Last time, I said that the "Timur" army at this time and space successfully marched eastward, and passed all the way, like a wind and clouds, causing a huge shock to the Ming Dynasty.

In November 1405, the 190,000 army of Qiu Fu, the "Duke of Qi", was annihilated in Lantian, Shaanxi, causing the whole country to be shaken in the Ming Dynasty. Due to the overwhelming strength of the "Timurid Empire", Zhu Di ("Ming Chengzu"), the "Taizong of the Ming Dynasty" in Beijing, was worried, because he received reports from Fengyang, Huai'an and other places, saying that the "Timurid army" had arrived.

Zhu Di intuitively judged that the army attacking Huai'an Mansion was not the main force of "Timur", because this unpredictable opponent was indeed the most difficult to fathom. Where the hell is he? Just when he was puzzled, a letter from "Timur" arrived in time, but the "Yongle Emperor" was furious.

In the letter, "Timur" talked eloquently about his victories in Hexi and Xi'an, saying that his victory was like heaven's help, and declared that he sent troops to the Ming Dynasty this time to crusade against Zhu Di, who rebelled against his father and killed his nephew. Of course, this is only psychological warfare before the war, with the aim of provoking the other side.

In addition, "Timur" also claimed that he had rescued Zhu Yunxi, the younger brother of "Emperor Jianwen" Zhu Yunwen, from Fengyang, Anhui Province, and was ready to "establish the right master." Although the letters of "Timur" are exaggerated, it is true that the former ministers of "Emperor Jianwen" came to take refuge. Zhu Di is not a three-year-old child and will not be easily fooled.

On the one hand, the letter also said that these "civil officials of the old dynasty" brought information about the granaries of the nearby state capitals, so that "Timur" could easily relieve the urgent need for the supply of the army, but he still sent the emperor and grandson Hari as the vanguard, and attacked all the way. The "Timurid Army" conquered all the way, and the lives of the people were devastated, and Zhu Di was deeply saddened and indignant.

On the other hand, the strategic plan of "Timur" was very clear, and its attack on "Huai'an" was to cut off the transportation of Jiangnan Cao, and the other purpose was to attack Nanjing and establish a new monarch. In this way, Zhu Di hurriedly ordered the general Zhu Neng to stop the expedition to Annam (Vietnam), and immediately led the army to Nanjing to set up defenses. At the same time, Zhu Di also ordered the "Jinyi Guard" to find out as soon as possible that it was the "Timur" emperor Hari who attacked the "Huai'an Mansion", and the troops led by him were only about 50,000.

There is more news that Zhu Yunxi's younger brother Zhu Yunxi is also in Harry's army. Obviously, Harry's target is the city of Nanjing, and it is highly likely that he will imitate Zhu Di's raid on Nanjing during the "Battle of Jingjing". However, the main force of the "Timur" army was moving towards Xiangyang, and its vanguard had already conquered the six grain depots of the Ming army in Hubei, including the "Hongshan Battalion," and made long-term preparations for the supply of the "Timur" army. This made Zhu Di feel troubled and had to transport grain.

When Zhu Di heard the report, he knew that at this time, the former ministers of the "Jianwen Emperor" who had taken refuge in "Timur" were offering advice and suggestions, and many civil officials of the "Jianwen" dynasty fled to the Quartet after the "Battle of Jingjing", and at the same time took away many important military and political documents in the treasury. Therefore, the "old ministers of Jianwen" gathered under the account of "Timur" to offer advice and advice, so that "Timur" could better understand the internal situation of the Ming Dynasty. As a result, over time, "Timur" grew stronger and stronger.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Di decided to drive the expedition in person, but the ministers of the court and the central government heard about it and advised one after another, for example, Xia Yuanji, the head of the household department, had just transferred 3 million taels of silver from the south, all of which were the income of Zheng He's "Guangzhou City Bosi" Tongfan Commerce. When he heard the news, he also hurried to admonish.

Xia Yuanji said: "The Son of Heaven is the king of a country, and he must not be moved lightly, if he loses, the country will be shaken." For the conquest, it is advisable to send a general. ”

But after hearing this, Zhu Di said firmly: "The enemy chieftain invaded, and the people were devastated. Now that the enemy is rampant, the king has the responsibility to defend the land, and he has made up his mind. The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies! Xia Yuanji sighed after hearing this, and Zhu Di's "royal expedition" was determined, so he began to mobilize the army.

Immediately afterwards, the "three battalions of the Beijing Division" were ordered to mobilize, and on the northern border along the Great Wall, in addition to the garrison troops responsible for defending against the invasion of the Mongol tribes such as Tatar and Walla, the elite troops in the northern Ming army had been concentrated, and the army totaled about 200,000 people, most of whom were infantry.

At this time, the main force of the army led by "Timur" himself had already approached the city of Xiangyang. "Xiangyang" is a famous city in Hubei, not only the city wall is tall, but also there are many towers, it is a city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. After "Timur" took control of several surrounding grain depots, he besieged Xiangyang without attacking it, planning to lure Zhu Di to fight.

The strength of the "Timur" army was about 110,000, bringing together the elite of various departments, including Samarkand heavy cavalry, camel-carried bronze cannons, etc. This army plundered as it conquered Xi'an, and the soldiers gained a lot. Therefore, the morale of the whole army was high, and they were eager to go to war immediately.

