Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Timur's prediction was correct. Since the bombardment in the morning, the city of Baghdad has been filled with smoke for the whole day.

What's even more alarming is that Ming Dynasty didn't know what kind of shells were used this time. The white smoke after the shells exploded was still toxic and had poisoned many people.

But the most painful thing is the people who were burned to death by the shells. The thing that is like a bone-corroding fire cannot be extinguished when it touches a person, no matter whether it is poured with water or covered with soil. The only way is to cut off the flesh and amputate the limbs, and remove the burned parts together with the arms. , or throw away all the flesh on your body.

Timur saw this scene and immediately decided to break out.

Although he surrounded Baghdad with trenches on all sides, hindering the Ming Dynasty's attack.But at the same time, it also caused certain troubles to the people in the city, such as the current breakout.

Not only did they have to dig through the trenches they dug, but they also had to avoid the Ming army's pursuit and interception, which was quite difficult.

But this cannot stop those who want to survive.

In order to increase the chance of escape, Timur first ordered people to open the city gate and allow the people in the city to flee for their lives.

After everyone was almost gone, the army was sent to secretly escort him away.

As for Ma Heima, he had long been sent out among the common people.

On the other side, the Ming army saw the people fleeing in all directions and didn't know what to do for a while.

The Ming Dynasty had strict military discipline and ordered soldiers to massacre civilians.

Therefore, the frontline soldiers responsible for the siege of Baghdad immediately sent someone to ask for instructions.

When Chang Sheng faced their request for instructions, he only gave them four words.

"Free Fire!"

When the frontline commander heard this, he could hardly believe his ears.You must know that General Chang Sheng is very kind. He never kills innocent people indiscriminately and never massacres civilians.

Now that such a military order has been issued, many commanders on the front line are puzzled.

However, a military order came next and made everyone angry again.

"Timur assassinated Your Majesty, we must avenge Your Majesty!"

"revenge?"

When the frontline commander heard this, he immediately realized that it was not that the general was murderous, but that the general wanted to avenge His Majesty.

Now that we have military orders and can avenge His Majesty, this battle will be easier to fight.

"Brothers, don't let a living person escape!"

"promise!"

The people who swarmed out of Baghdad were quickly driven back by the Ming Dynasty's firecrackers.

When Timur saw this, he immediately felt unbearable. He took all the honor guards for his trip and went to Chang Sheng's Chinese army camp in person.

Chang Sheng met the aging Timur again and found that he was at least ten years older.The face is not only covered with wrinkles, but also stained with the color of fireworks.

After a brief moment of confusion, Chang Sheng stepped forward and saluted.

"Chang Sheng, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty's Western Expeditionary Army, met His Majesty Timur."

Timur laughed self-deprecatingly upon hearing this.

"I didn't expect that you, a general, know quite a lot about etiquette."

Chang Sheng explained seriously when he heard the words.

"Although you are my enemy of the Ming Dynasty, you are an emperor after all, and foreign ministers dare not act presumptuously."

When Timur heard this, the smile disappeared from his face.

"I surrender. I wonder if General Chang Sheng can give the people in the city a way to survive?"

Chang Sheng shook his head when he heard this.

"cannot!"

"It is an unpardonable crime to assassinate a king and kill a driver. You ordered an assassin to assassinate my Majesty the Ming Emperor without millions of people being buried with him. This is disrespectful to my Majesty the Ming Emperor!"

Timur looked ashamed when he heard this.

"Ugh……"

"I have rarely regretted anything I have done in my life. The only time I regretted it was after assassinating Zhu Yunxi."

"Chang Sheng, what Ming Dynasty wants is my head. I am in front of you now. You can take my head off my neck at any time to claim credit. I just ask you to spare the people in the city."

Chang Sheng smiled disdainfully upon hearing this.

"There are not only people in the city, but also your army and your grandson, right?"

"If it were just a common people, would the great Sultan put himself in danger?"

"If you really care about the people, why would you let them out of the city and create opportunities for your army to escape?"

"So, don't use the people as a cover!"

"This……"

Timur saw that his idea was revealed, and a trace of shame and anger flashed on his face.However, he did not have an attack, but endured it forcefully.

"If General Chang Sheng spares the people in the city, I will give you a special gift."

Chang Sheng didn't even ask what the gift was and just refused.

"I do not care!"

"I have only one wish in my life, and that is to make my nephew the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Now that this wish has been fulfilled, I have no regrets in the world..."

"Do you really have no regrets?"

