"The minister has seen King Yan." Xu Yungong smiled bitterly, Zhu Di was diligent in exercising, and his body seemed to be stronger again. Just such a hug almost strangled half of his life.

"Your Highness, let's be lighter, the ministers have been sparse for a long time, and the night march has been overwhelming for days in recent days......" Xu Yungong smiled bitterly.

"You are also a general, how can you be so fragile?" Zhu Di said with a smile. "It's just that you actually led the Mengqi, and when I led the army to arrive, if I hadn't seen the banner, I would have almost ordered an attack."

"These are the Duoyan Three Guards Cavalry, that is, the former Shanyang Wanhu...... Oh, I haven't accused the guilty minister of robbing His Highness of his military exploits. ”

"It's okay, we only have a few hundred cavalry, and we didn't think that we could annihilate these thousands of people alone......"

The two exchanged pleasantries, but they were still paying attention to the wisp of wolf smoke that went straight to the sky in the distance. It wasn't until the sky was getting dark and the wolf smoke was gradually not rising that they all relaxed their hearts.

"It seems that there is only this group of thieves in the vicinity...... Now that the field is safe, we can breathe a sigh of relief first. ”

"It's just for the time being, who knows how long it will be easier?"

The wolf smoke was set up to indicate the discovery of enemy horses around the desert field. Now that the wolf smoke is not rising, it means that the crisis has been resolved.

Since the beginning of Xu Dahui's return to the forest, the Ming Dynasty and the Xu family began to work together to build a path from the Great Wall to the desert grassland. And set up beacon towers and fields along the way, as the focus of China's control of the desert.

In the beginning, this strategy went well, but with the construction of roads and the prosperity of the wool trade, many Mongol tribes gained enough to improve their lives because of the trade with the Ming Dynasty, and naturally became oriented to the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, many local merchants of the Ming Dynasty smelled the profits of wool, and came to invest in pastures in the grassland, they relied on the farms, enclosed grazing, and built a prosperous and lively homeland outside the field, and many Han merchants arranged for the Shuzi tribe to settle in the field, ready to settle down and reproduce here, and take root.

The first foreign fiefdom of the Ming Dynasty, located in Wei outside the Great Wall, was a thriving land that was about to become another China.

However, this good situation was soon interrupted. In the west, Warat, which had integrated most of the western forces of the Mengyuan and Yuan dynasties, soon began to explore the east, in a vain attempt to absorb the eastern part of the grassland, and even take back the Helin. Due to Xu Da's prestige, Su Dieer did not directly send a large army to attack, but adopted a very despicable method, and sent one herdsman after another to plunder the Wei grassland in the east...... It can not only rob the wealth of Weidi, but also bring back the tribal herdsmen who have been attached to the Ming Dynasty, so as to spread the prestige of his Mongol Great Khan and set an example for those neutral tribes who are still wavering.

Look, obeying the Ming Dynasty and cutting off your minions is such an end......

"It is also a desire to revive the Mongol tradition of raiding. In the past, when his ancestor Ali Buge and Kublai Khan competed for the throne of Khan, it was because of this virtue that he lost to Kublai Khan, who practiced Han law. Xu Yungong said. He didn't dare to send a large force of troops, only dared to make such a small fight, but it was a trouble for us......"

"The grasslands are vast, and hundreds or thousands of Mongolian bandits hide in the grasslands, even if tens of thousands of troops are levied to look for them, they may not be found. But they can keep attacking our pastures, and even if they can't break through the walls of the farm, they can still inflict heavy damage on us......"

Xu Yungong looked a little anxious.

"Xu Shuai has a way?" Zhu Di asked.

"My father once thought about being in command." Xu Yungong said. "Father originally thought that leading the army to go around the territory of Warat a few times to deter these grassland tribes, or simply drive Yesudieer to the bitter cold land in the extreme north, it would be enough to keep my Wei land peaceful for more than ten years. It's just that he is old after all, and now he is no longer in command for Daming...... In the past, he was in charge, and his majesty and the princes of the court and the central government coordinated the logistics and grain for him, and now he wants to go out safely, where did he come from such a strong family background? ”

"Left and right, they can't break through the field, although there are losses, it's just that the process of sinicization of the grassland is slower. He still has to sit in Helin, so he let the minister, who is the son of the leader, experience. Although it was hard for the minister to chase the bandits all the way, fortunately, the Duoyan cavalry under his command were still loyal, they were originally grassland people, and there was not much trouble in fighting on the grassland......"

