Chapter 3: The Battle of Shule

Timur was a battle-hardened hero, and many things, he only had to look at them, and he could probably guess what the other party wanted to do.

However, Timur could not fail not to go.

This starts with Timur's origins.

Timur was a Mongol, and there are many doubts about this. Many people say that Timur was not necessarily a Mongol. In short, Timur came from a very humble background, and in the early stage of his fortune, he married the princess of the golden family. It's only come to this day.

Timur also promised to protect the Chahatai Khanate.

Under these circumstances, Timur allowed King Yan to attack Shule, which was a serious loss of his political credibility.

Not everyone can be as brazen as Sima Yi.

Therefore, Timur decided to support Shule.

Schuller is also important. He is an important town in the western part of southern Xinjiang. It is connected with Central Asia and is the bridgehead of Central Asia deep into southern Xinjiang. Once Shule was lost, the southern Xinjiang region was owned by King Yan.

With the danger of mountains and rivers. King Yan has a complete hinterland.

The two sides are attacking and defending.

Therefore, Timur, whether politically or militarily, had to rescue Shule.

As a result, the two sides had a battle under Shule City that decided the fate of southern Xinjiang. The war that also decided the initiative in the war in the Western Regions.

The time when this war took place was actually the same time as the Battle of Guangwu. A little later.

The battle of Guangwu, after the end, this battle continued. It ended before the Northern Army captured Nanjing.

Actually, for King Yan, he didn't want to start this battle so early.

After all, with He Xi's support, King Yan felt that the Kingdom of Yan was getting stronger every day, and King Yan had already established some iron-smelting factories in the Western Regions.

Of course, this cannot be compared with Beijing Liaodong. But after all, they produce their own iron.

It was also a major victory for King Yan.

If this battle is placed in a few years, it will be better for King Yan. But Timur must fight, and King Yan can only accompany him. And I don't want to put the war on my own turf, it will destroy the already existing construction results.

There is only Shule.

King Yan faced the menacing Timur and first held the wall without fighting. Boiled Timur, when Timur couldn't suppress his own people and couldn't control his own logistical supply.

Only then did he launch a decisive battle and directly destroy the courage of Timur's headquarters with artillery.

Qiu Fu, Zhang Yu, and other generals, together with King Yan, took the lead and broke Timur. Beheading tens of thousands. King Chahatai Khan, seeing this, was also shocked. Then he took the initiative to open the city and surrender.

Shule fell into the hands of King Yan in this way.

In this battle, King Yan had stored more than a year's worth of gunpowder and finished it in one day. It is completely in accordance with He Xi's so-called theory of firepower victory.

This kind of play has never been seen in the Western Regions.

Although it is said that the so-called one-year reserve of gunpowder by King Yan is nothing compared to the crucial day and night in the Battle of Guangwu.

But for these generals in the Western Regions who have never seen the market, it is already quite remarkable.

After this battle, King Yan shook the Western Regions. The relationship between King Yan and Timur has also become, from Timur wanting to attack King Yan to King Yan having begun to attack Timur tentatively.

After Timur withdrew from southern Xinjiang, he immediately prepared to set up checkpoints on the mountain road to block the attack of King Yan.

The form of the Western Regions is completely different.

He even captured the entire Chahatai Khanate and wiped out one of the four major Mongolian khanates. It also allowed more Mongolians to join sincerely.

In short, the war in the Western Regions came to an end here with King Yan.

It's just that King Yan didn't expect that he would make such a big progress here, and where would the imperial court make even more progress. In just a few months, Beijing has already taken Nanjing.

The world is unified again.

This incident had a great impact on King Yan.

In fact, the reunification of southern Beijing, King Yan had already predicted. After all, the Ming Dynasty will definitely be one. It's just a matter of time.

But he didn't expect that time would be so fast.

Caught him off guard.

Thinking about it carefully, King Yan also felt that from a military point of view, it was actually a logical thing. The military strength of the Northern Army has developed to this point.

And Da Ming is a family after all. It's impossible to carry it to the end. Many people naturally think of surrendering when they can't be beaten. It's just that he didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

The attitude towards Beijing is completely different from that towards a complete imperial court.

