Chen Cheng has confidence in this regard, because he manages the Xiamaqiao Farm at the forefront of science and technology in Daming, and he knows very well what stage the development of Daming science and technology has reached.

In his view, the Ming Dynasty has long been a civilized country, and now it is vigorously promoting the rejuvenation of the country through science and technology. And these savages are still in a barbaric period, believing that God is greater than the king, and they are ignorant.

Although they once surpassed the Ming Dynasty in terms of force, after the Ming Dynasty vigorously developed military horse breeding, this gap has been erased.

When the appearance of the musket completely changed the balance of power of the Ming Dynasty, under the comparison of the Ming Dynasty's abundant manpower, all the countries in the Western Regions were no longer a threat.

Even Chen Cheng believed that as long as the strategy was right, it was only a matter of time before the Ming Dynasty occupied the entire Western Regions and brought all the tribes into submission.

Ever since Zhu Zhanji sent him to the Western Regions, he has been planning this matter. It is said that when Zheng Heng's army arrived, all major countries sent cavalry to help the Ming Dynasty's westward expedition, and his task was completed.

He also stayed here in the Western Regions in order to use the deterrence of Zheng Heng's army to bring all the tribes under the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

This matter cannot be rushed, and the countries of the Western Regions are still strong today. And Daming is too far away from here, if it is only forced by force, it will cause unnecessary backlash.

From Zhu Di and Zheng Heng, a moderate faction of Zhu Zhanji, commanded the Northern Route Army, Chen Cheng had already seen Zhu Zhanji's thoughts, and if he didn't take this opportunity to incorporate the entire Western Regions into the Ming Dynasty, he would be really stupid.

Today's countries in the Western Regions, Turpan, Huozhou, and Liucheng, because they are closest to the Ming Dynasty, have now completely broken away from the rule of the Eastern Chahatai Khanate and favored the Ming Dynasty.

And the tribes of the Eastern Chakhatai Khanate are now also uncertain.

Although most of them recognized the strength of the Ming Dynasty, they wanted to maintain their independence, and only borrowed the power of the Ming Dynasty to deal with their greatest enemy, the Western Chahatai Khanate.

It is necessary to be strategic in dealing with them, and Chen Cheng has already seen the impact of economic control on them.

As long as their economy is inseparable from the support of Daming in the future, they will naturally fall to Daming.

The other tribes of the Golden Horde, their composition was more complex, their economy was worse, and they were further away from the Ming Dynasty. If you want to control them, you need more force to deter.

Therefore, as long as the country of Timur is defeated, and then the Ming garrison in the Hezhong region, holding a sword in one hand and sugar in the other, how can I be afraid that they will be disobedient.

At such a critical time, not only could he not leave the Western Regions, but he also had to firmly seize this opportunity and make immortal contributions for his future.

As a civil official, he has no interest in sealing overseas, and he wants to use this credit to directly enter the center of the imperial court.

After Zheng Heng came to the Western Regions, he vigorously encircled all the ethnic groups in the Western Regions, which also made Chen Cheng see his purpose.

At this point, the two people have the same goal, and there is no conflict of interest.

If it weren't for Lin San and the others encountering the danger of annihilation, he would have cooperated with Zheng Heng in Shattered Leaf City now.

Lin San and the others listened to Chen Cheng's analysis, and only then did they know that it was the army of stinkers from the entire West who attacked their side.

If it weren't for the inconvenience of supply transportation in winter, they could send more troops, and it would have been even more dangerous at that time.

After the beginning of spring, the Northern Route Army will send troops, and before the Ming Dynasty and Timur divide the victory, they will not be able to take care of them for the time being.

Although they are in the Western Regions, Broken Leaf City, Samarkand, is six or seven thousand miles away from Tanglin City, and for most of the year, they must rely on their own strength to defend Tanglin City.

If Da Ming wins, those stinky people will naturally not dare to come again. But if the Ming Dynasty fails, this Tang Lin City may be difficult to preserve.

Lin San and Gao Yang'er did not have the optimism of the previous months at this time.

On the way to the Western Regions, they were invincible, and last year they won comfortably against the attack of the Bashkirs.

This made them inevitably have a sense of arrogance and optimism, and after finding the gold mine, they couldn't wait to send people back to Daming, wanting to migrate their relatives and relatives.

But this time they were almost wiped out, and it also let them know that now is not the time for optimism.

Fortunately, Chen Cheng brought nearly 10,000 horses this time, as long as Lin San and them can provide enough benefits, these people can stay here to help them temporarily.

Yes, Chen Cheng will not carry all the burden on himself, although he promised the Eastern Chahatai Khanate, the Uzbeks a lot of benefits, but most of the remuneration will be borne by Lin San and them.

