Chapter Eighty-Four: The Bloody Bath of Samarkand Besieges the City of Bukhara

The Mongols were once again shocked by the fierce artillery fire of the Yaogang people, although they had already learned the artillery fire of the Yaogang people during the battle of Lake Balkhash, but when they saw that the camp of the others was covered and the strong city walls were destroyed by a burst of artillery fire, this nation that worshiped the strong was completely subdued from the heart. One by one, the competitive Mongols reined in their horses, hoping that it was time for them to charge, and one by one they brandished their sabers and rushed past the kiln soldiers with a shout. When they stormed the city, the city had just recovered from the shock of the shelling, that is, the others, and they were desperate. But the Mongols were fast and fast, and those panicked moons and others couldn't stop them at all. Soon the streets were filled with moons, other people's heads and corpses. The fanatical religious in Samarkand also carried out suicide attacks, but they were the opponents of the Mongols who were in high spirits. The Mongols were not as numerous as the others, but they were gathered together, and they were very coordinated, shooting with bows and arrows at afar, and slashing with sabers at near, and these attackers were also cut to the ground and scattered.

Yue is the others rely on the large number of people, the street fighting is very cruel, the Mongols in the city horses can not run, and the Yue is the others with bows and arrows to shoot down a lot of people. The Mongols suffered casualties, which further boosted their fighting spirit, and the fighting became more bloody. After the melee, the advantage of the moon is that there are more people than others did not come into play, except for the moon that fell to the ground, there is no moon that is someone else, but at this time, from the buildings on both sides of the street, bows and arrows are constantly shot down and thrown guns, and even bricks and stones, which cause great casualties to the Mongolian cavalry on horseback. Fortunately, the Mongols are very adaptable, and they have taken out the hands that the kiln gang people have equipped them with ** and threw them into these buildings. Soon in the city of Samarkand, there was an explosion of "dong dong" hand ** everywhere.

Fortifying several main streets, the Mongols left some of their cavalry in the streets, while others began to attack the main buildings.

The Mongols slaughtered the defenders of Samarkand with ruthless slaughter. The Mongols rushed into a building, and there were not many people in it who could resist to the death, and those devout believers, instead of resisting, kept praying with their eyes closed. The Mongols were even more angry when they saw this, and would unceremoniously go over and hack them to death. Because it easily reminds them of the shamans and lamas who were killed by them.

The square in the center of Samarkand is a group of grand buildings. The complex consists of three seminaries: the Ulughgh Beg Theological Seminary on the left; On the obverse is the Gyria Cali Theological Seminary; On the right is Hill-Dole Theological Seminary. The three buildings are tall and imposing, and the seminary houses a splendid mosque.

According to the planned division of labor, the Mongols made this the focus of their attack. They had no interest in these magnificent buildings, and when they saw that the gate of the seminary was closed and could not be opened, they took it out, blew the door open with a "boom", and then rushed in with a horse, and hacked to death the soldiers and believers who guarded the seminary, and the clergy who had been praying were also driven together by them. These clergy came from all over Central Asia, they were the world's spiritual teachers in Central Asia, but the Mongols were not interested in them, brandished their sabers at them, and asked them to sacrifice all the belongings in the seminary. Perhaps the clergy did not understand, or perhaps they were unwilling to give their possessions, and the clergy bowed their heads and prayed one by one, but did not answer. The Mongols didn't have that much patience and rushed over and cut off their heads one by one. Their Allah did not come to bless them this time. This is happening in several seminaries and in many mosques in Samarkand.

The angry Mongols suffered many casualties, and before they could get the treasure, they gathered all the gold and silver ritual utensils in the mosque, and then forgot Ningde's repeated instructions and set fire to the seminary and the mosque.

Ningde Li Kui and Sun Chuanting, who were fighting outside the city, saw that there was a fire in the city, and they all stood up and looked inside the city.

