Dieshugan is just a dirt city, and in Daming, he may not even have the qualifications to be a county seat.

However, in the vast Western Regions, this is already the most prosperous city within a radius of thousands of miles.

Lan Yu led the army to attack here, and it was logical to occupy the city of Dielost.

But by the time he arrived at the city, the people had already moved away, leaving only the ruins that had not yet burned out.

Lan Yu ordered people to renovate the city, and dug a moat around the perimeter according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, and led the Syr Darya River to pour in.

In fact, this place is not far from Samarkand of the Timurid Empire, only a few hundred miles.

However, these hundreds of miles were like a moat, completely blocking him on the other side of the Syr Darya River.

Now that it is the rainy season again, Lan Yu endures the hot and dry weather, and has to endure the itching and unbearable eczema on her body.

"Grab a few locals and ask, when is this weather going to be the end!"

Chang Sheng sighed when he heard this.

"I have asked a long time ago, and the locals said that they were also encountering it for the first time, saying that this is God's retribution for our Ming Dynasty, and the blessing of His Majesty Sudan!"

"Fart!"

"Even if God blesses us, it also blesses our Daming, when will it be their turn to shit Su Dan!"

When Lan Yu was complaining, Fu Youde hurriedly ran into the big tent wearing linoleum.

"Lan Yu, we can't go on with it, either retreat and go back to Broken Leaf City to recuperate, or divide our troops to fight the Golden Horde first, in short, we have to do something."

"Otherwise, we'll be fine, and the soldiers we brought won't be able to stand it......"

Hearing this, Lan Yu hurriedly asked.

"But the soldiers complained?"

Fu Youde shook his head when he heard this.

"It's not enough to complain, it's just that the lonely army is a little far away, and the soldier's homesickness ......"

"Lao Lan, you have to think about this, don't think that everyone is like the group of righteous sons you raised, you can fight wherever you say!"

"There are a lot of Mengyuan and Chagatai people in our army, if they make a fuss, our army's morale will be unstable!"

Lan Yu couldn't help but sigh when she heard Fu Youde say this.

"Alas!"

"If there is a big victory, these wolf cubs can slaughter a city and seize some loot, and the morale of the army will definitely be greatly boosted!"

"Slaughtering the city?"

Fu Youde's eyelids jumped when he heard this, there were few generals who slaughtered the city in history and had a good end.

The Mongols didn't slaughter the city, but the Mongols have only been around for a hundred years, so it doesn't seem to be worth talking about, right?

"Lao Lan, you have thought about it, the slaughter of the city is not trivial, if you don't do it, it will ruin your reputation!"

Lan Yu is also addicted to dry words, how dare he give such an order easily.

"Shut up!"

"Let's brag about it!"

"But Timur, this old thing is too bad, let us play with the wall, this is to trap us here!"

Fu Youde smiled disdainfully when he heard this.

"What you say is so unreasonable, if you are Timur, your special mother is even better than what he did!"

Lan Yu smiled when she heard this.

"That's right, if we were Timur, not only would we have to take all the people away, but by the way, even the trees along the road would have to be cut down and burned, and we wouldn't even have a tall grass left, hahaha!"

While the two were laughing, Feng Sheng also ran in wet.

"Yo, people are quite together today!"

"Are you trying to drink secretly and not even send someone to inform us!"

Hearing this, Lan Yu looked at Jiu Mengzi Feng Sheng depressedly.

"What do you want?"

"The old man and I are about to die, who has the time to drink!"

Feng Sheng said with a grin when he heard this.

"It's just right, it's raining outside now, and we can't rush if we want to, so it's better to drink a few jars of wine to quench our cravings, and get a good night's sleep, hahaha!"

Lan Yu was a little moved when she heard this, but considering that she was out of the army, it didn't seem to be good to drink, so she was a little hesitant.

However, just as he hesitated, a soldier suddenly ran over and whispered a few words to Chang Sheng.

Although Lan Yu handed over the power of the expeditionary force to Chang Sheng, it didn't mean that he didn't care about anything, at least this kind of behavior of whispering in front of him made him 10,000 unacceptable.

"Speak louder!"

"There's something we and the two princes can't listen to!"

Chang Sheng said embarrassedly when he heard this.

"General Lan, just now, the imperial lady ...... Your Majesty called, saying that we should be stationed in the same place and not act rashly......"

"Huh?"

As soon as Chang Sheng said this, not only Lan Yu was surprised, but even Feng Sheng and Fu Youde were very surprised.

However, Fu Youde's reaction was half a beat faster than those two, and his face soon showed a hint of abruptness, and he even understood Chang Sheng's approach.

Lan Yu also understood after being stunned for a long time, someone must have told Zhu Yunxi about the matter here, otherwise how could Zhu Yunxi give such an order!

When he saw Chang Sheng's embarrassed face, he understood even more, maybe this bastard even told Zhu Yunxi about his illness.

"Why are you talking so fast, the old man shouldn't let you take care of the affairs of the barracks!"

