Chapter 41: The Great Fire of Helin

Helin, a small city with a radius of one kilometer, was once the undisputed owner of the largest piece of land on earth---- Eurasia. Unfortunately, these simple herdsmen were quickly attracted by the so-called civilization and luxury, and fell into the arms of Allah Allah, Jesus Christ, Lao Tzu, and Confucius, and they shed barbarism and became civilized people, which was also the beginning of their tragedy.

When the Mongols forgot their traditions, they were immediately entrenched in several circles of civilization and could no longer break free. And their mutual hostility made their rule even worse, and coupled with their naΓ―ve ruling methods, they were gradually led to destruction.

In the fifth year of Hongwu, that is, thirty years ago, a Ming army conquered Helin, which made the Golden Family almost on the verge of extinction, and the commander of this Ming army was Xu Da; Thirty years later, his eldest son Xu Huizu once again set foot on the city of Helin, this time, the luck of the golden family was even worse, Xu Huizu's cavalry had entered this small city, the city was full of killings, the Mongols were defeated and retreated, and finally retreated into the palace to guard. It's a pity that he didn't know that their Great Khan had already become a deserter, and even more shamefully, a prisoner.

However, the palace's defenses were vulnerable to gunpowder, and under the desperate gaze of the Mongols, the palace gates were blown open. Then the Ming army rushed into the last bulwark of the Mongols, killing and looting like crazy, because Xu Huizu had told them that they only had one night, and they had to retreat during the day tomorrow, so they had to buy time.

When Xu Huizu arrived at the palace gate, the massacre was over. With the sound of the horn, groups of women and children were driven out, surrounded by a large number of Ming soldiers, most of them with blood-red eyes, and their swords, bodies, faces, and armor were already stained red with blood. Under their gaze, some of the children cried in fright, and the women around them hurriedly covered their mouths, and their beautiful eyes scanned the surroundings in panic, lest they cause dissatisfaction among the people around them. But they didn't know that this demeanor had a fatal attraction to the surrounding Ming army, they were on a long expedition, far from home, facing enemies on all sides, nervous, and very much in need of a channel to vent. And these women have become their targets.

At this moment, a voice said, "The general has arrived!" The voice sounded, and the surrounding sergeants immediately woke up and hurriedly turned around to salute, and those beautiful women breathed a sigh of relief, and involuntarily turned around, looking at Xu Huizu, the general of the Ming Dynasty who was riding a white horse, black helmet and black armor, and his face was like a crown of jade.

Xu Huizu glanced at it, frowned, and said, "Didn't catch Erleboke?" ”

"Yes, the last general went into the palace and found no Erberk, these are the daughters and sons of Erlebok, and according to them, when the army was attacking the city, Erlebok went out to make his rounds, and never returned; Moreover, Benjamli, the eldest son of Elsberk, went out of the city this afternoon, and was not in the city. Long Kai came up to salute, and then said.

"Send someone to inquire about the situation of the four gates, and you must catch Erlebok! Fast! ”

"Yes!"

At this moment, a war horse quickly rushed over on the long street: "Big brother, I have caught Erleboke!" It is Xu Zengshou, who is full of ambition.

"What? Where is it? ”

"In the back, I'm going to be there soon, I didn't expect this old boy to break through from the east gate, and he just happened to bump into my hand, hahaha, how about it, little brother, I'm lucky! Hahaha! ”

Seeing this shape, Xu Huizu also breathed a sigh of relief and patted his younger brother's shoulder: "Yes, yes, I really didn't expect that you would be a blessing in disguise instead of attacking the city!" ”

"That's, that's!"

The two brothers were chatting cordially, but Long Kai and the others were pale, and they worked hard to conquer the palace, but they only caught some old and weak women and children, and finally let the second ancestor pick up a leak, which is really a creation and a trick!

After a while, under the "escort" of dozens of cavalrymen, Erlebok rode back to his "doorstep" on horseback. Seeing his concubines and children, Erlebuk was a little surprised, and he left them and fled, the key is that he hasn't run yet. However, he quickly recovered, glanced at his concubine, and said in surprise: "Concubine, where is Hong Gaowa?" ”

The eldest concubine raised her head, looked at Erlebuke on the horse, and suddenly smiled: "Great Khan, it's all this time, are you still thinking about that woman?" ”

Erlebok suddenly jumped off his horse, rushed to the concubine, and grabbed her clothes: "What happened to Hong Gaowa?" Say! ”

"Great Khan, that woman was killed by my order!" The eldest concubine gently pushed away Erlebok's hand and said coldly.

"Why? Why? ”

looked at Erleboke, who looked like crazy, and with a "snap", the concubine gave him a resounding slap.

Erlebok was beaten and blinded, covering his face and saying, "Are you crazy? Am I the Great Khan? How dare you hit me? ”

"Do you remember that you are the Great Khan, and now that the Great Mongolian Kingdom is about to die, you still think about that woman!"

