Ottoman Empire!
Religion!
Zhu Gaosui's face was very ugly.
He finally found the problem!
The religious beliefs of the seven Southeast Asian countries came from the Ottoman Empire!
When he thought of this, Zhu Gaosui became a little angry!
I haven't gone to the West to deal with you, but you have come to provoke me?
"Second brother, why don't you gather the navy and go to the west to kill him!"
Zhu Gaosui spoke eagerly, with murderous intent written all over his face.
The result didn't last for a few seconds before Zhu Di hit him on the head with a cane.
"What?"
"Who are you going to vote for?"
"You are obviously a Nanyang king, why do you talk and act like a bandit?"
Zhu Di beat Xiao Laosan angrily to vent his dissatisfaction.
Let you ride a big horse!
When Zhu Gaoxu saw this, he just smiled and watched the show and did not respond.
After teaching Zhu Gaosui a lesson, Zhu Di took back his crutch with satisfaction.
"Prince, I have to remind you, don't be too ambitious!"
"Only a fool like Timur would do something as stupid as an expedition. You must not launch an expedition to the west!"
Expedition westward!
God knows how much manpower and material resources that will cost!
In order to realize his dream of reuniting the Mongol Empire, Timur launched a holy war in the east.
After all, only by conquering Mongolia and the Central Plains can Tamerlane legitimately become the Great Khan of all Mongolia.
According to the memories of the Arabs captured by the Ming army at that time, Timur had never sent out troops since ancient times, and the logistics work had never been so solid as this time. There was really a mountain of food and a sea of horses and sheep.
For this holy war, the lame Timur prepared for more than ten years!
After more than ten years of intelligence reconnaissance, he has a good understanding of the terrain and troop deployment in the western, northern and central parts of the Ming Dynasty.
He also had an extremely detailed military map, which marked all important water sources and the deployment of troops in various parts of the Ming Dynasty. It was extremely detailed.
Just when everything was ready, just when Timur ambitiously embarked on the Eastern Expedition, just when his grandson Harry Sultan led the vanguard army to Besli Bali and was about to enter the Ming Dynasty's Western Regions, just when the Ming Dynasty The whole country was shaken by this, and troops were urgently mobilized to prepare for a war between the two countries...
However, Timur suddenly fell in love with a black maid and fell in love with her. After having fun, he died suddenly on the spot!
After his death, his country fell into civil strife. His grandson Hari, the heir appointed during his lifetime, and his fourth son Shaharu fought fiercely with each other for the throne. The Holy War of the Eastern Expedition came to an end. The Ming Dynasty did not even have time to fight with Tamerlane. The imperial armies met for a battle.
I have to admit, this is a huge regret.
If Timur had not died suddenly and violently, the historical trajectory of the entire world would have been changed by him!
But even so, it is not difficult to see that it is extremely difficult to march from Central Asia to East Asia, or from East Asia to Central Asia. Just the transportation and supply of grain and grass baggage are enough to make people feel despair!
Timur secretly prepared for this holy war for more than ten years, and left some soldiers to farm along the way to provide food and grass for the main army. After that, reinforcements could be mobilized year by year from Central Asia.
In other words, even if Timur did not die, he would have been prepared to fight this Eastern Crusade for several years or even decades. It can be said that it took all the strength of Timur's empire to dare to launch this Eastern Crusade. !
It is precisely because of this that Zhu Di feels afraid. He is afraid that after Prince Zhu Gaoxu ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor, he will not be satisfied with the current territory of the Ming Dynasty and want to imitate the dead lame Timur and send troops from East Asia into Central Asia, or even It is to unify the entire Asian continent!
After all, the Mongolian cavalry achieved this step back then!
Zhu Di has always been aware of the ambition of his prince, which is so big that it is frightening!
However, with the current status and national strength of the Ming Dynasty, it is not suitable to send troops to Central Asia!
"Second brother, what Ming Dynasty needs most now is development. Now that everything is prosperous, as long as it develops steadily for ten or twenty years, Ming Dynasty will definitely have a prosperous age!"
"So you must not act impulsively and send troops to the Timurid Empire and the Ottoman Empire. The gains outweigh the losses!"
Fighting requires manpower. Soldiers alone are not enough. Young and strong civilians are also needed to transport grain, grass and baggage.
But if all the young men and women of the people are dragged away to fight, then who will cultivate the fields and develop the people's livelihood?
That's why ordinary people hate war. They just want to farm the fields at home and live peacefully for the rest of their lives!
Facing Zhu Di's warning, Zhu Gaoxu just smiled faintly.
"Actually, it is not impossible to reach Central Asia."
"If you want to reach Europe from the Central Plains, you can only cross the Pamir Plateau along the Silk Road. The existence of the Pamir Mountains in Eurasia greatly hinders exchanges between the East and the West."
"But the situation in the north is completely different. As the latitude radius continues to decrease, the landscape becomes smoother. The cavalry can quickly maneuver all the way from Lingbei Hangai Mountain to the territory of the Kazan Khanate. It is only more than 3,000 kilometers, which is far less than the Eastern Han Dynasty capital Luoyang to the Western Regions. The distance from Kashgar!”
"So in history, the Xiongnu's escape to Europe and the Mongols' western expedition to Europe seemed very far away. In fact, the difficulty was the same as the distance from Lingbei to Jiangnan. So it doesn't seem very far away, right? Any force can move from Lingbei to the south of the Yangtze River, right? It is very convenient to attack Europe with your arm and attack the Central Plains!"
From Lingbei Hangai Mountain, you can quickly move to Europe!
The distance is about the same as running from Lingbei to Jiangnan!
Doesn't that mean...
In fact, the distance is not that far?
Zhu Di was a little shocked for a moment and looked at Zhu Gaoxu in disbelief.
Only now did he finally understand why Zhu Gaoxu wanted to vigorously develop the Lingbei Province, even to the extent that the imperial court provided money and grain to develop it!
It turned out that Zhu Gaoxu had long regarded Lingbei Province as a springboard for marching into Central Asia and Western Europe, and he had long been preparing to march westward!
"Second brother, do you want to..."
"Don't worry, Dad, it won't be that fast!"
Zhu Gaoxu explained with a smile: "I will not initiate a war for at least ten years!"
"With these ten years of rest and recuperation, the Ming Dynasty's national power will reach a new level, and its population will also experience explosive growth!"
"At that time, I'm afraid that without me opening my mouth, the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty will be clamoring to start a war. After all, once the population grows too fast, the corresponding fields will become less. This is very important to those gentry and gentry. How can this be accepted?"
"At that time, these people who were least willing to fight in the past will probably become those who are most willing to start a war. After all, only through war can they get the fields. In addition to food crops such as potatoes and sweet potatoes, as long as they get The fields can grow food and profits can be obtained!”
"So, Dad, you really can't blame me when the time comes. The Ming Dynasty will become a real war machine!"
Zhu Di: "!!!"
Zhu Gaosui: "!!!"
