Besieged the city for ten days.
Yuan Yue and others came to Zhu Di, Yang Rong and others.
Facing Harry in the city, Zhu Di only sent a message: "Go out of the city to discuss."
Heizhui was very scared and pulled Harry, saying nothing to let him leave the city.
Harry looked at the Ming army outside the city, and his heart was full of bitterness. Yili surrounded the inner city on three sides with mountains, and faced the river valley. The Ming army occupied the river valley, which was equivalent to cutting off Yili's only way out of the inner city. He could leave if he wanted. No more falling.
Besides, Grandpa’s hundreds of thousands of troops are gone. How can he resist the Ming Dynasty with only Yili’s 6,000 defenseless defenders in the inner city? Yuan Yue and Zhu Di have not attacked for a long time, not because they can't, but because they want to fulfill the so-called "Tianshan Alliance" by themselves.
Harry ordered people to open the city gate, and with only two followers, he drove his horses into the Ming army's tent.
Zhu Di personally welcomed Harry and hosted a banquet in honor of him.
Although Harry was uneasy, he also understood that when things come, he will take care of them. When things happen, he cannot hide from them, he can only face them.
After some pleasantries, Zhu Di ordered Yang Rong to take out the documents of the "Tianshan Alliance" and said to Harry straight to the point: "If you are willing to abide by this covenant, Ming Dynasty will not only get out of the way, but also allow you to take people back to Sasha." Malhan can also help you secure your position as Sultan when you need it."
Harry examined the covenant. The words and seals on it were all true: "In this way, after signing this covenant, Ming still launched an attack on the old Sultan. Ming did not abide by the agreement and lost the basic Your faith, how can I trust you?"
Zhu Di shook his head: "It was Timur who broke the rules first and did not abide by the agreement. The fact that Fu An, Guo Ji and other envoys detained Samarkand for nine years is proof of this. What's more, Timur is too ambitious and has too many methods. If If he is left alive, not to mention being greedy and cunning and betraying the alliance, he may go to the Ming Dynasty for a second time. I can't trust him."
Harry was silent.
Zhu Di is right. Timur was indeed greedy and cunning and betrayed his alliance. In several wars, he had promised to surrender and not massacre the city. However, when the other party surrendered, he would still find an inconspicuous reason to massacre, such as Damascus. Just because of a stone, more than 80,000 people in the city were slaughtered.
Timur is a proud man, and he will not allow the stain of a tragic defeat to remain on him. If he fails once, he will definitely come back until the enemy is completely eliminated.
However, since Daming couldn't trust Timur, why did he keep this covenant? Wouldn't it be better to just kill Timur?
It was impossible for Zhu Di to tell Harry that the real purpose was just to determine Timur's position so that the divine machine gun could be aimed.
As for this agreement and covenant, it was not signed with Timur, but with the Timur Empire. There is an essential difference between the two:
It was signed with Timur. When Timur died, the validity of the covenant ended.
It was signed with the Timur Empire. Even after Timur died, the covenant still existed until the demise of the Timur Empire.
Zhu Di saw Harry's worry and said, "Da Ming is willing to abide by the agreement. When he promised to let you go back, he fully fulfilled the agreement. Compared with Tamerlane, who does not abide by his faith, Daming trusts you Harry more."
Harry put the covenant on the table and looked up at Zhu Di: "I am willing to abide by these covenants, but there is one condition."
"What conditions?"
Zhu Di asked.
Harry looked deeply at Zhu Di and said seriously: "Return the captured Sergeant Timur to me."
Return the prisoners?
What are you thinking? This is a prisoner of the Ming Dynasty. Each person is worth thirty taels of silver, more than 70,000 people, and more than two million taels of silver. Of course, their greatest value is to serve the Ming Dynasty's mining industry. A lot of mines are clamoring for people. This group of prisoners is strong and young. Most of them are around forty and can mine for at least ten years. .
Ten years, this is such a huge income, you can't even think of getting it back even if you give it five million taels.
"They are prisoners and should be handed over to the imperial court. If you want to let them go back, you can only send envoys to the emperor to discuss it. As a general, I must bring the prisoners back to the capital."
Zhu Di directly refused
Absolutely Harry.
Harry looked like he was struggling and gritted his teeth and said, "Give Ba Qishan and Karachi back to me. This is not too much to ask for!"
Zhu Di said bluntly: "Karachi surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and is a member of the Ming Dynasty. He can't give it to you. But I can give it back to you for Mount Baqi. But I need to give you a warning. If you violate the Tianshan covenant or attack the sun and the moon again, Where the flag is, the next battlefield will be Samarkand.”
Harry nodded solemnly.
The unprecedented failure has made Harry no longer interested in moving eastward. All he can think about now is to return to Samarkand and become the new Sultan.
"Is the old Sultan still alive?"
Harry knew that it was impossible for Zhu Di to agree to the request for Tamerlane, so he simply didn't mention it.
Zhu Di sighed: "Originally, Ming Dynasty only wanted to capture the Sultan, but..."
"It was *** who killed the old Sultan! Right?"
Harry gritted his teeth.
Zhu Di was stunned for a moment. Who told you that it was the Communist Party who killed Timur? It was Xue Xia who didn't obey the command.
Facing Zhu Di's explanation, Harry shook his head and said firmly: "It was *** who killed the old Sultan, and I need you to admit it!"
Zhu Di looked deeply at Harry and understood.
It was no secret that Harry lost his right to become Sultan, and many people knew about it. Now that Harry wants to become the new Sultan, the biggest obstacle he faces is to prove that he is orthodox, legitimate and the only possible candidate.
By insisting that the emperor killed Timur, Harry could find a perfect excuse for killing the emperor, and he could also explain to the world why the seal ring was in his hand, and how he became the new sultan.
