Chapter 346: Baluwan Slaughterhouse

During the day, the special forces of the Mongolian army slept soundly, and at night they became active. Archers and crossbowmen shot the improved incendiary and bullets into the city in batches, and the wind was very strong, and many rockets with flammable materials and ** arrows with fire and medicine packs did not hit the target, and they were extinguished halfway, but some still hit the civilian houses and the army's grain and grass warehouses.

The flames spread rapidly with the help of the wind, and soon the streets in the city became a sea of fire. It was also difficult for those who were panicked to organize a fire brigade to try to extinguish the fire. Under the light of the fire, the firefighters became the targets of the Mongolian army one by one, and countless soldiers and citizens were shot and killed.

Overnight, many of the city's bustling neighborhoods were burned to rubble, and as long as there was a fire, it was difficult to bring people out to fight the fire.

After the Mongol army besieged the city for several months, the city ran out of food, and some of the enemy troops tried to break out of the siege by night, but they were all surrounded and annihilated. The overseers of Ogedai and Chagatai stormed one after another, and after several battles, they finally broke through the outer city.

Once the outer city is broken, the guards will not be able to escape. He knew that he had the revenge of killing the Mongol caravan, and the crime was so great that it was difficult to escape, so he led the remnants of his army to resist desperately.

After a month of fighting, half of his men starved to death, half of them died of hunger, and half of them died of battle. The only two remaining soldiers climbed to the roof and threw the Mongol army into the inner fort.

The two brothers of Wokotai and Chagatai broke in together, and it was difficult to get out of the group, and it was difficult to get out if they were captured alive. The fierce one was also unable to get out of the dying struggle, and one of the two attendants around him was also killed.

In desperation, it was difficult to get out and continue to run up the tower, lifting loose bricks, and smashing many Mongolian soldiers who rushed upward.

Yang Guangye took the bow and arrow, shot it down with one arrow, and then jumped up the steps, and it was difficult to get out step by step. This invincible executioner slowly got up, sat on the stone steps, his hands hanging down, exhausted, and he didn't even have the strength to commit suicide, and smirked at himself: "Come and arrest me, Mu Huayang." ”

Yang Guangye quickly took out the rope, tied Yi Yi's hands, led him with a rope, and dragged him upside down from the tower, and Yi Yi was dragged to a bloody blur.

"Shut up this money-hungry ghost!" Yang Guangye ordered.

"Yes, General."

The soldiers swarmed up, pushed him into the cage that had been prepared, and escorted him to Genghis Khan's camp in Samarkan.

On the way, it was difficult for him to bite his tongue and commit suicide, but Yang Guangye found that the situation was not right, and immediately made a copper tooth tray to support the roof of his mouth, making it impossible for him to bite his tongue.

A few days later, he was brought into Genghis Khan's tent. Without saying a word, Genghis Khan ordered the craftsman to bring hot silver liquid, and he personally poured the silver liquid into the seven orifices, which were difficult to get out...... In this way, it is difficult for him to be put to death if he covets riches, and he deserves it.

After the Mongols captured the Assassin, they plundered and razed his castle to the ground, leaving only a handful of craftsmen alive.

When Mahamat heard that the strongest of the strongest, the Sadharat, had been breached, and had suffered from Mongolphobia, he abandoned the army and people of the new capital of Samarkand, and fled from city to city, and fled westward repeatedly.

He had a son named Rukhnadine, who amassed 30,000 troops in the city of Kekuyun (present-day West Qazvin, Tehran, Iran), and could not change the fate of his defeat. As soon as he heard the news of the Mongol pursuers, he immediately fled.

Genghis Khan ordered Jebe and Subutai to lead 30,000 Mongol cavalry to follow and pursue, capturing only the necessary horses, cattle and grain along the way.

At the end of 1220, Mahamat fled to the area of the Kuanda Geth Sea (present-day Caspian Sea in Central Asia), where the local nobles advised him to hide on an island and wait for the Mongols to leave before coming ashore.

The hesitant Mahamat had no choice but to follow the advice of the nobles and flee to the Caspian Sea. As soon as he got on board and was about to sail to the small island in the Caspian Sea, the vanguard of the Mongol cavalry had already chased him to the shore and shot arrows at his boat.

Frightened, Mahamat ordered the sailors to sail away, and then hid on the island, because there were no ships, so that Mahamat could survive.

The pursuing Mongol army marched through the Khorasan region, through the Iranian plateau and the valley of the two rivers, and pursued to the territory of the Ukryta. When Jebe learned that the bald Hankedun had fled to the territory of Mahamad with his concubines, princes, and harem attendants, and hid in the two castles of Rakhan and Ira, they immediately divided their forces to besiege these two castles, and the main force continued to pursue Mahamat.

The detachments of Jebe and Subutai besieged the forts of Raerzhan and Irakel for four months, cutting off the water source and forcing the Bald Hankhotun to surrender.

Hiding on a small island in the Caspian Sea, Mahamat heard that his mother, concubines, and princes had been captured, and the Mongolian generals Jebe and Subutai were urging craftsmen to build ships and prepare to cross the sea to attack the island.

