Daming: Refining zombies at the beginning, Lao Zhu was shocked

Chapter 303 Chapter 303: Emperor Yongle was sent by Lao Jiu to guard the sea in the south!

The envoy from the Ottoman Empire was desperate. He came to the Ming Dynasty for half a month. No matter it was the emperor or the prince of the Ming Dynasty, there was no one who could make the final decision. He spent all day playing Tai Chi with the officials from Honglu Temple. Got it!

What is even more desperate is that these grandsons brought out a large amount of gold and silver treasures, and those who wanted to pay filial piety to some important officials in the court were blocked one by one. Even these officials who could be mentioned in the court were blocked. None of the ministers who spoke about it were able to see it!
As for the officials at Honglu Temple, they are very active in collecting money, but they will not do anything for you at all. They promised to do a good job today and introduce you to a senior cabinet official tomorrow, but the next day they were nowhere to be seen. They were so angry. This group of envoys couldn't eat enough, but they didn't dare to have any opinions!
Knowing that they have been tricked, they can only knock out their teeth and swallow it in their own stomachs. Otherwise, if they cause trouble, they may not even be able to leave the Ming Dynasty alive!
In fact, these messengers also worry about gains and losses, and even feel lucky.

I'm glad I'm far away from the right and wrong place of Damascus. Isn't it just like practicing Tai Chi?

It only takes one day to delay. At least in the Ming Dynasty, they don't have to worry about their heads moving tomorrow!
Of course, it was not absolutely safe in the Ming Dynasty, especially when it came to the Ming Emperor Zhu Li!

Zhu Yue, the Ming Emperor, refused to see them, but they were lucky, otherwise they might have been pulled out and chopped by the Ming Emperor!

So in the end, these envoys simply failed collectively. They came to Ming Dynasty not as if they came to seek peace, but more as if they came to seek refuge!
When Zhu Li heard the news, he chuckled.

You can show it off if you want, just pay the money!
Anyway, these envoys brought a lot of gold and silver to the Ming Dynasty. The expenses of living in Honglu Temple cost money!

Zhu Yue would be too embarrassed to kill them without squeezing all the money they had!
Just let these envoys be free for a while longer!
Maybe when they have almost spent their money and want to go back to the West, they find that the West has been captured by the Ming Dynasty!
My home is gone!
At the same time, Lan Yu has also landed in Yemen with his troops!

All the horses that could be gathered in the entire fleet were given to Lan Yu, forming a cavalry unit with less than 10,000 people!

But maybe it was because they had been sailing at sea for too long. The horses had just returned to land and they all looked a little wilted, which made Lan Yu quite depressed.

"Mr. Liang Guo, these horses may not have recovered yet. How about we rest here for a night and set off again tomorrow?"

A student from Imperial Guard College suggested to Lan Yu.

Lan Yu glanced at the boy who was speaking and immediately became happy.

Isn't this the star student of the Royal Guard Academy, Yu Qian, who will be famous in later history?
Lan Yu remembered that Yu Qian was also one of the only top students in the history of the Royal Guard Academy to obtain a special diploma.

Therefore, when he was at the Imperial Guard Academy, Lan Yu also took great care of this boy.

Of course, the care mentioned here does not mean giving him preferential treatment, but rather becoming more and more strict!
As the saying goes, jade cannot be used if it is not polished. Now that I know where Yu Qian's upper limit is in advance, Lan Yu will naturally not be stingy, but also has a love for talents. It is also the right thing to 'take care' of him!
All to cultivate better next generation generals for Ming Dynasty!

However, Lan Yu remembered that Yu Qian was not only good at fighting, but also had good literary talent. In the later period, he also got along well among the civil servants and had close friendships with many great scholars of the time!

Lan Yu remembered that among the students with special diplomas from the Royal Guard Academy, in terms of comprehensive ability and literary and military skills, perhaps apart from Yu Qian, only the guy named Wang Yangming could compare with him!
"You know what you are doing. We have just landed and caught the enemy off guard. Before the enemy can react, we must attack the city as quickly as possible and establish our own defense lines and strongholds!"

"If you really want to rest here for one night, you will be surrounded by enemies at dawn tomorrow!"

Lan Yu scolded Yu Qian. He would not be too polite to Yu Qian now because of his future achievements. He had to scold him when he needed to be scolded!

