Usurpation of Mongolia: My father-in-law is Genghis Khan

Chapter 136 The death of Muhammad, another head of Khan Terminator!

After the Mongolian army entered Kejiyun City, the resistance inside the city continued.

By now, the Mongolian rule of "white tents, black tents, and red tents" has become widely known in Central Asia, but no man in Jiyun City will take any chances, and they fight to the death.

However, the intensity of the street fighting this time was much less than in previous cities.

Because of Greek fire!
The clay pots filled with Greek fire, originally used on catapults, were used in brutal street fighting.

When the Mongolian army encountered stubborn resistance, they simply threw several clay pots filled with Greek fire and lit fuses at them. The mysterious and powerful Greek fire quickly burned the resisting forces to death.

This is the correct way to use Greek fire.

The Byzantine Empire was weak at the time, and if both sides possessed Greek fire, they would be no match for the enemy. Therefore, the Byzantines strictly guarded the secret of Greek fire. They would rather die than use it except in dire circumstances. They feared that excessive use of Greek fire would allow the enemy to discover its secret.

Zhao Shuo had no such concerns at all. Whether it was the Thunder Bomb or the Greek Fire, he would use them as long as there were sufficient resources.

Of course confidentiality must be kept.

But we cannot restrict the use of advanced weapons for the sake of absolute confidentiality.

Even if the technology is accidentally leaked, so what?
Why did the Mongolian army keep so many craftsmen?
Now, Mongolia is not inferior to any powerful country in the world in terms of advanced weapons, whether in production or research and development.
Anyway, by the evening of that day, Zhao Shuo's army had taken control of the entire Kejiyun City.

That evening, Zhao Shuo's unit's post-war summary meeting was held as usual.

The commander of the Black Cavalry, Hedaheibatuer, the military judge and commander of the Baru Camp, Machibeduwen, the five hereditary thousand-household heads of Zhao Shuo's own department, two of Zhao Shuo's five hereditary thousand-household heads, the Khitan thousand-household head directly under him, Shimo Ming'an, the eight thousand-household heads of the Eight Banners of the Han Army, and the five thousand-household heads of the Eight Banners of Khwarezm, a total of twenty-three people, were all present.

These twenty-three people, plus Altana stationed in the grassland, Gerile and Suhe stationed in the Central Plains, Hairige, the commander of the Flying Eagle Army stationed in Khorasan, and Yelu Chucai who was in charge of the political affairs of Hebei and Shandong, were Zhao Shuo's core team.

Machi Beduwen, the military judge and commander of the Baru Battalion, spoke first: "In today's battle, 1,362 men from the Baru Battalion were killed. This leaves 9,615 men, 865 of whom have met the requirements for transfer to the Imperial College."

"Nine thousand eight hundred and sixty-three soldiers died in battle, leaving thirty thousand one hundred and twenty-seven men remaining. Of these, one thousand six hundred and seventy meet the requirements for promotion. Prince Consort, shall we follow the rules?"

Zhao Shuo said, "Of course. All those who should be registered will be registered. The soldiers of the Baru Camp will be added to the thousand households of the Mongolian and Han armies. The soldiers of the Qian Army will be added to the thousand households of the Hualazimo Army. Starting tomorrow, they will enjoy some normal treatment."

"Yes."

Officially, Zhao Shuo's troops were called "Taiqi." However, because the Mongol thousand households were small in number and primarily joined the Eight Banners of the Han Army or the Eight Banners of Khwarezm, people privately called it "Taiqi."

After the "flag-raising", the status, supply, distribution of spoils and the danger level of combat were all completely different from before.

Tonight, I wonder how many people will be ecstatic, or even cry for joy.

Of course, this is of great benefit to Zhao Shuo.

The fanaticism of converts is most terrible.

They fought hard and finally got the treatment of "raising the flag", and they were the ones who most identified with Zhao Shuo's system.

Therefore, their loyalty is off the charts, and they are the most fearless in combat.

Wu Xian said, "Qasim, a centurion of Khwarezm under my command, has made great contributions in opening the city and should be rewarded according to the rules. In addition, his past merits have made him eligible for promotion to a centurion."

"Then give him a promotion." Zhao Shuo said, "The Khwarazmian thousand households are all temporary, right? Let Qasim be the first official Khwarazmian thousand households to boost the morale of the five Khwarazmian ten thousand households."

