The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 642 Ming's Strength in the Middle East
It was almost the same as what Zhu Ying expected.

Here in the Indus River Basin, Timur's army was in dire straits, and did not encounter any decent resistance at all.

When attacking the Sultan of Delhi in history, Timur only had 30 troops to push across. Today, because of the joint threat of Ming Dynasty and the grassland, Timur directly dispatched [-] troops.

This makes these local forces in Delhi Sultan even worse.

Of course, not all the local governors in the Indus River region directly surrendered, and there were also those who resisted to the death.

It's just that facing the 30 Timur army, although not all of them are elite, they are still like a mantis.

After the siege, according to the tradition of Timur's army, the city was slaughtered for three days.

"If it weren't for this increasingly cold winter, this year we must go to the capital of the Tughluk dynasty and tie up their sultan and send them to Samarkand."

It was Haril, the son of Milansha, the third son of Timur, who spoke.

Standing on the city wall, he laughed wildly as he watched the slaughter of the soldiers below.

And standing next to him was Pierma Heima.

Pi'erma Heima frowned and said, "Actually, there is no need to massacre the city. Now we are building post stations and cement roads, and we need a lot of slaves."

"You killed them all, where will someone come to build roads for us."

Disdain flashed in Khalil's eyes: "I think you have been in Daming for so long, and you have been infected by their pedantry."

"To deal with these untouchables, only by making them feel fear can they surrender. Massacres are a tradition of our army, and you don't need you to teach me how to do things."

This time, the army that marched into the Delhi Sultan belonged to Milan Shah's army, which was controlled by Khalil.

Pierma Heima came here not to command a battle, but to look at the terrain and prepare to build a concrete road.

Because the cement formula was brought by Pierma Heima, Timur made him responsible for the construction of cement roads across the country.

The current Pierma Heima does not have an army under his command. The army left by his father, Jahangir, is now under the command of his eldest brother, Ma Heima Sultan.

In terms of status, Pierma Heima, as the second son, is a little more noble than Haril, but without the army, there is nothing he can do about Haril.

"Ming's ocean-going fleet will pose a threat to us from the sea, and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate has also combined a large number of troops, so grandpa will send 30 troops to fight against the Sultan of Delhi."

"I heard the news that Daming seems to have sent envoys to Delhi Sultan, not wanting to make Grandpa's plan succeed."

"If you are smarter, you shouldn't choose to massacre the city. This will only make the Sultan of Delhi hate us even more. If they cooperate with Da Ming, it will make this attack much more troublesome."

Pi'erma Heima said coldly, he really didn't want to talk to Khalil, even though the two had blood links.

But in fact, the relationship has not been very good. If Grandpa didn't ask him to come and have a look, he didn't want to work with Khalil at all.

Khalil glanced at Pierma Heima, and said mockingly in his tone, "You've tarnished your noble blood, and you're actually afraid of Daming."

"Da Ming used to be a subsidiary of our Mongolia, but the Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang took the opportunity to succeed. Just watch, sooner or later our army will set foot on the land of the Central Plains again."

"This time in Delhi Sultan, no one can resist me, even if Daming helps Tughluk."

"If they dare to send someone over to intervene, I will let them know what fear is."

Khalil's arrogant laughter echoed the slaughter in the city below.

Even the setting sun and dusk were stained with blood red.

Seeing Khalil like this, Pierma Heima didn't want to continue arguing.

Only by visiting Daming in person can one know how powerful and prosperous Daming is now.

Going against Daming is a very stupid act, even Timur regrets it now, he shouldn't have detained Daming's envoys in the first place, leading to the current passive situation.

The capital of Tughluq, Derry City.

This place is more prosperous, cleaner, and even more beautiful than the envoy of Ming Dynasty imagined.

Compared with the prosperity of Ming Dynasty, the city of Derry seems to be much more empty, especially a large number of garden designs are located in every corner of the city, making the whole of Derry seem to be beautiful in the garden at any time.

Even in the winter season now, there is a lot of green coverage.

This is due to the previous Tughluk dynasty Sultan Firuz.

Firuz belonged to brotherhood because his older brother Muhammad was killed in battle with the rebels in Sindh.

In the 37 years of his reign, he first gave up the conquest of the south, and then concentrated a lot of human and financial resources to build Delhi.

