Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

"..."

Guo An was a little silent. If he knew, would he still ask this?

Li Jinglong quickly explained, "Your Highness, don't think too much. Although those barbarians in Maha Mahuo surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, the barbarian nature in each of them is still there.

This time, the Timurid Empire came suddenly. When I knew it, its army had already crossed the Tianshan Mountains and entered the Ili River. It was almost eight miles away.

As Wei Guogong marched his army north, I wonder if he noticed the movement of Timurid's army. His Majesty had no choice but to send his army north to defend Timur's traitorous army! "

"It doesn't matter, I will be outside, and I will not accept your orders!"

Guo An smiled softly, "Although I am the commander-in-chief of the Shenji Battalion, the Shenji Battalion is our Ming Dynasty's army and has the strongest combat power. As the Emperor of our Ming Dynasty, Your Majesty can mobilize it at will.

In this crisis, His Highness the Crown Prince and I are still hundreds of miles away, so His Majesty must deal with it as he pleases! "

As he said that, Guo An looked at Li Jinglong, "What surprises me is that at such an age, Marquis Changxing is no longer suitable for traveling long distances!
And this time, the situation is so critical, why did your Majesty send Marquis Changxing instead of Cao Guogong? "

"His Royal Highness..."

Li Jinglong's face froze.

Can we still talk today?

"The Marquis of Changxing has rich combat experience and is our number one defender in the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, although Marquis Changxing is old, his body is still very strong. Marquis Changxing is the most suitable general this time..."

Guo An nodded slightly, and he also remembered it. It seemed that in his memory, not long after Zhu Laosi became emperor, the situation between Ming Dynasty and Tamerlane in the west was really tense for a while!

Of course, it’s only for a while!

The first emperor of the Timurid Kingdom, after six years of fighting and killing in West Asia, he finally became more ambitious.

Timur carried out the mighty Eastern Expedition, which was to attack the Ming Dynasty.

The Timur Kingdom is a Muslim country. The territory northwest of the Ming Dynasty and west of Liangzhou in Gansu Province is mostly populated by Muslims, and there are even these people in the army.

These are all potential sources of soldiers for Timur's army and also sources of information for Timur's spies.

There are many foreign traitors in the northwest army, and some even dare to leak border affairs!

And that will be.

Zhu Laosi had just successfully pacified the country, but most of the generals who deserved their responsibilities were dead, leaving the Ming Dynasty without good generals and soldiers.

It seems that we have to prepare for the conquest of Annan and the voyage to the West, and the court is still in chaos!

The entire Ming Dynasty is a mess.

Fortunately, Timur's Eastern Expedition seems to have ended in an anticlimax. Timur died suddenly in the middle?

Otherwise, it would definitely be enough for Zhu Laosi!
Thinking about it, Guo An couldn't help but his eyes lit up and he looked at Li Jinglong closely!

"Gong Cao Guo!"

Li Jinglong shuddered subconsciously and looked wary, "Your Highness, why are you looking like this?"

Guo Andao said: "Mr. Cao Guo, are you willing to go to the west to conquer Timur's kingdom?"

Li Jinglong was stunned, "Conquer Timur to the west?"

"Ok!"

Guo An nodded slightly.

Li Jinglong was even more confused, "Your Highness, now it is the traitor Timur who wants to attack our Ming Dynasty, instead of my Ming Dynasty going to conquer them in the west.

That thief Timur has been arrears in paying me tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

I even suspect that in the 30th year of Hongwu, the Fu An mission sent by the Ming Dynasty to Timur's country was detained by Timur's thieves! "

"Timur also detained my Ming envoy?"

Hearing this, Guo An became even more angry.

However, the expression on Li Jinglong's face was even weirder.

He felt increasingly that the Prince of Shunde was not angry, but very happy.

"Gong Cao Guo, although Timur is coming fiercely, they can't defeat me, the Ming Dynasty!"

Guo An looked at Li Jinglong and said very seriously.

Not only could they not defeat him, but without even firing an arrow, Timur's army ran back in despair!
"The Timurid Kingdom came all the way here, but they can't beat me, the Ming Dynasty!"

Li Jinglong said with great confidence.

The Ming Dynasty only has relatively few defenders in the northwest, but the Ming Dynasty has a lot of troops!

In addition, now that Ming Dynasty has firearms, Timurid is no longer a rival.

Otherwise, Zhu Di would not have kept Li Jinglong in the capital.

Guo Andao: "Since Timur dared to attack our Ming Dynasty, why didn't our Ming Dynasty teach Timur's people a lesson and make them pay the price for their disobedient behavior?"

"cost?"

Li Jinglong was stunned.

"Ok!"

Guo An nodded slightly and said: "Brother Li, you should know something about what Timur has done in the west these years!"

"Know something!"

The sound of "Brother Li" made Li Jinglong feel a little elated.

