two nights of attack, the walls of Urumiyah City were already full of many cracks, and in some places they were directly destroyed in half.
The Persian soldiers of the Qing army in the city, under the personal leadership of the Huaishun king Sangebul, fought fiercely with the Ottoman army that tried to attack the city, and the city wall was already full of corpses and rivers of blood.
"Boom!" A few more shells suddenly exploded among the Persian soldiers who came to support, blowing up three Persian soldiers on the spot.
"Damn, if it weren't for the fact that the cannons on the city walls had all been destroyed, how could the Ottoman cannons be so rampant!" Huaishun King Sangebul scolded.
In fact, the city of Urumiya originally had 20 imitation Shenmu cannons and more than a dozen old iron cannons, but on the day of the battle, they were all destroyed by the more powerful artillery fire of the Ottoman army.
Although the rate of fire of the Manchurian imitation of the Shenwu cannon is three times that of the red-coated cannon, the range and the power of the cannonballs are also similar to the red-coated cannons, one is equivalent to the power of three red-coated cannons, but the Ottoman army has more than 200 cannons, although it is impossible for the Ottomans to obtain the technology of the red-coated cannons of European countries, and the cannons made are weaker than the red-coated cannons, but the number of nearly 300 cannons is not comparable to the more than 30 cannons in Urumiyah City, after all, the numerical crushing advantage, The Ottomans lost only ten cannons and completely destroyed more than thirty Manchu cannons in the city of Urumiya.
"Lord Wang, the Ottoman army is attacking too fiercely, and our side has already lost most of it, and we can't hold it anymore!" A Persian banner general came and said to Sangpur, the king of Huaishun.
The Ottoman army has been attacking non-stop for two days, and the casualties of the 30,000 Persian soldiers in the city have exceeded 20,000, and the casualties are more than sixty percent, which has a great impact on the morale and morale of the army.
"If you can't hold it, you have to hold on, I believe that the army that came to support is not far away, and we will definitely be able to support the arrival of the army of support!" Huaishun King Sangbur gritted his teeth and said.
Being attacked by the Ottoman army meant death, and he had to fight hard, and the worship of Dorgon was also one of Sanghpur's confidences.
Outside the city, in another strip.
"Boom—"
"Kill—"
Two iron cavalry also fought fiercely here, it was the 20,000 Manchu Eight Banners and 40,000 Ottoman elite iron cavalry led by Zihar.
Not long ago, Zihar once again led 20,000 Manchurian Eight Banners to attack the Ottoman army besieging the city, but after only achieving some small results, he was intercepted and blocked by the Ottoman 40,000 elite iron cavalry.
Unable to do so, Zihar retreated again with the Eight Banners, and as on the previous occasions, 40,000 Ottoman cavalry chased after him, and the iron cavalry of both sides fought fiercely again.
Zihar and other iron cavalry with eight banners fought and retreated, fighting from time to time, and shooting the pursuing Ottoman cavalry as they fled, according to the experience of the previous times, the Ottoman cavalry would not continue to pursue after chasing for a maximum of ten miles.
"Keep retreating!" After a short engagement, Zihar once again ordered the Manchurian Eight Banners to continue their retreat.
Although the Manchurian Eight Banners cavalry is known as the world's first cavalry, brave and good at fighting, but the number is only half of the Ottoman cavalry, and the Ottoman cavalry is also well-equipped, it is also an elite team of a hundred battles, and the combat effectiveness is very strong.
Hearing Zihar's order, the Manchu Eight Banner cavalry, which still had more than 16,000 people left, continued to retreat again.
"No need to keep pursuing!" Seeing that the Manchu Eight Banners retreated again, the Ottoman cavalry commander stopped the Ottoman cavalry who were preparing to pursue.
This is the territory of the Persian Empire, the more the pursuit of the past will go deeper into the territory of the Persian Empire, in order not to be surrounded by other Qing cavalry that may have come to support, Getyivich had ordered the Ottoman cavalry commander not to pursue more than ten miles, and now it is eight miles, and it is only a skirmish to chase out, there is no need, and it is their main task to protect the main army to break through the city of Urumiyah.
Immediately, the Ottoman cavalry turned back outside Urumiya.
On the other hand, after running for more than ten miles, Zihar also saw the spies sent by Dorgon to give orders.
"The regent has an order, and Zihar will immediately go to make peace with the arriving army!"
"The Lord Regent is here!" Zihar was overjoyed.
Immediately, Jihar took the remaining Manchu Eight Banners to meet with Dolgon and other main forces of the Qing army. With the arrival of the main army of the Qing army such as Dolgon, a fierce decisive battle is about to begin! ——