After capturing Kemu, Lin Chengxiang set off without Mashan to catch up with Mu Qiyuan. He asked Lu Yufeng's 58th Division and Li Yuanjiang's 59th Division to level the surrounding castles, gather the nearby Han people, and concentrate on Kemu City.
He himself was recuperating in Kemucheng accompanied by the Sixtieth Division.
The rumor spread in the city. Both Tibetans and Mongolians heard this rumor. The atmosphere was already very tense, but nothing major happened. The Tibetans and Mongolians kept their doors behind closed doors.
Seeing that his goal was not achieved, Lin Chengxiang simply increased his fire.
A new rumor spread in the city: After ten days, the Ming army will slaughter the city. As long as the Tibetan kills a Mongolian, they can freely leave the city and go wherever they want to go.
Under the tremendous pressure of terror, some Tibetans finally took the risk. He secretly killed his woman while he was not betrayed. Then, with the head of the woman, he came to the government office to claim credit, but the people of the government office told him, You don't need to come to the government office, as long as you bring the monk's head directly to the gate of the city, the soldiers guarding the city will release him out of the city after acceptance.
The Tibetan was overjoyed. He spread this message among the Tibetans and asked his acquaintances and friends to follow him when they left the city, and let them see with their own eyes how they got out of the city.
After the Ming army who guarded the city accepted the Mongol’s first level, they released the Tibetans out of the city and followed the Tibetans behind him. Then they believed the Tibetans’ words. It turns out that the legend in the city is not a rumor, but a rumor. Really.
After the propaganda of those Tibetans, the atmosphere in the city suddenly became tense. The Tibetans picked up the farm tools and weapons in their hands to hunt down the Mongolians. In order to protect themselves, the Mongolians had no choice but to unite when they were unable to leave the city.
Turubahu is dead, and the Mongolians have no new profuse sweat. They can only organize a few loose interest groups.
In order to survive, the Tibetans kept attacking the Mongols; and the Mongols kept attacking the Tibetans in order to protect themselves.
Also, in this genocide, only the Han people were able to stay alive. In addition to taking his soldiers to stroll around in the street, Lin Chengxiang was sleeping at home. Even when he met Tibetans and Mongolians on the street, he was only When I didn't see it.
Regardless of the Ming army, the war between the Tibetans and the Mongolians became even more unscrupulous.
Time is becoming more and more pressing, and the time for the Ming army to slaughter the city is getting closer and closer. The Tibetans and Mongolians in the city believe that the legend is not a rumor, but a real decision of the Ming army.
The battle between the Tibetans and the Mongolians has evolved from sporadic sneak attacks to large-scale non-stop fighting day and night. Except for the gathering areas of Han people, there is no pure land in the whole Kemu City. There are wars and bloodshed everywhere, and Tibetan corpses and Mongolians are everywhere. Human headless corpse.
Originally, the Tibetans had the advantage in fighting with weapons, and they had more strong men. However, after the Mongols lost their 14,000 strong cavalry outside Kemu City, there were almost no strong men.
However, after the Tibetans got the first rank of the Mongolian, they took it to the gate of the city and exchanged their way out from the Ming army. This sharply reduced the number of Tibetans in the city. The Tibetans who stayed in the city were basically the same as the Mongolians. They were all old and weak, women and children, and the balance of strength on both sides gradually tilted toward the Mongolian side.
On the ninth day, there was only the last day left before the time set by the Ming army to slaughter the city.
Thousands of Tibetans in the city left their wives and children and Buddha to protect themselves. The remaining old and weak women and children have little fighting capacity, although their opponents are also old and weak women and children.
The Tibetans became more and more anxious, and the Mongolians were more anxious than them. The Ming army did not give them any way out. Even if they killed the Tibetans, they would inevitably be slaughtered by the Ming army.
The Tibetans and the Mongols had a truce. After discussion, they unanimously decided to go to war against the Ming army. Only by defeating the Ming army can they get a glimmer of life.
At this moment, the Tibetans and Mongolians form a community with a shared future.
Of course they didn't dare to attack the Ming army's camp. It was simply a death. Even their army was not an opponent of the Ming army. They began to attack the defenders of the West City Gate in the evening.
The Ming army was not yet fully prepared. When the fleeing army of tens of thousands of Tibetans and Mongolians arrived at Xichengmen, there was only one battalion defender of the Ming army.
Seeing tens of thousands of people, the Ming Army of the Three or Four Hundreds had an ominous hunch, and what they were holding was not the first class, but various weapons, such as knives, guns, clubs, shovels, harpoons, and even fire sticks. Used it.
The battalion commander who defended the city sent someone to ask Lin Chengxiang for help while preparing the soldiers for battle.
The language was unclear, and the battalion commander could only fire warning shots.
However, Tibetans and Mongolians who have never seen firearms have no idea how powerful flintlocks are. The sound and light of flintlocks only frightened them.
For a brief moment, they were stunned, but under the control of escape, they rushed to the Ming army even more violently, towards the west gate.
"boom."
"boom."
"boom.
…
The flintlock fired, and the people who rushed in the front suddenly fell to the place a hundred steps ahead of the Ming army as if hitting a horseshoe. The blood followed the wound and began to flow to the ground.
Accompanied by the blood flowing, all kinds of screams and calls for help from their mouths.
