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Israel died in battle, and his three adult sons were captured by King Iz of Gur and killed without asking Gawain.

When the Red Hand Brigade and the Guard Brigade followed to Peshawar, the leaderless city guards had unanimously agreed to surrender. The two cast iron heavy artillery that Yelu Dashi had requested to be transported from Balakt City (Balihei) were just being exchanged for draft horses at the city post station. Now they no longer had to go to the Hirspis River, and all of them belonged to Gawain's army as spoils of war. In addition, Peshawar, backed by mountains and facing rivers, has always been the most important pasture of the Ghaznavid Khanate. The 4,000 war horses and 800 Daxia camels in the stables also became Gawain's possession.

Having seized the cannons and war horses, Gawain made a concerted effort: he handed Multan City to the Mosiah Brigade to continue to contain it, and he, Branas, Melo, Iz, Taji and others led the main force to the north like a whirlwind.

Peshawar was almost equivalent to the "back" of Ghazni City. Once this place was lost, as long as they broke through the mountain pass of about 30 li, they would appear on the hillside behind Ghazni City.

After the collapse of Israel's empire, it seemed that nothing could stop Gawain's iron hoof. Two days later, the emperor who marched here from Peshawar could stand on the top of the mountain and overlook the whole picture of Ghazni City. It was an oval shape surrounded by city walls, with a raised hill in the center and a solid inner wall. There were the Acropolis and the Great Mosque of Balmura. There were also two ochre-red stone minarets in the garden on the top of the inner city. From a distance, they were like beautiful red glass balls shining under the clouds and the sun. They were the symbols of the victory and glory of the Ghazni Khanate, two Crescent-style "Minas" towers. It is said that the cellars under these two towers and the Khan's palace on the Acropolis contain countless treasures. They were all looted from India by the successive Khans of Ghazni in the past. They were the spoils of the "Crescent Jihad". It was these treasures that turned Ghazni, a former small town, into a magnificent and prosperous plateau capital.

In the distance of the sparkling river, on the west and northwest sides of Ghazni City, there were also chessboard-like camps - the armies of Kabeamia, Gregor, Atami and others were stationed there, echoing with the emperor from afar, besieging the city.

Gawain sent an envoy to the city. On the tray they raised were the heads of Israel and his three sons. Israel's youngest son Halki was also left in the city. The meaning of the envoy was very clear: let Halki leave the city and surrender as soon as possible, and the Roman emperor guaranteed that the city would not be burned and razed to the ground by him.

In the Privy Hall named "Bar-i-Khas" in the Acropolis, important cardinals such as state councilors, relatives of the Khan, Crescent Church judges, and philanthropists gathered together. Their idea was also very simple: Halki should follow the instructions of the Roman emperor. From this moment on, the Ghazni Khanate would be separated from the jurisdiction of the "Huangsong Alliance" and become a Seljuk again, no, it would also include a vassal of the Roman Empire.

This mode of going back and forth to save the country was not new in this era, and all the members of the Privy Council thought it was no big deal: the former Khan had died on the battlefield, Ghazni no longer resisted and was willing to submit, so the Roman emperor had no reason to refuse, and he had to play a role in protecting the interests of the vassal state in the future.

So Halki submitted a letter of credence, willing to surrender all the keys of the city gates.

Gawain replied: The Acropolis Palace and the Great Mosque continued to be Halki's private property, and all the prominent families in the city gathered in the Great Mosque of Balmura, and everyone would immediately pay one-tenth of their wealth to regain their freedom; and all residents in the lower city and the outer field must leave the city and set up camp, and are not allowed to stay in the city as a resistance force.

After another discussion, Halki sent another letter of credence to express his agreement.

On the last Thursday of the month of Shemwar (end of October), Halki, wearing mourning clothes and accompanied by courtiers, knelt in front of the sand at the city gate and presented the city model, the Khan's scepter and the keys of the gates to Gawain who was riding towards him with great fear and trepidation, and asked him to forgive the Ghaznavid royal family.

Before Gawain could reply, the sound of horse hooves and shouts of killing suddenly came from the "Mamud Gate" in the west of the city (Mamud liked to set out from here when he went to northern India), and then smoke and fire suddenly rose in the city - Halki was so scared that he turned pale, and the emperor on horseback was also furious. He shouted at the guards wearing golden armor with swords on their shoulders: Which team ignored the emperor's authority and did not abide by the armistice?

Soon, a messenger came on horseback to report:

"It was Iz. Aladdin's 3,000 Ghur cavalry and General Hamir's 2,000 Rajput soldiers. They shouted slogans of revenge and rushed into the city without listening to our army's obstruction."

Gawain deliberately asked, why did they shout slogans of revenge?

The messenger said in front of the trembling Halki that Iz deeply hated his father's death at the hands of the Ghaznavids, and the Rajput soldiers under Hamir hated the generations of Ghaznavids who burned, killed and looted their homes.

At this time, the Roman emperor sighed to the sky, and then said to Halki gently, I am afraid that I cannot control this state of mind. If I want to continue to let my allies fight for me, how can I ignore their demands for hundreds of years?

"Your Majesty is right." Halki could only answer like this.

"Are you still willing to return to the city?" The emperor stretched out his whip and asked Halki loudly.

Halki shook his head hastily, saying that the city was too dangerous now and that he was willing to take shelter in His Majesty's tent.

Gawain agreed.

In fact, he had made a secret arrangement with Izzy and Hamil for this scene: he would play the role of a priest, tricking the city of Ghaznavid into surrendering; while Izzy and Hamil would play the villains, completely destroying the city in the name of revenge. Eradicate it from the plateau so that the Ghaznavid Khanate will never be able to revive again!

The three parties further divided the spoils: the wealth in the city of Ghaznavid, including the 40,000 residents, was equally divided among them, but among them, the rubies used as eyes on the original sculptures of the Great Sun Temple in Multan City were specially owned by Hamil, and he wanted to take them. The property was returned to its original owner in order to restore the momentum of Brahmanism.

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As a result, the royal capital of Ghaznavida, a beautiful flower on the plateau in the past, a place with countless Persian gardens, palaces and fountains, with streets as straight and magnificent as an Indian chessboard, was quickly destroyed by more and more intense flames. Devouring, smoke and shouts of death - It extended straight to the Acropolis - the nobles and rich men who gathered there as ordered became the biggest victims. They were shot down with arrows by the barbaric Gur people, hacked to death with knives, and the gold and silver treasures fell all over the ground. By being plundered, beautiful flowers like flowers are allowed to be defiled and possessed.

In this way, the city of Ghaznavids and the dynasty named after it were destroyed in a fire for three days and three nights.

As the Crescent Poets of later generations said with great sadness in their chapters, "The whole world was burned in this way, and only two Minas Towers, burned black by the flames, still stood on the plateau full of buckwheat. Otherwise any tourist would think it was just a field."