Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family
Chapter 636: Massacre in Baghdad, the Caliphate's Terrifying Wealth
Chapter 636: Massacre in Baghdad, the Caliphate's Terrifying Wealth
Hulagu's words caught everyone off guard. They had no idea that Hulagu would actually propose a massacre of the city!
"Prince Hulagu is right. Logically, we should massacre the city. This city has resisted for several months, causing us to suffer heavy casualties.
If we don’t massacre the city, it will be hard to get rid of the hatred in our hearts.” A Mongolian general nodded and spoke.
According to Mongolian rules, this city should indeed be massacred. After all, envoys had been sent in to persuade the other party to surrender, but they did not surrender and had resisted resolutely for such a long time.
"Second Prince, you can't do this! Since ancient times, massacring a city has been an ominous thing. Our Daqian Empire has just been established, and we can't do this." A Han army general hurriedly stepped forward and spoke.
The new dynasty had just been established, and they were massacring the city while going to war. He thought this was a bad sign, after all, they had fought all the way west.
There has never been a case of smear campaign. Even when they attacked Samarkand, they did not commit such cruel acts as massacre in the city.
"Yes, yes, Second Prince, and it would be a pity to massacre the whole city. This city can be used as our logistics base.
As a springboard for our attack on the Ayyubid Dynasty or the Mamluk Dynasty." Another Han army general said.
"Prince Hulaguzong! Since you proposed Tuchen, you must have your reasons, right? I would like to hear your opinion." Zhang Dingxia said.
Since you propose to massacre the city, I would like to hear your opinion and see what you have to say.
“Second Prince! This city has an unimaginable status. It is called the Holy City here, and even a holy place admired by all the countries in this land.
This city is their spiritual symbol and pillar. If this city is not destroyed, the resistance sentiment will never disappear.
But if the city is destroyed, the spirit of resistance will disappear completely.
And the most important person in this city is the Caliph. You must kill the Caliph so that you can completely rule this city." Hulagu said.
This land has unimaginable faith constraints and unimaginable religious power. If you want to eradicate their religious power, you must use iron-blooded means, so you must kill and you must massacre.
Because his Feng Kingdom will also be here in the future. If he wants his descendants to secure the throne, then the so-called Caliph, his city, and all the beliefs established in their world must be completely destroyed.
After hearing what Hulagu said, Zhang Dingxia smiled and nodded, he was right.
If he wants to completely rule this land, the so-called caliph must die, but to be honest, Zhang Dingxia wants to preserve the city of Baghdad.
But if it is preserved, then the capital city to be built in the future will be in Samarkand, so what is this place? Another more prosperous capital?
The city of Baghdad is the real core area of the YSL world and the real core city. If it is not destroyed, then the capital must be built here. If you build the capital here.
This is obviously not feasible. A dynasty has stood here for more than 600 years, and its influence is deeply rooted. Even if he uses a flying artifact to fly into the sky and announce to all the people here that he is a great prophet.
The people here will not believe it, and even some reactionary forces will say that this is the devil's bait and you should not believe it. At that time, the people will continue to resist.
"Uncle Bartel! What do you think we should do this time? Should we carry out a massacre?"
Zhang Dingxia looked at Bater, who was sent by his father to assist him. Bater was a highly respected general in the Mongolian army whose status was second only to Hulagu.
"Second Prince, you are the commander-in-chief of this Western Expedition. Your orders are above all else. If you order to kill, then we will massacre the city. If you order not to kill, then we will massacre the city.
Then we will try our best to suppress the people of this city. The final decision is in your hands, but if you want to ask my opinion, then my opinion is to massacre the city." Battelle said.
I am over 60 years old this year. Thirty years ago, I followed Genghis Khan and made my first sacrifice. At that time, Genghis Khan also faced the same choice, and his approach was to kill!
Because they had to be killed. If they didn't kill them, the Western Expedition Army would not be able to control so many people. If they didn't kill them, they would not be able to intimidate the local people. If they didn't kill them, they would not be able to guarantee the safety of the army's rear.
Moreover, carrying out a massacre in a city can also deter local forces and other countries. When Genghis Khan did not carry out the massacre in the beginning, it was very difficult for him to capture each city.
But after the massacre, every time they arrived at a city, the people there rushed to surrender without resisting.
So sometimes it is necessary to massacre a city.
"Okay! In that case, let's massacre the city!" Finally, Zhang Dingxia nodded and agreed with the opinions of the two veteran generals, Hulagu and Bater, to massacre the city that had just been conquered.
As soon as these words were spoken, some Han army generals' expressions changed drastically, and they wanted to stand up to stop it. After all, massacring a city has been an ominous thing since ancient times.
