NovelTags Chapter 156
Chapter 156
Chapter 0156 The most important thing in the Western Regions is the wall grass that came to beg!!
In the Battle of Turpan, the Hanzhong army won a complete victory.
Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the army to stay in Turpan for two days to rest, and on the third day he continued to set out and attack Luntai City, the largest city in Urumqi!
And the news of this battle soon spread directly from Turpan throughout the Western Regions, especially around Turpan, including many tribes in the Urumqi area were even more shocked after hearing the results of this battle!
No one expected that the first battle between Eastern Chagatai and Daming would end in such a way!
Dongchagatai not only lost, but also defeated and returned!
The leading general Timid Marudin fled back to Luntai City to defend it, obviously scared by the battle of the Ming army, and even lost the confidence to confront head-on!
Soon, many tribal leaders gathered together to discuss the next countermeasures!
"This Ming army is also too strong, and with more than 10,000 people, it will kill the 50,000 army of Ma Rudin!"
"Cowardly Maruddin has already run back to Luntai City, and I don't know if I can hold it?"
"In case this old boy orders the tribes to return to Luntai City, how should I choose?"
"To help the cowardly Maruddin defend the city? I'm afraid it's not going to be cannon fodder, right? "
"People die for wealth and dead birds, the Han people have a saying that good birds choose trees to live, and now the Daming country is strong, and the Hanzhong army is even more invincible!"
"Our tribe is too close to Hamiwei, in my opinion, if we continue to follow the Eastern Chagatai, it is difficult to guarantee that the clan will not be destroyed!"
"So what do you mean? Could it be the surrender of the Ming army? "
"What about surrendering the Ming army? When did the Eastern Chagatai take us to heart? "
"Hami Kingdom is a lesson from the past, if Daming has the intention to attack our small tribes, do you think Dongchagatai dares to let go?" I'm afraid that even my own country will soon be unable to hold on! "
"That's right, it's better to go directly to Daming! At least the King of Han really dares to fight! "
"If we really become the people of Daming, it may not be a bad thing!"
For a while, the leaders of the tribes began to move their minds to beg, mainly because the Hanzhong army was too strong, so that they had lost the courage to resist!
But everyone sitting here has already sent war horses to Turpan to check the battlefield, and the scene of corpses all over the ground is all soldiers from the East Chagatai side, and they have long been scared to fear!
The Daming army won more with less, and it could still fight such a record, how could they compare with these stragglers?
In terms of the quality of soldiers, this group of nomads of theirs is not even comparable to the ordinary imperial army of Daming, let alone the Hanzhong army!
Two days later, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Li led 30,000 Han Chinese troops to the Urumqi area.
"Pacify the Western Regions, Turpan is the first stop, followed by Urumqi and Alimali."
"As long as you take Luntai City and Ali Mari again, the Western Regions will be equivalent to taking it back!"
Zhu Li pointed to the three-point line on the map, smiled at Zhu Yuanzhang and said that the first battle of Turpan could be said to be a good start.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he couldn't stop smiling on his face.
Zhu Li said before that it would only take three months to recover the Western Regions and overthrow the Eastern Chagatai!
According to Zhu Li, within seven days to break Luntai City, within half a month to break Alimali, it is only a month at most one month to completely break through the Eastern Chagatai!
Regaining the Western Regions within three months is already as much time as possible!
It will actually take less time!
"Your kid told us that it would only take three months to recover the Western Regions, I'm afraid you will include the time for the return trip, right?"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Li and asked with a smile.
"Originally, the destruction of the Eastern Chagatai was just a matter of convenience, and for the Hanzhong Army, these two or three hundred thousand troops in the Western Regions can only be regarded as a song!"
"If there is time, we can fully return to Hanzhong Mansion for the New Year!"
Zhu Li smiled and nodded.
"Hmm! You are right, finish the fight early, let's go back early! "
"We still want to spend the New Year in Hanzhong, and when the time comes, let your eldest brother come to Hanzhong again to celebrate the New Year together!"
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed.
"If you want your eldest brother to come to Hanzhong Mansion for the New Year, I'm afraid you have to notify your eldest brother in advance!"
"When the Western Regions are laid down as soon as possible, then I will pass this good news back to my eldest brother as soon as possible!"
Zhu Li smiled and nodded.
If the other clan kings heard the conversation between their father and son, they might be able to drop their jaws!
When will the emperor and the crown prince still run to the fief of a clan king to celebrate the New Year?
I am afraid that only King Zhu Li of Han can get this honor, right?
Don't say the year, just Zhu Yuanzhang lived in Hanzhong Mansion for a few months, and climbing has already broken the record since the founding of the Daming Kingdom!
"Report! Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Han, many leaders of the Western Regions tribes came to ask for a visit, saying that they were here to beg! "
At this moment, Geng Qing suddenly appeared outside the carriage and reported to the father and son on the carriage.
