Chapter 191 News from the Western Region
He Xi already had some ideas in mind on how to appease everyone in Beijing.
The best way is to hold a military parade to show off your power.
Cheer up and down.
However, this is all a matter later.
In addition to these two pieces of news, there is another very important news, that is, King Yan has come to envoy.
It is also a victory.
It was a great victory in Northern Xinjiang.
King Yan led tens of thousands of fine cavalry across thousands of miles of Guan Mountain, and fought fiercely with the Wasac tribe to the north of the Tianshan Mountains. The fierce battle lasted until the end of the day, and Wala's 30,000 iron cavalry were invincible. King Yan plotted and pretended to be defeated. They led Wa Ci to pursue them, laid down thousands of guns and cannons, and attacked suddenly, killing thousands of Wa Ci's cavalry. Then King Yan personally pursued and killed him for hundreds of miles, capturing tens of thousands of cavalry and countless horses.
He won the puppet Khan, the leader of Wala, and dozens of Mongolian princes.
Only Mahamu, the son of the Wala leader, led his troops to retreat to the banks of the Ili River.
This is the news reported by the envoy of King Yan.
He Xi attaches great importance to King Yan, so he will naturally know something about it. King Yan did not say it directly, but it was the reason why King Yan sent Lian Zining here this time, that is, the battle in the Western Region expanded.
Because Mahamu made an important choice, he defected to the Chahatai Khanate.
To be honest, with the current strength of the Chahatai Khanate, King Yan is not afraid at all. But there is a behemoth, or a hero behind the Chahatai Khanate. It was none other than the lame Timur.
He is not a descendant of Genghis Khan. A Mongolian nobleman who belonged to the Chahatai Khanate. In order to show his legitimacy, he married a Mongolian princess and gave preferential treatment to the Chahatai Khanate.
But no matter how preferential treatment he received, the Chahatai Khanate was still his vassal.
Speaking of the Chahatai Khanate, we have to talk about the grievances and hatreds between the Yuan Dynasty and the Mongolian forces in the Western Regions.
When Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, was fighting for the throne, he did not follow Mongolian traditions and actually split the Mongol Empire. During the reign of Emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty was at war with the Chahatai Khanate. Although they later made peace. But the relationship has never returned to its original state.
The Western Region, the northern border, that is, the many grasslands north of the Tianshan Mountains, belonged to the Waqi tribe, but the south of the Tianshan Mountains belonged to the Chahatai Khanate. Although there were constant disputes within the Chahatai Khanate, it was once divided. But overall this situation lasted for quite some time.
The Mongols here have become ***. They don't even take Kublai Khan and his family seriously.
If Dayuan is powerful, the Chahatai Khanate will not mind lowering their heads. But things are different now. Who cares about the so-called orthodoxy of Kublai Khan's lineage.
Oara and the Chahatai Khanate have been neighbors for many years, and their relationship is very complicated. But just like giving Mahamu another choice, he will not defect to the Chahatai Khanate.
Because once he defected to the Chahatai Khanate, the Oara tribe would lose a lot of its independence.
From now on, it can only be a vassal of the Chahatai Khanate.
The Chahatai Khanate is not terrible. Although the current Chahatai Khan cannot be said to be a loser, he is far behind the generals of the Oara tribe.
But Timur is truly terrifying.
Today, Timur's territory includes the entire Central Asia, the dark coast in the west, part of Turkey, Iran, and Iraq are all his vassals. Even the Kipchak Khanate and many Mongol khanates have used diplomatic means to make them surrender one by one.
Historically, Timur conquered the Ming Dynasty in the early years of Yongle, but died of illness halfway. Immediately afterwards, Timur Khan collapsed in civil strife, and the confrontation between the Eastern and Western empires did not happen. But things are different now.
King Yan appeared in northern Xinjiang, and he was very close to the Timur Empire.
Not to mention, the Chaghatay Khanate had a close relationship with Timur. They were not only in-laws, but also vassals. Although the Chaghatay Khanate swayed between the east and the west, it was more afraid of Timur.
King Yan threatened the Chahatai Khanate, and Timur could not fail to respond.
