Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 109 Just Killing!

At this moment, the sky was already bright.

The battle that lasted all night finally came to an end.

The Ming army won a great victory, and Ahama Khan, Yalan and Mansur fled with the remnants of their troops.

The Three Thousand Battalion pursued the victory and continued to strangle the fleeing Turpan Khanate cavalry.

The enemy troops still remaining on the battlefield dismounted and surrendered.

The soldiers from the five camps counted the number of people on both sides in turn and cleaned up the battlefield.

Any enemy soldier who is still able to move and falls to the ground must be stabbed in the neck.

The battlefield was in a mess. Both sides deployed more than 200,000 troops and fought a great battle here.

The fierce battle caused irreversible damage to this place and left deep scars.

These traces are still preserved after dozens or even hundreds of years.

The battlefield was a veritable sea of ​​blood and corpses.

The stench of blood and flesh could be smelled from ten miles away.

After fighting for a night, the Ming army was extremely tired physically, but their spirits were extremely excited.

Such a great victory was achieved, and tens of thousands of cavalry from the Turpan Khanate were killed.

Thinking back on it now, I still feel excited.

After an hour or two of counting, the soldiers of the five military camps finally came up with a rough estimate of the number of casualties on both sides.

"Report!"

"Governor Xu, our army has wiped out more than 37,000 enemies in this battle!"

"More than 26,000 enemy soldiers captured!"

"Our army suffered more than 13,000 casualties."

"Among them, the 3,000 Battalion suffered more than 4,000 casualties, the 5th Army Battalion suffered more than 7,000 casualties, and the Shenji Battalion suffered more than 2,000 casualties."

The battle was extremely brutal and the Ming army paid a heavy price.

But under Xu Chang's special protection and the ultimate equipment, none of the 30,000 soldiers in the Xianzhen Camp were killed!

As long as there were no losses in the Xianzhen Camp, the Ming army would be willing to pay any price.

"Governor Xu, what should we do with these prisoners?"

Xu Chang's subordinate pointed to the Turpan Khanate prisoners who had been dismounted and disarmed on the battlefield and asked Xu Chang.

Hearing these words, the captives kneeling on the ground raised their heads nervously and looked at Xu Chang.

In fact, in their hearts, the anxiety about the future situation is greater than the fear of death.

They are only afraid that they will be treated harshly by the Ming court, but they are not worried about dying here.

Because all the ethnic groups on the grassland knew that the Ming Dynasty court was the most benevolent and the most loyal, and they considered themselves the Celestial Empire and a country of etiquette and propriety.

They would never do such inhumane things as killing prisoners or massacring an entire city.

Officials who issue orders to kill prisoners or massacre a city will be written into history books by civil servants and will be infamous for eternity.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty were very careful about their reputation and did not want to be tainted by such a bad reputation.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have been acts of killing prisoners except during the Hongwu and Yongle dynasties.

In other years, hundreds of battles of varying sizes took place between the various steppe khanates and the Ming court, but there were rarely any killings of prisoners.

The Chenghua Dynasty's plowing and sweeping of holes is once again excluded. Can killing wild boars for skins be called killing prisoners?

Because they had confidence in their minds, the prisoners of war were in a relatively stable mood.

But the orders Xu Chang gave afterwards made the prisoners excited.

Xu Chang only had one simple word: "Kill."

Twenty-six thousand prisoners, all killed!

After hearing this word, the captives on the ground were stunned for a moment, and then they became emotional and were about to stand up and resist.

But the tens of thousands of soldiers from the Five Army Camps, fully armed and equipped with sharp weapons, were even more excited.

Due to Akhama Khan's previous massacre and the recent battle, many of his comrades died at the hands of the Turpan Khanate soldiers.

The combination of new and old grudges made them want to kill the captives as soon as possible.

At this moment, everyone was extremely excited when they received Xu Chang's order to kill the prisoners.

They immediately drew their swords and carried out the military order firmly and quickly!

The soldiers of the Turpan Khanate, who had no armor, no weapons, and no horses, had already lost all their resistance.

Under the cold knives of the soldiers of the Five Army Camps, the only fate was to be killed.

"Don't kill me! I've already surrendered!"

"You Ming army have no martial ethics! You still claim to be a country of etiquette, but you are just a bunch of barbarians!"

"I surrendered, why are you still trying to kill me! This is different from what you did before!"

"..."

Deng Lei, the military doctor in charge of logistics, couldn't stand it anymore and stepped forward to stop it.

"Governor Xu, why are you doing this?"

Deng Lei was full of compassion and advised earnestly: "Our Ming Dynasty has always treated prisoners well!"

"Killing prisoners is a taboo in military strategy. If this happens, how will people from other countries view our Ming Dynasty in the future?"

Xu Chang turned around and looked at Deng Lei expressionlessly.

"You are such a kind-hearted doctor. Why don't you ask those Ming people who died in Hamiwei whether they agree to treat the captives of Turpan Khanate well?"

"Ask the soldiers who died on this battlefield, would they be willing to treat their enemies who killed them kindly?"

"These people are not your sons, nor are they your blood relatives, so you can just let them go for the sake of others?"

