my days with tyrants

I have to say that Zhu Di's painting style surprised Yang Feng...

Yang Feng dared to lead 2000 people to dig through southern Xinjiang because he knew he would not die.

But Zhu Di also knew that he was not immortal!
This risk is exaggerated.

What's more, Yang Feng's piercing of southern Xinjiang is completely insignificant compared with what Zhu Di is doing now. Besides, Yang Feng didn't chisel through southern Xinjiang. He was still surrounded by others in Aksu. Feng can get away by himself, and all his minions, including Zhang Fu and others, have to be thrown in Aksu, but now Zhu Di has really captured Belgosarai, and then went straight to the hinterland of West Asia.

This is stealing the limelight from Ambassador Yang!
Of course, he also knew that Zhu Di was only forced to move westward and was forced to give up the fight for the throne of the Ming Dynasty. He felt a little depressed and his mental state was unstable.

To put it simply...

crazy!

Immediately afterwards, Yang Feng led the two armies of the Beijing camp to the south with 3 people, while Xu Huizu and Song Sheng led the three armies to continue to Hami. As for the plan to divide the troops into three routes, it is actually necessary. can supply.There are still not many Han immigrants in the Western Regions. They are still those vassal cities and a few garrison guards. Both industry and agriculture are in their infancy. An army of 8 people, 15 horses and camels will eat the local food wherever they go. empty.

It is much easier to divide the troops into three groups.

Yang Feng went to get supplies from Khotan to Shule, Xu Huizu went to Gaochang to Shule, and Song Sheng went to Beijiang to get supplies.

In the end, Xu Huizu brought a group of vassals from southern Xinjiang to Dawan. He brought two armies, and those vassals could provide him with at least [-] cavalry. Fifty thousand, adding up to more than [-] troops, even against Timur's main force, at least it was an undefeated result.Song Sheng only had one army, but his army was [-]. He could take away [-] cavalry from Hami and Gaochang along the way, and after entering Yili, even if Guilichi and others did not come back, Zhu Gaochi could still add another one for him. Wan, if Zhu Gaoxu and Guilichi withdraw, then he is also at the level of [-], and still has the ability to independently fight Timur's main force.

So in the end, no matter which direction Timur attacks, it is impossible to open the defense of the Ming army, and he even has to face another attack.

Then at the same time, Yang Feng, who was walking through the Wakhan Corridor, went to Khorasan.

At that time, he could only surrender or collapse. After all, the emirs of Hezhong and Khorasan cities, including his son, could not be buried with him.

Daming just wants them to surrender.

It's not about killing them.

In fact, Yang Feng didn't intend to destroy them either.

He has just begun to digest the four towns, how can he be interested in going west?
Expansion needs to be done step by step, and Timur is easy to defeat, but the cities of Hezhong and Khorasan, with a population of tens of millions, are really difficult to solve, and this is a system, and the emirs of the cities don't care about surrendering to Ming I don't care about betraying Timur. Timur is just one of the revolving rulers in this land. If he loses, he deserves to die, and everyone will not be buried with him.

But if Ming Dynasty really wanted to expand this land with a large number of immigrants, this was something they couldn't tolerate, and they would really work hard.

So now is not the time.

Now Yang Feng has limited troops to invest in this direction, and the [-] troops are already the limit, and he even has to rely on the other emirs of the Western Regions.

It's not time for him to show his true colors.

However, Yang Feng's journey to the south is still very difficult. After all, from Dunhuang to Qiemo, he has to go to Lop Nur in the middle.

Although there is still some water in Lop Nur now.

The [-] Jingying Camp, who rode in four-wheeled carriages, followed him in the long yellow sand and continued to move forward along the commercial road leading to India.

At this time, Zhu Di is about to start his decisive battle with Bayezid...

Erzurum.

Zhu Di looked at the Ottoman envoy in front of him.

"For our Ming Dynasty, one must either submit or be an enemy. As for enemies, we usually destroy them. We have made countless countries that refused to submit to Ming finally choose to submit, and we have also caused countless countries that did not choose to submit to disappear. , you have no right to demand anything from us. Now, as the Prince of Ming, I ask your sultan to come and kneel at my feet. If he doesn’t come, then I will take my soldiers to catch him at my feet. Kneel down on him."

