Why not attack?
Shi Arslang, the commander of Iron Eagle Cavalry, was very puzzled. Yuan Yue, Tan Yuan, Qu Neng, and Zhou Dazhi looked at Zhu Di and were even more confused. Huo Lin almost jumped up to object, but under Zhu Di's majestic gaze He closed his mouth.
After Xu Huizu and Song Sheng stabilized their positions, they arrived at the Chinese Army.
Song Sheng was a border general, and Tang Yun died in the battle, and many soldiers were killed. He wanted to charge forward in one go and cut down Timur's soldiers until they were wiped out! He was very dissatisfied when he suddenly received Zhu Di's order to stop the attack.
"General, what is your intention? The enemy is already vulnerable and the army is in panic. This is the perfect opportunity to rush into battle. If we allow them to take a breath and reorganize the army, we will have to pay a greater price if we want to fight again! "
Song Sheng was rude and asked Zhu Di angrily.
Although Xu Huizu did not speak, he also opposed Zhu Di's order to stop the attack at this time. Now is the best opportunity. The Ming sergeant has already lost his spirit and morale. To suddenly stop the attack would be extremely detrimental to the Ming sergeant!
Almost everyone is against Zhu Di, except Yang Rong.
Zhu Di looked at the generals majestically. They were all begging for battle and a charge to end Timur!
The familiar heavy snow!
In the 23rd year of Hongwu's reign, his father Zhu Yuanzhang sent himself to personally conquer the Yuan army under Nai'er Buhua. It was also snowing heavily that day. He led his troops to attack Nai'er Buhua. Nai'er Buhua didn't have any precautions. As long as he charged, Nai'er Buhua would be killed. The Flower Division will suffer a disastrous defeat. But he did not order a charge, but sent envoys to persuade Nai'er to surrender without Hua.
The world says that I surrender without fighting, and that I am patient and arrogant. No, I, Zhu Di, just want to win the approval of my father, Zhu Yuanzhang, and let him see that I am not a warrior who does not know how to restrain and only knows how to kill!
The killing was stopped for political purposes.
Stopping the butcher's knife now is not a political goal, but it is also a political consideration.
His father, Zhu Yuanzhang, passed away and passed down the empire to Zhu Yunwen from generation to generation. No matter how much complaints or dissatisfaction there was, they disappeared with Zhu Yunwen's six years of governance. Although he is a junior, he has extraordinary governance methods, including civil administration, martial arts, people's livelihood, officialdom, opening up borders, and defending territory...
Zhu Yunwen is a better person than himself. Under his leadership, Ming Dynasty will enter a truly prosperous age. However, Zhu Yunwen was still too young, and some of his policy strategies were too eager, which dragged down the national treasury.
Moving the capital and building a new capital should really be postponed for a few years, and then done after accumulating people's power and national power.
Nowadays, fighting in the Western Regions costs countless money, and the imperial court also needs to invest a lot of money to build a new capital, which is really difficult for the Ministry of Household Affairs. In order to help Fengyang people dig wells and build ditches, the imperial court had reached the point of borrowing money from the private sector.
Zhu Di felt overwhelmed and understood the difficulties of Zhu Yunzhen and the court. After this battle, the Western Region will be included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, but the expenses and consumption here are still continuous and huge.
Not to mention the pensions and rewards after the master returned to the court, let’s say that if the Ming Dynasty wanted to establish a foothold in the Western Regions, it needed to build cities, set up guardhouses, recruit local people, build schools, post stations, warehouses, sow grain, dig karez wells...
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money!
It's not that Zhu Di didn't want to chop off Timur with one blow. It was easy to blow the horn of charge and it was also easy to destroy Timur's army. But before that, did he need to solve the money problem?
The Western Region is too far away from the capital, and it is too difficult to rely on the capital to transport supplies. When Timur is unable to resist, you can always ask him for money and ask him to write an alliance under the city.
Of course, I not only want money and a valid document, I also want Tamerlane’s head and the illustrious military achievements of conquering the Western Regions!
"Control sergeant, don't act rashly! Now I need an envoy to persuade Timur to surrender and write a document of surrender! Who has the courage to go?"
Zhu Di looked at the generals.
No one among the generals spoke. Timur was now in dire straits and had suffered huge losses. It was difficult to determine whether he was mad or mad. If he was hacked to death in a rage, that would be a real injustice.
The two countries are at war, why don't they kill the envoys?
This is easy to say, but it can save a lot of people from dying...
Huo Lin came out and asked, "General, do you want to let Timur go?"
Zhu Di looked deeply at Huo Lin: "I never said, let him go? Yang Rong, did I say that?"
Yang Rong shook his head.
Huo Lin was puzzled: "The general said that he would send people to persuade Timur to surrender. What if he didn't let him go?"
Zhu Di smiled solemnly: "To persuade to surrender is to persuade to surrender, and to release someone is to release them. These are two different things. Boy, aren't you from the government? How to use words and how to explain them, don't you understand?"
Huo Lin looked at Zhu Di in confusion, not sure what he meant. Zhu Di pointed to the front and said to Huo Lin: "Timur sent hundreds of thousands of troops to conquer the Ming Dynasty. We lost so many sergeants and wasted a lot of money. It’s huge, shouldn’t we ask him for some compensation?”
"Compensation, compensation?"
Huo Lin shivered when he saw Zhu Di's old fox smile.
Zhu Di arranged the military strategy. On the one hand, he arranged for sergeants to capture prisoners and treat the wounded. On the other hand, he ordered people to inform Suo Jing, Xue Xia and others, led the troops behind Timur's army, and gave instructions to Huo Neighbor.
Camp in the wind and snow.
Timur was so depressed that he fought countless battles all his life, but he was defeated by Qamdo and the Ming Dynasty!
