Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 875 The elites of Shaanxi and Gansu attack Hami and Han King Su Wang inspects the straight road
The Eastern Chagatai Khanate was ruled by Mongolian aristocrats; the Western Chagatai Khanate, now the Timurid Khanate, was ruled by Turkic aristocrats.

Even without explicit instructions from the emperor, the frontline generals unanimously preferred to destroy the Eastern Chagatai Khanate first.

The current Great Khan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, Dusitema Heima, who has just succeeded to the throne for three years and is only 20 years old, is the current Great Khan. The large territory in the western part of the Khanate was ruled by his uncle Yunusi.

The Eastern Chagatai Khanate has actually been divided into two, making it easier to defeat each one.

Moreover, the current capital of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate is also within its grasp, which is Ili, which Zhu Qiyu has longed for. It must be captured. This is an important part of the Jingtai Dynasty's civil and martial arts, and it is also an important part of stopping the Mongols of the khanates in the Western Regions. The key to advancing eastward.

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Cao Guogong smiled and said: "Three days later our army set off one after another, with the Shaanxi-Gansu border army and the Shenji camp in the front, the guards of King Su and Han and the Shenshu camp in the middle; Xiaoqi camp, Duoqi camp, Yan Wei is behind.

Now that there is a straight road, we can just walk along the avenue and we won't get lost like Air Force General Li Guang.

The army each carried three months' worth of food and grass and quickly headed to Hami. "

There is nothing to take advantage of in this battle. It all depends on whether they can reach Hami quickly and annihilate the Hami defenders in one fell swoop. If we capture Hami, we will have a strategic fulcrum. If we further capture Turpan, the overall situation will be determined.

Three days later, Cao Guogong set off with 30,000 Shaanxi-Gansu border troops and 20,000 Shenji battalions. This army has 100,000 auxiliary soldiers, 80,000 of whom were prisoners captured in the decisive battle between Meng and Ming Dynasty. After building the straight road, they were used as auxiliary soldiers to transport supplies. There are also 20,000 Han people, mainly for supervision.

In war, you have to be humane and sophisticated, and work hard on expeditions. If something goes wrong with King Su and King Han, it will be a bit troublesome.

What Cao Guogong meant was that the Shaanxi-Gansu border army would cooperate with the Shenji Battalion to fight this battle, and the army behind would just clean up the battlefield.

King Su explained: "This battle is difficult to fight, and easy to fight. I have a hunch that the battle in Hami will probably not be fought, and it will cause problems for the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and Timur. The imperial troops withdrew on their own."

Xiaoqiying and Duoyanwei followed behind, playing a role in protecting the army's retreat route and food routes. It also serves as a reserve team to break deadlocks.

King Su shook his head and smiled.

When the King of Han entered Chuyumen Pass for the first time, everything he saw was strange.

Just after leaving the customs, the King of Han was still in the mood to recite a poem: "Far above the Yellow River, among the white clouds, there is an isolated city called Wanren Mountain. Why should the Qiang flute blame the willows? The spring breeze does not pass through Yumen Pass."

With a straight road, the biggest advantage is that you won't get lost or wander around. The front, middle and rear armies are less than a hundred miles apart, so even if they are attacked, they still have time to call for help.

King Su and King Han each brought 10,000 guards, plus 10,000 Shenshu camp and 50,000 auxiliary troops. They acted in the middle, which was the safest and most secure.

The King of Han asked, "Why is Great Uncle laughing?"

King Su replied: "It's nothing, I just thought of another poem: The bright moon of the Qin Dynasty and the pass of the Han Dynasty, the long march of thousands of miles has not been returned. But the flying generals of Dragon City are here, and Huma will not be taught to cross the Yinshan Mountains. We are also on the long march of thousands of miles now. If it succeeds, A new strategic depth has been formed. Even without the Dragon City flying generals, Huma will not be able to cross the Yinshan Mountains."

The King of Han asked again: "Is this expedition of great significance? Although many troops were used, the atmosphere did not feel very serious."

