Shaharu looked out over the endless savannah, and his mood was more comfortable than ever.

From the beginning of the second year of Hongxi's decision to go east, to the present June of the third year of Hongxi, Timur's million-strong army, after a year and a half, was finally assembled and entered the border of the Ming State one after another.

Men, who don't want to raise millions of soldiers, crisscross the world.

What his father Timur did not accomplish will be accomplished in his hands.

"Driving" Shaharu raised his horsewhip fiercely, galloped out quickly, and soon followed by hundreds of elites, swarming and tailing, guarding him.

He turned his head to look behind him as he ran.

At this time, looking behind him, there were boundless soldiers and horses, and a crowd of black oppressors, stretching from the eyes to the back, stretching for an unknown number of miles, and there were all kinds of horses, mules, carts, camels, cows, and sheep in the middle.

His forward has now come to the north of the Helan Mountains in Ningxia, Ming Kingdom, and the rear team behind is still in Xiaosong Mountain, with a million troops and heavy grain and grass wagons, which are hundreds of miles away.

Just now, he commanded the vanguard to storm Zhenyuan Pass in the north of Helan Mountain.

Zhenyuan Pass was originally built in the ninth year of Jiajing, and now it is quite simple and has been breached.

The cavalry slaughtered hundreds of defenders and did not go deeper, and then continued east.

Because this is a remote place for the Ming army, it is not easy to supply.

And their army of millions and millions of livestock and poultry can easily be replenished when they walk on the grassland.

Shaharu's goal was to cross Gansu and find a place in Shanxi to break through.

Shaharu took the lead, ran to a high place and stopped, followed by people one after another.

"How far is it from Mingguo Shanxi?" Shaharu asked.

Someone behind him immediately took out the map, looked at it, and said, "There is still about a thousand miles." ”

Shaharu was silent, their whole army was relatively slow, but most of them had horses and mules, and even if it was a hundred and fifty miles a day, it would take seven or eight days to arrive.

Shaharu's father, who went to study in the east, spent more than three years preparing grain and grass on the road in the early stage.

His father had prepared grain for 800,000 people for seven years, but Shaharu had only been preparing for just over a year, and he had more soldiers and horses than his father, so he could only use the grain for two years.

On the way they came, they razed all the steppe tribes they met, killed the men of the steppe, and took away the women and food of the tribes.

"What's Ming Ting's reaction now?" Shaharu asked again.

"Han Emperor Zhu Gaoxu, I shouldn't know where we will break through, and he may be gathering soldiers and horses."

"Then give him more time to prepare, I want to defeat the Ming army in a battle, and the province is looking for war everywhere." Shaharu said confidently.

"Benjamin and Arutai should be fighting with the Ming army." There is humanity.

"I hope the two of them can hold back some of the Ming army."

Just as they were talking, suddenly a black shadow appeared on the grassland in the distance, and then there were more and more shadows, and soon about twenty horsemen appeared in their sight, about three hundred paces away from them.

"Huh, from that tribe?"

"It's like the Ming Army." Someone exclaimed.

"It's the Ming Army."

Shaharu's face showed a look of ecstasy, he didn't expect to meet the Ming army so soon.

It's still in Gansu.

"I'm going to kill them." The second son, Zha Hualu, was extremely excited, and without waiting for his father to agree, he waved his hand and rushed out with a stream of elite.

When the Ming army on the opposite side saw them out of the ranks, they immediately turned around and left.

Zahualu chased for half an hour, and then returned to this side in a gloomy manner.

As soon as Shaharu saw his expression, he knew that he hadn't caught up, and couldn't help but wonder: "Let them run away?" ”

"The Ming army is very elite, it is still one man and two horses, and there are only eleven cavalry." Zha Hualu said: "They have superb riding skills, and they are even better at riding and shooting, but we have fallen behind." ”

“。。” All around looked at him incredulously.

Zha Hualu thought about it, and there was still a sentence in his heart that he didn't say, if the Ming army was all so elite, this battle would not be easy to fight.

What Zha Hualu just brought out was the elite of the elite of the Timurid Empire, although they had an army of one million, many of which were servant armies of the client states they conquered, as well as auxiliary armies, the real elite, about less than one-fifth.

"That's the Ming army's sentry cavalry, of course elite, among the 10,000 Ming troops, there are no more than 100 sentinel horses." There is humanity.

Shaharu thought for a moment: "The Ming army has just experienced the two major battles of Jingjing and rebellion, and the soldiers and horses must be elite, but--"

His voice was raised: "In this world, there is nothing that can resist our Timur's iron cavalry, and all enemies who want to stop us will be crushed by us——"

"Victory." Some people raised their arms and shouted, and the surrounding groups responded in response, except for Zha Hualu, everyone seemed to be full of confidence.

——

Datong, Shanxi.

Chen Wenzheng was looking outside the city, and a large number of soldiers and horses were entering the city one after another.

The soldiers and horses of the Timurid Empire continued to the east after a wave of battles at Jiayu Pass, and Chen Wen knew that the location of Shaharu's breakthrough was either in Shaanxi or Shanxi, and it was impossible to be in Gansu.

Considering that Shaharu has an army of millions, accompanied by millions of horses, mules, cattle and sheep, a densely populated place is obviously more suitable for their invasion of large armies.

Shanxi is likely to be Shaharu's next target, because it is more densely populated than Shaanxi and Beiping.

The Ming Emperor disarmed year by year, and the ultimate goal was to maintain 30,000 to 50,000 elites in each province (capital division).

Like Shanxi, Beiping, Shaanxi and other places, which are regarded as important border areas, there will only be 50,000 in the end.

