I have to say that Zhu Di’s painting style surprised Yang Feng...
Yang Feng dared to dig through southern Xinjiang with two thousand men because he knew he could not die.
But Zhu Di also knows that he is not immortal!
This kind of adventure is still a bit exaggerated.
What's more, what Yang Feng did when he drilled through southern Xinjiang was nothing compared to what Zhu Di did now. Besides, Yang Feng didn't drill through southern Xinjiang. He was still surrounded by others in Aksu. If Zhu Di hadn't gone south, even if Yang Feng hadn't gone south.
Feng could escape on his own, but all his minions, including Zhang Fu and others, would have to be abandoned in Aksu, but now Zhu Di has really captured Beerge Sarai, and then went straight into the hinterland of West Asia.
This is stealing the spotlight from Ambassador Yang!
Of course, he also knew that Zhu Di was just depressed because he was forced to move west and gave up the fight for the Ming throne, so his mental state was unstable.
To put it simply...
crazy!
Immediately afterwards, Yang Feng led the two armies of the Beijing camp with 30,000 people and went south, while Xu Huizu and Song Sheng led three armies to continue to Hami. As for the plan of dividing the troops into three routes, it is actually necessary. If it is only one route, the cities along the way may not be the same.
It can be supplied. There are still not many Han immigrants in the Western Regions. They are still in vassal cities and a few garrison posts. Both industry and agriculture are in their infancy. A legion of 80,000 people, 150,000 horses and camels no matter where they go.
No matter where you go, you will eat up the local area.
It will be much easier if the troops are divided into three groups.
Yang Feng went to take supplies from Khotan to Shule, Xu Huizu went to take supplies from Gaochang to Shule, and Song Sheng went to take supplies from the northern Xinjiang line.
In the end, Xu Huizu brought a group of vassals from southern Xinjiang to Dayuan. He took two armies, and those vassals could provide him with at least 30,000 more cavalry. After they arrived in Dayuan, Ha only and Uge Qiha Shiha could still gather together.
Fifty thousand, which adds up to more than 100,000 troops. Even if it is against Timur's main force, it will at least be undefeated. Song Sheng only has one army, but his army is 20,000. He started from Hami and Gaochang along the way,
He can still take away 20,000 cavalry, and after entering Yili, even if Gui Lichi and others do not come back, Zhu Gaochi can collect another 10,000 for him. If Zhu Gaoxu and Gui Lichi withdraw, then his side will also be at the level of 100,000, or
Have the ability to independently fight against Timur's main force.
So in the end, no matter which direction Timur attacked, it would be impossible to open the Ming army's defense, and he would even have to face another attack.
Then at the same time, Yang Feng, who was walking along the Wakhan Corridor, reached Khorasan.
At that time, he only had one choice: surrender or collapse. After all, it was impossible for the emirs of the cities in Hezhong and Khorasan, including his son, to be buried with him.
Ming Dynasty just wanted them to surrender.
It's not like we want to destroy them.
In fact, Yang Feng was not prepared to destroy them.
He has just begun to digest the four towns, so how can he be interested in heading west again?
The expansion has to be done step by step. Timur is easy to defeat, but the cities in Hezhong and Khorasan with tens of millions of people are really difficult to solve. Moreover, this is a system. The emirs of each city do not care about surrendering to the Ming Dynasty.
He doesn't care about betraying Timur. Timur is just one of the revolving rulers in this land. He deserves to die if he loses. No one will be buried with him.
But if the Ming Dynasty really wants to expand to this land with a large number of immigrants, they cannot tolerate this, and they will really fight hard.
So now is not the time.
Now Yang Feng has limited troops to invest in this direction. These 80,000 troops are already the limit. He even has to rely on other emirs in the Western Regions.
It's not yet time for him to reveal his true colors.
However, Yang Feng's journey to the south was still very difficult. After all, from Dunhuang to Qiemo, he had to walk through Lop Nur in the middle.
Although there is still some water in Lop Nur now.
The 30,000 Beijing troops riding in four-wheeled carriages followed him in the long yellow sand and along the trade road leading to India.
At this time, Zhu Di was about to start his decisive battle with Bayezid...
Erzurum.
Zhu Di looked at the Ottoman envoy in front of him.
"For our Ming Dynasty, we either surrender or we are enemies. As for our enemies, we usually destroy them. We have made countless countries that refused to surrender to the Ming Dynasty finally choose to surrender, and we have also made countless countries that refused to choose to surrender disappear.
