Sirka is a village in the Indian state of Punjab whose natural environment varies depending on the geographical location and climatic conditions. In general, the geographical area where Silka is located belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate, with large rainfall throughout the year, but the seasonal distribution is uneven, with more rain in summer and drier winters.

In the vicinity of Sirka, the terrain is predominantly plain and relatively flat. However, due to the presence of rivers, lakes and other bodies of water and the impact of some agricultural activities, the ecological environment of the area may have been damaged to a certain extent. Moreover, Punjab, where Silka is located, is an agricultural region where agricultural production is one of the pillars of its economy.

Due to the limited land resources and water scarcity, agricultural production in the region may face certain challenges. As a result, the natural environment and geographical location of Silka have had an impact on its economic development and way of life.

The population of the Ming nationality in the seven western provinces is close to 8 million, and the daily lifestyle is a combination of farming and animal husbandry, in addition to the allocation of a large amount of land to each household, each household will also raise sheep and cattle, as well as a small number of camels.

Because of the close trade and resource trading with the hinterland, surplus grain from the hinterland has been continuously transported to the seven western provinces, and some areas of the seven western provinces grow cash crops such as cotton and soybeans, as well as dairy products and meat products, and the people in the seven western provinces live a relatively peaceful life.

With the construction of the railway, as far as Bukhara, it is also the only railway in the seven western provinces, and has become the "main artery" in the local area.

Not only the influence of culture, the merchants produced a large number of cheap "Hu cakes" to trade with the vassal states, from agricultural products to industrial products, the footsteps of the Ming merchants spread all over the place, and the farthest tribes can appear in the figure of the Ming merchants.

Between the kingdom of Sheysshan and Samarkand, three or four hundred miles away is the kingdom of Tehar, and the entire kingdom of Tehar is more than two hundred miles long from north to south, and there is no clear border.

Because of extreme poverty, the local people live in great poverty.

From north to south, the caravan of Ming merchants settled in a local village with low mud and stone houses, many of whom were poorly clothed and had no property of their own.

Although there are many local aristocrats, even the subcontinent to the south, the ruling class is always in the minority, and more people live more difficult than the people of the subcontinent.

The Shang Gang gave the tribe a stack of Hu Cakes, which was warmly received by the tribe.

The young girls showed their breasts, staring at the men in the merchant gang with earnest eyes, many young men who had just joined the merchant gang lowered their heads embarrassedly, and the old men in the merchant gang did not think so, skillfully picked the woman they liked, and then followed the woman to a dim room.

The woman's family left the house with a smile on their faces, even sitting outside the door, not letting anyone else approach. Early the next morning, the man left the woman some cakes so that the family could survive for a while.

The people lived a slave-like life, and everything they decided was in the hands of the chief, including marriage and death.

The leaders have been like this for thousands of years, and they don't feel that there is anything wrong, and the people are used to it, and everyone thinks that it is natural, as long as they become beautiful women, or strong warriors, and get the love of the leaders, the family can live a better life.

The Ming people traded with the chiefs, buying dairy products and meat and furs from the tribe, as well as some gold and silver minerals, and the chiefs obtained exquisite garments from the merchants, as well as some iron knives, salt and other goods.

In particular, weapons and salt, although the iron knife is not valued by the Ming people, it is the most important commodity of the local tribal leaders, so the Ming merchants are the most valued group in the local area, and no tribal leader dares to offend.

Small tribes have small trades, big tribes have big trades, and transactions with cities are the bulk of the source of business profits, those produced in the interior of the self-striking bells, silk, screens, woven gold carpets, sound boxes. and other luxury goods can find buyers who are willing to pay for them.

A young man of the tribe hunted three adult wolves, the most famous hunter in the area, and the Shang gang found the rising star.

The young family looked nervously at the businessman.

The merchant asked, "Would you like to join the merchant gang and do things for the merchant gang?" ”

Qingzhuang nodded again and again.

The businessmen of the Ming Dynasty will recruit some outstanding young people from various ministries, from the initial resistance to the habitual attitude, more and more young people are proud to join the Ming Merchant Gang, and their ambition since childhood is to join the Ming Merchant Gang.

Seeing that the other party did not object, the Ming merchant took out a contract, signed it and pressed his handprint, and in the future, Qingzhuang was the escort of the merchant gang, abiding by the complex obligations and agreements.

The head man did not come forward to oppose it, one was inseparable from the materials of the Ming Shang Gang, and the other was unable to refuse from the point of strength.

