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

Chapter 111: You can massacre this city, but can’t you massacre the Ming Dynasty?

"Father Khan! Now is not the time to act on impulse, retreat now!"

When the city was about to fall, Mansur turned around and advised Ahama Khan to retreat.

"Father Khan, please lead the army to Aksu City to find Uncle Khan and ask him to send troops to support us!"

"Only if you go to find Shu Khan in person will he send troops!"

The uncle Khan mentioned by Mansur is Sutan Mahamu, the current Khan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, the eldest son of Yunus Khan and the elder brother of Ahmad Khan.

After Yunus Khan established the Turpan Khanate, he heard that his younger brother Yesenbuhua had died, so he took his eldest son Mahamu and led an army to attack the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

He left his youngest son, Akhmad Khan, to govern the Turpan Khanate.

After that, Yunus Khan unified the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and established its capital in Aksu City. However, Ahmad Khan was unwilling to go to Aksu City.

After the death of Yunusi Khan, he proclaimed himself Khan with the support of the Mongolian nobles who remained in Gaochang.

It was natural for Mahamu to take over the throne from Yunus Khan and become the Great Khan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

It can be said that there is a considerable conflict between Mahamu and Ahama.

But this conflict is a family matter after all, and Mahamu and Ahama are brothers after all.

Now it seemed that Gaochang City was about to be captured by the Ming army and the Turpan Khanate was about to be destroyed.

If Ahama Khan personally led his army to ask for help, Mahamu Khan, as his brother, would definitely not sit idly by.

But if Ahama Khan was forced to go to his brother like a stray dog ​​and beg for mercy, how could he bring himself to do that?

"Father Khan, don't hesitate, let's go!"

"Leave Gaochang City to me, and I will buy you time to retreat!"

Mansuer's face was full of anxiety, and he tried his best to persuade his father to leave quickly.

Seeing that Mansur was so sensible, reasonable, and understanding of righteousness, Ahama Khan felt both relieved and sad.

"Mansu'er, if I lead my troops to retreat, you won't be able to hold on to Gaochang City for long."

"If the Ming army enters the city, what will happen to all the tribesmen in the city?"

"What are you going to do?!"

Man Suer forced out an ugly smile: "Father Khan, don't worry about me."

"I heard that the Ming army always treated prisoners well and never killed prisoners or massacred the city."

"Yes, Khan, Hong Taiji is right!"

Ya Lan also advised: "The officials of the Ming Dynasty are afraid of being written into the history books and being labeled as cruel."

"And they always clamored that they should have the bearing of the Celestial Empire, the demeanor of a country of etiquette, treat prisoners well, and never harm innocent people."

"Can it be the same this time?"

Ahama Khan had some self-awareness of what he had done.

"We have massacred the Hami Guards of the Ming Dynasty this time. Can the Ming army let our people go so easily?!"

Yalan now only wanted to persuade Ahama Khan to leave first, and what she said was half true and half false, a mixture of bluffing and deception.

"Great Khan, think about it. Over the years, we nomadic peoples of the grasslands have fought so many wars with the Ming Dynasty and massacred so many cities."

"Did the Ming army ever kill a prisoner of war?"

"no?"

Ahama Khan's mind was in a mess, hesitant and unable to make up his mind.

At this time, Yalan screamed, it turned out that a stray arrow hit Yalan's arm.

Yalan gritted her teeth and pulled the arrow out of her arm. Blood gushed out immediately and the pain made Yalan break out in a cold sweat.

Man Suer urged again: "Father Khan, don't hesitate, take General Yalan with you!"

"If you don't leave now, you really won't be able to leave!"

Seeing this, Ahama Khan finally gave up and gave a solemn order: "Mansur, I will only lead 3,000 elite soldiers to break through and seek help from Aksu City."

"I'll leave the remaining soldiers to you. If Gaochang City really cannot be defended, you should surrender."

"Remember, as long as Daming doesn't harm your life, agree to whatever conditions they ask for first, and don't deliberately provoke them, understand?!"

Mansuer agreed without hesitation: "I understand Father Khan. After they know my identity, they will definitely not dare to touch me."

"Father Khan, don't worry about me, you should leave as soon as possible!"

Ahama Khan took one last look at Mansur and ordered: "Follow me, three thousand soldiers, down the city, to ask for help from the Eastern Chagatai Khanate!"

"Yes, Khan!"

Ahama Khan brought Yalan down the city wall and led three thousand elite soldiers, each riding two horses and carrying enough dry food for five days, and then left Gaochang City from the west gate.

At this moment, the sun has already set, and a trace of setting sun hangs on the horizon.

The back of Ahama Khan fleeing from Gaochang City was like the evening glow of the sun, gradually fading away.

After Ahama led three thousand elite soldiers to leave Gaochang City, the pressure on Mansuer to defend the city doubled.

In the entire Gaochang City, all those who still had some fighting ability participated in the fight to defend the city.

But Mansuer did not hold out for long. In just one hour, the Ming army successfully captured Gaochang City.

Mansuer saw that Gaochang City had been completely lost, and he had also bought enough time for Ahama Khan.

