Yun He looked closely and saw that the old man had half-white beard and hair. He was at least sixty years old. His left leg was slightly sloping. He didn't seem to be carrying any weapons. He was wearing clothes made of luxurious fabrics, but the style was that of a military general.
He was wearing a very neat style. At this time, he was being supported by several people who didn't know whether they were servants or guards and were walking towards him.
Just from the appearance, this man looks like an ordinary old man from a wealthy family. But just by walking forward at an unhurried pace, one can feel an aura, a force that is difficult to express accurately but is real.
The momentum of existence.
Yunxi knew that this person must be Timur without asking, but Lan Zhen still came over and said: "Your Majesty, this person is Timur, the Great Khan of Samarkand."
"I understand." Yunxi said, standing there, waiting for Timur to come over.
His bodyguards walked over to search Timur. The person supporting Timur shouted loudly and were very dissatisfied. But Timur said something. Although the man still had a look of grievance on his face, he also
Silent, he took out all the weapons on his body and gave them to the Ming army, and then let the guards search them all. Just because of Timur's special status, the guards were very careful when searching him.
But he still searched all the places where weapons could be hidden. During this process, Timur's expression remained calm.
After the search was completed, Timur, with the support of his servants, walked up to Yunxi and said with a smile in Mongolian: "Are you Zhu Yunxi, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty?" The last three words he said were in Chinese.
"How dare you! How can you call His Majesty by his first name!" Qin Sen immediately shouted.
Yunxi waved his hand and replied in Mongolian: "I am Zhu Yunxi, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty."
Timur looked at Yunxi carefully for a few times and didn't know what he was thinking. Then he said: "Your Majesty, you plan to accompany me to your army's camp like this?" His tone seemed to be that of the master here.
"Of course not." Yunxi was not angry at all. Only the victor is magnanimous. He was already a victor at this time and could show his magnanimity. Even if he was very harsh to ordinary Samarkand soldiers, he would still be generous.
This does not affect the courtesy to Timur. Historically, ordinary soldiers who were captured during the Crusades suffered a tragic fate, but a king of a country like the 'Perfect Monster' Louis IX would receive good treatment even if he was captured.
and allows redemption with money.
He immediately asked the groom to drive his carriage with an area of more than 30 square meters, and extended his hand to Timur: "Please!"
Timur was not modest either. According to the Han etiquette he learned from somewhere, he handed over his hands and got on the carriage first. His servants also wanted to follow, but Timur pushed his hand and the servant retracted his hands.
The attendant stood beside the carriage, looking like he was going back with the carriage. Then Yunxi and a guard also boarded the carriage.
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"Hey! Drive!" Following the coachman's slogan, the eight horses tied to the carriage stepped forward at the same time.
"I never thought that I would meet you under such circumstances." Timur said in Mongolian.
"Although my total military strength is not as good as yours, and the national strength of my country is not as good as yours, in my imagination, I never thought that I would fight such a big defeat. I always thought that this battle would be at most
Even if it ends in a draw or a long-term stalemate, even if the result of the stalemate is that our army is close to running out of food, I don’t think we will be captured by you."
"To be honest, although I expected a big defeat of your army, I didn't expect to win like this!" Yunxi also answered in Mongolian, and couldn't help but use a modern tone: "The most likely result I expected,
It was delayed until you were seriously ill or even died of illness, and the morale of the whole army was shaken. Our Ming soldiers discovered it, took the opportunity to attack, and were defeated. In this case, even if we win, it is impossible to capture you alive. But I didn't expect the result to be so soon."
Upon hearing this, Timur's expression changed slightly and asked: "Have you planted a spy beside me?"
"No, really not." Seeing that he still didn't believe it, Yunxi said seriously: "Now that you have been captured, there is no point in me deceiving you. I have indeed never sent any spies to you."
"Besides, the people around you are very trustworthy people. It will be difficult for me to find someone to place beside you in a short period of time."
"Although I am seventy-two years old, I was still in good health before the expedition. How did you know that I was not in good health?"
Yunxi smiled and didn't answer. He couldn't tell Timur. Historically, you died of illness in February next year. Although there are still more than half a year left, running around on the bumpy road will greatly consume a person's body.
It is normal for the elderly to accelerate decline and die early from illness.
"Anyway, you are right. I am about to die of illness. If I mount my horse and retreat westward, I will never be able to return to Samarkand. Since leaving means death, staying means death, so I stayed and did not evacuate. And
Because I am very curious about you and the Ming Kingdom, I decided to be captured by you and have a conversation with you face to face. However, don’t think that you can take me back to the capital of your Ming Kingdom to show off your illustrious military exploits.”
"Actually, it doesn't matter whether we can bring you back to the capital or not, as long as you are captured alive." Yunxi said: "This battle has attracted the attention of many countries, including all the Ming Dynasty countries, including Fusang, Korea, Ryukyu, and Siam.
Luo, Brunei and other countries have sent envoys, and they will follow the army to the Western Regions during this expedition; in addition, I believe you must have brought many envoys with you. They will all know that you have been captured, and they will spread the great name of the Ming Dynasty."
"That's true. I brought the envoys from all over the world so that I could show off to all the other countries after defeating you. But now it seems that, according to an old saying of you Khitan people, I just shot myself in the foot."
He smiled self-deprecatingly.
"We are Han people, not Khitans. The Khitans are a nation that established a country to the north of our Han people 500 to 300 years ago. At that time, this country ruled the Mongols, and the Mongols then conquered all the people in the south.
They are called Khitans. As the Mongols expanded westward, this name spread in the west. But our real name is Han people."
"No matter what they are called, it refers to you people who live on the plain in the easternmost part of the continent that is suitable for farming, and the name Khitan people is not derogatory in any way."
"That's not possible. We can't let a few Mongolians change the name of my nation without authorization." Yunxi said.
"It's up to you." Timur was not obsessed with the title.