Chapter 147: The Crusade

After the night passed. King Yi as the son-in-law of the Zhongguo Gong Shiheng, the dual identity of the Prince of Daming, finally integrated the army.

Although there are internal contradictions in the army.

But at this critical juncture, the Ming Dynasty's largest heavy army group in the Western Regions finally had the ability to act.

King Yi's decision was also very simple.

He looked at all the generals in front of him and said, "General Liuzhu guards Ili, and the other troops will follow our army to the east to conquer the Maoli Children's Division." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Yi first came out and said: "Your Highness thinks twice, and now the movement of the tile thorn is unknown. Once our army leaves Ili and the Tile Spur army marches eastward, the situation in Ili is unimaginable. ”

Yiwang Zhu Jianzhi said: "It is precisely because of this that we cannot delay at all. The enemy on both sides of the east and the west always has to destroy one. ”

"Can the tile spur be set quickly?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone secretly shook their heads.

Shi Heng's division was the one with the most victories in the most battles with the tile thorns, and most of them participated in the battle of Yanran and were the best cavalry of the Ming Dynasty.

If it weren't for Shi Heng's personal reasons, this cavalry would have stayed in the Beijing camp, sat in the center, and shocked the Quartet. Now he can only defend the Western Regions.

But it is precisely because of the most fights with the tile spurs. They know the tile thorn best.

The tile spur never dared to take a peep.

From Dehuan to Yexian, and then to today's Ashi Timur, he can be called three generations of heroes. No matter how many blows the court used, it didn't destroy the thorns. In the end, he had to negotiate peace with the Watts.

If we could have destroyed the tile thorn, it would have been extinguished a long time ago, where to wait until now.

Not to mention, what can you do with just the tens of thousands of cavalry in Ili City?

King Yi said: "This can determine the Maoli children, although the Maoli children are all Mongolians, and the Maoli children are also the children of the Jin family, but they are the generals of the defeated army, and they are used by the imperial court. ”

"So, after a quick battle, kill the Maoli children, appease the various departments, and solve the Maoli children's departments, you will be relieved of your worries, and then come back to defend Ili, even if the tile thorns intervene, there will be no problems."

King Yi's voice paused slightly, and he said, "Don't you even have the courage to fight a battle against Maoli now?" ”

What kind of generals, what kind of soldiers.

Although Shi Heng died, his spiritual temperament remained in this army, and when King Yi said this, these generals jumped out one after another like cats stepping on their tails.

Saluted to King Yi and said: "The last general asks for battle, and there is no need for a large army to be dispatched, only the headquarters of the last general is enough to kill the Maoli child." ”

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King Yi waved his hand and said, "Then it's decided, except for General Zhu, the whole army will be dispatched to break the hair first." ”

"The sooner the better."

King Yi ordered Zhu Yi to stay behind, but he also knew that his ability to command troops was quite poor, and he made the veteran Jin Fancha and Jin Dongshan his right and left hands.

Commanding an army of 50,000, the army marched eastward, and unabashedly penetrated directly into the Maori Child's department.

And at this time, the new capital of the tile spur, that black sand is not. People from all walks of life have discussed the situation in the Western Regions.

Most advocated the Eastern Crusade.

The reason is simple.

For the original Tile Thorn nobles, how many victories they won in the Western Expedition were not enough to praise, and the only Eastern Expedition was to return to the Western Regions and Mobei. That's what they're haunted by.

Because that's where the hometown is.

The other side of the crusade was supported by the Muslim nouveau riche.

In order to gain a foothold in Central Asia, Azi Timur took the initiative to convert to Islam, and led many Tile nobles to throw themselves into the arms of Islam, so he received a lot of support from Islam.

With these Muslim supports, the rule of the Varsa in Central Asia was much more secure.

As a result, many Muslims naturally entered the upper echelons of the Watts.

The reason why they supported the Eastern Crusade was to advocate jihad.

Without him, southern Xinjiang would be in chaos. Naturally, someone came to contact Central Asia Huihui.

All these decisions were gathered in the hands of Aztimur.

Azi Timur was also very hesitant at the moment.

