Seeing their obedient looks, Su Haisheng nodded slightly, and was no longer as angry about these people's opinions as before.
Just now he planned to send all these people to hell, but now that he thinks about it, he is quite sensible.
"Okay, where is your king? Why didn't you come and surrender together? If the king doesn't surrender, can it still be regarded as surrender?"
Xiao Duolu looked embarrassed.
"The Empress Dowager Chengtian doesn't want to see anyone. She keeps herself in a deep palace. None of us can see her, so..."
"The Empress Dowager Chengtian...Huh, that's interesting. Take me to see her."
Su Haisheng snorted coldly and ordered his subordinates to untie him.
Xiao Duolu didn't agree immediately, and then stood up and helped Su Haisheng lead the horse.
Apparently, he had entered the role of the conquered and was trying to gain better post-war treatment by currying favor with the "conquerors."
However, just a few steps after they entered Husi's ear, Su Haisheng frowned and saw a line of black smoke rising into the sky due north in front of them.
Xiao Duolu, who was leading the horse, also saw it. He was stunned for a moment and then turned pale with fright.
"That's... that's the palace! General Su! That's the palace!"
"Send someone to put out the fire immediately!"
Su Haisheng frowned and gave orders to the guards around him. The guards immediately rushed out to gather people to put out the fire. Su Haisheng also rushed to the palace to check the situation.
Two hours later, the fire in the palace was basically put out, but unfortunately, Empress Dowager Yelu Pusuwan of Chengtian died in the fire. Her blackened body was found in the ruins of the main hall of the palace. .
Based on the remnants of the clothes she was wearing, the Ming army and Xiliao initially determined that the deceased was her. However, Su Haisheng was not at ease and ordered a city-wide search, digging three feet into the ground.
Because Husi On'er was surrounded by Ming troops on all sides, unless there was a particularly secret and long tunnel in the palace that directly led to the outside world, Yelvpu would never be able to escape from Hu Si On'er.
Judging from the previous situation of more than 2,000 people breaking out at night, the Ming army initially ruled out the possibility that Hu Siur'er had a secret escape route, but Su Haisheng was worried if he didn't dig three feet into the ground.
After a day and a night, the city-wide search was completed, and there was no news of Yelu Pu's death.
Another day later, the entire land in Husi On'er'er City was basically dug out. It was really not much different from three feet of digging, and there really was no trace of any tunnels.
The Ming army conducted a severe interrogation of all the dignitaries in Hu Siyuan's ears. They even found out when and how much money they embezzled or how much they had treated human lives. They also did not learn any information about escape routes.
Up to this point, Su Haisheng basically believed that Queen Mother Yelvpu Suwan of Western Liao Chengtian was really dead.
He felt sorry for this.
Although the dignitaries, bureaucrats, officers and soldiers of Xiliao had many complaints about Yelu Pusuwanduo, when she really died, they still cried for her and felt inexplicable sadness for her.
Not many people were killed in this palace fire. It was more like a fire set by Yelvpu Suwan specially for himself. The burning area was not large, so it was easily extinguished by the Ming army.
The princes and nobles of Xiliao were basically intact. Except for the group of people who were killed in the previous night attack, no one died.
However, the death of Yelvpu Suwan also announced the official collapse of Xiliao as a complete country.
At this time, it was November 29, the 10th year of Hongwu.
Su Haisheng agreed to this war to destroy the Western Liao Kingdom. As the destroyer of the Western Liao Kingdom and the regainer of the Western Regions, his name will forever remain in the annals of history and will be respected by others.
After this war, the Ming army took control of the entire Hu Si'or'er, and therefore gained everything in the entire Hu Si''er.
Including all the property, food, military supplies, etc. stored by the officials and princes of the Western Liao Dynasty, as well as official documents, royal utensils, ceremonial items, etc., among which the amount of gold and silver is particularly huge, and the richness of the seizures is staggering. .
Because of the collective surrender of the princes and nobles of Western Liao, their personal belongings were all confiscated by the Ming army and became the spoils of war for the Ming army. Some princes and nobles protested, but were rejected by the Ming army. Some tried to escape, but were captured by the Ming army. Beheaded in public.
Among the surrendered defenders of Hu Si'or'er, there were those who made a commotion over this, and were all wiped out by the Ming army.
As a result, the situation in Hu Si You'er truly returned to calm.
Su Haisheng felt very helpless about the certain attitude of these Xiliao prisoners, so he called Xiao Duolu to talk to him and asked him to explain something to the prisoners.
"As prisoners of war, all your property becomes the spoils of the victor. This is normal. No matter how you surrender voluntarily, you are still prisoners of war. Do you understand?"
Xiao Duolu smiled unflatteringly, saying that he understood, but he still had some ideas.
Because they are the most familiar with the country of Xiliao, they feel that they have an obligation to help Ming establish Ming's rule over the homeland of Xiliao after the war. To this end, Xiao Duolu put forward a series of opinions of his own.
Including a series of contents such as appeasing officials and dignitaries, appeasing the old army, local officials, and tribal leaders. He believed that these measures would help restore stability to the Western Regions as soon as possible.
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Su Haisheng was puzzled by this.
"Why does the Ming Dynasty need you to make suggestions for the territory it conquered by itself? You are prisoners, so you should have the consciousness of being prisoners. The Ming Dynasty will send officials to deal with the land in the Western Regions, so you don't need to say anything more. Your treatment is very difficult. It will come down soon."
Xiao Duolu was not shocked and did not understand Su Haisheng's statement.
Does it mean that the country has no intention of using them to restore stability to the homeland of Xiliao as soon as possible? Do they have their own ideas and have no intention of letting them continue to be masters?
Su Haisheng didn't say anything more and directly drove Xiao Duolu away.
He and all the dignitaries, officials and senior generals of Xiliao received very simple treatment, which was no different from normal prisoners of war. It would be better to say that compared to them, ordinary prisoner-of-war soldiers were more valuable in Su Haisheng's eyes.
There were many Khitans in his army, and there were also some Khitan instructors, so he arranged for these people to contact, talk, and chat with the lower-level soldiers of Xiliao.
Being both Khitan people, Su Haisheng felt that they must have a lot in common.
And then they really have a lot in common.
These Khitan instructors told them how they became Ming people, joined the Ming army and gained a new life. They told them that there was no oppression, exploitation and discrimination in the Ming Dynasty, and that everyone was not divided into ethnic groups, only classes.
They patiently explained some basic knowledge of the Ming Dynasty to the Xiliao soldiers, explained some of the Ming Dynasty's policies, and gave them very good meals, thus gradually eliminating the barriers between them.
The Xiliao soldiers began to be willing to tell the Khitan instructors about their origins, past, and sufferings they had suffered. The Khitan instructors encouraged them to talk about their past sufferings and talk loudly, so that they could feel relief.
This series of processes is nothing new within the Fuxing Association. Instructors in the army are particularly good at it, but where have the soldiers of Xiliao experienced this kind of process?
They soon entered the stage of expressing their grievances, and as the process progressed, the captured dignitaries and senior officials of Xiliao were about to move towards their own destiny.
Although the order from the Central Capital regarding the disposal of these Western Liao prisoners of war has not yet been conveyed, it is not important. Except for a few important figures, the Ming army has the same method of dealing with these high-level prisoners of war. This is the tradition within the Ming army.
On the fifth day of December in the 10th year of Hongwu's reign, the grievance meeting and the public trial meeting were held in Hu Si'or'er, and the first batch of middle- and low-level officers were brought to the public trial platform.
This is just the beginning.
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