, you are not qualified to ask for anything from us. As the Prince of Ming Dynasty, I now ask your Sultan to come and kneel at my feet. If he does not come, then I will take my soldiers to capture him at my feet.
Kneel down on him."
Zhu Di said.
The Kurds of Diyarbakır, under the persuasion of the emir of Van City, finally chose to surrender and pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.
However, Kara Osman, the leader of the White Sheep Turkmen, besieged Diyarbakir. Then the coalition forces of the Black Sheep Turkmen and Zarayiers led by Yusuf and Ahmed came to the rescue and defeated Kara Osman's army in Diyarbakir.
, the latter fled to the mountains along the Euphrates River and sent envoys to Bayezid, the Mamluks and their in-laws Trebizond for help.
Bayezid, who had already assembled nearly 100,000 troops in Sivas and was waiting for them to call for help, immediately sent an envoy to Zhu Di and at the same time marched towards the border city of Erzincan.
Then this was Zhu Di's reply to him.
So the two sides will start their decisive battle in Erzincan.
The wars in West Asia are basically along this line, because from Erzincan to the south is the mountainous valley of the Euphrates River. It is not easy to pass through this natural chasm in this era, but Sivas, Erzincan, and Erzincan in the north
The Zurum line can be passed directly because it takes the upper reaches of the Euphrates River, eventually forming a strategic passage that can be said to be West Asia. These cities are also the most important battlefields on this land. Originally, Timur and Baye were the
Seth started the war in Sivas, while the Ottomans defeated Aries Turkmen in the decisive battle at Erzincan. In World War I, the Russian army seized the initiative in the West Asian battlefield by raiding Erzurum.
"Your Highness, our Sultan has an army of 500,000. This place is far away from the Ming Dynasty. Your Highness is just passing by. Why should we protect the Kurds?
Your country is on the other side of the world and has nothing to do with you here."
The messenger said.
"Five million?"
Zhu Di smiled.
Then Tuotuo Mi and others also laughed.
"Bayezid can't even raise one hundred thousand, and a sultan has to rely on the Serbs to fight the war, so he still boasts that he has an army of half a million?
Drag him out and chop him into five parts, then send him back to Bayezid.
This is what you get for talking nonsense in front of me."
Zhu Di said.
The soldiers outside immediately stepped forward and dragged the stunned envoy out. The latter was still very brave. After he woke up, he howled to show his backbone. Of course, this could not change his outcome. He was still dragged to death.
Outside, he shut up with a series of screams. Zhu Di was not interested in caring about him. He looked at the map in front of him with Tottammy, Kun Timur, Yusuf and others, although he laughed at Bayezid.
No more than 100,000, but he really has an army of 100,000.
However, the Ming army was very small.
Because the ammunition was basically exhausted, and Zhu Di did not want to make it here to prevent the formula and process of advanced gunpowder from being leaked, the Ming army only had one Tuocheng to participate in the battle. They scraped together the remaining ammunition, plus some low-quality gunpowder collected from various places.
Basically it can sustain a battle.
So now Zhu Di's main force is the Zhao Sheng Army.
This army has shown their strength, and of course they are also very loyal. After all, they have gained a lot during this period. For this poor army, they have all got what they want, high-quality horses, beautiful women, and
There were money bags filled with gold and silver coins.
As for the dead...
How can a dead person be dissatisfied?
Those who are satisfied are alive, and everyone who is alive is satisfied.
In addition, some of the Kipchaks also followed Zhu Di, and they were organized into the Yuejibie Army by Zhu Di, so the Yuejibie Army's strength increased to 25,000...
They originally followed Zhu Di north to Chenggitula with 25,000 people, but not all of them followed the Western Expedition. There were only 20,000 people who followed the Western Expedition. Four or five thousand were lost along the way. Now after adding these Kipchaks, the number has increased.
To 25,000. They and the Kipchaks were originally one family, and Yue Jibie and others were the original Jinzhang Khan. When Yue Jibie, he formed a special imperial guard, but after Yue Jibie's death, after the continuous civil strife,
They have been kicked out of the core of the Golden Horde, and in the end they can only go east to join the Shaban family.
Therefore, there is no integration problem between them and these Kipchaks. After all, they are originally from the same family.
Moreover, Zhu Di promised that from now on, everything east of the Ural River and north of Lake Balkhash would be their pasture.