Next, as long as the main force of the Ming army led by Zhu Di is defeated, the pacification of the Ming Dynasty will be just around the corner. Along the way, "Timur" and his soldiers have seen the wealth of the "Ming Dynasty", which makes him determined to conquer this place, because only in this way can it herald a more perfect life!

The place of the decisive battle pre-selected by "Timur" was a plain area in the north of Xiangyang City. The topography resembles the "Tsibka Plain" he used to face off against Ankara, the "Ottoman Turks". Fighting in such familiar terrain gave "Timur" confidence and readiness to reproduce the glory of the "Battle for Ankara".

At the same time, Harry, the "emperor's grandson" who had already conquered the "Huai'an Mansion", also built a dam at the Canal Middle School and sent troops to garrison it. In this way, the north-south transportation was cut off. After that, Harry took advantage of the unpreparedness of the "Yangzhou Mansion" to make a surprise attack in the south, so he drank the Yangtze River and began to plan to cross the river to capture the "Nanjing City".

When the army of "Emperor Sun" Harry captured Yangzhou, it ushered in the support of many Confucian scholars, because they were very dissatisfied with Zhu Di's extermination of the "Ten Clans" of Fang Xiaoru, the "important minister of Jianwen", and one of them was quite proficient in Central Asian languages, and told Harry: "Now those who come to him Harry are all 'talents of the world', and I hope to be entrusted with reuse, so that when I capture Nanjing in the future, I will explore and get things, which is as easy as a palm." Harry was overjoyed and promised to reward the scholars.

The so-called "reward" was to give these "scholars" a large number of official titles such as "Shangshu", and ordered them to supervise the shipbuilding and complete the task within a month within a time limit, so that their army could successfully cross the river and attack Nanjing. At this time, Harry seemed to see the dawn of victory, and sent his cronies to deliver a letter to "Timur".

Harry, the "grandson of the emperor", reported his situation to his grandfather "Timur", and asked "Timur" to think that if his grandson could cross the river and capture Nanjing, he would definitely be able to attract a large part of the Ming Dynasty's troops, thereby reducing his military pressure, so he replied to Harry that he did not need to come to rendezvous, and could concentrate on crossing the river.

Soon, when Zhu Di learned that the "imperial grandson" Harry was preparing to cross the river to capture Nanjing and was appointing a large number of scholars and literati to supervise the shipbuilding with great fanfare, he couldn't help laughing, and asserted that it was difficult for the other party to do anything, because it was useless to be corrupt, so he personally led an army of 200,000 to Xiangyang.

And Harry's situation is not as Zhu Di expected, because those scholars who are like a river are only suitable for dancing and choreographing right and wrong, and they don't know anything about shipbuilding and crossing the river and solving military affairs, which lasted for a month and achieved nothing, and then even if they tried to requisition the fishermen's boats, they only got a few old and dilapidated boats, but they were useless to the 20,000 troops who were eager to cross the river, and it was completely wasted time, so that Harry could not cross the river and was angry.

Those rotten Confucians who "did not succeed enough, but failed more than failed" did their best to help the "emperor grandson" Harry, so that Harry's army could neither cross the river nor join the main force of his grandfather "Timur", so in a fit of rage, he beheaded several scholars, which made all the scholars shocked: "This 'lustful man' is cruel and unreasonable, and it is too dangerous to stay here, so it is better to leave immediately." As a result, the scholars scattered like birds and beasts, and finally picked up a small life, but they showed the incompetence of traitors.

In 1406, Zhu Di, "Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty", led the main force of the Ming army westward to the vicinity of Xiangyang, Hubei, and was far away from the "Timur" army that advanced eastward. The "Timurid army" lifted the siege of Xiangyang City and stationed it in the plain area north of the city, intending to wait for work at ease and fight with Zhu Di to fight each other.

Although the "Timurid Army" was elite in the first horse, it was summer, and the temperature rose suddenly, resulting in a warm and humid climate in the Xiangyang area, which made the nomadic cavalry from the dry climate of the distant Central Asian steppe feel very uncomfortable. Therefore, many of the "Timur" troops were infected with diseases because of this, which affected their combat effectiveness.

However, "Timur" relied on his experience in the march during the conquest of India, and ordered the whole army to distribute "Ghaznavid grass" to chew and swallow, because this is a Chinese herbal medicine that grows in the mountains of Central Asia, which can be used to dispel fever, and sure enough, the medicine cures the disease, so that the soldiers recover as before, their morale is high, and they are eager to go to war.

On the side of the Ming army, because the grain depot near Xiangyang had been occupied by the "Timur" army, the required military food could only be transported by the people, but the army was exhausted day by day and was difficult to sustain. And the investigators of the enemy reported that the "Timur" tent was drinking every day, and it seemed that there was no appearance of a great war coming.

At this time, the artillery of the Ming army finally arrived on the battlefield, and the 200,000 army was strong and morale, and it was time to fight. So, on June 19, 1406, a decisive battle that affected the fate of Asia was launched on the plain north of Xiangyang, Hubei, with 200,000 Ming troops against 110,000 "Timur" troops.

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