The Delhi Sultanate was the Sultan of Delhi who ruled Delhi in the 13th century, when the Ghul dynasty of Afghanistan ruled Delhi as the Sultan of India, and for the next 320 years, it experienced five dynasties and 32 sultans with no family or even ethnic ties.

There is quite a kind of guest who comes.

Relying on the integration of the guests and the territory brought in, the Delhi Sultanate has always maintained an expansion posture in disguise.

The same was true during the period of the Timurid Khanate in history, which originally became a vassal territory of the Timurid Khanate and sealed the local governor, but when the Timurid Khanate fell apart, the new governor stood on his own, and with the addition of part of the land of the Timurid Khanate, it was expanded again.

That has changed.

Although the Ming Dynasty did not acquire the entire territory of the Timurid Khanate, and in fact a large area of the Timurid Khanate itself was not actually managed, the Delhi Sultanate did not benefit this time.

The Delhi Sultanate was a regional feudal state ruled by Turkic and Afghan military aristocracy over North India.

The ruling class of the Delhi Sultanate was an Islamic military feudal aristocracy from Central Asia, with the Turkic and Afghan "forty families" as the core, occupying a large number of military fiefdoms and land "Iqta", and relying on foreign mercenaries from Central Asia as the ruling pillar.

The adoption of hostile, discriminatory, persecutive, and other high-pressure ruling policies against the Hindu feudal lords and the broad masses of residents of all strata, as well as the imposition of poll taxes and forced conversion to Islam, have stimulated the national and religious sentiments of all Hindu strata

Fifty-eight-year-old Zhu Neng is the top martial artist of the Ming Dynasty, fully responsible for the war, and the temporary supreme commander of the Western Front.

The city of Samarkand.

The palace still maintained its original appearance, but the Yongle Emperor was no longer there, Zhu Neng lost his mind for a moment, and after paying respects, he returned to the Overseer's Mansion and hung a huge map in the air.

The clerks sorted out all kinds of materials, and the officers and servants were busy with their own affairs.

"The Delhi Sultanate has a lot of influence in Balihe, and this is also the reason why Mubarak Shah dares to support the local area, and if we lead a large army to punish him, then the attitude of the Bali Hei region is very important."

Wang Dabing introduced to the bigwigs in front of the map.

Wang Dabing finally got the opportunity, last year because of his great achievements to be promoted to a thousand presidents, and now he is showing himself in front of the big guys, as long as he doesn't make mistakes, he has a great chance to be promoted.

Zhu Neng has a slight impression of Wang Dabing, and he met many years ago, but the difference between the two statuses is too big, and there is no more intersection.

The ruling class of the Delhi Sultanate, which later became Afghanistan, was inextricably linked to the local Tusi, and although they obtained the official position of the Ming Dynasty, it was obvious who they were inclined to be.

"As the saying goes, poor mountains and bad waters produce elite soldiers."

Wang Dabing put forward his opinion and drew a circle on the map.

The Balkh region of northern Afghanistan was a mountainous area with drought and little rainfall, which could be grown with wheat once a year, and later corn was introduced and became the main local crop.

Although land resources are abundant, poor soil, desertification and salinization are all major obstacles to agricultural development. More importantly, water is scarce, and people's domestic water is inseparable from groundwater.

Therefore, the economy of the Barihei region is very backward compared with the surrounding areas, and the lives of people are worthless if they are poor, and the evil and ruthless are afraid of death, so the military strength of the Barihei region is better than that of the surrounding areas.

After Wang Dabing's explanation, the local situation was clear at a glance.

The ruling class of the Delhi Sultanate, mainly the conquerors of the Barihei, became an explicable phenomenon, and the further south, even in the Khyber Mountains, where annual rainfall was between 700 and 2,000 mm, and at the least, it was much more abundant than in the Barihei.

Kabul is rich in produce, and Peshawar is the only gap in the northern mountains of the Delhi Sultanate.

In order to successfully enter the Delhi Sultanate, the Khyber Mountains were an impenetrable barrier for the great armies, and only through the Peshawar gap could they enter the subcontinent smoothly.

To pass through Peshawar, you need to pass through Balihei and Kabul, which would be a supply line for the Ming army, and if the local forces secretly supported the Delhi Sultanate, it would be a fatal danger for the Ming army to drive straight in.

After listening, the hall fell silent, and everyone frowned, the situation was too complicated.

