Timur's generals Sulai Mansha, Abbasbaru Assassins, etc., stationed in Chengelai and Turkishan on the west bank of the Amu Darya River, encountered a large number of deserters and felt that something was wrong.

"Where is the Great Khan?"

"Who is your chief?"

At first they thought they were deserters, but as more and more people gathered in the Amu Darya River, everyone knew something was wrong.

Quickly came to the barbarian sand and sent people everywhere to inquire about Timur's whereabouts.

People can't tell.

After another two days, the banner of the Ming cavalry appeared, and seeing that the situation was not good, the Sulai Mansha ordered the destruction of bridges and boats, so as to prevent the Ming army from having a chance to cross the river, as did the Abbasbaru Thorns downstream.

Most of the defeated troops have already crossed the river, and a small number of defeated soldiers have arrived, seeing that they cannot cross the river, they can only turn back and surrender to the Ming army, praying for a chance to live.

Many of the pursuers of the Ming army from all walks of life have also arrived.

After two days of pursuit, not only did the defeated soldiers have no strength, but they also did not have the strength to escape, and the Ming troops were also lacking.

"Who's the guard ahead?"

Wang Zhen took his own part, while recruiting the defeated troops from all over the country, and at the same time sending scouts to contact the surrounding friendly forces, and did not forget to collect information.

A Timurid general said.

"The guard on the opposite side will come to the sand."

"Can you recruit this person?"

The general said with a bitter face: "This man is loyal to Timur, I am afraid he will not surrender." ”

"Why?"

Wang Zhen asked curiously.

"When Timur Khan conquered Persia, Tokhtamysh invaded the river and marched to Samarkand.

"The sands of the Sholai were defeated, and a large area of land was encroached upon by Tokhtamysh."

"Later, Timur Khan returned to Samarkand, Tokhtamysh did not dare to fight and retreated, but Timur Khan did not condemn the Sulai Mansha, but boasted that the Sulai Mansha was brave and could be outnumbered, which shows bravery."

"From then on, Sulai Mansha was loyal to Timur Khan, and only listened to the orders of Timur Khan, and it was like a day for ten years."

In the mouth of the general, Timur was still called the Great Khan.

Wang Zhen did not pursue it.

Now is not the time, and it is important to stabilize people's hearts.

Wang Zhen not only collected and surrendered troops all the way, but also had the purpose of pursuing Timur, and no one wanted to miss this feat, but he searched all the way to no result, and he did not hear that the friendly army found Timur.

Where the hell did this man flee to?

"Go."

"Tell the people who come to Mansha and submit to the benefits of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise when the Ming army breaks through his city, even if he surrenders, the treatment will be completely different."

Wang Zhen took two people out of the surrendered army to deliver the letter.

Really.

Quickly came to the barangatures and beheaded the two soldiers, and the heads were hung on the city wall, which illustrated his attitude.

After Wang Zhen learned about it, although he felt the provocation of the other party, he did not raise troops in anger.

Considering his own lack of armaments, not only did he not have ships, but he also did not bring siege artillery, he could only look at the river and sigh, and a person like Timur must be thoughtful in his work.

"If it is an ordinary opponent and the opponent is defeated in one game, this big river can allow us to get twice the result with half the effort and annihilate the opponent as much as possible."

"But now."

The horsewhip in Wang Zhen's hand pointed to the wide river and sighed: "This big river has become their life-saving thing." ”

Many of Timur's defeated troops were annihilated by the Ming Dynasty.

There were also many Timurid troops who took the opportunity to escape across the river first, and there were not many who escaped in formation, and most of them were cavalry troops.

The news of Wang Zhen and some generals kept coming back.

The clerks rearranged the sand table.

According to the news from the generals of various quarters, a new situation has taken shape, the situation on the battlefield is becoming more and more cheerful, and people have a clear understanding of the current direction.

"Will Timur flee south?"

Zhang Fu stared at the sand table and said suddenly.

"Possibly."