"I ask you, if they killed your wife, children, and elders, would you still say something like treating the captives well?"

Facing Xu Chang's questioning, Deng Lei opened his mouth, hesitant and not knowing what to say. Especially when he saw that some of the soldiers around him were looking at him with very unfriendly eyes.

Deng Lei read the Four Books and Five Classics and followed the teachings of Confucius and Mencius. Such cruel things were really contrary to the education he received.

But as Xu Chang asked, if it was really his wife, children and the elderly who died at the hands of these Turpan Khanate people, could he really treat these people well?

Deng Lei turned his head reluctantly and sighed deeply.

Xu Chang's voice was cold, and there was only murderous intent in his eyes as he looked at the captives.

"I tell you, blood debt must be paid with blood!"

"I have said it before, this is a war to destroy a nation!"

"From now on, there will be no Turpan Khanate, and naturally there will be no need for Turpan Khans."

"Those who offend my Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away they are!"

Xu Chang's words resonated strongly with the surrounding soldiers, and they all raised their arms and shouted.

"Those who offend my Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away they are!"

"Those who offend my Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away they are!"

At the same time, they did not stop killing the enemies.

The surrendering enemy soldiers wailed as they were beheaded one after another.

They want to use the lives of these enemies to comfort the people of the Ming Dynasty who died at the hands of the enemy!

……

On the other hand, Ahama Khan continued to gather his remnants while fleeing.

At this moment, the number of cavalrymen surrounding him exceeded ten thousand again.

But at this time they had no intention of fighting and just wanted to escape desperately. They wanted to return to Gaochang City, go home and see their families.

However, behind them, there were tens of thousands of soldiers chasing them.

The Turpan Khanate people who were falling behind were constantly caught up by the Three Thousand Battalion and then killed with swords!

They were completely unable to distance themselves from the Three Thousand Battalion. If they continued to chase like this, the Turpan Khanate would sooner or later be hunted down and killed by the Three Thousand Battalion!
"Khan, this cannot go on any longer!"

"If we continue to be hunted down like this, all our clan members will die!"

"Someone must stay and fight to the death to stop the pursuers from behind!"

Ahai Ma Khan's personal guard general rode side by side with Ahai Ma Khan and shouted at him.

How could Ahama Khan not know this? But at this moment the army was in disarray and the soldiers around him had lost their will to fight. Who could he arrange to cover their retreat?

"Great Khan, let me lead three thousand elite soldiers to cover the retreat, so that the rest of the tribe can return to Gaochang safely!"

Ahem Khan's personal guards volunteered to cover his retreat.

Ahama Khan was filled with emotion and said anxiously, "No! You are the most elite warriors of my Khanate, how can you use them to cover our retreat?!"

These elite troops were trained and raised by him in many years of battles. The loss of one person would make him heartbroken.

How could he let these precious elite troops be wasted in vain on the task of covering the rear?
"But there is no one else to cover our retreat!"

Ahem Khan's personal guards urged him urgently: "Great Khan, you can't die here, give the order quickly!"

Ahamakhan's eyes turned red and he turned his head away, no longer looking at him.

Yalan understood what he meant and immediately gave an order for Ahem Khan: "Shibali, lead 3,000 elite soldiers to cover the rear and intercept the Ming army's pursuit!"

"Yes, General Yalan!"

"Take care, Khan!"

"You must live on. As long as you are here, the Turpan Khanate will not be destroyed!"

Shibali said a few more words, then immediately led the three thousand elite soldiers around Ahama Khan and turned around to intercept the pursuit of the three thousand battalions behind them.

Everyone knew that this was a fight to the death.

All the elite soldiers who participated in the interception will never come back alive.

Ahama Khan's tears were burning in his eyes. He gritted his teeth and rushed towards Gaochang City at full speed.

At the same time, the three thousand elite soldiers led by Shibali collided with the three thousand soldiers from the camp behind him.

Shibali and these three thousand elite soldiers used their lives to stop the pursuit of the three thousand battalions.

This bought enough time for Ahama Khan and the large army to escape!

Two hours later, the defeated army of the Turpan Khanate, which had fled in panic, returned to Gaochang City.

At this time, there were only more than 20,000 defeated soldiers who had successfully escaped from the battlefield back to Gaochang City.

The 10,000 new soldiers guarding the city were shocked to see their Khan in such a miserable state, and they quickly opened the city gates to welcome him.

"Khan! Khan, how are you?"

"Great Khan, are you okay? Where's the witch doctor? Call the witch doctor!"

"Quickly send the Khan back to the royal tent!"

"..."

Ahama Khan was sent to the royal tent to receive treatment from the best witch doctor in Gaochang City.

With him was Ya Lan.

The wounds on Yalan's body were no less than those on Ahama Khan's.

Especially the wound on the chest, which is even more horrific.

"Run away!"

While the witch doctor was bandaging Ahama Khan's wound, he did not forget to give orders to the tribesmen around him.

Ahama Khan grabbed the witch doctor and said with a ferocious expression: "Hurry up and let the women and children escape from Gaochang City through the west gate and go to the Eastern Chagatai Khanate!"

"Let them escape!"

"The remaining men, join me and defend Gaochang City to the death!"

(End of this chapter)