Chapter 100: The Footsteps of War

Boyan Timur sighed and said, "What do you want me to do?" ”

Azi Timur said: "Now that the Ming army is in the south, even if they know about Tibet, it is estimated that they will not come over for a while." Therefore, next year, after the snow melts, the Heshuo Special Department will enter Tibet, and it is estimated that there will be news after the autumn that I am going to go west when the horses are fattening in the autumn of next year, and the Western Regions will be handed over to my uncle at that time. ”

Although Azi Timur thought about it countless times in his heart.

I feel that whether it is the Chagatai Khanate, or the Timurid Empire, or even the rest of the Golden Horde, they may not be the opponents of the Watts. But Azi Timur also knew that this was just an illusion.

Therefore, his first step was to destroy the Chagatai Khanate, and then move the center of gravity of the tile thorn to the west of the Green Ridge, but the land east of the Green Ridge could not be easily abandoned.

The only candidate for the town guard who really reassured Azi Timur was Boyan Timur.

After all, Boyan Timur had already died first, and he was willing to envoy to the Ming Dynasty, and he was under house arrest for more than a year, and he had already proved his loyalty.

Not to mention, the front is connected by war, and places such as the Western Regions are the big rear.

Always have a reassuring seat.

Boyan Timur said: "Don't worry, until you don't gain a foothold in the west, there will be no problem here." Just ----"

Boyan Timur sighed.

But what can I say?

The formulation of this strategy, the foundation of the thorn for hundreds of years, will inevitably be abandoned in the end.

As the two of them expected.

Quintu had consulted with his own tribe many times and had to accept this reality.

All the strong men of the Heshuo Special Department plus some subordinate tribes can only pull out 50,000 capable warriors. Among these 50,000 people, there are many people who are indiscriminate.

Once you fight with the tile spurs, it's good not to defect beforehand.

The real core of the people, only one or two thousand, these are all those who migrated from the Horqin grassland with them, they are old bones and blood, old team.

When the Heshute Department came to the Western Regions, there were only a few thousand people, and after decades of recuperation, there were so many people.

Loyal people, of course, but still too few.

In this place in the Western Regions, the strength of the tile spur is real. And the prestige of the Heshute Department is false.

Naturally, Quint can't refuse, and in addition, this plan of the tile spur is not without temptation for Quuntu, after all, it doesn't matter whether the tile spur is sincere or false.

Once the Heshute Department has gained a foothold in Tibet. The Watt Spur would not be able to dictate to the Heshute Division.

can be the master of their own house, who is willing to surrender to others.

Quintu also understands that it may not all be well-intentioned, but it can only be swallowed in one bite. The rest will be discussed in the future.

So when Kuntu went to see Azi Timur for the second time, he implemented the specific details, such as when to send troops, and what kind of funding the Waspur would give to the Heshute Ministry, after all, it was impossible for the Waspur to go to the pasture of the Heshute Ministry.

Naturally, Timur was extremely generous.

Thus, in the planning of Atzi Timur, the pace of war approached step by step.

But war in another place is imminent.

It's none other than Annan.

When the dry season of Annam came in the winter of the twenty-sixth year of orthodoxy, Guo Deng's troops divided into three routes, respectively from Lang Son, Gao Ping, and another road, and attacked Quang Ninh by land and water.

The attack on Gaoping Road was in charge of Mao Rui, and Wang Yue was in charge of Guangning Road Road.

Wang Yue also came out of the judge system and officially became the leading general.

The real main force is still going straight to Lang Son.

The only way to get through Lang Son is to get through the Lang Mountain, and the next thing is to go straight to the north bank of the Red River, and across the river is Thang Long City. Therefore, the generals of Annam also had the heart of death.

This time, the person guarding Lang Son is still Ruan Chi.

Ruan Chi may have his own selfish motives in the government, but on the whole, he is still a qualified general, and during the two-year truce, Ruan Chi was not idle.

Both sides know that Lang Son is the place where soldiers must fight, it can be said that the place of death and life, the one who gains is born, and the one who gets it dies.

Therefore, Ruan Chi also used all means to strengthen Lang Son City.