In order to take revenge on the Delhi Sultanate, it is necessary to send a large army to the army, and in order to protect the rear of the army, it is better to flatten the areas of Balihei and Kabul, and the energy invested is increasing.

What's more, the reason why the Ming army has not managed the Barihei region too deeply for so many years is because the local area is not easy to manage, the local materials are poor, the mountains are continuous, and the terrain is really complicated.

"Through this incident, a conclusion can be drawn."

Zhu Neng broke the tranquility and said with a smile: "People, you can't be comfortable, over the years, the hidden dangers in Barihei and other areas are not invisible, but for the sake of immediate stability, everyone is unwilling to do a lot of things, dragging them around, and in the end they still have to face it, and it is more troublesome." ”

The marshal's faint accusation made several governors of the seven western provinces look ugly, and they couldn't help but bow their heads.

In such a criticism of everyone's dereliction of duty, only Zhu Neng was qualified to say it, and no one dared to resist, because Zhu Neng's prestige and qualifications were too high, and no one dared to compare.

"But it's not too late, make amends, and order the Tusi of the Bari Black region to come to Samarkand and discuss with them, and if they can be co-opted, they will be co-opted, and if they can't be co-opted, try to keep them neutral, and the last group of diehards will be resolutely eliminated."

Zhu Neng made a decision.

Today is not what it used to be, there was not a single Ming person in the seven western provinces, but now there are millions of Ming people, and the population ratio is already the highest group, so Zhu Neng is very confident.

For the mobilization of troops from the Delhi Sultanate, Zhu Neng invited the vassal states of the seven western provinces, and did not expect the countries to send troops, but to tell them that it was the righteous army that was in the Ming Dynasty.

The vassal kingdom west of Bukhara, the kingdom of Gimos, that is, the territory of Uzbekistan in later generations, the Kokand region, and the kingdom of Khorasan west of Mashhad, several vassal kings such as Wari and Hasten Din Ali arrived in Samarkand either in person or sent famous envoys.

He talked with Zhu Neng about the situation in the subcontinent, and took advantage of this opportunity to give a banquet to the kings.

The Ming Dynasty has done a lot of things in the seven western provinces over the years, in addition to increasing the intensity of immigration, as well as the spread of culture, the customs of the Ming Dynasty have reversed the local civilization and began to sinicize.

The official dialect and the written language have changed, and people can communicate smoothly in Da Ming dialect, unlike more than 20 years ago, when people could only communicate through interpretation.

In the city of Samarkand, Zhu Neng cordially toasted with several kings, and when he followed the emperor in Samarkand for many years, some of the people present were still alive, and everyone from young to old could be regarded as a friendship.

"The kingdom should not use troops in vain, but should convince people with reason."

Zhu Neng and Ding Ali had just discussed the situation in the Qazvin region, the strength of Western countries, and the future response, when someone suddenly stepped forward to interrupt the communication between the two.

"This is the messenger of Sheysdan."

The clerk whispered in Zhu Neng's ear.

Zhu Neng showed displeasure.

Sharpsshan is the Sirka of the future Indian state of Punjab, located in northwestern India, bordered by Pakistan to the west, Jammu and Kashmir region of India to the north, Himachal Pradesh to the northeast, and Haryana and Rajasthan to the south.

In the upper echelons of the Delhi Sultanate were military nobles from the kingdom of Sheyssan.

In the footsteps of the invaders, the local military aristocracy, formerly Turkic or native, most recently the Timurid Khanate, made the local military aristocracy the governor of the Delhi region.

The Timurid Khanate fell apart, and the governor became self-reliant, so the sons and daughters of the military aristocracy who had set out from Afghanistan and followed became the ruling class of the Delhi Sultanate.

These ruling classes practiced slave feudalism and were in greater conflict with local culture and local forces, but they were more powerful in force and able to suppress local resistance.

"For people who can be reasonable, Da Ming likes and respects, and is willing to reason with the other party, but for those who advocate force, Da Ming will also use his fists to teach him to understand reason."

Zhu Neng said lightly.

I have already made a note of this person in my heart.

The envoy didn't expect the marshal of the Ming Dynasty to be so tough, he didn't dare to speak up in public, and left in a gloomy manner, and when he left, he was blocked by Prince Tehar on the way.

"The prince of Moshar."

The messenger saluted respectfully.