Sick, tired and sad, Mahamat had a premonition that he would die soon, so he summoned his sons and several ministers to his bedside and announced the deposition of the crown prince of the bald Hampodun, and the succession of the throne to the eldest son, Zalandin.

He said: "It is not enough to restore the country!" ”

A few days later, Mahamat was so angry that he fell ill and died, and even the island where he was buried sank below the surface of the sea in the long river of history.

On his deathbed, Sultan Mahamad passed the throne of Sultan to Prince Zalandin. After becoming the new Sultan of Khorezm, Zalandin quickly traveled to various places to gather the people and reorganize the army.

It was this new sultan who made the Mongol army realize the bloody nature of Khorezm, and Zalandin returned to the old capital of Yulong Jiechi, who was all the army of his uncle, and was plotting to murder Zalandin and re-establish Mahamat's second son as sultan.

Hearing the news, Zalandin fled back to his fiefdom of Ge Jianing City (now in Afghanistan) overnight, stabilized his position a little, and then in the fiefdom of Ge Jianing, Bali Hei and other cities, to make a street speech, because the Mongolian policy of slaughtering the city was unpopular, Zalandin soon gathered more than 100,000 troops, stationed in Balu Bay (now north of Kabul, Afghanistan), and annihilated the vanguard of 1,000 people commanded by Tige, and decided to fight to the death with the Mongol army!

When Genghis Khan heard the news, he decided to crack down on this resistance and sent the chief magistrate in Talihan (the adopted son of the Empress Dowager Yuelun) with 30,000 cavalry to attack Zalandin. Before leaving, Genghis Khan repeatedly told him not to be proud and underestimate the enemy, and for the sake of safety, Genghis Khan ordered Yang Guangye to go to Balu Bay as a supervisor.

Unfortunately, Khan Thani, the leader of the Baluwan Khorezm who had previously surrendered to the Mongols, now rejoined Zalandin and revealed the tactics and numbers of the Mongol army's horse battles to Zalandin.

And all this, the leader of the Mongol army, who was ignorant, stubbornly led his army to confront Zalandin, and fought several skirmishes, and the Mongol army was victorious.

When the two sides lined up on the battlefield of Baluwan, due to the small number of Mongol troops, they had each cavalry tied a dummy made of felt on their horses overnight. Yang Guangye, the supervising army, was very sober: "Our army is brave and good at fighting, and the number of people is not enough, so we can't entangle with Zalandin's army in a narrow area, otherwise it will be a nightmare." ”

He smiled and said, "Mu Huayang, you're just a prisoner." You can watch the battle from a high vantage point, and see how General Ben can put down these Khorezmian people who don't know whether they are alive or dead! ”

"General, be careful." Yang Guangye persuaded, "Although Zalandin's army is a rabble, we can't underestimate his military talent. ”

"Say no more." Unlucky and bald......

The next morning, the morning light was slightly dewy.

"Kill-" With a sudden order, 30,000 Mongols rushed in the direction where the Khorezm army had gathered.

Sergeant Zalandin saw that his opponents had suddenly increased a lot, and thought that reinforcements had arrived, so he wanted to flee, and the situation was not optimistic.

Zalandin resolutely put a stop to the possible rout, and ordered loudly: "Our army is still outnumbered, and we will copy it from the left and right sides!" So the drums beat loudly, and Zalandin rushed out with his army, trying to surround the Mongol army in the center.

The Khorezmians had an absolute advantage in numbers, but these soldiers were untrained civilians, improvised and retreating in the face of the well-trained Mongol army.

Zalandin shouted at the critical moment: "Don't mess up, don't mess up! ”

The Khorezmians did not listen to the order, and Zalandin swung his sword and cut down several of the leaders before he could hold his ground. Zalandin led his troops, fought and retreated, and led the Mongol army into the depths of the Baluwan Basin.

After a good start, he didn't know what the plan was, but he still recklessly ordered to continue the pursuit of Zalandin, crushing the Khorezm army with the advantage of horse warfare and beating them.

When all the Mongol troops entered the canyon, a fierce horn sounded, and a large number of Khorezm troops hidden in the canyon suddenly rushed out, quickly closing into a large circle, preparing to surround the unlucky and bald army.

He couldn't help but be frightened, waved his troops to resist, and saw that he was about to be surrounded by the enemy, so he had to order the withdrawal of his troops. However, the ground was uneven, there were many potholes, and the Mongolian army was arrayed in the canyon, and for a while the troops were squeezed together, unable to deploy and carry out an effective counterattack.

In the dense rain of arrows, the Mongol army became the target of the Khorezmian people, and they were hit by arrows and fell off their horses, suffering heavy casualties. Many valiant Mongol cavalrymen were killed in fierce battles, and their corpses were strewn all over the field.

Seeing that the opportunity had come, Zalandin must not let it go. He immediately dismounted his army and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Mongols, wielding his sword at the legs of the Mongols.

The Mongol army was invincible on horseback, but it was no match for Khorezm on the ground, and the disadvantage was immediate.

Yang Guangye, who had been watching the battle from a high place, saw the sudden change in the situation, and immediately put a reserve of 1,000 people into the battle, and went all out to rescue the besieged commander who was unlucky.