Taking Lan Yu's report, Zhu Biao quickly summoned Han Du and others.
He handed the report to Wang Yue and told him to pass it on one by one.
Harmony whispered, "You all have a look. Lan Yu sent out sentries to get the news. Timur really mobilized all his troops and prepared to attack."
Han Du glanced at the report and thought for a moment before saying, "The emperor still had the foresight to send Liang Guogong to guard Jiayuguan in advance. If not, the Ming Dynasty would have been passive."
After a pause, he smiled and said, "But now Daming has the upper hand and can deal with it calmly."
Zhu Biao nodded slightly and said nothing. He was waiting for other people's opinions.
After reading the report, Qi Tai's eyes suddenly lit up as if he had discovered something, and he suddenly said, "Your Majesty, according to the report from Liang Guogong, Timur is still dispatching troops. Why not issue an order to Liang Guogong to send troops while his foothold is not stable?
If you go for a sneak attack, you will definitely gain something."
Zhu Biao was a little moved after hearing this, but he felt in his heart that this matter was not that simple, and he couldn't help but look at Han Du.
"What do you think?"
Han Du looked at Qi Tai coldly and said disdainfully, "It's just nonsense."
"Han Du, I know you can't stand me, but when it comes to national affairs, can you stop pretending to be public and benefiting for personal gain?" Qitai shouted angrily.
Han Du smiled scornfully and said, "Your idea is completely the opinion of a scholar. Timur has just been attacked by me and destroyed Yilibaili City. How stupid does he have to be to not have the slightest defense against this?"
Qitai's method seems very good, but it is just talk on paper. From Jiayuguan to Yilibaili City, there is only a long and narrow oasis channel, with large deserts on both sides. And in this way, the oases are not continuous, and the middle
There is also a large section of desert.
In such a terrain, it was not easy for Timur to defend against sneak attacks. He only needed to send an army of several thousand people to guard the Silk Road, and it was impossible not to discover the Ming army.
"And you said Timur has not yet established itself? It is being carried in its own city. Does it need time to establish itself?"
Zhu Biao and the other great scholars couldn't help but nod. The city of Yilibali originally belonged to Timur. Maybe Timur's army would have to work hard, but there would definitely be no problem of unstable footing.
Qi Tai felt that Han Du was targeting him, so he couldn't help but said coldly, "So what Han Chief Fu means is that we can only watch like this and don't have to do anything?"
Han Du glanced at Qi Tai, looked at his yin and yang look, and ridiculed, "The war between the two countries is not a game. The strength of the two countries is competing. The stronger one wins. Not
You are trying to rely on the so-called strategy and tactics. You should put away your idea of 'strategizing and winning thousands of miles away'."
Then he turned to Zhu Biao and said, "Your Majesty, according to the information obtained by Liang Guogong, Timur is coming in full force this time. Yilibaili City has already assembled an army of 300,000 to 400,000 people, but it is still increasing every day. It is only in the hands of Liang Guogong.
The 100,000-strong army may be difficult to resist. Your Majesty, our most important thing now is to increase the number of troops at Jiayuguan."
Zhu Biao nodded slightly, "Yes, we still don't know how many troops Timur has mobilized. But even the current strength is not something Lan Yu's 100,000 people can withstand. Send an order and order the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion to immediately increase the number of troops."
Two hundred thousand troops went to Jiayuguan to reinforce Lan Yu."
"Yes." Wang Yue quickly bowed
With that said, Zhu Biao looked at Qi Tai again, "As soon as the supplies of food, grass, ordnance are received, the Ministry of War will immediately recruit them and send them to Jiayuguan without any delay."
"I accept the order." Qi Tai bowed his hands and bowed.
On Lan Yu's side, after sending people one after another to inquire, it took a full month for Lan Yu to find out clearly the situation of Timur's dispatch of troops.
Timur personally led 300,000 cavalry and 250,000 infantry, known as a million-strong army, and was preparing to attack the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, in order to ensure victory in this battle, Timur also recruited millions of people to farm in various places along the way.
Millions of cattle, sheep, camels, etc. were also sent to the Eastern Chagatai Khanate in preparation for a protracted war.
Lan Yu learned that the emperor had mobilized an army of 200,000 for him, and the first batch of 50,000 troops had arrived at Jiayuguan. With Lan Yu's proud heart and an army of 300,000 in hand, he even thought about switching from defense to offense.
Directly lead troops into Timur's territory.
However, after receiving detailed information about Timur's military strength, Lan Yu quickly gave up this idea and strictly ordered the Seven Guards of Guanxi to recruit 100,000 troops to defend Jiayuguan together.
The 300,000 cavalry and 250,000 infantry were extremely intimidating. Even Zhu Biao couldn't help but worry about Lan Yu after hearing the news.
When Han Du saw it, he couldn't help but comforted him and said, "Your Majesty, Liang Guogong is the best in the world in his ability to use troops. This is even praised by Emperor Taizu Gao. As long as Liang Guogong waits for work, there will be no problem in guarding Jiayuguan!"