After Lan Yu finished speaking, Chang Sheng glanced at Fu Youde complainingly.

"Old man, you too, I originally wanted you to take care of it, but you old boy pushed back and forth, saying that it was a big deal, and the old man was decrepit......"

"Look at it now, Xiao Young really doesn't have to worry about it!"

"Lao Lan, I think Chang Sheng did the right thing, let's go on an expedition, let's ask Your Majesty's opinion for everything."

"Although Your Majesty is your nephew and grandson, we must have the righteousness of a monarch and a minister, right?"

Lan Yu shook his head with a snort when he heard this.

"Humph!"

"What do you know!"

"Our nephew is the most benevolent and righteous, and he can't wait to fight and die alone!"

"But how can there be no immortal in war?"

"Which famous general in history was not built on human life?"

After Lan Yu finished scolding Fu Youde, he couldn't help but look at Chang Sheng, who was hanging his head.

"Chang Sheng, don't pretend to be dead, hurry up and tell me what else Your Majesty is talking about?"

Chang Sheng snorted when he heard this.

His Majesty also said...... He also said that we should wait for him, he wanted to ......"

As soon as Chang Sheng's words came out, the people in the big tent became nervous.

"What did he say?"

"Your Majesty said that you will go to the front line in person......"

"What!"

A few people in the big tent suddenly fried the pot.

"What are you kidding, how can a new monarch go out on the expedition as soon as he succeeds to the throne!"

"You hurry up and send a telegram to Your Majesty, so that he must sit in the capital and don't come to the front line!"

Fu Youde also persuaded with a solemn face.

"This matter is not trivial, the imperial grandson has just ascended the throne, it is the time when the foothold is not stable, although there is the emperor in charge, but there are still accidents, let him stay in the capital, stay in the palace......"

Chang Sheng faced everyone's urging and said with regret on his face.

"I'm sorry ......"

"Your Majesty said that he has arrived in Naturalization City......"

"Ahh

When several veterans in the big tent heard this, they let out a wail again, and then pressed Chang Sheng to the ground and beat him fatly.

"Beat you shit!"

"Brother Chang Yuchun, why did you give birth to such a bastard!"

In fact, what several people want to scold the most is Zhu Yunxi, but who made Zhu Yunxi too noble, it is His Majesty the Ming Emperor who has just ascended the throne. Even if they lent them a few guts, they didn't dare to insult the current emperor, so they could only sprinkle their resentment on Chang Sheng.

Chang Sheng also understood this truth, not only did he not cry out, but he didn't even shout in pain, and let a few veterans clean him up.

It's just that several veterans are not young, and even if they beat him hard, they just tickle him.

"A few old generals, don't patronize and beat me, but hurry up and think of a way!"

Lan Yu said angrily.

"No way!"

"Unless we hurry up and give Your Majesty a victory now, let Your Majesty know that even if he doesn't come, we can fight a good battle!"

After saying this, Lan Yu walked out of the big tent and looked up at the rainy sky, praying that the rain would stop soon.

I don't know if the heavens heard his call, or if the rain had finally come to an end, and that afternoon the rain became much lighter, and only the dripping raindrops were still drifting with the wind.

Lan Yu was overjoyed to see this, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to light a fire and cook.

In fact, the difficulty of walking on the road in rainy weather is only one aspect, and the most uncomfortable thing is that there is not a single dry wood for cooking in the world.

They brought some fire oil with them, but this thing was used for siege and defense of the city, so how dare they use it to make a fire and cook.

Therefore, they have been eating cold food for the past ten days.

Luckily, they had brought enough naan with them when they set off from Broken Leaf City, otherwise they would have had to eat raw rice in this hellish weather.

It was getting late, and Sapphire patrolled the camp with a campfire full of camps, listening to every soldier's complaint.

"This damn weather, we haven't dried this clothes on our bodies, and the leg sockets and creak sockets are all dirty!"

"Hey!"

"You didn't bring this on yourself?"

"We told you on the first day, take off all your clothes quickly, don't sleep in wet clothes, but who told you not to listen!"

The little soldier said disdainfully when he heard this.

"Are you stripped naked, full of barracks of birds?"

"Walking birds is also better than rotten birds, hehehehe!"

When a few soldiers were chatting, they suddenly saw Lan Yu staring at a white hair and walking over, and hurriedly got up from the ground and gave a military salute.

"I've seen the General!"

Lan Yu waved his hand at a few people, and then sat down next to them. When he saw a few people hurrying to put on their undried pants and shoes, he hurriedly interrupted them.

"No hurry!"

"Dry your clothes and shoes before you wear them!"

Although they were a little embarrassed when they heard this, they still obeyed Lan Yu's words and rehung their clothes on the shelves by the fire.

"How have you been doing in the past half a month?"

"Back to the general's words, how are you doing...... Good...... It's so uncomfortable......"

Lan Yu couldn't help but laugh when she heard this, and kicked lightly at the crotch of the nearby veteran.

