Zhu Ao sat upright in the main hall, what these people said was too demagoguery, so that his heart couldn't help beating, but he was a person who was a person in two lives, and he was much calmer than others, he knew very well in his heart that the reasons that Guan Ziyu said were one by one, but he persuaded him of his own reasons, no matter what, Timur's strength was strong, even if his troops were the troops of all nations, those troops were also obeyed by him, there was quantity and quality, no matter which country's troops, so many people pounced, It will definitely be unbearable, and when the noisy voice in the hall gradually calmed down, he slowly spoke: "The persuasion of your beloved wives is very unpopular. It's just that the widow doesn't plan to enter the Central Plains now, for two reasons, one is that Timur can't be taken lightly, whether he wants to or not, as long as he comes over and copies our back road, it will be a devastating disaster for the country. ”

"The second is that since the destruction of my China by Meng Yuan, the blood of my Han people has flowed like a river, and the family is ruined and the dead are incalculable, if Timur takes advantage of the civil strife in our Zhu family and destroys my China again, then the widow is a sinner through the ages, and the widow would rather die than do this." Others crossed to save Daming, but he crossed for a long time but collapsed Daming, wouldn't it be a shame to throw people home?

The ministers were speechless when they said this seat, these people are also bloody, the Ming Dynasty has not paid tribute for three hundred years, it started from the people in their area, Zhu Ao's words aroused their backbone, aroused their blood, how can the Huns fight a civil war before they are destroyed? He knelt on the ground and sang, "The king is wise, and the ministers obey the king's will." ”

Seeing that the ministers were so supportive, Zhu Ao's determination became even stronger, he stood up suddenly, pulled out his sword, cut off the imperial case in front of the throne with a sword, and shouted loudly: "The widow has made up his mind, and he can send troops to attack Samarkand, and those who dare to say more will be like this case!" ”

"Your Ministers obey!" Another shout rang out in the hall.

The reason why Zhu Ao was in such a hurry to attack Timur was after careful consideration, Timur's advantage was that he had a large territory and a large number of generals, but because of this, it was difficult to gather in a hurry, and the problem of grain and grass alone could crush him to death.

Although Zhu Ao's troops were smaller than Timur's, he established a strict armor protection system throughout the country, which could quickly mobilize hundreds of thousands of people to participate in the war, and he had such a sharp weapon as canned food, which could enable him to attack quickly in a short period of time without worrying about the problem of food and grass.

Therefore, Zhu Hao decided to march quickly and catch Timur by surprise, and the total number of troops he could mobilize at this time was 367,800.

He knew that during Timur's expedition to the east, he did detailed intelligence work on the Ming Dynasty, drew a detailed map, and even calculated that it would take 161 days for the cavalry to travel from Khotan to Beiping, the most important of which was the strength of the Ming Dynasty, and the total strength of the Ming Dynasty that he inquired about was 1.1 million, and he made a lot of preparations long in advance in order to deal with the huge number of Ming troops.

First of all, in order to prevent leakage of secrets, all the envoys of various countries were expelled from Samarkand, and secondly, a large number of grain, cattle and sheep were hoarded, which can really be said to have achieved the accumulation of grain like a mountain, and the horses and sheep like a sea.

His army claims to be one million, but in fact, the real number is between 700,000 and 1.3 million, including logistics personnel, the 200,000 army circulating on the Internet is actually just his vanguard force, he plans to transfer troops from Central Asia year by year while fighting, the strength is not a problem, he mobilized 800,000 troops when he fought India, and it is normal for the Ming Dynasty to use more than 1 million troops. Such an army will not necessarily fail against the Ming army, because the 1.1 million troops of the Ming army cannot be pulled out all at once, and a considerable part of them are also logistics troops in charge of Tuntian.

In fact, since the thirtieth year of Hongwu, Timur planned to attack China, but his grandson was defeated in India, so he was asked to carry out the so-called Indian holy war in advance, so he postponed the time to attack China.

Therefore, Zhu Ao decided to act in advance, taking advantage of the dispersion of the opponent's forces, leading the elite army to smash the Yellow Dragon and knock out Timur's center, as long as Samarkand is defeated, the Timurid Empire will immediately fall apart, and the countries that previously submitted to him will betray him, at this time, this behemoth is easy to deal with.

Zhu Hao ordered Wang Huchen to lead 50,000 elites as the vanguard, and held his hand before leaving, and said: "Since the Tang Dynasty, the army in my Central Plains has not been out of the Western Regions. ”

Wang Huchen is also a hot-blooded man, he was excited by Zhu Ao's words, knelt on the ground, raised his hands above his head and said loudly: "Please rest assured, the yellow sand wears gold armor in a hundred battles, and if you don't break the western thief, you won't return it!" ”

"Good! The widow will personally press the battle for you, and our monarchs and ministers will build this great feat together! Zhu Ao was infected by his blood, gave him Shang Fang's sword, and allowed him to act cheaply.

"This is a great honor for the last general!" Wang Huchen said loudly.

When the auspicious time came, Wang Huchen stepped on his horse and led 50,000 elite iron cavalry as the vanguard to Samarkand, and Zhu Ao personally led an army of more than 300,000 to suppress the battle for him.

In the city of Samarkand, more than 1,000 kilometers, when the lame Timur heard the news that Zhu Ao took the initiative to attack him, he was shocked and couldn't speak for a long time, in his opinion, now only the entire Ming Dynasty is worthy of his opponent, Zhu Ao is just a vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, how dare he break ground on the head of Tai Sui, and asked with a calm face: "How many people did he bring?" ”

The scout knelt on the ground, put his right hand on his chest, and shouted respectfully: "The exact number is not clear, it is about 300,000 to 400,000, but they are equipped with very sophisticated firearms, which have caused us a lot of damage, and they are very fast, and they have captured several levels one after another." ”

"Humph! With his little strength, it is like attacking my capital, which is too arrogant, and he ordered that the 500,000 troops near the capital should be assembled immediately, and I will go with me to meet Zhu Ao, a little doll, and after destroying him, he can use this incident as an excuse to attack the Ming Dynasty. Timur swept his eyes and said loudly. His blood has been ignited, for so long, he has been rampant in Central Asia, it can be said that he has never met an opponent, this kind of loneliness that determines the master is really uncomfortable, Zhu Ao'er, I hope you don't let me down.