In short, the direct troops currently in Zhu Di's hands are the guards, the Zhaosheng Army, and the moon is gone, which adds up to almost 50,000.
Tuotuomisi had 30,000 cavalry in his hands.
Among them were thousands of people he brought from Siberia, followed by Kazan and other cities along the way, but were blocked in the south and unable to return, and the Kipchaks who came south from Belgosalai.
The rest are Zara Yier, Black Sheep Turkmen, and Armenians.
As for Georgia, Ossetia, and Shirvan, which did not participate in the war, they need to continue to warn Timur...
"Your Majesty, there is news about King Gaoyang."
Zhu Neng suddenly walked in and said.
"He withdrew?"
Zhu Di said.
"He didn't withdraw. He was still in Salechuk. Timur was very uncomfortable being blocked by him. He was still in Beergosale until half a month ago.
They did not have enough food to feed their war horses and camels. Even if they returned eastward, they could only graze while walking. But although it was spring in the east, only the coast of the Caspian Sea was a good pasture, but this pasture was occupied by the King of Gaoyang.
He attacked the King of Gaoyang, and the King of Gaoyang took Tuocheng to disperse, and then attacked him. He gathered his men to fight, and there was not enough pasture for the horses to graze, so he did not dare to return directly to the east. After all, there was more to the east.
There is no pasture. So Timur decided not to leave now, and settled in Beergosarai, and then released his army to collect grain from the surrounding areas. However, he was defeated and returned, not to mention those Russian cities, even the Kipchaks.
The city is no longer willing to listen to him.
After all, the Kipchaks also had a grudge against him.
All his food levies were collected in Moscow. It is said that the Grand Duke of Moscow refused to give him food, and all the Russians who were still listening to Yedi and who were entangled with Guilichi in the north also withdrew.
Ghostly is nomadic on the Samara River."
Zhu Neng said with a smile.
"My son is quite capable."
Zhu Di said with a smile.
Indeed, he did not expect that his son with strong limbs and simple mind would actually kill Timur.
However, as long as Timur collects enough food, he will eventually return eastward. In fact, his current cavalry is too large, and he has to walk a long way through the desert to return eastward to the river. During this period, if there is not enough food for feed, he will
He could only disperse his men to nomadic groups. But the problem was that if he dispersed his nomadic troops, it would give Zhu Gaoxu the opportunity to attack, and the latter was not short of food. Zhu Gaoxu had one and a half camels per person, and he always carried a large amount of fodder during the march to prepare for long-term operations.
And it's not like he really doesn't have supplies.
There was a transport camel team behind him, and he had also robbed a lot from the Nogai people before.
Of course, the main reason is that he only has 20,000 people, which is enough for nomadism along the Ural River. As long as Timur does not have enough feed to enter the desert, he can just feed the camels and war horses and follow the attack.
He has to take the same road back anyway.
"In addition, Shadi's subordinates have lost their hearts. It is said that during this period, many people left him with their subordinates and went to the Dnieper River. Several cities in the Crimea and other places stopped giving him reinforcements. Shadi did not bother to collect food.
The flag has also left Belgosarai, and it is estimated that they will no longer follow Timur."
Zhu Neng said.
So as long as Timur leaves, the Golden Horde will be stable.
"When a tree falls, the hozen disperses. In the end, this kind of mob can only win but cannot fail. Once it fails, it will fall apart."
Of course, as long as we can lead them to win battles.
"Everyone, Bursa's countless gold and silver jewels are waiting for us, and the wealth of Trabzon is waiting for us. What are you waiting for?"
he shouted in Turkic dialect.
Those Tokhtamysh and others immediately became excited, as if they had seen the wealth that Tamerlane used to transport thousands of camels in history.
The Ottoman capital at this time was Bursa.
In fact, the Ottomans have not been very interested in expanding eastward. After all, the enemies in the west are easier to bully, and the east is not easy to mess with. Their previous territory was Sivas, and the decisive battle with Timur was only because of Timur.
The Ming Dynasty has expanded to their borders, and now they choose to go to war with Zhu Di because the Ming Dynasty's expansion has also reached their borders.
The matter of Aries Turkmen is just Bayezid's temptation. If Zhu Di gives him face, he will stop moving forward.
But if Zhu Di doesn't give him face, then there will only be war.
"All armies march to Erzincan immediately!"
Then Zhu Di issued the order to march.
The princes from all walks of life immediately left, and then went to their own camps, leading their subordinates to follow His Highness the Prince to start their decisive battle with Bayezid.