Chapter 685: The Kingdom of Timur Confesses!
The war in the Northwest is progressing rapidly.
Half a month later.
Then came the good news again.
"Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, led an army of 50,000 against the 200,000 army of Hari Sultan at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains.
Sultan Hari's army was defeated, leaving behind nearly 100,000 corpses, as well as countless cattle, sheep, camels, and grain and grass, and fled in panic."
"Ganzhou sent 20,000 troops, brought back 200,000 cattle, sheep and camels, and 10,000 carts of grain and grass."
"Cao Guogong led the army north, and together with the army of the north, in the lower reaches of the Yili River, he flanked Timur's army of 200,000 in front and back.
Timur's army was defeated and almost completely wiped out, leaving behind hundreds of thousands of cattle, sheep and camels, as well as tens of thousands of carts of grain and grass, and only a few noble leaders fled with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.
As for Timur, the Great Khan of his Timurid state, he died in the army......
As soon as this news was transmitted back to the Beijing Division, the entire court suddenly boiled again, and everyone rejoiced.
As for the Ming Emperor Zhu Di, he looked at the news that Timur died in the army, and his heart was full of suspicion!
"Guo Qing's prediction actually came true, that Timur really died in the army, or died of a serious illness!"
But in terms of craftsmanship and invention, and in business, Wechen can be compared with sincerity!"
Zhu Di thought for a moment, then nodded slightly.
"You ......"
At the same time.
Da Ming can wipe out Wara, and he can also kill more than half of Temur's hundreds of thousands of troops!
Guo An smiled slightly, and also began to change the topic.
As for the Jiangjunshan Workshop, another round of expansion began.
On the palace of Shunde County, the same is naturally true.
"I also want to see what kind of grand spectacle it is if a huge iron car dozens of feet long gallops up and runs faster than a fast horse!"
The more than 1,000 cadets of the military academy also returned with the army.
Anke Timur, the leader of the Hamiwei, sent envoys to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.
But now, thanks to His Majesty's love, you are the king of Daming County.
"Now, my Ming Dynasty has no boundless troubles, and I have also captured hundreds of thousands of iron armors, spears and swords, so I don't need to rush to cast a large number of armaments, but I can give the steel workshop some more steel!"
And the people of the Kansai Seven Guards are all full of gratitude.
Although in terms of talent and strategy, it may not be as good as sincerity!
Guo An looked smug, "Your Majesty Shengming, if Weichen was still the head of the Yanwang Mansion, he would not dare to compare with Sincerity.
The crown prince Zhu Gaochi ordered people to transfer 5,000 soldiers from the Road Construction and Lifting Division to start building the railway from Beijing to Jiaxingfu.
Moreover, he killed so many thieves!
and brought hundreds of thousands of pieces of iron armor, spears and knives to the Ming Dynasty!
It can be regarded as a great supplement to the Ming Dynasty, which is in urgent need of steel.
Zhu Di couldn't help but glared at Guo An, and then didn't continue to talk about this topic.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Up and down the Ming Dynasty, as well as countless gentry and merchants, they all kept an eye on the railway that began to be built.
Guo An hurriedly thanked.
In this battle, not only destroyed Warat, but also defeated Timur's army, and captured so many cattle, sheep, camels, and grain and grass, which was a big profit for the Ming Dynasty.
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, as long as there is enough steel, and there are a number of soldiers and generals in the hands of His Royal Highness the Prince, the railway will be paved and completed soon!"
On the palace of Shunde County, Zhu Di stared at Guo An tightly, his eyes full of inquiry.
"Hmm!"
For these people, Zhu Di only lightly appeased and praised a few words, and canonized them.
And Xu Huizu, Geng Bingwen and others finally finished dealing with the affairs of Warat and Ganzhou and began to return.
Guo An ignored Zhu Di's expression, but said with an indignant face: "That old thief died well, he didn't manage his Timurid country well, he had to come to attack my Daming, and he deserved to die in the army!"
Another piece of news came.
It was a few days later.
Seeing this, Zhu Di's expression remained unchanged, and he continued: "Sometimes, we all wonder if Guo Qing is really as good as sincerity, and has the talent to go through heaven and earth?"
The great disaster of Timur's country has gone, and Zhu Di can't help but feel good, and he begins to have some ambitions.
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"Hmm!"
The entire court hall was once again full of laughter.
Immortal Heaven is above, and they, the Mongols, have no chance to resist anymore, so they can only surrender to the bravery of the Ming people!
"Your Majesty, since the overall situation in the north has been decided. Can you allocate more of the steel from the Smelting Division to the Jiangjunshan Iron and Steel Workshop?"
