Chapter Eighty-Six: The Khan King was greedy for life and afraid of death, and was forced to surrender the city

The Khan was very grateful that someone could make such a suggestion at this time, and immediately asked the ministers who had not left, "What do you have any suggestions for this matter?" ”

The king of the Khan asked, "How can anyone who does not understand what the king of the Khan meant, especially since none of them want to be like Samarkand, where everyone is slaughtered in the city and lie in the pile of dead people."

One of the ministers immediately said: "King Khan, we will pay a price, if we can get the Ming army to stop attacking!" ”

"Yes, yes! King Khan, we can't stop the Ming army from attacking even if we are desperate now. When the Ming army arrives at the summer palace, the conditions for our negotiation will be gone! ”

"Yes! King Khan! ”

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The ministers were surprisingly unified, which made the Khan King cry and laugh!

King Khan said, "Since everyone has agreed to negotiate with the Ming army, which of you should go and talk to the Ming army?" ”

At this time, everyone bowed their heads and remained silent, deeply afraid that this matter would fall on their heads.

When King Khan saw their appearance, he sneered and said, "What's the matter, aren't you all loyal in normal times, can you die for me?" Why are you all bowing your head and not saying anything? ”

Someone came in to report that the Ming army had captured another street. The king of Khan ordered a minister to go out to negotiate with the Ming army on his behalf, but the minister did not want to go, so the king of Khan sneered, waved his hand and asked people to pull him out and cut him directly!

When the Khan ordered the two ministers again, the result was much better. The two of them puffed up their chests and said that they would complete the task assigned by the Khan King to the death. They discussed with the Khan in private what was acceptable, and then left the summer palace.

These two ministers have never been on the battlefield, and when they walked to the front, their legs and stomachs were trembling. Coming to the front line, they ordered a soldier to walk towards the Ming front with a white flag with a general service.

When the officers and soldiers of Yaogang saw that they had been here for two months, they knew that the people they were waiting for who had come to negotiate had finally come out, so they sent them to Ningde. When Ning De heard that the two men were exploring the way for the ministers who had come to negotiate, he ordered them to go back and pick up the two ministers and ensure their safety.

When the two ministers came to Ningde and they were in front of them, Ningde asked people to give them seats, which were actually two chairs behind a table on the battlefield.

Seeing the nervous appearance of the two ministers, Ning De asked someone to bring them tea again. The two ministers, who had dry mouths, picked up their cups and drank the tea in their cups. Ning De asked them to pour them full of tea and asked, "You were sent by the Khan King to negotiate, did your Khan King promise to surrender unconditionally?" ”

"No, no, that's right, too many people have died, and our Khan doesn't want to die anymore, and hopes that the two sides can stop fighting. Want to hear about the terms of your armistice? An envoy said.

"Huh!" Ning De smiled and said, "Our conditions have been airdropped to you, that is, you surrender unconditionally!" Didn't you receive it? ”

"Yes, but we have to make our conditions!" An envoy said.

"Then we will fight you to surrender unconditionally, otherwise we will kill you!" Ning De said resolutely.

"You're so rude, so what are we talking about?" An envoy asked.

"We are giving you a chance to surrender unconditionally, and then we are giving you a chance to live." Ningde said, "It's your business to want to negotiate, we don't have such a request!" ”

The two envoys knew that they had no chance to negotiate. One said, "Then let us go back at once and tell us the king of the Khan, that this is your last condition." However, I hope you can pause the offensive and give us a chance to discuss it with everyone! ”

Ning De saw that it was a little late, and said, "Okay! Give you the Khan a face, we will not get your answer early tomorrow morning, and we will solve you completely tomorrow. Go back and tell you King Khan that you don't lose this last chance to live. ”

The two envoys were sent across the battle line by the Yaogang soldiers, and returned to the summer palace in front of all the ministers, and reported to the Khan King about Ningde's meeting with them.

After listening to the reports of the two ministers, King Khan lowered his head. The ministers also wilted one by one. In fact, they all knew that nothing good would come of it, but they still had a glimmer of hope. Now that all hope is gone, they are all starting to think about the way back.