Zhu Di said.

The Kurds in Diyarbakir, under the persuasion of the Emir of Van City, finally chose to pay tribute to Ming Dynasty.

But Kara Osman, the leader of the White Sheep Turkmen, besieged Diyarbakir, and then the Black Sheep Turkmen and Jalayir coalition forces led by Yusuf and Ahmed rescued and defeated Kara Osman's army in Diyarbakir , the latter fled to the mountains along the Euphrates and sent envoys to the Bayezids and Mamluks and their in-laws Trebzon for help.

Bayezid, who had already assembled nearly [-] troops in Sivas and was waiting for them to ask for help, immediately sent envoys to Zhu Di and marched towards the border city of Erzincan at the same time.

Then this is Zhu Di's answer to him.

So the two sides will start their decisive battle in Erzincan next.

The wars on the West Asian side are basically on this line, because from Erzincan to the south is the mountain valley of the Euphrates River. It is not easy to pass through this natural moat in this era, but Sivas, Erzincan, El The line of Zulum can be passed directly because it takes the upper reaches of the Euphrates River, and finally formed a strategic channel that can be said to be in West Asia.Similarly, these cities are also the most important battlefields in this land. In history, Timur and Bayezid fought in Sivas, while the Ottomans defeated Aries Turkmen in Erzinjan. Seize the initiative in the West Asia battlefield by raiding Erzurum.

"Your Highness, our Sultan has an army of 50 people. This place is far away from Ming Dynasty. Your Highness is just passing by. Why do you want to protect the Kurds?

Your country is on the other side of the world, this has nothing to do with you. "

said the messenger.

"50?"

Zhu Di smiled.

Then Tuotuo Lost and others also laughed.

"Bayezid can't even make up 50 yuan, and a sultan has to rely on Serbs to fight, so why not boast that he has [-] troops?
Drag him out, chop him up into five pieces, and send him back to Bayezid.

This is what happens when you talk nonsense in front of me. "

Zhu Di said.

The soldiers outside immediately stepped forward and dragged the foolish emissary out. The latter was still very heroic, and after waking up, he howled to show his backbone. Outside, and then shut up with a series of screams.Zhu Di was not interested in taking care of him, and looked at the map in front of him with Tutuo, Kun Timur, Yusuf and others. Although he laughed at Bayezid for not being able to raise [-], he really had [-] troops on his side.

However, there are very few Ming troops.

Because the ammunition was basically exhausted, and Zhu Di didn’t want to make it here, so as not to leak the formula and process of advanced gunpowder, the Ming army only had one camel city to participate in the battle. Basically able to sustain a battle.

So now Zhu Di's main force is Zhao Shengjun.

This army has shown their strength, and of course they are also very loyal. After all, they have gained a lot during this period. For this poor army, they have all got what they want now, high-quality horses, beautiful women, and There were purses full of gold and silver coins.

As for the dead...

Can the dead have any dissatisfaction?
Those who are satisfied live, and those who live are satisfied.

In addition, some of the Qincha people also followed Zhu Di, and they were incorporated into the Yue Jibie Army by Zhu Di, so the strength of Yue Jiren increased to [-]...

Originally, [-] of them followed Zhu Di northward to Chengjitula, but they did not all follow the Western Expedition. Twenty thousand followed the Western Expedition, and they lost four to five thousand along the way. to twenty-five thousand.They and the Kipchak were originally a family, Yue Ji and others were originally the Golden Horde Khan Yue Jibie, similar to him who specially formed a guard army, but after Yue Jibie died and continued civil strife, they have been kicked out The core of the Golden Horde can only go east to join the Xiban family.

So there is no problem of integration between them and these Kipchaks, after all, they belong to the same family.

Moreover, Zhu Di promised that the east of the Ural River and the north of Lake Balkhash will be their pastures in the future.

In short, Zhu Di's direct-line army is the guards, Zhao Shengjun, and the monthly farewell, which adds up to about [-].

Tuotuo lost [-] cavalry in his hands.

Among them were the thousands of Kipchaks he brought from Siberia, Kazan and other cities along the way, but were blocked in the south and could not go back, and the Kipchaks who went south from Bergosarai.

