"Ahh The guard shouted in surprise. He had just heard the Great Khan tell him to wait until dusk before he had captured Bayezid I alive, so why did he suddenly order him to do so immediately?

However, the impression of Timur's invincibility for so many years has been deeply rooted in the marrow of everyone around him, although this person did not ask in his heart, bowed and went to the front to give orders.

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"What do you say? The Great Khan suddenly ordered Bayezid I to be shot immediately? Why? The order from the herald just now was still to shoot Bayezet I at sunset? Jesbu said this, and glanced back at the herald suspiciously. Could it be that he was falsely preaching the orders of the Great Khan? ”

The herald was frightened by his gaze, and immediately lay on the ground and said, "General Yesbu, I heard the order of the Great Khan with my own ears, and it is definitely not a false message. ”

"General Yesbu, it is true that he did not falsely pass on the order of the Great Khan, but it was the Great Khan who gave this new order." The guard said.

Yesbu also felt that it was impossible for a herald to dare to falsely pass on Timur's orders, and when he heard the words of the guards, he no longer looked at the heralds, but turned back to the guards and said, "Then why did the Great Khan suddenly change his orders?" What's going on? ”

"General Jesbu, I don't know, the Great Khan didn't explain. However, the Great Khan gave this order after reading a document that had been sent back from Samarkand. The guard said.

"Samarkand? Could it be that there is a war in the East and it is not good for my Timurid Empire? Jesbu said to himself: "Forget it, don't guess, when the battle is over, go back and ask the Great Khan." ”

He turned to the herald again and said, "Go and call Balma and Salha." ”

After a while, the two men came up to Jesbu and asked, "Why, is it that you are going to shoot Bayezet I?" ”

"Yes, the order that the Great Khan has just received is to shoot Bayezid I immediately." Jesbu said: "Balma, you are the number one marksman of our Timurid Empire, see if there is a chance to shoot Bayezid I alone; Sarha, you command all the archers, come in a few more volleys, and see if you can kill Bayezid I with a salvo. ”

"It's long overdue to shoot Bayezet I. Just to capture him alive, how many of our warriors who shouldn't have sacrificed sacrificed! Balma took off the stiff bow from his back, which measured five stones, according to the Han people, and took an arrow from the quiver, and put it on the string and stared at the dirt slope.

Suddenly, he shouted "Yes", drew his bow to the full, and shot an arrow.

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Although the guards who had gone to give Jesb the order were gone, those who were still with Timur shared his doubts as to why the Great Khan had suddenly given an order that was completely opposite to the previous one. Timur looked around and saw puzzled faces.

Timur looked at Fu An again. Fu An's expression was very normal, and he sat on the chair peacefully, as if he was bowing his head and contemplating.

But Timur, who had so many puzzled expressions, did not explain to them, but said to Fu An: "Do you want to know why I suddenly changed my mind just now? ”

"Great Khan, I don't dare to put my beak down." Fu Andao.

"You don't dare to say anything, it seems that you still want to know? Since you want to know, then I'll tell you. Timur paused and said in Chinese: "This is related to your Ming Dynasty!" ”

"Something to do with Daming?" Fu An asked very suspiciously, "How can it be related to Da Ming?" ”

"I have always wanted to go to war with the Ming Kingdom to the east to prove which country is the most powerful country in this era, and which monarch I and Zhu Yuanzhang is the greatest monarch of this era."

"It's a pity that before I led the troops to attack the Ming Kingdom, your Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang died, and although Zhu Yunxi, who succeeded to the throne, was still a wise monarch in my opinion, he was definitely far inferior to me in fighting with soldiers."

"Fortunately, the system of your Eastern countries can ensure that the country will not suddenly decline due to the change of monarchy, so it can still prove which country is the most powerful country in this era."

"So even now that Zhu Yuanzhang has passed away, I still want to go east to fight the Ming Kingdom. I have already planned to defeat the Ottomans and stabilize the west, and then go east to destroy the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and use this as a basis to conquer the Ming Kingdom. ”

"But just as I was sending troops to the west to fight against the Ottomans and other countries, the Black Sons of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate sent someone to tell you that the emperor of the Ming Kingdom wanted to attack you to the east, and after investigation, he believed this."