This was a complete failure!
Da Ying is dead, Yuri Buyuan is dead, and Gesu Yedin is dead!
Miransha was injured on the face, and Shaharu's head was almost penetrated by fragments. The policeman ran back well, but all the elites he took away were left to Ming Dynasty!
An army of 120,000 was sent out, but only less than 30,000 came back! More than half of the 90,000-strong army was lost before Tuocheng. The rest did not escape and were captured by the Ming army!
The Ming army is just outside the wind and snow, and they have blocked all the passages except the west! &a
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Fight?
What to fight with? These more than 40,000 troops with no fighting power and no fighting spirit in their hands?
"Sultan, the Ming Dynasty's envoy is here."
Mu Sun reported in a low voice.
Timur said with a cold face: "Kill me. Now that the matter has come to this, do we still want to listen to Ming's teachings? Kill!"
The generals heard it, but there was no movement.
Miran Shah, Shaharul, ***, Sayev, etc. did not agree.
Now that the Ming Dynasty has arrived with a large army, both the number of soldiers and the morale of the soldiers are far beyond their own. It is easy to kill the Ming Dynasty's envoys, but this will anger Zhu Di, and he will definitely order the army to charge!
With the current strength of the army, we cannot fight against the Ming Dynasty. If the fight continues, these people will die here!
*** persuaded: "Sultan, the Ming Dynasty is willing to talk, you might as well listen to what they say."
Miran Shah and Shaharul also echoed.
Timur knew that the Ming Dynasty's camel city and firearms had destroyed the pride and will of his children and grandchildren. They were no longer willing to fight the Ming army. They wanted to return to Samarkand and retreat.
Huo Lin walked to Timur's tent with one big step. Facing Timur with a murderous look on his face, Huo Lin expressed his friendliness: "Honorable Sultan, we meet again. Although the war is now The winner has not yet been decided, but our general believes that the soldiers of the Timurid Empire will withdraw from all areas of Yilibali and return to Samarkand to live a free and prosperous life instead of staying here, or It’s the Eastern Conquest of the Ming Dynasty.”
After the general translated, Timur said nothing.
*** stared at Huo Lin, gritted his teeth and said, "Tell me, what does Daming want?"
Integrity and face are not important.
Huo Lin looked at *** and asked about his identity. He didn't expect him to be so direct. Since you don't even want the face at the negotiation table, just say it directly: "Now the situation is very obvious. As long as the Sultan If you agree to a few conditions of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty sergeants will never use their swords against you again, and will retreat four miles back to abandon the siege."
***’s eyes lit up. If Daming could really stop using force and retreat four miles away, then a safe withdrawal would not be impossible. After all, it was a snowy day. He dived into the wind and snow. Daming wanted to pursue him. All difficult.
Shaharul asked: "What conditions does Ming want?"
Huo Lin stretched out his right hand: "Five conditions!"
The hearts of *** and others trembled, Timur watched coldly.
Huo Lin solemnly said: "First, the Hongwu mission that entered the Timurid Empire nine years ago had a total of more than 1,600 people, but the Sultan only gave the Ming Dynasty 40 people, and 1,500 more. Many people have not been released to the Ming Dynasty. The general said that these people need to be released to the Ming Dynasty. Even if they have been dead for many years, their bodies should be returned to the Ming Dynasty."
Timur frowned, this condition was not too harsh.
That time
Some people were separated by themselves, and some became slaves. Nine years have passed, and these people are still there. Where exactly they are is indeed difficult to find, but it is not impossible to find them.
Huo Lin continued: "Second, I made a promise in the name of the Sultan and the Communist Party that the armies of the Timur Empire will never invade the territory of Yilipali, because this will become the territory of the Ming Dynasty."
Timur stared, Ming Dynasty actually wanted to occupy the entire Yili area? Are their ambitions too big?
*** nodded, even if the Ming Dynasty did not say anything, I believe that after this battle, the Timur Empire will not go east again.
The power of firearms has made people tremble.
Huo Lin then mentioned the third condition: "The Timurid Empire needs to open up channels to allow merchants to freely enter the western regions of the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, merchants from the Ming Dynasty should also be allowed to go to the Timurid Empire to do business freely and ensure their safety."
Timur finally couldn't help it and asked: "Businessman?"
Huo Lin nodded heavily: "Yes, they are merchants, not sergeants, not assassins, just merchants. The Ming Dynasty welcomes your merchants to enter the Hexi Corridor and enter the capital of the Ming Dynasty. We also hope that the merchants of the Ming Dynasty can enter Samarkand to exchange their needs. Freedom to buy and sell."
Timur looked at Huo Lin and understood: "So, the Ming Dynasty wanted to restore the Silk Road during the Han and Tang Dynasties and make the Western Regions prosperous again?"
"That's right."
Huo Lin replied.
Timur sighed: "Your emperor looks a little far ahead. Tell me what the conditions are for the remaining two."
Huo Lin knew that Timur had admitted defeat, but the mission had not yet been completed: "The fourth condition is that the Sultan accepts the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, and the Timur Empire becomes a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. This is nothing to the Sultan, right? During the Hongwu period, the Sultan had promised the Ming Dynasty, and that’s why Fu An’s delegation entered Samarkand!”
Timur's face turned pale. At first, he just wanted to confuse Zhu Yuanzhang, spy on intelligence, and buy time. He never really thought about surrendering to the Ming Dynasty! Now that old Ming events are being brought up again, it is clear that they were intentional.
"What's the last condition?"
Timur asked without directly stating his position.
Huo Lin had a smile on his lips. The first four conditions were just trivial matters, but the most critical one was the last one. He looked directly at Timur and said in a deep voice, "Give the Ming Dynasty 20 million taels of silver as war compensation!"
