Chapter 661 After the War
"Your Majesty has an order to summon Hami, Kuxian, Asu and other kings to come to Beijing to meet!"
As the Ming army's flying cavalry scattered out, the news soon spread across the Western Regions, especially the countries and tribes from Hami to Tianshan. They all received official notices from the Ming army, asking their kings or leaders to take their families to Hami, and then escorted them to Beijing by a large army.
As soon as this news came out, all countries in the Western Regions were shocked. Although the Ming army said it nicely, if they just met the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, they only needed to send envoys, even if the king or the leader of the tribe went there in person, but now the Ming army wanted the king and the leader to tie their families. Isn’t this obviously going to detain them as hostages in the capital?
If it were before, the Western Regions would have had a stir. After all, although they surrendered to the Ming Dynasty on the surface, they did not completely obey the Ming Dynasty's orders. In fact, most of the orders of the Ming Dynasty were ignored by them, let alone executed them.
However, it is completely different now. After all, the Ming Dynasty's 200,000 army was stationed in Hami, and this murderous army had defeated Timur, the overlord of Central Asia and West Asia, and it can even be said to have wiped out Timur's 450,000 army.
Compared with Timur, the overlord of Central Asia and West Asia, the strength of small countries such as Hami is not worth mentioning at all. Even if they are tied together, they will not be able to gather 450,000 troops. They may not even be able to gather 450,000 war horses.
So in this case, the countries in the Western Regions had no capital to bargain with the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming army clearly threatened them. If anyone dared not accept it, the Ming army would probably go directly to the door the next day, and then it would be a disaster for destruction.
Hami was the first to take the lead in responding to the Ming army's order. In fact, it would not work if it didn't respond. After all, the Ming army was stationed in Hami City, and the king of Hami could only live in the palace outside the city. Now the character of the King of Hami's family is in the hands of the Ming army. If he does not express it, he may have to change the seat of Hami the next day.
With the leadership of Hami, several small countries and tribes nearest Hami also began to respond. Their king and tribe leader led their families and their tribes to bid farewell to their tribesmen, and then they came to Hami City with a bit of tragic tragedy.
With the response of these people, the small countries and tribes in the Western Regions had to make compromises, especially when the Ming army sent tens of thousands of cavalry to wander around the Western Regions, the small countries and tribes also moved faster. Soon, the princes and nobles from all over the world gathered in Hami City.
"General, the task assigned to us by Your Majesty is completed. It is time for the troops to return to the court!" Zhu Di said to Fu Youde happily.
Zhu Di also agreed with Zhu Yunyu's plan. After all, even Timur was defeated by them, let alone these small countries in the Western Regions. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty must take the opportunity to extend its hands to Central Asia and West Asia. To implement this plan, the first step is to completely control these small countries in the hands of the Ming Dynasty.
"It's true that I should go back. This is also my last battle. Thanks to Your Highness's help, my reputation has not been ruined forever. When I go back this time, I will resign from Your Majesty and return to my hometown to retire!" Fu Youde also laughed at this time.
Since he decided to resign, he dreamed that he would go back early. At that time, he would be light and would no longer have to participate in the right and wrong in the court.
At the same time, Fu Youde's letter of victory finally came to the capital with a quick rush. The Jinyiwei who reported the news held up the news and shouted the great victory in the Western Regions, running all the way from the south gate of Beijing, and then rushed directly into the palace gate.
News of the great victory in the Western Regions also spread throughout the city. Although the Western Regions are far away from Beijing, many people in the capital are paying attention to this war. After all, the enemy is known as an army of 800,000 to fight against the Ming Dynasty in the east, which is also the biggest external crisis faced after the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
Although Song Sheng successfully destroyed Timur's vanguard army before, it was just a vanguard army after all, and it was far behind the main decisive battle. Moreover, Timur's troops were more than the Ming Dynasty, so many people were puzzled.
Now that the news of the victory has finally made many people feel relieved, the documents that reported the victory were also delivered to Zhu Yunxiu after entering the palace.
Li Jie is here today, and he and Zhu Yunqiu are discussing the construction of the second railway in the south, which is the railway from Songjiang to Suzhou.
According to the original idea, Li Jie wanted to build a railway directly from Songjiang to Nanjing, but later someone surveyed it and found that the distance from Songjiang to Nanjing was a bit far, more than twice that from Beijing to Tianjin.
In addition, there are many mountains and hills in Nanjing, which is far less easy to build railways than the plains in the north. Therefore, if a railway is built from Nanjing to Songjiang, the project volume may be ten times that of Beijing to Tianjin, and there are many technical difficulties.
So in this case, Li Jie and Zhu Yunqi had to give up their original idea and instead build a railway from Songjiang to Suzhou. The distance between these two places is similar to that from Beijing to Tianjin, and even a little shorter. The only problem is that there are too many rivers in the south, and at least a lot of bridges may need to be built. However, this is just right, which allows the Ming Dynasty to accumulate some technology for building railway bridges.
As a result, just as Li Jie and Zhu Yunqi were discussing, the good news finally arrived, which made them immediately throw the railway affairs aside, open the good news and read it.
Originally, Li Jie and Zhu Yunqi had expected that Timur would definitely lose, so they were not surprised by this result. However, when they saw the contents of the good news, both of them were shocked and sweated.
They also did not expect that Timur had the ability to fight back in desperate situations, and used his own son as bait to lure the main force of the Ming army to divide the troops. If Fu Youde and Zhu Di had not commanded properly, they might have succeeded.
"Awesome, this Timur is worthy of being a hero. Unfortunately, Uncle Fourth failed to catch him in the end, otherwise I would have wanted to see him with my own eyes!" After reading the good news, Zhu Yunxiu couldn't help but slap the table and exclaimed.
"It is unlikely that Your Majesty wants to see Timur. After this battle, his intention to fight against the Ming Dynasty was completely destroyed. And at his age, he may never be able to step into the Ming Dynasty in his life, but his mission should be on the way!" Li Jie couldn't help but smile and said.
Chapter completed!