Jinyi Night Walk

Timur's marriage-seeking team set off a month ago with a large amount of property. They went to propose marriage to the powerful chiefs of Stan, Chagatai, Yier, Jinzhang and other tribes for Timur's numerous grandsons. Timur is powerful, but it is obviously not enough to rely on force alone. He hopes to strengthen his connection with various ministries during his expedition through marriage.

The envoys sent to Tatar and Oala left earlier than them, and they brought Timur's oath: "How can the descendants of Timur be compared with the descendants of Genghis Khan? Choose the virtuous from among the descendants, and this time the Eastern Expedition to the Great Ming Dynasty, once it succeeds, the splendor will belong to everyone, and in the future it will belong to the direct descendants of Genghis Khan, not me Tiemuer..."

And Samarkand is also intensively preparing for war.

In the late autumn and the chill was very cold, early this morning, all the foreign missions in Samarkand, and even foreign business groups from all over the world, received an order from Timur Khan: "All must leave Samarkand that day. If you find anyone who hasn’t left the country, kill them without mercy!” This was the tough measure Emperor Timur took to prevent anyone from spying on the information and to clear up the reality of Samarkand.

Immediately, Timur called the Ming envoy to the Khan tent again.The envoy of the Ming Dynasty was surnamed Ding, and his name was Dingyong. He was the nephew of Ding Baolu, commander of the Wuchang Guards. Because he was of the Hui nationality and believed in Islam, he was selected by Zhu Diqin as a suitable candidate for a return visit to the Timur Empire.

Not long after Gaisuyeddin and Aldusha, the envoys of the Timur Empire, left Daming, he set out on the road, but he was restrained and not allowed to leave as soon as he arrived in Samarkand.Because of the long distance, it is difficult to determine the return date, and Daming still doesn't know it yet.

Dingyong walked into the palace in Samarkand and saw a crowd of people full of civil and military affairs, leaving a path for him only on the thick carpet in the middle. Weakened the prestige of the heavenly kingdom, so he could only force himself to be calm, stepped forward, and said to Timur with the country's etiquette: "Khan, Dingyong was ordered by the Ming emperor to return to your country to conclude the two countries. At the same time, it is also to urge the Great Khan to restore the tribute to my Ming Dynasty as soon as possible. But the Great Khan detained the foreign ministers, such a rude behavior..."

Before he could finish speaking, Emperor Timur, who was nearly seventy years old and still in a strong body, interrupted him loudly: "I called you here today, and this Khan is going to let you go back to the country!"

Dingyong was overjoyed when he heard that, his eyes lit up and he said: "Really?"

Tie Mu'er said loudly: "Listen, go back and tell your Khan that he betrayed his father and murdered his nephew, he is a big bastard! I, Tie Mu'er, is a subject of Hongwu Great Khan, and I want to fight against the traitors for my father. , I will send troops in a few days to conquer Daming! Tell him to wash his neck, and wait to try my treasured sword Tie Mu'er!"

Dingyong was shocked and angry when he heard it, and retorted sharply: "How dare you be so rude to the Emperor of Ming? Once His Majesty knows about it, he will definitely not let him go lightly..."

Tie Mu'er sneered and said: "Tie Mu'er is about to compete with him! Throw him out!" Immediately, a few strong and powerful guards rushed up, set up Dingyong and left.Dingyong was taken out of the Khan's big tent, he gathered himself together, turned around and left.After a while, all the members of the Daming Mission got on their horses, all the heavy supplies were gone, and they galloped away from Samarkand on Qingqi.

Dingyong is not an idiot. With all the changes that have happened in Samarkand in the past few days, combined with what Timur said today, he knows that what Timur said must be true. After he arrived in Samarkand, he also really understood Timur's military strength.He knew that even if His Majesty the Emperor knew of Timur's ambitions, it might not be too late to deploy defenses urgently.

What's more, Tie Mu'er's army is about to send out. At this time, he pretended to be generous, but immediately followed his ass to send troops. When he sent the letter to Nanjing, Tie Mu'er's army had already hit Shaanxi. This was not announced. There is not much difference between wars, so he can grab a moment. The sooner he can tell Daming to be on guard, the more opportunities he can win for his country.

Since they had received the order from Timur Khan, the defenders of Samarkand did not embarrass them. The soldiers and horses who defended the city opened the city gate for them with ridicule and ridicule, and deliberately left them with them as if they were blackmailing them. Most of the dried meat, cheese and drinking water they carried were let them go on the road.

In Timur's palace, after Dingyong and others were blasted away, Timur walked to a huge veil facing the wall, stretched out his hand and pulled it hard, the veil fell to the ground, and a huge map was revealed, A blood-red arrow on the top, from west to east, is like a sharp curved horse, and it goes straight to the end of the east. At the end of the east, the first blood-red circle encloses a place name: Khotan!

The first stop of Emperor Timur's Far East jihad is here.

More than ten years of meticulous preparations have made him fully prepared in all aspects. He has even calculated clearly that if his cavalry advances from Khotan at full speed, it will take 160 days to reach Nanjing. The time is accurate. sky!

