Peninsular India. Kochiko.

Since the fifth year of Yongle, Zheng He was ordered to build the Ming Palace in Kezhi, this palace cost 100,000 people to build in the thirteenth year of Yongle, and Zhu Zhanji also stayed here in the fifteenth year of Yongle.

But it is only today that it has its true owner.

Zhu Di's arrival was much more sensational than Zhu Zhanji's original arrival, and before he arrived, he sent people to inform all the countries in the entire Indian Peninsula region to go to Kezhi to meet them.

Including the Delhi Sultanate, they were all notified by the envoys of the Ming Dynasty.

The Delhi Sultanate knew that Zhu Di was here, and of course Timur knew about it. In fact, the news of the Ming Dynasty's expedition to the west has been transmitted a few years ago.

At the beginning, Zhu Zhanji was in Kurumus and directly expelled the local Timurid tribes for hundreds of miles.

Timur sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty, wanting to ask for guilt. But when they arrived in Daming, they found that Daming had already regarded them as the target of the expedition.

Subsequently, the Ming began to gather grain and grass in the northwest, and the northwest departments also knew that the Ming was going to use force against Timur.

Between the Timurid State and the Ming Dynasty, there was also the Yili Li and other states that were split from the Eastern Chahatai Khanate as a buffer.

The Battle of Kurumus let Timur know that the Ming Dynasty's firepower was powerful and incapable of the enemy.

Originally, attacking the country of Timur from the northwest was far away from the mountains and roads, and there was a large area of desert and no man's land in the middle, and the country of Timur did not think that the Ming Dynasty had the ability to attack them.

But Zhu Zhanji's war at Kurumus let them know that the Ming Dynasty had the ability to come from the sea and launch a major campaign.

Shahru, the successor of Timur, knew the seriousness of the situation, and on the one hand, he sent new envoys to the Ming Dynasty and brought a large number of gifts, and on the other hand, he was busy urgently moving the capital.

When Timur was alive, he was the fourth son and had a fief in Herat. Like Zhu Di, he snatched the throne of his nephew Harry. He then enthroned his son Ulugh Beg in Samarkand, the original capital of Timur, and made Herat his new capital.

Herat is located on the border with Iran in later Afghanistan, which is of course far inferior to Samarkand, but Samarkand is a mixed ethnic group, Tatars, Kazakhs, Turks, White Hordes, dragons and snakes.

The population here in Herat is relatively simple, and almost all of them are Turkic.

In this respect, Shaharu and Zhu Di did almost exactly the same thing in their original history.

They were both fourth sons, both of whom had robbed their nephews of the throne, and both of them had moved their capitals because of the problem of rule.

But in this life, Zhu Di is luckier than Shaharu. Because of his grandson Zhu Zhanji's ability, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty is much stronger than the loose Timurid state of the nomads.

If the Ming came from the sea, Herat, which was less than two thousand miles from the coastline, would become the main target.

Therefore, Shaharu was forced to move the capital back to Samarkand.

When Zhu Di arrived in the Indian Peninsula, Timur got the news that they had moved most of the tribes in the south north, not wanting to leave any supplies for the Ming Dynasty and stretching the supply line of the Ming Dynasty.

The Iranian plateau has long mountains and long roads, and as long as the Ming cannot get supplies from the local area, it will be difficult to cross the entire plateau and attack Samarkand.

But the state of Timur was not a Ming dynasty, they were not a powerful regime, but a coalition of loose tribes.

Not all tribes are afraid of the Ming and are willing to leave their homeland and leave their tribe's stronghold to migrate.

Without a steady stream of food and water, even the most powerful tribes will decline in this migration.

So when Zhu Di arrived in India, there was already a civil war here.

Shaharu is absolutely unwilling to leave one tribe after another, and then become a supply point for the Ming Dynasty. A high-pressure policy was imposed on the tribes who were unwilling to migrate, and for a while, the entire Iranian plateau was in flames.

Zhu Di, who arrived in Kezhi, lived in a luxurious palace, and was even happier to get the news.

He met with the monarchs and princes of various countries in the palace, and made a lavish reward, like a loser.

Compared to him, Huang Yuan was much more miserable. The arrival of the army in Kezhi means that his leisurely days are over, and in order to send troops, he, the logistics manager, needs to worry about too many places.