"Yes."

The five Wanhu of Hualazimo were established in a hurry. With the exception of the Han army's Qianhu, all the other Qianhu leaders, as well as about half of the Baihu leaders, had the word "Dai" in front of their titles.

The capable ones go up, the mediocre ones go down.

Qasim was the first among these people to be granted the rank of a thousand households.

Qianhu is a very important threshold in Zhao Shuo's system.

After being promoted to a thousand-man commander, he became a senior military officer under Zhao Shuo.

The distribution of spoils was four times that of an ordinary centurion and thirty times that of an ordinary soldier.

From now on, the way to judge merits and demerits would no longer be based on the "Six Futures". Instead, after each battle, Zhao Shuo, the Wanhu of the Eight Banners, the Qianhu of the Mongolian Army, and the military judge Machi Beiduwen would jointly evaluate and categorize the merits and demerits into five levels for rewards and punishments.

After discussing Qasim's reward, the next issue is of course the reward and punishment for the various units involved in this war.

In today's battle, the various divisions made few major mistakes, so there were rewards but no punishments. Also, because the fighting wasn't particularly intense, all the participating Wanhu and Qianhu chiefs were awarded fifth-class merit.

Then, we began to discuss the lessons learned from this battle.

Mainly the use of Greek fire.

This thing is very useful in street fighting, and more of it should be produced in the future.

The device that launched Greek fire was of little use nowadays because it was too heavy and could only be used in defending a city or in naval battles.

Now it was Zhao Shuo's turn to attack others; who would dare to attack him? Even if some blind enemy took advantage of Zhao Shuo's small force and launched a surprise attack, with such a small force, even with Greek fire, it would still be meaningless if they couldn't hold the position.

However, in the future, when Zhao Shuo establishes a navy, this Greek fire device will play a huge role.

Think about it, when Zhao Shuo's army marched eastward to attack Fuso, they used Greek fire to blow up all of Fuso's warships. That was quite exciting.

……

In short, Zhao Shuo now has a large family and a large business, and various systems are quite mature. The post-war summary meeting mainly discussed personnel and reward and punishment issues.

Only when encountering new weapons like Greek fire will they be discussed in detail.

Because the battle just ended this evening and the spoils have not been counted yet, there is no need to discuss the distribution of the spoils for the time being.

After everything was arranged, Zhao Shuo ordered someone to invite Zaluddin Hasa in.

"Zaleddin Hasa, I pay my respects to the honorable consort!"

Pfft!
This time, Zaluddin Hasa did not perform the "head-on ceremony" of the true people of God, but knelt directly to express his loyalty to Zhao Shuo with the most genuine action.

Zhao Shuo said, "Zaleddin Hasa, you have performed a remarkable feat this time. I heard that you not only captured Muhammad alive, but also his second son, Luklaidin."

"It's all thanks to the Almighty's blessing, and the Prince Consort's great fortune," Zaleddin Hasa said. "At that time, Muhammad, seeing he couldn't escape, threw himself into the raging Greek fire. I rushed into the blaze and rescued him, capturing him alive and presenting him to the Prince Consort. His second son, Lukreddin, wasn't much of a problem; he was captured alive by my warriors."

While Jalaldin Hasa ostensibly claimed, "It was mainly thanks to the Almighty God's blessing on my son-in-law," he was actually trying to boast. He paid a heavy price. His eyebrows and beard were singed, and large blisters appeared on his face and hands. The situation was clearly extremely dangerous. He truly risked his life to achieve merit for Zhao Shuo.

Zhao Shuo nodded slightly and said, "How is Mahmud's injury?"

"It's heavier than me, but it won't kill me for the time being."

"Let's forget about him for now, let's talk about you first." Zhao Shuo said, "Would you be willing to give me the recipe for Greek fire?"

"of course."

Jalal-Din Hasa knelt again and said, "I pledge my complete loyalty to my husband! In fact, before arriving at Kejiyun City, I announced this to the Yimashin people. The Almighty God has sent countless prophets to Earth, but none of them could save humanity. He was enraged. Thus, He separated a portion of His divinity and descended directly upon the world, bringing destruction and reordering it."

"That part of divinity is God's calamity, that is, you, my Prince Consort. Only by obeying God's will, following you, and obeying all your commands can the world ascend to heaven."

"So, now everything I have, and everything Ma Siyin has, belongs to you, Prince Consort."