He is about the same age as Zhu Qizhen, and now he is also in his forties. But it's different from Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Qizhen has been exercising since he was a child, although he does not seek immortality, but he pursues the way of health preservation in order to be in charge of the Ming Dynasty for a long time.

So he's much younger than he looks.

However, Azi Timur has come to this day in all kinds of ups and downs, and how many times he appeared at the most critical time on the battlefield, taking the lead and laying the foundation for the great victory of the tile spurs.

But all this overdrew the body of Aztimur.

In addition, the medical skills of Central Asia are far inferior to those of the Central Plains, so Azi Timur's health has deteriorated.

It's hard for heroes to see whiteheads, which is also common sense.

If Timur had been in good health, he might have made other choices, but now he is different. He didn't know how long he would live.

At this moment, he was moved.

He may not want to defeat the Western Regions, but if he can defeat the Western Regions, it is also a good way.

In this way, the tile spur has a few decades of peace. More land can be carved out to the west.

What the?

As for the hard-won peace between Da Ming and Tile Spur?

Naturally, it's this time and that time.

At the beginning, the Tile Thorn was just a narrow strip of land in the east of Kazakhstan, with little room for maneuver, and the army was only a hundred thousand, but now the Tile Thorn has all the whole of Central Asia, and the troops are in and out of Afghanistan, Iran and other places, and even have to bypass the Caspian Sea to develop westward.

Over the years, with the help of shingle firearms and tactics, he has won one victory after another, and he has already sharpened it.

And it has been ten years since the battle of Yan Ran, which killed tens of thousands of elites in the original battle.

Although the vitality of the tile spur has not returned to its original state, coupled with all kinds of chaotic subordinate armies, the national strength is also considerable.

So you can give it a try.

Azi Timur thought for two days and ordered the troops to divide into two routes, marching into the north and south of Xinjiang respectively, all the way from the Ili River valley to the east, Ili.

The other way is to cross the green ridge and attack the four towns in southern Xinjiang.

The natural danger of the Green Ridge is naturally heavy and heavily guarded. But now, the chaos in southern Xinjiang is a great opportunity to take advantage of the chaos.

In this way, almost two crusades were carried out at the same time.

When King Yi entered the Junggar Basin with tens of thousands of troops, and the army was close to the army of Mauri, King Yi received the news that the army of Waspur had been dispatched.

King Yi was in a cold sweat for a while. Take a deep breath and suppress the panic in your heart. Then he put the letter on top of the candle flame and burned it.

The tongue of fire licked the letters, and it also burned in the heart of King Yi. This burning feeling is simply unbearable.

King Yi tried to calm his inner anxiety.

The order was given to call the generals.

Jianzhou Hou Jin Fancha was the leader, and they entered the account one after another.

King Yi said: "Generals, it seems that Mauri does not want to fight our army, but this battle cannot be delayed, I don't know what you can do. ”

Jin Fancha said: "There is one way, but it is too lacking in morality. ”

King Yi said: "The Marquis of Jianzhou, please speak." ”

Jin Fancha said: "Set fire to the wasteland. ”

As soon as Jin Fancha said this, he didn't know who said it: "Prevent autumn." ”

This method is what must be done every autumn on the top of the border plug at the beginning, that is, to prevent autumn, to set the autumn grassland on fire, and burn all of it.

In this way, the Mongols would not easily go south.

At its most, this burned area was one or two hundred miles wide.

But it is not the same from place to place, and it is not a problem to burn the wasteland inside and outside the Great Wall, because there is more rain there than here.

The ecological environment here in the Western Regions is much weaker than that near the Great Wall.

The best consequence of a fire here is that it will take years for the land here to recover, and it is more likely that it will be eaten by the wind and become a desert without the protection of vegetation.

As a result, grazing is no longer possible.

That's why Jin Fancha said that this method is too immoral.

King Yi pondered for a moment and said, "The army has come and captured a lot of prisoners." ”

"Yes."

King Yi said: "Tell them the news that the army is going to set fire to the wasteland, let them go, and let them tell the Maoli children that if they have the ability, they will continue to hide." ”