Chapter 111 Traitor
Facing the large gap less than ten meters long, Babai nervously pulled out his sword and prepared to fight. Outside the city, Tursun was also a little nervous, but Lin Junhong was still sitting there watching. Tursun asked, "Your Highness, don't you order an attack?"
"This gap is too small, let the artillery expand and attack." Lin Junhong gave an unexpected answer, and the officer on the fort was already commanding the Master to turn the artillery.
Reloading, firing, resetting, cleaning and loading... The artillery continued to move mechanically. Because Lin Junhong ordered the cannons to stop, they divided the cannons into two groups, separated the fire, dissipated heat when the cannons were not fired, and the gunners rested. The heavy cannon resetting and shell loading were really hard to work.
The shelling that lasted for a night caused the shaking city wall to collapse again, and the gap expanded from ten meters to twenty meters and thirty meters. When the solid shells shattered the city wall, they replaced it with precious blasting bombs, and the destruction speed was faster.
The next afternoon, the second batch of food and grass purchased by Tursun had been transported. As usual, he went to the prisoner camp to find people to unload the truck. There was an area surrounded by wood, with hundreds of people inside, all of whom were captured after entering Hami. This was the first time Tursun saw them. At this moment, the prisoners were eating, stewed with sheep bones in a big pot, and the white soup was rolling inside, and the sheep mixed up. When a handful of salt, chopped green onions and cabbage were sprinkled in, it was even more fragrant. Each prisoner had a large pottery bowl, a large bowl of soup, and two hard capsules, and it was so delicious that Tursun had never seen anyone eat such a good thing for the prisoner.
Not only did they eat, but the captives were also wearing used cotton coats and boots. This must be a gift from the imperial army, because when they were caught, it was probably not cold.
They have been captured for a long time, and the prisoners understood the rules. After eating, they threw chopsticks into the pot, piled up bowls, then carried shovels, grabbed heads and baskets, stood in line, and prepared to dig trenches or build chest walls according to the orders.
"Put down the tools, I won't work today!" shouted the military policeman who was in charge of the prisoners. Everyone put down the tools and stood in a neat manner, no one spoke.
The military police said, "You have seen that wall and it has completely collapsed. The empire's tens of thousands of troops rushed in. The people inside either died or became slaves. I know that your family is inside. If you don't want to die at home or be slaves, you will persuade them to surrender! Do you understand?"
"Yes, sir."
"Okay, I will put you back to the city later. Remember, go back and find an opportunity to meet your former Shangguan, tell them that surrender and avoid death, and be appointed as the original position. If you can make great contributions, you can be awarded the title of official position and rewarded with gold and silver. Do you know how to make meritorious contributions? Simple, Qiu Ba, who lives with a knife, just chop off a few heads. I will read it now, and you will all listen.
The leader of the thief, Babaiboke, offered his head, and was awarded the third-class man, and rewarded three thousand taels of silver. The son of Babai, Tarak, was awarded the first-class man, and rewarded one thousand five hundred taels of silver......"
The military police read a long list of all the important generals, officials and religious figures of Babai and his subordinates. This includes all the senior officials of the entire Babai power, and they are on the bounty list, while the middle and lower levels of officers and small lords did not have any. Obviously, this is to force the Babai power to defeat him. Whether successful or not, they will cause trouble in the city.
Hami City, Burke House.
The once gorgeous and comfortable mansion has now been transformed into a fortress. The luxuriously decorated gates are stuffed with stones and earth bags, shooting holes are dug in the walls, and the dome tower used for worship has become a shooting point and a viewing tower. The garden has been destroyed and has become a camp for the soldiers. Babai carried a long sword that pulled out the scabbard and patrolled all the fortifications vigilantly. He was worried that people outside would attack in, and that his soldiers would give him a knife to his back.
When the city wall was broken, Babai chose to negotiate to delay time, and the opponent took the opportunity to exchange prisoners to show sincerity. Babai agreed, but the prisoners who had never thought that they would bring bad news. The empire pardoned all the little lords and middle and lower-level officers, as long as they waved their butchers to the top and religious people.
