Asia has been a region of developed civilization since ancient times.

In the 14th century, China was the first to emerge from the dark period and began large-scale production and civilization construction, while Central and West Asia also fell apart and fell into a state of chaos.

The land of the former Persian Empire, each of which had four dynasties, was also trying to recover, and before Timur's invasion, the three local kings were all fond of literature, especially Shashuza, who encouraged a kind of renaissance.

Unlike China, the Ming Dynasty experienced nearly three hundred years of recovery, although it finally returned to the dark period, but left a spark, and the restoration of civilization in Central Asia was only a flash in the pan, with the invasion of Timur, the spark of civilization was completely extinguished.

Samarkand.

That is, Uzbekistan in later generations, is now the capital of the Timurid Empire, and in the twenty-first year of Hongwu, Timur received the envoy of the Ming Dynasty here.

Chen Cheng was ordered by Zhu Gaochi to appease the Timurid Empire and arrived in this city, and when Timur in front learned about it, he asked Chen Cheng to escort him to West Asia.

At this time.

Timur's exploits were about to reach their peak.

Starting from the Western Chagatai Khanate, he conquered the kingdoms of Persia successively, and then spent five years defeating the Khwarazm, the Black Clothes on the Indian border, and the Afghan Bandar in a hurry.

Massacres and raids, such as the massacre of 100,000 people near Diri.

At the time of Zhu Di's conquest of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, Timur was at war with the Ottoman Empire, the largest overlord in West Asia, the Ottoman Empire in Asia Minor, so by the time Chen Cheng arrived, it was already full of war and ruins.

"Why did the previous dynasty attack the Eastern Chagatai Khanate?"

In order to welcome the envoys of the Ming Dynasty, Timur summoned all the local figures with heads and faces.

Chen Cheng's position was next to Timur, showing the status of the Ming Dynasty.

When it comes to Timur's status and strength today, of course, he is unwilling to pay tribute to Daming anymore, but after so many years, Timur hesitates in his heart whether to turn his face with Daming.

Chen Cheng was a famous diplomat in history, and Timur's ambitions were clear at a glance.

"The Great Tomorrow represents civilization, and any saboteur who undermines regional stability and order will be punished by the Great Tomorrow Kingdom, and all those who disrespect will be exterminated as a righteous teacher."

The interpreter of the mission translated.

Inside the temple.

All kinds of people looked at Chen Cheng curiously, and someone dared to be so arrogant in front of Timur.

Timur was stunned, and his face changed.

One will be red and one will be white.

When he was younger, when Timur started in the Western Chagatai Khanate, he was a little more particular, and the killing and destruction were not so serious compared to the original Mongol conquest.

When he entered middle age, he defeated the Afghan and Indian black coats, and the buried savagery was finally revealed.

Slaughter from Central Asia to West Asia.

In history, in the face of Zhu Di's envoy, Timur detained him, wanting to force the other party to surrender, in order to show his prestige, and by the way, end the relationship with the Ming Dynasty.

However, the righteous words of the envoy Fu An in the court, as well as the national integrity displayed, made Timur's purpose frustrated, and he was so angry that he did not dare to kill the envoy of the Ming Dynasty and was detained for 12 years.

Until Timur's death, his successor was unwilling to settle a grudge with the Ming Dynasty, sent missions and tribute, continued to be vassals, and escorted the envoys of the Ming Dynasty back to China, resuming the broken tributary relationship, which remained until the Wanli period.

Timur was murderous.

Chen Cheng's face remained unchanged, and he was ready to die.

In front of the countries of Central and West Asia, the appearance of seeing death as if it were home shocked everyone.

The soldiers clenched their weapons and waited for Timur's order.

Suddenly.

Timur laughed.

"Your Ming Dynasty's power extends to my gan, and it is not far from my capital, so I can't say that I will have to deal with it often in the future."

Chen Cheng stared at Timur unceremoniously.

"Does Timur Khan want to dissolve his vassal relationship with my Ming Dynasty?"

Timur didn't expect the Ming people in front of him to be so blind, and his face turned cold again.

The envoys of various countries, some of whom had dealt with the envoys of the Ming Dynasty in Samarkand before, and some of the envoys who came into contact with the Ming Dynasty for the first time, and there were even countries in the world that dared to coerce Timur Khan, and many people were moved in their hearts.

Timur's proclamation to the Ming Dynasty was well known in the early days, but as Timur's power grew, he no longer revealed it to the outside world, and many kings of West Asia did not know.

Chen Cheng made up his mind to expose the facts in front of everyone.

Timur pondered for a moment.

His army is still in West Asia, the war has not been completely won, and it is not a good time to turn his face with the Ming Dynasty, but he is unwilling to continue to admit that he is a vassal to the Ming Dynasty in front of the newly conquered kingdoms.

The human mind changes with the change of position.

He is now the biggest overlord in Central and West Asia, how can he still be willing to submit to the Ming Dynasty.

"Hahaha."

"The envoys of the Ming Dynasty are tired, send them to rest."

Timur ordered.

Seeing this, Chen Cheng already understood, and no longer touched the stones, and was "escorted" by the guards.

The hall fell silent.

Timur couldn't help but be angry in his heart.

I wanted to use the Ming Dynasty envoys to establish their prestige, improve their prestige, and build morale for the upcoming decisive battle, but I didn't expect the Ming Dynasty envoys to have such a hard head that they were not afraid of death at all.