But it was said that King Su and King Han led 30,000 troops and marched in the middle, which was relatively easy.

Hearing this, the King of Han was quite surprised: "Withdraw by yourself?"

"Yes, evacuate yourself. As the saying goes, every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite. The Ming Dynasty is the most stable internally now. The Eastern Chagatai Khanate and Timur Empire are both in civil strife. Are they in the mood to fight with us? It's all a problem.

The garrison in Hami is likely to be withdrawn to fight the civil war. Even if there are still some troops left, they have no intention of fighting. The biggest evidence is that when we were building the straight road, others didn't bother us at all and just let us build it.

We are only a little over a hundred miles away from reaching Hami. The Hami garrison is indifferent, not to mention optimistic about its success. It can be seen that their upper echelons may have become a mess. "

The King of Han also shook his head: "Why is my father's luck always so good? When he goes to war, the enemy will either encounter a severe drought or the rainy season. Now that there is no heavy rain or drought, the enemy has begun to fight among themselves again."

King Su said seriously: "You can't say that, the strategic layout of the Holy Spirit is extremely clever. Take the current battle as an example. At the end of the decisive battle between Meng and Ming Dynasty, the garrison of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and the Timurid Empire were in Hami. .

However, their internal strife was not serious at that time, so the Holy Sage did not attack Hami in one go to destroy the power of Meng Yuan, but instead slowly built a straight road.

While repairing and waiting, he finally waited patiently until their internal strife became more and more serious, and then the Holy One gave the order to send out troops.

Moreover, internal strife will occur in most countries. As long as you wait patiently, it will happen sooner or later. It is not all about luck.

Even our Ming Dynasty is having internal strife. It’s just that our Ming Dynasty survived and completed the ZTE in the hands of the Holy Master, reappearing the prosperous age. "

King Han nodded, thoughtfully.

The two chatted and laughed while riding their horses forward.

The King of Han looked around from time to time. This straight road had been built for more than three years. In the past, I had only heard of its name but never seen it in person. This time I finally had the opportunity to take a closer look.

In the open areas, the straight road is even five to ten feet wide, and low walls are built on both sides of the road to block the wind and sand. Outside the low walls, populus euphratica and other drought-tolerant plants are planted. Outside the Populus euphratica forest, a low wall was built to block the wind and sand.

A village was built every ten to twenty miles along the straight road. The village has a restaurant and inn beside the road. The villagers are composed of Han Chinese and Mongolian prisoners who moved from the mainland and are responsible for maintaining the straight road.

Every fifty miles, a post station is set up. In every place that is slightly dangerous or has abundant water and grass, build a city or fortress and station guards.

Along the entire straight road, there are thirteen cities and thirty-six fortresses. In many cases, inns, cities and fortresses were close together.

After only one day of viewing, the King of Han was full of praise: "With such a highway, the Ming Dynasty's troops and supplies can be quickly delivered to the Western Regions. Not to mention that it is too far, at least it is no problem to control the territory of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate." .

No wonder Qin Shihuang wanted to build the Qin Straight Road, it is easy to use.

However, I am a little curious. Trade with the Western Regions has mainly shifted to the sea route. If this route is not profitable, can it be maintained for a long time? "

King Su smiled and said: "According to my guess, Your Majesty wants to use this road to engage in horse trade. Horse trade is not easy to transport by sea, and those khanates in the Western Regions, such as the grasslands occupied by the Golden Horde, their water and grass are richer than Both Oara and Tatar are powerful, and trading with them can provide us with a large number of horses.

There is also the fur trade, the cotton production in the Ming Dynasty is not enough, and many poor people suffer from the cold in winter. The solution is to trade more sheepskins, wool and the like. It's also good to make them into bedding and use them to keep warm.

There are also some things that cannot be said, such as human trade.

With these trades, the straight line can become active.

Of course, these are all my personal opinions. I don’t know what the Holy Spirit actually thinks. "

(End of this chapter)