The convergence of the left and right armies, every soldier was very excited.

It's so rare.

Wang Dabing kindly hugged the robe he didn't know, and couldn't wait to kiss each other's faces, in such a distant foreign country, the difficulties all the way were either walking, sleeping, and then guarding, and there was very little time to fight.

What could be more joyful than meeting brothers from one country.

The morale of the whole army has reached its peak.

Zhang Fu and Zhu Gaochu and others were also very happy, not only the arrival of Zhu Neng's Left Route Army, but also the fact that he brought a lot of friendly troops, even Zhu Gaoxu had to sigh, this person not only won the first credit, but the situation along the way was also incredible.

"Do those people listen to you?"

Zhang Fu asked with concern.

Zhu Neng nodded first, then shook his head again.

"What do you mean?"

Everyone was curious.

Zhu Neng said cautiously: "Whether you listen or not, it also depends on the interests, all kinds of reasons, it is not simple to explain, if you want them to attack the city, I think, they are not fools." ”

"Siege has always been the rarest, not to mention that this Samarkand itself is a big city, and Timur has been fortified for decades, I am afraid that even if they are forced to go up, not only will they not be able to capture this city, but they will also be separated."

"What's the use of them?"

Zhu Gaoxu was dissatisfied, isn't it wronged, the Ming army is fighting in front, and they are taking advantage of the rear.

Zhu Neng was not angry and explained carefully.

This man was very calm.

"The King of the County."

"If you want to stabilize the place as soon as possible, the fastest way is tantamount to pulling the local forces to fight together, which not only severs their relationship with Timur and makes them enemies, but we can also understand each other and establish more relationships."

In the original history, in the second year of Yongle, Zhu Gaoxu was named the king of Han, and now Zhu Di has only ascended the throne, and it is still the name of the 36th year of Hongwu, so people call him the king of the county.

"No matter how you look at it, we all suffer the most."

Zhu Gaoxu said unhappily.

Countless materials were spent along the way, and the soldiers also climbed mountains and waded through hardships, and in the end they got a few pieces of useless land.

None of them.

There is no population.

According to Zhu Gaoxu's understanding, the Samarkand region is relatively wealthy, the land is barely fertile, and the further west you go, the more barren it becomes, full of deserts and hills, hard land, and fertile land is rarely seen.

It was only after passing through Mulu that there were some plains, and eventually it was necessary to cross several mountains before it could be opened up, and there were plains, which were also the best areas for nomads to rob.

Only nomads who are willing to migrate there and establish a state can survive for a long time.

However, Timur could not leave his homeland, so he chose to return to his hometown instead of staying in the local area to govern seriously, otherwise relying on the fertility of the local land, he might be able to resume production, get the materials to feed the army, and end the dilemma of feeding the war by war.

Samarkand, later Uzbekistan.

It is the most populous country of the five Central Asian countries, with more than 36 million people, followed by the Golden Horde region in the north, and later Kazakhstan, with a population of nearly 20 million, and the remaining three countries ranging from a few million to 10 million.

The Mulu region is the later Turkmenistan, with the largest land area of the five Central Asian countries, with a population of only more than 5 million, but it is at the bottom of the five Central Asian countries, which shows the barrenness of the land.

"It's already good."

Zhang Fu spoke for Zhu Neng.

In fact, the thinking of the mainland countries is not the same as the Spanish voyage and the British colonial model, and the environment and the situation faced by the two sides are different.

"I heard that there are also merchants from the Ming Dynasty in the city, and the scale is not small, can you expect them to cooperate with the outside world?"

"Try your luck."

"It's still going to be a cannon."

Zhang Fu does not hand over his luck to others.

"The heavy artillery is difficult, I'm afraid I have to wait for a month, is the army consuming grain and grass in vain? What's more, the tens of thousands of coalition troops brought by General Zhu's troops can't afford to supply them. ”

Since the eldest brother promoted agriculture and developed industrialization, he and his father fought wars in the surrounding areas of the country, and never worried about grain and grass.

