The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Yuanzhang knew very well that if he died, his eldest grandson would surely succeed to the throne.

But the temptation of the throne has been irresistible to many people since ancient times, even if these people are his sons.

Sometimes they know that the chance of success is very slim, but many people are like moths to the flame, willing to take a gamble and even pay their own lives for it.

There were countless such things in the past dynasties, but Zhu Yuanzhang knew very well that his sons had absolutely no chance of success.

In the palace, after many manipulations by the eldest grandson, the veterans retired and were replaced by students from the military academy. The palace that was once controlled by Zhu Yuanzhang is now in the hands of the eldest grandson.

If the eldest grandson wants to be emperor, not even he himself can stop him, let alone his sons.

Zhu Yuanzhang just didn't want to see things like uncles and nephews killing each other. What he was worried about was not his eldest grandson, but his sons.

No one knows if any vassal king would do something like this just because his brain was cramped.

This illness actually had a big impact on Zhu Yuanzhang. Even if it only took more than a month, he seemed to have completely recovered.

However, as you get older, what you fear most is the onset of symptoms. At this time, you are no longer in a good recovery state like young people, which has a great impact on your body's vitality.

It can be clearly seen that Zhu Yuanzhang, who was originally somewhat tough, seems to be a little more rickety and senile.

Once in the back garden, when Zhu Yuanzhang was playing with little Wen Cheng, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to pick up little Wen Cheng as usual.

But suddenly I found that I couldn't hold it anymore.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little dazed. He remembered that he had hugged Xiao Wen Cheng during the Chinese New Year, but why couldn't he hold him anymore after only a few months.

After a long time, he realized what he was doing and said with a wry smile: "We are old, we are old."

"Yes, in this world, everyone will grow old."

Liu He, who was waiting next to him, said quickly: "Your Majesty is in good health, but his vitality was damaged a few days ago. He only needs to cultivate for a period of time and he will be able to do it."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, interrupting Liu He's flattery.

"We are all at this age. It's no longer enough to refuse to accept old age. No matter what, that's it."

At this time, the sun is shining brightly, everything is growing, and the back garden is full of vitality with birds chirping and flowers fragrant.

However, standing here, Zhu Yuanzhang could already feel the twilight energy.

His rickety body looked a little out of place.

At this time, Ming Dynasty's first fleet to the American continent had already set off, loaded with soldiers, cattle, sheep, horses, and firearms.

The development of the American continent will be a hundred years ahead of schedule, and the developers have also changed from Europe to Asia.

Compared with Europe, DaMing obviously has stronger strength in developing the New World.

In the 17th century, England colonized the Americas with only a few people. At first, it was only a small team of a hundred people, and then a small town called Jamestown was established.

During this period, England, where the sun never set, had a total population of only about 600 million.

As for the Ming Dynasty Expeditionary Force, 5 people walked over in the first wave, and more than [-] people successfully arrived.

Now, the Ming Dynasty has sent another fleet with more than [-] soldiers and thousands of cattle, sheep and horses. Such intensity cannot be compared to a small place like Europe.

When England colonized, they needed to massacre the native Indians. This was because their numbers were too small. They had to find ways to reduce the number of natives in order to ensure their own security and colonial needs.

The Ming Dynasty did not need to be like this. An army of tens of thousands of people could be said to be walking sideways in the American continent where people drink blood.

These indigenous people have never even seen cavalry. Although the Mayan civilization has many mysterious cultures, the current Mayan civilization is still a stone civilization. The Mayans did not use bronze tools, let alone iron tools.

Although they had relatively good construction technology, the Mayans did not use copper, iron, or wheeled vehicles. Although the concept of the wheel appears in pottery and other cultural relics, it has not been implemented in real life.

Agriculture uses corn as the staple food, so it is also called "corn civilization". There are no cattle, horses, pigs or sheep, and there are no traces of animal husbandry. The farmers use an extremely primitive milpa farming method.

The Maya did not have a unified concept, but a city-state system. The lords of the city-state controlled their own tribes.