"The territory of Timur's country is tens of thousands of miles wide, and it has been fighting everywhere, carrying out violent acts of annihilation and massacre of cities, which made the barbarians in the west change their expressions after hearing this!

Even Zheng He's fleets heading to the West often heard about this! "

"Yes!"

Guo An nodded slightly, with an angry look on his face.

“The cruelty and cruelty of Timur’s country has nothing to do with our Ming Dynasty.

However, they actually dared to attack our Ming Dynasty and detained our Ming Dynasty envoys. They were so disrespectful to our Ming Dynasty.

I must teach them a lesson and let them know that if they make mistakes, they will be punished! "

Li Jinglong looked a little confused.

Guo An said helplessly: "Brother Li, Timur destroyed so many countries, and all the gold, silver and jewelry accumulated by so many countries went into Timur's hands!"

Li Jinglong thought of something, and his eyes suddenly widened!

"Your Highness's wishes?"

"Ok!"

Guo An nodded slightly.

"I will enter the palace immediately to meet His Majesty!"

Li Jinglong stood up directly.

"it is good!"

Guo An nodded calmly again.

After Li Jinglong left, Guo An immediately stood up and went to the back house to see his two wives and sons.

Immediately, he went to enjoy the bath and massage in peace.

As for Timur's country?

Guo An just laughed.

Now, the Ming Dynasty’s national power is unprecedentedly strong!

Zhu Di didn't even think that when he was looking for trouble from the Timurid Kingdom, they actually came to the door first!

If Timur's country was poor, Ming Dynasty might feel that it was a thankless task and would be too lazy to go.

just now.

Timur's country is not poor!
Moreover, Ming Dynasty is not weak either!

Even the vassal kings and tiger generals in the country all had green eyes, looking for various military exploits!

Now, this is coming!

And in the palace.

Wulou.

Zhu Di sat quietly on the chair and listened to Li Jinglong's excitement.

In his eyes, there was a flash of light from time to time.

"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Changxing is well guarded and is already very old. The minister is doing well now and has nothing major to do.

Wei Chen asked for an order to give Wei Chen an army of 100,000, so that Wei Chen could fight back the Timur rebels who had come from afar. If Wei Chen is given enough firearms, Wei Chen can attack the capital of Timurid State, retrieve Fu An and his envoys, and then make Timurid State pay the price for their stupidity of causing rebellion! "

"cost?"

Zhu Di continued to ask.

Li Jinglong said directly: "Your Majesty, those Mongolian Tatars slaughtered so many countries and robbed countless gold, silver and jewels.

It just so happens that my Ming Dynasty wants to build railways made entirely of steel and forge such huge trains.

I don’t know how much steel and money it will cost. If Timur doesn’t care about life and death, punish him and let him help me lay the Ming Dynasty! "

"Let Timurid help me build the Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Di's eyes lit up, "These Tatars have caused great harm to our Ming Dynasty, and now they want to come and continue to harm our Ming Dynasty. We should make them pay some price!"

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

Li Jinglong was immediately overjoyed.

Zhu Di added: "But the firearms and ammunition of the Ming Dynasty have all been transported to Liangzhou and handed over to the Northern Expedition Army to conquer Oara.

Now, we don’t have any extra firearms and ammunition, leave them to you! "

"This……"

Li Jinglong couldn't help but be startled.

Zhu Di added: "Now you lead the army to set off. Regardless of whether Timur attacks our Ming Dynasty or not, by the time the army arrives, it will have already entered the east...into the east?"

As he spoke, Zhu Di's eyes suddenly lit up.

"After entering the east, if those Timurids cannot attack our Ming Dynasty, they will have no chance to attack again!"

Li Jinglong said hurriedly: "What your Majesty said is true!"

Zhu Di added: "Unless those Timurids go to rob those people in Yili! Otherwise, they may not survive the winter!"

"Exactly!"

Li Jinglong said, "Your Majesty, I feel that if the Timur Kingdom dares to invade our Ming Dynasty at this time, they will inevitably collude with the Oara people."

"Ok?"

Zhu Di's expression condensed, "What do you mean by Jiujiang?"

Li Jinglong said again: "Your Majesty, if the Timurid Kingdom colludes with the Oara people, then the Oara people will definitely gather forces and attack the northwest of our Ming Dynasty together with the Timurid people.

As for the Ming Dynasty's northern expedition to Oara, I did not recruit any conscripts in advance, and those Oara people would not have any preparation...

Therefore, Wei Chen boldly guessed that after our Ming Dynasty Northern Expedition army left the border fortress, it was very likely that they would encounter an army of Oara people! "

Zhu Di's eyes lit up, "Will our Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition army face the Ora people's army?"

"Exactly!"

Li Jinglong nodded slightly again, "If this is the case, then the Northern Expedition of the Northern Expedition should be over very quickly!"