"In terms of grain and grass, we don't need to provide us."

Zhu Neng said with a smile.

Along the way, the old land was fetched food.

Some forces are unwilling to tear their faces with Timur, and want to be a grass on the wall, and they will support whoever is strong, how can Zhu Neng ignore it.

Case.

Zhu Neng led the forces that were willing to resist Timur and eliminate these wait-and-see forces, which could not only obtain food and grass materials, but also eliminate potential risks, and force more people to turn their faces against Timur, and finally cut off many people's back roads.

In the two years of Jiaozhi, Zhu Neng has grown a lot.

After deliberation, the people gave up the siege, chose to surround it, and then divided their armies, attacked all around, waited for the artillery from the rear to arrive, and then broke through the city of Samarkand in one fell swoop.

And send cavalry to the west, except for vigilance, it is better to find out where Timur's army has arrived.

Since the last night attack failed and the entire army was wiped out, the capital of Samarkand already knew the strength of the other party, and did not dare to send troops out of the city to fight, and there were not many troops in the city itself.

"My guess, our army is in a dilemma."

domed house.

There were a dozen merchants sitting on the stalls, dressed in silk robes that did not fit in with the people of the city.

"That's nature."

"The city is so strong, although the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are elite, they are also mortals of flesh and blood in the end, and they are not invulnerable, and it is normal that they can't be attacked." Someone analyzed.

"What about us?"

"Nope."

Zheng Gang vetoed it.

"Although "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is, it is also combined with historical materials, we are businessmen doing business in a foreign country, and we have been treated preferentially along the way, if there is a rebellion in the city now, even if we take this city, then we don't want to do business in other countries in the future."

"And the news spreads, and the merchants of the Ming Dynasty in various countries will complain about us."

Everyone looked at each other.

"My eldest brother is right."

Young Zheng Ang shouted support.

"Be quiet, don't spread the word." Someone reminded.

"But in case our army can't capture this city, resulting in the failure of His Majesty's westward expedition, will we also sit idly by?"

"Why ignore it?"

"Didn't we send back a lot of information about the Timurid Khanate? We brought goods from the mainland to the Timurid Khanate thousands of miles away, and brought back the goods from the Timurid Khanate to the Ming Dynasty, and the taxes were less? ”

Zheng Gang was very polite.

He is dissatisfied at home.

Only those who do not have the right way will leave the country to do business, because the largest market in the world is in China.

The most profitable is, of course, the coal industry.

Looking at the coal industry, and even iron ore and other industries, the domestic management is very strict, not to mention the high threshold, it is not easy for ordinary businessmen to enter, plus the traditional coal mining firms have strong relationships and strong capital, and ordinary businessmen can not compete.

The same is true for other industries.

Around the Daming Industry Bureau system, the upstream and downstream industrial chains, in addition to capital, must also have a relationship.

In a nutshell.

The profits are moving, but they can't eat them.

Who wants to leave the country, leave the richest market system, and take all the hard risks to do business in a foreign land? They are small businessmen who have nothing to do with and do not have enough capital.

Staying in the country, they will end up being annexed.

Of course.

The bigger factor is that the domestic competition is too fierce, and the most famous is the Kong Ming Lantern merchant, how prosperous he was at the beginning, but the result was not also a failure, and finally went to Goryeo.

The merchants decided to do nothing.

The settlement of the Ming merchants in the city made many nobles very satisfied.

"The Zheng brothers are too stubborn."

"What they say is not without reason."

"What's the truth? Do they rely on themselves to bring the goods they bring and sell them back to their homeland? And not the social system of the Ming Dynasty? Without the developed prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, what do they rely on to do business? ”

"What then? Is it really risking that other countries will also guard against our danger in the future? ”

Everyone, you say a word to me.

The Zheng brothers also discussed behind closed doors.

"Big brother, if the imperial army takes Samarkand, will they be dissatisfied with us?" Zheng Ang is not the youthful and vigorous that his appearance shows, but he is a little apprehensive.