One way or another.

Thirty-five years of Hongwu.

In the northeast of the city of Ansir, the army of Asia Minor and the army of Timur, with a total of one million troops on both sides, fought a decisive battle here.

On the right flank of the army of Asia Minor was the army of the barbarians, and on the left flank was the army of Serbi.

Timur's army consisted of the Mongols and the armies of Asia Minor, and thirty-two war elephants were taken in front of him from India.

This is the prototype of the giant elephant in the famous Lord of the Rings films.

For example, Mu Ying often fought against elephant soldiers in Yunnan and won the first battle, and the elephant soldiers were like mythical soldiers in the eyes of Westerners.

Equally.

After the defeat of the nomadic forces in China's neighborhood, they often went to the West to make a fortune and claim hegemony. On the contrary, nomadic forces from the West have never been able to set foot in the East.

In this famous battle in West Asia, the historical materials recorded by Westerners specifically wrote about these 32 war elephants, and Timur did regard the elephant soldiers as a magic weapon to defeat the enemy.

No matter how the historical records are, how developed the film and television technology in the West in later generations, reality is reality.

The elephant soldiers have done a great job.

The battle began in the morning and ended in the middle of the night.

The so-called famous barbarian army, half of the battle, saw that the other side was powerful, and even surrendered on the battlefield, no matter how the historical data praised how powerful it was before, it was actually a manifestation of poor military discipline in the battle.

Not to mention the Tang Army, even the Song Army is inferior.

Don't talk about how the Persian army can wrestle with the Tang army, it's all nonsense from people with a heart in later generations.

The performance of the barbarian army led to the rout of the army of Asia Minor, and Timur won a great victory.

Not only did they completely destroy the armies of Asia Minor, but they also captured King Bayaji.

After the great victory, it was a carnival feast for Timur's army.

Cities were plundered, sin and slaughtered, and Timur's prestige spread to Europe, including the monarchs of Egypt, who sent emissaries to Timur and recognized him as a vassal state of the Timurid Khanate.

The Eastern Roman Emperor John VII, the monarchs of Edin, Saruhan, and other places, were ordered to claim their kingdoms.

this year.

Timur's power reached its peak.

Li Xian finally returned from the Golden Horde, but Chen Cheng has not been heard from so far.

Thirty-five years of Hongwu.

The population of the Ming Dynasty reached more than 85.2 million, including only the registered population, including Annam and Champang, as well as the Eastern Chagatai Division, the Senan Province, the Northern Saibei Region, and the Nuer Gandu Division.

The population in China is about 91.7 million, including Goryeo maids, Japanese maids, and Japanese eunuchs.

Zhu Di organized an army of 600,000, including 500,000 in the army and 100,000 in the navy.

Lee Sung-gye of Goryeo finally died of illness.

Soon after Li Chenggui died of illness, Zhu Gaochi sent envoys to mourn and signed agreements with Li Fangguo, Li Fanggan, and Li Fangyuan, and Goryeo was divided into three.

Li Fangguo was the king of Goryeo, Li Fanggan was the general of the left army, and Li Fangyuan was the general of the right army.

In order to establish his concubine as the son of the world and solve the threat of his two younger brothers who held military power, Li Fangguo chose to completely fall to the Ming Dynasty.

Taking this opportunity, Qiu Fu was awarded the title of Marquis of Daming, led the post of Governor of Goryeo, led 3,000 elite soldiers to garrison Goryeo Hanseong, and established the Myeongli United Naval Division, which was commanded by the Ming army, and divided Jeju Island into the garrison of the Mingli Combined Naval Division, which was managed by the Ming army.

"It's well laid out."

Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed.

The fourth Zhu Di is good at military affairs, and his grandson is good at layout.

A huge Goryeo was actually played by his grandson between applause, and was actually controlled by the Ming Dynasty without much effort.

Zhu Di was also shocked.

His own son knows when he has such a ability.

Zhu Gaochi's face was low-key.

This is the advantage of knowing history, he is just taking advantage of the situation, and he can't count his true talents, and said with a smile: "Li Fanggan and Li Fangyuan must be unconvinced in their hearts, but because of the current situation, neither of them dares to take the lead in turning their faces." ”

"Since they don't dare to turn their faces now, and the facts have been formed in a few years, they can't help it."

Zhu Yuanzhang said indifferently.

When he established the Ming Dynasty, how many toasts were sincerely attached? But as long as they choose to bow their heads for a while and form a habit, the longer the time goes on, the greater the inertia.

The Tusi in all parts of the Ming Dynasty, less than one out of ten finally rebelled, and as many as ninety percent of the Tusi were unwilling to rebel, but became the help of the Ming Dynasty, this is the reality.

He did not conquer Korea at the beginning, in fact, because Korea was too far away and was not in harmony with China, and it was afraid that it would cost a lot of material and civil resources to rely on the means of conquest, and the Ming Dynasty at that time lacked population even in the interior, not to mention Liaodong.

"I heard that Timur has become the overlord of Central Asia and West Asia, I'm afraid he won't obediently surrender to us, and Chen Cheng still doesn't know whether he is dead or alive." Zhu Gaochi was not carried away by the momentary victory.

Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di couldn't help but touch his chin.

Less than a year after returning to the capital, is it going to go out to lead troops to fight again?

(End of chapter)