"So Zhu Yunxi, the emperor of your Ming Kingdom, began to prepare for this war. He let your Qin king, Zhu Shangbing, occupy Hami and change his name to Yiwu, as the forefront; and selling them iron tools at a fair price (relative to the merchants of Samarkand) made the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and the Warats even stronger. ”

"Shami Chagan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate has also sent emissaries to the White Horde and the Blue Horde to ask them to oppose me together, and it has already had some success."

"In order to increase my chances of winning a battle against the Ming Kingdom in the future, I must send troops to attack as soon as possible. Therefore, I don't have time to continue to spend in the west, so I can only end the war in the west as quickly as possible, rush back to Samarkand, beat the nearby countries, and after a period of cultivation, attack the Ming country. Timur recounted the whole logical relationship.

"I, the Ming Dynasty, expelled the Tatars to restore China, the four people live and work in peace and contentment, and are deeply supported by the people, and it is absolutely impossible for you to enter the Central Plains." Fu Andao.

"What you just said was to enter the Central Plains, it seems that you don't have any confidence in whether your Ming army can win a battle in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains." Timur said with a smile.

Fu An was silent. Of course, he knew the glory of Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Feng Sheng, Lan Yu and others, but they were all dead. Although the new generation of generals is said to have a few who can fight, they also showed their talents on the battlefield where the Lucia Rebellion was put down before - Timur sometimes told him something about what happened in the Ming Dynasty, so he knew - but after all, these people did not have the experience of commanding hundreds of thousands of troops like the generals in the early years of the founding of the country, and once the war broke out in the future, it would be at least a war of millions of people!

In these years, Timur fought in the north and south, and countless generals who were sung by the Indians, cannibals and Mongols appeared like stars in the sky, and Timur himself was a very good commander. Fu An really didn't dare to place too high expectations on the current generals of the Ming Dynasty, thinking that they would be able to defeat the Timurid Empire's army with similar strength in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, where they were unfamiliar.

"I know the organizational form of your Ming army, and I know that even if you lose hundreds of thousands of troops on the battlefield, you can recover for a while, but as long as you send troops to Tianshan and are defeated, then you will definitely not be able to hold the Central Plains." Timur said again.

"Impossible! The Central Plains can definitely be defended. Fu Andao.

"How about we make a bet? If the Ming Kingdom does not hold the Central Plains and is destroyed by me, you will surrender to me. Timur said.

"It's two different things, don't make this bet with the Great Khan." Fu Andao.

"Could it be that you don't have faith?" Timur asked.

However, Fu An stopped talking.

Timur asked a few more questions, but he still did not speak. Speaking alone, of course, was boring, and Timur finally said: "Whether you have faith or not, it will be so." When he had finished speaking, he stood up and commanded the guards, "Let Jesbou send someone back to report to me on the battlefield." ”

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Bayezid I looked in disbelief at the tail of the arrow stuck in his throat and fell to the ground.

'It is impossible, this impossible, that I, Bayezid I, should die under an arrow. Bayezet I, who had fallen to the ground, was speechless, but thought to himself.

"Father, what's wrong with you?" Suddenly, a childish voice came from beside him.

He looked sideways and saw a teenage boy lying next to him, looking at him with a panicked expression.

Bayezid I raised his hand, as if to confess something, and he had many last words to say. But when he was shot in the throat by an arrow, not only could he not speak, but he would not have long to live, and as soon as his hand was raised, he hung down weakly, and died of exhaustion.

"Father!" The teenage boy hugged his corpse and didn't dare to yell softly.

"Four princes, put down the body of the Sultan and retreat." A man with a long beard persuaded him.

"In any case, you can't throw the body of your father after his death to Timur!" The boy said.

