Chapter 685: Capture Yazd

Yazd, a Persian soldier hurrying from the Kur fortress, rushed into Yazd with a shout.

"What, the Kul fortress can't be defended, and the Qing army is about to break through the Kul fortress?" The commander of the Persian army of Yazd was shocked.

"Yes, General, most of the legions are killed and wounded, and there are less than 20,000 people left to defend the third line of defense. The Persian soldier said with a sad expression.

When the second stone wall defense line completely fell, Ah Madan felt that the third line of defense would not last long, and it would inevitably be broken by the Qing army, so he sent someone to Yazd first, so that Yazd's army could prepare in advance.

In fact, it took only half an hour for the Qing army to completely capture the third stone-walled defensive line, and the Kul fortress was exactly half an hour away from Yazd, which means that the Persian soldier spread the news of the imminent fall of the Kul fortress to Yazd, and the Kul fortress had already been lost.

The fortress of Chur was about to be lost, and the stakes were so high that the commander of Yazd Persia could not make a claim, so he sent a large number of spies to the fortress of Chur to inquire about the news, and at the same time, he also spread the news to the imperial capital as quickly as possible.

Soon, several Persian soldiers galloped on fast horses to Isfahan, the imperial capital of the Persian Empire.

Capturing the Kul fortress, the Qing army did not rest, and pounced on Yazd non-stop.

Yazd is the last important town in the east of Isfahan, the capital of the Persian Empire, as long as Yazd is captured again, there is a flat river behind it, and the Qing army can drive straight into it, and directly attack the city of Isfahan.

In the first battle of the Kur fortress, the Qing army annihilated more than 70,000 Persian troops, leaving only a few thousand Persian soldiers to flee, while the Qing army itself only lost 20,000, leaving only 2,000 people to defend the Kur fortress, and Dolgon led 263,000 Qing troops to march rapidly.

"Quick, quick, the regent has an order, speed up the march! You have to get to Yazd before dark! A Manchurian general shouted.

After a day's battle in the Kur fortress, now that the sun had completely set, and at most half an hour before it would be completely dark, Dolgon hoped to rest under the city of Yazd, and even attack Yazd overnight.

The capture of Yazd was no suspense in Dolgon's eyes.

It only took him one day to capture the Kur fortress, the Persians must not be able to predict it, and the main Persian army must not be able to gather in such a short time, let alone support Yazd, and Yazd only has 30,000 Persian troops, and Yazd's castle wall is much more fragile than the three stone walls of the Kur fortress, if it is said that the three stone walls of the Kur fortress will be bled by cannonballs, then the collapse of Yazd's city wall with cannonballs will not make Dolgon feel a little distressed, of course, if it is not forced to do soDolgon didn't want to waste the shells like this, after all, there were still 80,000 Persian infantry left to attack the city.

Under the city of Yazd, the green dragon flag fluttered, 60,000 full eight banner iron cavalry appeared first, followed by 110,000 servant cavalry and 15,000 all-firearms dragon breaking army, and finally 80,000 Persian flag infantry appeared in the smoke and dust of the galloping horses, and more than 260,000 Qing soldiers came to Yazd city.

In the city, the Persian commander had already prepared, the gates of Yazd were closed, and the 30,000 Persian army was ready to meet the battle at any time.

"The Qing army is really a brave legion!" On the castle, the Persian commander looked at the high morale of the Qing army, and his heart was tense, and he was faintly afraid, he really couldn't predict how long he would be able to hold Yazd.

Yazd's importance is actually higher than that of the Kur Fortress, but the Kur Fortress is the forefront of the defense line, so more troops are deployed. Yazd was originally the place where the Persian Empire decided to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army, but unfortunately the Qing army broke through the Kur fortress in just one day, and the Persian army that was still gathering in Isfahan, the imperial capital of the Persian Empire, could not reinforce Yazd in a short time.

Dorgon only allowed his soldiers to rest for an hour, and then ordered 80,000 Persian infantry to begin the siege overnight.

"Kill"

In the dark night, a large number of Persian infantry rushed to Yazd with ladders and other siege equipment.

The Persian soldiers on Yazd Citadel began to counterattack, and bows, arrows, stones, etc. continued to kill and wound the Qing Persian infantry besieging the city.

Knowing that the Qing army actually used the army formed by the Persians to attack Yazd, the commander of Yazd Persia couldn't help but grit his teeth, this kind of own people beat themselves felt very bad, however, although angry, but there was no way to meet him.