Li Kui said, "Fuck! These Mongol-Tatars this is not a thing, repeatedly told them not to destroy the city, they still do not listen. ”

"Huh!" Sun Chuanting smiled bitterly and said: "The Mongols hate these beliefs to death. In fact, this is also retribution, when they attacked Tianzhu, the massacre of Buddhists was even more tragic. It directly led to the complete weakening of Buddhism in Tianzhu! ”

"The compassion of the Buddhists did not save them, and they did harm themselves by sowing hatred." Ningde said, "These Mongols don't know that they can leave a living person in the car in Samarkand, right?" ”

Li Kui said: "If the Mongols die too much, there will be no one left in the city!" ”

The battle of the Yaogang people to clean up the moon outside the city was soon over. They covered one side with artillery fire, and the infantry rushed to solve the other. Most of the hundreds of thousands of people outside the city were killed by shells, but they were not killed by the explosion, but they were all killed by the soldiers of the kiln gang with rifles when they were stunned. Basically, not many prisoners were taken.

It is easy to attack the city of Samarkand, but it is not easy to clear the people in the city. The alleys in the city are very chaotic, and it is difficult to clear them all at once. In the afternoon, the cars of Yaogang passed through the cleared road and delivered their favorite hand-handled meat and milk tea to the Mongolian cavalry fighting in the city. The Mongol cavalry was even happier in this battle. Fortunately, there has never been such a battle, and before the battle is over, good food and drink are delivered.

However, at the same time as the Mongols were sent to eat and drink, Ningde's order was also sent in, "No more fires are allowed in the city!" Strive to basically clear the defending enemy before dark! ”

The Mongolian Wanhu who led the troops into the city also knew that they were not satisfied with the fire in Ningde in the city, and now the order came down again, and they once again ordered that they were not allowed to set fire to damage public property. In fact, the Mongolian households were also happy to see that the moon, that is, other people's seminaries and mosques were burned, and they were particularly disgusted by these things related to religion. In fact, Ningde outside the city is not it!

Before dark, the Mongols basically cleared the main streets of Samarkand, and of course, none of the people they met survived.

In order not to leave any hidden dangers, the Mongols did not withdraw from the city when it got dark, but lit fires in the streets, and they had to wait for the next day at dawn to carry out a final purge again.

In the evening, Ning De and Li Kui hosted a banquet for the Mongols, Wanhu and other leaders.

During the banquet, when Ningde toasted them and thanked them, the Mongols all laughed, and one of the Mongols said: "It is we who should be thanked, we have avenged today, and the children have also made a lot of money!" ”

The Mongolian Wanhu immediately said: "General Ning, don't worry, we understand the rules, we haven't touched the property in their big yamen!" ”

Ning De said: "I invite you to drink today, firstly, to congratulate you on your victory in the city, but also to tell you. Our two cavalry corps, on the periphery, were preparing to block the local reinforcements in the direction of Bukhara and capture the task of missing the net, that is, someone else's task, basically did not encounter anything. In other words, it is likely that the situation in Samarkand has not yet been sent. We have ordered the cavalry to rush to Bukhara overnight. They are going to block the main passage of Bukhara. Our brigade of infantry will march to Bukhara early tomorrow morning. Tomorrow you will carry out a sweep in the city, and then hand it over to our remaining army, and then you will also go to Bukhara as soon as possible. There's a bloody battle there, probably more intense than here. For not only did Bukhara have more troops than here, but so did their Khan. That's where their final battle will be. ”

"Oops! There will be nothing to do tomorrow, you can send someone to take over!" We are going with you to Bukhara! A Wanhu said.

"That's right! General Ning! Nothing will happen tomorrow! ”

"Yes! If that were the case, we'd be working hard to get things done today! ”

"Yes! We'll be with you early tomorrow morning! ”

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The Mongols won the battle, captured a lot, and were very eager to fight again!

Ningde said: "Don't worry! You will finish this business tomorrow, and you will be indispensable for Bukhara to enter the city! ”

Hearing Ningde say this, the Mongols were relieved.

