As soon as Ulugh Beg died, the defense at the city wall collapsed instantly.
Fei Ju led the Suzhou Guards to attack the city tower and cut down the black and red flags representing Timur's empire. The Ming army burst into deafening cheers. Then, the Ming Dynasty's sun and moon flags were pushed into the city gate and placed on top of the city tower.
Emperor Timur's army became even more distracted, and even the Sultan's personal guards, who served as supervisors of the battle team, began to desert.
The wall-like Ming troops entered the city one after another, like the overwhelming Taishan Mountain, wiping out the sporadic resistance that had become insignificant. The Ming army's losses were almost negligible as the city was taken down due to internal strife.
The next thing to do is to take over Timur's huge legacy.
"Restrain the soldiers! Officers and soldiers of all races, listen! Your Royal Highnesses, King Yan and King Zhou of the Ming Dynasty, have issued an order to march in formation. It is forbidden to capture, loot, burn or kill! Anyone who dares to violate the prohibition will be executed without mercy!"
"Your Highnesses have an order! Seal the treasury in the city immediately! Anyone who takes advantage of the chaos and covets it will be killed without mercy!"
The three hot air balloons have already risen into the sky, like three Dharma eyes suspended above the nine heavens. They scanned and shocked all the movements in the city. Several of the Sudanese guards who still planned to resist were heated up before they carried out a sneak attack on Zhu Su and Zhu Di. The Ming army sentries on the balloon discovered that they all surrendered immediately; there were also Mongolians and poisonous people who could not bear the temptation, thinking that they would not be discovered, and broke into people's houses and burned them to death, but they were unable to escape under the hot air balloon. The shape was wiped out on the spot. .
The Ming army showed strength and control that no one had ever heard of, and took over the city with great force at a very small cost.
"Foreign Minister Alitaz, I would like to pay my respects to His Highness King Yan and King Zhou of the Great Ming Dynasty." Alitaz's body was especially stained with blood. He looked like he had worked hard and achieved great results. He half-knelt in front of Zhu Di and Zhu Su very respectfully.
"The foreign minister thanked the Ming Dynasty for the announcement, but Ulugh Beg was too ambitious to hide the news of his grandfather's death... Now the traitor Ulugh Bet has been brought to justice, and the pretender of the sultan has also been put to death. I sincerely ask the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to help our country and revive the outline of our country..."
After saying that, he sent someone to deliver a brocade box. Zhu Di had someone take it and took a look. It seemed that it was indeed Tamerlane's head.
He had only seen Tamerlane from a distance on the battlefield, and had no idea what he looked like. However, Alitaz did not dare to deceive Ming Dynasty, so Zhu Di asked people to put away the brocade box.
Alitaz obviously has certain attainments in Chinese studies. He speaks Chinese more fluently than Ma Heima and Khalil, and he can actually use some obscure words... Zhu Di and Zhu Su looked at each other, feeling in their hearts. I knew this was Alitaz's intention to show his kindness. I want to let Daming know that he is the most suitable person to cooperate with Daming.
"General Alitaz has worked hard, please get up." Zhu Su stepped forward in person and helped Alitaz up with a pleasant look. "Without generals, our Ming Dynasty would never have been able to defeat the city so easily."
"As for the matter of reviving the imperial court of your country...this matter cannot be accomplished overnight. General, please be patient and wait for me, my fourth brother, and the ministers to discuss and come up with an agreement before making a final decision..."
Alitaz wanted to get Ming's approval on the spot, and Zhu Su naturally couldn't let him do so easily. With this procrastination move, Alitaz could only bow and step aside, although he still wanted to speak.
Now, the initiative lies with Ming Dynasty. Even if he killed Timur to help Ming enter the city, he still had no money to bargain with Ming... Only those with weapons in their hands were qualified to bargain with Ming.
With his current power? It's still far from that level.
Having done so much, I am just qualified to put myself in front of Ming Dynasty, praying that Ming Dynasty’s favor will fall on my head...
"Your Highness, why do you want to be so kind to this person? This person is definitely not a kind person, why not kill him early..." Beside Zhu Su, Huang Guan, who was always observing Alitaz's every move, whispered in Zhu Su's ear. In his words, there was deep disgust for Alitaz.
"This person has no bottom line and no sense of shame. Timur is his own ancestor, so he can still be killed to claim credit. If this person is used lightly, he will become a nuisance..."
Although he was considered a student of the New School, he was also deeply influenced by Confucian moral concepts. Moreover, the new learning did not abandon traditional moral concepts, but made them more popular on another level.
Naturally, Huang Guan couldn't stand Alitaz who killed his ancestors for glory.
"This animal is indeed vicious and unscrupulous...but precisely because of this, it is enough to prove that this animal is good at practical things." Zhu Su said to Huang Guandao softly. "So what if he is ambitious? As long as the Ming Dynasty is still strong, he will have to continue to 'know the current affairs'. "
"Remember, personal morality is irrelevant. What I, the Ming Dynasty, want to support are not impeccable moral gentlemen. When opening up borders, everything must put the interests of the Ming Dynasty first... And what the Ming Dynasty needs when it supports puppets is exactly this "Know the current affairs". "
Huang Guan was stunned for a moment, then began to think deeply. However, Zhu Su and Zhu Di were already riding together, walking step by step towards Timur's original palace in the city. The once powerful Timur Empire had collapsed, and the next thing to consider was how to digest this huge land.
"His Royal Highness King Yan, His Highness King Zhou..." Ma Heima and Khalil had already approached Zhu Di and Zhu Su. They have already learned that the "fake" Sultan is dead, and his head is in the brocade box next to him, but they are not even willing to confirm whether it is the real Timur...
After all, it doesn't matter to them whether it's true or false. No matter how great the conqueror Tamerlane is, after his death, he will not be worth as much as a tael of silver.
Daming said that he was a fake supported by Ulugh Beg, so he must be a fake. Now, how to gain greater power is their top priority.
"Your Highnesses, I have taken control of all the treasury in the city. If your Highnesses are free, please send someone to take over..."
"Your Highnesses, I have sealed the palace in the city, but the damn Ulugh Beg remnants still want to burn the palace down..."
Both Ma Heima and Khalil rushed to Zhu Su and Zhu Di. Previously, the two of them were ordered to spread the news of Timur's death and win over the princes. Soon the two of them gathered together. A considerable army then came to Zhu Su and Zhu Di with great interest.
Seeing the power of the cannon and the magic of the hot air balloon, the two of them restrained their thoughts of waiting for opportunities, and then focused on pleasing these Ming nobles.
In their view, these Ming people came from afar and could not truly rule this land for a long time. They would inevitably establish an obedient agent to help rule this place. And these two are the people chosen by Ming Dynasty. Whichever one of them pleases the two princes will definitely be the next sultan of the empire.
As for whether it's a puppet or something else... who cares?
However, what they didn't expect was that it was supposed to be a certainty that they could only choose one of the two people, but Alitaz, "Cheng Yaojin", appeared out of thin air...
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