The one who was killed by Ambassador Yang's flying sword was the Bald Polo.

He had previously led his tribe to winter in the area of Lake Har.

After the remnants of the Khanting led by Erlebak and the remnants led by Arutai arrived one after another, they also learned that the Ming army was pursuing, and then made this plan to meet the battle......

20,000 cavalry went deep alone.

No matter how you look at it, this is a chance to give them a big victory.

Although they admit that the Ming army is very strong, the problem is that there is no such battle, 20,000 cavalry without any logistical support, the lone army goes deep into their core pastoral area, and it is also a lone army in winter, it is really like suicide. Although their strength was still not enough for a decisive battle, they took advantage of the lack of horses and horses of the Ming army to attack head-on, forcing the Ming army to stop outside the Har Lake, so that the Ming army could not obtain high-quality pasture to recover the war horses.

All that's left is constant harassment.

So that the Ming army has never been able to get a real and effective rest.

Then wait for the ministries to converge.

At present, the various ministries that make up the Warat Alliance, such as the Turguts, Turgots, Dulberts, and Shothots, are rushing to reinforce them.

Several nomadic tribes, including those north of Hami, are also heading north.

In a month at most, an army of 100,000 will be formed to encircle and annihilate the Ming army.

However......

He just put himself on it.

In this battle, the Ming army lost only a few hundred people, but more than 3,000 people were beheaded, not only did the Bald Polo's troops suffer heavy losses, but also the Arutai and Ghost Li Chi who were with him also suffered heavy losses, and they no longer dared to take the initiative to attack.

In fact, the elite of the Erlebak Khanting has been disabled.

This time beheaded three thousand.

Five thousand last time.

Even if the casualties are not one to one, it is conservatively estimated that the young and strong people in their early 10,000s will be finished, and the people who can fight in the Erlebok Khan court are probably only 20,000 or 30,000 people, which is basically a broken arm.

Moreover, a large number of old and weak women and children were captured before.

Their ability to regenerate blood has also been severely damaged, and it can be said that for at least the next ten years, the Erlebok Khanting will not be able to recover.

The Ming army continued to advance.

Soon the army reached the shores of Lake Hal.

The Khanting of Erlebok had already returned from the rout of Arutai and others, and then continued to flee westward.

At this time, the grassland has begun to enter the spring grass germination season, especially in the wetlands on the shore of the lake, all kinds of pastures are growing wildly in the spring sun, and the horses and camels that are half-starved and half-fed all the way can finally happily replenish their almost exhausted physical strength.

"It's picturesque!"

Zhu Di, who was still half-herding and half-marching, looked into the distance with emotion on horseback.

As far as the eye can see, it is green.

At this time, they had already crossed Lake Har and were bypassing Lake Halstone, the west bank of which was the original historical city of Kobdo, and as for Elberke, he did not stay here, and he continued to flee west under the protection of Arutai and others.

It is estimated that it should have arrived and penetrated.

According to the time, the Ross Department should have passed the Altai Mountains, and the two sides should have made peace.

It seems that I can't really fight a decisive battle in my Qing Dynasty.

"It's better to go west than that, it's actually drier here, and then to the west there are plenty of water, and there are countless big rivers, but to the south there are more deserts, but the south is warmer, and there are a lot of rivers, so it's actually better than here. However, to the south, beyond the pastoral area of the Warat Alliance, he reached the territory of Timur the Lame, who controlled the vast steppes in the south, and beyond the Warat League to the east, the Kipchak Khanate, also known as the Golden Horde. Their territory stretched all the way to Eastern Europe, and beyond that were the countries of Europe, and Russia, the most powerful in the region in later generations, was still a vassal of the Golden Horde, kneeling at the feet of the latter and kowtowing to them. ”

Yang Feng said.

At this time, Russia was still the Grand Duchy of Moscow, but it had already begun to expand.

But he still declared himself a vassal to the Golden Horde.

It was not until 1478 that Ivan III officially ceased to pay tribute, and then they were attacked by the Golden Horde, and the two sides faced off across the river, but the Polish reinforcements agreed by the Golden Horde did not arrive, and the Golden Horde retreated.

Moreover, the Great Khan of the Golden Horde, Ahma, was intercepted and killed by the Crimean Khanate during the retreat.

I have to say that the situation in the steppes of Eastern Europe was also very chaotic at that time, Poland that believed in Catholicism and the Golden Horde that believed in a certain god allied to beat the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which believed in an orthodox Christianity, and the Crimean Khanate, which also believed in a certain god, and the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which believed in an Eastern Orthodox Church, partnered to attack the Golden Horde......

