When Pil Mahama heard this, he immediately asked, "Grandpa, how can you get the Mongols to be cannon fodder voluntarily?" Although his level was not high, he understood their plan after listening for a long time, and hurriedly asked.

"First, of course, it is to convince the Mongols that our army will be able to defeat the Ming State. The Mongols had been beaten so badly by the Ming in the past twenty years that they had never defeated the Ming army in a battle of more than 10,000 people since the death of Timur. ”

"But the harder the Ming State fights, the heavier the hatred of the Mongols towards the Khitans, not to mention that they were originally enjoying a very comfortable life in the Khitan people's place, but they were driven to the grassland, I'm afraid that what they think about day and night is to defeat the Ming State and go back to live a comfortable life."

"Originally, they couldn't defeat the Ming Kingdom, so they could only think about it in their hearts, but when I led the army to the Mongolian steppe and promised them that they could live the same life as they did after entering the south of the Great Wall, they would definitely be willing to follow our army to fight." Timur said.

Shaharu and Jesbu still had no doubts in their hearts. Although the Mongols definitely wanted to defeat the Khitans and re-enter North China, they were not stupid and would not be willing to be cannon fodder. However, they felt that Timur must have something to do, so they did not speak.

Timur really had the following. "The second is because I got someone. He is the son of the former Great Khan of the Yuan State, Nikoqi Sukeqi Khan Elberke, and the younger brother of Thamur Khan Timur, Benjamli. ”

"The Mongols attach great importance to bloodline, and only the descendants of the Golden Family can be the Great Khan, and a person like me, who is only the son-in-law of the Golden Family, will not be recognized by them even if he calls himself the Great Khan." Timur smiled: "Of course, this is not a good thing in normal times, but it is a good thing at that time." ”

"Now the Mongolian steppe calls itself the Great Khan, Uruktemur, is not a member of the Golden Family, although he was forced to become the Great Khan with the strength of his own tribe, but all the tribes are not convinced, and the entire Mongolian steppe is actually in a state of division."

"And the Benjami in my hands is a descendant of the orthodox Golden Family, as long as I take Benjamin to the Mongolian steppe to support him as the Great Khan of Mongolia, many Mongols will be willing to defect to him. After I have eliminated the tribes of Uruktemur, I will be able to integrate the Mongol tribes and let them be used as cannon fodder for our army. ”

In fact, Timur's use of troops to fight a war was always a matter of political means that could be used, and before the official start of the war, he tried every means to split the enemy, so as to defeat them at the lowest cost, and Timur's invincibility was inseparable from the extensive use of political means.

"Father, but how can you guarantee that Benjamin will agree to his father's approach when he becomes the Great Khan of the Mongols? Will he cross the river and tear down the bridge? Even if he crosses the river and demolishes the bridge at that time, we must not kill him, or the Mongols will immediately turn against us. Pier Maha added.

"You're right." Although Pir Mahama kept refuting him, Timur was happy to say: "But I can guarantee that Benjamin will not be like this." Because he has converted to the Celestial Sect and believes in Allah! ”

"He is not alone, but the hundreds of people he brought with him when he ran to Samarkand have already believed in Allah. If Benjamin himself pretended to believe in Allah, the hundreds of people under him could not have pretended. ”

"In this way, the people whom Benjamin trusted the most were followers of Allah, and they would spare no effort to spread the faith of Allah in the Mongolian steppes and encourage all the Mongols to go south to attack the Khitans."

"Benjamin can only rely on these people, and he can't trust Arutai and the others right away, so he can't eradicate them, so he can only let them go. At their instigation, our army will be able to get enough cannon fodder. ”

In fact, monotheism is not monolithic, for believers, heretics are more hateful than infidels, heretics may still live, but heretics must not die well. However, these people under Benjamli, of course, were of the same faction as Timur, and naturally they would serve them.

After listening to the last paragraph, Pil Mahama and the other three fully knew Timur's plan, and immediately felt that this plan was very reliable, stood up and bowed down and said: "Great Khan / father / grandfather is wise!" ”

Timur smiled and said a few more words, instructing Pyrmaha to pay attention to when staying in the city of Samarkand, instructing Shaharu to be cautious and judge the situation in the course of the expedition, and instructed Jesb to do a few things.

When he had finished giving his order, Pilmahama and Shahru bowed and withdrew, and Jesb bowed as well.

Timur exhaled and was about to stand up and move, but when he raised his head and saw that Jesbu had not left, he asked strangely: "Jesbu, what else do you have to do?" ”

"Great Khan," Jesbu said as he looked around sharply to make sure there was no one else except the two of them, and then his voice trembled slightly, "Your plan is of course very good, but Great Khan, do you still have enough energy to carry out this plan?" ”

"Great Khan, you are seventy years old this year, and the Eastern Expedition to the Ming Kingdom will never succeed in a year or two from now on, what if something happens to you before the plan is completed, what do you want to do?"

Jesbu pointed out the biggest problem of this crusade: Timur's age. He is already 70 years old this year according to the Hijri calendar, and it is difficult to say how many more years he will live. If he died of illness before the Ming Kingdom was destroyed, it would be a catastrophe not only for the Eastern Crusade, but also for the entire Khanate.

The Timurid Khanate was a rather loose state, although there were 20 million people in total, only three or four million directly obeyed the orders of the Khan, and the more than 200,000 elite soldiers under Timur were selected from these three or four million.

However, because there is no effective management method, even if the more than 200,000 elite soldiers under his command belong to different generals and their descendants, they are not completely one.

Now the entire khanate was able to function normally because of Timur's great prestige, and no clan dared not listen to him. If he dies suddenly, and his successor does not have enough prestige, the entire khanate will quickly break up. This is even worse than the Mongol Empire when Temujin was founded, at least after Temujin's death, there was a smooth transition of power.

Jesbu would never dare to say such things publicly, and even if he said it in private, he hesitated for a long time before finally making up his mind. 'For the sake of the Khanate, even if the Great Khan gives me death, I must speak out. ’

Timur got up from the couch, walked around the room with his hands behind his back for a while, and said to him: "Now, only you dare to say such a thing to me. ”

"I know you mean well, but the crusade will never stop!"