This battle lasted all morning, and then the pursuit ended at sunset in the afternoon.
While pursuing, the Ming army captured and killed the defeated soldiers of Xiliao. They pursued for seven or eight miles until they were exhausted and could no longer pursue or attack. This was the end of the Battle of Bishkek.
In this battle, the Ming army killed about 13,000 Western Liao coalition soldiers and captured more than 60,000 people. Less than 10,000 people actually successfully fled, and this included Xiao Weili, the commander-in-chief of the Western Liao army.
This really made Su Haisheng unhappy. He always felt that he should capture Xiao Weili to achieve the final victory.
But it has to be said that this battle was indeed a great victory. The Ming army almost wiped out the main force of the Xiliao army. In one battle, the possibility of Xiliao's continued existence was completely destroyed.
After the main force of the army was destroyed, the country that Xiliao relied on for survival was gone. Without the violent support of the army, it can be said that this battle basically declared the complete destruction of Xiliao.
The Xiliao army is still somewhat capable, relatively elite and good at fighting, and worthy of being the overlord of Central Asia.
The cavalry, in particular, once put great pressure on the Ming army's cavalry, so much so that the main force of the Ming army was exhausted after the battle. They had to rest for a few days to regain their strength and were unable to continue to pursue the Xiliao coach Xiao Weili who had successfully escaped. .
But in the end we still won.
The main force of the Ming army rested for three days after the war.
During these three days, in addition to continuing the siege of the city, Su Haisheng also made one last attempt to persuade Hu Siur'er to surrender, pulling large numbers of Xiliao prisoners of war to the city walls to show them to the people in the city, letting them know the main force they were expecting. The reinforcements have completely collapsed.
The appearance of a large number of prisoners of war from the Xiliao army and the appearance of battle flags convinced the people in the city that they really had no hope and that their spiritual sustenance had been completely wiped out.
Xiao Weili was defeated.
This caused the city's defenders and bureaucratic dignitaries to completely lose hope and the will to fight. Even the officials who supported Yelvpu Suwan the most strongly began to waver and changed their minds.
The fight can no longer go on. There is no point in continuing the fight. Xiliao has been de facto destroyed.
The vast majority of officials and dignitaries believed that they should surrender, but the army basically lost the will to fight. There were only five or six people who were willing to continue to resist without hope and who were willing to retire with the country. Their voices were soon heard. submerged.
The capitulation faction occupies the mainstream and strongly urges Yelvpu to declare surrender immediately and terminate the existence of Xiliao.
Yelvpu immediately locked himself in the depths of the palace and became autistic. He did not respond to the sounds of the outside world and was as unresponsive as if he were dead.
But this doesn't make much sense, because even without her order, this resistance would not be able to continue at all.
Yelvpu Suwan was autistic, but there were many people who wanted to survive. They found Xiao Duolubu, the husband of Yelvpu Suwan, who was in charge of city defense, and asked him what he thought and whether he should persist.
Xiao Duolu couldn't see Yelvpu Suwan now, and he had no idea what she was thinking. Seeing that the officers and powerful bureaucrats all lost the courage to continue resisting, he himself was actually not much better. .
Before, they relied on the news that their father was leading troops back to support him. But now that his father has been defeated and the main force of the army has been wiped out by the Ming army, how can he still fight this battle?
It’s over! It’s over!
Xiliao is equal to the country's subjugation!
After much thought, Xiao Duolu felt that there was no chance of winning with the 20,000 defenders in the city, so he made a decision.
"Let's go and talk to the Ming people about the treatment after surrender."
When Xiao Duolu refused to make a decision, the powerful bureaucrats in the city immediately selected a highly respected person and asked him to go out of the city as a representative to discuss with the Ming army the treatment after surrender, that is, conditional surrender.
They hope to get better treatment for themselves.
But Su Haisheng told them that they had no other choice but to surrender unconditionally. All choices and decisions were in the hands of Ming Dynasty. The defeated were not qualified to seek any conditions from the victors.