But Guo Kan, who was standing aside, stretched out his hand to stop several Han colleagues, and shook his head at them, signaling them not to say any more.
In this western land, their army has less than 200,000 soldiers. After the Western Expedition is over, a large number of Han troops will return to the East, and by then the Second Prince will have even fewer troops left.
If you want to gain a foothold in this land, sometimes you have to kill. If you don't, the locals will not recognize you.
So the best way to weigh the pros and cons is to massacre the city!
"Just now, those generals of the Western Crusaders came to me and said that they wanted to plunder. In that case, let them plunder!
However, all the treasures of the great nobles, religious leaders and caliphs in the city belong to us, and the Crusaders are not allowed to touch them." Zhang Dingxia said.
The executioner's job was left to the Crusaders. These Western barbarians were good at doing this kind of thing, and they were very happy to do it. In their eyes, the property of civilians was not important and could be used as military expenses for the Crusaders.
But the private treasury of the great nobles, some religious leaders and the caliph could not be touched by others.
"Prince Hulagu Zong! Since it was you who proposed the massacre, then you will lead the Mongolian army.
Cooperate with General Battelle to clean up this city! The time for the massacre is set on three days. "Zhang Dingxia said.
In just three days, the brutal European Crusaders and Mongolian cavalry were enough to turn the city into a river of blood.
The order was quickly passed down, and the Mongolian army began to move. The European Crusaders also received the news. They were allowed to massacre the city and rob civilians of their property, but were not allowed to touch the nobles.
The Crusaders had no complaints about this. After all, being able to enter the city and rob was already very good for them. Except for the members of the three major knightly orders and several other small knightly orders, the rest of the Crusaders were extremely poor.
"Kill! Kill! Charge into the city." Countless brutal Crusaders raised their swords and rushed into Baghdad.
At the same time, a large number of Mongolian cavalry rushed into the city. Seeing this scene, some Han troops could only retreat helplessly.
"General, it doesn't matter if we kill those soldiers, but why do we have to attack these unarmed civilians?" asked a Han soldier.
"We have to kill them. If we don't kill them, our rear will be unprotected. If we don't kill them, we won't be able to stand here in the future. This is how the Zhou emperor killed them when he enfeoffed the princes." The Han general took a deep breath and spoke.
There was no other way, if he could avoid killing anyone, he wouldn't want to do it, but sometimes you have to make your own choice.
The sounds of crying, begging, and cursing resounded throughout the city.
The swords of the Mongolian cavalrymen slashed across the necks of civilians. The Crusaders rushed into the homes of local people with extreme brutality, killing everyone they saw and starting to rob frantically.
The entire city of Baghdad was a river of blood, it was a living hell!
In the palace, the Caliph and all his princes and ministers were controlled, and the Mongolian cavalrymen held their swords on their necks. When Baghdad was captured, the Caliph was still a little bit unbelievable. He couldn't believe that as the spokesperson of God, he would be captured by the enemy one day.
"Bless your people! Bless your servants! Great True God!" The Caliph could only make his final prayer.
After three days of bloody massacre, Zhang Dingxia ordered the Mongolian army and the Crusaders, who had looted a lot, to withdraw from the city.
No one was allowed to be killed again. During the three-day massacre, nine out of ten houses in Baghdad were empty and a large number of civilians were massacred.
In three days, the treasury belonging to the Caliph in the palace was completely emptied. Zhang Dingxia came to the treasury and looked at the mountain of treasures.
There were so many treasures and gold that he couldn't even see the end of them, and he immediately opened his mouth wide.
He grew up in a royal palace. His father was also very powerful and possessed unimaginable wealth and splendor. This was even more so after unifying the East. However, this was the first time he had seen so much gold, silver and treasures gathered together.
The entire palace was magnificent. The Caliph's chair, the Caliph's bed, and even the Caliph's tableware and furniture were all made of gold or carved from precious wood.
Everything here is luxurious, and many decorations are made of ivory, pearls, agate and the like.
The Caliph's treasury contained countless real gold treasures, even a lot of porcelain tribute from the East, as well as precious scrolls, Western gems, and various gold ornaments.
"It's really terrifying. How much wealth has this Caliph collected? The treasures and wealth in his treasury are probably comparable to the treasury of our Daqian Empire." A Han army civil servant said with admiration.
After entering the Caliph's treasury, he was truly surprised. The treasures inside were so much that he could not imagine it.
"It is said that during the Tang Empire's strongest period, during the reign of Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi, this city was already very prosperous, and was not even inferior to the Tang Empire's Chang'an City.
The Tang Dynasty has been destroyed for hundreds of years, but this city still stands. It is reasonable that such wealth has been accumulated here under the rule of the caliphs for generations. "Zhang Dingxia said.