Timur looked at Chang Sheng in disbelief, and then clapped his hands.

After Timur clapped his hands, his escort opened the door of the carriage and welcomed the two beauties wearing only a layer of tulle out of the carriage.

"General Chang Sheng, this is my concubine. I give it to you now..."

When Chang Sheng saw this, he immediately turned around and said to the surrounding soldiers.

"Push these two women back into the carriage!"

However, the soldiers under his command seemed not to hear, staring directly at the two beauties.

They have been fighting outside all year round and have not eaten meat for several years.Now the first sight of such a beautiful woman has already aroused their most instinctive reaction.

Seeing that no one was moving, Chang Sheng couldn't help but look around. He saw that the usually majestic guards were now staring directly at the two beauties, looking at them through the thin gauze scarf. The graceful figures of two beauties.

Upon seeing this, Chang Sheng secretly thought that it was time to mention it to His Majesty and resolve the marriage issues of these soldiers.

Although the woman brought by Timur was very beautiful, Chang Sheng still remained sober enough.

Seeing that his men were useless, he could only pick up a cloak and put it on the two of them.

"You two go and take shelter in the carriage for a while. I will send someone to take you to Kangdu in two days."

The two beauties did not understand Chang Sheng's words, but they understood Chang Sheng's gestures. They immediately boarded the carriage and hid in the carriage shivering while secretly peeking at the scene outside.

"Your Majesty Timur, the foreign minister is indeed unable to agree to your request."

"The Timur Empire must perish and the city of Baghdad must be destroyed!"

"The foreign minister will bomb Baghdad for three days. After three days, no matter how many subjects and people are left in the city, I will pardon their capital crimes!"

Timur's face changed greatly when he heard this, but he soon regained his composure.

"All right!"

"I hope General Chang can keep his promise!"

After Timur said this, he closed his eyes and fell to the ground.

Upon seeing this, Chang Sheng hurriedly called the military doctor. The military doctor ran over to check Timur's pulse and shook his head at Chang Sheng.

"General, this man is dying. We must prepare for his funeral as soon as possible."

Chang Sheng frowned when he heard this and asked again. "Is there any fraud, such as taking a drug that fakes death?"

The military doctor shook his head when he heard this.

"will not!"

"His death vein is very obvious, Wei Chen will never mistake it!"

"General, if you don't believe it, you can wait. If you wait for half an hour, this person will definitely die!"

This stumped Chang Sheng, and he didn't know what to do for a while.He could only quickly send electricity to Kangdu and ask Zhu Yunxi how to deal with Timur.

Zhu Yunxi was stunned when he heard the news. He discussed with people from the Military Aircraft Department in the morning and agreed that the war between Ming Dynasty and Tamerlane would continue for another year.

Now Chang Sheng sent him a message and told him that Timur was dying and lying in his tent in the Chinese army. How could Zhu Yunxi dare to believe this?

Zhu Yunxi repeatedly confirmed that the person who came was indeed Timur, and that he was indeed dying. He convened a meeting with people from the Military Aircraft Department and the accompanying cabinet overnight.

"This is the situation. Tamerlane is dying and is waiting to die in Chang Sheng's military camp."

"He made a request before he died, asking us to spare the soldiers and civilians in Baghdad."

Qitai was the first to stand up and say.

"Your Majesty, this is not a matter of whether to spare the people of Baghdad, but how to deal with Timur."

"No matter how you say it, Timur is also a hero of his generation. Now that he dies in our camp, if he is not handled properly, there will be endless troubles."

"If the people of Khorasan and Persia think that we killed Timur, it will be a deadly feud, and it will be the kind that can last for hundreds of years."

"Therefore, the top priority must be to invite prestigious people in Baghdad to come over, let them watch Timur die with their own eyes, and prepare a grand funeral for Timur after his death, and bury him with the rites of an emperor."

After hearing what Qi Tai said, Lan Yu immediately showed a look of impatience on her face.

"It's just that an old guy died. Is it so serious?"

Qi Tai rarely contradicted the Duke of Liang, the most powerful official in the dynasty and a relative of the emperor.

"Dong Liang, be careful what you say!"

"All men are mortal, Timur will die, you and I will die."

"Respect for the deceased is a custom in both the Ming Dynasty and the Western Regions."

"No matter what Timur did, just saying that his rule in the Western Regions for so many years did not cause much trouble to the people, and he personally created a huge empire that was no less than the Ming Dynasty, we should all give him enough respect. "

"Your Majesty, please quickly order General Chang Sheng to cease the war, and then send people to General Chang Sheng's central army tent to handle Timur's funeral!"