So Mansuer and his personal soldiers surrendered obediently.

With Mansuer taking the lead, other defenders in Gaochang City also surrendered to the Ming army.

After all the defenders of Gaochang City surrendered, Xu Chang also led a large army into Gaochang City.

The first thing Xu Chang did when he entered Gaochang City was to send people to confiscate all the weapons of the Turpan Khanate.

And all the people of the Turpan Khanate were gathered together.

At the same time, count the casualties on both sides.

After working for several hours, the soldiers finally reported the accurate data to Xu Chang.

"Governor Xu, in this siege, the casualties of the Fifth Army Battalion totaled more than 4,000, the Three Thousand Battalion more than 2,000, and the Divine Machine Battalion more than 1,000." "The total casualties of our army reached more than 7,000."

"The enemy suffered more than 16,000 casualties, and more than 14,000 surrendered."

"There are more than 240,000 Turpan Khans in Gaochang City, including 150,000 women under the age of 40."

"The remaining 90,000 are all men and women over 40 years old."

"Governor Xuchang, we have also captured the Turpan Khanate's Hongtai Jimansuer, who is the eldest son of Ahem Khan."

"Oh?"

Xu Chang raised his eyebrows: "Bring him up."

"Yes, Governor!"

Soon, Man Suer, with a cold and arrogant look on his face, was brought up by his men.

Without waiting for Xu Chang to speak, Man Suer spoke first.

"You are the leader of this army? How are you going to deal with us?"

Xu Chang's eyes were cold: "What does it have to do with you how I deal with you?"

"Tell me where Ahama and Yalan went?"

"Humph!"

Man Suer snorted coldly, turned his head away and did not answer.

Xu Chang acted very calmly: "I know even without you telling me that he must have gone to Aksu City to ask Mahamu for help, right?"

Man Suer's secret was revealed, but he remained calm and ignored it.

Xu Chang was not in the mood to waste time with Man Suer, so he gave orders directly to the Ming army.

"In the Turpan Khanate, except for women under the age of 40, everyone else..."

"Kill in a pit!"

"Mansuer's head will be used as a sacrifice!"

"Yes, Governor!"

Upon hearing Xu Chang's order, all the Ming troops present felt a surge of fear in their hearts!
Killing in a pit is not simply burying someone alive.

The Ming army was not so kind and even dug graves for these prisoners.

The Ming army did not have enough time to dig a large pit that could accommodate tens of thousands of people.

The real killing in a pit is a hundred times more cruel than burying alive.

The so-called pit killing means beheading the prisoners and then piling up the enemy's bodies layer by layer until they form a mountain of corpses, and then putting a pole and hanging a flag on it.

Such a mountain of corpses is called "Jingguan".

There are many famous Jingguan in history. Qin Shihuang, Xiang Yu, Cao Cao, Li Shimin, and even Chang Yuchun, a founding hero of the Ming Dynasty, all killed captives and built Jingguan.

But the most famous, largest and cruelest Jingguan is the huge Jingguan built in Changping by the God of Killing Bai Qi to massacre 45 Zhao soldiers.

When two countries are at war, men are enemies and women are resources.

Therefore, in a war to annihilate a country, it is often about killing the enemy and seizing resources.

Killing 100,000 people is an extremely huge project.

The Ming army immediately drew out their swords and slashed at the surrendering enemies.

For a moment, screams were heard everywhere in Gaochang City.

After hearing Xu Chang's order, Man Suer's head was buzzing and he couldn't believe it was true.

Doesn’t it mean that the Ming army treats prisoners well?
How come I am treated like this?!
When he heard the screams all around him and saw his tribesmen bleeding on the spot.

Only then did I realize that what Xu Chang said was true.

He was not joking, he really wanted to kill 100,000 Turpan Khans!

Man Suer 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!

"Ming people! You will not die well!"

"Don't you guys not kill those who surrender?!"

"You will be punished by Allah for doing this!"

"Allah, the Almighty, will punish each and every one of you!"

"..."

Allah, the omnipotent God in the Islamic scripture "Quran", is the highest and only reality in the universe and the Lord who should be worshipped.

Yes, starting from the generation of Yunus Khan, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate stopped believing in the Eternal Heaven and started believing in Allah instead.

The Eastern Chagatai Khanate was also one of the earliest Mongols to convert to Islam.

Xu Chang drew his sword and said with disdain: "You Turpan Khanate can slaughter this city, but why can't I, the Ming Dynasty, slaughter it?"

"Noisy!"

Xu Chang swung his sword and chopped off Man Suer's head.

At this time, Deng Lei, a doctor of the Ministry of War who had previously stopped Xu Chang from killing prisoners, stood up again to dissuade Xu Chang.

"Governor Xu, the people are all innocent. You really can't kill them indiscriminately!"

Deng Lei came up to Xu Chang, bowed first, and then put on a compassionate look.

"At least the prisoners killed before were soldiers from the Turpan Khanate."

"But these ordinary people are innocent!"

"Governor Xu, tell the soldiers to stop killing!"

"If you really keep killing like this, all of us will be recorded in history books along with you, and will be infamous for eternity!"

(End of this chapter)