The rest are Zalayir, Black Sheep Turkmen, and Armenians.

As for Georgia, Ossetia, and Shirvan who did not participate in the war, they need to continue to guard against Timur...

"Your Majesty, there is news about King Gao Yang."

Zhu Neng walked in suddenly and said.

"He withdrew?"

Zhu Di said.

"No withdrawal, he was still in Salechuk, Timur was blocked by him very uncomfortable, until half a month ago he was still in Beergosarai.

They don't have enough food to feed their war horses and camels. Even if they return east, they can only graze while walking. However, although it is spring in Xiangdong, only the coast of the Caspian Sea is a good pasture. This pasture is occupied by King Gaoyang. with.He attacked King Gaoyang, and King Gaoyang led the camel city to disperse, and then attacked him. He gathered his men to fight, but there was not enough pasture for the horses to graze, so he did not dare to return directly to the east. After all, there is no pasture in the east. .So Tamerlane simply doesn't leave now, sits in Belgosarai, and then releases his army to collect food from the surroundings, but he is defeated and returned, not to mention those Russian cities, even the cities of the Kipchak people. I don't want to listen to him anymore.

In the final analysis, the Kipchaks also had grudges against him.

All his food requisitions have been collected in Moscow. It is said that the Grand Duke of Moscow refused to give him food, and he was still listening to Yedi, and all the Russians who were entangled with Guilich in the north also withdrew.

Ghostly Chi is nomadic on the Samara River. "

Zhu Neng said with a smile.

"My son is quite capable."

Zhu Di said with a smile.

Indeed, he didn't expect that his son with well-developed limbs and simple mind would actually mess with Timur.

However, as long as Timur collects enough food, he will return east after all. In fact, because of the large scale of his cavalry, he has to walk a long distance in the desert to return east to the river. You can only disperse the nomadic subordinates.But the problem is that he disperses the nomads, which gives Zhu Gaoxu a chance to attack, and the latter has no shortage of food. Zhu Gaoxu has one and a half camels per capita, and he always carries a large amount of feed for long-term operations when marching.

And he's not really out of supplies.

There was a caravan behind him, and he had snatched a lot from the Nogai people before.

Of course, the main reason is that he has only 2 people, and it is enough to nomad along the Ural River. As long as Timur does not have enough feed to enter the desert, then he will feed the camels and horses and follow the attack.

He would have to go the same way back anyway.

"In addition, Di's subordinates have lost their hearts. It is said that during this period of time, many people took their subordinates to leave him for the Dnieper River, and several cities in the Crimea and other places will no longer give him reinforcements. Shadi, don't ask for food. The banner has also left Belgosarai, and it is estimated that they will not follow Timur anymore."

Zhu Neng said.

So as long as Timur leaves, Tutuo Lost, the Golden Horde Khan, will be stable.

"The tree falls and the monkeys scatter. After all, this kind of mob can only win and not lose. Once they lose, they will fall apart."

Zhu Di sighed.

Then he looked around...

He seems to be too!

Mongols, Turkmens, Turks, Armenians, Kurds, tribal peoples of Huining.

The same is also a mob!

Of course, as long as you can lead them to win battles all the time.

"Everyone, countless gold, silver and jewels in Bursa are waiting for us, and the wealth of Trabzon is waiting for us. What are you waiting for?"

He shouted in Turkic.

Those Tuotuo Lost and others immediately became excited, as if they had seen the wealth that Timur used thousands of camels to transport away in the original history.

At this time the Ottoman capital was Bursa.

In fact, Ottoman has not been very interested in expanding eastward. After all, the enemy in the west is easier to bully, and the east is not easy to mess with. Their previous territory was Sivas, and the decisive battle with Timur was only because of Timur. It has expanded to their borders, and now they choose to fight Zhu Di because Daming's expansion has also reached their borders.

The matter of Aries Turkmen is just Bayezid's temptation. If Zhu Di gives him face, he will stop moving forward.

But if Zhu Di doesn't give him face, there will only be war.

"All armies march to Erzincan immediately!"

Then Zhu Di gave the order to march.

The princes from all walks of life left immediately, and then went to their own camp, leading their subordinates to follow His Royal Highness to start their decisive battle with Bayezid.