Zhu Neng heard Zhang Fu's thoughts, and thought about it for a moment in his heart, if Timur fled south, instead of fleeing west as people thought in their hearts, the success rate would increase a lot.

Those who can do this must be bold.

After all, fleeing west is the shortest route.

"We were deluded."

The more Zhang Fu thought about it, the more sure he became.

Several of the enemy troops that broke out to the west under the banner of Timur attracted a group of Ming troops, but none of them really had Timur, and they were all covering for Timur.

"Timur's prestige is so high, this person will not be removed, I am afraid that this person will soon make a comeback, which is not conducive to my Ming Dynasty's recovery of Persia."

It's a lost battle.

The situation on the battlefield is ever-changing, and in such a critical situation, there can still be generals who die for Timur, and the more such a scene, the more it can prove Timur's prestige and make everyone pay more attention to it.

"In any case, Timur cannot be allowed to escape."

After the people took counsel.

A large number of Ming troops were sent out, not only patrolling the east bank of the Amu Darya, but also sending a large number of cavalry to the south, and the boats along the river were collected and guarded, and Timur was never given a chance to cross the river.

At this time.

The leaders of the various tribes still led the native soldiers to capture Timur's rout all over the mountains, and from time to time sporadically resisted, so that the land did not settle down.

Countless cattle, sheep, camels, and even all kinds of munitions.

The officials took people to make an inventory.

As for other places, after many leaders snatched them, they did not report to the Ming army as soon as possible, at most they handed over a few divisions to deal with, and the Ming army did not pursue it too much, as long as it was not too excessive.

The largest city in the region, Bukhara, was completely destroyed in the war.

The battle of the 500,000-strong army was hit in a radius of 100 miles, and it was inevitably decayed, and it was full of devastation under the purpose of putting the military first.

Zhu Di arrived at the ruins of Bukhara City, looking at the mess, and there was not an inch of flat ground under his feet.

"Gather the people around you."

"Set up a porridge shack and give necessary assistance, what we bring is Wanghua, so that people's hearts are benevolent and righteous, restore order here as soon as possible, and give peace to the people."

Zhu Di commanded.

The war with Timur has not yet stopped, so Zhu Di has not yet decided how to govern the city of Bukhara.

The city of Bukhara was destroyed.

The surrounding cities are still there, but they have escaped disaster because they are not as rich as Bukhara.

As the banner of the Ming army spread, many cities fell after hearing the wind.

One by one, they were replaced with the banners of the Ming Dynasty.

In this area, which has been fought by the Timurid army and the Ming army for more than a year, both the people and the remaining local leaders have been afraid of war in their bones and only want to see peace.

Whether it is Timur or the Ming Dynasty, end the war as soon as possible.

The people who survived the catastrophe were very obedient.

As long as there are no more wars.

Timur rode a war horse, with less than a hundred knights left by his side, and unlike what people thought, he did not rush to cross the river because the Amu Darya River was only a few dozen miles away from him.

Instead, with his followers, he avoided the Amu Darya River and headed south in the direction of the Bari region.

The main focus of the Ming army was on the Amu Darya River, and Timur missed several times, and recently, the Ming cavalry and Timur were only separated by one avenue, and Timur and his soldiers hid quietly in the valley.

The Barihei region was the northern part of what was later Afghanistan.

As long as you hide it carefully, it is easy to hide and cannot be found by outsiders.

back then.

Timur slaughtered the local area, but he could not exterminate the local resistance, and now for the same reason, it is difficult for the Ming army to find him.

Most of the local forces followed the Ming army to the Bukhara area.

Therefore, although Timur only led more than 100 cavalry, he also slaughtered all the way, not only did he not lack supplies, but he seemed to have returned to his youth, and Timur even felt a little nostalgic.

"If Ben Khan can be twenty years younger, how can he be put in the eyes of Ben Khan."

Timur sighed.

In the village, everyone was killed.

After the women and children were bullied by Timur's warriors, they were also killed by the sword at Timur's orders.