"The fourth prince, if you hold the body of the Sultan, you will definitely not be able to escape! Timur would definitely send someone to intercept him: but if His Royal Highness the prince changed into the same clothes as ordinary soldiers and fled, Timur would not have so many people to intercept him in all directions, and it would be possible to escape. The bearded man said.

"But," the boy hesitated.

"It's better to give the Sultan's body to His Majesty's most trusted guards during his lifetime, and let them take the body back, so that even if the body is not returned, the elder brothers of His Royal Highness have no reason to blame His Highness." The bearded man persuaded again.

The young man hesitated for a moment and said, "Then you call the most trusted guard of your father." ”

The bearded man immediately took the order and left. At this time, there is no room for the slightest hesitation and slow movements. Although most of the soldiers did not yet know that Bayezid I was dead, it could not be kept under wraps for long, and once the soldiers knew that Bayezid I was dead, the front would collapse immediately, and they had to prepare before they collapsed in order to escape.

The boy was the fourth son of Bayezid I, Muhammad ibn Bayezid ibn Murad, and the bearded man was Bayezid Pasha, a minister whom Bayezid I had arranged to assist him. Although he was only thirteen years old, Muhammad Ben was very clever and loved by Bayezid I, and at the age of eleven he was appointed governor of the province of Amasiya, where he learned the art of governing the country. This time he came to fight with the Timurid Empire, and Bayezid I also brought him with him. Who would have thought that the Ottomans would be defeated without even having a chance to retreat, and Bayezid I himself would be killed in battle.

Soon the bearded Bayezid Pasha came with Bayezid I's bodyguards. Muhammad bin gave the men the order to bring back the body of Bayezid I, and when they accepted it, he gave them a few words of encouragement and began to arrange for their escape.

Soon afterward, most of the soldiers learned that Bayezet I had been killed, and the entire front collapsed, and everyone mounted their horses and fled. Although Yesbu had a lot of soldiers in his hands, one was to protect Timur, the second was to guard the soldiers who had been captured, and the third was to prevent the big cannibals and Kurds from having undue thoughts, and there were not many people who could be sent out to pursue, and it was about to get dark, so let the last 10,000 people run out a lot.

This included the fourth son of Bayezid I. Muhammad bin and Bayezid Pasha were dressed in very ordinary clothes and managed to escape from the pursuit of Timur's imperial army after nightfall and save their lives.

When they were finally out of danger, Muhammad bin looked east and said: "One day in the future, I, Muhammad ibn Bayezid ibn Murad, will definitely give all this back to Timur!" ”

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After listening to the general who had returned from the front, Timur said to him: "Go and tell Jesbu not to pursue too far, but to restrain his men and horses." Don't put most of the captured Ottoman soldiers to death yet, but all Bayezid I's guards were to be put to death. Don't insult the body of Bayezid I, who is also a believer in the true God, and bury him. ……”

The general wrote them down one by one, and when Timur finished speaking, he went to the front line to deliver his orders.

In the days that followed, Timur did everything he could do after the war, and he did it perfectly. He also appeased the great cannibals and Kurds who had taken refuge in them, and each tribe rewarded them with something. And after hearing that Timur had defeated Bayezid I and shot him, countless tribes of great cannibals or Kurds or Armenians, who had been watching from the sidelines, came to meet Timur.

Timur would not have been polite to these people, and each tribe was assigned a number of tasks to support Timur's army. Although these people were unwilling, they were even more unwilling to anger Timur, and they did so one by one.

After a few more days, the situation in the Ottoman country came that this originally powerful country had been divided into several pieces, and if it were not for him watching from the sidelines, it is estimated that the civil war would have begun.

Timur handed over the captured Ottoman soldiers to different people, according to the size of each party's power, and then made a contract with the Ottomans to leave Anatolia and return to Samarkand.

Before leaving, he said to the generals who remained in western Persia: "No matter what the Ottomans in the west do to fight themselves, they are not allowed to participate in the Ottoman civil war until they have received my orders, under no circumstances." ”

"Yes, Great Khan." The general said. 210