If Lin San didn't need them, at most they would leave here when the weather warmed up a little.

Lin San and Gao Yang'er only discussed for one night, and then decided to accept Chen Cheng's conditions in full.

Gao Yang'er, Hao Yunzhong, they are already paying attention to several places in the north of Tanglin City that are suitable for building a city, and they will start a new stove when all their men arrive.

Therefore, just by sharing some benefits, you can have such a strong army to help, how can you be unwilling.

Lin San was a little distressed, he finally found a gold mine, and now most of the benefits have to be given away, but he, the city lord, gets the least, how can he be willing.

But he knows better that this is a matter of life and death, not a time to worry about money.

The atmospheric Tang Sai'er even explained him directly: "Third brother, our husband and wife came here with nothing, in order to be able to gain a firm foothold here, now is not the time to worry about money." As long as Tang Lincheng is here, Shenmu will be able to earn it back in the future. ”

The next day, Lin San signed an alliance with the Uzbek leader Nagar on behalf of Tang Lincheng in the presence of Chen Cheng.

In the nineteenth year of Yongle, the Uzbeks will send an army of 8,000 to assist Tanglin City against the Slavs in the west and northwest. In addition to bearing their grain and grass, Lin San also had to hand over about forty percent of the income of the entire gold mine to the other party.

In fact, this is only part of the treaty, because the Ming have another contract with the Uzbeks. The Ming Dynasty will send farmers to teach the Uzbeks to grow cotton, and except for the Uzbeks themselves, who keep a part of the cotton, the Ming will underwrite all their cotton.

The Uzbeks wanted the Ming to teach them more advanced weaving, but Chen Cheng did not agree to this condition, because he was not authorized now.

Today, there is no country in the Western Regions that does not want to learn the large-scale weaving of the Ming Dynasty.

Their current weaving is still a traditional craft, the process is backward, and the efficiency is low.

They are not like Daming, they have sufficient manpower, so in the face of mountains of cotton, most of them can only sell to Daming.

The river in the middle of the river is crisscrossed by rivers, and the snow that melts on the snow-capped mountains becomes rivers here. They have abundant water resources.

Moreover, now Daming has a steam engine, and the steam power is more stable, and it can produce all kinds of cloth in large quantities.

Of course, the technology of the steam engine will not be disclosed for the time being, at least until the countries of the Western Regions can produce the steam engine.

Zheng Heng and Chen Cheng met, also mentioned this issue, and reported the matter to Zhu Zhanji, but Zhu Zhanji had not yet received approval.

In their opinion, Daming doesn't really care about the hydraulic textile technology, and it should probably be approved.

Transporting cotton from the river to Daming is time-consuming and labor-intensive, taking up too much human resources.

If we can vigorously develop water-powered textiles in the middle of the river, we can save a lot of manpower.

But there is a problem in this, and that is competition.

If they could produce their own fabrics, there would be no shortage of fabrics in the entire West, and at that time, the tribes in the Hezhong region would become direct competitors of the Ming Dynasty.

However, for the Ming Dynasty, the cloth business is not important, because the cloth trade does not occupy a large proportion of the Ming Dynasty's trade.

The profit of ten pieces of cloth is not as good as that of one piece of silk and satin.

As for the technology of the steam engine, Daming will definitely not authorize it for the time being.

Because this is not only a steam engine technology, but also the basis for the upgrading of the entire industrial technology.

Moreover, the Transoxiana region also did not have the capacity to produce steam engines.

The countries of the Western Regions benefited from the westward expedition of the Mengyuan people, and made great progress in steel smelting.

But like the Ming ten years ago, they can only forge steel, far from smelting.

The furnace temperature is not reached, and they cannot directly turn iron ore into a solution to make steel. The impurities in the iron ore can only be removed step by step to obtain relatively low purity steel.

The walls of the tank of the steam engine are cast as a whole, and they cannot be melted into molten iron, so they can only be spliced little by little, and this technology cannot even make a barrel, let alone a gas tank that is under pressure at all times.

There are also the pipes of the steam engine, which also require higher smelting technology, and the gears and other parts of the linkage part, which are hand-made, and the cost is surprisingly high.

Da Ming was not afraid that they would be able to build a steam engine in the short term, but they would not let this technique be learned by them.

Chen Cheng had managed the Xiamaqiao Farm and knew that Zhu Zhanji attached great importance to the secrecy of various technologies.

He believes that today's hydraulic textile technology, in order to envelop all ethnic groups in the northwest, should be properly authorized, but it is impossible to even authorize steam engine technology.