Along the way, not only did Timur himself regain the majesty of his youth, but the defeated army not only did not collapse, but became more and more moisturized, and everyone was full of red faces.

At Timur's feet was a naked woman who was not blinding.

The woman scolded Timur bitterly, so Timur personally insulted her, and the despair and powerlessness in the other party's eyes made the elderly Timur very excited, but the old body made Timur weak and a little defeated.

Isn't this the most wonderful thing in the world?

It is a quote that they hold up as a treasure.

How hard it is to build.

How delicious it is to be a robber.

The evil of human nature is the most unforgettable, and the ultimate indulgence brings the ultimate refreshment.

And a harmonious society, in order to make people abide by morality, stable order, is not something that people are born with, but the society in which they live, only civilization, is the greatest happiness of the people.

"Great Khan, we still have a large piece of land, as long as we go back smoothly, we can still defeat the Ming Dynasty."

A "warrior" said with a full sense of morale.

Eat and drink without worry.

They have knives and guns.

Everything that is pleasant in the world, they can do what they want.

Those cities and villages are their prey.

The more civilized the region, the stronger the thrill for them, and conquering the civilized region not only makes them more powerful, but also allows them to do the most enjoyable thing in the world.

That's what a warrior should do.

From the day they were born, the genes of slaughter and plunder were engraved in their bones, and they were completely different from the Central Plains civilization.

Therefore they slaughtered all the cities that they saw.

The murdered Asian population has reduced the world's population by a full third, but there is no civilization and technology that they have developed themselves, only everything they have robbed.

These civilizations quickly disappeared in their hands, and the civilizations of Asia regressed, and many regions even fell into nothing, and in later generations they were still in the age of ignorance.

Such a "great achievement" can be praised by many people in later generations.

Is it ignorance or ignorance?

Or maybe those people think they can be a part of them, and that's understandable.

Timur finally saw the Amu Darya.

There is no Ming army here.

"Cross the river from here and go straight to Persia." Timur said.

"Aren't we going back to Mulu?"

"Nope."

"Let's go to Mashhad."

Timur shook his head.

He has arranged a lot of back hands in Mulu, even if Daming takes Mulu, it will stop here because of grain and grass, although Timur despises Daming, but Timur has to admit that Daming is strong in his heart.

He no longer had the courage to fight the Ming Dynasty.

After returning to Persia, he re-led the army and then moved westward, as was the case with the Huns.

Just right.

The territory occupied by the Huns has been conquered by him.

Timur had already made plans on the way to escape, to move the main force to Asia Minor, abandon Central Asia, and use West Asia to deal with the Ming Dynasty, he did not believe that the Ming Dynasty could move so fast.

The crowd had no opinion, believing that the Great Khan, who followed them, would still be able to live the life of their warriors.

More than 100 people rested by the river.

As a young man, Timur had visited the region and knew that there were shoals to cross the river.

Leaving this time, I will never come back in my lifetime.

Timur was reluctant in his heart.

Ride a horse and wander around the river beach.

When he slaughtered this place by himself, he was full of scenery and spirit.

The people's cry was like the greatest praise to him.

All the sons were satisfied.

Everyone embraces themselves.

At that time, he thought that he could go all over the world, and as long as he heard the news of the wealth of the city, he could stimulate his heart, conquer those cities, and become his motivation.

"I didn't expect to go around and around, and after a lifetime, I returned to the starting point."

Timur's heart became sensitive.

I thought of my eldest sons again, following me to fight in the north and south, father and son working together, how happy, I didn't expect the white-haired person to send the black-haired person, it seems that the destiny is not in me.

The people of the Central Plains say that the true son of destiny cannot cripple the other party's body in any danger.

Timur looked at the reflection in the river.

My left foot couldn't help but move.

In the past, there were many people who scolded themselves for being cripples, and those who called themselves like this were all killed by themselves, but there will always be people in other places who call him like this, as if they can't finish killing.

"How thin human life is."

Timur sighed.

With a gentle wave on their necks, like slain chickens, they couldn't even make a sound, and fell to the ground kicking their legs and struggling.

