As he was talking, Song Sheng hurriedly came, bowed and asked, "What is the matter with Your Highness's summoning of ministers?" ”

"Originally, I just had something to say to you, but I had already finished talking to Gao Xiang at this time. But when I saw you coming, Lone remembered something to tell you. ”

"Your Highness, please." Song Sheng said busily.

"In the future, if you catch the Western Captives, if you want to surrender if you want to surrender, you must hold a head of your own in your hand!"

"Your Highness, I'm afraid this is not appropriate." Song Sheng has followed his father and brother to fight since he was a child, and it is not uncommon to do such a thing, but now that Daming is such a big country, it may not be appropriate for people to accept the name.

"If they don't accept the petition, they still have a way to retreat, and they may defect at any time, and they must block their retreat before they can accept surrender." Shang Bing said firmly.

"Yes, Your Highness." Song Sheng could only agree.

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"In June of the sixth year of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, because he witnessed his people being brutally driven to attack the city by the Turks who looked very different from the Han people, and because of the enigmatic judgment of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the evil flower of racism (non-nationalism) took root in the heart of Zhu Shangbing, the second Qin king of the Ming Dynasty, and caused countless human tragedies in the following decades as it grew step by step."

———— "Historical Research of the Ming Dynasty", Volume II, Chapter 2, Section 3: The War between the Ming State and the Timurid Khanate

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Although Shang Bing's order had far-reaching consequences later, it had no effect at this time, Xu Huizu was still in Xingxing Gorge, the only dangerous place west of Yiwu, waiting for reinforcements from behind, and Song Hu and others were still commanding the soldiers at the head of the city to defend against the attack of the soldiers of Samarkand.

"Ahh "Ahh "Ahh Continuous screams rang out, and with the screams, countless Samarkand soldiers who had rushed to the city fell to the ground unsteadily, and were immediately hacked to death by the soldiers in the city of Iwu, and their bodies were kicked off the city.

"Quick, load!" Song Hu shouted loudly.

"Commander, there are not many projectiles left, and you can't last three days if you use it like this!" Artilleryman Chito shouted.

"Load!" Song Hu ignored his words, and just shouted and reloaded. Qianhu had no choice but to let the soldiers continue to reload. Soon, another pile of rubble shot out of the cannon and hit the Samarkand soldiers who rushed to the city.

This time, the Samarkand soldiers at the head of the city were completely cleaned up, and the Ming soldiers hurriedly rushed over, pushing the ladder and throwing the rolling wood and stones down. The people also hurriedly straightened the kicked iron pot, poured cold water into it and started boiling it again; A few pots were smashed by swords, and they were dragged down by the people and replaced with new iron pots.

They also heard the sound of cannons firing from the front, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound of several shells hitting the head of the city, dozens of soldiers were hit by the shells, and then fell to the head of the city screaming. But the soldiers beside them only shrank their ears slightly, and continued to do what they had to do.

They simply cannot be afraid, nor can they retreat. These days, the Samarkand people, who look very different from the Han people, are driving the Han people to attack the city, which has made all the soldiers at the head of the city realize that they must not surrender, and they must not let the city be broken by the soldiers of Samarkand, Timur will definitely order to drive them to the army rushing from the Central Plains, there is absolutely no way to live, in order to survive, they can only do their best to block the enemy, even if they die in battle, they can always let their wives and children live!

There was only a group of people dressed in moon-white clothes who were busy walking around. The original color of these Ming military doctors' clothes was already very blurry, full of black and gray, and only the national emblem on the hat on their heads shone brightly. Several of them had their hats off, revealing shiny bald heads, and swastikas embroidered on the collars of their clothes.

They walked to the fallen soldiers in groups of five or six to see if they were dead, and if they were not, they checked their injuries and could save them from the city, and then carried them down on stretchers; I couldn't save it, so I waited for the evening to be wrapped up and buried in a public cemetery by the mortuary team.

The artillery at the head of Daming City also fired back. The Ming Dynasty had few cannons, few shells, and couldn't afford to waste them, so they didn't hit the ordinary soldiers, and all of them fired back in the direction where the cannons of Samarkand came. Although it is not accurate, if several cannons are fired in one direction at the same time, it is still possible for the blind cat to run into a dead mouse.