The Khan King thought for a while, then looked up and asked everyone, "We still have one night, do you have any other solutions?" Otherwise, tonight will be our last night in Bukhara. Tomorrow it is not very difficult for the Ming army to storm Bukhara in one day. We must come up with a good solution today, otherwise we will all have to fight hard with the Ming army tomorrow. ”

Everyone knew that it was time to surrender, and they were all thinking about surrendering, but no one dared to take the lead in saying this.

Of course, the Khan knew about it, but he didn't want to say it first. Seeing that everyone was bowing their heads here and silent, I knew that it was not a way to go on like this. He said, "By tomorrow morning, we must come up with a decision on whether to fight or surrender." Now let's all go down! ”

The battle went on and the ministers knew that in addition to the religious fanatics in the city who wanted to defend the holy war and sacrificed their lives, everyone also knew that they were going to be defeated. Knowing that the battle was going to be defeated, these people were also thinking about whether to continue fighting.

On this night, although the Ming army did not attack again, there were not many people in Bukhara who could really sleep.

Not only are the people in Bukhara unable to sleep, but they also do not sleep well in Ningde outside the city. Seeing that it was almost dawn, Ning De went to sleep for a while. When the soldiers were having breakfast, Sun Chuanting saw Ning De waking up in a daze, and said to him: "I don't think you should have any more illusions!" There are also advantages to solving by force! ”

Ning De was a little unmotivated, stretched his waist and said, "Oops! I'm not thinking of Bukhara alone, there are Persia and the Ottoman Empire below. We can't kill them all! ”

"There's no way around it, we don't have a lot of time to spend on the road with them. Let's not forget that our goal is the Caspian side of the Black Sea. We still have a long way to go. It's better to solve the battle as soon as possible! Sun Chuanting said.

"Hmmm! In any case, the matter of Bukhara must be resolved today. Once you're done here, you'll be left to the business. I will lead the troops to continue westward, and I can't delay any longer! Ningde said.

Until the end of the meal, there is a return message in the city. Li Kui said: "Commander Ning, we have already laid out the plan to attack Bukhara today, and I don't think it is very likely that they will surrender!" ”

"Hey! No way, we did our best, we destroyed them without surrendering! Ningde said helplessly. Ningde is really unwilling to take the empty city again, so taking it will create a no-man's land. The city that has been slaughtered is difficult to regain its original vitality unless it is specially immigrated. Ningde knew that what Zhang Zhimu wanted to build was not such empty cities.

At dawn, the army of Yaogang once again came to the battle position, ready to launch a fierce assault according to the plan, and to completely solve the city of Bukhara today. In front of the front-line position, more than a dozen people holding white flags suddenly rushed over. One of them shouted in Ming dialect: "Don't do it, don't do it!" We surrender! We surrender! ”

The kiln soldiers on the front line all said to the officers: "Ignore them, let's get started!" Can't give them a chance, what did these bastards do yesterday? ”

The officers on the front line, like the soldiers, also wanted to enter the city of Bukhara by force today, but the officers' reason still prevailed over the impulse, and immediately reported Ningde on the radio, and some people in the city came out and shouted to surrender.

When Ning De heard the news, he immediately used the electric power to inform the troops to stop the attack. Sun Chuanting smiled and said, "It's really hanging! Almost went to war. If you start fighting, it's hard to stop! ”

Li Kui also said: "Damn, what did you do earlier!" Why did you come out and surrender now? I think this Khan King needs to clean up well! ”

Li Kui sat down and said, "Anyway, it's better for them to surrender!" In this way, it is easy for us to govern these places, not to mention, but also to Mr. Zhang. Otherwise, we will slaughter the city all the way to the western district, and it will be troublesome! ”

Sun Chuanting said: "There are many great gods of the seminary in this Bukhara, I think these people are not easy to deal with!" ”

