Chapter 3 The Battle of Shule
Timur had experienced hundreds of battles and was a hero in the world. He could probably guess what the other party wanted to do just by looking at many things.
However, Timur had to go.
This starts with Timur's origins.
There are many doubts about Timur being a Mongolian. Many people say that Timur may not be a Mongolian. In short, Timur came from a very humble background. In the early stages of his fortune, he married a princess from the Golden Family. Just got to where we are today.
Timur also promised to protect the Chahatai Khanate.
In this case, Timur allowed King Yan to attack Shule, which was a serious loss of his political credibility.
Not everyone can be as shameless as Sima Yi.
Therefore, Timur decided to support Shule.
Shule is also very important. It is an important town in the western part of southern Xinjiang. Connected with Central Asia, it is the bridgehead for Central Asia to penetrate into southern Xinjiang. Once Shule is lost, the southern Xinjiang area will be owned by King Yan.
There are dangers in mountains and rivers. King Yan has a complete hinterland.
Both sides' offense and defense were different.
Therefore, Timur wanted to rescue Shule, whether politically or militarily.
As a result, the two sides had a battle under Shule City that determined the fate of southern Xinjiang. It was also a war that determined the initiative in the war in the Western Region.
The time when this war took place was actually at the same time as the Battle of Guangwu. A little further back.
After the Battle of Guangwu, the battle continued. It ended before the Northern Army captured Nanjing.
In fact, for King Yan, he did not want to start this battle so early.
After all, with He Xi's support, King Yan felt that the country of Yan was getting stronger every day, and King Yan had already established some iron smelting factories in the Western Regions.
Of course, this cannot be compared with Beijing Liaodong. But after all, he produced his own iron.
It was also a major victory for King Yan.
It would be better for King Yan if this battle was placed a few years later. But Timur must fight, and King Yan can only accompany him. And we don’t want to fight the war on our own territory, which will damage the existing construction results.
There is only Shule.
Faced with the menacing Tamerlane, King Yan first stood firm and did not fight. Survive Timur, when Timur can't suppress everyone and can't control his own logistics supply.
Only then did he launch a decisive battle, using artillery to directly destroy the courage of Timur's headquarters.
Qiu Fu, Zhang Yu and other generals, together with King Yan, took the lead and defeated Timur. Beheaded tens of thousands. King Chahatai Khan was also shocked when he saw this. Then take the initiative to open the city and surrender.
Shule fell into the hands of King Yan.
In this battle of King Yan, he had stored up more than a year of gunpowder and finished it in one day. Completely in accordance with He Xi's so-called firepower theory of victory.
This kind of fighting style has never been seen in the Western Region.
Although King Yan's so-called one-year reserve of gunpowder is nothing compared to that crucial day and night in the Battle of Guangwu.
But for these generals in the Western Regions who have never seen the market, it is already quite remarkable.
After this battle, King Yan became powerful in the Western Regions. The relationship between King Yan and Timur also changed. From Timur wanting to attack King Yan, King Yan had begun to tentatively attack Timur.
After Timur withdrew from southern Xinjiang, he immediately prepared to set up checkpoints on the mountain roads to block King Yan's attack.
The form of the Western Region is completely different.
He even captured the entire Chahatai Khanate and wiped out one of the four great Mongolian khanates. It also allowed more Mongolians to surrender sincerely.
In short, the war in the Western Regions came to an end with King Yan.
It's just that King Yan didn't expect that there would be such great progress here, and there would be greater progress in the imperial court. In just a few months, Beijing had already captured Nanjing.
The world is reunited.
This incident shocked King Yan very much.
In fact, King Yan had already predicted the unification of southern Beijing. After all, the Ming court will definitely be unified. It's just a matter of time.
But he didn't expect that time would go so fast.
Caught him a little off guard.
After thinking about it carefully, King Yan also felt that from a military point of view, it was actually a logical thing. The military strength of the Northern Army has developed to this point.
After all, Daming is a family. It is impossible to carry it to the end. When many people see that they cannot beat someone, they naturally think of surrendering. But for a moment, he didn't know how to deal with it.
