Chapter 35 Wu

The increasingly Turkic Mongols in Central Asia have not completely lost the characteristics of their ancestors who endured hunger and cold, and some innate qualities have been passed down from generation to generation. King Timur had dreamed of becoming another Genghis Khan all his life, so he hoped that his achievements could surpass this steppe hero known as the conqueror of the world.Before going beyond, imitation is also a necessity. He imitated Genghis Khan and established an army structure that integrates the army and the people. Every time he goes out, the soldiers are the people, and the people are the soldiers.

Toke Khan's request to surrender temporarily brought the war between King Timur and the Golden Horde to an end, and King Timur immediately began the third war to conquer Persia.This time, Princess Oeira volunteered to join the army.I know that she is worried about Shaharu, her identity can of course be regarded as Shaharu's family. After the parade, we set off.Let's go with Shah Ruh.King Timur handed over an army of nearly 9,000 people to Shah Ruh's command.This army has a full range of types, including light cavalry, heavy cavalry, and light infantry-an additional explanation is needed here. If heavy infantry is needed during combat, the heavy cavalry will dismount and carry out infantry combat.In addition to the above-mentioned conventional military units, in the 9,000-man army following Shah Ruh, there are four special arms of artillery, transport troops, express troops, and technical troops.Don't underestimate these four special armies. Although they are small in number, they are flexible and often play unexpected roles in wars.

In the Timurid Empire, there have always been clear regulations on the equipment of the army.When going out on an expedition, the light cavalry should carry bows, arrows, quiveres, swords, guns, axes, arrowheads, pouches, leather bags filled with water, needles, threads and two horses. In addition, every eighteen people carry one Shared tents, tents made of animal hair.The heavy cavalry is equipped with bows and arrows, swords, armor, helmets, and two horses. Every five people carry a shared tent, and another team is equipped with axes, sticks, and knives. Of course, among all the armies, the best equipped is of course the personal guard of King Timur.The pro-guard army is composed of all Chagatai people, and their equipment is both light and complete.As a member of the pro-guard army, no matter the soldiers, they all wear a knife on their left waist and a sword on their right waist.Ten people lead a tent, ride five horses, wear chain armor, and wear bows and arrows.The head of a hundred people brings a tent, rides ten horses, wears chain armor, and wears bows, arrows, sticks, and mallets.The head of a thousand people is dressed in chain armor and armor, with a gun, and there are cornices or umbrellas attached to the tent.

No matter what kind of arms, feather arrows and quiver are essential equipment.Moreover, for different wars, there are even strict regulations on the number of feathered arrows that must be carried. For example, during the last conquest of Tuke Khan, King Timur stipulated that each person should carry 30 feathered arrows.King Timur was a meticulous person.Once he decided to go on an expedition, he first asked the captains of each team to check the equipment of the team. If anyone violated the regulations, even if there was one less or more feather arrows, he would be severely punished without mercy.

Anyone who is a little older remembers that before the third expedition to Persia, King Timur ravaged Persia twice and occupied most of the cities and land in Persia.However, because Tok Khan suddenly invaded and harassed the area in the middle of the river, King Timur had to return to his army to defend the safety of the rear, so he did not complete the conquest of the whole of Persia.This time, King Timur hoped to conquer all of Persia, and his hope meant that the war would be protracted, except that we would return to Samarkand to resupply and rest the army when necessary. For the first time, I felt the hardships of marching and the rigors of war.

When we first started, our daily food included meat, rice, milk and butter, and we even had tezzini melons.Taizhini melon is a famous product of the Timur Empire. It has a big sweet flesh and a wonderful taste.Later, the rice, butter, and melon were gone, but there was still milk and mutton to eat. In the most difficult time, we could only use "Aylan" to satisfy our hunger every day for several days. The production method of Aylan is simple. Take an iron pot, fill it with water, heat it with warm fire below, add the dried yoghurt melted in cold water, stir it with hot water, and heat it a little. Contains sour ayran.This is one way of making Aylan.There is another way, put the round piece of fermented cake into the pot, wait until the water in the pot boils, remove the pot, wait for the food to cool down and put it into the pot, it will become ailan like gruel.

Aylan is not bad for us when we are hungry.We will never kill a horse unless we have to. Horses are our friends. I would rather starve than kill a horse to survive.Shaharu and I were only a little worried about the princess's body, fearing that the exhaustion of the pommel horse would make her overwhelmed.In our impression, her body is naturally delicate, and she also suffers from headaches.But she impressed us again, no matter how hard she was, she always looked cheerful and radiant. I didn't know what kind of strong will was hidden under this woman's weak appearance. During the interval between wars, whenever Shahru was free, he would come back to visit us.When he talks to the princess, I like to sit by and listen quietly.In my opinion, Shah Ruh always has endless things to say in front of the princess. He never talks about war, he only talks about painting, poetry, literature, and art.His greatest wish is to be a painter and a poet when the war is over.

For all his ideas, the princess expressed her approval with her smile. In fact, in front of her, whether it is Shahru or I, our personalities can be fully released. Sometimes, when the princess was busy doing needlework, Shahru would sit beside her and watch her quietly.At this time, he didn't speak, his eyes flashed a strange light, and he couldn't tell how many complicated emotions were contained in it.I am a little afraid of his eyes, I have reason to be afraid, although I am still young, but one thing I can tell, the eyes of the princess watching him are consistent, full of tenderness and love, but his eyes are getting more and more enthusiastic , more and more persistent, more and more - domineering.

Once, Shahru secretly brought us two things from the booty: yogurt and carrots.In a naughty attempt, the princess boiled yogurt and carrots together.When it was done, we each served a bowl and looked at each other as we took our first bite.How to describe its taste?Perhaps, I can only say that it is so weird that people will never forget it.We were so sour that we shed tears and laughed out loud. The boiled carrots in yogurt are of course eaten by us in the end. Food is more important than anything in war, and we will not waste it.When I recalled this time many years later, I suddenly felt that boiled carrots with yogurt was the most special food I have ever eaten in my life.

This should be one of the few joys worth cherishing in this war. Beyond that, there is victory.The joy of conquest belonged to King Timur, to Ogilvy, to Miransha, and of course, to Shahru. However, one day, this happy day came to an abrupt end.