The Zheng brothers are outside, the elder brother sings white face, and the younger brother sings red face, and the two cooperate tacitly.

"You let your subordinates prepare and prepare, if the imperial army is strong, we will move, cooperate with the outside and make contributions."

Zheng Gang said with a smile.

Zheng Ang understood, and shook his head helplessly.

The eldest brother is really a little family, but the two brothers don't rely on relationships, and the family doesn't have too much money.

It's just that their Zheng family is not what it used to be, and the scale of their business is not worth mentioning in China, but in Samarkand, it can be regarded as a big businessman, so Zheng Ang thinks that it is good to change the way in the past.

The eldest brother bets on both sides, and wants to eat alone, and there are too many people who have offended.

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The two tribes of Nikotari and Heza, knowing that the capital of Samarkand was besieged, hurriedly contacted the surrounding tribes to support the capital of Samarkand, some tribes arrived at the first time, some tribes were unwilling, but they did not dare to disobey, procrastinating, and only after a month did they gather more than 20,000 cavalry.

It is said that it is a cavalry, but in fact it is a herdsman.

Timur took care of his own territory, especially the two tribes of Nikotari and Heza, and took him in, which was regarded as a life-saving grace, so he was very favoritistic.

Over the decades, the two tribes also became the largest forces in the region, and they were also loyal to Timur.

After learning about it.

Huo Zhen led 5,000 cavalry, united more than 10,000 coalition troops, and launched a big battle in the Amu Darya and Syr Darya regions, while Zhu Gaoxu led 1,000 cavalry to press the rear and respond to Huo Zhen at any time.

Herders live on horseback on weekdays, and in their daily lives, they form some tacit understanding, but they lack training in large-scale tactical operations.

Only Timur's army had such abilities.

Huo Zhen was originally a Mongol, and he stayed in the army of the Ming Dynasty all the year round, the advantages and disadvantages of the other party, Huo Zhen was very clear, there were no new tricks, and the old three tactics directly crushed the past.

There were no surprises in the war.

More than 20,000 tribal cavalry, in front of the Ming cavalry has no power to fight back, even if there are many people, it is useless, not to mention the coalition forces that can also fight, they are unwilling to attack the city, but they still support fighting in the field.

"The Ming army is too powerful."

"yes."

"The same Ming army can defeat five times as many enemies."

"That is, the 5,000 Ming army in front of you can defeat 20,000 or 30,000 opponents, so you can see that they are all dispatched according to this ratio."

"There is no way, they lack food and grass, so they can only calculate and calculate."

The leaders of the various ministries often commented on the Ming army in private.

This army from afar claimed to be the suzerainty of the Timurid Khanate, and Timur wrote letters to their king and letters to the mission, and many of the leaders were skeptical.

But in any case, the strength of this army is already everyone's consensus.

It is precisely because of the clear view of the facts that many people believe that Timur is not the opponent of the Ming Dynasty, and the perennial oppression has contributed to many tribes joining the Ming Dynasty, but the tribes in the Barihei region are different.

They were slaughtered by Timur, everyone had a grudge against Timur, not to mention that the army was strong in combat, even if it was slightly weaker than the Timurid Khanate, they would try their best to help.

Listen to the familiar sound of gunfire in the distance.

The soldiers of the Ming army really separated in two arcs, bypassing the main force of the other side, and did not entangle with the opponent's army, but chose to attack from a distance, and some soldiers of the Ming army were shot off their horses by the opponent's bows and arrows.

But more often than not, the people on the other side were turned on their backs by the people who were shot, and they fell into chaos in pieces.

The Ming army cooperated tacitly, moved quickly, reloaded on horseback, sounded the trumpets of each army, waved flags, and even each team, and even each department, as if it were a whole.

Approaching the release again.

After only two rounds, the cavalry of the tribe had lost order and were fighting on their own.

"It's not as good as us."

