In fact, dogs don't need to bark so loudly. Unlike other mounts, Sultan Firuz Shah's white elephant is tall, unique, and decorated with a lot of gold. It is the most powerful on this battlefield. A glaring presence.
On weekdays, such a stunning mount can naturally demonstrate the Sultan's majesty and wealth, and satisfy the Sultan's pride of being superior to others. However, in the battle formation, such a white elephant is a living target. If something unexpected happens to the Sultan, there is no way to hide it from anyone.
In full view of everyone, Firouz Sultan's fall from the tall white elephant had been seen by all the nearby soldiers. They were first trampled by their own war elephants, and then were trampled by the surviving fire horses. After being run over once and then being attacked by the Ming army, morale was already running low.
Now that even the Sultan is dead, why bother fighting?
These poisonous soldiers did not have much concept of "loyalty" and "honor", and most of them were just hired mercenaries. As soon as the Sultan died, they began to surrender one by one without any psychological burden. In the blink of an eye, on the battlefield, He knelt down directly.
The situation on Zhu Su's side was the same. Seeing that they could not break through the Ming army's trenches, the cavalry had already begun to intend to retreat. When they heard the news that the Sudan had been killed in battle from the front, the cavalry simply dismounted and surrendered collectively. There were already many wars in Shendu. The Huns came to subjugate the Huns, and the Turks came to subjugate the Turks. They were already very proficient in this set of processes.
Zhu Su immediately ordered Di Meng to start gathering the surrendered soldiers, and Pegasus ordered the dogs and Cao Yuan troops in front to capture the city of Delhi. After all, Delhi is a city. If the nobles in the city have evil intentions and close the city gates to resist, it will really take a lot of effort. But it turns out that Zhu Su thought too much. When Cao Yuan went there with the Sultan's scepter (he originally wanted to carry the Sultan's head, but unfortunately the white elephant's kick had trampled the poor Sultan's flesh and blood) When the city was taken, the nobles and people in the city handed over the city to this general who led less than 3,000 troops without any resistance.
Then Zhu Su led his troops into Delhi, and what he saw was the poisonous nobles kneeling by the road to greet the Ming Dynasty King's army.
The army marched down the Delhi Sultanate in one battle. The generals and the Imperial Academy officials were still in disbelief when they entered the palace in Delhi. In a dignified country, the king personally went out of the city to show off his power, and then died in a battle. None of the ministers in the country, civil servants or military ministers, fought to the death, so they were simply and easily conquered by these "foreign races". While everyone was delighted, they also felt a sense of unreality in their hearts.
"I heard that the famous official of the Tang Dynasty, the prince, told Xuan Ce that he had sent an envoy to poison himself, and that the ruler of the country was rude. The prince was angry and borrowed thousands of troops from Tubo to destroy them in one battle... In the past, when I read history to this point, I always felt that it was false. Now I will After passing through the Delhi Sultanate, you will know that the prince's martial arts are worthy of success!" A supervisor said with emotion.
Thinking of Wang Xuance's achievements, it was no longer such a fantasy that thousands of his people could destroy the country and their bodies in one battle. A group of people were excited to experience an event that would go down in history, while those like Huang Guan and others who were thinking more deeply had solemn and thoughtful expressions on their faces.
If Chinese rituals collapse and the teachings of the sages fail to be passed on, will it one day become as insensitive as the Delhi Sultanate and destroy the country in a war?
"Your Highness, we have collected a total of 30,000 surrendered infantry, 7,000 cavalry, and more than 30 war elephants..."
"With so many people, do they have to be included?"
Speaking of the number of people who had surrendered, Di Meng was secretly shocked. This ratio is really too high. The enemy's army totaled 50,000, but they dropped by nearly 40,000... Such a battle is unheard of. Moreover, this number of people is too large. If these 40,000 people start a rebellion, their thousands of soldiers may not be able to suppress it.
Zhu Su did not expect to be able to gather so many surrendered troops. Judging from the number of people, these three poisonous brothers all surrendered almost immediately after the death of the Sultan...
This left Zhu Su speechless. He was glad that these people did not resist and inflicted casualties on the Ming army, but he was also amazed at the extraordinary level of the three brothers bred in this magical land...
It was originally planned to recruit some of the cannon fodder troops as the Ming army, but after all, the Ming army did not understand the language, and it was difficult for them to sincerely join... Even if a cannon fodder army was barely organized, if there was a tough battle with the Timur Empire, it would only He was afraid that these three brothers would immediately surrender on their knees and follow Timur to fight against the Ming Dynasty... Thinking of this, Zhu Su gave up the plan of recruiting the surrendering army.
"That's all, except for those elephant soldiers, collect their weapons and armor, give them some food, and let them go out of the city to fend for themselves. Those weapons that are no longer needed are directly sealed in the treasury. But in the city Every one of our horses must be confiscated."
"In the future, we have to rush to the aid of Thirst Stone City, and we don't need too many horses. Besides, we lost three thousand horses in order to deal with the war elephants..."
Di Meng nodded, not feeling sorry for the three thousand horses Zhu Su mentioned. This poisonous place has always been a place where various ethnic groups live together, including Turkic, Mongolian and other herders. The surrendered war horses alone are enough to make up for the gap of 3,000 war horses, which is more than enough.
"But, if we go to rescue Thirst Stone, how many people should be left here to guard the city?" Di Meng asked. According to the original plan, after defeating the sultan of this country, he would guard the city. On the one hand, he would defend the other princes of the country who came to serve the king, and on the other hand, he would recruit the surrendering army. Then the main force would go to support the thirsty stone, leaving a partial division to guard the city with the surrendering army. As a foothold... Now that the surrendered troops are useless and their numbers are not large, it is absolutely impossible to allocate a large number of troops to defend the city. Should we just abandon the city and leave?
Zhu Su also thought about this problem. Although he was confident in the combat effectiveness of the Ming army, it would be too dangerous to divide the troops. And speaking of his selfishness, he actually wants to get a share of the pie in this poisonous place. After all, although this poisonous place has corrupt classes and weird people, in terms of land, it is actually rich.
As long as the Nanyang sea route is opened, this poisonous place will not be considered an enclave for the Ming Dynasty. How can there be any reason to let a duck fly away when it reaches its mouth?
"Let's see, let Huang Guan lead the supervisors to distribute food. When the food is distributed, he will recruit some people who are willing to serve the Ming Dynasty as a new army..." Zhu Su said. I have already demonstrated how to use physics to win the admiration of the poisonous people. Huang Guan, those supervisors who have studied physics, will definitely be able to scare the common people of Delhi City by imitating his example.
Most of the surrendered troops are soldiers, but among the civilians, it may be possible to recruit those who are barely useful. As long as a few thousand people can be summoned and the mercenaries who only care about money are picked out, it will be barely enough to defend the city.
Defending the city does not rely solely on military strength. In order to completely take root in this poisonous place, there is still something more fundamental missing... Zhu Su was thinking to himself when outside, a Ming army general walked quickly in full robes.
"Your Highness, several armies have appeared outside the city. Do we want to go out of the city to attack them?" the general reported with clasped fists.
(End of chapter)
