The fourth prince of the Ottoman Empire was released. The eldest prince Suleiman Celebi and the second prince Isa Celebi were shocked when they received the news.
They knew that the current situation would change greatly, because the relationship between Muhammad and Musa was closer.
If they unite, the tripartite situation will be broken.
At this time, Timur asked the three men to give Musa a certain territory to maintain his status as a prince.
Faced with the threat of Timur, although Suleiman and Issa were very reluctant, they had no choice but to hand over some poorly developed areas to Musa.
Isa felt threatened. His strength was not as good as that of his eldest brother Suleiman or his third brother Muhammad.
The most important thing is that he and Muhammad were on the Asia Minor Peninsula, and Musa, who had received help from Muhammad, would definitely support Muhammad, so he would naturally bear the brunt.
Therefore, he found Suleiman and wanted to join forces with him to resist Muhammad.
However, this request was rejected by Suleiman.
In Suleiman's view, he was the eldest son and the heir to the orthodox Ottoman Empire. This was also the case when his father Bayezid I was alive.
Therefore, in his eyes, although the Ottoman Empire was divided because of Timur, Muhammad and Issa were no different from the rebellion. They took this opportunity to seize the throne that originally belonged to them.
He held a meeting to hear whether the ministers' opinions were the same as his own.
"Your Highness, I think we should unite with the second prince, because the fourth prince was released because of the third prince, and they have the same mother, so they will inevitably unite."
"Although the third prince and the fourth prince combined are not as good as His Highness at the moment, if the Asia Minor Peninsula is ruled by the third prince, it will pose a great threat to His Highness."
"We should unite with the second prince and attack the third prince's territory first."
The minister's opinion was very pertinent, but this was not what Suleiman wanted to hear, so he continued to ask other ministers.
Immediately, some ministers expressed conflicting opinions.
"Your Highness, I think the second prince's request should be rejected. When your highness originally attacked the third prince, the second prince came out to interfere many times. Otherwise, your highness would have captured the third prince's city and even unified our Ottoman Empire."
"There is actually no point in uniting with the second prince at this time. It is better to let them fight. In this way, no matter who wins, there will be great losses, and His Highness can take advantage of this opportunity to completely capture the Asia Minor Peninsula.
Unify the Ottoman Empire again."
"Or Your Highness can also send troops when the second prince can't hold on, destroy the third prince's army at the same time, and capture the second prince's city."
Suleiman was very satisfied with this statement. He was indeed very dissatisfied with Musa.
Because Suleiman had sent troops to attack Muhammad before, the situation was originally good, but Musa suddenly sent troops to disrupt the situation, causing him heavy losses.
This grudge has always been in Suleiman's mind, so how could he help Musa resist Muhammad?
This time it’s time to be the oriole behind.
On the other side, Muhammad was indeed preparing to attack Issa, but he knew that it was not a good time yet.
He needs to wait until Timur's army goes to Tianzhu or the Delhi Sultanate to confront the Ming Dynasty. Only then will Timur not pay attention to the Ottoman Empire.
Otherwise, even if he is about to win, once Timur's army comes over, all preparations will be in vain.
He hoped that Ming Dynasty could enter into a stalemate with Timur, preferably for more than ten years.
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After the fleet bound for America set off, Zhu Ying set his sights on Tianzhu.
At this time, the entire grassland area had been completely ruled by the Ming Dynasty, and the most important resource, war horses, had reached the peak of the Central Plains Dynasty.
Today, the Ming Dynasty has a cavalry force of 400,000.
Many of the cavalry here are grassland people themselves, but after being educated, they have also integrated into the Ming Dynasty.
In fact, this integration is not complicated. For the grassland people who do not have enough to eat almost all year round, whoever can give them a full meal will naturally be loyal to them.
As for the Ming Dynasty, which had almost half of Southeast Asia as its granary, its grain reserves were increasing significantly every year, not to mention a large number of high-yielding crops to maintain it.
"One hundred thousand cavalry, it seems that the Great Sun wants to completely conquer Tianzhu." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile, but his voice was a little labored.
After his previous fainting, Zhu Yuanzhang could no longer eat meat and fish, and often ate relatively light foods such as white rice porridge and vegetarian food.
This is also to prevent high blood pressure from recurring.
