The Sun and the Lion

A group of Safavid scouts rushed back to the camp and rushed to the big tent to report important information to Ibrahim: "Your Majesty, a large army has appeared east of Bukhara. It will probably be able to reach the city wall tonight."

Ibrahim was not surprised by the appearance of Uzbek reinforcements. This was part of the plan. Human beings have already figured out the method of encirclement and reinforcements through thousands of years of war history, and he was going to use this ancient method to severely attack Shaybani Khan.

On this basis, he played some tricks. The Safavid army only separated a partial division and appeared in front of the Bukhara defenders. The main force was some distance away from Bukhara.

"Approximately how many people are there in this army?" Ibrahim asked.

The scouts did not have the conditions to conduct such detailed reconnaissance work on the Uzbek army. Moreover, during the march, Shaibani Khan had been gathering small groups of troops that he had separated to control various areas.

In the end, the scout only reported a vague number and said that almost all of them were cavalry.

"Go down." Ibrahim waved his hand to reject the scouts. Probably tomorrow, he would have a conflict with an Uzbek army. Thinking of this, he immediately went out to inspect the construction of the fortifications.

After several days of intense construction, not only the defensive facilities of the camp were quite complete, but there was no shortage of horses, trenches, and walls. The positions used to deploy artillery and infantry outside the camp were also completed.

The next thing he can do is wait for the fighter plane.

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As the scouts said, Shaibani Khan arrived near the city of Bukhara at sunset. When setting up camp, he first sent scouts to check the current situation of the city of Bukhara and to detect the enemy forces besieging the city.

He did not intend to put the troops into combat immediately. First, after a long march, his troops needed time to rest and recuperate. Second, he knew that the Uzbek army was not good at night fighting and had too many uncontrollable factors.

The scout returned immediately and brought him good news: "Great Khan, the city of Bukhara has not fallen yet. The defenders in the city were very excited after hearing about the arrival of reinforcements, and their commanders came to see you."

Shaibani Khan asked: "Did you alert the enemy troops? Do they know that I have arrived with my army?"

"The enemy army is very lax. The camp is not well defended. There are very few sentries and no scouts responsible for surveillance have been found. Their camp is not small in size, but it is not as good as our army."

Hearing this, Shaibani Khan couldn't help but look down upon him. How dare such an army invade his territory?

While he was thinking, he ordered: "Call the officers from Bukhara to come in." He wanted to get more information from the defenders.

However, the Safavid army responsible for besieging Bukhara knew their mission and did not know what was going on in the city. They only sent troops to intercept and kill the sentries who tried to leave the city, blocked internal and external traffic, and did not launch a strong attack on the city wall.

That is to say, no sentinels could successfully return from reconnaissance, and no battle could provide an intuitive feeling. The defenders in the city did not know the reality of the Safavid army. Hearing such a reply, Shaibani Khan was very dissatisfied and couldn't help scolding: "We have been fighting for many days, but we don't even know who the enemy is or how strong the enemy is. Fortunately, Bukhara has not been lost, so I won't The investigation continues. Just continue to defend Bukhara and leave the enemies outside the city to me."

The officers who came from Bukhara originally thought that they could get some rewards for their meritorious service in stationing in Bukhara. However, when they went to see him, they were shocked and did not dare to attack. They could only stay there in embarrassment.

"Okay, if you have nothing to do, go back. The defenders of Bukhara still need you." Shaibani Khan waved his hand, motioning for the scouts and officers to leave, and turned his eyes to the sultans who were listening.

"What do you think should be done tomorrow?" Shaibani Khan asked.

The sultans expressed that they should take the initiative and attack the enemy tomorrow, defeat and annihilate these thieves who do not know the heights of the world, and let their heads be used to increase the prestige of the Uzbeks.

"Then which one of you is willing to be the vanguard of the army?" Shaibani Khan continued to ask, scanning the sultans present.

In the end, after much selection, he randomly selected Zanibek, who was of the same generation as him, to lead a small number of troops as a vanguard to test the enemy's strength.

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In the Safavid army camp outside Bukhara, Afshar Khan, who was responsible for commanding the troops, received a report from the scouts early in the morning. They discovered that a camp suddenly appeared on the east side, and there was a lot of movement. .

He immediately gathered his troops and formed a formation to the east, and happened to encounter Zanibek who was rushing to attack. Seeing that the enemy was prepared, the Uzbek cavalry were not afraid at all. They immediately drew their bows and fired arrows. Immediately, countless migratory locusts shot into the Safavid army.

The red-heads did not hesitate to give in, and immediately counterattacked, riding their horses towards the Uzbeks. Afshar Khan sensed that he had a numerical advantage, so he simply pressed all his troops forward. The fully deployed Safavid army's front was much wider than the men and horses brought by Zanibek, making it much easier to flank and attack.

Zanibek looked at the Safavid army spread out in front of him. He knew that his side was likely to be attacked from several sides and could not retreat. He decided to charge forward and break through the enemy in front of him to get out of this unfavorable situation.

"Everyone, charge forward and defeat the enemy!" He ordered loudly, asking the trumpeter to blow the trumpet, and asking the flag bearer to attract the attention of all Uzbek cavalry as much as possible. He took the lead and rushed to the front with his guards.

Seeing that their general's banner was moving rapidly towards the enemy, the Uzbeks immediately moved closer to the banner. Zanibek soon gathered hundreds of cavalry to participate in the attack.

Both teams showed their lances and sabers, looking for Shuyuan www.ｽhaoshuyuan.com. As soon as the battle began, dozens of people fell off their horses and died. They slashed and stabbed at each other wildly, using all their courage and strength to fight the enemy. kill.

The Uzbek cavalry trained by Shabani Khan was a dimensionality-reducing blow to many previous opponents, and Zanibek could clearly feel it. But this time in the battle, he understood that his opponents were of the same level as his own, and his plan to defeat the enemy in one assault was no longer possible.

Moreover, the number of Safavid troops is greater than that of the Uzbeks. Not only do they have more troops to grind meat, but the side attack of the red-headed horse archers is not a tickle that they can ignore.

Even though they were locked in such an unfavorable situation and fought for more than ten minutes, the Uzbek army still did not collapse. This was much longer than the Guregani army. But they are unable to change the disadvantageous situation, and it is only a matter of time before they are all annihilated.

Fortunately, they were not alone. Shabani Khan's 20,000-strong army arrived in time and launched an attack on the Safavid army. Zhanibek, who was struggling to support himself, used his remaining strength to attack again. The situation on the battlefield suddenly reversed, and it was about to turn into a situation where the Uzbek army was outsourced, sandwiched in, and the center blossomed.

Afshar Khan, who was observing all this, saw the banner of Shaibani Khan and the endless cavalry, and knew that the main force of the enemy army was coming.

"Retreat as planned!"

The trumpets and flags conveyed the order to retreat to the frontline officers. The red-heads quickly retreated before the enemy encirclement was completed, while using Parthian tactics.

"Great Khan, the enemy is afraid of your reputation and has retreated."

Shaibani Khan continued to look at the battlefield: "They retreated without falling into chaos. Will such an army collapse easily? Or does their commander see that our army is strong and want to preserve his troops?"

Then he ordered: "Keep pursuing the pursuit and keep all the enemy troops here."