The moment the city wall collapsed, many people were already shaken. At this moment, the empire issued rewards, gold, silver, titles and official positions, and no one would refuse. There were many rebellions and massacres on a chaotic night. Babai and his son, the generals could no longer suppress them, so they could only defend Burke's mansion first.
Bang bang!
The gunshots came out again, and Babai quickly climbed to the highest place in Burke's Mansion to observe, but the scene in front of him made him completely discouraged, because in his vision, the largest Tianfang Sect Temple in Hami City was being attacked, and thick smoke had risen from the towering minaret. The betrayers dared to burn the temple and the priests dared to kill it, so there was nothing they dared not do.
As Babai guessed, when several temples fell, soldiers, led by officers, obtained more weapons from the temple's arsenal and surrounded Burke's mansion from all directions in the street.
"Babeck, surrender, so that more people can die." A voice rang out of the crowd.
Babai leaned against the cold wall. He knew who was persuading surrender without just listening to the sound. Babai replied loudly: "Angeba, you idiot who wags your tail and begs for mercy to the pagans, you dare to burn the temple and slaughter the saints. You will die worse than me!"
"Is that right? At least I live longer than you." Angba said indifferently; "Since you don't surrender, brothers rushed in and kill all the inside!"
Lin Junhong let Hami be confused for a day and two nights. When he entered the city, the battle was over. There was a bloody smell floating in the city. There were still many buildings burning, and the bodies had been packed out and arranged neatly. Most of the people inside were dead. It is said that at the last moment of the battle, Babai blew up the gunpowder depot. However, when Lin Junhong moved into a shopping mall in the city, Tursun, who had not appeared beside him for a long time, actually tied up a person in front of Lin Junhong, claiming that the person was Babai, and after people identified it, it was Babai Berk.
"How did you catch him? Many people say that Babai was blown into ashes by gunpowder." Lin Junhong asked in confusion.
Tursun said: "There is an authentic tunnel in Burke's Mansion leading out of the city. I just need to wait for this evil dog next to the dog hole!"
"It's really interesting. How do you know the authenticity of Babai?"
Tursun wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said sadly: "My brother once owned several coal mines and jade mines. He was also a very excellent miner, but he was raped by Babai to repair authentic tunnels. He knew that he would die because he knew this secret, so he told me the authentic tunnel design before he was digging. I finally avenged him now."
"I really didn't expect that there was such a miserable story behind it. I know you want to kill the enemy with your hands, but please leave it to me for the time being. I still have another question to ask him." Lin Junhong said.
Lin Junhong clapped his hands, and eight soldiers carried in a large iron cage, took off all the Babai and stuffed it into it without saying a word. In Babai's horrified eyes, the rat rescued from Daquanzi was placed in front of Babai. Lin Junhong said to Babai: "Babai, you must not be alive. If you tell me who leaked the Imperial Western Expedition Army plane to you, I can give you a pleasure. I think Mr. Tursun is much more kind than me. Should he be killed by a knife or bitten by a rat? You have to think about it."
"No one sent me a letter..." Babai gritted his teeth, but just this sentence, the mouse cage was opened, and the mouse that had been hungry for a day fell into the large iron cage where Babai was imprisoned. This time, the mouse did not eat dry cakes or dew to quench his thirst. If you want to survive, you must eat Babai's meat and drink Babai's blood!
Lin Junhong walked out of the door, blocked the shrill screams outside the door, and said to Chen Duan: "He told me if he told me."
"Your Highness, what if he doesn't help?" Chen Duan asked.
Lin Junhong said: "Then this matter can only be on Abdulla."
Half an hour later, Chen Duan walked to the dining table. Lin Junhong was enjoying the first meal after the war with Tursun. The two seemed to have a good chat. Chen Duan glanced at Tursun, and Lin Junhong pulled a chair and said, "Sit down and talk, Mr. Tursun is not an outsider."
Chen Duan sat down, poured only a cup of tea, and said, "The news of the army's advance west was revealed to Babai by Abdulla and Zhuo. As early as early August, Babai knew about it. This was also confirmed by others. Several surrendered generals said that in early August, Babai summoned them to select cavalry into the desert and destroy the water source. Babai also personally went to Yumen Pass and Jiayu Pass to investigate our army's intelligence."
