Chapter 111 You can massacre this city, but Ming Dynasty cannot massacre it?
"Father Khan! Now is not the time to be impulsive, retreat quickly!"
When the city was broken, Man Su'er in turn persuaded Aheima Khan to retreat.
"Father Khan, please lead your army to Aksu City to find Uncle Khan, and ask Uncle Khan to send troops to support us!"
"Uncle Khan will only send troops if you go to Uncle Khan in person. ! ”
The uncle Khan Mansu'er mentioned was Sutan Mahamu, the current Great Khan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, the eldest son of Yunusi Khan and the eldest brother of Aheima Khan.
After Yunusi Khan established the Turpan Khanate, he heard that his younger brother had also died, so he took his eldest son Mahamu and launched an army to attack the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.
Leaving his youngest son Ahemahan to supervise the Turpan Khanate.
Afterwards, Yunusi Khan unified the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and established Aksu City as its capital, but Aheima Khan was unwilling to go to Aksu City.
And after the death of Yunusi Khan, with the support of the Mongolian nobles who stayed in Gaochang, he established himself as Khan.
Mahamu, on the other hand, naturally took over the throne of Yunusi Khan and became the Great Khan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.
It can be said that there is a lot of conflict between Mahamu and Aheima.
But this conflict is a family matter after all. Mahamu and Ahema are brothers after all.
Now we see that Gaochang City is about to be captured by the Ming army, and the Turpan Khanate is about to be destroyed.
If Aheima Khan personally led his army to ask for help, Mahamu Khan, as his elder brother, would definitely not sit idly by.
But if Aheimahan is like a bereaved dog, asking for mercy from his brother, how can Aheimahan disgrace himself?
"Father Khan, don't hesitate, let's go!"
"Leave Gaochang City to me, and I will buy you time to retreat!"
Full Speed The son's face was full of anxiety, and he tried to persuade his father to leave quickly.
Seeing that Mansuer was so sensible, sensible, and righteous, Aheimahan felt both happy and sad in his heart.
"Man Su'er, if I lead my troops to retreat, you won't be able to defend Gaochang City for long."
"If the Ming army enters the city, what will happen to the people in this city?"
"What should I do?!"< br>
Man Su'er forced out an ugly smile: "Father, don't worry about me."
"I heard that the Ming Army always treats prisoners well and never kills prisoners or massacres the city."
"Yes, Great Khan, Hongtaiji is right!"
Yalan also persuaded: "Officials of the Ming Dynasty were afraid of being written into the history books and leaving a brutal infamy."
“And they always clamor for a Chinese dynasty The magnanimity of a superior country must be that of a land of etiquette, and we must treat prisoners well and never harm innocent people.”
“Can it be the same this time?”
Aheimahan. I am still somewhat self-aware of what I am doing.
"We slaughtered the Hami Guards of the Ming Dynasty this time. How can the Ming army let our people go so easily?!"
Yalan now just wants to persuade Aheimahan to leave first, what he said It's also half-truth and half-false, including bluffing and deceiving.
"Great Khan, think about it. Over the years, our grassland nomads have fought so many battles with the Ming Dynasty and massacred so many cities."
"The Ming army has Have you ever killed a prisoner of war?”
“No?”
Aheimahan's mind was in confusion, hesitant and unable to make up his mind.
At this time, Yalan exclaimed, it turned out that a stray arrow hit Yalan's arm.
Ya Lan gritted her teeth and pulled out the arrowhead on her arm. Blood immediately surged out, and the pain made Ya Lan break into a cold sweat.
Mansuer urged again: "Father, don't hesitate, take General Yalan and leave with you!"
"If you don't leave, you really won't be able to leave!"
Seeing this, Aheimahan finally stopped insisting and ordered with deep sorrow: "Man Su'er, I will break out with only three thousand elite soldiers and go to Aksu City to ask for help."
"I will leave the remaining soldiers to you. , if Gaochang City really can't be defended, surrender."
"Remember, as long as Daming can spare your life, they will attack. No matter what the conditions are, agree to them first and don’t deliberately provoke them, do you understand?”
Mansuer agreed: “I understand, Father, they will definitely not dare to touch me after they know my identity. .”
“Father, don’t worry about me, you’d better leave quickly”
Ahema Khan took one last look at Man Su'er and ordered: "Three thousand soldiers will follow me down to the city to ask for help from the Eastern Chagatai Khanate!"
"Yes, Great Khan!"
Aheimahan took Yalan down the city wall, led three thousand elite soldiers, each riding two horses, and after carrying enough dry food for five days, he left Gaochang City through the west gate.
The sun is already late at this moment, and there is a ray of setting sun hanging on the horizon.
The back of Aheimahan escaping from Gaochang City is like the sunset of the sun, gradually fading away.
After Ah Heima led 3,000 elite soldiers to leave Gaochang City, Man Su'er's pressure to defend the city doubled.
In the entire Gaochang City, everyone who still had some fighting ability participated in the battle to defend the city.
But Mansuer still did not hold out for long, and within an hour, the Ming army had successfully entered Gaochang City.
Mansu'er saw that Gaochang City had been completely lost, and he had bought enough time for Aheimahan.
So Mansuer also took his own soldiers and honestly surrendered.