The leaders saw the performance of the other party, showed a shameful smile, and saw that the time had come, and sure enough, the Ming army blew the agreed military trumpet, representing the coalition army to attack and charge the tribal cavalry.

"Yo-heh."

"Roar."

"Minions."

All kinds of strange screams, behind tens of thousands of cavalry, kicked up billowing smoke and dust.

At this time, the cavalry of the tribe had lost its formation and could not exert its combat effectiveness, and the leaders of the army shouted and even raised their whips, hoping that the soldiers would recover quickly.

But like a lonely boat in the ocean, it can't resist the general trend.

The defeat was like a mountain.

The tribal cavalry appeared deserters, and the deserters led more deserters, like a mountain collapsing, collapsing in pieces, fleeing in all directions, and everyone wanted to run to the front.

"Whoosh."

The coalition cavalrymen drew their bows and shot arrows, shooting one after another from behind.

Many who did not have time to flee and did not want to die in battle, a large number of people began to surrender on their knees, hoping to find a way to survive.

For those who surrendered, the Ming army did not kill.

The coalition forces did not kill the killers either.

General Tian is very generous.

The population will be given to them, and in the eyes of the leaders of the coalition forces, these people are their wealth, so the leaders of the coalition are very hard-working, and they don't want to let everyone go.

The Ming army ended the battle and began to recuperate.

The leaders of the coalition forces, who did not need Huozhen's orders, had already skillfully pursued the routers.

There are many such victories, and the figure of the Ming army is already unshakable in their hearts, and everyone knows the end of offending the Ming army, because this army is invincible.

At least that's what they see.

I haven't seen the Ming army defeat the battle, so no leader dares to disobey the orders of the Ming generals.

Zhu Di came from behind to order.

He already knew the situation at the front and urged the teams transporting the artillery.

Soon.

The heads of the ministries were gathered.

Distance.

It is the shadow of the capital of Samarkand, this city that was unattainable in the past and no one dared to approach, has lost its former status in the hearts of the leaders, and they have identified the Ming army.

"Our army's assault artillery will arrive in half a month, and the day it arrives is when the city is broken."

Young Zhu Gaoxu said confidently in front of everyone.

Hundreds of large and small leaders sat around, and people knew that the young man in front of him was noble, the second son of His Majesty the Emperor, and no one dared to disobey him, and Zhu Neng did not have such great prestige.

Even if Zhu Neng came all the way with many leaders.

"The Ming army will win!"

One of the leaders said loudly, and the people around him echoed him.

The atmosphere at the scene was good.

Zhu Gaoxu said with satisfaction: "The capital of Samarkand is the spoils of the Ming army, and no one is allowed to interfere. ”

With Zhu Gaoxu's words, the scene fell silent.

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other, could it be that the Ming army wanted to eat alone?

"All the cities in the region of Barrihay are yours."

"According to your respective military exploits, you will become the hereditary ambassador of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the local city lord." Zhu Gaoxu explained the system of the Ming Dynasty's Propaganda Division.

The chiefs are divided into three parts.

Part of it is from the Hashhar region, some part from the Barihei region, and then the least and most recently annexed tribes.

After Zhu Neng, Zhang Fu and others discussed, with Zhu Di's consent, it was decided to distribute it in the future.

The current situation.

According to the disappearance of the inquiry, the vanguard of Timur's army only reached Qazvin, and even if he learned that the capital was besieged, he could not rush back.

This is also the reason why Timur was very respectful to the Ming Dynasty at the end of his western expedition and before returning to the capital.

Not to mention today's Ming Dynasty, which recovered the Eastern Chagatai Division early.

Timur's lair was under the nose of the Ming Dynasty, although this distance was still very far, but it was much closer than Timur's army to his capital.

It was also the reason why Zhu Gaochi immediately sent an envoy to the Timurid Khanate after learning that Zhu Di did not follow his plan and took the Eastern Chagatai Khanate in advance.