Zhao Shuo nodded slightly and said, "Very good. Let me ask you again, besides the Sheshir scimitar and Greek fire, is there anything else I can use?"

"The Yimasin have been established in Persia for a hundred years, and they possess quite a few resources that could be of use to the Prince Consort. For example, the renowned Persian doctor, Rahenasher, resides in our Eagle's Nest. Besides him, the other dozen or so doctors are also quite capable."

When Zhao Shuo was conquering Hua Lazimu, he had actually heard of the name Lahenasher.

It is said that this man came from a medical family in Baghdad. His grandfather was a court physician, and his mother was proficient in herbal medicine. He could recite chapters of the "Canon of Medicine" at a young age. At the age of fifteen, he entered Baghdad's "House of Wisdom" to study under the famous doctor of his time, Ibn al-Nafis.

Later, he gradually surpassed his teacher and became proficient in all internal and external medicine. He was particularly good at surgery. Whether it was the traditional "golden needle removal" technique or the treatment of various injuries, he was extremely unique and was hailed as "the first miracle doctor in Persia."

Later, for some unknown reason, it disappeared.

Unexpectedly, he went to Eagle's Nest.

What a surprise.

Zal al-Din Hasa continued, "In addition to doctors, we Yimashin also have a comprehensive system of pigeon breeding. During the heyday of the Abbasid Caliphate, we had very sophisticated pigeon breeding techniques. The Caliph built hundreds of 'pigeon stations' to supplement the regular stations."

"But later, with the decline of the Abbasid Caliphate, these pigeon posts gradually fell into disuse. We, the Yimashin, have recruited many people skilled in training homing pigeons."

"After decades of development, not only have the capabilities of carrier pigeons been greatly improved, but we've also established two hundred intelligence points, using carrier pigeons to deliver messages. If your Majesty would be so kind as to accept one, it would be the greatest honor for us Yimasin people."

Zhao Shuo nodded and said, "That's great."

In terms of the ability of carrier pigeons to deliver messages over thousands of miles, they are actually inferior to traditional post stations.

Because this thing's ability to fly long distances is not much better than that of a horse.

Moreover, they could be shot or eaten by predators, making their reliability questionable. However, for short distances, such as a few hundred miles, they were far superior to post stations.

The most important thing is that carrier pigeons are very discreet in delivering messages.

It is stealthy and most suitable for use by intelligence organizations.

Zhao Shuo planned to hand over these carrier pigeons and pigeon breeders to Xin Lu's Black Ice Platform for use.

That’s right, it’s the Black Ice Platform.

Xin Yu had taken five thousand miles of gold from Zhao Shuo, and the intelligence organization he established in Khwarezm was very powerful, and made a lot of contributions to Zhao Shuo's attack on Khwarezm.

Zhao Shuo simply appointed Xin Ru as his chief intelligence officer.

This intelligence agency was named Black Ice Platform.

It's just that the scale of the Black Ice Platform is too small now, and Xin Ru can hardly be ranked alongside those Han army's ten thousand households and Mongolian thousand households, so he did not participate in this post-war summary.

But that's okay.

The addition of Yimasin people will greatly enhance the strength of the Black Ice Platform.

For example, the pigeon system mentioned earlier.

For example, those rigorously trained and elusive assassins.

Of course, the methods that the old man in the mountain used to motivate assassins are no longer suitable to be used.

However, Zhao Shuo actually didn't want them to continue being assassins, but instead wanted them to join the Black Ice Platform and gather intelligence.

Intelligence work is something that no major country in the world can neglect.

As the Black Ice Platform continues to develop, it will sooner or later grow into something that will make the Western civilized world tremble!

In fact, in addition to these, the old man in the mountains has many good things.

For example, outstanding astronomers, architects, and weapons experts.

What Zhao Shuo was most interested in was the weapons experts.

Because, according to historical records, the person who designed the Xiangyang Cannon was named Yismain. Is he related to the Yismain people today?
There is no answer to this question.

Even if this person is under the command of the old man in the mountains, he may not be born yet, or he may just be a child.

However, the old man in the mountains does have some excellent weapons experts in his hands.

Zhao Shuo asked them to temporarily join the engineering battalion, and after returning to Central Plains, they entered Zhao Shuo's workshop.

I have to say that Zhao Shuo is quite lucky.

