Save the Bachelor of Heaven

In fact, at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there were a large number of Mongols in the army. Not only are they the main force of the army, they can even be crowned as generals.

For example, when Naha came out, the Mongolian Zhali Yier clan was born. The grandson of Muhuali, one of the four heroes of Genghis Khan, was granted the title of Marquis of Haixi after the Ming Dynasty; Huozhen, whose real name was Huoli Huozhen, surrendered during the Hongwu period. During the Jingnan campaign, he joined Chengzu's army and was granted the title of Marquis of Tong'an. In the seventh year of Yongle, the Tatars were conquered in the north...

From this we can see that man dies for wealth and birds dies for food. As long as you are willing to give benefits, it is perfectly fine for your own people to beat your own people.

This is just like the smugglers at the border. Although they are all from the Ming Dynasty, for their own benefit, they still sell weapons, grain, tea, salt, cloth, etc. to the border.

Xiang Nan now gave these fools benefits and asked them to help him fight the war, and they really took over the job. Not only did he fight, but he also performed very bravely.

This is not surprising either. They fought for the chief and gained nothing. If you fight for Xiang Nan, you can get cattle, sheep, and treasures. Comparing the two, they were naturally willing to work for Xiang Nan.

Therefore, Xiang Nan's army marched all the way to the west. I can't say that it was invincible, but it was invincible.

Two months later, Xiang Nan joined up with the Western Route Army and captured not only the two Khans of the Durbut Tribe and Jungar Tribe, but also millions of Mongolian herdsmen.

In addition, the other army also successfully merged with the Eastern Route Army, successfully defeated the Tatar tribes, and also captured the nominal emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the youngest son of Tutuo Buhua, Marco Guergis.

In fact, although the various tribes in Mongolia are divided into Oara, Tatar, Durbot tribe, Junggar tribe, Chahar tribe, Khalkha tribe, etc., they actually have a collective name, that That is the Yuan Dynasty.

Although their various tribes were divided and did not belong to each other, they still believed that they belonged to the Yuan Dynasty. The situation at that time was just like the separatist rule of vassal towns at the end of the Tang Dynasty.

Although each vassal town did not listen to the court's orders and acted on its own, they were still nominally subordinates of the Tang Dynasty.

Now that the emperor of Beiyuan was captured, the emperor's seal and other seals were also captured. In this way, Beiyuan was completely destroyed. The foreign troubles that had been harassing the borders of the Ming Dynasty were eliminated as a result.

After Xiang Nan unified Monan, Mobei, Modong, and Moxi, he also divided the tribes and pastures according to the previous law, sent officials to manage them, and completely brought Mongolia under the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

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Later, Xiang Nan led his army to repair in Kashgar, one of the four counties of Hexi in the Ming Dynasty, the former Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

Half a month later, the army moved westward and invaded the Timur Empire, and the army moved southward and invaded Qinghai-Tibet.

The Timur Empire was originally an empire established by Timur in 1370. When its power was at its greatest, it extended to Asia Minor in the west, Ili in the east, the Persian Gulf in the south, and the Aral Sea in the north. It included the five Central Asian countries, Persia, and parts of the Ottoman Empire.

If Tamerlane hadn't died midway through the campaign, it would have been possible to repeat Genghis Khan's great deeds.

The reason why Xiang Nan attacked the Timur Empire was to protect the security of the Western Region. Prior to this, the Timurid Empire had continuously intervened in the civil strife of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, hoping to take the Eastern Chagatai Khanate into its hands.

Now that the Eastern Chagatai Khanate has returned to the Ming Dynasty, Xiang Nan naturally does not want such a large empire to exist in the borderlands. This is why it is said that on the side of the bed, there is no room for others to sleep soundly.

The second is to open up trade routes from China to Europe. Prior to this, the Silk Road had been blocked by the Ottoman Empire, so the Age of Discovery emerged in Europe in order to rediscover the sea route to the East.

Xiang Nan personally led his army to attack the west, while another army entered Qinghai-Tibet.

Xiang Nan's army did not encounter too strong resistance after attacking the Timur Empire westward.

The reason is that since the beginning of the fifteenth century, the Timurid Empire has been in decline.

Timur, his son Shaharul, and grandson Ulugh Beg were all considered accomplished emperors, but Ulugh Beg was usurped by his son Abra Ladeeb and killed his father, and then Abra Ladeeb He was also killed by Ulugh Beg's followers.

As a result, Timur's empire fell into civil strife, and it is still in a state of disintegration. The tribes and city lords under it have established themselves one after another. Although they have not become kings, they no longer listen to the orders of the empire.

Therefore, when Xiang Nan invaded Timur's empire, he was faced with a piece of scattered sand. He did not encounter strong resistance at all. Instead, he was crushed by him, as if he was destroying everything.

Xiang Nan stormed all the way and captured Samarkand, the capital of the Timurid Empire. After a short repair, he continued westward and invaded the Aries Dynasty.

The so-called Aries Dynasty is a feudal dynasty established by the Tu nomadic tribe in Persia. Ruled over the eastern Ottoman region, central and western Persia, the Caucasus and northern Babylonia. The flag is named after the Aries symbol.

The Aries Dynasty arose in the fourteenth century. Each tribe supported Kara Osman as the leader of the alliance and founded a feudal dynasty. In 1453, the fourth year of Jingtai, the hero Uzon Hassan succeeded to the throne.

After he succeeded to the throne, the strength of the Aries Dynasty was further improved. It once occupied most of Persia and competed with the Ottoman Empire.

However, after the death of Uzon Hassan, the Aries Dynasty never elected a wise monarch. Therefore, after prospering for more than a hundred years, it split and disintegrated.

Now the Aries Dynasty is during the reign of Uzong Hassan, so the strength of the Aries Dynasty is pretty good, much better than the performance of the Timur Empire.

However, no matter how good he performed, there was still a gap compared with the Ming army. Today's Aries Dynasty still uses cold weapons, mainly riding bows and arrows.

Facing Xiang Nan's spears and cannons, it cannot be said that he has no power to fight back. It can only be said that he is just scratching the surface. Even if he tried his best and sent all the troops in the country, it would not be enough for Xiang Nan to fight in one day.

Therefore, the Aries Dynasty was quickly defeated, and Xiang Nan conquered the Aries Dynasty. Then the Ming army repaired in Isfahan for a period of time.

Following Xiang Nan, he continued westward and invaded Babylon, then captured Damascus and arrived at the coast of the Mediterranean.

Then, Xiang Nan made great efforts and led his troops to attack the Ottomans.

The Ottoman Empire was still relatively powerful at this time. It was founded in 1299. It successively occupied parts of Asia Minor, the Balkan Peninsula, the Byzantine Empire, and Tianfang, becoming a large empire spanning Asia and Europe.

As a result, the Silk Road from the West to the East was completely blocked, forcing the West to find another route to the East. This promoted the arrival of the Age of Discovery.

However, the Ottoman Empire was still far behind Xiang Nan's army.

Although Xiang Nan led his army to fight all the way, thousands of miles away, the army did not suffer much losses. Instead, because of recruiting surrenders and rebels along the way, the army now numbered as many as 200,000, of which 100,000 were new troops equipped with advanced firearms.

Therefore, once the two sides fought, the Ottoman Empire could not be said to be collapsed at the first touch, but it could not last long at all.