My originally somewhat obese figure has become increasingly thin due to changes in diet and physical reasons.
In just three months, she lost a lot of weight, which really made Zhu Ying feel distressed.
"It's a waste to keep them on the grassland. Information came in a few days ago that Timur has withdrawn his troops from the Ottoman Empire. It seems that he is preparing to station troops in the Sultan of Delhi to compete with me on Tianzhu's territory."
"The Orissa occupied by Lanyu is only a small part of the Tianzhu region. We need to occupy enough territory in more time. After all, this time we are directly confronting Timur, not them.
Going on an expedition."
"One hundred thousand riders is enough if you think about it."
Zhu Ying talked about some of his ideas, while Zhu Yuanzhang checked and filled in some details.
On land, due to the obstruction of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Himalayas, the Ming Dynasty could not directly reach Tianzhu. There was a very long supply line across the Hexi Corridor, Tubo, and into Central Asia.
This is where Timur's cavalry team came from. If the Ming Dynasty also wanted to pass here, it would have to rely heavily on cavalry troops to travel quickly, but it would also encounter supply problems.
It is better to take a boat directly when traveling on land in the South China Sea. The climate conditions in the south are harsh and there are many beasts of tropical miasma. The uncivilized land is very dangerous and you may suffer serious losses before you get over it.
Therefore, taking a boat from the Siam Peninsula to Tianzhu is now the fastest and most reliable way.
After Zhu Ying and Zhu Yuanzhang had a brief discussion, an order was issued, and the 100,000 cavalry team in Guihua City on the grassland began to assemble.
If it were in the past, if one hundred thousand cavalry went to the Siam Peninsula, not to mention the time consumed, even the military salary required would be an extremely huge number.
But now that we have trains, it has become much simpler.
You only need to take a train, then arrive at Taiping Port in Changle, Fuzhou, Fujian, and then take a boat to the Siam Peninsula.
The time required here is only early January.
August of the thirty-fifth year of Hongwu.
The Ming Dynasty sent more troops to Tianzhu. Lan Yu recruited 200,000 new soldiers from Siam and Chenla, and they were sent to Tianzhu after only simple training.
At the same time, one hundred thousand cavalry also came by boat.
Now Lan Yu's total troops have reached 500,000, including 200,000 Ming troops and 300,000 Chenla Siam troops.
A force of half a million troops is obviously no longer something Orissa can bear. The huge food consumption requires food to be continuously transported from Southeast Asia.
September.
Lan Yu began to send out troops, leaving less than 100,000 troops of the 500,000-strong army to guard Orissa. The remaining 400,000 troops were divided into three groups and marched towards the Bahmani Kingdom of Tianzhu.
The Sultan of Delhi failed to rule South India, and was defeated by Timur in one fell swoop. The dynasty was destroyed, which led to the rise of many independent regional kingdoms in South India.
Among them, the Bahmani Kingdom is one of them, and the territory of this country almost overlaps with the Tianzhu Jiari Kingdom during the Tang Dynasty, which was the Tianzhu Kingdom that was once destroyed by Wang Xuance alone.
The Bahmani Kingdom was divided into four provinces: Gulbarga, Daulatabad, Bidar and Berar.
Among them, Gulbarga is where the royal capital is located.
With powerful troops, Lan Yu personally led an army of 150,000 to directly attack Gulbarga.
Xu Huizu and Li Jinglong respectively led more than 120,000 troops to attack Daulatabad and Bidar provinces.
October.
The Bahmani Kingdom was destroyed, and Berar Province, which was not attacked, surrendered directly.
The news that the Ming Dynasty captured the Bahmani Kingdom in January quickly reached Samarkand.
After all, Timur's eyes had long been on Tianzhu, especially Ming Dynasty, so he paid more attention to intelligence, and there was obviously no concealment of such a big change.
Timur, who had already sent an additional 200,000 troops to the Delhi Sultanate, immediately prepared another 100,000 troops to garrison the Delhi Sultanate.
At the same time, he sent his son Shaharul to lead the 200,000 troops of the Sultan of Delhi to attack the Rajput state.
The word Rajput means "descendant of the royal family" in Sanskrit.
Thousands of years ago, tribes such as Kushan, Xiongnu and Gujiala, as well as Parthians and Greeks, immigrated to Tianzhu in large numbers.
