Chapter 637 Haril Surrenders
Harrier felt like he was dreaming, but the nightmare was so real and he couldn't wake up. Until his personal guards brought him out of the barracks in a mess, Harrier realized that everything in front of him was not a dream at all.
It was not until this time that Harriel discovered the huge balls floating in the air above his head. He didn't know what this was, but he knew that it must be a new weapon of the Ming army, because the fire in the entire military camp fell from the sky.
"How could they fly into the sky? Is even the gods standing on their side?" Harrier looked at the huge ball slowly drifting away and couldn't help but murmur himself. Everything in front of him was beyond his imagination. He never knew that people could fly into the sky?
However, Harriel quickly woke up from the shock, because the fire in the entire military camp was still waiting for him to deal with, especially the location where the food and supplies were stored in the rear camp, which made the fire soar into the sky. If these food and supplies were lost, his army would probably surrender without fighting.
So in this case, Harrier had no time to think about anything else, and immediately shouted to command the soldiers to put out the fire. However, the water source in the valley was limited, and the Ming army used flammable materials such as tinder oil when setting fire, which made the fires in the military camp connected together, especially the food and supplies in the rear camp, which were the objects of the Ming army's war care. Now it has been ignited by the fire, and the rolling hot steam makes people unable to get close to it.
But even so, Harrier still shouted that he could put out the fire. After all, these food and supplies were too important. The other soldiers also understood this truth, so they all tried their best to put out the fire.
However, the fires were already connected, and those who escaped from the barracks could not even enter the barracks, and they did not have the tools to put out the fire. So when faced with such a big fire, they were futile, and in the end they could only watch the entire barracks turn into scorched earth.
The fire burned all night, and Harrier ran around the fire all night. At first, he wanted to put out the fire, but after he found that it was impossible, he changed his mind and tried his best to rescue some useful materials from the fire.
Now Harrier's hair and beard were burned out, his face was burned with several big bubbles, and his voice was even hoarse and speechless. It was not until the people around him brought a kettle and he drank half a pot of water in one breath, and then he felt a little better.
However, at this time, Harriel also felt that his body was exhausted to the limit, but he could not rest because he still had to count the rescued supplies and the casualties yesterday. Although he knew that there were not many rescued supplies, as a commander, he had to know the strength in his hands.
The military camp has turned into scorched earth, and most of the tents have been burned. All the soldiers who escaped the disaster are covered in dust. Many of them have been burned. This kind of injury is very troublesome. If not dealt with in time, it may deteriorate and rot, making people feel dying and dying.
By noon, the casualties and supplies of the army were finally counted out. Yesterday's fire burned too quickly and suddenly. Most of the people in the barracks were not prepared at all, so many people died under the fire. The original more than 30,000 people are now less than 30,000.
However, compared with the losses of personnel, the biggest loss is horses. You should know that Harrier's subordinates are mainly cavalrymen, and there are a large number of war horses in the barracks. However, under the fire yesterday, a large number of horses were burned to death and burned. Now there are less than 10,000 horses left to ride. You should know that the cavalry has lost their horses and almost lost most of their combat power. In other words, Harrier's strength has now dropped by more than half.
As for the final inventory of supplies, Harriel felt even more desperate. Although he was busy all night, he rescued less than ten days of food and grass. Moreover, he could only support ten days by saving food and reducing food as much as possible. If he fought, the consumption would only be faster.
"What should I do?" Harrier also fell into great despair at this time. Since he met the Ming army, he had felt this powerless sense of despair several times.
At the same time, Song Sheng and others outside the valley did not sleep for almost a night. The fire in the valley burned all night, and they were also on guard all night, mainly because they were worried that Harrier would lead his troops out in despair and fight the Ming army to the death while the chaos. However, now it seems that Harrier still lacks the courage to fight to the death.
After Wu Yan and others set fire on a hot balloon, they easily raised the height because the weight was greatly reduced. The wind directions at different heights were different, so they could easily find the airflow in the opposite direction and then landed behind the camp.
Song Sheng also sent people to stare below. When they found Wu Yan and others, these people were almost frozen. You should know that the temperature in winter is already low, and the temperature in the air is of course even lower. Especially Wu Yan and the others have to raise the height, so when they landed, they were all frostbite. There were even two hot balloons that had an accident when landing, and the six soldiers above were killed and two seriously injured.
Wu Yan was lucky. When he landed, he hung on the tree. Apart from frostbite and abrasions, he had no other scars, so he was immediately sent back to the camp and handed over the order to Song Sheng.
Song Sheng was also very happy about the achievements of Wu Yan and others. Although he didn't know the specific losses of Harrier's side, just looking at the fires soaring into the sky in the valley last night, he knew that there must be huge casualties, especially the losses of food and grass, so they didn't have to do anything next, they just had to wait for Harrier to come out by himself.
Things were indeed as Song Sheng and the others expected, and they only waited for three days, and Haril in the valley could no longer hold on. At first, they tried to rush out of the valley, but after being bombarded by the Ming army's artillery and muskets, they soon sent people to surrender.
Although the grain in the valley can last for ten days, because the fire burned the tent, most people didn’t even have a place to sleep at night, and the fire also required a lot of firewood. Now that the fire passed through the valley, it was difficult to find firewood. In this cold weather, if there were no fire and warm tents, no matter how many people were, they would be frozen to death.
So Harrier's army lasted for only three days and could no longer hold on. Although Harrier himself was unwilling to surrender, his soldiers were no longer willing to hold on. If he did not agree to surrender, his subordinates might mutiny.
In this case, Haril had no choice but to surrender, and his surrender also represented the first confrontation between the Ming Dynasty and the Timur Empire, ending with the complete victory of the Ming Dynasty, and it also cast a shadow on Timur's eastern expedition.
Chapter completed!