It's like the capital of the Ming Dynasty, if it was Beiping, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty went to Southeast Asia with most of the army, but a very strong Houjin army appeared in Nuergan.

No one will sit idly by, and will inevitably lead his division back to the army, and confront Houjin, and even fight, and the side of the couch will not allow others to snore.

It is also the reason why Mao Wenlong was killed by Yuan Chonghuan, which made later historians full of controversy.

No matter how many victories Mao Wenlong's army had, it was a fact that this army started from scratch, from gathering the displaced people, recruiting troops from the displaced people, and began to form combat effectiveness, gradually becoming stronger, and making it impossible for the Houjin to coerce North Korea.

The biggest controversy should actually be the controversy over whether Mao Wenlong fought with Houjin to the end, or whether he was independent.

It's not about whether this army can be involved in the controversy of Houjin.

The existence of this army must involve the Houjin, otherwise where did the three kings and one duke of the Houjin come from.

The same thing.

Under Zhu Gaochi's preparations, but Timur was defenseless, naturally there was the current situation, even if Timur had returned to the capital earlier than the time in history, he was also anxious, and he could only have no choice but to fight for the best war environment for the Ming Dynasty.

Present.

Zhu Neng and Zhang Fu both believed that with the arrival date of the heavy artillery clear, there would be absolutely no problem in taking Samarkand, so it would be better to say earlier than later on the distribution of benefits in the future.

That's where we are today.

The biggest force of Hashihar is the Kumada family, which has been wiped out by the Ming Dynasty, and the leaders who came from the Hashihar region belong to the local small leaders.

Barihei was Timur's early ally, and he was also a thorn in the flesh in Timur's eyes.

Not only did they conspire to kill their ally Ku Xin, but they also killed the local tribes who supported Hu Xin, so the local vitality was greatly damaged, and the leaders who followed Zhu Neng were also not strong.

As for the tribes that are now newly annexed, they have not achieved an inch, and what kind of spoils are they talking about.

Barihei is the Balkh province of Afghanistan in later generations, the area is larger than the state of Tajikistan and smaller than the state of Kyrgyzstan, and the distribution is not stingy, but compared with the Samarkand region, many people are not convinced if they want to compare the benefits obtained by the Ming army.

To adopt such an approach, Da Ming has also considered it comprehensively.

Because there are no Han Chinese in the local area.

If you don't have your own race, you don't have to talk about governance, you can only adopt a policy of wooing local tribes.

It takes at least 20 years to educate you.

There are too many local chiefs, and it's hard to manage.

Moreover, if the newly recovered areas are divided too finely, it is not conducive to local stability, and the local population itself is not large, and too many officials will also increase the burden on the local area.

"The Ming Dynasty will establish the province of Samarkand and the province of Barihei."

"The establishment of the Cheng Xuan Zheng Division, the command of the envoy department, the punishment according to the prosecution of the department, the Xuan Consolation Department and the Xuan Fu Department are subordinate to the political department, as the next level of local administrative organs."

Zhu Gaoxu informed Daming of the rules.

The crowd listened carefully.

The local military council has set up a general military officer, the government is responsible for governance, the general military officer is responsible for the military, and each propaganda department is obliged to send troops to fight the war.

The hereditary governors of each division must be appointed by the imperial court when they succeed, obey the imperial court at any time, regularly make pilgrimages to the imperial court, and pay tribute, and the native soldiers must obey the transfer of the imperial court.

It is the same system as the Xuanfu Division of the Ming Dynasty in history.

This system is actually very good in a strange land, in a region without its own race.

In areas with weak influence, a propaganda department will be set up, focusing on stability.

In areas with great influence, the Xuanfu Department was set up, which was strictly managed, and a large number of rogue officials were selected to assume the positions of co-governor, deputy envoy, and secretary to be responsible for local management.

Outside the capital of Samarkand, the Propaganda Department will be established.

In the Bari Black region, a consolation department will be established.

At last.

Zhu Gaoxu said that a school would be established.

(End of chapter)