Chapter 363: This is the only person I have ever seen in my life who is so arrogant.
Winning over Zha La Yi'er is Zhu Di's only choice at the moment...
Even though they have become Turkic, they are still of the Mongolian lineage after all, and as foreign conquerors, they have already been weak, and they are even weaker now.
According to original history, they were finally completely annexed by the Black Sheep Turkmen more than twenty years later.
But now the Ming Dynasty is here, relying on the Ilhan sign in their hands. Although no one recognizes this sign, it is not difficult to solve. As long as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty supports them, then they are Ilhan, and then with the back of the Ming Dynasty, they
The Ilkhanate can continue to exist as a force in Baghdad.
Rather than being swallowed up by others.
Baghdad.
The fertile land of the Mesopotamia plain and the convenience of eastern trade are enough for them, the descendants of the former conquerors, to continue to enjoy the joy of conquerors by stepping on the dead souls of Mustasui wood.
And all they had to pay was to pay tribute to the Ming Emperor.
A perfect choice.
As for the Kurds…
Of course it’s time to welcome Master Wang!
When Zhu Di arrived in Fan City, the Kurdish Emir of Fan City had already greeted him outside the city, and with true gratitude, he presented gifts to the Eastern Prince who had avenged them.
When Timur captured the city of Fan, he threw more than 7,000 young men who surrendered from the city wall directly to their death.
Because of his killings, there was even a continuous famine.
After all, he killed all the young and middle-aged men, and snatched away the young women. The remaining old and weak women and children had no ability to farm in the war, so much so that people began to eat people. It can be said that all the people in this city survived.
It can be said that everyone hates him with all their teeth. Now that Zhu Di has defeated Timur's military might, coupled with the Ming Dynasty's mercy towards the vassals, the Emir of Fan City, who was already a vassal of Timur, will certainly not make any mistakes, and
His welcome to the king also made the emirs and sheikhs of other Kurdish cities south and west from here choose to welcome the king and present various gifts to the Eastern Prince who avenged them.
In this way, the Ming Dynasty vassal system in West Asia was established.
The country of Georgia…
Their title is the county king, and their language translation is the grand duke, but their monarch can still be called the king.
It was a vassal state like Korea and Japan.
The Ossetians obtained a separate vassal state.
They actually existed in the north and south of the Caucasus, and the northern part belonged to the Golden Horde, but the King of Yan made the decision, and the Golden Horde Khan Tuotuo Mizi generously took out this part.
In the end, the powerful Ossetian family, and the Kazbek family that contributed the most to the last blockade, won the position of Ossetian king.
The Kingdom of Sylvain.
Shirvan Shah successfully promoted to King Shirfan of Ming Dynasty.
Of course, people like them will definitely be given new national titles, but this is not what Zhu Di can care about.
Yusuf, the chief of the Black Sheep Turkmen, returned from the Mamluks and met with King Yan to declare his vassalship and pay tribute to the Ming Emperor.
In the end, he also got Taoli Temple as a feudal state.
But before that, he signed an agreement with his good friend and father-in-law Ahmed. Originally, he robbed Taoli Temple as the latter's vassal. Now that he signed the agreement, Ahmed officially recognized his rule over Taoli Temple, but
He gave Ahmed some gold coins as compensation, because he would definitely not be able to get it all at once, so he paid it in installments under the auspices of Zhu Di, and at the same time delineated the jurisdiction of Taoli Temple.
The Armenians produced a total of five so-called princes.
In fact, they are five chiefs hiding in Nagorno-Karabakh and nearby mountains. They are currently the only five remaining Armenian lords.
So together they formed the State of Armenia.
As for the king, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty can choose one from among them. Anyway, they all have feudal systems, and the king is also the lord of his own territory.
The Zarayiers got the most. As Ilkhan, they ruled the Kurdish cities south of Lake Van in the Mesopotamia plain.
Of course, the emirs and sheikhs of these Kurdish cities will also receive the titles of the Ming Emperor, and they are nothing more than a bunch of seventh-grade officers with long lawsuits.
In the official explanation of the Ming Dynasty, the Great Khan is the title of the leader of the nomadic tribe. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty granted a certain area as the pasture of the Great Khan. However, this pasture did not belong to the Great Khan, but to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty could
The regions set up separate administrative districts for agricultural and commercial cities. The governors of this administrative district were indeed under the control of the Great Khan, but the Great Khan did not have the power to appoint or dismiss. Even the Ming Emperor could set up guard posts. Of course, these guard posts were also under the control of the Great Khan...
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These are all the great khans granted by the Ming Emperor at present.