"What did the son-in-law say? As long as the Eastern Chagatai is destroyed, even if there is a decline, these grassland tribes will definitely be distracted, and they will all rush to join the Ming Dynasty! "
When Zhu Li heard this, he immediately laughed.
In this western expedition, he only planned to attack the three regions of Turpan, Urumqi and Alimali, and in his opinion, only capturing these three areas was enough to deter other tribes!
The Eastern Chagatai collapsed, these tribes were leaderless, if they didn't want to be eliminated by the Daming court one by one, the only option they could do was naturally surrender!
How many iron-headed people can really dare to be tough with the Ming Dynasty to the end?
"You kid is right!"
"If these Western Regions tribes are really as you say, they are just helping the wall."
"Now that they have all come to beg, do you say we should agree to their request?"
Zhu Yuanzhang also laughed when he heard this, as if he wanted to ask Zhu Li's opinion.
"Count them acquaintances!"
"Even if they come to beg, the children mean to come down directly, but to prevent anyone from being used as a wall grass again, it is inevitable that they will kill the chickens and monkeys!"
"It's easy to turn to Daming, but it's hard to turn against the water!"
"And if you want to rule the Western Regions, killing alone is not enough, you must carry out cultural infiltration and cultural domination!"
"Only by allowing the many tribes of the Western Regions to truly integrate into the Han people can they rule this region for a long time!"
Zhu Li nodded and said.
"Haven't you thought that if you are not of the race, your heart must be different?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked with some curiosity.
"That's also a matter of circumstances!"
"In fact, no matter which race, it is not impossible to assimilate and break, the difference lies in what way!"
"The children are confident that after they can return the Western Regions to the Han family, they will no longer be willing to leave!"
Zhu Li assured with a confident look.
"Okay, then do as you say!"
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, and then asked Geng Qing to directly lead all the tribal leaders over.
For the begging of these tribal leaders, Zhu Yuanzhang still does not think so, because he knows that these people are definitely not sincere, but they are just frightened by Lao Jiu's Hanzhong army!
If they are given a chance, they may not defect again!
Therefore, what Zhu Li said before is by no means alarmist, these wall grasses did such a thing!
Therefore, even if he agreed to the requests of these tribes, Zhu Yuanzhang would have the option to find an opportunity to destroy those one or two tribes to kill the chickens and monkeys!
As for who to choose to be the chicken of this monkey, it depends entirely on political needs!
As long as it can achieve a deterrent effect, it doesn't really matter whether the other party is a wall grass!
This is the art of imperial power!
When the emperor wants to destroy a person or even a family, he often does not need a reason!
There is a reason to extinguish, and there is no reason to create a reason to extinguish!
This is the domineering of the emperor!
In addition, there is no way to accept the begging of these tribes, if you do not accept the beggar, then the command let them launch a resistance!
Although in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, these tribes are just rabble, which can be destroyed at will!
But there are too many small and medium-sized parts like this, and it is unrealistic to kill them all one by one!
If you really want to kill all the Western Regions, then won't it really become a dead domain after recovering it?
The best way is to stabilize these small and medium-sized tribes first, even if they draw a pie first, and then slowly clean them up after the entire Western Regions are calmed down!
Of course, accepting the begging of this group of tribes has another advantage, that is, it can greatly hit the morale of the East Chagatai side and affect other tribes who are still watching or supporting the East Chagatai!
What neither Zhu Yuanzhang nor Zhu Li expected was that in order to show sincerity and loyalty, this group of grassland tribes that had just surrendered actually formed a coalition army of 30,000 people, saying that they wanted to fight with Daming.
But looking at this gang of rabble, everyone was speechless.
If you really want to bring these 30,000 people, maybe you will become a tired part of the Hanzhong army!
Zhu Yuanzhang's side directly refused, letting them stay where they were cool.
If you turn back, maybe you will have to clean up these tribes, really let them join in, but let them pick up a credit for helping Daming open up the territory, isn't that unhappy for themselves?
At the same time, the news that Turpan's army was defeated and that the timid Marudin had fled to defend Luntai City had also spread back to Alimali!
It was not the others who brought back the news, but some of the soldiers who followed the fast horse workers to Turpan.
Some of the 20,000 people who fled during the Ming Hui night attack returned directly to Alimali.
When the black firer Khan in the palace heard the news, his nose almost became crooked!
What a cowardly Marudin, before setting out on the battle, he swore that he would completely annihilate the Ming army!
As a result, as soon as he arrived in Turpan, he was killed by more than 10,000 Ming troops, and the 50,000 army was about to be completely destroyed!
"Since you lost the war, how come you still have the face back?"
"Come, pull these deserters out and cut them down for Ben Khan!"
In anger, the black firers cut down all the remnants of these fleeing troops, leaving no one!
This is also the timid Marudin went to Luntai City, if the old boy of the timid Marudin also returns, maybe he will have to be cut down by the black fireman together!
Don't look at the timid Maruddin is a general of the Eastern Chagatai, in fact, he can't pee in a pot with the black fireman, and the two are basically in harmony...
