Chapter 158: Gold Medal Stops

The geographical situation of the Western Regions can be described as three mountains and two basins. The Altai Mountains, that is, the Golden Mountains. The Tianshan Mountains, the Kunlun Mountains, and the two basins are the Junggar Basin and the Tarim Basin.

However, people are still accustomed to calling Northern Xinjiang and Southern Xinjiang.

Both armies have their own missions, one sweeping the northern frontier and the other controlling the southern frontier.

Before setting off, most people feel that neither of these tasks is too easy to complete.

Therefore, it is natural for each to divide each other's battlefield areas and two main generals.

It's like the Northern Song Dynasty attacking Xia on five roads, and the speed of intelligence and information transmission at that time was very difficult to cooperate with each other.

However, the Northern Song Dynasty insisted on meeting Xingqing Mansion, and the result was extremely miserable.

Even if the time comes for the two armies to meet, it means that the battle is almost over.

Zhu Qizhen's instructions to Fang Jin are obvious, the battlefield demarcated by Zhu Qizhen is only the Western Regions, excluding Central Asia, as long as the north and south are established, there will be no war after that.

It's just that I never thought that all the obstacles I thought about before would be gone, so that the result of this meeting between the two armies was possible.

Fang Jin's intention to euphemistically persuade Shi Heng was categorically rejected by Shi Heng, saying: "How can I just think about my own honor and disgrace? ”

"How can you let go of such an opportunity?"

For a moment, Fang Jin thought that Shi Heng was a righteous gentleman.

But I don't know why Shi Heng is like this, firstly, because he hasn't enjoyed this battle yet. Second, he actually knew that he would be stationed in the Western Regions for a long time in the future and fight with Azi Timur, so wouldn't it be better to destroy Azi Timur first while the army was there.

In the end, it was Shi Heng's idea that he didn't quite understand in his heart, he wanted to get as far away from Beijing as possible, and he didn't know if he was afraid of the emperor.

Fang Jin had no choice but to say: "Guogong, don't make a mistake, Your Majesty had a secret decree before, only asking us to conquer the northern and southern frontiers and not let us cross the green mountains." ”

Shi Heng said: "The secret decree, not to mention whether the secret decree is true or false, even if it is true, it will be outside, and the military order will not be accepted." Wei Yuanhou, you are from the Southern Route Army, and I won't bother you about the affairs of the Northern Route Army. ”

Shi Heng actually brushed his sleeves away.

Fang Jin had no choice but to send someone to Beijing to ask for a request without mentioning it.

Shi Heng led 50,000 cavalry to continue westward in Yili for several days, which was also the limit of what logistics materials could support, and even the result of scraping a layer of ground in northern Xinjiang.

However, Shi Heng was also really sharp, breaking several tribes in a row, and after more than ten days, he came out of the territory of Xinjiang in the future, and the troops were in Anyanji.

At this moment, Azi Timur

Can't back down anymore.

Anyanji is already not far from the capital of the Chagatai Khanate, and there is no danger to defend in the middle, not to mention that Azi Timur has placed many people in the Wasan headquarters here.

After all, the area around Anyanji can be said to be abundant in water and grass, and it is an excellent grassland, which is enough for the tile spur headquarters to recuperate.

Not to mention, there are also reasons for the morale of the military.

Before, it was too late to return, but now that an old and important minister like Boyan Timur was killed in battle, the enemy came from the east. If you still run away, there is nowhere to escape.

But Azi Timur also knew the strength of the Ming army, and even more knew that the tribes in various places had different aspirations. He simply raised his army, reaching as many as 300,000 horsemen, and almost squeezed the potential of all departments.

Avoid them from messing around in the rear.

Aci Timur led the main cavalry of the tile spur to confront the Ming army in Anyanji, although Shi Heng was powerful, but in this position, he was also powerful.

Almost half of the 100,000 cavalry he set off took care of the logistics line, and it was Fang Jin who helped him in the back, otherwise he could only bring 30,000 cavalry to the front line.

However, even with 30,000 horsemen, Shi Heng dared to touch the army of tile thorns.

It's just that Azi Timur seems to have started the idea of a strong confrontation. Set up a camel city, drive away tens of thousands of camels, let them carry wooden boxes, let them squat down together, as if a city, if the Ming army attacked, let the foot soldiers of the tile spur use muskets to resist the first wave, and then the tile spur cavalry attacked again.

The battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Tile Spur, starting from Xuanda, changed the battlefield all the way, from Haixi to Liaodong, Liaodong and Monan, Monan and Mobei, Mobei and the Western Regions, and the Western Regions and Central Asia. The tactics of the two sides have also changed several layers, and now the cavalry of the Ming army has come and gone, but the Watters have begun to study the skills of cavalry with foot. It's a little speechless.

Shi Heng had no good way to face the position of Azi Timur for a while, so he could only confront each other.

But Azi Timur let out all the attached cavalry and did nothing. It is to advance to rob Shiheng's grain road.

What Shi Heng said in his mouth was on the spot because of the grain.

But where is it so easy to get food in place?

And Central Asia is quite unfamiliar to the Ming Dynasty, even Jinyiwei rarely sets foot here, so Shi Heng's eyes are almost dark.

There was nowhere to find food.

Just when Shi Heng hesitated, he heard that the Southern Route Army had 20,000 cavalry to help.

Shi Heng was very happy, but he found a person who shouldn't be here, and this person was none other than Wu Jin.

Although Wu Jin was a Mongol, in a series of wars, he proved their Wu family's loyalty to the Ming Dynasty with the lives of themselves and even their families.

Today's Wu Jin is very low-key, because his position is very critical, and they have three armies after the Ming Dynasty restructuring, the left army, the right army, and the middle army

One of them, the chief general of the Chinese army.

As mentioned above, the left and right armies are field armies, and if they go out to fight, they will naturally have to transfer the troops here, but the Chinese army is the army that controls the city of Beijing and even the imperial palace.

Of course, Zhu Qizhen will not tie his life to one person, the palace has Jinyi guards and various Beijing guards in charge, there are city defense troops on the periphery, and the Chinese army has several pieces, even Wu Jin, the chief general of the Chinese army, cannot completely control it.

But even so, Wu Jin was able to sit in this extremely sensitive position, which also shows Zhu Qizhen's trust in him, you must know that it was the old eunuch Liu Yongcheng who controlled all this before.

It's just a pity that this veteran, who was born in Emperor Taizong's personal guard, is no longer old. Zhu Qizhen naturally exempted him from his errands and asked his nephew Liu Ju to take care of him and take care of his old age.

And Liu Ju was reused in the southern expedition and became a general, not necessarily without Liu Yongcheng's shadow.

Before Shi Heng could speak, Wu Jin had already taken out a carved dragon gold medal and said, "Your Majesty has an order to let you withdraw immediately." How do you have any objections? ”

If the person who came with this token was someone else, Shi Heng might not have taken it seriously, but it was Wu Jin who came, but he knew the severity, in his opinion, although this battle was difficult, there was not necessarily no hope of victory, but now he had to give up.

Shi Heng said: "The minister obeys the order. ”

Wu Jin also breathed a sigh of relief.

He was also reluctant to do anything to capture the flag. But he also understood what the emperor meant, Central Asia was too far away from the Ming Dynasty. Even if you win the Tile Spur, will you be able to occupy this place? The answer is no.

Zhu Qizhen has always paid attention to benefits and despised false fame.

A war with interests is fought, no matter whether this interest is land or something else, but in vain, Zhu Qizhen will never fight a war that only gets a false name.

As for their retreat, the Tile Thorns will not pursue. In Wu Jin's opinion, it will not be in general.

In terms of combat effectiveness, now the tile spur cavalry can not compare to the Ming cavalry, they will not want to fight a cavalry battle with the Ming Dynasty, at the same time, because of logistical reasons, the further east, the stronger the strength of the Ming Dynasty, the tile spur will not dare to go east easily.

Of course, Zhu Qizhen gave Wu Jin a privilege for the sake of double insurance, and he could talk to Tile Thorn about the canonization.

Yes, when Zhu Qizhen knew that the tile spur had fled to Central Asia, he gave up the pursuit of the tile thorn in his heart, although he claimed to pursue it to the ends of the earth.

But the farther west it goes, the more it loses money, and now the Ming Dynasty needs time to operate the Western Regions. Most likely decades. Therefore, the idea of the northwest neighbor is about to change.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty decided not to make peace, and some were just the Ming Dynasty re-canonized Azi Timur. Attimur was allowed to pay tribute.

Even so, it will be a long time before the negotiations are successful.