"When necessary, our Ming Dynasty will also give him a posthumous title to show respect for his lifetime achievements."

After Qi Tai finished speaking, Kong Yanjin, Zhang Zongjun, Yang Shiqi and others all stood up and agreed.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Qi is right, respecting the dead is the most important thing."

"Your Majesty, be careful to pursue your goals, and the people's virtue will be strong."

"When the local people see that we respect Timur so much, they will sincerely surrender and stop causing trouble."

Seeing that most people supported this decision, Zhu Yunxi immediately sent Qitai to the front line in Baghdad to handle funeral matters, and sent a cease-fire message to Chang Sheng.

Chang Sheng did not immediately cease fighting after receiving the message, but stopped only after all the white phosphorus bombs on hand were shot.

As for sending people to the city of Baghdad to shake people off, he didn't send anyone. He just asked Timur's driver to go back and inform the defenders in the city about the matter and let them decide what to do.

The city of Baghdad has long been a purgatory on earth. The defenders in the city have long since collapsed, and there is no one to defend the city at all.

Timur's coachman returned to the city and found Ali Muad after much effort.

"Sir, something bad has happened. His Majesty the Sultan died in the Ming Dynasty's military tent!"

"Now General Chang Sheng is asking you to come over and be a witness and be responsible for handling His Majesty's funeral matters!"

Ali Mouad, who was worried that he could not find a way out, was ecstatic when he heard this.

I finally don’t have to die!

Your Majesty, you finally did something serious and used your own death to gain a glimmer of hope for the people of Baghdad!
"Okay, I'll go now..."

Ali Muad did not come alone, but brought several ministers with good connections to deal with Timur's funeral.

When they arrived at Chang Sheng's army tent, Timur was in a state of reflection.

When Timur saw Ali Muad, he shouted excitedly.

"Hurry up...I want to say the last edict..."

Upon hearing this, Ali Mouad quickly took out his quill pen and the accompanying diary to record.

"After my death, there is no need for revenge..."

"After my death, you must obey the Ming Dynasty and do not resist..."

"After my death, I will be rumored to be in Ma Heima..."

Chang Sheng watched their performance silently, not bothering to listen to anything they said.

Of course, the most important reason is that I don’t understand.

But it doesn't matter whether they listen or not. Timur is in their hands, and they can't do anything even if they continue to play.

Timur died completely after finishing his final edict intermittently.

Upon seeing this, Ali Muad lay down on Timur's body and cried bitterly. A group of ministers he brought with him and Aqo in Baghdad also cried together.

Chang Sheng not only did not stop them from mourning, but also thoughtfully built a funeral shed for them and allowed the surviving people in Baghdad to go out to mourn.

Three days later, Qitai led a group of officials and rushed to the front line at an accelerated speed of [-] miles.

Qi Tai watched tens of thousands of people mourning for Timur. While praising Chang Sheng for handling the situation appropriately, he lamented how popular Timur was.

Even if the empire is so scattered and fragmented, so many people still come to mourn on their own initiative, which shows that this person has merit both as a king and as a human being.

“I didn’t expect Timur to be so popular among the people!”

When Chang Sheng heard this, he curled his lips in disdain and retorted unceremoniously.

"Lord Qi, you don't know. If I continue to bomb for a few more days, more people will come out to cry for Timur."

Qi Tai frowned in displeasure upon hearing this and ignored the words of Chang Sheng, a killer.

"May I ask General Chang Sheng what his plans are for His Majesty Tamerlane's mausoleum?"

Chang Sheng shook his head when he heard this.

"do not know!"

"They are different from our Ming Dynasty. They don't pay attention to that."

"Why don't you ask their parents which way they like, and we can bury them in that way."

Qitai thought about it and it was right, no matter what, he had to do as the Romans do.

However, after discussing with Ali Mouad and others, Qitai was speechless.

"Sir, our Majesty can only be buried in Samarkand!"

"Yep!"

"Samarkand is a city built by our Majesty himself. It has special significance. Please bury our Majesty there!"

The words of Ali Mouad and others not only angered Chang Sheng, but even Qitai felt that they were going a little too far.

Now that Samarkand is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, how can we bury an imperial emperor there?
Qitai rejected the proposal without thinking.

"no!"

"Kangdu must not be used as Timur's mausoleum. If he wants to be buried, he can only be buried elsewhere..."