At the same time that Chen Qixian launched his attack, Yuligian, the capital of the King of Khwarezm, was surrounded by 10,000 troops from the Gur Dynasty.
The defenders inside the city held on tightly, while the Gur Dynasty troops outside the city surrounded them but refused to attack, maintaining a coercive posture against them.
At this time, there were not many remaining opposition soldiers in the city, only more than 4,000 people. Of course, they could not launch a counterattack. They could only defend the city and wait for support. They hoped that the Ming army would come over every day, otherwise they would be doomed.
Fortunately, the Ming army kept their word and came.
When Chen Qixian led his troops to fight over, the Gur Dynasty army was caught off guard. The situation was a mess. After seeing the situation, the defenders in the city finally became excited. The defender Jonathan immediately opened the city gate and led the remaining soldiers out. , assisted the Ming army in killing the Gur Dynasty army.
Half an hour later, the siege of Yuli Jian was lifted. The 10,000 Gur Dynasty army collapsed, more than 3,000 people were killed, more than 6,000 people surrendered, and only a few hundred people escaped by chance.
Chen Qixian's troops were at the end of their strength and were unable to pursue, so they did not continue the pursuit, but rested in the military camp outside the city.
The Khwarezm opposition in the city, headed by general Jonathan and important civil servant Hora, went out of the city to see Chen Qixian, expressed their gratitude to Chen Qixian, and presented wine, food, gold, silver and jewelry to reward the army.
Chen Qi first accepted them all, and then distributed the drinks and food to the soldiers to enjoy. The gold, silver and jewelry were ready to be registered and entered into the public accounts after Su Haisheng arrived.
After Chen Qixian's troops rested outside Yuliqiang for a day, Su Haisheng arrived with a large force.
As the military commander of this operation, Su Haisheng had great power. Jonathan and Hora expressed their gratitude to him, thanked him with the highest courtesy, and gave him generous gifts.
Su Haisheng happily accepted it, and then transferred these gifts to the public account to improve the daily life of army soldiers.
Then the two sides held cordial and friendly talks and reached a lot of consensus.
Of course, it was mainly Su Haisheng who was talking, while Jonathan and Holla were nodding and smiling.
In fact, it didn't say much, mainly about a series of agreements reached before, including the fact that the Khwarezm Kingdom became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and respected the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty as its suzerain.
Also, he clearly explained what happened when he held Han Wei hostage.
"All of Alan's family members and friends have been killed by Arslan. No one is left. This matter was definitely decided secretly by Arslan himself. None of us know anything about it. We don't know anything. Please The general believes in us."
Hora picked off all his people. Maybe they had nothing to do with this matter, but Ming still had to make a series of gestures to demonstrate Ming's national prestige.
Su Haisheng announced that Arslan was no longer worthy of being the king of Khwarezm and needed to be deposed. His entire royal family, including his, must be severely punished and handed over to the Ming Dynasty. No one could be left out.
Ming Dynasty will completely liquidate this group of sinners.
Of course, the opposition officials have no opinion on this, and they hope so to save themselves from trouble in the future.
Then the Khwarezm Kingdom needed to pay some fees and compensation to the Ming Dynasty for this matter. Of course, it was all symbolic, and the Ming Dynasty did not need the Khwarezm Kingdom to really give them anything.
The only thing is that the king of Khwarezm needs to be appointed by the Ming Emperor, and the ministers and generals must agree and obey the king's orders.
Opposition officials were somewhat surprised by this.
They originally thought that the next king would be chosen between Hora and Jonathan, and it was unlikely that Ming would intervene directly, but now it seems that this is not the case.
What does Daming want to do?
Under their doubtful gazes, Su Haisheng told them the candidate designated by the Ming Emperor to be the king of Khwarezm——
A former nobleman of Xiliao and later an official of Khwarezm, Tiger Tower.
As soon as these words came out, both Hora and Jonathan couldn't hold their nerve.
"Huta was originally a person Arslan trusted. How can such a person be the king?"
"Huta is not from a good background and has not made any achievements, so how can he become a king?"
Su Haisheng shook his head at this.
"In the previous hijacking incident, Huta made a huge contribution and made great contributions to helping Secretary Han escape from danger. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty knew about this person and believed that he was the best candidate for the new king of Khwarezm. .”
Jonathan and Hora still wanted to object, but Su Haisheng's tone was no longer good.
"The country of Khwarezm cannot withstand greater turmoil after experiencing the current war. The country and the people all need to recuperate. If you have the protection of the Ming Dynasty at this moment, it will be a good thing for you, otherwise Once Ming Dynasty lets go, do you think Guo Er Congress will let you go?"
The opposition officials headed by Jonathan and Hora suddenly fell silent.
They realized that the current Khwarezm Kingdom was really inseparable from the protection of the Ming Kingdom. Once they lost the protection of the Ming Kingdom, it was really hard to say what the Gur Dynasty would do to them.
In this battle, the Gur Dynasty lost at least 50,000 to 60,000 troops. With such a huge loss of troops, the Sultan of the Gur Dynasty must be furious and will definitely take revenge.
It's hard to say whether he dares to retaliate against the Ming army, but whether he dares to retaliate against the Khwarezm Kingdom... It's useless to say more about things that everyone can understand.
The Ming Dynasty announced that it was protecting the Khwarezm Kingdom. It is hard to say whether the Sultan of Gur would dare to raise his troops and go north. But once the Ming army gives up and withdraws its troops, let alone the Gur Dynasty, the former suzerain state of Ser is now in decline. Zhu Guo might even dare to make a comeback.
What else can they do then?
After recognizing the tragic facts, the opposition officials suddenly did not dare to say anything. They could only swallow their breath and suffer the loss of silence.
They decided to recognize the existence of Huta as their king, re-establish the new Khwarezm Kingdom, and accept the strategic protection of the Ming army.
The Kingdom of Khwarezm needed Ming troops to garrison.
Among other things, they made some benign requests.
For example, Jonathan hoped to find the bastards who had insulted his family among the prisoners of war of the Gur Dynasty army, and requested that Shihabdin and Arslan be beaten - the kind of beating that would kill them if they could not be beaten to death. .
Su Haisheng heard about what happened to Jonathan, expressed his sympathy, and then allowed his actions. He also planned to carry out a series of screening and transformation of the prisoners of war of the Gur Dynasty army, and used the special skills of the Ming Dynasty to easily defeat these enemies. deconstruct.
Subsequently, Su Haisheng formally held a public trial meeting in Khwarezm Kingdom. At the meeting, it was decided to send the two big figures, the former King Arslan and the commander-in-chief of the Gur Dynasty army Shihabuddin, back to the Ming Dynasty in a prison car, and asked the Ming Emperor to punish them. for disposal.
Then officers and soldiers were screened and dealt with. Those with greater culpability were executed on the spot, while those with lesser culpability were moderately accepted and labor was used instead of punishment.
Jonathan personally killed more than twenty captured officers and soldiers who insulted his family, and then knelt in front of his family's tombstones and howled.
Other officers and soldiers of the Gurdwara army who committed crimes were also brought out for trial and execution.
As for some internal issues within the Khwarezm Kingdom, such as those officials who were originally close to Arslan who were controlled but have not been killed yet, Su Haisheng did not deal with it, but planned to make him the new king of the Khwarezm Kingdom. The Tiger Tower will handle it.
Su Haisheng temporarily stayed in Yuliqiang to deal with some unfinished matters before, as well as some military affairs after the war, etc., waiting for Huta to come to Yuliqiang to become the new king of the Khwarezm Kingdom.
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