Ming Dynasty's attack on Maya was simply to beat the primitive people, which was easier than Lan Yu's attack on Tianzhu.

While the Ming Dynasty fleet was sailing towards the American continent, Lan Yu's eldest son Lan Taiping had already led the army to become the overlord of a large area.

That year, after passing through the cold northern regions, with the arrival of spring and summer, the northern parts of America also began to recover.

Lan Taiping led an army of more than 4 people and also encountered Indian tribes.

The Indians holding bows and arrows were a complete joke in front of the Ming army's armor.

The tribes with thousands of people did not pose any threat to the Ming army in terms of numbers.

Facing the powerful Ming army, this tribe did not even have the courage to resist, and directly chose to surrender.

Although there is a language barrier, some simple communication is still possible.

As the Ming army continued to explore, they gradually learned a lot about where they were.

The fighting ability of the indigenous people here is extremely low. A Ming army of 1000 people can basically move sideways in most areas. Even an Indian tribe with a size of [-] people can just chop melons and vegetables.

In fact, at this time, the number of Indians is still very high, about 8000 million. This is related to the fertile soil in the Americas and high-yielding crops such as corn and sweet potatoes.

Corn is very popular here. Because there is no relationship with livestock, it is used as rations. Therefore, the Mayan civilization is also called the corn civilization.

Although the population is close to that of the Ming Dynasty, the entire American continent is too big. The combined land area of ​​South America and North America is already about the same size as the entire Asian continent.

Even the North American continent is equivalent to half of the Asian continent.

In this way, the Indians, who seem to have a population of 8000 million, are actually unable to exist in large-scale tribes after they are distributed on the American continent.

A tribe of ten thousand people is already very large in the eyes of Indians. Even the most powerful Mayan kingdom in Indian history had a population of only about 500 million at its peak.

Not to mention that the Maya Kingdom has long been fragmented.

So Lan Taiping simply dispersed the expeditionary force.

The scale of more than 4 people is too large. It is a waste of time and troublesome to push these indigenous tribes one by one.

In addition to his own army, Lan Taiping divided into thirty thousand-man teams to integrate the surrounding indigenous tribes. The main weapons of these indigenous tribes are wooden clubs, stone axes, javelins, spears, bows and arrows, and slingshots.

The Ming army wore armor, long swords, and matchlock guns.

To ask how the Ming army felt about fighting the natives, it was simply easier than suppressing the people.

It only took one charge for the native tribes to collapse. They couldn't even be called an army.

The only problem that restricted Lan Taiping was that he had no war horse and had to rely on two feet to walk, which was really uncomfortable.

Therefore, Lan Taiping sent Wang Tianlu and others back to the Ming Dynasty to ask for support.
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Samarkand.

In Timur's eyes, the Ottoman Empire was already within his reach.

But a piece of news came that Ming's army had entered the Tianzhu area.

This made Timur feel threatened.

Because he knew very well that with the help of those countries in Tianzhu, it was impossible to stop the Ming army.

This is also true. According to the information in the intelligence, the Ming army easily occupied a large area of ​​Tianzhu without even suffering much losses.

In Timur's plan, while taking down the Ottoman Empire, he also wanted to increase the number of troops in the Delhi Sultanate, and then include the entire Tianzhu region into his own territory.

In Timur's eyes, wealthy Tianzhu could provide him with more food and allow him to train a larger army.

Previously, due to the relationship with the Delhi Sultanate, they had not been able to enter the wealthy areas in southern Tianzhu.

Now that the Delhi Sultanate has been occupied by him, and the Ottoman Empire is no longer a threat, it is natural to rule over the rich southern part of India.

However, Daming was one step ahead of him.

"Your Majesty the Sultan, compared to the vulnerable Turks, the Ming Dynasty is our biggest enemy. If they are allowed to occupy Tianzhu, it will be difficult for the Sudan area in Delhi to form effective resistance to the Ming Dynasty."

"If we lose the Delhi Sultanate, then the Ming Dynasty's army can directly invade our land."