Soon, he received an invitation to the Dingguo Meeting.

Let King Yan go to Nanjing for a meeting.

Yan Wang thought about it, so he invited Lian Zining to discuss this matter.

Lian Zining said: "Your Highness, now Your Highness is hesitant, in fact, because he doesn't know how to position the relationship between our country and the imperial court."

King Yan said, "Mr. Lian, please speak." 、

Lian Zining said, "Your Highness, do you think it will be unsafe for you to go to Nanjing?"

King Yan smiled indifferently and said, "Xiongying, this kid can't do this. And even if he wanted to, He Xi wouldn't let him do it."

Lian Zining said: "Since this is the case, why would His Highness hesitate at such a conference, it is obvious that His Highness actually knows what he will do at this conference. There are some things that Your Highness doesn't know how to deal with?"

Yan Wang said, "Mr. Lian is right. I'm going to Nanjing, but it's not a big deal to think about it. I haven't been there for several years, and I should go there, to be honest, after my father's death, there was this mess, and I haven't worshiped in front of my father's mausoleum, which is also extremely unfilial. I should go back to Nanjing. However, I just felt that there would be obstacles when I went to Nanjing, but I couldn't figure out what it was."

Lian Zining said: "Your Highness, in the past few years, Your Highness has been rushing forward in the northwest, but in a few years, under the Mobei, Dingxi, and Timur, all the territories are as large as the Xiongnu, the Turks, and the Han people under their jurisdiction and the Mongolian Hui people, there are also tens of millions. It's like a big country. To put it mildly, the imperial court may not be happy with His Royal Highness's achievements today. If I'm not mistaken, according to my teacher's idea, the Western Regions will house several vassal kings. Now it belongs to His Highness. Once one day, His Royal Highness rebels against the imperial court, I am afraid that the frontier will be thousands of miles away, and it will be a beacon fire. That's not what the court wants to see."

King Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Go on."

Lian Zining said: "Since ancient times, the imperial court has only used several means to force the vassal king to rebel, if he raises troops to destroy him. But in our country, it is impossible. The reason why the teacher wanted to seal the feudal domain back then was because there were many places where they were enough to defend it. If you send an officer, it's easy to lose more than you gain. It's better to seal the vassal and keep it. Today, our country is like this, the territory is vast, but it is all barren land. Not many people want to be officials with us. Although our military strength is weak, it should not be underestimated. Therefore, the destruction of our country will not outweigh the losses to the imperial court." 、

"Not only is it not cost-effective, but it is also difficult to face the kings of the world. Therefore, this is impossible for the imperial court to do. This is also the reason why the minister supports His Highness to go to Nanjing. No matter what happens, there is nothing wrong with His Highness's personal safety."

"If the hard ones don't work, then the soft ones will come. When we went to Nanjing, the imperial court probably wanted to talk to us in several aspects, first, the appointment of important officials, that is, the prime minister of Yan Guo, and second, probably Tuien. Your Highness has three sons, do you want to divide them into three kingdoms?"

When King Yan heard this, he immediately understood where his heart was.

The soft knife on the side of the court will definitely come. And no less. That's all there is to the former. Even if the imperial court sends someone to be the minister of state, King Yan has a way to get him.

King Yan is the emperor immediately. How can it be made by the literati?

But the latter made King Yan a little embarrassed.

Eternal Yang plotted to push the grace order.

It's really hard to understand.

King Yan knew very well that if he did what the court wanted, he would promise the court that the Yan Kingdom would be divided into three in the future. The court must have appeased him well, and he would agree to any conditions.

After all, the Yan Kingdom is divided into three kingdoms, which is probably in line with He Xi's original plan for the Western Regions.

The court is not afraid of King Yan

What a delaying tactic.

Without him, as long as King Yan promises, his sons will think like this, since the sons have this mind, who else can he control when King Yan kicks his legs in the future? Coupled with the fact that the imperial court will make a move, it is inevitable that the future Yan Kingdom will fall apart.

It's just that in this case, King Yan doesn't like it very much.