There are many temples here, as well as a large number of hospitals and schools.

Even though Timur's army had already approached the Indus River area, most of the people in the city still showed happiness on their faces.

"Business girls don't know the hatred of subjugation, and they still sing flowers in the backyard across the river."

"I didn't really understand the meaning of this sentence before, but today I came to Delhi, and it seems that I really feel it."

It was Wang Jinyi, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty who spoke.

Wang Jinyi is not an orthodox Han Chinese, but a descendant of the Jin Kingdom. His ancestor is still the Wanyan family. He just changed his name to avoid the pursuit of Meng Yuan.

These are all exaggerated past events. Wang Jinyi himself graduated from the Daming Military Academy and has a reputation as a scholar, but he was finally assigned to the Uzang Commander.

Because he can speak Turkic, Persian, and Pashto, which are the main official languages ​​of the Delhi Sultan, and because he graduated from the Ming Military Academy, he became the head of the mission.

Wang Jinyi used Chinese to communicate with his colleagues around him, but the noble Tughluk next to him naturally couldn't understand.

After all, Chinese is the most difficult language to learn, not to mention Wang Jinyi also used poetry metaphors.

"Distinguished guests from afar, our sultan is already waiting in the palace, please honorable guests come with me."

When they came to the Royal Palace of Delhi, they were greeted immediately.

For the prestigious Eastern Dynasty, it is clear that Nahirdin Mahmud Shah, the Sultan of the Tughluq Dynasty, attached great importance to it.

Sultan Mahmud originally wanted to go to the palace to greet him in person, but he canceled it under the persuasion of his courtiers.

After Wang Jinyi and other five envoys entered the palace, they received a warm welcome ceremony.

On both sides of the road, there are pure virgins wearing brightly colored clothes, and celebrating the arrival of Wang Jinyi and others with flower petals in their hands.

It can be seen that a lot of thought has been spent on flowers appearing at this time.

In the palace hall, Sultan Mahmud did not sit on the throne, but stood to welcome Wang Jinyi and others.

"Welcome distinguished guests from the Far East, I have prepared a lot of food and wine, I hope you will like it." Sultan Mahmud said loudly with open hands.

Different from the serious court etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, the culture of the Delhi Sultan is very different, more similar to the West.

This hall is not only for discussing matters, it is also a place where the monarch entertains his ministers.

There is a long table below, with barbecue and wine on the table, and there are maids serving behind it.

Except for Wang Jinyi, the other four people were obviously confused by the situation. They didn't expect to have dinner first in the scene of meeting Lord Tughluk?

Under the service of exotic maids and the stimulation of alcohol, it is obvious that the envoys of the Ming Dynasty have rapidly increased their favorability for the Tugluke Dynasty.

Wang Jinyi and the others felt that this mission was not in vain.

After drinking for three rounds, under the signal of Sultan Mahmud, Tughluq's court minister asked Wang Jinyi: "I don't know what kind of support the honorable Ming will bring us this time."

"Now Timur's army has reached the Indus River area. They are very cruel and fierce. We really want to get Ming's support."

When it came to the topic, Wang Jinyi and the others started to restrain themselves, and Wang Jinyi said in a serious tone: "According to the orders of His Royal Highness, the Grandson of the Ming Dynasty, there are now [-] elite soldiers assembled in Tubo, and we will wait until His Majesty the Sultan stamps his seal." You can set out and come to Delhi to obey the command of His Majesty the Sultan."

After finishing speaking, Wang Jinyi took out a contract from his body and handed it to the court minister of Tugluke next to him.

The minister took it and looked at it carefully, and found that the content of the contract was written in Chinese and Persian.

The general idea is that the Tughluk Dynasty contributed 10 taels of gold, and Daming was responsible for providing [-] soldiers to join the war between the Delhi Sultan and Timur.

The court minister got up quickly and handed the contract to Sultan Mahmud.

After Mahmud took the towel from the attendant next to him and wiped off the oil on his hands, he began to read carefully.

After watching it, the whole person was in a bad mood.

Asked in Persian; "Distinguished Oriental guest, the price of 10 taels of gold is not a lot, but this article says that what these soldiers seized will be completely attributed to Daming."