"I think that at this time, the troops that went to the Ottomans should be transferred back to the Delhi Sultanate to fight against the Ming Dynasty on the territory of the Tianzhu people."

This statement was recognized by many ministers under Timur. Because of the grassland and Tubo's successive failures, they were very afraid of the Ming Dynasty.

You must know that since Timur rose from Samarkand, the army has almost never suffered a defeat. Enemies on all sides have been continuously defeated, and a large amount of territory has been owned by Samarkand.

Only in dealing with the Ming Dynasty, the Timur Empire army not only failed to gain any benefits, but also caused a lot of losses.

The huge Ming Empire was more powerful than the current Tamerlane Empire, whether economically, militarily, armaments or other aspects.

Timur also recognized this statement. He could not ignore the potential threat posed by the Ming Dynasty. If Tianzhu was completely controlled by the Ming Dynasty, then the Ming Dynasty could use Tianzhu as a springboard to launch an offensive against the Timur Empire.

No matter how brutal the fight is, the Ming Dynasty will not be affected, but this may not be the case in Samarkand.

So Tamerlane immediately issued a military order, ordering the troops that had been sent to the front line of the Ottoman Empire to turn back immediately.

He wanted to prepare troops to station in the Delhi Sultanate, and then further annex the Tianzhu area and start a military competition with the Ming Dynasty.

It depends on who can occupy more Tianzhu area.

Speaking of which, the current dynasties in Tianzhu are also unlucky. The struggle between the two overlords has affected him, a fish in the pond, and it should be said that several of them have been affected.

Whether it is the Ming Dynasty or Timur, this is not something that the Tianzhu area can deal with.

Now they can only watch helplessly.

News of Timur's withdrawal soon spread to the Ottoman Empire.

The three princes who had originally been preparing to join forces to fight Timur now looked confused.

Without external threats, this means that his brothers have become the biggest threat, and Timur will probably not release their father.

So how to seize the throne of the Ottoman Empire is a big problem.

For a time, the three princes were in both beautiful and bad moods, and the mutual non-war treaty they signed with each other became a piece of waste paper in everyone's tacit understanding.

It's just that the three pillars are too stalemate, and it's hard for anyone to take the lead.

Muhammad realized that to break this situation, another force was needed to intervene, otherwise none of the three could do anything to the other.

Although he thinks he is the strongest, no matter which side he attacks first, others will come to rescue him or take the opportunity to attack him.

"Your Highness, the Timur Empire is now facing a powerful threat from the Ming Dynasty. At this time, if we request the release of the fourth prince, perhaps this time Sultan Timur will be more likely to agree."

"At this time, Sultan Timur certainly does not want our Ottoman Empire to pose a threat to him. Then the return of the fourth prince will inevitably start a war in the Ottoman Empire. This may be what Sultan Timur wants to see."

Facing the proposal of his ministers, Muhammad asked: "But how can we make Timur think that if he releases his fourth brother, we will start a war?"

The minister continued: "Your Highness can ask Sultan Timur to re-divide our current territory after releasing the fourth prince, and give part of the territory to the fourth prince."

"If the eldest prince and the second prince disagree, it will be against Sultan Timur's order. If they agree, their own strength will be greatly weakened."

"No matter what the outcome is, the war will start because of the relationship between the four princes. This is the best situation for Sultan Timur. He no longer has to worry about us."

After thinking about it, Muhammad felt that it made sense, so he sent the minister who made the suggestion, carrying several carts of gold and silver treasures, as an envoy to Samarkand to request the release of his brother.

As a messenger, the minister was highly trusted by Muhammad, and his ability and eloquence were also outstanding.

After arriving in Samarkand, he told Timur about his thoughts and said that the Ottoman Empire would be Timur's forever loyal servant.

Timur was very satisfied with Muhammad's knowledge.

In his opinion, neither the release of the fourth prince nor the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid would affect the powerful Timurid Empire.

However, facing the threat of the Ming Dynasty, the chaotic Ottoman Empire was more in line with Timur's interests.

So Timur agreed to Muhammad's request and released his brother Musa Celebi.