"Whoosh!"

Timur heard the wind, and he knew that it was not good.

The heart desperately reminded to avoid, but the body did not listen to the call, with the shaking of the body, Timur looked at the arrow through the chest, Timur stared at the arrow, his eyes were still incredible.

He looked back with great effort and saw the two children getting up from behind the stones.

One of the children was holding a bow, and when he saw his gaze looking back, there was some timidity in the child's eyes, but it was the younger child next to him, with a knife in his hand, who was eager to rush towards him.

"It's not fair how a child's arrow can penetrate Ben Khan's body."

Timur was not convinced.

The eldest child pulled the child, and the two children ran nimbly up the mountain, where there was no road and sharp rocks could not stop the child from escaping, but instead became their cover.

Finally.

Some knights noticed that something was wrong with the Great Khan in the distance.

They also saw the figures of two children on the hill, as flexible as elves, and the cavalry tentatively chased them, where could they catch up.

Children who have lived in a disorderly world since the day they were born.

The strength of human genes makes them the most hard-working creatures.

Ordinary people can't walk on the road, but they can go unimpeded, and their bare feet have adapted to the sharp stones, which has become their help.

"Luckily."

The soldier who checked Timur said with relief.

The arrows avoided the bones and vital organs of the Great Khan, and only needed to remove the arrows smoothly and recuperate well, and there was a high probability that they could be saved.

The soldiers cut off the arrows, pulled them out with experience, and bandaged them quietly.

Night.

Timur developed a high fever and began to talk nonsense, which is the worst.

Many people do not expect it and leave quietly.

The next morning, half of the manpower was missing.

I stayed up for another day.

Timur already had less air in and more air out.

Fewer and fewer people remained.

Those who could follow Timur were the elite of the elite, and in the same way, precisely because of their elite and accustomed to seeing everything, they did not have hope for miracles.

If there are miracles in the world.

Then the countless people who died under their butcher's knives should have waited for a miracle a long time ago.

At last.

Timur was left behind.

He already had maggots on his body, and Timur was still alive.

When he was awake, he looked at the maggots surging in the wound, and Timur was disgusted and wanted to vomit, but he couldn't vomit, and he couldn't move, just like a walking corpse, slowly waiting for death.

But Timur was an extremely resilient man.

He climbed hard, climbed to the river, and took a sip of water, which he originally regarded as his backhand, but became his moat.

Looking at the river and sighing.

He thought he could climb back, but he couldn't cross the river.

"Kid."

"Help me."

"I will repay you, when you grow up, you will be the first warrior in the world."

The two children are here again.

They did not understand what Timur was saying, and did not even care about the life or death of their prey, they rummaged through everything on Timur.

The departing cavalry did not loot Timur.

The two children found his knife, his bow, from Timur.

Watching the two children throw their gems on the ground, the corners of Timur's mouth moved, wanting to tell the two children that this was the most valuable thing, but unfortunately the few short words just now had exhausted Timur's strength.

Seeing the two children leave, Timur's eyes dimmed.

A generation of Great Khan Timur.

Since the defeat as if evaporated, no one knows where he went.

Da Ming couldn't find it.

The Timurid Khanate could not be found either.

The Ming army had crossed the river and brought in artillery.

With the arrival of artillery, the siege war began.

From Chen Ge to Turkishan and other places, the Ming artillery destroyed the opponent's city wall, and many leaders led their native soldiers to charge, even Timur was defeated, and they got the greatest victory.

Everybody was brave.

On the other hand, the defenders were demoralized and had no fighting spirit.

One city a day.

It took less than a month to travel from Bukhara to Malu, the third largest city in Uzbekistan in later times, to the territory of Turkmenistan, which is also an oasis city in the Mare Province of Turkmenistan in Central Asia, and a traffic artery on the ancient Silk Road.

All of them were replaced with the banner of the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the army divided into three routes, all the way north along the Amu Darya River, to recover the Yulong Jiechi region, the old capital of the original Hua Thorn Zimo country; all the way to the northwest to recruit rebels; There is also a way south to regain all the places.

