"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?"
These three people are naturally the three leaders of the Oara Mongolia, Mahamu, Taiping and Batu Polo. The 50,000 troops stationed north of the Irtysh River at this time are also the only elite soldiers in the Oara.
Timur, who would use political means to divide and win over the enemy every time he fought, certainly did not forget to divide and win over the Ming Dynasty's camp. Among them, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate of Shami Chagan was the party whose interests were directly harmed.
, even though his tribal leaders who believed in Tianfang religion did not dare to resist, they also opposed Timur's eastern expedition: Shamechagan was a pagan, but his prestige was very small. He could do whatever he wanted in the tribe. If Timur did not
If Mu'er brings troops here, even if he gains a temporary advantage, he will no longer have such power in the future.
Therefore, the action of dividing and winning over the Eastern Chagatai Khanate failed as expected; and in the Ming Dynasty, Timur still does not quite understand its mode of power operation. Although there seems to be space available, it has not yet been effective. This way
, Oara, which was very close to the battlefield, became the target of Timur's efforts to win over.
As early as the end of the third month of the Ming Dynasty, when Salha led the forward army to arrive outside the Alashan Pass, the envoy sent by Timur had already arrived at the Simon Grassland and found Taiping, who was leading his troops to graze in the north of the Altai Mountains at that time, hoping that he would lead his troops south.
As soon as the troops from Samarkand arrived, they attacked the Ming Dynasty.
"The Khan of our country has always known that the three princes of Oara are heroes. Although our own army is enough to attack Hami, how can our country monopolize the opportunity to plunder from the Khitan people? If the prince is willing to lead troops to follow our country's strategy
After Murhan attacked Hami and captured Hami city, all the gold, silver and precious goods in the city were selected by the prince first."
"Besides, there will be a chance to invade the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty again in the future! There were people from the Oara tribe who lived in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty back then. They should know how rich it was. After the Ming Dynasty was destroyed, they became the masters of that land again, and all the warriors of the Oara tribe could own it.
One hundred slaves, fifty beauties and endless wealth! Your Majesty, you will also have millions of slaves. Every time you go out, you can only see the backs of the Khitans because they all kneel respectfully.
On the ground!”
This messenger tried his best to exaggerate the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, which made Taiping feel a little excited for a while.
But fortunately, he still had the remaining sanity. He knew that the combined strength of the three brothers would force anyone to take it seriously, so he did not make a decision without permission. Instead, he entertained the envoys from the Kingdom of Samarkand and sent people
Immediately notify Tupolo and Mahamu.
The place where the two of them were leading their subordinates to graze was not far from Taiping, and they arrived one after another on the third and fifth days. On the third day of April, Mahamu met the envoy of the Samarkand Kingdom, and after listening to his encouragement, he said:
"I shouldn't have refused when Tamerlane Khan summoned me. However, our troops have recently fought wars with surrounding tribes and suffered considerable losses. It will be difficult for us to send troops to follow the Khan for a while. Please forgive me."
Seeing Mahamu's sincere expression and listening to Mahamu's sincere words, the messenger was not sure whether his words were true or false for a moment. Although he had been here for a few days, he was not allowed to interact with other herdsmen.
He didn't know the actual situation; Taiping's face didn't look very good the day he just met Taiping, so he couldn't make a judgment.
The envoy could only try his best to promote the benefits of winning the war, and at the same time, he slightly threatened: If Wala did not contribute when our Khan and the Ming Dynasty fought, it is hard to say what will happen after the war is won.
But no matter what he said, Mahamu always had a sincere expression on his face and refused to send troops because of insufficient population. The envoy had no choice but to leave in the end.
But after the envoy from Samarkand left, Mahamu immediately ordered Taiping and Tupolo to gather all the soldiers who could fight, and led the troops south to the north bank of the Irtysh River. After the three brothers agreed on a gathering place
Mahamu left here and returned to his tribe.
After that, the three brothers gathered here today. After settling down the soldiers, Taiping, who was still unaware of Mahamu's plans, started asking.
"Second brother, third brother, how do you think our Oara tribe has always existed and even continued to grow during the Yuan Dynasty?" Mahamu asked rhetorically.
"I am respectful to the Yuan Kingdom, the Chagatai Khanate and the Ogedai Khanate and do not go against their will, but they never participate in the wars between them. They just graze their cattle on the entire west side of the prairie." Tupolo replied.
.Although this answer is embarrassing, there is nothing to avoid between brothers, so they said it directly.
"This is it." Mahamu said: "When Haidu was established in the land of Seven Rivers, it once controlled the Chagatai Khanate, and fought repeated battles with the Yuan Kingdom in the east. The battlefields were in the Gurbantunggut Basin and Al
The Taishan area is very close to the nomadic land of our Oara, but the population of our Oara has not been consumed. This is because the leader at that time implemented the correct strategy."