"What is the attitude of the kingdom?" The young prince said tentatively.

The messenger shook his head.

Seeing this, the prince's face was cloudy.

The Tehar Kingdom was the Dehriz region in the northeast of Afghanistan in later generations, and it belonged to the vassal states that submitted to Timur earlier, so its strength was well preserved, and it was the largest branch in the region.

"History of the Yuan" as "Dahelian", "History of the Ming Dynasty" as "Answer Haer", "Ming Shilu" as "Answer Ha Er", "Ming History Geography" as "Answer Haerdi".

Different from the feeling of those small places, the Tehar Kingdom felt a great panic about the rise of the Ming Dynasty.

Although Timur was very powerful, Timur did not have much influence on the locality, saying that Timur conquered others, in fact, it was more like others influenced Timur, whether it was culture or system, it had long been assimilated by the local people.

But Da Ming is different.

The Ming Dynasty developed productive forces and prosperous civilization, which began to take root in Samarkand and expanded year by year, not only creating a prosperous city, but also changing local culture and customs.

The square character became the only script in this land, Buddhism began to flourish, and the children read the three-character scripture.

This is completely different from Timur, in the past, no matter how powerful the Timurid Khanate was, it did not affect the rule within the kingdom of Tekhar, and the people did not understand what life was.

With the increasing number of merchants in the Ming Dynasty, the exchanges in various places are becoming more and more frequent, and all kinds of Ming ideas are pouring in. What king regards the people as grass mustard, and the people regard the king as an enemy; What son of heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people; What heaven has the virtue of a good life.

All kinds of ideas and words constantly hit the local people, people are no longer willing to be slaves, and the ruling class has begun to demand corresponding extravagance.

In short, the prince of the Moshar Kingdom believed that compared with the Timurid Khanate, the Ming Empire was too threatening to the Tekhar Kingdom.

It's just that the power of the Ming Empire is too strong, which eliminated the existence of the Timurid Khanate.

What's more, the Ming people are too capable of giving birth.

Their food seems to have fallen from the sky, and it can never be eaten, and a family has several children, so it can increase several times in twenty years, and the reproduction from generation to generation may not take a hundred years, and there are only Ming people on the land.

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Prince Zhu Gaosui arrived in Samarkand with Jinyiwei, accompanied by Zhu Zhanyong, the prince of the county.

Since the second brother went to Daying Island, Zhu Gaosui calmed down overnight and began to be silent, the capital was not peaceful, he left the capital in advance and arrived in Samarkand, avoiding the political whirlpool in the capital.

Zhu Zhanyong came to the battlefield again, which was the permission he had obtained many times from his father.

The 15,000 camps also arrived in Samarkand with the prince.

The seven western provinces mobilized the troops that could be transferred, and made up a total of 30,000 troops, plus the 20,000 troops of Yili Province and Western Regions Province, totaling less than 70,000 troops.

After many times of temptation and deliberation, Zhu Neng confirmed a list, which ones were to be eliminated and which ones could be trusted.

The vanguard of the Ming army entered the Barishi region and began the battle.

The local military aristocrats have rich combat experience, know how to deal with the face of powerful opponents, first of all, can not be hard-hitting, quite a bit of the southwest of the Ming Dynasty mountain people, officials have ten thousand soldiers, I have ten thousand mountains of combat concept.

But the Ming Dynasty has ruled the local area for decades, and is no stranger to the local terrain, and there are many local elite soldiers in the army, plus the tribes and kingdoms that Zhu Neng has attracted as guides, and they have not been led by the nose by those rebel forces.

And they have their own nests, and the monks can't run the temple.

The first to be conquered was the kingdom of Luonna.

The capital of the Luona Kingdom was only tens of thousands of people, and it was impossible to resist the artillery of the Ming Dynasty, so the city was broken overnight, and the king was captured, that is, the consolation envoy of the Ming Dynasty.

The king immediately chose to surrender, and in the name of the king, demanded that all the kingdoms of Luonna surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Neng did not mess around, ensured the safety of the king's family, and stabilized the order of the capital, and soon restored stability.

When the rest of the vassal states saw the fate of the Luonna Kingdom, they became more and more afraid to oppose the Ming Dynasty.

So it only took two months for the entire Barihei region to regain tranquility, and of course, many tribes also disappeared.

The passage to the south was opened, and more than 50,000 Ming troops began to move south.

(End of chapter)