Yu Qian was only a teenager at this time. Although he performed very well in the Imperial Guard Academy, this was his first time on the battlefield.

After being scolded by Lan Yu, he immediately realized that he had made a fatal mistake, and at the same time he showed a look of shame.

"Okay, assemble the team immediately. We must try to knock down the coastline on the Red Sea side tonight before the enemy reacts!"

"Whether the fleet can sail into the Red Sea depends on how fast we can conquer the city!"

After Lan Yu saw Yu Qian's reaction, she was quite satisfied and immediately gave him instructions.

"As ordered!"

Hearing this, Yu Qian quickly agreed.

Immediately, the soldiers who had just landed not long ago mounted their war horses and began to head towards the west coast of the peninsula!

This time, Lan Yu and Zheng He agreed to enter the Jordan area directly from the Red Sea, and then attack Damascus as quickly as possible!

After all, Wind King Zhu Xifeng has 50,000 cavalry, and their marching speed is not slow at all!
Three months was enough for Zhu Xifeng to travel all the way from the North to the Middle East!
If they cannot arrive within the stipulated time, they will not be able to complete the cooperation with Zhu Xifeng's north-south outflanking.

You must know that what they want to conquer is not just Damascus, but also all surrounding areas.

Just relying on Zhu Xifeng's 50,000 cavalry, no matter how fierce the fighting power is, he will still need people to garrison him after he is defeated, right?

In addition, the fleet transported a large number of artillery, in order to occupy these areas and begin to build fortifications to prevent these Westerners from counterattacking!

Although today's Daming artillery has been improved by Zhu Yue and is much lighter than the Hongwu artillery, transportation by sea and land is much faster than traveling through the desert and Gobi!
No matter how much this thing is improved, after all, the weight is there, and it will be quite laborious to implement it in the sand!

At the same time, Zhu Xiaqiang's troops have also arrived at the city of Samarkand!

The city of Samarkand was the capital of Timur Khanate and the location of the royal tent.

In three months, Zhu Xiaqian set out from the Western Regions and made great progress, directly defeating the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Timur Khanate!

You must know that today's Timur Khanate also has the remnants of the Oara tribe and the Tatar tribe involved. Although its strength may not be particularly strong, the size of its population is definitely an advantage!

But even so, facing the Ming army and Zhu Xiaqian still seemed vulnerable!
In fact, at the beginning, Zhu Xiaqian led the army directly and did not take the lead in launching an attack on the Timur Khanate.

The Tamerlane Khanate asked here, and Zhu Xiaqian said that he wanted to use it as a way to fight against the Ottoman Empire!

However, the Timur Khanate certainly did not believe such an excuse, so the two sides started fighting directly!

In fact, this was what Zhu Xiaqian had expected. It would be strange for the Timur Khanate to believe it!
You must know that even if they are really willing to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty and make way for them, Zhu Xiaqian will completely destroy the country as quickly as possible after entering the hinterland of the Timur Khanate!

It's just that if the opponent starts fighting directly, then you don't have to go through all the twists and turns and just defeat the opponent directly!
It only took Zhu Xiaqian three days to directly capture the city of Samarkand. Immediately, artillery and various fortifications were arranged, and he completely took over the defense of Samarkand City!
You must know that Zhu Xiqian's attack on the Timur Khanate was not simply to destroy the country or fight a war, but to completely occupy this place!

So before that, he had already made corresponding arrangements, and planned to leave 50,000 light infantry to take charge of the defense of Samarkand City and the surrounding main areas! In the future, Ming troops will come one after another and occupy the entire Timur Khanate. It is only a matter of time!

The remaining resistance forces, now that the city of Samarkand has been destroyed, can no longer cause much trouble!
The capital of the country has been destroyed by Zhu Xiayan, how can we fight next?
There seems to be no choice but to fight guerrillas!
But the key issue is that the Ming Dynasty's flintlock gun is so sharp. It is not only powerful, but also has a long range and is easier and faster to reload!
Even if they are fighting guerrillas, these Western Region Tatars are completely impossible to match the Ming army!
Before they could rush forward on horseback, they were already killed in large numbers by the flintlock guns in the hands of Ming soldiers!
He did not stay in the Timur Khanate for too long. After attacking the city of Samarkand, Zhu Xiaqian led his army to continue marching to the west. As for the endgame of the Timur Khanate, he left it directly to him. Let the Ming court deal with the aftermath!