People in the front saw their relatives injured, and those in the back heard their relatives calling for help. These people in Kemu City immediately rushed to their heads. They were Tibetans and Mongolians. They originally advocated force and blood, even the old and weak women and children.
The people in the back tried to squeeze in front to see what happened. The people in the front wanted to see the injured relatives who fell to the ground, and what happened to them.
The crowd attacked with a kind of inertia like a flood. At this moment, no one could stop them unless there was a greater force than them to stop them.
The Ming army couldn't stop it, they only had three or four hundred people.
The flintlocks were firing non-stop, but there were too many people and the crowd was too dense. Some were shot and wounded. Even the dead people were also surrounded by people.
The gunmen were unrelenting, but the crowd was still advancing, from the death line of a hundred steps to the middle line of eighty steps, and then to the warning line of sixty steps.
The Ming army was really anxious, but the number of flintlocks was too small, and they couldn't suppress the progress of the crowd at all.
There are thousands of casualties, or tens of thousands, but the crowd is still advancing, unless there is unexpected force to change their inertia.
"Shoot, target legs." The battalion commander yelled. At this moment, he doesn't need to end the opponent's life anymore, as long as the crowd loses the ability to move forward.
As long as one of the legs is shot, the people will kneel or fall. The crowd gathers on the ground, and this crowd trips the crowd who is moving forward.
The crowd accumulates, temporarily blocking the crowd behind.
"Damn, these desperate Tibetans and Mongolians." The battalion commander finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Camp, I have no bullets."
"I have no bullets."
"me too."
…
The battalion commander was shocked. There were only dozens of bullets on each soldier. In normal times, it was more than enough to face the enemy. However, there were too many people impacted today, and the bullets were almost exhausted.
"Pull out the saber, even with your hands, you can't let them escape. Once they escape, they are Daming's enemies, and they will discredit the reputation of Daming's army."
Soldiers without bullets all dropped their flintlocks and pulled out the spare sabers around their waists. They were ready to fight melee in close combat. The Ming army was not too strong in hand-to-hand combat. Fortunately, the enemy on the opposite side was not a regular army, but The common people are old and weak women and children. Their only advantage is the large number of people, so that the Ming army will not be able to kill them for a while.
After a short period of stagnation, the crowd finally crossed the pile of people on the ground, and began to run towards the Ming army like ants, and the two sides began to meet each other.
The weather started to darken, and the soldiers of the Ming Army couldn't see whether they were women, children or old people in front of them. As long as there were people, they would cut a knife.
But a sap or an embroidered shovel would stick out in the dark, and the Ming army began to suffer casualties.
"boom."
"boom."
"boom.
…
The sound of flintlock guns came from behind the people. It turned out that a parade army got the message and rushed to reinforce the Xicheng Gate. From the gunshots, it can be heard that the number of people is not too many, just like a hundred.
The battalion commander, regardless of the number of people, yelled: "Brothers, our reinforcements are here, kill them, kill the enemy and do meritorious services. If you are late, you won't get any credit."
The Ming army's heart was uplifted, and the Tibetans and Mongolians heard the gunshots behind them and knew that the Ming army’s reinforcements had arrived. They all squeezed forward, hoping to open the west gate before the Ming army’s reinforcements arrived. As long as they are out of the city, with the help of the cover of night, they have the possibility of survival.
The Ming army at the gate of the city underwent greater pressure, but the sound of flintlock guns behind gave them hope. As long as they can hold it for a while, they can prevent these people from leaving the city and successfully complete the task of guarding the gate.
"boom."
"boom."
"boom.
…
The gunfire suddenly became dense, and apparently more reinforcements arrived.
The speed at which the Tibetans and Mongolians fell, surpassed their advancing speed. Before they rushed to the gate of the city, they had all fallen. The gate was right in front of them. With the help of the faint light of the flintlock fire, they could still Seeing the West Gate, they could push it open almost as soon as they stretched out their hands, but they will never have the opportunity to push the West Gate open.
The Ming army began to slaughter the wounded people, especially the battalion that originally guarded the city gate. As long as the soldiers had a little strength, they would run over and cut a few times.
Lin Chengxiang also came to the west city gate. He couldn't see the corpses on the ground in the darkness. He hadn't planned to massacre the city. He just hoped to expel the Tibetans and Mongolians and reduce the non-Han population in the city. When he heard that the Ming army at the gate was injured or killed , Lin Chengxiang, who has always been gentle and elegant, was also angry: "Tucheng."
The city fell into chaos again. Soldiers searched house-to-house, killing people at sight and robbing objects at sight. Even the temples were not spared.
This massacre not only killed the Tibetans and Mongolians in the city, but also found more than 56,000 taels of gold and artifacts, and more than 230,000 taels of silver.
Lin Chengxiang originally planned to keep one brigade in the city, but the cavalry outside the city lost two thousand cavalry in a decisive battle, and there were two thousand cavalry seriously injured, and he needed to heal his wounds in the city. He finally left a regiment of troops.
Before leaving, he left an extra 1,000 sabers to the head of the regiment: "No matter what method you use, a large number of eliminations are allowed. One month later, one thousand Han Chinese must be transformed into local armed forces. After the training is over, they will be removed. Divided into two groups, one day for the soldiers and the other for the people."
Lin Chengxiang chose a Han Chinese named Yang Jinbai from the local Hans to serve as the temporary prefect of Haemok, and left two military staff officers to assist him in handling government affairs. This led to the army and chased Mu in the direction of Gongbu. yuan.