Qitai was completely speechless at this time. He never thought. In his eyes, the Timur Empire was just a country in the Western Region. How could it easily send 550,000 troops? Such strength made him deeply feel
The Emperor Timur mentioned before arriving in Handu
Our country is the overlord of the Western Regions, so we are not trying to gain the prestige of others and destroy our own aspirations!
Zhu Biao took a deep breath and exclaimed, "In the past, I underestimated the heroes of the world, but I never thought that Timur would be the leader of such a huge empire."
Speaking of this, Han Du regretted it ten thousand times in his heart. If he had known that Timur could become a hegemon, Han Du would have killed Timur even at the risk of being beaten to death by Lao Zhu.
With everything ready, Timur directly ordered us to set out to formally conquer the Ming Dynasty!
The cavalry sat on mounted horses, wearing armor and holding round shields and spears. They carried bows and arrows on their backs and hung scimitars on their waists. Among Timur's cavalry were Turks and Mongolians.
Strength cannot be underestimated.
The infantry followed behind, carrying their armor on both sides of the camel to reduce the burden, and marched across the desert along the Silk Road towards the Ming Dynasty.
Lan Yu would send out scouting horses every day to inquire about the movements of Timur's army, and he knew exactly where Timur's army had arrived today.
As Timur's army approaches, there is a smell of impending rain in the hot yellow sand.
In order not to waste his strength in vain, Lan Yu even strengthened the walls and cleared the country, and put the cavalry gathered from the Seven Guards of Guanxi into Jiayuguan.
After more than a month of trekking, Timur's army finally walked out of the desert, crossed the large oasis grassland, and pressed towards Jiayuguan.
The location of Jiayuguan is very unique. Although the land facing the Ming Dynasty is not flat, there are even some hills, and there is some yellow sand on the ground, but there are large areas of green vegetation on both the ground and the hills. And the side facing the Western Regions
The view is wide and flat, but it is full of yellow sand and not a trace of green can be seen.
The two city walls extending from Jiayuguan are like a dividing line, clearly dividing the desert yellow sand and oasis vegetation.
Lan Yu stood on the tower. The tower had three floors and was four feet high. The field of view was extremely wide. Without a telescope, he could see the slowly approaching Timur army.
At the end of the line of sight, the sky and yellow sand have blended into one color. The distance seems to be shrouded in mist, and a thin black line suddenly appears in the mist.
"Here we come." Lan Yu smiled faintly.
As Timur's army approached, the original black western front gradually turned into a black and red carpet, covering the entire field of vision.
Ankh Timur and others looked at such a huge army in front of them and couldn't help but
Their expressions changed, some even started to sweat profusely, and their bodies began to tremble involuntarily.
After taking a look at Liang Guogong, who was smiling and showing no fear at all, and seeing how calm Lan Yu was, the fear in their hearts calmed down and they no longer trembled.
If they were alone, they would certainly not be a match for Timur's army. But with the addition of Ming Dynasty, they would no longer be afraid of Timur's army.
Timur was riding on the sweaty horse, looking up at the tall and majestic city wall of Jiayuguan Pass, and couldn't help but sigh, "Jiayu Pass in the Ming Dynasty is such a majestic pass, and this Sultan is here again."
Timur could not clearly see the people on the wall with his eyesight alone.
But Lan Yu held up the telescope and saw Timur clearly.
"Timur is really him!"
When Timur came to Beijing to worship, Lan Yu was also present. He also paid attention to the prince-consort of the Western Chagatai Khanate who wanted to embarrass the Ming Dynasty.
"Do you know Timur, sir?" Talini, the leader of the Chijin Mongolian Guard, couldn't help but asked curiously.
Lan Yu smiled and nodded, and said leisurely, "This Timur once went to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty in person, and deliberately raised a problem to embarrass the Ming Dynasty."
"May I ask, sir, what kind of problem is it?" Talini quickly agreed. He was not stupid. When he saw the smile on Lan Yu's face, he knew that Daming must have won this game, otherwise Lan Yu
I won't bring myself to be embarrassed by speaking out about it.
People will always talk about proud things. Who would tell others about their embarrassing things?
Lan Yu smiled broadly and proudly asked the question. As expected, the question stumped everyone present as soon as it came up.
I saw only seven people, including Talini and Ankh Timur. Even if they racked their brains and thought hard, they couldn't figure out the answer.
"How many years does it take one year?"
"No, no, no, how much interest is there in a year? I'm afraid it won't be a year, at most a few months will be enough."
"No"
The seven people expressed their opinions one after another, but with their poor mathematical skills that could not even count the number of grazing cattle and sheep, the answers they gave were completely guesswork.
Finally, Lan Yu told them the answer. They were shocked and opened their mouths wide at the same time, and they didn't recover for a long time.
They didn't even have the courage to ask questions. Just imagine, if the answer was not correct, would Timur on the other side just give up and admit defeat?