People congratulated Qingzhuang, Qingzhuang also killed the only sheep in the family, entertained the guests in the tribe, and even the head came to congratulate Qingzhuang, and Qingzhuang's family cried with joy.

Two days later, Qingzhuang left the tribe with his family.

The young and strong family was arranged by the merchant gang to go to work in the manor of the Ming people, although the work is also hard, but with their own remuneration, compared to the exploitation of the tribe, there is an economic cycle in the manor, and the productivity is developed, so the living standard is far improved.

Qingzhuang studied and trained for a period of time, and officially began to work for the business gang.

In this way, the strength of the merchants in the seven western provinces of the Ming Dynasty is getting bigger and bigger, and their influence on various places has also begun to increase.

This is exactly what the Ming court originally allowed.

Because of the local chaos and disorder, it is difficult for the Shang Gang to survive without the ability to protect itself, so the Shang Gang has been given a certain right of self-defense, but over the years, through this opening, the Shang Gang has undoubtedly become a behemoth by relying on the economic ability to crush.

The southern expedition of the Ming army was very concerned by the merchants, worried that it would affect their own interests.

And the trade order brought by the Ming merchants did have an unparalleled influence on the dominance of the Ming Dynasty in the seven western provinces, so Zhu Neng met with these big merchants.

Zhu Neng promised: "The army is going well, or it will take a long time to attack the Delhi Sultanate and deal a heavy blow." ”

Several big businessmen nodded their heads one after another.

Although they were the guests of the local officials, they did not dare to be presumptuous in front of Zhu Neng.

Zhu Neng's character is not a person who is empty-eyed, although he has a high status, he does not look down on the businessmen in front of him, but gives him good respect, and the businessmen who feel it are also very grateful.

"What does Zhu Shuai need us to do, as long as we can do it, we will definitely not refuse." Zheng Gang said respectfully.

Looking at the old man in front of him, Zhu Neng didn't dare to wait slowly.

When Yongle personally conquered the seven western provinces for the second time, this merchant participated in the feast to welcome the emperor in the city of Samarkand, and now he is one of the most famous merchants in the region.

Zhu Neng said with a smile: "It is easy to fight the country, but it is difficult to govern the country, the environment of the seven western provinces is complex, which is different from the mainland, and the Delhi Sultanate is even more complicated, and it is inseparable from your assistance." ”

"Zhu Shuai lifted me and waited."

Zheng Gang said with a smile.

Both sides were more polite, and the discussion went smoothly.

Under the influence and propaganda of the major merchant gangs, the various departments were not hostile to the arrival of the Ming army, but began to help the Ming army, or become the guide of the Ming army, or report to the Ming army.

In this way, the Ming army had an even greater advantage on the road to the south.

The same is true in the rear, because of the cooperation of the local tribes, those resistance forces were quickly and completely eliminated, and more military nobles no longer dared to act rashly, with the help of this momentum, Zhu Neng launched a second rear sweeping military operation, completely eliminated some military nobles, and cut off the behind-the-scenes hands of the Delhi Sultanate in the Barihei region.

The military aristocracy, which was inextricably linked to the ruling class of the Delhi Sultanate, became the target of the Ming army's extermination.

Although the army of the Delhi Sultanate was only more than 50,000 that year, the Ming army in the seven western provinces was more than 50,000, and with the second sweep military operation, Samarkand gathered a new batch of troops.

The proportion of military households in the seven western provinces is very high, as high as 30 percent, and more than 2 million of the 8 million population are military households, and each household has a regular ding, which is more than 300,000.

However, this is theoretical, and the war situation in the seven western provinces has not reached that point, and if hundreds of thousands of troops are really collected in the seven western provinces, it will cause great damage to local production and order.

Therefore, the dispatch of 15,000 from the Beijing camp, coupled with the armies of the provinces of the Li Province and the Western Regions, combined with the armies of the seven western provinces, did not affect the local production of the seven western provinces.

On the contrary, because of the arrival of a large number of troops, the soldiers of the Ming army were all consumption power, which stimulated the economy of the seven western provinces in a short period of time, resulting in a certain prosperity.

A second group of 60,000 troops entered the Barikh region, including the kingdom of Tehar, and carried out extermination operations from Barihe to Kabul.

Contrary to it, there was a fierce conflict.

The major merchant gangs in the Ming Dynasty took the initiative to join, and the guards in the merchant gangs were locals, and they were the best young people, so they not only understood the local geographical environment, but also were even better.