This is a political lie, a lie to prove that Harry is legitimate as Sultan.
Of course, this lie is helpful to maintain Timur's reputation. At least this great man did not die at the hands of the Ming army, but was killed by his own people.
Yang Rong saw through Harry's plan and reminded: "If this is the case, there will be a huge scandal in the Timur family. Once this case is opened, it will not do you much good."
No matter whether it is the royal family or the royal family, as long as there is internal strife, killing each other, and fighting for power, this curse will be difficult to disappear within three generations, and may even exist for more than a hundred years.
Harry rejected Yang Rong's kindness: "This is an internal matter within the Timurid Empire. I need Ming Dynasty to prove it, at least in the Western Regions."
Zhu Di looked at Xiong Wucheng: "I'll leave this matter to you. Are there any questions?"
Xiong Wucheng shook his head: "No problem."
Zhu Di agreed to Harry, and Harry made no other requests.
The Ming Dynasty made way for the passage, and Harry led Heizhui and other 6,000 soldiers to safely leave the Yili city. All the gold and silver treasures were left to the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Di sent Yuan Yue to follow Harry, and they took back Almaty and Kataz without any bloodshed, and crossed the Wailatau Mountains, stationed in Tashkent, and sent 5,000 soldiers to garrison. At this point, the military power of the Timur Empire completely withdrew from the Syr Darya River. North, withdraw from Yuan Yili and control the territory of Li country.
The Ming Dynasty's army marched south from Turpan and entered the Tarim River Basin, gradually incorporating scattered cities into the Ming Dynasty's territory.
Lop Nur!
A finger pointed on the map, and then moved westward, along the Tarim River, to the Yarkand River...
Zhu Yunwen put away his fingers, rubbed his brows, and said to Xie Jin, Tie Xuan, Mei Yin, Yang Shiqi and others: "The territory in Yili is very large, and it is mainly composed of Hui people, mixed with Mongols and Western countries. Traveling merchants, the land is vast and sparsely populated. It is not easy to completely control it and make it a permanent territory of the Ming Dynasty. What can you do?"
Xie Jin, Tie Xuan and others stared at the map, looked at this vast area, and looked at each other.
Half a month has passed since dark clouds fell on the city, and there is still no news of the Western Expedition. People in the court are panicking. Under such circumstances, does Zhu Yunwen still have the intention to discuss the control of the Western Regions?
Mei Yin is uneasy
, said: "Your Majesty, there is no news about the affairs of the Western Region at the moment. Is it too early to plan the governance of the Western Region at this time? You might as well wait..."
Zhu Yunwen looked at Mei Yin, Xie Jin and others and said seriously: "Why, Harry was captured and 40,000 elite troops were defeated. Doesn't that give you confidence? It's already November, and the outcome of the war in the Western Region must be decided. . Could it be that the imperial court has to wait until the news of Zhu Di’s success is delivered before you start thinking about how to govern the Western Regions?”
Xie Jin was in a panic. The battle report from the Western Region had not been received for a long time. Who had the heart to think about post-war matters?
That shocking change in the sky seemed to be a bad omen.
Dark clouds rose from the northwest and disappeared in the southeast. Only strong winds came up, but no rain or snow was seen.
Qin Tianjian said it was a black evil invading the dragon, Zhu Yunwen said it was weather, and hundreds of officials believed it was a harbinger of a tragic defeat in the northwest. Some officials even suggested that Zhu Yunwen should immediately order Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places to mobilize troops to prepare to resist Timur. Army.
Even the common people in the capital thought that such a celestial phenomenon was very unusual. Some family members of the capital army burst into tears and were filled with grief. There were also absurd rumors that Timur killed 150,000 Ming troops.
In this case, who has the mind to consider the governance issues after taking back the Western Regions? Everyone is waiting for news. If Zhu Di is really defeated by Timur, how to clean up the mess?
Apart from anything else, the construction of the new capital of Peking will definitely be stopped to free up more manpower and financial resources to support the northwest war.
The Beijing army still had to be mobilized, and it was impossible for officials to stay at home comfortably to welcome Jianwen's seventh year. They could only stay in the government office and wait for the imperial court to transfer duties.
There is no news from the Western Region, and I have no energy to do anything. Don’t you see, the chattering censors in the court are no longer shouting? I am afraid that I will get into trouble at this time and be caught to vent my anger.
Nowadays, the officials in the DPRK are even walking cautiously, not daring to breathe heavily, and their laughter is much less. Looking up, most officials do not have the word "relaxation" on their faces, only solemnity.
Everyone is paying attention to the war in the Western Regions, only Zhu Yunwen is paying attention to governance besides the war.
Xie Jin stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the Western Region is vast. Its scope is larger than ten Shandong provinces. It is indeed not easy to talk about governance. I think it is better to set up the Western Region Capital Division first and use the army to take charge of the place. , wait and see for two years before appointing the Chief Envoy as the leader."
Mei Yin had no choice but to speak: "Currently, the news is uncertain and people's hearts are unstable. It is indeed difficult to discuss the governance of the Western Region. Your Majesty, we might as well discuss the Western Region Capital Division and the defense of the northwest first."
"Northwestern defense? What other defenses are there in the northwest?"
Zhu Yunwen looked at the map. Once Zhu Di defeated Timur, would Mahamu of Oara still have the courage to challenge the Ming Dynasty?
Lend him ten courages and see if he dares to dunk once.
Officials in the imperial court thought that Zhu Di's Western Expedition was just a Western Expedition, just to take back the Western Regions. But they were wrong. The strategic significance of conquering the Western Regions far exceeded the Western Regions themselves, and the strategic impact was beyond their imagination!
