Chapter 701: Timur Marching to Ming Dynasty(2/2)
"In the letters he wrote to us before, he seemed to be a loyal minister, but he turned out to be a traitor."
"If you dare to send troops to Tibet this time, we must make him pay the price."
Zhu Yuanzhang said very unhappily, with a clear temper in his tone.
Dasun had told him many times before that Timur was secretly harboring evil intentions. From the time when the Ming Dynasty envoy was detained in Samarkand to now when Timur invaded Tubo, Zhu Yuanzhang had really seen his face clearly.
Even if it costs a lot this time, Timur must know how powerful the Ming Dynasty is.
After Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, the final word was finalized, and the six ministers sat at attention.
Lao Zhu felt unhappy. He was originally the most annoyed by those who violated the law. Timur was the first country in the west to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. At the beginning, Lao Zhu felt that it was a great honor.
The result is that last year he captured his own envoy and refused to let him go, and this year he skipped to Tibet.
It's okay if this goes on.
I really thought the Ming Dynasty was still the same as before.
With the help of our eldest grandson, today's Ming Dynasty has been completely transformed.
In the past, when we were fighting against the Japanese state, Hu Weiyong, Liu Bowen, and a bunch of their officials came out to persuade them, saying that the Ming Dynasty had just been established and was waiting to be scrapped, so it was not suitable for a national war.
Now the Ming Dynasty wants people and money.
Why do you need to hold back your breath?
Anyone who dares to provoke me will fight back hard and let you know what is good and what is not.
Zhu Ying also understood that since it was the old man who had spoken, he had to fight him this time, even if it was for the old man to vent his anger.
Today's Ming Dynasty is fully capable of fighting.
When fighting a war, the three armies go ahead without using food and grass. What they fight is people and money. Now the Ming Dynasty has no shortage of these.
Rujun, the Minister of War, glanced at the grandson from the corner of his eye.
As the Minister of War, it is of course his responsibility to dispatch troops and generals.
In the past, the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army suppressed the Ministry of War. Now, although the Governor's Office of the Five Armies has been considered empty, the military power has not actually been transferred to the Ministry of War. Instead, it has been cut off by His Highness Taisun.
To put it simply, in the Ming Dynasty's current army, His Highness Taisun's orders are much more effective than the documents of the Ministry of War.
Tubo is huge.
Timur's more than 200,000 troops were quite large, but considering the Tibetan territory, they were not that many.
The most troublesome thing is the 70,000 cavalry.
A slave army of hundreds of thousands is nothing, and Tubo can easily handle it himself.
"Borrow troops from Beiyuan. Our own cavalry has just begun to show some improvement. We cannot let it go to waste."
Zhu Ying thought for a while and made her decision.
Previously, the total number of cavalry in the Ming Dynasty was only about 50,000, but now it has developed a lot, and it is only about 80,000 or 90,000.
Even so, if you want to fight the Mongolian cavalry in plains or grassland areas, you will still lose more than you win.
You can't just wipe out all the Ming Dynasty's cavalry just because Timur is here.
Fortunately, Bei Yuan was taken care of, otherwise it would have been really troublesome.
Ren Hengtai, the Minister of Rites, couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, how many troops will we borrow from Bei Yuan this time?"
Borrowing troops is considered a matter of diplomacy, and this is the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites
Zhu Ying hesitated: "One hundred thousand cavalry, otherwise we will not be able to suppress Timur's army."
He knew very well that Beiyuan would definitely not bring out his own elite cavalry, probably all the major tribes would do it.
Naturally, Timur's side is probably not the elite cavalry of his headquarters.
Don't worry about the infantry. Timur's soldiers are slave soldiers, and Tubo can handle them themselves.
We already have cavalry for you, why don't you get some infantry to come out to cooperate? At least it would be good to wave the flag and shout.
Ren Hengtai, the Minister of Rites, took a deep breath.
Borrowing 100,000 troops, they are all cavalry.
This is a big deal.
Although there is now the Beiyuan Employment Association, it is not a problem to recruit a few thousand people, but if it exceeds ten thousand, then you must talk to Beiyuan first.
Beiyuan is not a fool, and will naturally restrict you from arranging tens of thousands of people.
If there are too many people, in addition to the money from the employment association, Bei Yuan will also have to give money to borrow soldiers.
I'm afraid this wave of Beiyuan will make the lion open its mouth.
Who doesn’t know that Ming Dynasty is extremely rich now.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang snorted and said: "One hundred thousand cavalry is only a deterrent. If Timur's cavalry does not fight head-on, there is nothing you can do against them. This is not enough to let Timur know the pain, you still have to do it."
Let him know something good and bad."
"We heard that the emperor of the Ottoman Empire was captured by Timur. The enemy of our enemy is our friend. I think our Ming Dynasty can unite with them and jointly put pressure on Timur."
"Our navy of the Ming Dynasty has built a lot of ships and added a lot of people in the past few years. It's time to take them out for a walk."
"Just go through the land that Duke Cao Guo once occupied and unite all the surrounding indigenous people."
"There is also the Eastern Chagatai Khanate. Now that Timur has conquered the Sultan of Delhi, they are more anxious than us. They send envoys over and give them some money and food to defeat Timur together."
Chapter completed!