"If we can encounter the Wala army and save Wei Guogong and others from chasing the Wala people everywhere on the grassland, this war will definitely end quickly!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "In this way, when the Northern Expedition army returns in triumph, it will be time to attack the Timurids!"

"This……"

Li Jinglong's face stiffened again. What did he say?
Immediately, he looked at Zhu Di expectantly.

"Your Majesty, if the Northern Expedition Army returns in triumph early, they will have been exhausted from traveling and working in the past few months. Not to mention the war, they will definitely bring back many Oara captives, cattle, sheep and camels, as well as countless grains and money.

They had to keep a close eye on the captives and the cattle, sheep, and camels, so they could not go on an expedition to the west.

Therefore, no matter what, if you want to conquer the west, you still need to go! "

Zhu Di glanced at Li Jinglong, who was full of nervousness, and said quietly: "It seems that Jiujiang is bound to win the West!"

"Your Majesty's forgiveness!"

Li Jinglong hurriedly saluted, apologized, and said confidently: "Your Majesty, after all the military generals of the Ming Dynasty, only Wei Chen and Wei Guogong still have prestige in their prime.

Now that the Duke of Wei has gone to the north for his expedition, a minister of low rank is most suitable for his expedition to the west. "

"Ok!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly and did not continue to speak, but thought quietly.

"His Majesty……"

Li Jinglong shouted anxiously, but when he saw that Zhu Di didn't make any move, he didn't dare to continue shouting.

Zhu Di, on the other hand, was also a little hesitant.

Although he believed that the Ming Dynasty's soldiers and generals were elite, Timur's country had been fighting everywhere, and the soldiers and generals of Timur's country were obviously not weak.

Without enough firearms and ammunition, even if they hit the capital of Timurid, the Ming army would inevitably suffer heavy losses, which is not worth it.

And without the Western Expedition, Timurid would have gone too crazy. They detained the Ming envoys and refused to pay tribute. Now they are directly raising troops to invade the Ming Dynasty!

Moreover, there must be a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry in the capital of Timur.

The money in his palace is about to bottom out!
But if the Ming Dynasty were to fight on both sides during the Western Expedition, those civil servants would definitely oppose it!
After a while, Zhu Di let out a long breath.

"The Western Expedition is no small matter. Tomorrow Jiujiang and the Prince of Shunde will enter the palace together!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Although Li Jinglong had some hope, he soon became excited.

The Western Expedition was originally proposed by the Prince of Shunde.

Now, talk to the Prince of Shunde again? Doesn’t that mean we want to march westward?
After returning to the house, Li Jinglong was even more excited.

He ordered the chef to prepare a big meal, and after eating, he went to take a bath and massage.

I was so excited until midnight that I fell asleep.

The next day, early in the morning, I got up early and went to the palace.

However, he obviously came early.

When Guo An entered the palace under the leadership of the eunuch, Li Jinglong had been waiting for an hour.

"I've met your Majesty, I've met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Gong Cao Guo!"

After the exchange of greetings, Guo An asked directly: "I wonder if your Majesty has summoned the ministers to the palace. What do you want to say to the ministers?"

On the side, Zhu Gaochi also looked at Zhu Di with doubts on his face.

At this time, he didn't know anything about the Timurid Empire.

Zhu Di said directly: "Guo Qing suggested to Cao Guogong yesterday that our Ming Dynasty can march to the west?"

"Exactly!"

Guo An responded directly.

"Western Expedition?"

Zhu Gaochi was even more confused.

Guo An said directly: "Your Majesty, our Ming Dynasty is now strong and has no strong enemies around us.

And the Timurid Kingdom actually dared to provoke, and even wanted to attack our Ming Dynasty.

From this point of view, the power of the Ming Dynasty has not spread to the west of the Western Region, and these thieves actually think that the Ming Dynasty is easy to bully.

It just so happens that now my Ming Dynasty is prosperous and needs a lot of money.

These were also found in the Timurid Kingdom.

If we don’t go to the west, I’m sorry that Timurid is trying to get in like this! "

Zhu Di said again: "But now our Ming Dynasty is short of food and grass, and we are also short of firearms and ammunition!"

Guo Andao: "Your Majesty is worried that both the Ming Dynasty and Timurid will suffer losses?"

"Ok!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly.

Guo Andao: "Your Majesty, this matter is easy to solve!"

"Oh?"

Zhu Di and Li Jinglong looked happy.

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen feels that with the availability of firearms and ammunition, we, the Ming Dynasty, will not need to fight against countries like Timur that have been at war all year round. Instead, we will use our Ming Dynasty's advantages to slowly attack them!
Use firearms and bombs to defeat the psychological defenses of Timurid State bit by bit! "

With that said, Guo An added: "Your Majesty, I remember, Timur seems to be quite old, right?"

...(End of chapter)