In Beijing, the dust settled on Fengmingzhou for the second time. When Tie Xuan and Zhang He were preparing to go to sea again with the merchants and the vassal fleet, Zhu Di, the king of Yan who was far away in the north, was also in a dilemma.

Hami City, the palace of the former mighty king Urnasuri.

On the bright side, this is now the palace that belongs to the brother of the Urna, Anke Timur, but in fact, Mo said that there is only one palace in this area, and the entire Hami city has been owned by the Ming court. Mo said that now the army led by Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and Feiju, the Marquis of Pingliang, has filled the city, and even the army that was the most trusted of the original Wu Na Li has already been convinced by Zhu Di's personal destruction of the Great Khan of Wara.

As for the Wenchen, the demon monk Yao Guangxiao used a little trick to completely control the Hami government. Those diehards, such as the courtiers who were clamoring to fight against Yao Guangxiao before, were already wiped out by this thoughtful monk in the name of colluding with Wara and killing the mighty king, and now the grave grass is afraid that it is two zhang high.

The Ming court imitated the old practice of sealing Naha as the Marquis of Haixi, and named Anke Timur as the Marquis of Xixi, and asked him to travel thousands of miles to Yingtian to "bear the grace of heaven", in this life, I am afraid that I don't want to come back.

So Zhu Di, the king of Yan, naturally borrowed the front hall of the palace, which covers an extensive area, to place the sand table. But he didn't touch the harem places, just like the old palace of the Yuan Court in Shuntianfu, he only closed the palace door tightly and waited for Lao Zhu to make his decision in the future.

And today's warming and freezing, Timur is bound to strike east again. If we also send troops, we will also try to make Li at the end of the road, and I am afraid that the religion will also be able to surrender to Timur. After all, they are all divided from the Mongols, and their bones are still connected to the tendons. ”

"In the opinion of the poor monks, we should take advantage of this spring day to make the soldiers graze and cultivate, and teach Na Yili to fight with the two tigers of Timur. It has been a hundred years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and it is bound to be able to support one or two in a short period of time. I'll just wait for the wall to watch. ”

Yao Guangxiao took the push rod and gently pushed the mounted terracotta warriors representing the Hami Ming army back a few steps, away from the other two terracotta figurines dressed in Mongolian costumes. Zhu Di was wearing a fox fur, looking at the sand table map in front of him, thoughtful.

A few days ago, seeing that the ice and snow were thawing and the army could start to move, Zhu Di in Hami City received an urgent letter from Timur, the lord of the Timurid Empire.

In the letter, Timur invited Zhu Di to attack Yili and share the soil of Yili.

Because of this letter, many civil and military forces in Hami City were divided into two factions. One faction, led by Yao Guangxiao, thought that he should take a temporary recuperation and not agree to Timur's letter. Yili stretched to the west, just as a buffer between the Ming and Timurid empires. It is just used to buy time for the Ming Dynasty to digest the Hami and Mobei grasslands.

"I don't agree." But it was Fei Ju who snatched the putt from Yao Guangxiao's hand. "What two tigers are fighting...... I see, that's two dirt dog bugs! And what is there to be afraid of? ”

"They can fight as much as they like, we don't have to worry about him, just go and level the two countries together. We weren't driven by his Timur, we were going to fight ......."

He used the putter to re-step the mercenary representing the Hami Ming army, pushed it to the left of the two Mongolian terracotta figurines, and then pushed the putter one by one, knocking the two Mongolian terracotta figurines over to the side and pushing them far away. "Look, that's so much! In this way, the entire Hexi is the territory of our Ming Dynasty. There are only two Mengyuan remnants, can we still be afraid of them? ”

The other faction is the proud soldiers of the Ming Dynasty led by Fei Ju. They didn't want to share the land with Timur, but thought that even if the Timurid Empire and Yili were added together, they would be able to win the battle with their strength, and they didn't have to be careful to waste those efforts.

Seeing that Wang Xian, Zhang Yu and other generals watched Fei Ju's actions, they all nodded again and again, and their eyes showed a look of approval. Knowing that these generals had the intention of despising the enemy, and had a greedy heart, Yao Guangxiao's brows were a little sad, he first glanced at Zhu Di, and then opened his mouth to persuade Fei Ju to say: "The Hou Ye is brave and strong, and the poor monk knows it." It's just that wars have been fought since ancient times, but they are not all about winning on the battlefield. ”

"The supply of military rations and whether the soldiers can feed themselves is also the top priority. Now our army has received 30,000 troops from Warat, plus the reinforcements brought by the original soldiers and Hou Ye, the number has reached 70,000. These 70,000 people will lose countless grains, grass, cattle and sheep every day. ”

"If the army is sent at this moment, how can the military rations continue? It's better to plow and graze first, and save some rations first......"

"You monk, you're so noisy." Fei Ju's face was displeased, "Ben Hou has followed the superior to fight in the south and the north for half his life, can he still know the truth of the grain road?" ”

"It is precisely because of the scarcity of food in our army that we should feed the war with war and feed the enemy...... Now that I am grazing in Hami's fields, how much food can I muster? ”

"Amitabha, how easy is it to eat for the army? There is still a city in Hami, and further west, Yili and Timur are nomadic herders, and when they hear that our army is coming west, they will run away early......"

"Alright."

Yao Guangxiao and Fei Ju were arguing, and Zhu Di, who had been muttering in front of the sand table for a long time, finally spoke. Yao Guangxiao listened to him, so he also closed his mouth first, bowed slightly, and only turned the rosary on his wrist. Fei Ju also has a little respect for this Yan King, and he also knows that he is the boss of this battle, so he is also looking sideways.

"What Pingliang Hou said, this king agrees." Zhu Di said. "Just Li Li and Timur are by no means the opponents of my Ming soldiers. Even if these two guys fight side by side, we Daming can beat them down. ”

"That's inevitable!" When Fei Ju heard Zhu Di's words, his eyebrows were already dancing.

"But." Zhu Di's tone changed. "We can't underestimate the enemy, feel that our soldiers are prosperous, and accidentally capsize in the gutter."

"Lao Wuping Yingzhou, Wei Ping Beiyuan, and South Korea Fair Goryeo, but they are all advancing all the way, and nothing goes wrong. If we suffer a loss on this expedition to the west, even if it is only a little, I am afraid that the face of the imperial court will not look good. Not to mention giving us the credit for the wheel. ”

"We must not only win, but also win beautifully, and there is no doubt about winning! We must not hold back the soldiers of all walks of life and lose face. ”

"The food problem that the great monk said is also true. And that's just one point. Don't forget our 70,000 troops, most of which are newly surrendered by the Mongols, not our own soldiers. ”

"These people still need to be reorganized and trained, otherwise they will be no different from a rabble. After removing these people, our core strength is only a little bit, can we really safely take down Yili and the Timurid Empire? ”

(End of chapter)