With the assistance of a large number of caravan guards, the local nobles lost their advantage and recovered to the same level as the Ming army.

Under the same circumstances, the weapons and equipment of the Ming army, as well as the quality of the soldiers of the Ming army, were far from being able to confront the local nobles, and in the process of head-on battles, they were often crushed at the first touch.

The situation became clearer and clearer, and under the call and request of the Shang Gang, more tribes took refuge in the Ming Dynasty and chose to help the winner.

The famous kingdom of Tehar has been wiped out.

The last general, Ombu, led the remaining less than 2,000 soldiers, and was surrounded by the Ming army to a mountain range, because of the ventilation of the local natives, Ombu could not get rid of the pursuers behind him.

There is no way forward, and there is no way back.

Desperate, Ombu led the last spark of the Tehar Kingdom to rush to the camp of the Ming army.

The soldiers on the cliff who can hold on to this place are as determined as Ombu, but even the bravest soldiers can only do nothing in the face of the cold reality, and the Ming soldiers only rely on their own firearms to make them unable to get close.

Batches of fighters fell on the way forward, and those who survived surrendered in despair.

The scene of the powerful firearms of the soldiers of the Ming army was imprinted in the hearts of the toasts, and people once again had a clear understanding of the strength of the Ming army.

People blamed the defeat on the strength of the Ming army.

But Zhu Neng knew very well that the clean victory of the Ming army came from these natives who thought the Ming army was strong, and it was not because of their assistance that the Ming army would never be able to establish direct management in the local area.

Timur was already at the height of his military force, and he could only implement the feudal system locally.

Not because Timur was not strong enough, but the local environment decided everything.

In this process, it is inseparable from the merits of the merchants, unlike other nobles, Zhu Neng maintained his original intention and recognized the ability of the merchants, but it was precisely because Zhu Neng faced up to the ability of the merchants, so he wrote a letter to tell the emperor.

The flattening from the Barihei area to the Kabul area ensured the supply line of the Ming army going south, and the Ming army could rest assured that they could move forward without worrying about their own back roads.

Entering the Lahore region from Peshawar, they managed to break through the gaps in the mountains and grasp the strategic advantage, while the Delhi Sultanate was completely panicked, and what they thought the Ming army could not do, the reality was done.

Mubarak Shah, the king of the Delhi Sultanate, sent his own heir, Alam Shah, to personally supervise the army.

At the same time, the king's younger brother, Bahrul Lodi, the governor of Lahore and Sindh, chose to negotiate peace with the Ming army, and he was unwilling to fight the Ming army, which consumed his own strength.

Historically, after the death of the king of the current Delhi Sultanate, the younger brother of the king chose to rebel and want to seize the throne of his nephew.

It is similar to the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that Zhu Di was forced, this person took the initiative, and his ambitions were already exposed when the current king was alive, but because of the strong power in this person's hands, the current king was helpless.

This is also a phenomenon that the political situation in the Delhi Sultanate is doomed.

Ren Li has been promoted to the senior general of the Ming Dynasty, this war in the seven western provinces, Zhu Neng and he were sent from the capital to the local area, Zhu Neng was in charge of all, and Ren Li was appointed to be in charge of the southward army.

In Ren Li's army, there are also Zhu Gaosui, the king of Qin, and Zhu Zhanyong, the king of the county.

Ren Li is not small, so Zhu Zhanyong got the opportunity to go to the battlefield, and the real battlefield is not the battlefield that "picked up leaks" on Daying Island before.

Zhu Zhanyong's personal army leaders Wu Zhongming and Zheng Yu closely guarded the king of the county on the left and on the right, and launched a charge with more than 400 guards to pursue the rout of the Delhi Sultanate.

Zhu Zhanyong studied under Zhu Gaoxu, although he did not have the majesty of his second uncle, but he was skilled in archery and horses, and he was very brave on the battlefield, shooting and killing several people with his own hands, which won the praise of the whole army.

Soon after.

Renli's talks with the governors of Lahore and Sindh collapsed.

Ren Li demanded that the other side surrender before talking, and the governors of Lahore and Sindh demanded to remain self-reliant, but the gap between the demands of the two sides was too great, and finally the war was launched.

For many years, relying on the identity of the king's younger brother and the strength of the army at hand, Bahrul Lodi did not take the Ming army seriously, only as an equal opponent.

But the Ming army dealt him a painful blow.

Both in terms of equipment and the quality of the soldiers, the Ming army crushed the army of Bahrul Lodi.

(End of chapter)