From Turkestan to Gansu and Shaanxi, the biggest challenge is not the Ming army, but Tianwei. There is a lack of water, even his invincible cavalry cannot survive without water, so the main attack is marked on this map All water sources on the route and several backup routes are replaced with green symbols.These water sources were calculated by his scouts posing as merchants for more than ten years.

Even if the exact location of these water sources has been grasped, it is still a serious problem to supply food, grass and water to a huge army. Once the supply goes wrong, the more troops, the heavier the burden, and the faster the defeat. This is the biggest taboo of the expeditionary force.Therefore, Timur decided to set the strength of the Jingqi vanguard led by himself at 20.

Considering that he had to go through a long area with little arable land and sparsely populated areas, and the plundered food and grass might not be able to supply the needs of the army, he also drove a million cattle and sheep to accompany them at the ratio of two cattle and ten sheep per person. There are more than 60 shepherds. They are not just shepherds, but also excellent fighters. Along the way, they will be scattered along the road and stationed in various key points of the expedition passage.

They stay in the area, and they can be deployed at any time when they need to increase the army ahead, and after they are stationed in the area, they can farm along the road and constantly search for the food and grass of the local people for the military supplies in the front.At the same time, ensure the smooth flow of this road to ensure that the soldiers recruited from the whole of Central Asia are continuously sent to the East.

Troop strength is a problem for Timur. He used 80 troops in the battle of India, 30 in the battle of Russia, and more than 50 in the battle of Turkey.What's more, Muslims and people in China, Gansu, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Neimeng, Sichuan and other places are his potential sources of soldiers, as long as his fire arrives, he can ignite a prairie fire.

Tie Mu'er had prepared for so long, and when he told about the military deployment, all the generals were excited and excited.Emperor Timur's powerful words and confident demeanor had infected them. They believed that under the leadership of Khan, they would conquer the great eastern empire and multiply their wealth.

Timur's sonorous and powerful voice continued: "Our first step is to occupy the entire Stan. Now, the eastern part of Stan belongs to the Ming court, the northern part belongs to Oala, and the western part is our territory. The other two parties have limited garrisons here. We can easily take it. If the Tatars, Oirats, and Stans are willing to cooperate with me, and the Ming army is vulnerable, we will drive eastward along the Yellow River, cut off the Grand Canal, and take Beijing first with the Tatars and Oirats.

The Yellow River Basin has been determined, and the Jianghuai River will be drawn again, because the rivers there are criss-crossed and not suitable for our fine riding sports, and we may encounter relatively strong resistance here.At this time, we must adopt some other strategies to cooperate with our military operations. We will find a Chinese youth, prove that he is the missing Jianwen Emperor, and establish him as the Emperor of China to fight against Zhu Di.

Before thinking about victory, think about defeat first, especially for an expeditionary army. If our diplomatic measures against Tatar, Oirat, and other countries in the Western Regions fail, and the war is unfavorable, then we should change the urgent strategy into a slow one. First enter Hexi, seize Guanzhong, and first consolidate Shaanxi, Gannan, and Ningxia. The Ming troops in these areas are mostly Chinese, Tibetans, and Muslims. They are not loyal to the Ming court. On the contrary, they are very friendly to us. When our missions come and go, They often take the initiative to disclose information about Ming Ting to us, so we can easily ask them to fight back and join our camp!

Let’s talk about the deployment of troops. The Ming army is divided into individual armies based on the command and division of the capital, namely Beiping, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Fujian, Huguang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Liaodong, Henan, and Yunnan. , Guizhou, Daning, and Wanquan Dusi, the only front-line armed forces that can resist in time are the Shaanxi Dusi and the Shaanxi Xingdusi.

Shaanxi Dusi and Shaanxi Xingdu Division have a total of 27 guards and five thousand households. If their soldiers are full, there will be about 15 people stationed in various castles. It is impossible to gather together to fight us. Therefore, they Although there are tall and strong cities, they are scattered and unable to concentrate, which is their biggest disadvantage!

The second-line troops of the Ming court were mainly concentrated in Shanxi, Henan, and Sichuan Dusi. These three places had a total of 33 guards and 20 thousand households, with a total strength of about [-].The rest of the army is too far away, and it is difficult to rush to the front lines of Shaanxi and Gansu within half a year.Unfortunately, we learned that in each of their guards, there are injuries, old illnesses, and non-combatant soldiers who have completely converted to village husbands, so their actual strength in these places will be greatly reduced! "

When Timur said this, he dragged his lame leg and turned around slightly, using the most elegant posture he could do, and glanced at his generals with a smile: "Now, do you understand?"

The generals raised their arms excitedly and shouted: "The sweat must win! The sweat must win! The sweat must win..."

Tie Muer slightly raised his hands and pressed down, the row of overwhelming voices stopped abruptly, and Tie Muer's voice was as cold as an unsheathed steel knife: "Let's go! Immediately!"

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