"Now the Ming Kingdom is in the east and has deep roots, just like the Yuan Kingdom back then, and Timur came from the west, just like the Ogedai Khanate back then. The Ming Kingdom's national power is much stronger than that of Samarkand, so it must be
The final winner. This is why I promised to form an alliance with Ming Dynasty and Yili Baoli a few years ago."
"But now, the Ming Dynasty may not be able to defeat Samarkand in Yilibaoli, so we must not invest in the Ming Dynasty now."
"Brother, why do you say that the Ming Dynasty may not be able to defeat Samarkand now, but you still think that the Ming Dynasty will be the winner in the end?" Taiping was puzzled.
But Maham did not answer his question, but continued: "What we have to do now is to wait on the north bank of the Irtysh River until the Samarkand Kingdom is defeated, and then cross the river and go directly south to Gur.
Bantongut Basin, cut off the return path of the soldiers of the Samarkand Kingdom, and helped the Ming army to eliminate them. With such a great contribution, the Ming Dynasty will not care about us standing still now."
Taiping and Batu Polo still didn't understand why Mahamu was so sure that the Ming Dynasty would win, but Mahamu suddenly stopped talking and asked them to go back to rest on the pretext that it was getting late.
Because it was indeed getting late, the Tupolo Taiping brothers had no choice but to leave here and return to their own camp. But even though they were already lying in bed, they still couldn't figure it out: "Why does the eldest brother think that the Ming Dynasty will win?
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At the same moment, Ganzhou City on the Hexi Corridor was in chaos.
If you sit on the flying ball and overlook Ganzhou City, you can clearly notice how many troops are gathered inside and outside Ganzhou City. There are military camps covering a large area in the north, west, east and south of the city.
Countless soldiers were coming in and out of the military camp, and the dust they brought up rose several meters high, choking people so hard that they couldn't open their eyes, as if the storm from the north had not stopped yet.
At this time, in a military camp outside the north gate of the city, a man about thirty-seven or eighteen years old, wearing the uniform of a first-class military commander, was standing in a tent, surrounded by people who were bending down and waiting.
He kept instructing the people around him. After listening to a few words from him, everyone bowed and stepped back, and the next person stepped forward.
I don’t know how long it took, but finally no one was waiting around this man. A young guard hurriedly came up, wiped his sweat with a towel, helped him sit down, and complained: "Master, even if the military situation is urgent,
You are not so busy. You went to bed just before midnight last night, but this morning you got up at the beginning of the morning and continued to make arrangements. You only slept for two hours a day, how could this happen! If this continues, how will your body be?
I can bear it!”
"It can't be this way!" The man sighed: "Wu Jie led his troops to Yiwu, and His Highness King Su is not in the city now. If I don't do these things, no one can do them."
"Then it won't be so busy."
"Reinforcement is like putting out a fire. Timur mobilized troops in advance, disrupting the entire arrangement. In order to send as many troops into the city as possible before the enemy attacked Yiwu City, this was the only option. When His Highness comes back, some troops will be sent to Yiwu City.
By leaving the matter to His Highness, I can feel more relaxed."
This person is Xu Huizu, the current Duke of Wei, who was appointed as the commander of the Shaanxi Dusi. After the New Year, all the people in Shaanxi devoted themselves to preparations for the war against Samarkand. According to the plan, the entire Shaanxi Dusi, Shaanxi
Xingdu Division has nearly 30 guard posts and 155,000 men and horses, and 100,000 of them will be sent to Yiwu.
However, the specific number of guard posts to be transferred was decided by Xu Huizu, Wu Jie, the commander of Shaanxi Xingdu Division, and Su Wang Zhu Wei, who was granted the title of Ganzhou. Therefore, after completing the preliminary preparations, Xu Huizu made the decision in April.
He left Xi'an in the first ten days of the month and went to Ganzhou to discuss the matter.
When he arrived in Ganzhou, he learned that King Su Zhu Zhu was not there. It turned out that just a few days ago, a Xifan tribe had defected to the Ming Dynasty, but the general stationed at the nearby guard station had a grudge against the Xifan tribe and opposed the Ming Dynasty's acceptance.
Take refuge.
After discussion with Wu Jie, Zhu Ping and Wu Jie concluded that a war was imminent and the more people the better, so they decided to accept the tribe on the condition that it agreed to send troops to fight in the northwest. In order to make things smooth, Zhu Ping personally went to appease the general.
Unexpectedly, on the second day after Xu Huizu came to Ganzhou, an urgent report came from the north: the Samarkand Kingdom sent troops in advance and had conquered Alashan Pass on the first day of April. It was likely that they had already reached the city of Urumqi. They requested the capital of Shaanxi Province.
