Chapter 449: Hill's Plan (Part I)
The only word that can describe the current form of the Empire after launching this surprise attack on the Ottoman Empire.
Just like what happened when the Cuman Khan of Uria Khan of the Cumans led nearly 400,000 Cuman warriors with varying combat effectiveness from the steppe on the side of the middle continent in the northwest region of the Central Continent to the rich territory of the Ottoman Empire, although the number of Cuman warriors was much smaller at this time, but with the support of the weapons of the great empire on which the sun never sets, these brave and warlike Cumans quickly broke through the weak defense lines established by the Ottoman Empire one by one, just like they did with the Bayi hilly region. Let the 100,000 cavalry army of the sun not set behind the 100,000 Cuman cavalry army, and accompany them to the rear of the Ottoman Empire.
During this period, the warriors of the Ottoman Empire did not resist, and Nuhar, as the ruler of the Ottoman Empire, did not launch a counterattack, but let the infantry in the field, without fortifications, more long-range infantry and soldiers themselves do not meet the Cuman hussars who came and went without a trace, obviously to send those cavalry moving targets, so Nuhar did not let those conscripts and his empire's regular troops meet the invaders after issuing the conscription order, Instead, the conscripts were ordered to assemble the Ottomans scattered throughout the Ottoman Empire, and to lead them into towns, cities, and fortresses with wooden walls above the level of defense, and to defend these areas, while vigorously building the defenses in these populated areas. Obviously, the Ottomans wanted to use this method to increase the disadvantage of the cavalry: the cavalry could not fight sieges.
But Nuhar forgot a fatal problem: the Ottoman Empire had only just recovered from the Great Famine. It is necessary to know that those who defend the city, especially the side defending the city, must have sufficient water in the city under normal circumstances, and the stored food in the city must be 3 times more than the other party, because only in this way can the defending side play the first key to defending the city: "consumption", after all, the defense of the city is to some extent compared to the consumption of both sides, otherwise you will have to defend the city without food, which is tantamount to locking yourself up and playing slow suicide.
Although in Nuhar's thoughts, since the sun does not set on the side of the raid, the food brought by the sun does not set must be extremely limited, and even the amount of baggage it needs is a certain amount, and although his side has just experienced a great famine, but after all, he has recovered from the great famine for a certain amount of time, and it is still possible to close the city and guard it for a week or two, and this can also effectively avoid the sharpness of the army that does not set sun, and wait until the army that launched the surprise attack loses the sharpness at the beginning, And the species it carries with it is also about to be depleted when it is launching a counterattack, so that even if the cavalry on the side of the sun does not set, no matter how strong it is, the cavalry on its own side can repel it.
However, Nuhar was quick to be pleased with the strategy proposed by his military minister, Hill, but also disappointed, for the simple reason that the Cumans were nomadic peoples, and his own side always regarded them as a settled people who had established their cities in the face of the sunset.
In fact, the nomads and the sedentary peoples have their own advantages in the war, the army of the sedentary people is generally distinct, the commander can easily mobilize the troops he wants in a short period of time, and the enemy is engaged, and although the nomads are generally swarmed in the war, but the nomads are stronger than the sedentary armies who stay in the cities in terms of the strength of the people and the physical strength, and most importantly, the armies of the sedentary peoples generally have to be supplied, while the nomads do not, Because when they fight, they often take their families with their cattle and sheep to accompany the army.
"Humph! Hill! Didn't you say that the siege of the city could shake the threat of the cavalry army on which the sun never sets? When the sun never sets, the cavalry will be forced to retreat because of the lack of food, and can you now explain what is written in these war reports about the Cumans beginning to pass through the mountains of Atedarang, and bring their sheep, cattle, horses, and even their families towards my territory? In the palace of the main city of the Ottoman Empire, Nuhar, who looked angry, looked at the middle-aged man who was kneeling on the ground in front of him and said
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"This ............. the minister's inconsiderate consideration, but please calm your majesty's anger, and the minister is willing to make meritorious contributions." Looking at Nuhar, who was already on fire in front of him, Hill couldn't help but sigh in his heart while breaking out in a cold sweat. In fact, both he and Nuhar knew that this war was the only way to alleviate the crisis, after all, although the previous great famine in the country did not reduce the Ottoman Empire's troops, and in the previous participation in the war alliance against the sun in the Nat Plain, his side only lost a few legions, and now there are actually no less than 10 regular legions and tens of thousands of levy troops in the territory of the Ottoman Empire. But the problem was that the raid before the sun never set was so aggressive that when the Ottoman side reacted, they found that their legions were still divided into major cities of the Ottoman Empire until the invasion of the Sunset cavalry.
Everyone knows how tragic the result of the infantry regiment that did not make it to the road after facing a group of cavalry regiments that have made it into a row: under normal circumstances, they are either turned into hedgehogs by the kite flying by the archers, or they are smashed into blood-colored pieces by the heavy cavalry that rushes to the steamroller on all sides. Therefore, the Ottoman Empire's military minister Hill was not wrong to choose to use infantry to guard the well-built towns, but Hill was wrong because he should not have that trace of mercy, so he ordered the mobilization of troops at the same time, so that those well-built cities should accommodate the residents of the villages and small towns living in the Ottoman territory.
Perhaps this method would allow the Ottomans to gain the hearts and minds of the people, and the absorbed labor could also speed up the construction of the city defense system, but this practice also made more and more mouths for food consumption in those cities and fortresses, and eventually accelerated the possibility of food shortages in the city.
"Guilty of meritorious service? The question is how do you make meritorious deeds, and do you have the ability to make the horses of the people who never set the sun and the horses of the Cumans disappear before one night? Holding his faintly swollen forehead, Nuhar said angrily, but the Hill in front of him showed a hint of golden light: "Your Majesty, maybe I can't let the sunset and the Cumans' war horses disappear overnight, but I can make the cattle and sheep brought by it disappear before the night." ”