The treasures discovered here alone are enough to cover the military expenses of this Western Expedition. One can only imagine what kind of wealth this caliph and his ancestors have accumulated from generation to generation.
At this time, the Queen of Egypt was looking at the palace with a radiant face. She had lived here when she was young, as Khalibal's favorite concubine.
However, he was not favored by the Caliph at that time, but was given by him to the previous generation of Sultan of Egypt. He never expected that this city was so rich!
This is just the Caliph's private treasury! Is there any monarch in the world whose wealth is greater than his?
No! Perhaps the man he had just found, his father, the ruler of the East, had more treasures than the Caliph.
"If you like, just pick out a few pieces of jewelry as my gift to you. You can choose whatever you want." Zhang Dingxia looked at the Queen of Egypt and said with a smile.
"Then I won't be polite!" The Queen of Egypt smiled and picked out a few pieces of gold jewelry and held them in her arms. These were some gold lingerie jewelry that she could wear for her man to see at night.
On the other side, Zhang Dingxia also came to the deepest part of the palace and saw the Caliph with a frightened look on his face.
This was a man who looked to be in his forties or fifties, and around him were several young children and a few beautiful women!
These are the Caliph's wives and concubines, as well as his offspring.
"You have so much gold, silver and jewelry, why don't you use it to recruit troops?
If you turn all these gold, silver and jewels into an army, then I will probably have to spend a lot of effort to conquer your city, or even several years. "Zhang Dingxia looked at the Caliph and asked.
"I, I can't bear to part with it! These treasures, these treasures all belong to Allah. They are restricted by the sultans in various places. I can't use them at will." The Caliph rolled his eyes and spoke.
To be honest, he does feel a little regretful now. These treasures do belong to Allah in name. They are gifts from sultans from all over the world to the great Allah.
It was kept by him, the Caliph, but this was just an external statement used to deceive ordinary people.
The truth is, these treasures all belong to their family and to the Caliph. If they really grit their teeth, they can indeed use the treasures here and transform all of them into military power.
However, it is not as simple as the other party said. It does not mean that you can recruit troops if you have money. In order to fight against the Mongols, he has mobilized the army of the entire country and some other surrounding areas.
Even if he used these treasures to recruit troops, they would not be able to reach his own palace at this point in time.
"Hahaha! I see it's not that you can't use it at will, but you're reluctant to do so, right?" Hulagu sneered and said.
It's okay to fool ordinary people by saying that this is Allah's words, but it's impossible to fool them. To put it bluntly, you just can't bear to part with it. You are guarding your gold and are unwilling to give it to others.
"Hahaha! Prince Hulagu, you are right, this Caliph seems to be very stingy!
He was not willing to use these treasures, these countless treasures, to arm his troops, but wanted to keep them.
Perhaps these treasures can give birth to smaller treasures, otherwise how can we explain the existence of so many treasures here?" Zhang Dingxia said.
He suddenly remembered a very funny thing. His father once said that the money should be kept in his own hands.
If you don't spend it, it won't produce puppies. You have to find a way to spend it and then turn it into more wealth for it to be useful.
His father said so and did so. He never hesitated to spend money on training the army, developing science and technology, building water conservancy projects, and improving people's livelihood.
After this money is spent, it will soon turn into larger taxes and return to the national treasury. Obviously, this Western monarch does not understand this.
"I'm just a custodian. These treasures belong to Allah. If, if you touch these treasures, then you will be cursed by Allah, and you will be punished by God." Alifa gritted his teeth and finally decided to make some threats to the Mongols.
It's just that his threat seemed so powerless, so weak, and so ridiculous.
"Hahahaha! Listen, listen! These treasures are from the true God.
If I take it, I will be cursed by the true God. Do you believe this?" Zhang Dingxia laughed.
"My dear! There are many young concubines among the Caliph's wives. I will help you find them all and then train them to be the most loyal slaves." Zhenzhu Xiaozhi came to Zhang Dingxia with a smile on her face, and then looked at the Caliph who was kneeling on the ground with an extremely mocking look.
How sad! Great Caliph, you have come to this day!
"You! You! Pearl Twig! How dare you, how dare you betray me?" The Caliph said to the Egyptian Queen Pearl Twig with a resentful face.
"Hmph! Dear, I'll go collect some beautiful girls for you." Pearl Twig completely ignored the Caliph, turned around and left, then went towards his harem. Next, she was going to find some fun for her man.
"Okay, it's time for the Caliph to deal with you. I intend to execute you according to the highest Mongolian etiquette." Zhang Dingxia said.
No matter what, this Caliph, the theocratic ruler of this world, must die.
"No, don't kill me. I will give all these treasures to you. Please spare my life!" The Caliph knelt on the ground in horror and said.
(End of this chapter)
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