"At this point, whether there is a rediscussion."

Although 10 taels of gold is a lot for the Tugluk dynasty, it is not too much.

However, it seemed a bit excessive that all the soldiers' seizures belonged to Daming.

Because during the war, the Tugluke dynasty had to provide food and logistics, and the behavior of the soldiers was often uncontrollable.

Their capture may not only be for the army of the Timur Empire, but more likely for the local Sultan of Delhi.

Mahmud didn't think that when the soldiers were marching, there would be no such thing as autumn innocent.

Wang Jinyi replied in Persian: "I'm sorry, Your Majesty the Sultan, the contract is already stamped with the seal of my grandson of the Ming Dynasty. If His Majesty the Sultan wants to change the above content, we can only tell me His Royal Highness Ming Taisun reapplies."

"If His Highness Taisun agrees to His Majesty's plan, then we will issue another contract document with a seal from our Great Ming Capital."

After hearing this, Mahmud felt very speechless.

From the Sultan of Delhi to the Imperial Palace of the Ming Dynasty, the fastest speed would take almost four months.

Counting back and forth, it will take eight months.

Eight months later, Timur's army has already reached Delhi, and it is uncertain if there is no Tughluk dynasty by then, what kind of contract is needed.

This is because Daming strangled the current Tughluk dynasty and urgently needed support, so there was absolutely no room for discussion.

Wang Jinyi's words were just a step up, a little more tactful.

"I don't know how your army will maintain discipline, and how their combat effectiveness will be able to fight against Timur's army."

After Mahmud was silent, he asked Wang Jinyi.

He knew that the fate of the Tugluke dynasty was likely to be in the hands of these fifty thousand elite soldiers.

Wang Jinyi said with a smile; "Please don't worry too much, Your Majesty the Sultan. This army was achieved through the Beiyuan Employment Guild established by His Royal Highness, Grandson of the Ming Dynasty."

"There are 3 of them, and they are the most powerful warriors on the grassland. They have superb riding skills and superb shooting skills, and they are not weaker than the cavalry of Timur's army."

"There are another 2 infantry soldiers assembled from various tribes in Tubo. They are also the elite of Tubo, and they are not comparable to Timur's slave army."

"With the help of the [-] troops, the Sultan of Delhi can definitely withstand the attack of Timur's army."

The ministers of Mahmud and Tugluk understood this completely.

Da Ming didn't send troops at all, all the grassland soldiers and Tubo soldiers came, and Da Ming had to charge high intermediate fees later.

In fact, this is because they don't understand that the market in Daming is still very fair.

For the 10 taels of gold from the Tugluke Dynasty, Daming only charged 3%, that is, [-] taels.

Everything else is included in pensions and military pay.

Although it felt that Ming Dynasty was a bit dark, Mahmoud and the ministers of Tughluk felt a lot more relaxed when they heard the support of [-] Mongolian cavalry.

Mahmud did not expect that the Delhi Sultan had been resisting the Mongol invasion, but now he needed the help of the Mongols.

Mahmud summoned his cronies and attendants, brought the seal belonging to the king of the Tughluq dynasty, and stamped it on the contract document.

At the same time, he ordered the Minister of Finance to prepare 10 taels of gold for the Daming Mission to conclude this deal.

After the matter was settled, the banquet was obviously more lively.

Plenty of drinks are constantly being served for everyone to enjoy.

Thinking of repelling Timur's attack, Mahmud suddenly felt good.

As long as the rule of the Tughluk dynasty over the Delhi Sultan can be stabilized, no matter how much it costs, it will be worthwhile.

"I don't know who is the commander in charge of your army this time." Mahmud asked with interest.

Hearing this, Wang Jinyi put down the drink in his glass, got up and saluted his chest, and asked in Persian: "Reporting to His Majesty the Sultan, I will be in charge of the future commander-in-chief of the army."

Wang Jinyi is not only the head of the mission, but also the deputy commander of the Wusi Zang Command Department, and an excellent graduate of the Daming Military Academy.

It is equivalent to saying that for the Tugluke dynasty, the rise and fall of their dynasty is controlled by Wang Jinyi.

After knowing that Wang Jinyi is the future commander, the banquet reached its peak directly.

(End of this chapter)