At this time, Timur returned from fighting in Iraq and other places and made a lot of repairs. Prepare to launch a new round of expansion, historically
, Timur would attack India and rule part of northern India. And leave part of it to guard.
After Timur's death, the Timur Khanate collapsed. Timur's sixth-generation grandson inherited this part of the inheritance, entered India, and conquered a land. This was the Mughal Khanate.
However, King Yan appeared. It is very likely to change the direction of Timur's attack.
That is to say, the battle between the two heroes that did not occur between King Yan and Timur in history is very likely to occur in this era. And in the not too distant future.
This situation made He Xi feel a little sad.
It feels like everything is changing.
However, He Xi quickly focused on this matter, its impact on Ming Dynasty and Beijing.
This matter has both advantages and disadvantages for Beijing.
Needless to say, profit.
The war has not started yet, and King Yan has already sent people to Beijing in a hurry. It can be seen that King Yan was under great pressure. Although the Timur Khanate today has not reached its peak, it has occupied the five Central Asian countries of later generations, Afghanistan, Iran, part of Iraq, the Caucasus, part of Turkey, and part of Pakistan. It is already a It's a huge thing.
Historically, during Timur's Eastern Expedition, he had an army of 500,000 men, half of which were infantry and cavalry, and was known as an 800,000-strong army.
Even if there are not that many now, their strength is definitely higher than King Yan's headquarters.
Faced with such pressure, King Yan naturally wanted more support from Beijing.
It's just that how could King Yan talk empty talk and ask for support from Beijing? Perhaps it has become possible for the King of Yan to surrender to Beijing and nominally recognize Beijing's orthodoxy. If King Yan really did this. It’s also a big plus for Beijing.
After all, King Jin is dead. King Yan is the elder of the clan. Not to mention, King Yan still has such a large territory in his hands, hundreds of thousands of cavalry, and millions of people. Whether King Yan supports it or not will have a great impact on Beijing.
But you also have to think about the worst.
For example, if King Yan loses.
Yes, in He Xi's view, King Yan was not the best in the world in terms of military use, but he was also a famous general, even above many of the founding generals. It's just that He Xi knows very well that people's strength is often developed through training. .
King Yan did not have the hardships of the Jingnan War, and there would be no Yongle Emperor in history.
Now the King of Yan is not following the same path as the King of Yan in history, and He Xi cannot fully trust the strength of King Yan.
Moreover, anything can happen on the battlefield. Although King Yan has proved himself, isn't Timur victorious in every battle?
Who can't say that Timur is not a famous general.
In such a confrontation, He Xi was thousands of miles away, and it was impossible to predict the outcome. All we can do is prepare.
Once King Yan was defeated, King Yan could only abandon the Western Regions and return to Mobei.
But what would Timur do at that time? Attack Mobei?
No, only fools attack Mobei.
The current situation in Mobei, no matter who goes to attack, is a loss-making business. Their best option is to attack Gansu from Turpan, although the northwest region, in Hexi, no, in the eyes of the entire Ming Dynasty, is almost the most barren place in the Ming Dynasty.
But that's also relative.
For Timur, there is still something to gain in the northwest. Moreover, every time Timur sent troops, he had to get trophies, otherwise he would not be able to appease the soldiers below.
In other words, once the East-West war is formed, it is good that King Yan can persist.
If you can't persist.
This war cannot be eliminated out of thin air. King Yan can retreat to Mobei, but the war will still burn.
Although, today's Gansu is not within the jurisdiction of Beijing. But it also made He Xi feel uneasy.
At this moment, he suddenly felt a sense of urgency, that is, the pace of unifying the world might be faster.
Originally, He Xilai wanted to go through this battle and carry out a general cleanup of the world. to better implement reforms. But now He Xi has discovered that the butterfly effect he has had on this world is too great.
Timur’s empire was actually an eastern
A corridor for Western exchanges. He Xi didn't find it strange at all that Timur had some Western Europeans working for him. War is actually a very effective way of communication.
King Yan fought against Timur, and it was only a matter of time that some of He Xi's theories and scientific methods and other books spread to Timur's army and spread to Europe through Timur.
He Xi couldn't tell what kind of impact this would have.
Just gives him more urgency.
It was as if someone was shouting in his ear: "Hurry up, hurry up."