Kun Timur was the Great Khan, and he commanded the envoys in the pastoral areas of Yanran, and the guards in Yanrandu were under his control, but he had no power to appoint or remove the generals of these guards.
Ugqi Hashha was the Great Khan, commanding the envoys in the pastoral area of Dayuan, and all the guards in Dayuan were also under his control, including the naturalization chief, but he certainly had no power to appoint or remove Yang Feng's concubines.
So the same is true for Ahmed's Great Khan, and his territory will also be divided into commanders and envoys.
This is also true for the Great Khan of Tokhtamysh, whose territory has even been divided into commanders and envoys.
In short, after some operations by Zhu Di, the Ming Dynasty officially expanded into Western Asia, at least the territory on the map has been advanced to the Dnieper River and Euphrates River.
But there is one force left.
"Aries Turkmen, who is this person? What is his relationship with you Black Sheep Turkmen? They sound like brothers?"
Zhu Di looked at the map and said.
"Your Highness, we are enemies!"
Yusuf said without hesitation.
"Well?"
Zhu Di looked at Ahmed suspiciously.
"Your Highness, they have different sects."
Ahmed said with a smile.
"Then who are you with?"
Zhu Di said.
"I am with the Aries Turkmen."
Ahmed said.
"You and he have different sects, and one is Mongolian and the other is Turkmen, but you can still get married. Aries, who is both Turkmen, is an enemy of him because he is not of the same sect? Forget it, I still respect your reality."
Zhu Di said somewhat confusedly.
"Your Highness, Kara Osman, the leader of the Aries Turkmen, is Timur's dog. He has been leading his people to fight for Timur, so Timur rewarded him with Diyarbakır, where the Kurds live.
Now he still refuses to surrender to the Ming Dynasty and pay tribute. For such people, we should not care about their relationship with the Black Sheep Turkmen. If they refuse to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, they will die. And if we attack Kara Osman, Diyarbak
The Kurds will support us.
Ahmed said.
Of course, the main reason is that Diyarbakir has been counted as his territory.
His jurisdiction would include the east of the Euphrates River and the south of Lake Van, all of which were Ilhan's jurisdiction.
Everything east and north of Lake Fan belongs to Yusuf.
And around Lake Sevan, which is roughly equivalent to modern Armenia, was the Kingdom of Armenia.
But Armenians were not limited to this area. Armenians in other places were also protected by the Ming Emperor.
It just needs to be governed by other places.
"Okay, then go attack him."
Zhu Di said.
"But attacking him is likely to attract Bayezid."
Yusuf said.
"Didn't you say that they have a bad relationship with Bayezid?"
Zhu Di said.
"It is indeed very bad, but Kara Osman has no other choice. Who else can he vote for besides Osman? The Mamluks? The Mamluks can't help him. The only one who can help him is Bayezid, and Bayezid
Te has already begun to gather troops in Sivas. In addition, they have married with Trebizond. Now the only people in this land who have not surrendered to the Ming Dynasty are the Ottomans, Aries Turkmen, Trebizond, and the Mamluks. They want to
If they don’t want to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, they can only unite. What the Aries Turkmen want is Diyarbakir. They are afraid that the Ottomans will steal their territory. As long as the Ottomans promise to grant it to them, they will of course join the Ottomans. The same goes for Trabizon
is also like this."
Ahmed said.
"You two coalition forces are attacking Aries. I will lead other coalition forces to Erzincan. Are there any Armenians there?"
Zhu Di asked.
"Your Highness, this name is Armenian. Not only Erzincan, there are also a large number of Armenians in Sivas. Bayezid gathered troops in Sivas because he was worried that the Armenians would rebel."
Yusuf said.
"Why do the people of Trebizond refuse to surrender?"
Zhu Di asked.
"Your Highness, they claim to be the monarchs of the entire East. How can they surrender to the Ming Dynasty? In the world they think, even the Ming Dynasty is their territory. In the past, they even claimed to be Caesars and were the monarchs of the Romans, including the Balkan countries and the Russians in the north.
, the Georgians, the emperors of all those who believe in their religion, even though they are only as big as the palm of your hand.”
"Well, I have only seen such a arrogant person in my life. Then why did Georgia and Armenia surrender without hesitation?"
"The Georgians have surrendered a lot. Anyone who fights here will eventually surrender. At most, they have to struggle a little to make people think they are very brave, but in fact they will kneel down in the end. As for the Armenians, they can't even struggle.
If you don't struggle, as long as you don't kill them, they will quickly kneel down. They resisted Timur because Timur really killed them, so there are more Armenians alive than Georgians."