The cement straight road paved by the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty from Beijing to Sichuan and Yunnan has also been paved for more than half.
The rest of the leaders of the Chijin Mongol Guard and the Shazhou Guard also followed the example of Anke Timur and sent envoys to carry thousands of good horses and several large carts of treasures to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.
Princess Liu Baiwei asked people to prepare all kinds of delicacies early.
After Guo Lu returned home, he first met Guo An.
"The child has seen his father!"
Guo An's eyes flashed, stared at Guo Lu for a while, and said with emotion:
"It's dark, it's thin, and it's a lot more stable!"
Guo Lu's eyes turned red.
Guo An couldn't see this, so he waved his hand directly and said, "Okay, hurry up and ask your mother to say goodbye, you have been on the northern expedition with the army, but your mother has been worried for a few months!"
"Yes, Daddy!"
Guo Lu saluted again, and then hurriedly ran to the back house.
Soon, the back house was lively again.
"Mother!"
"My Lu'er, why are you so dark, and so thin!"
"Come on, go and let the back kitchen bring the meal, so that the second young master can have a good meal!"
"Yes, Princess!"
「……」
The back house is lively again.
Naturally, Guo Lu's boasting voice also sounded.
Guo An was also relieved.
Or, seeing the return of their heirs, the powerful generals of the Ming Dynasty were also relieved.
Even Zhu Di secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
It's just that the martial arts magnates of the Ming Dynasty are at ease, but the country of Timur, which is far away in the far west, is in a panic.
Their heavens have fallen.
Not only did they die, but they also gave hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers to the Timurid state, as well as countless cattle, sheep, camels, and grain and grass baggage, which greatly damaged the national strength of the Timurid country.
And most importantly, also to them the state of Timur, bringing a formidable enemy.
Not only the Ming army, after chasing the remnants led by Hari Sultan of their Timurid country, has been chasing and killing their Timurid country.
Even.
In the southernmost part of their Timurid kingdom, huge warships also appeared, led by some dwarfs, frantically attacking the southern cities of their Timurid kingdom.
In a great war, they were not afraid of anyone, and they were convinced that the sword in their hand could kill any enemy who dared to resist.
However, the Ming people possessed many powerful firearms and bombs.
And the dwarfs were in front.
They Timurids could only be forced to defend, bombarded by firearms and bombs, without the slightest ability to resist.
The country of Timur, which had already fallen into civil strife due to the death of Timur Khan, had such an irresistible invasion of foreign enemies, and the entire country of Timur was even more chaotic!
Before the magnates and royal families in Timur had time to grieve for the death of Timur Khan, they separated several major factions and began to compete for the throne!
Fortunately, with the western expedition of the Ming army, under the pressure of the great enemy, the royal families in Timur did not dare to consume too much strength from each other, but faintly held together to fight against foreign enemies.
It's just that the elite of Timur's country has been buried by Timur in most of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore.
Whether it is the sea to the south,
Or the cities in the east, all of them are under great pressure.
And the Ming army, relying on the advantage of firearms and ammunition, attacked their city, which was like destroying the withered and decaying!
In less than a month, the kingdom of Timur had lost more than a dozen cities.
Meantime.
Seeing that Timur's country was suffering such a catastrophe, the surrounding small countries that had been bullied by Timur's country for decades also began to take the opportunity to attack Timur's country.
The whole country of Timur was surrounded by enemies on all sides, and the people were panicked.
Just in the beginning.
The royal families of Timur still had the idea of recruiting troops to fight back.
However, when it comes to the back, you can only retract while fighting.
I heard that the lowly little countries around them who usually kneel and lick them actually began to take advantage of the fire to rob.
The entire royal family of the Timurid kingdom was shocked and angry, but they were unable to send troops!
And so on for two months. The whole kingdom of Timur has lost twenty cities.
That's it, it's still the result of the Ming army's swaying attack.
Timur sued for peace, and exchanged the detained envoys of the Ming Dynasty, Fu An, Yang Dewen and others.
Li Jinglong ceased war and made peace with the envoys of Timur.
However, after two days of talking, the envoy of Timur left with a look of indignation.
"The Ming people are too greedy!"
"How dare they ask for so much money?"
"With so much possessions, you can remove more than half of the treasury!"
"This is the money I've seized this year!"
"Fight!"
"How can we be afraid of those great Ming people!"
"I don't believe it, the Ming only have an army of 50,000, how many firearms and bombs can they carry......
And in a large city in the easternmost part of the country of Timur.
Fu An, Yang Dewen and others also advised Li Jinglong with a suspicious face.