With Mansu'er taking the lead, other defenders in Gaochang City also surrendered to the Ming army.
After all the defenders of Gaochang City surrendered, Xuchang also led a large force into Gaochang City.
The first thing Xuchang did when he entered Gaochang City was to send people to collect the weapons of all the Turpan Khanate people.
And gather all the people in the Turpan Khanate.
At the same time, count the number of casualties on both sides.
After busy for several hours, his soldiers finally reported the accurate data to Xuchang.
"Governor Xu, in this siege, the five military camps suffered more than 4,000 casualties, the 3,000 Battalion suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and the Shenji Battalion suffered more than 1,000 casualties." "The total casualties of our army have reached More than seven thousand people.”
"The enemy suffered more than 16,000 casualties in total, and more than 14,000 surrendered."
"There are more than 240,000 Turpan Khanate people in Gaochang City, including women under the age of 40. There are 150,000 people.”
"The remaining 90,000 are all men and women over forty years old."
"Governor Xuchang, we also captured Hongtai Jimansuer of the Turpan Khanate. He is the son of Aheimahan. The eldest son."
"Oh?"
Xu Chang raised his eyebrows: "Bring him here"
"Yes, Lord Governor!" br>
Soon, Man Su'er, who looked cold and arrogant, was escorted up by his men.
Waiting for Xuchang to speak, Mansuer spoke first.
"You are the leader of this army? What are you going to do with us?"
Xuchang's eyes were cold: "What do I do with you, what does it have to do with you?"
< br>“Tell me, where have Ahema and Yalan gone?”
"Hmph!"
Mansu'er snorted coldly, turned his head and did not answer.
Xuchang acted very calmly: "You didn't tell me that the governor knew it. You must have gone to Aksu City to ask for help from Mahamu, right?"
Man Su'er was exposed. Confidential, but his expression remained unchanged and he ignored it.
Xuchang was not in the mood to waste time with Mansuer here, and gave orders directly to the Ming army.
"In the Turpan Khanate, except for women under the age of forty, everyone else..."
"Kill!"
"Mansu'er's head is used to sacrifice the flag!"
“Yes, Lord Governor!”
Hearing Xuchang’s order, all the Ming soldiers present felt their hearts throb!
Killing in a trap is not simply burying one alive.
The Ming army was not so kind and wanted to dig a grave for these prisoners.
The Ming army did not have that much time to dig a large pit that could accommodate tens of thousands of people.
A real entrapment killing is a hundred times crueler than being buried alive.
The so-called trap killing means that after beheading the prisoners, the enemy's corpses are piled up layer by layer, and finally they are built into a mountain of corpses, and finally poles and flags are placed on top.
Such a mountain of corpses is called "Jingguan".
There are many famous Jingguan in history. Qin Shihuang, Xiang Yu, Cao Cao, Li Shimin, including Chang Yuchun, the founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, all killed prisoners and built Jingguan.
But the most famous, largest, and cruelest Jingguan is the huge Jingguan built in Changping by Bai Qi, the God of Killing, who killed 450,000 Zhao soldiers in a trap.
The two countries are at war, men are enemies and women are resources.
So in a war to destroy a country, one usually kills the enemy and grabs resources.
Trapping and killing 100,000 people is an extremely huge project.
The Ming army immediately drew out their long swords and slashed at the surrendered enemies.
For a time, screams broke out in Gaochang City.
After hearing Xuchang’s order, Man Suer’s head was buzzing and she couldn’t believe it was true.
Didn’t the army give preferential treatment to prisoners?
Why do you get such preferential treatment? !
When he heard the screams all around and saw the bloodied clansmen on the scene.
Only when I realized that what Xu Chang said was true.
He's not kidding, he really wants to kill 100,000 Turpan Khanate people!
Mansuer suddenly felt cold from head to toe, and his feet began to feel weak.
After the initial fear, a huge feeling of anger surged into his heart!
“People of Ming Dynasty! You will not die well!”
“Didn’t you surrender without killing?!”
“If you do this, you will be punished by Allah. The retribution!”
“The Almighty God will punish each of you!”
"..."
Allah, the Almighty God in the Islamic classic "Quran", the highest single reality in the universe and the Lord who deserves to be worshipped.
Yes, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate started from the generation of Yunusi Khan, and no longer believed in immortality, but converted to Allah.
The Eastern Chagatai Khanate was also the first group of Mongolians to believe in Islam.
Xuchang drew out his sword with a look of disdain on his face: "You, the Turpan Khanate, can slaughter this city, but I, the Ming Dynasty, can't massacre it?"
"Noisy!"
Xuchang slashed down with his sword, and Mansu'er's head fell in response.
At this time, Deng Lei, a doctor in the Ministry of War, who had previously stopped Xuchang from killing prisoners, stood up to dissuade Xuchang again.
"Governor Xu, the people are all innocent, we really can't kill innocent people indiscriminately!"
Deng Lei came to Xuchang, bowed first, and then acted compassionately. look like.
"At least those who killed prisoners before were soldiers of the Turpan Khanate."
"But these common people are innocent!"
"Governor Xu, please tell the soldiers to stop. , we can’t kill anymore!”
“If we continue to kill like this, we will all be recorded in the history books together with you, and we will be infamy for thousands of years!”
( End of chapter)