Hearing Jesb's words, Timur pondered for a moment and suddenly asked: "What do you think, my dear Jesb?" ”

"Great Khan," Yesbu seemed to have been prepared for this question, and said confidently at the moment: "Great Khan, I think that 20,000 to 30,000 cavalry should be sent to surround Turpan City immediately to prevent the Ming State from sending reinforcements; Leaving 5,000 infantry to defend the city of Urumqi, the rest of the army will also be sent out tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. ”

"According to the report of the Semu people who took refuge in the Great Khan, the Ming garrison in Turpan City will not exceed 5,000 people, and even if the Ming Kingdom has reinforcements, it will not exceed 10,000, and the total strength of the entire Ming Kingdom that has been crowned here is only 30,000 people, and there are only 20,000 to 25,000 in Hami City."

"Great Khan, I think that we can leave 20,000 to 30,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry to surround Turpan City, and all the rest of the army will not stop when they pass through Turpan and directly attack Hami City."

"Because there will not be many Ming defenders in Turpan City, the remaining 20,000 or 30,000 infantry should be able to capture within ten days, and then leave 5,000 people to defend, and all the remaining troops will also go to Hami City."

"Because there are only 20,000 to 25,000 defenders in Hami City, and the army besieging Hami has 100,000 infantry, as well as tens of thousands of cavalry and more than 200,000 auxiliaries, and when the army that captured Turpan City rushes over, Hami may have already been captured."

"If the city of Hami has been captured, then reunite with the army, rest in Hami, repel the possible counterattack of the Ming army, and wait for the hottest time to pass and then march east into the Mongolian steppe to implement the next plan of the Great Khan."

Timur listened to Yesb's words, thought for a while, and said to the clerk beside him: "You write down my orders. ”

"Pass my order, and order Salha to lead 50,000 cavalry, 100,000 auxiliaries, and 100,000 more horses, and set off at dawn tomorrow morning, and go straight south to Turpan City. Leaving 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 auxiliaries to camp under the city of Turpan, the remaining 40,000 cavalry and 80,000 auxiliaries did not stop at all, and went straight to the city of Hami. ”

"The rest of the army, after the arrival of the 50,000 soldiers who have not yet arrived, leave 10,000 infantry and 20,000 auxiliaries to garrison the city of Urumqi, and all the rest of the army will carry most of the cattle, sheep and grain straight to Hami City, and on the second day after arriving in Hami City, they will storm and defeat this city as quickly as possible!"

The clerk wrote down Timur's order, asked a few more questions about the details, and went downstairs to give the order.

But before he could go down, he heard Jesbu ask with some puzzlement: "Great Khan, why do you use troops like this?" ”

"Hami City is the entire strategic base point of the Ming State in the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, as long as Hami is captured, even if the city of Turpan is still not occupied, the Ming State will never cross Hami to rescue Turpan, and the initiative of the entire war will be completely in the hands of our army. So don't think about anything else, not even the way back, and concentrate all the troops you can to attack Hami! ”

Listening to Timur's words, Jesbu suddenly realized. Timur's program grasped the crux of this war. The city with the longest operating time, the largest population, and the closest city to the headquarters of the Ming Kingdom near Yili Jiangli is Hami, as long as Hami is defeated, it is impossible for them to send heavy troops to Yili Jiangli if they want to come to Mingguo, and half of this war will be won.

But Jesbou had his own concerns. "Great Khan, Shami Chagan has at least five or six hundred thousand troops in his hands, and he also understands that if the Ming State defeats his own Khanate in Hami, he will definitely not be able to hold it, will he send troops to attack the army left by our army under the city of Turpan?"

"No, even if Shami Chagan wants to attack our army with the Ming army defending Turpan, he will definitely fail." Timur said confidently: "My prestige has long spread throughout the Eastern Chagatai Khan, and all the tribal leaders will not be willing to lead troops to attack my army, Shami Chagan is young and does not have much prestige, at least he can't gather many troops to fight our army before our army is defeated by the Ming army." ”

"As for the most trusted clan in Shami Chagan's hands, he will definitely not be willing to take it out to fight with our army, and the 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 auxiliaries left under the city of Turpan are enough to repel his half-hearted attack. So don't worry. ”

"But, why are there so many guards left in Urumqi?" Jesbu asked again, puzzled.

"You think too little about defending Urumqi. You probably only think that Shami Chagan may take advantage of the opportunity of the battle between the army and the Ming army to attack the city of Urumqi, but you don't consider that in the north of the Gurbantunggut Basin, it is uncertain whether they are friends or foes. ”

"Is it uncertain whether the north side of the Gurbantunggut Basin is friend or foe?" Jesbu didn't think for a moment who Timur was talking about.

But he lowered his head and pondered for half a minute, and when he raised his head and was about to ask, he heard Timur tell him a few more things, and Jesbu hurriedly put aside his thoughts and retreated to carry out Timur's orders.

Looking at Yesb's back, Timur said to himself: "The people north of Gurbantunggut are more noteworthy than Shamichagan, but fortunately, although they did not accept my kindness, they did not express their hostility. ”

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At this time, at the foot of the Altai Mountains north of the Irtysh River, from a distance, many bright lights were shining in the stars. But if you walk by, you will see that it is not a myriad of fireflies flying, but the light of a fully 50,000-horse camp lit when the minimum light is guaranteed. Of course, before you find out all this, it's more likely that you've been killed by people lurking in the woods and grass.

At this time, in the tent in the center of the camp where 50,000 horses were stationed, three people who looked about the same age were talking fiercely.

"Big brother, you accepted a gift from someone sent by Samarkand, but you pushed back Timur's request; I had promised Zhu Shangbing to fight with Timur with him after the soldiers of Samarkand came over, but now you are not moving, what is your idea of fighting? A man in his thirties, dressed in a traditional Mongolian robe, said.

"Don't you know what I'm up to?" The man sitting in the middle of the three said in a deep voice: "Just hold your troops for the time being, and wait for the battle situation to be clear." ”

"Big brother, you should understand what the third brother means." The person sitting on his left hand side said: "The two ends of the first rat are not pleasing to both sides, and in the future, whether Samarkand wins or Ming won, they will not treat us, how can we stay here?" ”