"Duke Cao Guogong, it's not the petty official who is asking for that Timur country, but the compensation you are asking for from that Timurid country, it's too much!"
Li Jinglong smiled faintly, "Timur can't take it out?"
Fu An pondered for a moment, then replied: "The Timurid Kingdom has been fighting for decades, slaughtering more than a dozen surrounding countries, and plundering gold and silver treasures, I don't know how many!
Although Cao Guogong asked for a lot, if Timur gritted his teeth, he would still be able to take it out!"
"Can they take it?"
Li Jinglong was taken aback.
Seeing this, Fu An and Yang Dewen were also surprised, "Cao Guogong doesn't want to negotiate peace?"
"If you can fight, you have to fight!"
Saying that, Li Jinglong sighed with some regret, "It's just that although this Timurid country does not have 300,000 elite soldiers, it can still gather these 150,000 troops to guard in front of our army.
If we blindly attack, although we can break through it, there will definitely be countless armies and cities behind us to hold on, and our army will also suffer heavy casualties, and the gains outweigh the losses!"
"Cao Guogong is wise!"
Fu An, Yang Dewen and others immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"In the past few decades, the entire Timurid country has been fighting everywhere under the leadership of Timur, slaughtering cities and destroying the country, and the territory of the entire Timurid country is at least half the size of my Ming Dynasty.
In addition, its population is large.
Plus the whole country of Timur is very belligerent!
If Cao Guogong blindly attacked, even if he was captured, my Ming army would suffer heavy losses!
Moreover, this place is tens of thousands of miles away from my Ming Dynasty, and it is inconvenient to supply......
"I see!"
Li Jinglong nodded slightly, and then his expression turned fierce, "However, if they don't compensate, they should be beaten!"
"Cao Guogong!"
Fu An, Yang Dewen and others looked anxious, they had really seen the bravery of Timur's generals.
In this way, Da Ming has to do it
Get a raw deal!
Li Jinglong waved his hand, "You don't need to say much, the ambition of the wolf son of Timur country, the following offenses, dare to detain my Ming envoys, and dare to violate my Ming Dynasty, this time they must be beaten and scared!"
"You don't have to worry, although the Timurid soldiers are brave, my Ming soldiers are not the slightest bit worse.
Otherwise, my Ming Dynasty would not have destroyed hundreds of thousands of soldiers and generals of their Timurid country, and even fought all the way into their country!"
Fu An, Yang Dewen and others couldn't help but be stunned.
Immediately, he respectfully saluted Li Jinglong.
"Please also ask Cao Guogong for forgiveness, it is the lower officials and others who are in a hurry!"
"Hmm!"
Li Jinglong nodded slightly, and then asked Fu An, Yang Dewen and the others to go down.
Then he gathered all the generals and decided which city to attack.
A few days later.
The war resumed.
The firearms and bombs of the Ming army are endless.
After half a month, Timur lost tens of thousands of troops and several cities.
And the Ming army has not stopped attacking.
Half a month later.
The royal family and magnates of the Timurid kingdom finally fought for a result.
Hari Sultan succeeded Timur as emperor.
At the same time, he sent envoys to express peace talks to Li Jinglong again.
Li Jinglong is still the attitude of the last time, compensation.
Moreover, the amount of compensation is once again increased by 10%.
In this regard, although the envoys of the Timurid country were full of anger, they could only swallow their anger when they remembered that their Timurid country was now under attack on all sides.
Repay!
A month later.
The compensation of Timur has been sent to the city south of Timur and handed over to the Ming sailors.
After receiving the letter received by the Daming Sailor, Li Jinglong began to return to the east with the gold, silver, jewelry and materials they had seized in the past few months.
Meantime.
The Daming Sailor also began to return.
The whole country of Timur finally breathed a sigh of relief!
Immediately afterwards, the country of Timur, which had been full of anger, began to frantically send troops in all directions to take revenge on those small countries that took advantage of the fire to rob.
Meantime.
The country of Timur also began civil strife.
The chief of them was Shahru, the fourth son of Timur.
A month later.
The emperor of Timur has changed again!
Li Jinglong didn't know about these.
At this time, he is returning east with a difficult journey with 50,000 Ming troops.
When they first began to pursue Hari Sultan's defeated army, they didn't feel much of it.
However, when I go back, I really feel that this road is difficult.
And this will.
In Daming, it is singing and dancing.
The fields are full of grain.
The entire Ming Dynasty was also enjoying the fruits of victory after the defeat of the Northern Expedition of Warat and Timur.
This time, Daming made a lot of money!
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