Now that the Daming army is coming, the black firers have to reuse the cowardly Marudin, but at this moment, the black firers have the feeling that they have been put up by the cowardly Marudin!
However, this is not the end, not long after, the news that many small and medium-sized tribes began to beg Daming also reached Alimali!
The black firer on the throne did not hold back, and a mouthful of old blood directly spewed out!
"Big sweat, don't get angry!"
"Tires still has 50,000 troops stationed on it, and it will definitely be able to hold the offensive of the Ming army!"
"Great Khan, the priority is to quickly find a way to ask for help!"
"Not bad, big Khan, the Ming army is menacing, although the number is small, it is not difficult to see that they are all elite, I heard that there are a lot of sharp weapons and equipment!"
"Why don't you ask the city of Samarkand for help!"
Immediately, many princes and ministers began to persuade the black firers.
Eastern Chagatai and the Timurid Khanate are originally in the same line, and it can also be said that Eastern Chagatai was separated from the Timurid Empire!
The daughter of the Black Fire Man and the princess of the Timurid Empire!
"When Samarkand sends troops, Daming may already be in the city!"
"All of you, do you want to join Timur?"
The face of the black fireman was even more gloomy to the extreme!
How could he not see the thoughts of these princes and ministers?
If the Eastern Chagatai is defeated, these princes and ministers, including the nobles, can still take their families and tribes to join the Timurid Empire, and others can go to the Timurid Empire, but he himself cannot!
"Immediately recruit the elites of all tribes, and all return to Alimari!"
"Pass on Ben Khan's order, and the defenders of Luntai City also give Ben Khan all to withdraw!"
"Urumqi is a big deal, King Ben doesn't want it for the time being!"
In a hurry, the Black Fire Man directly ordered to take all the troops back to Alimari!
At present, he can still gather more than 150,000 troops, and if Alimari holds on, there may be a glimmer of hope!
As for Urumqi, it must be unbearable!
Don't look at Luntai City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but so many surrounding small and medium-sized tribes have already defected to Daming, and it is only a matter of time before the city is broken!
His forces cannot be consumed in vain by the Ming army like this!
However, at this moment, it is the cowardly Marudin who is holding Luntai City, and as for whether he will carry out his orders, only God knows!
At the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Li had been leading 30,000 Han Chinese troops to besiege Luntai City for seven days!
Arriving outside Luntai City, the Hanzhong army did not rush to attack, but waited to see the eighteen Shenwu cannons transported all the way from Hamiwei!
It takes seven days to storm Luntai City, not that it really takes a few days, but it is just that it is necessary to wait for the cannons to be transported, and it is only seven days to wait!
These days have not felt much for Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Li.
It's time to eat, it's time to drink, father and son can still play chess when they have nothing to do, and then from time to time they can receive a few surrounding tribes who come to beg!
However, for the timid Marudin in Luntai City and the more than 50,000 defenders, it is really like living for years!
The Hanzhong army besieged the city for several days but had no intention of attacking, was this to prepare to spend hard time with them?
The longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it will obviously be for the timid Maruddin and others!
This can be thought of by everyone, and even more so for the timid Maruddin!
"Do you really want to abandon the city and kill it?"
At this moment, the timid Marudin once again came up with the idea of wanting to escape!
If you can't fight and run, I originally thought that there was still a city that could be held, but now looking at the situation, it seems that this city can't be held!
But before the timid Maruddin could make a final decision.
After waiting for seven days on the Hanzhong Army's side, the eighteen Shenwu cannons transported from Hamiwei's side were finally delivered!
"Father, the time is up!"
"The son said that he would take Luntai City in seven days, it seems that it will not take any extra time!"
Zhu Li said with a smile at this time.
"Don't rush first!"
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, and then ordered Lan Yu and the others to go directly to the outside of Luntai City to call a formation, persuading the defenders of Luntai City to surrender in Kaecheng!
This is also the last warning, if you don't surrender, you can only fight directly!
"Surrender? Even if Lao Tzu dies, it is impossible to surrender Daming! "
"It's a big deal, kill a bloody road and rush out!"
"Even if Ali Mari can't go back, Lao Tzu can still go to the Timurid Empire!"
When Timid Maruddin heard the shout of the Ming Army, his face turned even more livid!
In this way, the defenders in Luntai City directly refused the request of Daming's side
"If you don't see the coffin and don't shed tears, we still wish you didn't surrender, you can save more military merit for Lao Tzu!"
Lan Yu took a spit, and then waved his big hand, and the eighteen Shenwu cannons that had just arrived were lined up at the same time, and the muzzles of the cannons were directly facing the wall of Luntai City!
With an order from Blue Jade, eighteen cannons fired a volley!
Immediately after that, a deafening explosion sounded along with the ground shaking, as if it was going to tear the entire heaven and earth apart!
All the officers and men of the Hanzhong Army also mounted their horses one after another, and they all took up their positions, preparing to launch the first round of charge!