Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

Zhan Ji commented on Song Sheng, saying that his ability was not as good as Xu Da and Chang Yuchun.

But he was also an old man who had followed his grandfather in the uprising and had experienced hundreds of battles, big and small, so at least he was knowledgeable and experienced.

Song Sheng has been staying in Xining for more than ten years.

He was very familiar with the situations of various ethnic groups inside and outside the local area, and often went out to attack local forces.

With Song Sheng's ability, the 100,000 troops stationed at the Xining Pass, and long-range strike weapons such as cannons and firearms, they can at least ensure that Timur's army will not be able to take over the pass for a while.

In addition, Ningxia near Xining can mobilize more than 70,000 garrisons, Shaanxi has more than 80,000, and the headquarters of Shanxi and Liaodong have more than 100,000 garrisons.

These arrangements were enough to ensure that Timur would never return.

But this arrangement is a bit wasted.

Timur died before he even reached the border.

Because Timur was dead, the imperial army turned back without hesitation. Even though they suffered countless casualties on the way, they stopped fighting and went straight back home.

The military, who were hoping to congratulate Zhu Di on his accession to the throne with military achievements, waited in vain.

Zhang Xin's impression of Timur in this life is still stuck on how her father-in-law responded to Timur's invasion, so when she saw the real Timur's army appear under the city wall.

The gap in my heart is so great that my jaw drops.

I thought he was a strong opponent, but I never expected that his strength was actually weak.

Did this Timur get kicked in the head by a donkey?

The condition of these 800,000 troops is even worse than that of the disaster victims from Shandong.

What I thought was a bloody battle suddenly turned into a means of delivering my life.

This really shouldn't happen.

Zhang Xin was a little confused.

Putting aside what he should or should not do, Zhang Xin almost drooled at the people under the city wall.

That’s eight hundred thousand!!!

Even if only half of them are left in the end, that's still 400,000 people.

She wished she could get some warm clothes and quilts from the city and send them out so that the children and women who were accompanying the army could survive.

Timur's army surrounded Peking for ten days or half a month.

She saw many children who had frozen to death and were stripped naked, with their naked bodies thrown directly into the moat under the city wall as filler.

On the first day, my mother-in-law shot rockets with her own hands and burned many of Timur's army's flags and tents.

But when he saw the half-naked old people, women and children behind him, he could not bear it anymore, so he ran back to Prince Yan's Mansion and asked Prince Ning to preside over the entire defense of Peking.

As soon as Prince Ning took over, he behaved like Zhang Xin.

Drooling.

If so many people could go to Daning to open up wasteland, the economy of Daning would immediately pick up next year.

So when everyone is reluctant to kill.

Prince Ning’s main task was to prevent people from climbing up the city walls.

Everyone was waiting for Zhu Di to come so that they could make dumplings and have a big meal for these 800,000 people.

I guess it will be soon.

The game was over just in time for the Chinese New Year.

Excited.

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Ming Dynasty, November of the 33rd year of Hongwu.

In the middle of winter, even if Zhu Di's army marched quickly, it could not move very fast.

After four or five days of walking, we were only halfway through the journey.

But the scouts and secret guards sent out did bring back a lot of information.

Timur had just defeated the Ottoman Empire the year before, an empire that had crippled the Crusaders in Europe and made the Ottomans terrified.

After plundering the huge wealth of the Ottoman Empire and Europe, Timur basically became arrogant.

Just at this time, news from the Ming Dynasty reached us.

The old emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who had fought battles all his life, has died and passed the throne to a weak grandson.

Zhu Di, the Prince of Yan and the fourth son of the old emperor of the Ming Dynasty, raised the flag of rebellion, and then the entire Yan army was blocked and turned back in Shandong Province.

After resting, Prince of Yan Zhu Di finally led his troops north, and the Ming Dynasty fell into chaos.

Timur felt that the opportunity was too good to be missed, and the Ming Dynasty was in turmoil, so the border defenses were naturally empty.