At present, there are still more than 70,000 soldiers and horses in Shanxi, and it is estimated that in ten years, it will be reduced to 50,000.

Chen Wen couldn't help but admire the emperor's foresight.

The emperor canceled the ability of the Ming army to Tuntian from the first year of Hongxi, and the garrison was separated, and after more than two years of changes, now more than 70,000 soldiers and horses in Shanxi only need to be trained, and there is no need for Tuntian.

Such benefits will not affect the tuntian fields and grain production in wartime.

Therefore, after receiving the order from the imperial court, Chen Wen immediately mobilized 60,000 soldiers and horses and divided them into three routes.

The west road is 20,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Ningwu Pass, which is the general army of Shanxi in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, a very important position, can defend the northwest of Shanxi, 20,000 soldiers and horses in the middle road to guard Yulinwei, and 20,000 soldiers and horses to guard Datong in the east road.

There are also more than 10,000 guards near the passes of the Great Wall, thinking that they echo.

In addition to his 60,000 soldiers and horses in Shanxi, Gu Xingguo, the commander of Beiping, also sent 40,000 reinforcements according to the emperor's order.

In this way, Shanxi has gathered 100,000 Ming troops after entering June.

Chen Wen heard that the Timurid Empire had an army of one million and was a little worried that 100,000 was not enough, but the emperor did not make any moves, and seemed to only plan to use 100,000 soldiers and horses to fight.

Of course, the smaller the mobilized troops, the less the impact on the country.

Just when Chen Wen stood at the head of the city thoughtfully.

Suddenly.

A stream of elites rushed in front, all the elite armor was distinct, bright, and even shining under the scorching sun.

"Jingjun?" Chen Wen's eyes lit up.

Sure enough, soon an acquaintance's face appeared in the city: "Hahaha, Brother Chen, I'm here." ”

It's not who Zhou Hu is.

"Dog stuff." Chen Wen was ecstatic, and immediately secretly shouted in his heart, no, the emperor may be coming.

Zhou Hu was accompanied by more than 5,000 horsemen, all of whom were the elite of the Beijing army, and they entered from the south gate of Datong.

After a while, under the many guards, Zhu Gaoxu, who was fully armored, appeared in front of Chen Wen.

"Your Majesty." Chen Wen was pleasantly surprised.

"Hey, no courtesy, hurry up, hahaha." Zhu Gaoxu laughed and helped him up: "Don't make a noise, just don't know that I'm coming, hehe." ”

"Your Majesty, this is?" What the hell? Chen Wen is inexplicably wonderful.

However, when the emperor came, he was also under a lot of pressure, and he was still a little panicked.

"I'll wait and see, I don't know if Aharu will go there, if he breaks through the customs in Shanxi, he will meet him, if he is in Shaanxi, I won't necessarily pass." Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile.

Chen Wen laughed when he heard this, and the emperor said this, he must have thought that Aharu might come to Shanxi to break the pass.

"It's been a long time since I've fought with His Majesty, I'm really looking forward to it." Chen Wen said with a smile.

"Teach those turtle grandchildren a good lesson, don't think that we are easy to bully." Zhou Hu shouted.

In this situation, it is good that Daming does not bully others, but I didn't expect that someone would automatically send it to the door.

"I really want to recuperate in the country, but Shaharu can't avoid it." Zhu Gaoxu said slowly: "Thinking about it the other way, this is also a good thing. ”

"After defeating Shaharu, it will be convenient for our Ming army to enter Central Asia in the future."

Zhu Gaoxu said a few years ago that they definitely didn't understand Central Asia, but now everyone has already learned and knows that Central Asia is also a good place.

"Your Majesty is talking about the Central Asia with a lot of oil?" Chen Wendao: "The minister remembers that His Majesty said that Central Asia is rich in oil, which can be of great use. ”

"Yes, that's the place." Zhu Gaoxu knows that there are also oil fields in China, but he really doesn't know where they are.

But it doesn't matter, use the foreign ones first, and leave the domestic ones for future generations.

Not long after Zhu Gaoxu arrived, a large number of Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicles also came to Datong from the direction of Beiping.

This time, Zhu Gaoxu brought a guard and horses, 30,000 people's husbands, and 30,000 Wuhan Iron and Steel vehicles from Beijing, and mobilized 100,000 horses and mules to be responsible for transportation.

All supplies will be handed over to Shanxi and Beiping soldiers and horses for use.

In the next period of time, news came from the front one after another.

"Fan rode through the Zhenyuan Pass."

"Fan rode through the Great Wall Pass."

"Fan rode past the Red Pond."

"Fan rode to the Yellow River and entered Shanxi."

In late June, news came from the front that the vanguard of Shaharu's army crossed Shaanxi and came to the junction of Shaanxi and Shanxi, which is the only place where the Ming Border Hammer does not have the Great Wall, but there is a Yellow River dozens of miles long as a natural defense line.

Shaharu stopped at the edge of the Yellow River for a few days, presumably considering the possibility of crossing the river, and then continued eastward, apparently unable to cross the Yellow River.

Even if he could cross the Yellow River, it would take him at least a few months to cross the river with an army of millions and millions of livestock.

Shaharu resolutely continued eastward.

At this time, the speed of their whole army slowed down, and every time they crossed a fort on the Great Wall, they had to consider the possibility of breaking it at speed, and also consider the terrain behind the Great Wall.

At the end of June, the Shahru striker stopped outside Fort Hu.

It is said that Shaharu heard that the Ming army's fort in front of him was called 'Zhuhu Fort' and decided to attack here.

(End of chapter)