However, when they got up early in the morning, Ningde received a telegram from the command center, informing them to receive the mission sent by the Ottoman Empire.

It turned out that the Ottoman mission and Lu Chengxiang sent a group of people to the Ottoman Empire's big treasurer to leave the Ottoman Empire and rush to the east in front of the caravan, but when they approached Yue's territory, they encountered many fleeing people, and they knew that the Ming army and Yue's others were fighting.

The big shopkeeper of Yaogang secretly used the radio to contact the family and learned about the situation here, so that their itinerary would not be affected, he asked the family to ask the Yaogang army to receive them.

When Ningde received this telegram, he immediately ordered the cavalry that had come out of Bukhara and sent an army to the west to meet the Ottoman mission.

When the Ottoman mission saw the cavalry sent by Yaogang, they found that the army he encountered was completely different from theirs, and the weapons used by the Yaogang army had never been seen before.

It was too tiring to travel long distances to the Ottoman mission, and at the arrangement of the chief treasurer of Yaogang, they stayed in the camp of the Yaogang cavalry army to rest.

At this time, the ministers sent by the Ottoman Empire learned that the entire month of the Bebe Khanate had been largely occupied by the Yaogang people, leaving only Bukhara in front. And Bukhara is about to be surrounded.

The minister of the Ottoman Empire felt very uneasy in his heart, he did not know where the Yaogang people would fight to the west, and he did not know whether the Ottoman Empire would be able to resist if the Yaogang army attacked the Ottoman Empire.

They were well received in the camp of the Yaogang people, and after a day of rest, Ningde and their army surrounded Bukhara, and also hosted a banquet for the Ottoman delegation in the camp.

During the banquet, Ning De very politely toasted to the Ottoman envoys and said: "I welcome the Ottoman Empire from afar, but the conditions in the army are simple, please Haihan!" ”

The Ottoman envoys were in the army, feeling a strong murderous aura, and they were already a little nervous, so they quickly got up and said some words of thanks. However, the envoys sent by the Ottoman Sultan were by no means ordinary, and he had a hunch that the eastern power he was going to would sooner or later collide with their Ottoman Empire. Now that you have the opportunity to live in the Ming army barracks, it's best to collect as much information as possible. After thanking him, the Ottoman envoy said: "I appreciate the general's kindness, but we don't allow drinking alcohol according to our canons, so please forgive the general." This time, I was ordered by our Ottoman Sultan to go to the Ming Dynasty to meet the Ming Emperor, and when I was very tired along the way, I was very lucky to meet you here, all thanks to Allah! Many of us are a little sick, I don't know if we can bother for a few more days and take a good rest? ”

Ning De said, "It's okay, the envoy can rest here." We're going to fight here, so you can rest here. ”

However, the chief shopkeeper who came back with this envoy felt that something was wrong, and found an opportunity to say to Ning De: "General Ning, I think something is wrong. After the defeat of the Ottoman Empire and the Russians, this envoy was ordered by the Ottoman Sultan to negotiate with us to buy ***, which was a hundred thousand urgent matters for them. I didn't dare to delay the journey with them all the way, and I don't think it's right for them to rest here today. ”

"Hmmm! You're right! Ning De nodded and said, "It seems that I can't underestimate this person, he wants to find out more information since he has the opportunity, in our military camp, especially when he knows that we are going to attack Bukhara in the next few days, he also wants to take the opportunity to find out how we use our troops." ”

"When General Ning said so, I understood! We can't let them go to this! ”

"Huh!" Ning De smiled and said, "No, no, on the contrary, I just want them to take a good look at how we fight." He returned to the Ottoman Empire to see what was going on and reported to their sultan. They should look the other way at us. When we go west, they won't take the initiative to trouble us. The Ottomans were our formidable opponent in the west. ”