The cannons in several directions stopped firing, and it is not known whether they were hit or the barrels were overheated, but most of the cannons continued to fire shells at the city, and several pounds of projectiles kept falling, not only killing many people, but also many more being injured by the flying debris.

A group of crossbowmen also risked their lives to approach the walls, shoot arrows at the city's head or use ballistas to shoot arrows, and did not retreat even when people were constantly killed.

The soldiers, armed with knives and guns, also leaned back under the cover of bows and arrows, stuck their knives in the gaps between the masonry and stones, and climbed up with their hands on the choles of the cannonballs.

The soldiers of the Ming army at the head of the city soon discovered them, and they did not care about shooting arrows, but hurriedly poured boiling oil and boiling water downward, and countless people fell down screaming, falling on bricks or smashing on other people's heads, seeing that they were not alive, but more people climbed up.

But at this moment, suddenly there was a trumpet sound from behind, and the soldiers who were climbing the city wall did not hesitate to return from a long distance, and the crossbowmen who were shooting arrows at the head of the city also decreased in frequency, and when the soldiers besieging the city had retreated, they also stopped shooting arrows and retreated; The artillery in the rear also stopped roaring.

Song Hu breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the ground. A military doctor immediately came over and said, "Commander Song, are you injured?" Subordinates show you? ”

"Not necessarily!" Song Hu immediately said: "My injuries are not serious, you hurry up and treat the soldiers." ”

The military doctor saluted and hurried to save the other soldiers.

Song Hu's guards hurriedly rushed over to help him up and help him into the arrow tower. Although the arrow tower has also been hit by a few shots in the past few days, the bricks have not completely collapsed.

"The soldiers can't rest now, and hurry up and clear the city; The corpse collection team should also quickly collect the bodies of the fallen soldiers and bury them in the public cemetery. The corpses of all the Silu were also collected, chopped up and thrown under the city! Song Hu was still commanding when he was being helped.

The guards agreed, and then put him on a bed, where a man who knew a little about medicine would be treated, and then stripped him of his clothes and left only his pants to apply ointment to the wound to stop the bleeding.

After the ointment was applied, Song Hu cleaned it slightly, put on his clothes, and walked out from the arrow tower to look at the city.

By this time it was already completely dark, and lanterns were lit on all sides, and in the faint light of the lanterns, the corpse collection team was collecting the corpses, and the military doctors were carrying the wounded soldiers downward, and many people were cleaning the city, while cutting the corpses of the Western captives into several pieces with machetes and throwing them down the city.

Song Hu was making his rounds, when suddenly a military doctor stopped in front of him and bowed and saluted: "Commander." ”

"It's Lin Chen, what's the matter?" Song Hu recognized this person. He was a native of Henan Province, and was sent to the northwest as a military doctor in the second year of Jianye, and came to Yiwu with his parents, brothers and sisters. This man is a skilled doctor, and no one in the whole of Igo is better at treating injuries than him; It's very peaceful.,It's very liked by people up and down.。

"My lord, is the disposal of the corpse of the Western Captives too harsh? The so-called death of people is great, no matter how they fought with our army during their lifetime, the corpse should not be disposed of like this after death. Lin Chen said.

"Pedantic!" These two words immediately appeared in Song Hu's heart. When the battle was like this, he still had the heart to dispose of the corpses of the dead enemy soldiers too harshly!

"Lin Chen!" Song Hu said in a heavy tone: "The purpose of the corpse is to deter the enemy army and let them know the consequences of the siege; Second, in the past few days, they drove the captive Han people to attack the city, and the soldiers were very angry, and they also wanted to let the soldiers vent their anger. ”

"My lord, I am a benevolent and righteous state, and it is right to fight for each of our masters on the battlefield, but it is not necessary to deter the enemy army by breaking the corpses, but it may provoke them and make them attack the city more fiercely."

"The two of them are indeed very angry when they drive the people of the Ming Dynasty to attack the city, but the Western Prisoners are beasts, and our army can't also be beasts, and we must abide by the rules of being a man." Lin Chen paused, his eyes were a little red, and he said the latter sentence.