They merged with the local residents to form the Rajputs and established numerous kingdoms.
Therefore, it is said that the Rajputs are a tribe full of heroes.
Three hundred years ago, the Rajput princes formed a coalition to resist the Muslim invasion for a long time.
In the battle two hundred years ago, the coalition forces led by Prince Prisev were defeated, and the rule of the Sultan of Delhi began.
However, the Rajputs still maintained many relatively independent kingdoms in the vast land of Rajasthan.
After Timur captured the Delhi Sultanate, Rajput naturally became independent from the rule of the Delhi Sultanate.
This Rajput state, which is considered to be home to many heroes, was completely conquered under the iron cavalry of Tamerlane's army without even breaking out a decent battle.
Speaking of conquest is an exaggeration. When they heard that Timur's army was approaching, almost all the cities in Rajput surrendered one after another.
There was no other way. After all, they were vassals of the Delhi Sultanate, and the suzerain state was destroyed by Timur, so what could they use to resist?
Not to mention that the Delhi Sultanate had received support from the Ming Dynasty, but it also did not change its fate of destruction.
The Ming Dynasty struggled with the Tamerlane Empire, but it made the whole of Tianzhu tremble.
But the remaining Indian kingdoms, the Kingdom of Gondwana, the Kingdom of Bangladesh, the Kingdom of Khandesh, the Kingdom of Vijayanagar, Sindh, and the Kingdom of Ceylon wanted to unite to resist, but they felt that it would not work.
Even if we know that the current Tianzhu will be completely divided between Ming Dynasty and Timur in the future.
After Shaharul easily conquered the Rajput state, he did not stop his march. He organized many soldiers of the Sultan of Delhi and Rajput into a slave army and continued to attack the surrounding Tianzhu kingdom.
The Ming Dynasty was different.
After Lan Yu conquered the Bahmani Kingdom, he began to organize his troops.
After all, the Bahmani Kingdom is equivalent to the territory of ten states of Orissa, and is home to a large population, including nearly 20 million people in Orissa.
Because of the caste system, the lower class people in Tianzhu did not feel much about the change of rulers. Lan Yu was originally worried that with 500,000 soldiers ruling a population of 20 million, uprisings and riots would easily occur.
This is also a problem that many Ming generals are worried about.
However, the facts proved that they were overthinking it. No matter what regulations were promulgated, the people at the bottom of Tianzhu were completely resigned and easily accepted being ruled by the Ming Dynasty.
In December of the thirty-fifth year of Hongwu's reign, Timur's army captured the Sindh region of Tianzhu, including Gijrat.
The northwest region of Tianzhu was almost completely controlled by Timur.
The number of Timur's slave army has reached 900,000.
Although he disdains the fighting strength of Tianzhu soldiers, Timur's total strength of 1.1 million now puts great pressure on Lan Yu.
Under the leadership of Timur's generals, these slave armies are obviously more effective than before. After all, they don't care about the life and death of the slave army. If they want to survive, these slaves can only risk their lives.
When attacking the Sindh region and Gijrat state, Shaharul used the slave army as vanguard cannon fodder to attack the city. Anyone who dared to retreat would be immediately killed by the war supervisors behind.
In this situation similar to raising Gu, the combat power of the slave army is also constantly improving. Although it is still very bad, it is undeniable that when the number is sufficient, it is of great use.
If it weren't for logistical problems, Timur would have even wanted to forcefully recruit all the young men in the Tianzhu area he conquered.
Lan Yu is facing the threat of Timur's million-strong army, and it seems that Timur is still inclined to increase his troops.
He also had to start recruiting Tianzhu soldiers for his own use.
However, in terms of selection, Ming Dynasty and Timur were completely different.
Because the Ming Dynasty did not directly carry out brutal rule like Timur. After capturing the city, it usually suppressed the Tianzhu nobles and collected their gold, silver and food.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty's prestige in Tianzhu is still very good.
After discussion, Lan Yu decided to recruit 300,000 Tianzhu soldiers as vassal troops.
Most of Tianzhu has a tropical monsoon climate, so even in winter, you won’t feel too cold.
In order to make these 300,000 soldiers effective, Lan Yu and other generals began to train the selected Tianzhu soldiers.
At least you can have the most basic discipline, so that you won't end up in a chaotic mess on the battlefield.