"So early?" This was earlier than Lin Junhong thought, he was still in Lanzhou at that time.
Chen Duan explained in detail that it turned out that Sima Yiboke was attacked by Yarkand City, and immediately sent envoys to Lanzhou to deliver letters, hoping that the empire would advance to help. The letter was sent to Abdulla. After all, Abdulla was still deeply trusted at that time. Abdulla could not be sure whether Sima Yi had any news of sending the news of Aksu being besieged to the empire, so he immediately informed Babai of the news. In fact, Abdulla did not inform the army about the western expedition, but only informed Sima Yiboke of the cooperation with the empire. Babai did not think that the target of the western expedition was himself. He simply did not want the empire to intervene in the situation of the Yarkand Khanate, which destroyed the water source.
After hearing this, Lin Junhong asked Tursun: "Mr. Tursun, how do you feel?"
Tursun whispered: "Your Highness, Abdullah is a saint. He enjoys a high reputation in Yarkand, especially among the Montenegro sects, and cannot be killed."
Lin Junhong nodded, Tursun thought for a while and said, "Your Highness, Abdulla can't do it either. Like Apak and Zhuo, he is both ambitious people and covets the entire Yarkand Khanate. If you allow him to control Hami's villages and towns like this, it will be harmful to the interests of the empire."
"Thank you for your teachings, Mr. Tursun, are you full?" Lin Junhong asked.
Tuerson quickly stood up, Lin Junhong waved to the guards, untied his knife and pistol, placed it on the table, and said, "Mr. Tuerson, Babai is yours, go and take revenge."
Tursun reached out and grabbed the pistol, walked out, but immediately turned back and asked, "Your Highness, can you let the warriors under your command deal with Babai instead?"
"Oh, why, he killed your brother, don't you want to avenge your brother with your own hands?" Lin Junhong asked in surprise.
Tursun put down his pistol, sat on the chair, and said in a desolate manner: "Your Highness, I am a timid person. If I kill Babai himself, I will definitely have nightmares. Maybe I will be troubled by it for the rest of my life. Since Babai will die, who will kill him is not a kill? This villain is not worth my good dream for him for several nights, isn't it?"
Lin Junhong laughed and patted Tursun's hand: "You are such a good person. Yes, why bother and worry about those who will die? We living people don't have to worry about private matters at all!"
After saying that, Lin Junhong handed the knife to the guards: "Go, cut off Babai's head and send it to the capital to report the victory, and announce that the whole city was the empire's Count Turson who killed the rebel leader Babai."
"Earl?" Tursun stood up in fear, unable to believe it. He reminded: "Your Highness, I am just a businessman..."
Chen Duan and Lin Junhong both laughed. Chen Duan put down the teacup and said, "Mr. Tuerson, if you are lucky enough to meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire in the future, don't tell him that I am just a businessman."
"Why?" Tursun was puzzled.
Chen Duan said: "Because His Majesty the Emperor will definitely tell you, by chance, I was once a businessman."
"Yes, Your Majesty's most proud experience was the days when he was a maritime businessman. If you arouse his words, you might not say anything else for the afternoon." Lin Junhong also quipped.
Tursun couldn't believe that the two ministers were making the emperor's joke in front of him. He didn't dare to really agree. He just smiled. Lin Junhong told him not to be nervous and said, "Mr. Tursun, Hami is already in the hands of the empire, but this place still needs a Burke to rule. Do you have this intention?"
"Your Highness, I am just a......" Tursun had not adapted to his status as an earl and was granted the status of a real power lord. He was even more frightened and almost blurted out the familiar words. He quickly changed his words: "What can I do for you?"
Lin Junhong said: "I will continue to fight against Turpan in the west, so as not to be occupied by Sima Yi, or to avoid our ally Sima Yiboke being destroyed by the enemy. I am not in Hami, and Abdulla must jump up and down. Now I still need to use him, but I can't sit back and forth, but I can't sit back and forth when he controls Hami.
Chapter completed!