"Don't assume that we don't know, you old thing walks birds every day!"

"It's almost the same to say that others are uncomfortable, but you can suffer from this old thing who has been messing with us for more than ten years?"

The veteran laughed when he heard this, and while laughing, he looked at a few soldiers with a smug face, showing off that he had an unusual relationship with the general.

Lan Yu saw that several recruits were embarrassed, and then diverted the topic and asked.

"Where are you guys?"

"Back to the general, the small one is the ...... of Wuzhen"

"The small one is the ...... of Yiwu"

"The small is the ...... of the big one"

Lan Yu nodded when she heard this.

"You've worked hard!"

"Bear with me, it's fine tomorrow, then let's have a good rest for two days, and then blow up Timur's turtle egg yolk, hahaha!"

"Beat Timur!"

"Capture Timur alive as a gift to His Majesty the Emperor!"

Lan Yu saw that the people here were all encouraged by themselves, and they moved to the next place, the same words, the same routine, and the same result.

Lan Yu spent one night, not only emptying the grievances of the low-level soldiers, but also re-energizing their fighting spirit!

The next few days were indeed sunny, and the barracks were filled with a joyous atmosphere and confidence in the coming victory.

When the Blue Jade camp was full of ambition to capture Timur and give gifts to Zhu Yunxi, Samarkand, hundreds of miles away, was experiencing a great migration.

Timur did not have much confidence in holding Samarkand, so he moved the scholars and people in the city to other cities in advance, intending to fight a protracted war with the Ming Dynasty.

However, he did not completely abandon Samarkand, and after removing the surplus population, Samarkand was the largest in the empire in terms of the amount of grain stored and the soldiers defending the city.

If this can't stand this city, then God is destined to let this city fall!

Timur left Samarkand to his third son, Misharan, and he himself took his eldest grandson and other vassals to Mashhad, intending to establish a wartime capital there.

At the same time, Timur could no longer care about the grudge with the Golden Horde, and sent three waves of envoys to the Golden Horde, intending to form an alliance with the Golden Horde to jointly resist the invasion of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that the attitude of the Golden Horde is unclear, and it neither agrees with the alliance nor opposes it, which gives Timur quite a headache.

Timur had no choice but to send Hao Hai Da Desire, hoping that this wise man on the steppe would be able to persuade the Golden Horde to fight against the Ming Dynasty with him.

It's just that in this way, Haohai Da wants to join his son Mahamu, and it is difficult to say whether he will be able to serve the Timurid Empire in the future.

But he can't care about these now, he just hopes to solve the trouble of Daming as soon as possible!

After Timur led a group of officials to evacuate Samarkand, Misharan formally took command of Samarkand and all armies along the Samarkand to Syr Darya River.

Although Misharan was a prince, he was a lame man and Timur's least favorite son.

If it were someone else, receiving such an order, it would inevitably break the jar.

However, instead of resentment, Misharan seriously thought about how to defend Samarkand.

While he sent people to build defenses along the road, he also sent people to discuss with Lan Yu about the withdrawal of troops.

Unlike Timur's decisive battle to the end, Misharan only wanted to let the Ming retreat.

As for the price to pay, he didn't even think about it.

Anyway, whoever the empire will pass on to in the future will not be passed on to a cripple......

Lan Yu landed on the road with people after a few days of sunshine, although they could encounter harassment from enemy troops from time to time on the road, but with the advantage of Daming's firepower, they were still overwhelmed along the way.

It's just that the speed of progress is a little slower, after all, you have to build the road and hurry at the same time.

But when half a month passed, they still came to the city of Samarkand.

Lan Yu looked at the towering walls of Samarkand, and for the first time felt dreaded.

Can the cannons he brought really lay down such a strong city?

Can such a strong city really be defeated?

"The commander of the artillery battalion came and talked back!"

"Please show the general!"

"Let me ask you, can our cannons break the wall on the opposite side?"

The commander of the artillery battalion replied without hesitation.

"Can't!"

"Can't?"

Lan Yu was so angry when she heard this that she scolded her mother on the spot.

"Why are you shouting so loudly, you still feel so proud!"

"General Hui, although we can't break the city wall, we can set up the cannon and shoot directly into the city!"

"Cannons are not only used to siege cities, but also to destroy the city's defenses!"

"As long as we press the enemy's city to fight, so that no one dares to stand on the city, this battle is not what we want to fight?"

Lan Yu laughed when she heard this, and happily patted the shoulder of the commander of the artillery battalion.

"Good boy, that's right!"

"Thank you to the general for his praise, but the small ones don't dare to take credit, this is all the ...... that the imperial grandson taught us"

"There is this passage in the artillery training subject revised by the emperor's grandson, and the small one is just a truthful retelling!"

"Oh?"

When Lan Yu heard this, he fell into deep thought, and he suddenly understood why Zhu Yunxi was in a hurry to come to the front line.

Now Da Ming's all-firearms equipment, it seems that no one really understands it except him......

(End of chapter)