The envoy from Xiliao did not give up, thinking that he still had bargaining chips, and was unwilling to let go. However, as the Ming army used general cannons to fire at Husi's ears in a demonstration, the envoy from Xiliao realized that the Ming army wanted to capture Husi's ears. Probably not difficult at all.
Facing the overwhelming force, the dignitaries of Xiliao were frightened, but they were even more afraid of the so-called unconditional surrender.
The senior officials of Xiliao had heard a little bit about the Ming Dynasty's behavior, and learned how the senior officials of Xixia were eaten alive by the Ming Dynasty, so they were very confused about whether to surrender.
Some people think that surrender is okay, and some people think that surrender is courting death. It is better to fight to the death and try to break out.
The Eastern Karahan Kingdom is probably over, but the Western Karahan Kingdom is still there. As long as they successfully break through to the Western Karahan Kingdom, there is still some way to survive, right?
Neither side could convince the other, so everyone simply negotiated and those who were willing to break out would try to break out on their own. The time was tonight. Regardless of whether they succeeded or not, Hu Siyu'er would surrender unconditionally early tomorrow morning.
After the discussion, the breakout faction immediately began to contact the troops they were familiar with, but after begging their grandfather and grandma, in the end they only managed to gather more than 2,100 people who were willing to break out with them, and all the remaining city defense troops were willing to surrender.
Unfortunately, more than 2,000 people are also human beings.
That night, the city gate of Hu Si'or'er City slowly opened, and the breakout faction of more than 2,000 people quietly left the city to gather, while the surrender faction was still hiding in the city and waiting.
The result of the breakout is of course not good.
The Ming army had an extremely strict night defense system and rapid response troops. Once they discovered someone was "attacking at night", they responded immediately. The shouts of death outside the city lasted for about three sticks of incense, and then there was nothing.
The people in the city did not know how many people the breakout party had succeeded, but this did not prevent them from opening the city gate at dawn the next day and surrendering unconditionally.
Led by Xiao Duolu, the city's powerful bureaucrats, senior military officers and others all dressed in single clothes, held up flags upside down, tied their hands, lined up out of the city and knelt down, begging for surrender.
Su Haisheng was originally very angry because of the "night attack" of these guys, and was about to gather the army to raze Hu Si'er'er to the ground. But he actually learned that these guys had surrendered in Kaicheng. It was so impressive that it was true at first glance.
He was a little surprised, so he sent someone to ask what was going on. He learned that the dignitaries in the city were divided into two factions. One faction was determined to break out of the encirclement, and the other was unwilling to break out.
The more than 2,000 people who raided last night were actually breaking out of the encirclement and wanted to seek refuge with the Western Karakhan Kingdom and were unwilling to surrender.
But now they don't want to break out, they just want to surrender. They surrender unconditionally. They implore the Ming army not to embarrass them and accept their surrender.
Su Haisheng thought about it for a moment after learning about it, and decided to take people to see them in person.
Su Haisheng smiled when he saw Xiao Duolu kneeling on the ground in single clothes.
"Have you decided to surrender after all?"
"The Ming Dynasty's army was so powerful that the sinners did not dare to resist and had no choice but to surrender."
"Why do you call yourself a sinner?"
"I knew someone was going to break out, but I couldn't stop it, causing damage to the Ming army. I feel guilty, so I am a sinner."
"Quite sensible."
Su Haisheng pointed at Xiao Duolu with the riding whip in his hand: "The raid by thieves last night caused losses to the Ming army. This is a sin that cannot be avoided in any case. However, since you surrendered voluntarily and knew your sins, I will not punish you for the time being. We will report it to the Ming Dynasty." After the court, we will deal with it."
"Thank you, General!"
Xiao Duolu did not take the lead in kowtowing.
The other dignitaries and military officers of Xiliao kowtowed together.