In other words, just leave this mess to his second brother Zhu Xiaqiu, the prince of the country!

Not long after, the news that the Timur Khanate had been captured came back to Shuntian Mansion.

Zhu Xiaqiu was also speechless after hearing that Zhu Xiaqiu had left only 50,000 garrison troops and some firearms for defending the city, and directly led his troops to continue the western expedition.

"Father, the third child has gone too far! He has to wait until the situation in the Timur Khanate is completely stabilized before continuing the Western Expedition, right?"

Zhu Xiaqiu immediately found Zhu Yue and directly complained to Zhu Xiaqiu.

"The reason why the third child is anxious is because the boss will arrive in Damascus before him, which is understandable!"

"Boss and Lan Yu have all arrived, and now he should be the only one who is still some distance away. It's strange that he's not in a hurry!"

Hearing this, Zhu Li didn't take the matter seriously.

He also knew that the reason why Zhu Xiaqiu complained was that basically all the generals that the imperial court could fight had been sent out. Although the Timur Empire had been defeated by Zhu Xiaqiu, the situation was not stable. The imperial court We must also send a general who can control the situation!
"Then who should I send to clean up this mess now?"

When Zhu Xiaqiu heard this, he also looked helpless, mainly because he really didn't have anyone at hand who could use it at the moment!
Originally, there were Huaixi nobles and a group of future generals at the Imperial Guard Academy, but they were directly sent out by Zhu Yue to participate in the Western battlefield by sea and land. It is estimated that the generals that Ming Dynasty can use now are mainly these individuals. The lords who guard the various places!
"Isn't that simple?"

"Isn't that boy Zhu Gaoxu idle? Just send him!"

Zhu Yue directly mentioned Zhu Di's second son, Zhu Gaoxu, the famous king of Han in history.

It's just that after Zhu Yue traveled through time, the King of Han had nothing to do with Zhu Gaoxu.

"Zhu Gaoxu? How could I forget this kid?"

"He is a suitable candidate. If he can't handle it, there is still fourth uncle!"

"The fourth uncle will not watch Zhu Gaoxu fail to complete the tasks assigned by the court, right?"

Zhu Xiaqiu's eyes lit up immediately after being reminded by Zhu Li.

Fourth uncle, for the sake of Daming and your nephew, I have no choice but to aggrieve your precious son first!

Zhu Xiaqiu had found a solution and left without staying any longer. He immediately called Zhu Gaoxu over to discuss letting him garrison the city of Samarkand.

"You let Zhu Gaoxu go to Samarkand City, aren't you afraid of this kid messing around?"

Zhu Yuanzhang reminded Zhu Yue at this time.

"What are you afraid of? Isn't there a fourth brother behind him?"

"If he dares to mess around in the city of Samarkand, I don't need to say anything. Fourth brother will be the first to spare him!"

"Besides, I let him go because of his chaotic character!"

"It's okay to be a little chaotic as long as it doesn't violate the principles!"

"After all, the Timur Khanate is different from other places. Even the remnants of the Oara and Tatar tribes are still there!"

"Asking Zhu Gaoxu to go there is definitely not just to defend the city. If this little overlord can help me solve those troubles, I will consider him a great contribution!"

Zhu Yue smiled disapprovingly.

"You kid has plotted against your fourth brother!"

"You think he can't see it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help laughing and scolding.

"This is not the first time I have plotted against him. Has he ever been cheerful?"

Zhu Yue's words immediately silenced Zhu Yuanzhang!

Not to mention, when he was in the northwest, Zhu Yue began to use the life-extending pill to plot against the fourth child Zhu Di. Until now, including moving the capital to Peking and directly 'dispatching' the fourth child to Nanyang, the fourth child is really I have no opinion at all!

But aren't you still happy every time you are tricked by Lao Jiu?

The fourth child is a bitch, but the ninth child plotted against him, and even tricked him!
"Your fourth brother deserves his misfortune if he has a ninth brother like you!"

"The original Emperor Yongle in history has now been sent directly to you to guard the sea in the south!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he couldn't help laughing.

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