It is a completely different attitude towards Beijing and towards a complete imperial court.
Soon, he received an invitation from the Dingguo Society.
Let King Yan go to Nanjing for a meeting.
King Yan thought about it and invited Lian Zining to discuss this matter.
Lian Zining said: "Your Highness, your current hesitation is actually because you don't know how to position the relationship between our country and the imperial court."
King Yan said: "Mr. Lian, please speak."
Lian Zining said: "Your Highness, do you think it would be unsafe for you to go to Nanjing?"
King Yan smiled calmly and said, "This kid Xiongying can't do this. And even if he wanted to, He Xi wouldn't let him do it."
Lian Zining said: "In this case, why is His Highness hesitant about such a conference? It is obvious that His Highness actually knows what will be done in this conference. There are some things that His Highness does not know how to deal with?"
King Yan said: "Mr. Lian is right. I'm going to Nanjing. Actually, it's not a big deal when I think about it. I haven't been there for several years, so I should go there. To be honest, after my father died, this stall came out. I haven't worshiped in front of my father's mausoleum yet, which is considered extremely unfilial. I should go back to Nanjing anyway. However, I just feel that there will be obstacles in going to Nanjing, but what is it? , but I can’t figure it out.”
Lian Zining said: "Your Highness, in the past few years, Your Highness has been advancing rapidly in the northwest. In just a few years, he went to Mobei, conquered the Western Region, and defeated Timur. The entire territory is no less big than the Huns and Turks, and the Han and Mongolian Hui under his control There are tens of millions of people. It is like a big country. To put it bluntly, the imperial court may not be happy with His Highness’s achievements today. If I remember correctly, according to my teacher’s opinion, the Western Regions are to be settled It belongs to several feudal lords. Now it is owned by His Highness alone. If one day His Highness rebels against the imperial court, I am afraid that the border will be on fire for thousands of miles. This is not what the imperial court wants to see."
King Yan thought for a moment and said, "Continue."
Lian Zining said: "Since ancient times, the imperial court has only used several methods to deal with feudal kings. To force them to rebel, if they raise troops to destroy them. But in our country, it is impossible. Why did the teacher want to seal the feudal lords back then? It was because of many places , the situation is enough to defend. If you send officials, it will easily outweigh the gains. It is better to seal a vassal and defend it. Now our country is like this, with a vast territory, but it is a barren land. Not many people are willing to serve as officials here. Although our country's military strength is weak, Don't take a small peek. Therefore, if you destroy our country, the gain will outweigh the loss to the court.",
"Not only is it uneconomical in terms of cost, but it is also difficult to face the world's feudal kings. Therefore, this is impossible for the court to do. This is also the reason why I support your highness to go to Nanjing. No matter what happens, there is no problem with your highness's personal safety. of."
"If hard work doesn't work, then let's go soft. When we go to Nanjing, the imperial court will probably talk to us on several aspects. First, the appointment of important officials, that is, the Prime Minister of Yan. Second, probably a favor. Your Highness If you have three sons, do you want to divide the three kingdoms to rule them?"
After hearing this, King Yan suddenly understood where his heart was.
The court's soft sword will definitely come. And no less. That’s it for the former. Even if the imperial court sends someone to be the prime minister, King Yan will still have ways to deal with him.
King Yan is about to become the emperor. How can it be made by literati?
But the latter put King Yan in a bit of a dilemma.
Through the ages, Yang has conspired to push the order of grace.
It’s really difficult to understand.
The King of Yan knew very well that if the wish of the court was fulfilled, and nothing else was needed, he would promise to the court that the country of Yan would be divided into three parts in the future. The court must be very appeasing to him and will agree to any conditions.
After all, the division of the Yan Kingdom into three kingdoms probably conformed to He Xi's original plan for the Western Regions.
The imperial court was not afraid of King Yan’s
What a delaying tactic.
Without him, as long as the King of Yan makes a promise, his sons will think so. Since the sons have this idea, who can he control if the King of Yan kicks him off in the future? Coupled with the imperial court's intervention, it is inevitable that the Yan Kingdom will fall apart in the future.
It's just that King Yan doesn't like this situation very much.