Everyone has a lot of fun!

Now, however, the Golden Horde should be facing both Poland and Timur.

The decline of the Golden Horde began with the attack of Timur.

"One day, when the sun and the moon shine, it will be the land of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Di said.

"Actually, I think that even if you finish this battle, you don't need to rush back, although Your Majesty is too old, but your body is not much to do, as long as you don't go back, Your Majesty will support you after all, why don't you just go south to the river and create a new territory in the Western Regions?

Even if there is no war with Timur, it is enough to take this piece of Warat.

Timur is now on a quest in Western Asia.

He should have attacked the Golden Horde in the Caucasus at this time.

We can go south, his core territory is in the river, as long as we threaten Tashkent, he will have to return to the division, we will not fight with him, just force him to return to the division. He is a tribute to the Ming Dynasty, let's ask for the remnant Yuan of the Ming Dynasty, go to his door and take a look, you summon him as the king of Yan instead of His Majesty the emperor to summon him as a vassal, he must come to visit. You are the king of Yan, he is even a county king even if he stands up to the sky, one level lower than you, and not only him, but also the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, that is, the king of Beishu Bali, he is also a tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and it is very reasonable for you to come to the Western Regions and summon these vassal kings. ”

Yang Feng said.

Then Timur had to be on constant alert for the Ming army to attack his hometown from the northern front.

He is now having a great time in West Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and even South Asia, having conquered Persia and Afghanistan, and is now attacking the Golden Horde from Persia to the north, and even breaking the capital of the Golden Horde. He then had to go south to sweep the Fertile Crescent, defeat Egypt in Syria, burn Damascus, then go to South Asia to break through Delhi, slaughter the city, then defeat the Ottoman Empire and capture the Ottoman Sultan, and finally build a huge empire, and have the ambition to conquer the Ming Dynasty.

And then he died.

If at this time, the Ming army suddenly has the ability to plunge his heart from behind, then he will have to be cautious, and the Ming can also use this advantage to force him to continue to pay tribute.

Sacrifice horses.

Set a quota for how many horses to contribute each year.

These horses had to be paid an annual tribute.

He should have said yes.

After all, it is not too difficult for him to go out and grab horses, he needs a few thousand horses a year, or ten thousand war horses in three years.

No tribute......

Then it is difficult for the Ming army to say when it will go straight into the river.

Moreover, it is possible to make a clear demarcation with him, and advance the territory directly under the Ming Dynasty to Talas, which is the northern Tashkent pass, and beyond this pass it will enter the river. In this way, the territory of the Ming Dynasty advanced to the actual control line of the Tang Dynasty, that is, the line of broken leaves and Qianquan, turning the land of seven rivers, the Ili River Valley, and the Junggar Basin into actual control areas. In the future, they can build cities in this area, including Kobdo, and finally wrap the East Chagatai in it, if they are honest, they can continue to be vassals with the title of King of Beshbali, and if they are not honest, they will be destroyed.

Then the northern frontier will be completely owned by the Ming Dynasty.

This line is easier to garrison than the Mongolian plateau line.

The conditions on the Mongolian plateau are too harsh.

There is no way to farm, it is difficult to supply and transport, and it is too cold in winter, but you can farm on this line in the Western Regions, especially if there are enough resources, even if you develop some industries.

For example, don't lose eight miles.

This name is actually the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty.

Don't lose the Bali City is the residence of the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate.

Modern Urumqi and Turpan are all under the rule of King Beshbali.

"Ambassador, we have less than forty percent of our ammunition left, and we can only use bows and arrows after the fight, do you want 20,000 cavalry to use bows and arrows to threaten such a hero? Since he is rampant in the Western Regions, he thinks that there are 100,000 cavalry, and even if my Ming cavalry can fight better than them, there is no chance of winning. ”

Zhu Di said.

"Your Majesty, you can ask for help! As long as you are still here, Your Majesty will have to give you reinforcements, Song Sheng still has heavy troops in Gansu, and he is only 2,000 miles from Jiayuguan to Tianshan, and it is estimated that he can dispatch 30,000 cavalry. Let's not lose Bali instead of our division, just scare Don't lose Bali, and then force Don't lose Bali to send troops as well, they will definitely be, they and Timur are not in the same group, if we fight Timur, they will be happy. In this way, we can gather more than 60,000 cavalry, and Song Sheng will carry enough ammunition to supply, and I can barely build some during this period, enough to scare Timur. ”

Yang Feng continued to bewitch him.

Zhu Di groaned.

This Tamar is crazy.

He's gone all the way here, and it's crazy.

Is this guy going on?

But......

