Two days later, on August 23, Zhu Shangbing, the king of Qin, officially set off and led his soldiers to the west to attack the city of Samarkand. The way from Yiwu City to Alashankou is the territory of Yili Jiangli, and now the tribe of Yili Jiangli not only will not block the Western Expeditionary Army, but will support the Western Expedition, so the road is very calm, and nothing happened to Alashankou.

After arriving at Alashankou, Shang Bing ordered: "The army will rest here for a few days for the time being." The armies plundered the nearby tribes separately, and if there were powerful tribes that could not plunder, they would return to Lone. ”

Although the road from Yiwu City to Alashankou is calm, the distance is also more than 2,000 miles, and the cavalry is better, and the horses they bring can gallop at a speed of nearly 100 miles a day, but the infantry and city defense equipment used to attack the city can't be so fast, and they are left behind, Shang Bing stays in Alashankou and waits for them.

Moreover, although most of the troops who followed him westward from Iwu were barbarians, they were the objects of his solidarity after he ruled the area around Samarkand in the future, and he did not want them to suffer too many casualties, so he decided to recruit the powerful tribes in the vicinity, which also took time, so he stayed here for a few more days.

The barbarian armies were of course very happy when they heard Shang Bing's order, and they went out to raid the nearby tribes, and when they encountered a big tribe that they could not provoke, they hurried back to inform Shang Bing.

Shang Bing asked the craftsmen he brought to repair the city, and after hearing the news of the big tribe, he led his troops to 'recruit' this tribe to follow him to attack Samarkand.

At this time, the news of Timur's defeat and death had already spread in the land of the Seven Rivers by a very small number of soldiers who had escaped by chance. All the tribes were very shocked by this, and they also regarded the Ming Dynasty as the most powerful country in the world. When they heard that the army of the Ming Kingdom had come to the location of the tribe, they hurriedly presented all kinds of rare things; After they heard Shang Bing's request, although they were very reluctant, they didn't dare to disobey it, this family sent out a few hundred people, that family sent one or two thousand people, and actually made up nearly 70,000 horses.

At this time, the infantry transporting siege equipment had also arrived at the Alashan Pass, and Shang Bing officially revealed his true purpose to all the troops who followed the western expedition: "This western expedition is not only to seize the land of the Seven Rivers, but also to fight all the way to Samarkand and destroy the country founded by Timur!" ”

When Shamichagan and Mahami heard the news, they were very reluctant: they were both men of family and property, and they did not want to travel thousands of miles to attack the city of Samarkand; But Shang Bing's words didn't dare to go against him, so he could only discuss the matter with him in private.

"In this case, Lone allows you to return with your troops after the capture of Samarkand, and does not force you to stay near the city, but you must lead your troops to attack Samarkand!" Shang Bing finally said.

Hearing this, Shami Chagan and Mahamu reluctantly agreed.

As for the rest of the army, of course, the soldiers of the Iwu Guards were willing to attack the city of Samarkand, not only to take revenge but also to make a fortune, so why not? The other barbarian guards also want to get rich, so they don't object to it.

After that, the army set off again and marched westward. Shang Bing divided the army into two divisions, one followed the route of Timur's eastern expedition from the Alashan Pass to the southern shore of Lake Balkhash, and then turned south, forcing into the city of Samarkand through Shymkent and other places; The other route went south from the area of Lake Abbey into the Ili Valley, and from the Ili Valley to the southwest through Almaty and other places, and at Tashkent joined up with another army and marched south.

Along the way, Shang Bing continued to plunder the small tribes, even taking their men into slaves, forcing the big tribes to send troops to follow him and attack the city of Samarkand. In this way, the Western Expeditionary Army, which had only 150,000 horses at the time of departure, arrived in Jizzak, which had 300,000 horses.

After arriving in Jizzak, Shang Bing ordered the whole army to rest for a day, and then did not stay any longer, nor did he send troops to plunder the small tribes to 'recruit' the large tribes, and the whole army marched south to attack the city of Samarkand as quickly as possible.

On 18 November, after a total of more than 80 days of marching, the advance of the Western Expeditionary Army led by Shang Bing personally arrived at the foot of Samarkand.

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"The Great Khan, with 50,000 men and horses coming from the north, has reached twenty miles north of the city." In the tallest and most ornate palace in Samarkand, a soldier knelt on one knee and said to the young man in front of him.

"Which flag are they flying?" The young man wore a long robe made of tiger skin, a pair of pants made of wolf skin, and a bearskin hat.

But his expression spoiled the ferocity. At this time, his face was full of panic, staring at the soldiers in front of him.

This person was none other than Pil Mahama, the prince of the khanate appointed by Timur during his lifetime. Before Timur set out on the expedition, he left him to garrison the city of Samarkand, and he also followed his grandfather's teachings to garrison the city and manage the entire city according to the rules every day.

Since the beginning of the fourth month of the Hijri calendar (the middle of September of the Ming calendar), there has been a faint news that Timur has been defeated in battle, and even he himself has been killed in battle, but such news Pier Mahama does not believe it: his grandfather is so powerful, how can he defeat the battle! Not only that, but he also arrested and executed all the 'rumors' that spread in the city without authorization. The officials in the city did not believe in Timur's glorious past, and cooperated with him in executing the rumor-mongers.

But the 'rumors' not only did not disappear, but became more and more numerous, and the details became more and more perfect, and the people in the city became more and more suspicious, and the arrest of rumors was much lax, and even if they had to arrest someone, they must talk to them and ask how they got the news.

But Pier Mahama never believed it. It was not until the end of April, when some people who had fled back from Urumqi fled back to Samarkand to report to him in person, that Pir Mahama was convinced that the crusade had really failed, that most of the army had been wiped out, and Timur himself had been defeated and died.

Pier Maha burst into tears. He had not been a prince for a long time, and he had not yet had time to produce the usual contradictions between the prince and the current monarch, not to mention that Timur had always been very good to him, so he was very sad.

However, the person who can be favored by Timur to become the prince still has the ability. Pir Mahama quickly gathered his mind, summoned all the ministers to announce the news, and performed the ceremony as quickly as possible to succeed the Great Khan. At the same time, he sent people to inform the generals and princes who were guarding the cities and that they would swear allegiance to him.

But these people had just been sent out, and another bad news came from the north: the Ming army had sent troops to the west, and the destination was probably Samarkand.

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