After hearing Jesb's words, Timur thought for a moment and suddenly asked: "My dear Jesb, what do you think?"
"Great Khan," Jesbu seemed to have been prepared for this issue, and said confidently at this moment: "Great Khan, I think we should immediately send 20,000 to 30,000 cavalry to surround Turpan City to prevent the Ming Dynasty from sending reinforcements; stay behind
Five thousand infantrymen will defend the city of Urumqi, and the rest of the army will gradually send troops tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
"According to the report of the Semu people who took refuge in the Great Khan, the Ming garrison in Turpan City will not exceed 5,000 people. Even if the Ming Dynasty receives reinforcements, it will not exceed 10,000 people. And the total military strength of the vassal kings who have been granted the title here by the entire Ming Kingdom
There are only 30,000 people, and there are only 20,000 to 25,000 in Hami City."
"Great Khan, I think we can leave 20,000 to 30,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry to surround the city of Turpan. The rest of the army will not stop when passing through Turpan and directly attack the city of Hami."
"Because there will not be many Ming garrison troops in Turpan City, the remaining 20,000 to 30,000 infantrymen should be able to capture it within ten days. After that, 5,000 men will be left to defend, and all the remaining troops will also go to Hami City."
"Because there are only 20,000 to 25,000 garrison troops in Hami City, and the army besieging Hami City has 100,000 infantrymen, tens of thousands of cavalry, and more than 200,000 auxiliary troops, waiting for the army that captured Turpan City to rush over.
Perhaps Hami has been captured by then."
"If the city of Hami has been captured, then regroup with the army, rest in Hami, repel the possible counterattack of the Ming army, wait until the hottest period is over, and then march eastward to the Mongolian grassland to implement the Great Khan's next plan.
"
After listening to Jesb's words, Timur thought for a while and said to the clerk beside him: "Write down my order."
"Pass my order and order Salha to lead 50,000 cavalry, 100,000 auxiliary troops, and an additional 100,000 horses. He will set off at dawn tomorrow morning and head south to Turpan City. Leave 10,000 cavalry at the gate of Turpan City.
Twenty thousand auxiliary troops were encamped, and the remaining 40,000 cavalry and 80,000 auxiliary troops did not stop at all, but went straight to the gates of Hami City."
"The rest of the army, after the 50,000 soldiers who have not yet arrived arrive, will leave 10,000 infantry and 20,000 auxiliary troops to garrison the city of Urumqi. All the rest of the army will go straight to Hami City with most of the cattle, sheep and food, and on the first day of arrival in Hami City
In the next two days, we will attack fiercely and knock down this city as quickly as possible!"
The clerk wrote down Timur's order, asked a few more questions about the details, and went downstairs to deliver the order.
But before he could go down, he heard Jesbu ask with some confusion: "Great Khan, why are you using troops like this?"
"The city of Hami is the entire strategic base of the Ming Dynasty in the Eastern Chagatai Khanate. As long as Hami is captured, even if Turpan City is still not occupied, the Ming Dynasty will never be able to cross Hami to rescue Turpan. The initiative of the entire war will be completely in its hands.
In the hands of our army. So don’t think about anything else, don’t even think about your retreat, gather all the troops you can to attack Hami!”
After listening to Timur's words, Jesbu suddenly realized. Timur's plan grasped the key to this war. The Ming Kingdom near Yilibali has the longest operation time and the largest population. The city closest to the Ming Kingdom headquarters is
Hami, as long as Hami is captured, it will be impossible for them to send heavy troops to Yili when they come to Ming Dynasty. This war will be half won.
But Jesib still had his own worries. "The Great Khan, Samizhagan has at least five to six million tribesmen in his hands, and he also understood that if the Ming Dynasty defeated his Khanate in Hami, he would definitely not be able to defend it.
Will you not send troops to attack our troops staying under Turpan City?"
"No, even if Shamichagan wants to attack our army together with the Ming army defending Turpan, it will definitely fail." Timur said confidently: "My reputation has long been known throughout the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.
According to the news, all the tribal leaders will not be willing to lead troops to attack my army. Samechagan is young and does not have much prestige. At least he will not be able to gather many troops to fight our army before our army is defeated by the Ming army."
"As for the tribe that Shami Chagan trusts most, he will definitely not be willing to use it to fight head-on with our army. The 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 auxiliary troops left under Turpan City are enough to repel his half-hearted attack. So there is no need to worry.
."
"But why are there so many guards left in Urumqi?" Jesbu asked again doubtfully.
"You thought too little when you were thinking about defending the city of Urumqi. You probably only thought about the possibility that Shami Chagan would take advantage of the opportunity of the battle between the army and the Ming Dynasty to attack Urumqi, but you did not consider the possibility of attacking Urumqi in Gurbantunggut.
To the north of the basin, there are people who are friends or foes whom we can’t yet determine.”
"Is it unclear whether the people in the north of the Gurbantunggut Basin are friends or foes?" Jesb didn't think for a moment who Timur was talking about.
But he lowered his head and meditated for half a minute. When he raised his head and was about to ask, he heard Timur ordering him a few more things. Jesb quickly put aside his thoughts and stepped back to carry out Timur's order.
Looking at Yesib's back, Timur said to himself: "The people north of Gurbantunggut are more noteworthy than Shamechagan. Fortunately, although they did not accept my kindness, they did not
A clear expression of hostility."
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At this time, at the foot of the Altai Mountains north of the Irtysh River, stars are shining with many bright lights from a distance. But if you come over, you will find that there are not countless fireflies flying, but a total of 50,000 people.
The campground ensures the light emitted by the lighted lamps when the minimum light is available. Of course, before you discover all this, the greater possibility is that you have been killed by people lurking in the woods and grass.
At this time, in the central tent of the camp where 50,000 people were stationed, three people who looked about the same age were talking intensely.
"Brother, you accepted the gift from someone from the Samarkand Kingdom, but you resisted Timur's request. You had previously promised Zhu Shangbing to fight with Timur after the troops from the Samarkand Kingdom came over, but now
But you are standing still, what are your plans?" said a man in his thirties, wearing a traditional Mongolian robe.
"Isn't it clear what my plan is?" The man sitting in the middle of the three people said solemnly: "I just stand still for the time being and wait for the battle situation to become clear."
"Brother, you should understand what the third brother means." The person sitting on his left said: "The two sides of the head and the rat are not good at both sides. In the future, whether the Samarkand Kingdom wins or the Ming Kingdom wins, it will not matter.
How can we continue to stay here if we are not welcome?"