Chen Cheng's arrival also caused a serious problem, that is, the food crisis.

Since arriving in Tanglin City last summer, Lin San and his team have been developing gold mines and reclaiming land. Coupled with the large number of prey in the forest, enough food was prepared for the winter.

When they had only 4,000 men, of course, there was enough food to eat, but when there were nearly 10,000 more people at once, there was not enough food.

However, this problem is a big deal for Lin San, but in Chen Cheng's opinion, it is very easy to solve.

After Chen Cheng arrived in Tanglin City, he immediately became the de facto controller because of his high morality.

Whether it was Lin San, Gao Yang'er, Hao Yunzhong, or even the arrogant Tang Sai'er, they all put all the power in Chen Cheng's hands.

Chen Cheng had the people dig trenches in the frozen ground outside the city to strengthen their defenses, and at the same time arranged for gold mining by hand, and then sent people to trade with the surrounding Bashkirs.

The Ming Dynasty's emphasis on gold made all ethnic groups take the storage of gold as the most important thing. Because the trade between the Ming Dynasty and them was often in gold as currency, in addition to gold, all kinds of other cattle and sheep, and fur were relatively low in value.

Therefore, as long as Lin San has gold in his hand, he can exchange it for a lot of food for the time being.

And Chen Cheng's understanding of the major forces on the territory of the Golden Horde is far from being comparable to Lin San.

He knew very well the strength of the various tribes here, and now that Tang Lin City was able to draw out a cavalry force of nearly 10,000 people, it was already stronger than most tribes.

If the Slavs dare to attack Tanglin City, then their tribes will naturally become the target of revenge.

There is no trade that can be faster than outright robbery. What's more, while robbing, it can also weaken their power.

And the first target of the Ming people was Bilm City, which was five hundred miles away from Tanglin City.

Although Birm is called a city, it is actually nothing more than a Slavic settlement on the banks of the Kama River.

Here is a large principality, which is relatively independent, but also under the jurisdiction of Muscovy.

Compared to the more numerous and more powerful Novgorodians, they were more like a soft persimmon.

However, Chen Cheng did not rush to send troops, and after he obtained enough food for more than 10,000 people for three months in his dealings with the Bashkirs, it was already mid-February of the nineteenth year.

During this month, the weather gradually warmed up. The 5,000 Uzbeks who escorted him to Tanglin City, the 3,000 coalition troops of the Eastern Chahatai Khanate, the 1,000 Turpan coalition troops, and the army composed of more than 3,000 Ming civilians conducted two joint exercises.

The purpose of these two joint exercises is not to enhance combat effectiveness, but only to enhance the proficiency of cooperation on the battlefield.

In late February, a coalition of 6,000 troops and 800 auxiliaries in wagons marched towards Birm.

These 7,000 people, of course, are not enough to see compared to the Bilms. Although the Duchy of Birm was small in number, the population exceeded 300,000 people.

But they are not an army, and their numbers are scattered over hundreds of thousands of square kilometers. These 7,000 people, no matter which side they face, have a certain advantage.

On 23 February, the coalition forces reached Achith, southeast of Birm, and in only half a day, they captured their first large tribe.

The men were all put to death, leaving only the women, who became captives of the Uzbeks. Women are also an asset to them.

Eight hundred carts were loaded with more than half of the grain and frozen meat, and tens of thousands of sheep were dragged on either side of the carts with hemp ropes.

On 26 February, the coalition forces arrived on the periphery of Birm, and instead of attacking Birm directly, they first swept away the major forces around Birm, and never fought a tough battle directly with each other.

On the sixth day of the third month, when the Bilms concentrated their superior forces and pressed the coalition forces, the coalition forces unexpectedly attacked Lisava to the northeast.

Lisava is the second largest settlement in Birm and an important food producing region.

This time, the coalition forces did not spare any hands, and fought quickly, not only killing almost everyone here, but also setting fire to most of the food here.

Subsequently, Chen Cheng left 2,000 cavalry to carry out harassment tactics all the time, so that the Bilm people did not know where the main force of the coalition army was, and they did not dare to pursue it at will.

Before the Bilms could react, the 5,000 coalition troops returned to Tanglin City with 800 carts full of grain, tens of thousands of female prisoners, and nearly 100,000 horses, cattle and sheep.

And the Slavs were full of anger and wanted revenge when they returned. In the south, the war between the Ming and Timurid states broke out after the weather warmed up.

And the repeated victories of the Ming people also made the various departments of the Golden Horde tremble, and those Slavs saw that the Ming was so strong, and they were a little weak-hearted.

Most of the tribes had lost the idea of avenging the Bilms, and now they were more worried about annoying the Ming.