"Leading the cavalry around? This is not good, it is inexhaustible. Look at your dark eyes, sooner or later you will become a tired soldier. If it weren't for the fact that this king saw the beacon fire in the Great Wall, I am afraid that you will not be able to catch these thousand people. Zhu Di shook his head, quite unimpressed with Xu Yungong's tactics.

Seo Yungong was silent by what he said. "Minister...... The minister was not good at military affairs, and only knew how to build ships in the shipyard. My father entrusted me with great responsibility, but I failed to live up to my father's expectations. With that, tears fell.

Zhu Di was silent for a moment and took out a scroll of letters from his arms. "Take a look at this."

"What is this?" Xu Yungong took it, unfolded it, and couldn't help but change his expression: "What? Also Sudier agreed to share the Western Regions with Timur? ”

"Is the message accurate?"

"Exactly." Zhu Di nodded. There was already a bit of solemnity in his expression. "This letter was sent by the second brother of this king to the Western Regions and heard it from the Timurid Empire. Those Jianghu people under the second brother, you must have heard of their abilities on the grassland. ”

"If you talk about fighting, they probably can't. But when it comes to flying cornices and walls, and spying on espionage, they are definitely first-class experts. ”

"However, this Western Regions is now in the Chagatai Khanate...... That is, it is also in the hands of the force. This is also one of the four khanates of the Mongolian Yuan, and it is also the self-proclaimed Great Khan of the Mongols, inheriting the legal system of the Great Mongolian State, the predecessor of the Yuan Court in the past. ”

"He would take the initiative to make an appointment with Timur to carve up his own khanate under the command of the Great Mongol State?"

Seo Yungong couldn't believe it.

"What a great Mongolian country, but a bandit." Zhu Di was dismissive. "In the past, when Meng Yuan was still there, this is also a force, in fact, he no longer takes Emperor Yuanting seriously."

"Now that Sudie'er has regained his robber nature, he naturally doesn't care about the reputation of the legal system."

"When it comes to the territory of these four khanates, the combined territory is much larger than that of today's Warat. It also emerged in the West, and naturally wanted to swallow the power of these four khanates. ”

"The other khanates are far away, and the emaciated camels of this Chagatai Khanate are bigger than horses...... He has a grass platform team, and it is common for him to not be able to gnaw on it for a while. ”

"Under the pressure of my Daming, Su Die'er is also eager to increase his strength, and it is not unexpected to seek skin with the tiger. Besides, if it is true, then Timur of the Timurid Empire also married a woman from the Golden Family! ”

"Timur is also the façade of the Golden Family, and in terms of it, they are still of the same origin and ancestry. Isn't it common to form an alliance and act in cahoots? The Timurid Empire on the left and right is also being annexed to the east, and they must be willing to remove the stumbling block of the Chagatai Khanate. ”

"This is ......," Xu Yungong only felt a shock in his heart. He knew that the reason why the Timurid Khanate wanted the Western Regions was to open up the road to the Central Plains in the east, so as to plunder the rich homeland of China.

And he can take the initiative to give up the Hexi Corridor to the Timurid Empire, and let the Timurid Empire attack the road on the western border of the Ming Dynasty. Then he can take advantage of the Ming Dynasty and the Timurid Empire to swallow the eastern steppe and increase his strength......

"Ying Tianke has gotten the news? But what is the purpose? Xu Yungong said.

"The news has been sent to Yingtian, but after all, the road is far away, and I don't know what kind of will my father has made." Zhu Di said, his expression became serious. "It's just that I've already made up my mind."

"I want to go west."

He looked into Xu Yungong's eyes and said word by word.

(End of chapter)