"Fu'anzi, the origin of the oil has been found, in the coastal zone of the Persian Gulf, in the Black Sheep Dynasty, including all parts of Persia, there is a large amount of oil oil. The problem now is that the transportation of thermal oil is a problem. ”

Fire oil was the most powerful weapon of the Timurid kingdom, and their bows and arrows, their iron weapons, were not at all a threat in the face of the muskets of the Ming Dynasty.

However, after the fire oil is ignited, the water cannot be extinguished, especially when it is used on a large scale, which can pose a huge threat to the Ming soldiers.

It was easy to deal with the cavalry of Timur, but if you wanted to occupy the cities of Timur, you could not ignore the power of fire.

Since Timur has the state of fire oil for positional warfare and large-scale battles, then the Ming Dynasty cannot do without.

They can use fire oil for defense, and Da Ming can also use fire oil to attack.

"Master Fu, arrange a time, I want to meet the Iskandar King of the Black Sheep Dynasty."

Fu An nodded and said with a smile: "This is a trivial matter, but I don't know what Fu Anzi wants to talk to him about, and the old man should make some preparations." ”

In the face of Fu An, an old minister, Huang Yuan has always shown great respect, he looked at the map and said: "Now the only thing that Persia can resist with the Timurid State is the Black Sheep Dynasty, and only through them can a stable source of fire oil be obtained." ”

In the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, Fu An carried Zhu Yuanzhang's handwritten letter to Timur State, but at that time, the ambitious Timur was already preparing to send troops to the east, so Fu An was detained.

This seizure was thirteen years, and it was not until the fifth year of Yongle, after Timur's death, that his grandson Hari released Fu An and his party.

During his thirteen years in the Western Regions, Fu Aneng spoke fluent Persian and knew the situation of all countries in Central Asia very well.

This time, Zhu Di went west, and he served Zhu Di as a staff officer of the army, and gave many useful opinions on the march of the Ming Dynasty.

For example, he proposed that the army of the Southern Ming Road should be divided into two routes, one from India, where a large number of supplies could be obtained along the way, and then through the Khyber Pass, the only passage in the Indian subcontinent, into Central Asia.

Although this road is long, and it takes 2,000 miles to march in India alone, sending troops from here has positive benefits for the Ming Dynasty.

Sending troops from various countries in India can pull all the tribes along the way into the camp of the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, it can help those small countries to suppress the power of the Delhi Sultanate.

Except for the Delhi Sultanate, there is no large power in today's India, which will be convenient for the Ming Dynasty to manage in the future.

Moreover, the road from India is smooth, even if it is a little farther, it is much faster than marching from the mountains of the Iranian plateau.

Of course, the Iranian plateau cannot be abandoned, because it is the base of the Timurid state, and if you do not enter the Iranian plateau, how can you hit the power of the Timurid country?

The time entered May, and the South Asian continent entered the hottest season of the year, and it was not a suitable season to march and fight at this time.

Most of today's Ming soldiers are resting in Kezhi, while the other part has arrived at Kurumus, where they are preparing to build a castle as the base camp of the Ming army.

However, these are the responsibility of Zhang Xin, the former commander-in-chief of the army, Longping Hou, and Huang Yuan does not have to worry about it.

At the end of April, Iskandar arrived in Kochi from Baghdad on a ship sent by the Ming fleet with gifts.

Three years earlier, in a naval battle, the Ming fleet had wiped out the sea power of Timur and expelled the southern army hundreds of miles away.

This directly caused the power of Timur on the southern coast to be greatly damaged, and the Kurumus State also completely surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and became independent from the rule of Timur in this situation.

The Black Sheep Dynasty was also terrified, and they were always at a disadvantage in their confrontation with the Timurid state. Even Timur was not an opponent of the Ming Dynasty, how could they dare to oppose the Ming Dynasty.

Especially at the beginning of this year, Yusuf, the founder of the Black Sheep dynasty, died and Iskandar succeeded him. He did not have his father's wisdom and strategy, and he did not have the courage to continue to oppose Timur, but he did not dare to oppose the Ming Dynasty.

Following the chamberlain, he once again walked into this majestic palace, which was even more magnificent than his palace, but it was only a temporary foothold for the Ming Emperor.

It is said that the palace of the Ming Emperor, which is really grand, lived in a city alone.

He also wanted the opportunity to go to the east with the Ming fleet to see the palace.