The city of Bukhara has a history of more than 2,000 years, and thousands of mosques, seminaries and other shrines have been built in the city, making it a famous and important religious and academic town. The walls of Bukhara had a circumference of twelve kilometers, and were guarded by one hundred and sixteen enemy towers and eleven gates with towers on both sides. The city walls, unlike Samarkand, are mostly made of bricks. There are also many old castles inside. Now the Khan concentrated almost all the men who could fight for the whole month in Samarkand and Bukhara, and Bukhara had more troops. There is simply no way to arrange so many troops in the city. Outside the city of Bukhara, the army built three rings of outer fortifications. There are wooden fences, wooden stakes, barriers arranged to block horses, and wooden watchtowers for archery. The walls were filled with cannons. The soldiers and the common people, encouraged by the clergy, were very motivated. There are hundreds of thousands of enthusiastic people inside and outside the city.

At dawn, Ning De, Li Kui, and Sun Chuanting came to the outside of Bukhara to watch the ancient city in front of them. They all know the ancient city.

Ning De couldn't help but sigh: "Hey! What a pity that such a city was flattened! ”

Li Kui said: "If you don't flatten, how many people will we die in street battles here?" ”

Sun Chuanting smiled and said, "General Ningde, when did you become a mother-in-law and mother-in-law?" Such a place, do not need to be solved by force, kill those who should be killed, and we will not be able to occupy it in the future. ”

Ning De also smiled and said: "All the people around here have been killed, and there are not many men in the month!" ”

"Whoever doesn't use it for me can kill him!" Sun Chuanting said categorically.

Li Kui also said: "I think it's the same, the disobedient must not stay!" ”

"This time we can't deal with it, Samarkand's way of dealing with it. I still want to force the Khan to surrender! Ningde said.

"Of course, it's best if their Khan King can surrender! However, the religion they believe in is not easy to surrender! Sun Chuanting said.

"Hey! Not necessarily! Li Kui said, "Their khan kings are all pious who want the people below to believe, but they are most afraid of death!" That's how the Khan of Yarkand is, I surrendered before I could scare him! ”

"Haha!"

Listening to Li Kui's words, Ning De and Sun Chuanting both laughed.

Ning De said: "Just your bearded face, looking at people is scary enough, do you still need to be special to scare people?" ”

"Haha!" Li Kui laughed and said, "My old Li always thought I was a beautiful man, so you said that you became a yaksha, didn't you?" ”

"Haha!" The three of them laughed together for a while, and Sun Chuanting said: "I'm afraid it's the Mongols who don't want them to surrender the most!" ”

"Why?" Li Kui asked.

"The Mongols conquered thousands of cities, but Genghis Khan deigned to enter this city, and only this one is mentioned in history. Usually, when victory was assured, he withdrew with his courtiers to a more comfortable camp in the distance, leaving his warriors to do the rest. One day in March 1220, the Mongol conqueror broke with his unique tradition and led his cavalry into the heart of the newly conquered city of Bukhara. In the whole world, Bukhara occupies a high emotional position and is regarded as 'noble Bukhara'. Famous for its title of 'bringing glory and pleasure to all believers', Bukhara is the holy place of the Christians. You think! Will the Mongols be eager to regain the glory of their ancestors? Sun Chuanting asked.

Li Kui said: "I didn't expect that there are so many things here? I just think there are too many mosques like that. Our people would suffocate to death if they lived in such a city! It's better to let the Mongols go in and burn what should be burned. It is impossible for us heretics to govern them here. I think it could be solved more thoroughly than Samarkand. ”

Ningde said: "Their Khan King has surrendered, and we can also deal with them completely." The clergy, we gathered together and watched over their labor. There are too many mosques, and some can be reduced. ”

"Don't! Those clergy are not something that ordinary people can look at, and some of them are really gods. Just like some of our Taoist priests, there are really some people who can do magic. They can't do big things, but there is still a way to harm individuals. Those clergy are not easy to take care of! Sun Chuanting said.

Ningde said: "This is easy to do, just hand them over to the Mongols to deal with!" ”

The three men rode around Bukhara on horseback, and when they returned to the camp, they made a new plan to attack Bukhara based on the photos taken by the plane.