He defeated the strongest overlord of Obaro Continent, so how could he not defeat the little chicken like Nakahara Akito?

Moreover, they once kowtowed before the emperor of the Ming Dynasty... Now is the time to be proud.

So Timur summoned all the troops he could mobilize, and set off quickly, taking advantage of the arrival of winter when the desert was no longer unbearably hot and the mountains and rivers would freeze over and could be crossed.

Timur's army set out shortly after Zhu Di captured the capital. It is estimated that Timur only received the news that the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty had ended after he set out.

But the arrow has to be fired when it is on the string.

Moreover, judging from the news that came back, Timur was well prepared.

"Timur is over sixty years old, right?"

Zhu Di stroked his beard, a little shocked by the old man's impulsiveness.

"Yeah, about my age, I think."

Song Sheng also admired him. He wanted to go home to retire when he was sixty, but the late emperor would not let him.

This time I went to the capital mainly to seek retirement and return home, but I didn't expect that I would have to fight one last battle.

"My father raised these people's hearts."

Zhu Di sighed.

"I dare not say this."

Song Sheng frowned.

"I know. I won't force you to say it."

Zhu Di also knew that it was unrealistic for these old ministers to say that they had no resentment or hatred towards his father.

Let's seek common ground while reserving differences.

Didn't he also have some complaints about his father?

For example, Timur, who was so bold as to attack Peking, was raised by his father.

"Timur's spies have been living in our capital for six months. Humph, this king... the civil officials didn't even notice it."

Song Sheng almost called Zhu Yunwen a bastard.

"They are so busy cleaning up the trouble that they don't have time to care about people outside. Besides, they might even be happy if the Mongols come!"

Zhu Di snorted coldly.

Zhu Yunwen really did more harm than good.

The spies were studying the domestic military affairs right under his nose, but he was totally unaware.

The people left behind by his father were all used by Zhu Yunwen to supervise military generals and vassal kings, and they really did not do any serious work.

He couldn't understand why his father chose Zhu Yunwen.

He's so stupid, can't his father see it?

The most ridiculous thing in the world!!!

"Timur should be aware that he is also of golden blood."

Song Sheng guessed Timur's mentality, which should be quite complacent, and Timur himself was also able to bend and stretch.

Although the Former Yuan Dynasty was defeated by the Ming Dynasty and became the Northern Yuan Dynasty, most of the Mongolian Khanates in the west still recognized the Northern Yuan Dynasty as their suzerain state.

Before the 20th year of Hongwu, no Khanate in the west came to pay tribute.

Until that year Timur sent someone.

The late emperor was also well aware that this man was not a legitimate descendant of Genghis Khan. He had only married the daughter of Genghis Khan's family and occupied a piece of land for himself.

He sent Mullah Hafiz to pay tribute to the late emperor with fifteen horses from the Western Regions and two camels.

After all, this tribute is extremely shabby. Even a small tribe would not be so stingy.

But because he was the first, the late emperor treated the envoy well, rewarded him with a large amount of gold and silver, and also gave the territory occupied by Timur a name - the Kingdom of Samarkand.

From that year on, Timur's envoys arrived every year, and the tribute became increasingly abundant, ranging from horses and camels to swords, armor, and even woven wool and iron.

The flattery was also very loud.

Speaking of the late emperor - he received the mandate from heaven, unified the four seas, was benevolent and kind, cared for the common people, and was admired by all nations.

In this coming and going, little comes in and much goes out.

Timur was able to expand his territory to larger and larger areas, and many small families nearby were annexed.

After Samarkand became a veritable empire in just eight years, Timur's attitude towards the Ming Dynasty changed.

In the 28th year of Hongwu, Ming Dynasty envoy Fu An went on a diplomatic mission to Timur and never returned.

From that year until now, Timur has not sent any envoys to pay tribute.

However, the person who came this time was not an envoy.

They were Timur himself, his second son Ahmad, the son of Umar Shah, his third son Khalil, the son of Miranshah, and his two grandsons.