Among the successive rulers of the Yimasein, only Jalal al-Din Hasa was very self-aware. According to historical records, he not only took the initiative to give up the title of "Caliph" and recognized the Caliph of Baghdad as the leader of the religion, but also took the initiative to write a letter of surrender to Temujin.

If it were any other ruler, even if they did not resist to the end, they would only submit superficially.

There was no other way but to exterminate all the Yima Siyin people, and thus we wouldn't be able to obtain so many good things.

Of course, since Zaluddin Hasa is so knowledgeable and sensible, Zhao Shuo will not treat him unfairly.

Zhao Shuo asked Zaluddin Hasa to stay in the Mulay Kingdom temporarily to stabilize the morale of the Yimashi people and cooperate with the handover of various technologies and talents.

Later, he will be transferred, either to the Central Plains, or to Europe or India to serve as an official and enjoy wealth and honor.

From then on, the Yimashin people became Zhao Shuo's subjects and had nothing to do with Zaluddin Hasa.

This is better for both parties.

Zaldin Hasa breathed a sigh of relief and kowtowed again to express his gratitude.

As soon as he took office, he was busy going to the "Caliph". He really felt that the Murai Kingdom had no future. If he continued to do so, he would die and his clan would be destroyed sooner or later.

Now, with Zhao Shuo's personal permission, he finally landed safely.

After arranging the arrangements for Zaldin Hasa, Zhao Shuo ordered, "Bring in Muhammad."

"Yes!"

Soon, two bodyguards carried the disheveled Mahmud in.

Muhammad's body was torn and tattered, covered with blackened skin and blisters, most of his hair was burnt off, and his face was covered in charcoal and blood.

But he looked very arrogant, staring at Zhao Shuo, standing hunched over, and refusing to kneel.

Seeing this, Zhao Shuo sneered: "Mohammad, are you not afraid of death?"

"Of course I'm afraid of death. But..." Mahmud sneered, "If I beg for mercy, will you let me go? I'm going to die anyway, so what difference does it make whether I beg or not?"

Although he sounded tough, Mahmud was actually regretting it deeply in his heart.

Why did he protect that big idiot Haier Khan and embezzle the property of Mongolian merchants!

For such a small amount of wealth, he lost the huge Khwarazm, lost his throne, and now he is going to lose his life!

And why did he believe Zaldin Hasa's lies and defend Kejiyun City?
Wouldn't it be better if he could escape to a small island in the Caspian Sea and linger there? As long as he kept it secret, the Mongols would still know where he had fled to?

Besides, why did he have the guts to use Greek fire to teach Zhao Shuo a severe lesson?

Now it seems that he has not received any protection from the Almighty God at all, otherwise how could he end up in such a situation.

He is so stupid!
If begging for mercy would work now, he would be willing to kowtow to Zhao Shuo a hundred or a thousand times.

But he knew it was all in vain!
The brutal Mongols slaughtered countless of his subjects, so how could they let him go!

His kneeling and begging for mercy would only make the Mongols more rampant and complacent.

"So, you're determined to die?"

Zhao Shuo chuckled.

"..."

Mokomo stopped talking.

If he really wanted to die, why would he abandon Samarkand, abandon the Amu Darya defense line, and flee here?

He valued his life more than anyone else in Khwarazm.

When he really faced death, he still trembled in his heart and could not utter any harsh words.

"If you don't say anything, that means you agree. Fine, then I'll grant your wish."

Zhao Shuo would not waste any more time talking to this idiot.

Most of the businessmen who died at that time were his subordinates.

Half of this revenge was taken when Haier Khan was killed.

The remaining half is here.

Zhao Shuo came in front of Mahmud holding the Great Xia Dragon Sparrow Sword.

"You, are you really going to kill me?"

"If you don't send me to..."

When Mahmud saw Zhao Shuo actually coming towards him with a knife, he was completely stunned and scared.

He thought that he would not die today, but would be sent to Genghis Khan and dealt with by him.

Who knew that Zhao Shuo would not play by the rules!

Zhao Shuo grabbed Muhammad's burnt and greasy hair, and without any hesitation, swung his knife down!

Swish!
A flash of cold light!
Blood splattered everywhere!

Heads on the ground!

Muhammad, the overlord of Central Asia and the king of Khwarezm, was beheaded by Zhao Shuo with a single sword.

(End of this chapter)