"To tell you the truth, when the city was broken, I immediately killed Hong Gaowa, and then prepared to raise fire to the palace, but unfortunately before the fire was ignited, the Ming army rushed in!"

"Then, you don't have to kill her!" Erlebak spoke, his voice slowly lowered.

Seeing this, the eldest concubine sighed, closed her eyes, and stopped talking.

……

"You're Elebak?"

Erlebok felt sad in his heart, but he also understood that at this point, even if Hong Gaowa was alive, he would not be able to shelter her, it was better to die, and the concubine did the right thing; And it's not just Hong Gaowa, I'm afraid the other concubines themselves won't be able to keep it, alas......

"You're Elebak?"

"I am, who are you?" Erlebak glanced back and frowned.

"This general is the great general Xu Huizu, the great general of the Ming Dynasty, and he has seen the Great Khan!"

"Xu Huizu? Xu Da's son? Your Xu family really regards Helin as your back garden? Come as you want, go as you want! ”

"No," Erlebak said with a flash of inspiration, "No, how could you be so coincidental?" More than ten days ago, Ben Khan's army had just been transferred, and you came. ”

"Did that old thing in Ugqi surrender to your Ming Dynasty? O, Ben Khan understands, Ugqi deliberately made trouble, transferred Ben Khan's army, and then you took advantage of the weakness to enter, what a double reed! Ugqi, you old thing, you can't die well! Saying that, Erlebok scolded, and the concubines around him also scolded, but it was a pity that Yinggeyanyu really ruined the atmosphere of Erleboke's grief and indignation.

"Hahaha!" Xu Huizu looked up to the sky and laughed: "My Ming Emperor is wise and martial, and he can see the opportunity thousands of miles away, which is really the blessing of my Ming Dynasty!" Saying that, Xu Huizu arched his hand and said: "Great Khan, my emperor has been friends with the Great Khan for a long time, and he specially sent this general to the north in the starry night, wanting to invite the Great Khan to Beijing to get together, and I hope that the Great Khan will leave immediately!" ”

Erle Boke paused for a moment, and didn't ask whether Ugqi had rebelled, and said: "Very good, Ben Khan once met Emperor Hongwu back then, and it is a great blessing to be able to meet the grandson of the old man again this time!" Either way, no matter what! But by the general's arrangement! ”

"Good!"

"Xu Zengshou listens to orders!"

"You immediately lead 5,000 men and horses to escort the Great Khan's family to the south, and set off immediately, there must be no mistake!"

"Big brother! Then you? ”

"Execute the order!"

"Yes!"

With Xu Huizu's order, Erleboke's family was escorted into the carriage, and with the coachman's whistle, the carriage drove out of the city.

Xu Zengshou glanced at it, came over to say goodbye to Xu Huizu, and arched his hand: "Big brother, you must pay attention to safety, and you must withdraw as soon as possible, our army is just lucky, otherwise the consequences of the lonely expedition will be unimaginable, and the emperor will still miscalculate!"

Xu Huizu glanced at his younger brother deeply, and said in a low voice: "Little brother, why did you start talking nonsense again?" The emperor's plan, how can you and I figure it out, you go all the way south, to the Yudu Mountain, cross the desert and return to the Great Wall. ”

"Jidu Mountain? Why not take Lake Bell? There is a long yellow sand, our army is full of cavalry, and there is a lack of food and grass supplies, how can we cross the long yellow sand? ”

"Leave two thousand defenders in Jidu Mountain for my brother, and some grain and grass, which should be enough for you to return to Kaiping!"

"Well," Xu Zengshou thought about it for a while, nodded, but found that it was wrong: "Big brother, what about you?" How do you people get back? ”

"The eldest brother will go west, attract the attention of the Mongol army, and then go east, swing a shot, and then go south from the Yudu Mountain."

"However, there is not enough food and grass there to cross the desert for 20,000 troops!"

"But this is the emperor's order!"

"Your Majesty? He ......, "Xu Zengshou wanted to say something, but he didn't say it."

"Go ahead, be careful, and arrange some aftermath for my brother!"

"Okay, big brother, be careful!"

Xu Huizu's cavalry arrived in Helin at the right time, and the battle ended in an hour, which can be called a god speed. Just after the end of the day, Xu Huizu ordered Xu Zengshou to evacuate with Erlebuke and his party.

After Xu Zengshou left, Xu Huizu immediately ordered the captives in the city to work together, carry the winter hay into the city, and scatter it to all corners, the captives were moving the grass and crying, the Ming army was going to burn the historical city of Helin ------ standing in the upper reaches of the Orkhon River and the southern foot of Hangai Mountain; And without the hay to survive the winter, it was difficult for the captives to survive the winter.

Around the time of the hour, Xu Huizu ordered to set fire, and He Lin immediately ignited a sky-high fire, the fire burned the sky red, and this huge fireworks could be seen dozens of miles away!

In the firelight, Xu Huizu gritted his teeth and suddenly ordered: "Kill, don't leave a single one!" ”

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