Li Kui said: "Easy to do! We left the matter of screening them to the Mongols. All captives should be converted by vows. We can release and go home right away. Without changing the faith, we build roads and railways as laborers. Anyway, we don't have a shortage of food right now. For those clergy, we also want to let them openly choose to stay. By the way, we will take over Bukhara and leave 2,000 Mongol soldiers as police to assist us in our work. These people have a deterrent effect on the moon, that is, others! ”

When the two ministers who came to negotiate yesterday were brought to Ningde and them, Ningde did not give them their seats and asked, "Why, you only think of surrendering now?" It's too late. My army is ready to attack! ”

"Don't!" The two ministers waved their hands. One said, "Your Excellency, our Khan wanted to surrender yesterday, but your lordships disagreed. The Khan King did his work one by one, and this morning he was able to convince all the adults! I beg your pardon, General! Our Khan fully accepted the unconditional surrender and welcomed the general into the city. The Khan will soon order his army to lay down their arms and surrender! ”

"I give you an hour to get your Khan and your ministers to come here and surrender, or I will immediately order a full-scale attack!" Ning De said politely.

"Let's invite the general into the city! We, the Khan, will surrender to you in the summer palace! A minister said.

"I don't want to repeat what was said! Someone! Drop-off! Said in a firm tone.

"Good! We'll go back right away! Come, King Khan! The two ministers crawled away.

At this time, the besieging armies everywhere also reported that there was an abnormality in the army of the opposite moon, that is, someone else's army.

Sun Chuanting said with a smile: "General Ning, I think it was the Khan's order to surrender to the army, and the army will be messed up for a while!" We can't relax. Prevent someone from rebelling and rushing out! ”

Ningde said: "Yes! That's hundreds of thousands of people, and without restraint, it's a nuisance to have that bastard messing around. Order the troops everywhere to be careful, and those who escape will be killed! ”

really let Sun Chuanting guess correctly, some troops outside the city were unwilling to accept the Khan's order to let them lay down their arms and surrender, and under the leadership of some generals, they rushed out of the position and wanted to break through the encirclement of the Yaogang people and rush out. But the rebel army that rushed over was soon reduced to corpses lying on the ground. Where did they rush through the light and heavy machine guns to form a line of interception.

There was no way, the king of the Khan, with his ministers, came to Ningde and knelt down in front of Ningde with the Great Seal of the Khanate, and presented the Great Seal to express complete and unconditional surrender.

Ningde asked, "King Khan! Have you given the order for your military and civilians to surrender completely? ”

"Yes, I have issued an order ordering the soldiers and civilians of the Khanate to lay down their arms and obey your orders unconditionally. I hope the general will be kind to our people! King Khan bowed his head and said.

"Get up! Show the Khan King! Ningde said.

King Khan got up and sat down in fear. Ning De got up and said to Sun Chuanting and Li Kui: "You can do the following things!" "After that, he left.

In dealing with affairs, Sun Chuanting is more careful than Ningde.

Sun Chuanting said to Li Kui: "General Li, let's start by taking over the prisoners outside the city. These captives are really unwilling to surrender if they want the help of the Mongols to identify them, so let them be loyal to Allah! ”

Li Kui said: "This is also a fucking trouble, I'm afraid I can't finish it today!" When I have almost arranged the affairs outside the city, we will go into the city with the king of the Khan to take over the city of Bukhara and take the prisoners in the city. I have some experience in doing this on the Yarkand side. However, the Yarkand people know a lot about us, and it is relatively easy for us to govern, but the moon is too big elsewhere, and we need to put some effort into it. If we don't get it right, I'm afraid it will delay our trip. ”

Sun Chuanting said: "Yes! It's still like Samarkand, as long as the corpses are collected! After speaking, Sun Chuanting attached to Li Kui's ear and said: "Yue is someone else's national treasure has not been found yet, and we still have to do the work of this Khan King." ”

Li Kui smiled and said, "There's no need to worry about this, we don't ask, the King of Khan himself will take the initiative to tell us." The Khan kings are generally very sensible! That's how it was on the Yarkand side. He will also take the initiative to cooperate with us to issue orders to various places, so that they will obey our management, and for fear that those people will not believe it, he will also send people to send orders to various places with our people! Anyway, there are a lot of things! ”