The Persian flag of the Qing army and the Persian soldiers of Yazd attacked and defended fiercely, and because the Persian soldiers on the Yazd castle counterattacked too fiercely, it was difficult for the infantry of the Persian flag of the Qing army to attack the castle.

In the rear, Dolgon made a gesture, and someone immediately went to give the order.

In a moment, the artillery of the Qing army began to roar.

"Boom, boom, boom" The fierce artillery fire enveloped Yazd Castle, and in an instant, a large number of Persian soldiers on the castle were killed and wounded, and the strength of the counterattack against the Persian flag of the Qing army began to weaken greatly.

"Rushing" tens of thousands of Eight Banners and servant cavalry rode to the foot of Yazd Castle and began to shoot a large rain of arrows above the castle.

Arrows rained down, artillery fire was fierce, and every moment Persian soldiers were killed and wounded by shells or hedgehogs fired by arrows, and such a fierce blow suddenly blinded the Persian soldiers.

The Persian soldiers' faces were pale, their eyes were full of fear, after all, they were all soldiers who had been forcibly recruited in the past year or two, and their combat effectiveness was much worse than that of the original Persian elite legions, only a little stronger than the rabble.

As at the time of the Kur fortress, the ratio of casualties between the Yazd Persian soldiers and the Qing Persian infantry reached three to one.

The threat of arrow rain and heavy artillery fire of the Qing army was too great, and most of the Yazd Persian soldiers were killed by shells or arrows when they braved the rain of arrows and artillery fire to counterattack the Qing army's Persian flag, and only half of the Yazd Persian soldiers who actually fought and died with the Persian flag accounted for only half of them.

In any case, with such a disparity in casualties, the morale of the Yazd Persian army was knocked to the bottom, and fear hung over them.

Soldiers of the Persian flag of the Qing army began to climb the castle and fight with the Persian soldiers of Yazd.

The Yazd Persian soldiers had been frightened by the heavy artillery fire and endless rain of arrows of the Qing army, and even in this frontal battle, the casualty ratio was still three to one, and the casualties of the Yazd Persian soldiers were even greater due to the continuous death of shells and arrows.

In the camp of the Qing army in the rear, Dolgon nodded with satisfaction, if he could attack the city, he didn't need to order the artillery battalion of the Broken Dragon Army to collapse the city wall, after all, if the city wall collapsed at this moment, not only would a lot of shells be wasted, but he would have to rebuild it himself afterwards.

The battle went on for another hour, and there were more and more Persian infantry of the Qing army attacking Yazd Castle, and at this time, the casualties of Yazd's Persian army had already passed half, and under the fear of death, some Persian soldiers began to fear the battle.

The commander of Yazd Persia is a person whose talent and strategy are not as good as Amadan, and at this moment he can't think of any way to block the Qing army's attack, and it is only a matter of time before Yazd breaks the city.

The fierce offensive and defensive battles continued, and the morale of the Qing army was high, and the morale of the Yazd Persian soldiers was low, which was a stark contrast.

As a large number of Persian infantry had already stormed the castle of Yazd, the artillery fire of the Qing army began to extend into the city.

Bombarded by the Qing army's fierce artillery fire, the houses in Yazd City collapsed, the flames soared into the sky, screams erupted, the Persian people shouted and fled, and the whole city was in chaos.

The Qing army became more and more courageous, and the Persian banner successfully attacked the city from the castle without the Manchurians joining, and it didn't take long for Yazd's gate to be opened, and a large number of Manchu Eight Banners and servant cavalry in the city of Shacheng, Yazd also fell in less than a night.

The commander of Yazd Persia did not have the courage to kill himself like Ah Madan, and was captured alive by the Qing army, and tens of thousands of Persian soldiers were also captured, while the Qing army's Persian banner suffered less than 10,000 casualties, and the casualties of the Manchu Eight Banners and servant cavalry were even more negligible.

In one day and one night, the Kur fortress and Yazd were connected, and the Qing army was really overwhelmed.

"Hmph, if you capture Yazd, the army will be able to march directly to the city of Isfahan, and the Persian Empire will cease to exist soon! I, Daqing, will truly rise again! Dolgon's eyes were sharp, and he said indifferently.

"The Qing Dynasty is invincible!"

"The Qing Dynasty is invincible!"

With the shouts of countless Qing soldiers, the morning sun gradually rose, and the battle of Yazd came to an end.