Chapter 670: The Western Expedition is also strong
Zhu Di's words were bitter, but he looked at Fei Ju and many generals to say it. Fei Ju was a little stunned by these words, but his face showed a thoughtful look.
Yao Guangxiao is most worried that Zhu Di still has a youthful heart, in case the blood is up, with this 70,000 "army" will go to level the Timurid Empire and Yili Commandery, and then the battlefield will be lost, but I am afraid that the good situation will also be lost. Now seeing that Zhu Di can still keep his head calm and have correct judgment in addition to the big victory, he can't help but nod secretly.
In my heart, I had a few points higher evaluation of His Royal Highness King Yan.
"Your Highness, according to what you say, what should we do?" Fei Judao.
"Let's hold our troops for now, and wait for Timur and Yili to make the situation between the two countries clear." Zhu Di said. "On the one hand, let the soldiers plough and hoard grain, on the other hand, in order to hold Hami, the heavy firearms in the hands of our Ming army have also lost a lot, and we need to seek supplies from the country."
"Timur's wolf ambitions, whether we agree to attack or not, he will definitely fight Yili. Even if the black firefighters in Yili are rebellious, this time I am afraid that I will have to bend my knees. β
"If we send troops, they may surrender Timur. But if we don't move, they will definitely come to our Ming Dynasty to ask for help. At that time, we will send troops in the righteousness. β
"Isn't that impossible to take Yili?" Zhang Yu interjected and asked, a little reluctant in his tone. "Yili Li, the jackal, will rebel for a long time. What's more, His Royal Highness is determined to go west, is it possible to keep this jackal to block his back road? β
"Don't forget, we still have Anke Timur, the brother of the mighty king, in our hands." Zhu Di said. "Ankh Timur is also a member of the Golden Family, and his brother Urnasuri has the right to inherit the Khanate of Yili."
"In the past, the mighty king of the Urna lost his lineage, and it was because of the inheritance problem that he fell out with the black son of the fire, so he stood on his own in Hamice."
"If the black son of fire knows each other, and is willing to belong to the Ming Dynasty like Anke Timur, and be an idle prince, then that's it."
"But if they don't know the times, after they retreat from the Timurid Empire, I can use the name of Anke Timur to expel the Black Sons of Fire, and I will also include Yili in the name of the righteous into my Ming territory."
"Isn't it the best of both worlds, and without having to face both Yili and Timur at the same time?"
When the generals heard this, they were suddenly enlightened. I thought that Anke Timur was useless except to be the faΓ§ade of the martial arts of the Ming Dynasty, but I didn't expect it to have this equivalent effect?
"Your Highness's clever strategy, the poor monk admires it so much." Yao Guangxiao was the first to compliment.
"There is no need to praise this king, it is this king who remembers the fifth brother's theory that 'war is the continuation of politics', so he thought of this layer." Zhu Di said. "You are all my Ming generals, and you should always keep this in mind."
"No." Zhang Yu, Wang Xian and other generals responded to the order.
The idea was set, and Hami began to run without hesitation. Ma Hamu, Haohai Dayu, and Aduqin surrendered generals, led tens of thousands of troops, and after disrupting the establishment, they searched for pastures around Hami, while reorganizing, and grazing cattle and sheep waiting for Zhu Di to be recruited. By the way, be alert to the surrounding conditions. They don't want to have a surplus, as long as they can be self-sufficient.
Fei Ju, Zhang Yu, and Wang Xian led the core Ming army to garrison Hami City and train it. As for the letter sent by Timur inviting him to attack Yili, he turned a deaf ear.
Zhu Di paid close attention to the movements of the two countries in the west, guarding against the two countries to strike first and fight against the Ming Dynasty without declaring war. In fact, it doesn't hurt to fight without declaring it, the most worrying thing is that the Timurid Empire will not get a reply, and Yili will simply stop fighting. As the saying goes, it is better to be still than to be still, if they come to attack Hami, Zhu Di is confident that he will keep them here. But if the Timurid Empire was also afraid of the Ming Dynasty and joined forces with Yili to defend the Ming Dynasty's western offensive, then the Ming troops who were drooling over these two countries would be numb.
Fortunately, the ambitions of the Timurid Empire were not deterred by the great victory of the Ming Dynasty, or the fledgling empire did not think that Warat and Hami would be the opponents of the thriving Ming Dynasty. At the beginning of April, Zhu Di received the news that the lord of the Timurid Empire had personally conquered Yili to make the capital of the country "Yili Li", and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"As soon as we can't support it, we will immediately send someone to explain that we are willing to send troops to help him." Zhu Di instructed Wang Xiandao, who was in charge of the horse investigation.
The Timurid Empire is also a Mongolian lineage, and the war is the same as the early Mongol Empire, that is called a burning, killing and looting, as long as this war is fought for such a period of time, the contradictions between the two countries will inevitably intensify, and the bloodline of the country is more orthodox than the bloodline of the Timurid Empire.
I want to let them fight for a few more months, and when Yili runs out of ammunition, he will accept Daming's help. After all, the Ming Dynasty had rejected the invitation to flank them with the Timurid Empire, and had already pulled a wave of goodwill in Yili Liguo. In the eyes of the Black Sons of Fire, the Ming from the state of etiquette must be much easier to get along with than the barbaric Timurid Empire.
However, Zhu Di misestimated the background of Yili, or rather, misestimated the sharpness of the Timurid Empire's soldiers. Mo said that it had been a few months, and before a month had passed, Yili had already crumbled under the offensive of the Timurid Empire. Wang, who went to the other country to send a message, brought back a letter of help from the Black Childfirer, Zhu Di only glanced at it, and then stood up suddenly. "The opportunity to make a contribution is coming again!"
"Yili gave me the letter of the Ming Dynasty and volunteered to be my Ming vassal. Now that country is already the territory of my Ming Dynasty, the Timurid Empire is the territory of our Ming Dynasty. β
"Pass on the king's order, send troops! How can I tolerate the ravages of these alien races in my Ming territory! β
Next, Fei Ju, Zhang Yu and other generals were overjoyed, only to feel depressed for several months, and now they finally have a place to vent. After receiving the orders one by one, they hurriedly ran out of the hall, and Fei Ju even ran while greeting left and right: "Quick, lead Lao Tzu's war horse!" Meritorious service, just now, sent troops! β
"Troops! Dispatch troops! β
Overnight, the land of Hami was filled with such cheers. A group of Ming troops and Mongolian surrender troops gathered at a very fast speed. A banner with the words "Daming" and "Yan" written on the side, accompanied by the overwhelming billowing smoke and dust, headed towards the border of Yili in the west.
Zhu Di entered the west this time and divided the front, middle and rear armies, the front army was all Mongolian surrendered army, and the generals who led the troops were Ma Hamu and Aduchin. Abduqin wanted to follow King Yan to make meritorious contributions, but Mahamu now went to the root of trouble, and his mind was full of only the only thought of establishing meritorious deeds and being a master, so that the morale of the two of them was like a rainbow in the war, and the soldiers under him were also hungry and thirsty like tigers and leopards. They marched all the way to the outside of the city of Yili, only to see thick smoke billowing from the city, shouting and killing. Although I can't see the current situation clearly, just looking at the fire that seems to be about to penetrate the sky, and the stones that are densely whistling into the city, you can know that this Yili country will not be able to hold it for long.
(End of chapter)