Timur's two sons.

The third son did not follow Timur on the expedition because of his disability, and the younger son did not suffer danger because he remained in the rear, that is, in the Mashhad region.

The eldest and second are dead.

The third child is disabled.

Timur's desired successor was the fourth Shahru.

However, the third child is old, and before he was injured or disabled, he had led the army many times, and his prestige among the old subordinates in the army was not weak.

Now Timur does not know whether he is alive or dead.

Whether to establish a new Great Khan or how to act next is also a matter of discussion within Mashhad.

There is a strong enemy outside, and there is trouble inside.

The third insisted on establishing a new Great Khan, and the fourth insisted on waiting for his father Khan to return.

The reason is simple.

The strength of the third child is strong, and if he establishes a new Great Khan, he supports his son.

Although the fourth child was loved by Timur, he had no name after all, and now he was the Great Khan, which was very unfavorable to his situation.

Neither side could convince anyone.

So the third brother Milan sofa staged a coup d'état, led the army into the royal court, and directly killed the fourth elder Shaharu, the successor of Timur's tendencies in history, that is, the fourth sultan of the Timurid Khanate.

Timur's eldest grandson was not convinced, and also established himself as Khan in Herat.

The second sultan of the Timurid Khanate, although his father died early, he was also strong in the army, but because of his lack of talent, he was quickly defeated and deposed.

In a nutshell.

After the death of Timur in history, his children and grandchildren competed for the throne, which still inevitably happened, just like in the late Han Dynasty, after the death of the most powerful force Yuan Shao, his sons also disregarded the existence of foreign enemies and killed each other.

On the other hand, Daming.

The Ming army and the leaders of the various departments recovered the land.

The entire Khorizm region was included in the scope of the Ming Dynasty, and the Golden Horde also sent envoys to worship the Ming Dynasty in the Kipchak Land in the north, and regarded the Ming as the suzerainty to strive for peace between the two sides.

Zhu Di considered the current situation and agreed to the Golden Horde's request.

The biggest border trouble in the north is stable, and the leaders of the Khwarazm region are becoming more and more unable to resist, plus the leaders of the various departments, the rule of the Ming Dynasty in Khwarazm was achieved in less than three months.

"Milansha retreated?"

Zhu Di confirmed.

"Yes."

"This man staged a coup d'état, took Mashhad, and then led the army and population westward."

"This person still has some courage, and he has learned a little bit of Timur's skills."

Zhu Di nodded.

This person is doing the right thing.

Daming now needs to digest the place, even if the blank force of Mashhad, Daming does not have the strength to recover, it is really that the supply line has reached the extreme, not only the food and grass have encountered problems, but also the supply of ammunition.

Since the pace of the Ming army could not keep up, Zhu Di decided to distribute it to the leaders who followed the Ming Dynasty to fight.

It not only rewarded them, but also expanded the sphere of influence of the Ming Dynasty, and also solved the problem of benefit distribution.

May of the second year of Yongle.

Bukhara city.

In the newly established camp on the ruins, Zhu Di summoned the leaders of all parties.

Set up Samarkand.

There are Tashkent Guard, Bukhara Guard, Bari Black Guard, Bukhara Guard four David City, and ten major Xuanfu Divisions.

Then set up the Yulong Jiechi Propaganda Department and the Mashhad Propaganda Division.

The formation of one division and two propaganda divisions.

Locally, it was governed by chiefs and officials, and the five major cities were directly controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

The tribes that had followed the Ming army in the past two years had all gained a large amount of land, and according to the division of war exploits and influence, they had obtained their own benefits, and everyone was happy.

Each proclamation envoy and consolation envoy.

The first thing to do is to build a post station system in the Ming Dynasty, and the ministries should keep the roads smooth and provide infrastructure for the Ming decrees.

Considering the barrenness of the localities, there is currently no high taxation.

First of all, stability is the main thing.

The good news was sent back to China.

(End of chapter)