"Finally the city of Samarkand!" Looking at the soldiers who were kneeling on the ground and surrendering at the head of the city, Shang Bing shouted excitedly. Although he firmly believed that he would be able to conquer the city of Samarkand, he couldn't help but be happy to see the city captured.

"Immediately instruct Zhu Hengshi to lead troops into the city to protect the craftsmen that Timur plundered from the west! No one is missing, and if one dies, I am the only one who asks! ”

"Ordered Maham to send at least 10,000 men to surround the seminary in the city, and not to storm the seminary, nor to let the people in the academy come out."

"Order Xu Youde to send troops to protect the envoys and caravans of Western countries."

Xu Youde and Zhu Hengshi respectively sent some men to wear black armbands and act as military police to patrol the city. If the soldiers are just plundering, don't care about him, but if anyone wants to set fire, stop it immediately, and kill those who don't obey the order! Song Sheng was also happy, but immediately ordered in an orderly manner.

The gold and silver treasures that filled the city were of course important, but even more important were the craftsmen in the city. Timur made several expeditions to the west, and each time he brought all the craftsmen from the places he attacked to Samarkand, so that there were tens of thousands of craftsmen of all kinds in the city at this time. These craftsmen have mastered the most exquisite craftsmanship in the entire Tenkata and Furak region, and many of them are considered 'national treasures' according to later generations. Yun Xi didn't care about the limited wealth, anyway, as long as the Western Regions and the Central Plains were economically one, this wealth would flow to the Central Plains sooner or later; But if the top craftsman dies, a skill may be lost, which is an irreparable loss. Therefore, Yun Xi specially told Shang Bing to protect the craftsman before leaving.

Protecting the Seminary is also the meaning of Yoon-hee. The seminary was the origin of the modern university in the West, and Yun Hee was eager to understand the organization of the early colleges, so he ordered the protection of some of them.

As for protecting the envoys and caravans, it was Shang Bing's own intention. After capturing the city of Samarkand, Shang Bing did not continue to move west and south to completely destroy the city state of Samarkand. Shang Bing felt that with his own strength, he might be able to fight Afghanistan, Persia and other places to destroy the city-state of Samarkand, but it was impossible to control it, so he decided not to chase and fight the city-state of Samarkand.

But the remnants of the city-state of Samarkand, such as the tribes of Haril and others, may continue to have trouble with him. In order to avoid a needless war, he needs to make friends from afar and attack close to contain the remnants of Khalil and others, so diplomacy is important. So protect the messengers and the caravans.

"Order all the army to take note that the men in the city who wear red scarves are their own people, and are the spies sent to the city by Your Majesty and Your Highness, and that no offenders shall be harmed; They were also instructed not to plunder, but to search for the officials of the city of Samarkand and the children and grandchildren of Timur. If they are caught, there will be another reward. Shang Bing also came back to his senses and instructed the soldiers in front of him.

The shop soldier agreed, bowed and retreated.

"If only I could capture Pier Maha alive." Shang Bing sighed to Song Sheng again. Pilmahama is now the Great Khan of the city-state of Samarkand, and it would be perfect to capture him alive.

"Your Highness, whether or not Pir Mahama is captured alive, he will not be able to escape from the city of Samarkand. It depends on whether the last thing you see is a corpse or a living person. Song Sheng said with a smile.

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"Great Khan, run!" At this time, in the most gorgeous palace in the city, one of the guards of Pir Mahama said to him: "Great Khan, at this time, there are not many soldiers arranged by the Ming army outside the west gate of the city, most of them are herdsmen forcibly recruited from here, and they do not have much combat effectiveness. ”

"Run? Where can you run? Pierma had a strange smile on his face: "The Ming army is definitely not willing to let me escape, I want to see people and corpses, so the soldiers who must be arranged on all sides to patrol, and the weak troops outside the west gate of the city may be to lure me into being fooled." ”

"Besides, even if I escape from Samarkand, where can I go?" Pier Mahama's expression became bitter: "Defect to Haril and Umar and others? I only have a few hundred of you in my hands now, and even if I defect to them and don't get killed, I'll be a puppet. ”

"Moreover, if I lose this city that my grandfather has run for more than ten years and has countless wealth, what face do I have to go to others? I have made up my mind, I am here today, and I will die with the city! ”

Pier Mahama had said before that if the city was broken, he would run away, leaving the green mountains without worrying about running out of firewood; But when it really came time for the city to break, he found that it was better to die in the city than to be a puppet and spend the rest of his life in self-blame for losing the city of Samarkand. So when he saw that the tide was gone, he led his last remaining soldiers back to the palace, intending to die here.

"Yusuma, come and kill me!" He commanded one of his guards.

"Great Khan!" Yusuma shouted.

"Come here and kill me!" Pier Maha said again.

"I dare not obey this order of the Great Khan!" Yusuma half-knelt down and said.

Pir Mahama ordered five or six people one after another, but they were not willing to obey his order. At this time, the shouting and killing sound from outside was getting closer and closer, and Pier Mahama knew that the Ming army had surrounded the palace, and glanced at the guards who were half kneeling on the ground, sighed and said, "That's it, since you don't want to, then I'll do it myself." ”

As he spoke, he picked up the candlestick on the table and lit the many silk fabrics in the palace. Silk fabrics are extremely flammable, and soon a raging fire broke out.