Chapter 54: The Empire That Dominates Central Asia

The Golden Horde in the mouth of the old woman is the Kipchak Khanate,

It is indeed as Zhu Di thought, if it were not for the tribes attached to the Kipchak Khanate, how could they appear here.

The old woman spoke in a clear manner, not at all like an ordinary old man,

The old woman's name is Zhanlan, and after a conversation with the old woman,

Zhu Di roughly sorted out and understood what the situation was.

In the thirteenth year of Hongwu,

The Grand Duke of Moscow, Donskoi, could not bear the exploitation of Muscovy by the Kipchak Khanate,

resolutely launched the war,

In the war, the Grand Duke of Moscow directly defeated the then suzerain, the Kipchak Khanate.

The Kipchak Khanate split in World War I, and was later united by the White Khan's faction, which re-suppressed Muscovy after a power struggle.

Within the Kipchak Khanate, there were many factions and internal troubles.

Tokhtar studied sending troops to the Timurid Empire in order to divert attention,

However, Tokhtar never imagined that this inconspicuous neighbor next to him would be so powerful!

directly scattered the Kipchak Khanate again, plus the Ming Dynasty swept the steppe and fled back to the Mongols of the Kipchak Khanate,

Now Kipchak Khan's country has become a mess.

The tribe of the old woman is a fluttering leaf in the great era, and there is no choice but to go south.

That's why we have today.

There was silence in the yurt, except for the careful drinking of milk tea by children and the crackling of the stove.

Zhu Di fell into deep thought,

What he didn't expect was that the Timurid Empire turned out to be so powerful.

Fighting the Kipchak Khanate is like beating a dog.

According to Zhu Di's estimate, the combat effectiveness of the surrounding neighboring countries should be,

Ming >> Timurid Empire = Kipchak Khanate >>>Northern Yuan,

But judging by the old woman's account,

The Timurid Empire swept through the Kipchak Khanate,

Its combat effectiveness and that of Daming, even if it is a little different, will not be too different.

And now in the very cold weather, the people of the Timurid Empire have long been adapted, but the Ming army has no way to adapt,

Throw the Ming army here, the cold climate will greatly reduce the combat effectiveness of the Ming army!

Although now it seems,

The Timurid Empire was very Buddhist, and the war with the Kipchak Khanate was also a legitimate defense.

But

Zhu Di doesn't believe this, if the Timurid Empire is really so Buddhist, how can it have such strong combat effectiveness?

It's obviously just waiting for an opportunity.

And Daming, which borders its border, how can the two countries coexist in peace.

Zhu Di's eyes flashed slightly, and he looked at the old woman named Zhan Lan,

Laughed

"Grandma, you can take the tribe to root here.

I'll draw you a place, and you'll graze for me.

Before the winter comes, I will take you to the warm Central Plains,

What do you think? ”

When the old woman heard this, she froze in place.

They had thought that they would escape from the control of the Kipchak Khanate first, but there was no way forward.

And Zhu Di's words are tantamount to giving this tribe a new life.

It's unimaginable that before this, this tribe also snatched the horses that Zhu Di wanted to go to Beijing.

Zhu Di's gestures were full of the atmosphere of a king.

Grandma Zhan Lan pulled out the dagger tied to her leg, Zhu Di's eyes flashed, and she didn't react.

Grandma Zhan Lan slashed the palm of her hand with a dagger, then pressed it on her forehead, and then put her forehead on Zhu Di's boots.

After smelling the blood in the tent, the young men of the tribe suddenly got up and rushed in.

After seeing Grandma's actions, the eyes of these young adults turned to perseverance,

also did the same, cutting the palms of their hands one after another, pressing them on their heads with blood, and then pressing their foreheads against Zhu Di's boots.

Zhang Yu, who followed closely, was directly dumbfounded,

Although he had lived on the steppe for five years, he had never seen such a ritual.

Just the solemnity that comes to the face,

You know,

It's a blood oath,

It is not known what the price will be for breaking the oath.

After all the young and middle-aged people of a tribe pledged their allegiance to Zhu Di,

Zhu Di looked at Zhang Yu and said,

"Give them some sheep and cattle and let them keep them.

By the way, get some woolen robes for them to wear, so that they won't freeze to death? ”

Zhang Yu nodded, and walked out of the military tent with these barbarians who didn't know how to be polite.

Zhu Di didn't take it to heart, he just did a good deed.

Seeing Zhu Di's sad face, Grandma Zhan Lan was about to leave with the children.

Zhu Di shook his head,

Speaking in Mongolian,

"Grandma, let the children be here, it's warm here.

Look at these children, their faces are all purple from the cold. ”

Grandma Zhan Lan sat back obediently.

Zhu Di held his forehead and sat back in the chair,

He didn't know,

How powerful the Timurid Empire really was, everything can only be guessed.

But in the canonical history,

The Timurid Empire and the Ming Dynasty of the Yongle Dynasty were the overlords of the east and west on this continent respectively.

The Timurid Empire swept through the Golden Horde, at the peak of the Ottoman Empire, and the Mamluks, who claimed to have the strongest cavalry,

As for the Chagatai Khanate and the Ilkhanate, it was even more destroyed at will.

One mountain can't accommodate two tigers,

The southern continent is the strongest and the northern continent is the strongest, and the border line is already bordered,

If war breaks out, it will be the most dangerous battle!

Zhu Di scalded the inkstone that had long been frozen into ice cubes with hot water, and lowered his head with a brush to write.

"Big nephew...."

...........

"Mother! It's finally back to Beijing!

This trip will kill me! ”

Lan Yu knelt down in front of the city gate and screamed,

The rest of the group is also very eye-catching,

Seeing these strange people, the soldiers of the Governor Division quickly surrounded them,

After seeing that it was blue jade,

The captain of the soldier at the head exclaimed,

"General Blue?!"

Lan Yu got up and nodded,

"Still not giving way? Delay Lao Tzu to see Xiongying! ”

"Alas, alas!"

Lan Yu was about to enter the city in a hurry, when an even larger figure approached Lan Yu's side,

"Wait, I haven't seen my eldest nephew for a long time, so I'll go with you."

Lan Yu frowned and said dissatisfied,

"Second Highness, the holy decree says that you want to go north directly, why are you following us back to Beijing?"

The second Zhu Fan took off his hood and grinned widely,

"Aren't I thinking about my eldest nephew?!"

Lan Yu said helplessly,

"Okay, you can enter the palace with me."

And at this time, in the Fengtian Temple,

Old Zhu and Little Zhu are studying the law of the Ming Dynasty,

A strange cry exploded,

"Daddy! Big nephew!

My second Zhu is back! ”

Zhu Xiongying raised his head and looked at the second uncle,

Silly with a wide open mouth, it looks very cute.

And Zhu Yuanzhang was like a conditioned reflex, directly bent down and took off his shoes,

threw himself at Zhu Laoer,

scolded angrily,

"Lao Tzu asked you to go north, what are you doing in Beijing without permission?!

Damn!

Lao Tzu beat you to death!! ”