"King, you have to think about the current situation, even if you return triumphantly, the imperial grandson will no longer embarrass you, can you honestly be a vassal king for him?"

Yang Feng said in a low voice.

Zhu Di's eyes changed and he looked at him very deeply.

"I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, it was Zhu Yunwen who succeeded to the throne in history, but you didn't control your ambitions, took these guys to rebel, and then broke through the capital, forcing Zhu Yunwen to light a fire in the palace and burn it to the bones.

Ah, Zhuang De doesn't count.

He was Bao Zhu Yunwen, and then beheaded Tan Yuan. ”

Yang Feng pointed to Zhang Fu and the others who were still barbecuing and whispered.

Zhuang De is drinking happily with Tan Yuan!

The latter treasures a pot of wine to this day.

Zhu Di took a deep breath......

"Don't worry, although I didn't tell your father, he also guessed it a long time ago, so he has been very entangled with you over the years, and he likes you like his eloquence and knows that you will take the throne, but he doesn't want to set you up and mess up the order of succession. And the imperial grandson is also very satisfied with him, although he will beat it, but it will definitely not be wasted, so he has to keep kicking you out, kicking farther and farther. Let's make it clear what we have today, if the imperial grandson succeeds to the throne, do you think you will be honest in the future, and you will not rebel and seize the throne like Zhu Yunwen did?

We're all adults.

Be sincere.

The eldest husband was born in heaven and earth, how can he be depressed and live under the people for a long time.

I guess I'll be a colt in the future, and I won't be able to get rid of your sister, so I really hope that you won't get into a mess of flesh and blood.

If you conquer the Western Regions and establish a country with this, the imperial grandson will not only not worry, but will try his best to maintain contacts with you, after all, Hu Yuan could also establish the four khanates back then, and the Western Regions were not owned by the imperial court in the first place, and of course what you defeated belongs to you. ”

Yang Feng said.

That's what he's really for.

Let Zhu Di expand in the Western Regions.

Zhu Yunxi is far inferior to his uncle in terms of ambition.

He was nurtured by his aunt, and he paid more attention to economic interests, and he was not even very enthusiastic about the march to the grassland, after all, the march into the grassland belonged to pure spending money and no gains, including Huining and other places. Therefore, he supported Yang Feng to contract Huining and develop in Shuofang, including giving Hehuang to the king of Zhou, because these places were unprofitable.

Can be thrown to others.

These places, whether controlled or exploited by the garrison, are unprofitable or of little profit.

It's not worth worrying about.

In his opinion, there is a vast South Sea, and countless wealth is at his fingertips, so why invest money and manpower in these bitter cold places?

If you invest one or two taels of silver in the direction of Nanyang, you can get ten taels of income, and if you invest one or two taels of silver in Huining, you may not be able to return to the capital, and you can force those tribes to pay tribute, and there is no need to be under actual control. On the contrary, without actual control, through commercial exploitation, they can squeeze as much profit as possible from those tribes, and to put it simply, their uncles and nephews belong to the route problem.

Zhu Di is still old-school expansion.

It's about occupying.

Keep occupying land and then controlling.

Just like the Russians.

Zhu Yunxi likes commercial exploitation, using various commercial means to squeeze those tribes as much as possible, but there is no need to control the land, as long as he is recognized as the boss.

Just like the United States.

And Yang Feng wants Zhu Di like this.

Since Zhu Yunxi is not interested, then let Zhu Di go up, Daming doesn't need to worry about it, as long as Zhu Yunxi succeeds to the throne smoothly, he and his aunt's financial, industrial and commercial means are enough to make Daming strong. On the contrary, the expansion of the Western Regions is the focus of the future, so Yang Feng has to fool Zhu Di as much as possible to embark on this road.

And Zhu Yunxi will really allow Zhu Di to develop in the Western Regions, after all, he can even seal out places like Hehuang and Shuofang.

"Ambassador, you have good intentions!"

Zhu Di said.

"The king, I have a good heart, if you really rebel and seize the throne, I will definitely intervene, after all, the imperial grandson is cultivated by me, and it is completely developing according to the route I designed. If he succeeds to the throne, then the future Ming will develop according to what I envisioned, but it's hard to say that you are the emperor, you know finance?

Will you open a factory?

And what the king is good at is invincible with iron horses.

Then the Western Regions is your hunting ground.

Look at this map, even if you can't get to Europe, this piece alone is bigger than the Ming Dynasty, such a vast land, enough for you to conquer for a lifetime, and then you use this land to establish a country, and the Ming Dynasty to maintain trade isn't it? ”

Yang Feng pointed to the map and said.