Langshan City, north of the Qiqi River, and even the surrounding mountains, there are large and small cities, connected by the Great Wall. Let some soldiers of the Ming army who were born in the border army have an illusion.

What delusion?

It's not Annam, it's northern Xinjiang.

Because the Annamite people put forward a defensive system that is close to the Great Wall.

In addition, the original terrain of Lang Son is steep, which can be called an iron wall.

Let's be honest. Guo Dengben was reluctant to attack so quickly.

It's just that the pressure he is under is also quite high.

This pressure did not come from Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Qizhen did not make a clear statement on whether Guo Deng fought or not.

Because Zhu Qizhen had already entrusted the war to Guo Deng, the order he gave to Guo Deng was only to destroy Annan, as for how to destroy it, Zhu Qizhen did not intervene.

At that time, Zhu Qizhen did not intervene, which did not mean that no one else in the center spoke. This has been more or less indicated in the Cabinet. It's not that Li Xian doesn't know the general situation.

Rather, the cost of war has always been considerable.

At the end of the 26th year of orthodoxy, the household department remitted an account, and it was clearly pointed out that in the fiscal year of the 26th year of orthodoxy, the largest expenditure was the military expenditure of the southern army.

The report was around five million taels.

The imperial court is not unaffordable, but it has spent so much money, but it has not been reflected in the achievements of the front, and it is impossible to say a little.

This kind of wind is also pressed on Guo Deng.

And Guo Deng has been in Guangxi for more than a year, and he also understands one thing.

The battle of Annam was a bloody battle, even more brutal than the battle with the Watts.

Without him, if the population of Annam is only compared to the number of people, the population of Annam is above the tile, and the internal unity of Annam and the will to resist far exceed that of the Mongols.

By and large, agrarian peoples are more resilient than nomads.

The hesitation in Guo Deng's heart is precisely to understand this.

Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in Annan, I am afraid that in the next two years, I will love blood and water soaked in it.

But so what?

Fighting always involves death.

Just when Guo Deng went out of the town of Nanguan, he lined up in the north of Lang Mountain.

This time, although the Annam people were well prepared, the Ming army was also well prepared.

At the same time as Guo Deng played.

A large amount of grain and grass was continuously sent to the front line from Guilin, Liuzhou, Taipingfu, Wuzhou, Xunzhou, and Nanning.

Almost all of Guangxi's conscripts were conscripted, and all men had to transport grain and grass to the front. One ride after another.

Xiang Zhong is specifically responsible for this matter

The farthest mobilized people came from Henan.

It can be said that half of the world is shaken.

Mobilize the people above the millions.

Liu Dingzhi of the household department made a package ticket in front of Zhu Qizhen, ensuring that Guo Deng would have no worries, and he would supply grain and grass for as long as he fought on the front line.

Even so, it is a heavy burden for the private sector.

Daming does not lack that little bit of food, and consumes more, but it is in the process of transporting grain. Even Xiang Zhong has asked the imperial court to establish a gallop road in Guangxi where there are no waterways. Make full use of the southern waterways and transport them with the Chi Road.

For Daming, this battle is such a burden, and it is even more unbearable for Annan.

Li Sicheng ordered in Thang Long City to send all the Beijing troops to the battlefield, and at this time, Li Sicheng couldn't care about the balance of power, and he couldn't care about anything else.

Not only that, Li Sicheng is also ready to draw from the people again.

Generally speaking, the people of Annam are more like the military households of the Ming Dynasty, although they are ordinary people, but the obligation to serve in the military is almost inherited from father to son in the army.

If it is a peacetime season, the total strength of Annan is only about 200,000.

It has now doubled.

If it is expanding, it is almost to one out of four, or even one out of three in a certain place.

Li Sicheng's firmness made the hearts of the people in Annan quite stable. It's just that when the Beijing army went on the expedition, the old and young in Thang Long looked at each other and watched the army go north by boat.

I couldn't hold back my tears.

Because they know that even the greater will prevail.

There won't be too many people who can come back alive.

The will of the country collides, and every trace of dust is the blood of countless people.

With the sound of cannons under Lang Son City, the bloodshed has already begun. Not just the blood of the Ming army, but more of the blood of Annam, no, Da Viet.