As the head of the march, Huang Yuan owned a small courtyard on the east side of the front yard of the palace, where he worked and gave orders.

As a king, even if it is the king of a small country, Huang Yuan could not be rude in etiquette, and personally greeted Iskandar and his party at the gate of the small courtyard.

Through Fu An, a translator who is proficient in Persian, they exchanged pleasantries and entered Huang Yuan's living room.

The first thing Iskandar saw was a large topographic map, a large map of South Asia, far more accurate than any Iskander had ever seen.

This map alone can make Iskandar feel that the Ming Dynasty is full of talents.

He only encountered that his own territory was painted green, and that of Timur's kingdom was painted yellow.

He couldn't help but look at the map for a long time before he said, "The contemptible people have never seen such an accurate map, not only every river, but even those peaks, are marked. I wonder if you can give me a map like this? ”

Huang Yuan said with a smile: "A map seems simple, but it requires countless people to measure, and if the king wants to obtain such a map, he should also pay the corresponding price." ”

Iskandar did not have such an extravagant expectation, and in any era, an accurate map could be regarded as an important weapon of the country.

Even if the Black Sheep Dynasty exerted all its efforts, it would be impossible to draw such a map.

Hearing Huang Yuan say this, he immediately perked up and asked, "What price?" ”

Huang Yuan drew a circle in pencil at the northern corner of the Persian Gulf and said: "In the southern part of the mouth of the Tigris River, there is a desert area, which is said to be rich in fire oil. Now that my Ming is about to start a war in Timur, I need a lot of oil, so I want to ask the king for this land, so that my Ming can also have a stable supply of oil. ”

It's just this condition, Iskandar looked back at his prime minister, and the other party nodded slightly, but pulled his index finger on top of his middle finger.

According to the agreement when they came, Iskandar understood that the prime minister had agreed to this condition, but he needed to increase it.

The Tigris River forms a delta at its mouth of the sea, and in the southern desert of the delta, below the desert, there are full of vents of fire oil.

Fire oil has no effect other than burning, and because of it, the land there cannot be cultivated at all and is not inhabited.

But the area there is not small, and if you exchange a map for Daming, it seems to be a loss.

Iskandar thought for a moment and said, "It's hard to satisfy the elders of the tribe with a single map in exchange for a large area of land. If Da Ming wants the land there, he should come up with more chips. ”

Huang Yuan nodded and said, "I would like to hear about it." ”

"We have always been ...... to the musket of the Ming Dynasty"

At this time, Fu An had not yet translated, and Huang Yuan didn't know what he meant. But Fu An directly interrupted him and said, "Your Majesty, our Ming musket will not be given to anyone. ”

Huang Yuan asked Fu An, knew what the other party meant, and said with a smile: "Muskets can't be traded, but I Da Ming has five hundred scimitars this time, which can be exchanged for them." ”

The scimitar is the main weapon of the horse nation, and the cavalry of the Black Sheep Dynasty is the scimitar.

The whole of South Asia is most famous for the scimitar of Damascus, but Damascus is under the jurisdiction of the Mamluks, and to the north of Damascus, there is the Aries dynasty, which is hostile to the Black Sheep dynasty.

The Aries dynasty, like the Mamluks, was Sunni, while the Black Aries dynasty was Shia. The contradiction between their two factions is even greater than that of the infidels.

The west is heretical, and the east is the enemy, so the weapons of the Black Sheep Dynasty can only be purchased from India.

Five hundred scimitars is not a small amount for the Black Sheep Dynasty.

These scimitars were an important source of income for the Ming Dynasty's exports, and they received orders from the Ming Dynasty, and then used the technology of making Dongying knives to create thousands of Arabic scimitars.

Now in the Ming Dynasty, except for some nobles who like to buy Dongying knives and buy them as decorations, these weapons have basically been eliminated.

These scimitars were commissioned by the Ming Dynasty to produce Dongying, and their Dongying knives were unusually sharp, but they were not resistant to cutting. The scimitar made with the same technique is no worse than the ordinary Damascus scimitar, and when it is shipped to the West, it can be sold for a good price.

Five hundred scimitars are nothing to the Ming Dynasty, and it can be said to be very cost-effective to be able to exchange for Kuwait in later generations.

But today, before oil is being used, it's like waste.

So in Iskander's opinion, they were satisfied that they could exchange a piece of barren land for so many weapons.

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