Chapter 294: Morrissy's Choice
After the whole army rested, Zhao Xu led his troops to continue to advance westward, and a large number of people who escaped from Amu City became Zhao Xu's spoils, of course, Zhao Xu was not any kind of prisoner, and the people who were taken away by the Song army were only young men and young and beautiful young women, and the others were like old and frail old men, and children who were waiting to be fed, Zhao Xu did not want anything, and ordered the Chinese army to divide a light cavalry and drive them to Mulu City quickly. And in the process of expelling them, he told all the Seljuk people about the true purpose of Bazalihai, the lord of Amu City, and all the Seljuk people, after learning the true purpose of Bazalihai, in addition to the fear and exhaustion brought about by being driven out by the Song army, were more humiliated and angry by Bazalihai's deception, and they wanted to state to their great Sultan the evil deeds of Bazalihai, which was mixed with fear and pain, and the humiliation and anger brought about by this mixture of fear and pain, Almost all the Seljuk people began to gradually lose their due reason, and instantly transferred their hatred of the Song army to Bazalihai. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Day and night of the drive, a large number of old people and children fell on the way forward, finally, Mulu City is close in front of you, watching the Song cavalry turn their horses and leave, the surviving Seljuk people cry that is a heartbroken, out of the city when hundreds of thousands of people, and after arriving in Mulu City, there are only less than 20,000 people left.
And the Seljuk people who finally entered Mulu City not only brought the news of the arrival of the Song army, but also brought the news that the four city gates of Amu Bazar Lihai poured molten iron and avoided fighting, and after hearing these two news, the court of the entire Seljuk Turkic State was in a sad song, and a large number of courtiers advocated peace with the Song Empire, but the Seljuk crown prince Oriandin and the general Sabrahel strongly led the army to meet the battle, and finally Morrissey had no choice but to send troops out of the city, on the grounds of blocking the enemy's advance, and the Song army engaged in a field battle, Of course, the result is naturally conceivable, you can imagine the scene when hundreds of thousands of Qing government troops fought against 12,000 people to the tired army of the country, no matter how powerful the fast horse and long knife were, it would not be the opponent of artillery, the 100,000 army of the Seljuk country only blocked the Song army for five days, and was completely defeated, and in these five days, Morrissey did something that he regretted for the rest of his life.
"My lord, since His Majesty the Sultan has ordered us to build fortifications, why should we collect our taxes for the next three years in advance?" The walls where the notices were posted were crowded with the residents of Mulu City, and when they finished reading the notices posted by the Seljuk court, an old man asked the officials guarding the notices in confusion.
"What? Old fellow, you are so old to ask such a stupid question, those devilish Song people from the East who have never known to worship Allah Allah are coming, although His Majesty the Sultan has sent 100,000 troops to fight them to the death, but who knows what devilish monsters of the East will do, quickly break through our defenses, I tell you, don't keep those gold coins into water and pour them into your brains, blocking your brains that you can use to think, You give the money to His Majesty the Sultan in order to be able to stop those Song people, if you wait until those Song people kill into the city, then you will all have to die, even if you have more money, it will become the spoils of those Song people. Now, go and pay your dues, lest His Majesty the Sultan be angry and punish you. ”
On the walls of the city of Mulu, Morrissey took his ministers to inspect everything here, and he kept saying with emotion: "In the Koran, Allah once prophesied that in this world, there is a place where milk and honey flow forever, and it is called Khushan, and the richest place in the land of Khushan is called Mulu, therefore, our ancestors made this our capital, although the Sultan has moved his capital to Constantinople, but for me, the scenery of Khushan City is still the most beautiful. ”
"But this place will soon become a battlefield." Oriandin said with his father's words.
Everyone ignored Oriondin's words, but a Seljuk minister said to Morrissey: "Your Majesty the Sultan, this place is too dangerous, as the conqueror of the world, how can you place yourself and the holy body of the Queen Mother in such a dangerous place, for the safety of you and the Queen Mother, let's move back, in the rear, don't worry about your safety, I think, our soldiers will fight harder." ”。
"Well, what you said is very reasonable, if I am here, the generals and soldiers defending the city will become timid and unable to exert their own combat effectiveness, then okay, we will escort the Queen Mother to Appyveld City first, I will conduct the battle command there, I think the soldiers will give better play to their combat effectiveness, and when the battle is won, we will come back." Morrissey said happily to his minister.
"Father, the battle to defend Mulu City has just begun, and we already have 100,000 troops who are throwing their heads and spilling blood to block the Song army's advance, how can you escape with your own guards first!" Oleandin said to his father angrily, but after all, he was only a crown prince, and his words carried a very light weight.
"Oriondin, do you want to take this opportunity to dominate the military and establish yourself as a sult?" The old dragon bell of the Seljuk Kingdom yelled at Oriandin.
"You are talking nonsense, you despise them like dirt before the enemy comes, and you are afraid of them like a tiger after the enemy comes, and the intention of making peace with the Song State is what you proposed, I think you want to trap the entire Seljuk Turkic Empire in a land of no return." Oriandin argued with the Seljuks.
However, how could the Seljuk prime minister, who has a high and powerful background, be frightened by the little crown prince of Oriandin, and then said to each other in a vicious voice: "Oriandin, you lowly born of a lowly woman, look at your lowly mother, who was cursed to death by Allah shortly after you were born, that's why you, a lowly race with no one to educate, can the future of our great Seljuk Turkic Empire be handed over to you such a guy who doesn't know the height of the sky, I want to report to the Queen Mother, Abolish your crown prince. ”
Often the mouths of those who rely on the old and sell the old are the most vicious, but Morrissey really can't intervene in the insults of his own country to his son, he wants to protect his son, but his prime minister is his mother's cronies, and his mother has a great hatred for Oleandin, and has a great deal of opinion on the matter of canonizing him as the crown prince, so now he feels powerless for the insult of his mother's cronies to his son. And there is a saying that has been said so far, it is called: Woe to parents, sin not to wives and children. When Oriandin heard the man in front of him insulting his mother, he drew his sword from his waist on the spot.
"Alright, don't quarrel anymore, Oriandin, put away your sword, Prime Minister, you're here, shut your mouth, this matter will be done as I say, okay, let's go." Morrissey stopped the two men from arguing and walked down the tower first.
Morrissey walked quickly, and in just two hours, he took his mother, concubines, sons and daughters, escorted by the guards, and escaped from Mulu City, leaving behind a city full of people and a garrison of 120,000.
Standing on the hillside in the distance, looking at Mulu City, which had been far away, Morrissey said to the ministers who were following him: "It feels really good to come out, my breathing feels much easier, and staying in the extremely oppressive environment of Mulu City, my soul is like ascending to heaven." ”
Sabrahei did not agree with Morrissy's words, and he urged his horse to his Sultan's side and said to him: "And my soul has not ascended to heaven with all the soldiers and civilians of Mulu City, and this makes me feel the deepest sorrow and remorse. ”
Morrissey naturally heard that this was Sabrahe's condemnation of himself, so he explained to Sabrahe: "Sabrahe, don't be so sad, when I find a suitable fighter, I will take you back to kill." (To be continued.) )