"Well, you guys are quite interesting here."
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And at this moment, the distant ancient Yumen Pass.
"The bright moon rises out of the Tianshan Mountains, among the vast sea of clouds. The wind blows tens of thousands of miles across the Yumen Pass!"
Yang Feng looked at the seemingly endless yellow sand in the distance like an arty star, and then chanted loudly.
Behind him are the same seemingly endless soldiers...
Of course, he could not wait for Zhu Di's secret message. After all, Zhu Di was also the empress's great-uncle and the patriarch of the royal family, so it was impossible for anything to really happen. Moreover, the civil servants and military generals all unanimously requested the imperial army to march westward, and asked Ambassador Yang to accompany him again.
The main reason is that he stayed in the capital, and many things were difficult for everyone to do. As for his identity, of course, he was a guide. There was no one else familiar with Eastern Europe and Siberia in the Ming Dynasty. For this kind of thing, Ambassador Yang could only be asked to be the guide. As for the official commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition,
It was Wei Guogong Xu Huizu, and Ambassador Yang took the two troops from the Beijing camp to Xi'an to meet Wei Guogong first, and then added an army drawn from Shaanxi and Shanxi to form an army. They went west together and then added Song Sheng's Gansu army.
At this time, the military organization has become the wartime organization of the Ming army. Each guard who was mobilized to participate in the war used his troops to form a brigade, and the number of brigades varied to form an army.
Each army's commander-in-chief holds the title of Commander-in-Chief.
As for the army in the Beijing camp, it has a fixed establishment.
There are four infantry brigades, one artillery brigade, and one cavalry brigade, but the infantry rides on horse-drawn carriages.
On the contrary, the army mobilized from Shaanxi and others was the Tuocheng cavalry.
Therefore, following Yang Feng at this moment was the fifth army, with a total strength of more than 80,000, and the number of horses and camels even exceeded 150,000.
At this time, the number of horses and camels in the Ming Dynasty had reached an astonishing level. The whole country did not include the areas controlled by the Jianwen Dynasty, nor did it include those Jisi guards, chieftains, vassal states, Khan-controlled areas, horse farms directly under the imperial court, and private gatherings.
Up to now, there have been more than one million horses of all kinds, especially the proportion of high-quality war horses has been increasing, and special horse breeds have even begun to be bred.
There are over half a million camels.
"The ambassador is so cheerful!
But I don't know if it will be in time. King Yan was too reckless this time. How could he send tens of thousands of cavalry to march thousands of miles to attack the enemy's capital.
It was a coincidence, and Timur's true face was forced out."
Xu Huizu said.
They received an urgent report from Zhu Gaoxu in Lanzhou, saying that Timur led his army to fight with him at the Ural River.
Of course, this result was already expected. After all, Xu Huizu had been in the last Western Expedition. Of course, he knew what the situation of Timur's surrender was. Zhu Di was almost riding on his neck, so it would be better if Timur didn't take action.
Strange.
"Don't worry, Timur doesn't have the ability to retain King Yan yet."
Yang Feng said.
At this time, a group of cavalry rushed over. Xu Huizu waved his hand, and the soldiers beside him immediately stepped forward to stop the group of cavalry, and soon brought the leading officer over. The latter walked up to them and saluted, and then held the
The last emergency report was sealed in a tin can. Xu Huizu took it and handed it directly to Yang Feng. Yang Feng took a can opener and opened the tin can. This is the best way to keep it secret. After all, once it is opened, it cannot be restored.
He took out a parchment letter...
"Wei Guogong, you still don't know enough about your brother-in-law. He is not only reckless, he can be considered a lunatic. He broke out from Biergesalai, but instead of heading east to join his son, he went directly south.
Persia, he wrote this in Baku. He is indeed a man who was originally going to be the emperor. I feel a little guilty for playing such a crazy way, but he actually succeeded."
Ambassador Yang said with emotion.
Xu Huizu's expression changed, and he ignored his words about the man who was originally going to be the emperor, and took the map as quickly as possible and unfolded it...
"Don't look at it. He's not on your map at all. He's outside your map now. We have to divide our troops into two groups. I'll go south to Khotan from here, and then go north to the Wakhan Corridor. You and the Marquis of Xining will continue to Gaochang.
, then divide the army into two groups. You go to Dayuan, and the Marquis of Xining goes to Kunling. Call all the vassals along the way. Timur can't conquer D'erban. The place is the same as Shanhaiguan. He will definitely go back to the Caspian Sea and the river. You have to be prepared to fight with him.
For his decisive battle, I will go to Persia to meet King Yan."