Yaogang got the news that Yueji had surrendered to the Khan King of Yueji, Zhang Zhimu rushed to the command center, in addition to sending a message to Ningde and Li Kui to congratulate them, Zhang Zhimu suggested that they spend some time to stabilize the governance of Yueji other places. It is recommended that they, whether they use threats or inducements, to organize a police army that is someone else's month, and let them cooperate with the governance of the month, that is, others. Because they are familiar with the specific situation there, and in addition, the area is too large, and the conditions in many places are harsh, and it is very difficult to govern. It is necessary to adopt a razing approach.

After handing over the telegram to Ningde to the staff officer, Ouyang He picked up the indicator pole, pointed at the map hanging on the wall, and said to Zhang Zhimu: "Bukhara has solved. In the month of the surrender of King Behan, our original plan was that the next step for them was to occupy Mali (the city of Mali in Turkmenistan), southwest of Bukhara. Having fallen here, they could no longer advance to the southwest, which was the holy land of the Persians (Iranians) Mashhad (the second largest city in Iran). The Persians had previously occupied the area, and the Persians recaptured Mashhad after a long and bloody battle, defeating the Uzbeks in a major battle near Herat and driving them across the Amu Darya River. We want to go to war with the Persians yet. ”

Zhang Zhimu looked at the map, listened to Ouyang He's words, and said, "We should let Ningde and them occupy the coast of the Caspian Sea as soon as possible." In this way, it can be connected to the Ural Mountains and the Ural River in the north. Forming our entire western border from north to south. When the Ottomans and the Russians are almost finished, we will attack westward and occupy a place between the Caspian and Black Seas. Isolate the Ottoman Empire from the Russian Empire. Then we will consider the relationship with the Persian Empire. However, when our forces are on the doorstep of the Persians, they will not welcome us. In particular, we occupy the Caspian coast and, most likely, seize some of their places. Militarily, however, we are not afraid of them. Anyone who is adjacent to us doesn't know the depth of the opponent without making a gesture. If you want peace, I'm afraid you have to fight. This matter should be reminded of General Ningde. ”

Ouyang He said: "I think it is enough to leave a cavalry army to monitor the Persians. The Persians are not as good as they were then. We are facing the Ottoman Empire. However, the Ottoman Empire does not dare to touch us now. Their envoys are with them in Ningde. They were frightened by the Russian muskets. We're going to help them out this time. By the time they were almost done with the Russians. We're just putting a foot in between them. At that time, we dug between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. We have an outlet to the Black Sea right now. ”

Chen Yufeng got up and came to the map and said, "The Khan king on the Bukhara side has surrendered, and I estimate that there will be many prisoners. After we finished building the road, let's start digging canals between Lake Balkhash and the Aral Sea, between the Aral Sea and the Black Sea! Please ask Mr. Lu Bingyi to send someone over to take a look and help design it. ”

"By the way, there's good news for you." Zhang Zhimu said, "Mr. Lu Bingyi sent two people from the expedition team near the Altai Mountains to Balkhash Lake, and then went to the mountains north of the lake to investigate, but they did not expect to find copper ore as soon as they arrived there. All copper ores are open-air and of high taste. I propose to make up the road at once and build a large copper factory there. It is necessary to build a large power plant to smelt electrolytic copper. This can greatly relieve the tension we use with copper. ”

"Huh! This kind of thing is not negotiable at all, it should be done immediately. This thing is very good for us to go west. We built the railway to Lake Balkhash. Dig the canal from Lake Balkhash to the Black Sea. We have a large passage to the west, and although it will cost a lot of silver, it will bring even greater benefits! Ouyang He very much agreed with Zhang Zhimu's suggestion.

The staff officer came in with a telegram, Ouyang He first took the telegram and looked at it, and then handed it to Zhang Zhimu beside him and said, "The Ottoman envoy may have a new idea!" ”