My Daming New Empire

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Artillery consumes a lot of gunpowder, of course it should be saved, that's why Daming built a large number of trebuchets.

When they go back, of course not all of these trebuchets will be transported back to Daming, most of them will stay here.

Therefore, it is not necessary for him to buy it at all, and it will be left to him.

Moreover, Hulumos is not rich in Ming's view, they rely on Ming's protection, and now they have become a trade center.Daming earned more than Hurumus from these trades.

The stronger a country completely dependent on Ming is, the more in line with Ming's interests.Some small money, on the contrary, is a small matter.

Now that Saifuddin came, Huang Yuan also asked the craftsmen he organized about the progress of processing the kerosene bombs.

The invention of the trebuchet has a history of more than 1000 years, but in the East, it is almost all about throwing stones.

The manufacture of kerosene bombs is not as simple as hollowing out a stone with masons.

The size of the opening of the kerosene bomb is related to how long it can burn and its power.

Daming has no experience in this area and mainly relies on Arab craftsmen to make it.

Saifuddin was very happy to be able to get a batch of trebuchets for nothing.Persia has grasslands and water sources, but it lacks trees.

When trees from the north are transported to the south, the price will be sky-high.Therefore, most of the trebuchets here are built with timber brought from India.

Now he can save a lot of military expenses, of course he is happy. "Today, [-] kerosene bombs have been manufactured, enough for an army to fight all the way to Samarkand."

Now that the main force of the South Route Army is about to leave, Huang Yuan went to the kerosene bomb manufacturing base on Qeshm Island the next day.

Qeshm Island is the largest island in the Persian Gulf. This island is a stone island with inexhaustible stones.

Huang Yuan first inspected the production of kerosene bombs, and saw that various kerosene bombs ranging from seventy to eighty catties to as small as twenty to thirty catties were sealed with wax, sealed, and transported to the Daming military camp on land, so he was relieved. Come.

Most of the workers here are servants brought over from India. Although they are a little stupid, they are still qualified to do physical work and transport luggage.

Afterwards, he came to the Daming artillery shell base in the north of the central stone mountain.

All the solid bullets fired by the artillery were handed over to the artisans of Hulumos. The base here is small, but it produces the most powerful explosive bullets in Ming Dynasty.

This kind of flower bomb is actually a large grenade, which cannot be fired with artillery, but can only be shot with a trebuchet.

The center of the stone bullet was hollowed out and filled with gunpowder and stones, caltrops.The stones are slightly larger and the caltrops are lighter.When it explodes, the shell of the stone bomb and the stones inside can form a killing range of more than ten meters, while the killing range of the caltrop can reach 40 meters.

Due to the limited quantity of gunpowder, not many of this kind of shells were produced, but the Ming army had high hopes for this kind of shells.

When the power of trebuchets is not far behind, and when the manufacture of kerosene bombs is not much different, this kind of bomb is the most effective weapon for siege.

Daming now has long-range artillery, medium-range trebuchets, and short-range muskets. The entire weapon structure has reached perfection.

But the Timurid Kingdom only had some threats from medium-range attacks, so Ming was almost [-]% sure.

The only thing that can restrain the soldiers of Ming Dynasty is the wasteland and the overly long front.

However, now that there is an Indian servant army, there is a continuous flow of food from various countries in India, and Daming has decided to implement a looting policy in the whole of Persia, so the supply problem can be solved. Great relief.

Of course, well coordinating the various countries in India and coordinating their relations will quite test Huang Yuan's ability.

If he can handle this matter well, he will be the first to do his part in this Western Expedition.

The day of the army's expedition was arranged on the first day of October, and the army was expected to attack Herat in three months.

Rest some time in Herat before continuing north.

At that time, the Northern Route Army would also send troops from the country to directly attack Samarkand.

If the battle goes well, the two armies will converge between summer and autumn next year.

In this battle, Zhu Di will lead the land army slowly but firmly all the way north, attacking the city and conquering the territory.

The cavalry will cruise around and sweep, while the Indian servants will be responsible for looting and transporting supplies.

The preparations for Hulumos' army have entered the final stage, and Zhu Zhanji, who is far away in the capital, is also counting the days.

Although Daming's Western Expedition this time could not be regarded as an all-powerful force, after all, the troops that could be dispatched were limited, and they were mainly cavalry.

But this can definitely be regarded as a battle of national destiny. If Timur can be defeated, the Green Sect can be kept out of Central Asia.

In the original history, the chaos and rebellion in the northwest would never reappear.

And on the first day of October, when the snow began to fall in Mobei, Zheng Heng had already led the army to set off from Beiming Mountain, heading for the northwest four months in advance.

He didn't dare to wait until February next year to start again, for fear that the battle would be unfavorable, or that the road would be difficult and the journey would be delayed.

Although it is freezing cold now, the supplies of the military guards along the way are already in place.Their 13 cavalry only need to carry weapons and go into battle lightly, and the cold weather will not be an obstacle.

From Beiming Mountain, he took away 13 cavalry, plus [-] Oala cavalry, [-] Tatar cavalry, [-] cavalry from Duoyan Sanwei and Liaodong tribe, for a total of [-] troops.

When they arrive in the northwest, another [-] cavalry will be drawn from the military guards in the northwest to make up [-] cavalry.

As for the Turpan Kingdom, Huozhou Kingdom, and Liucheng Kingdom in the northwest, although they will not send troops to fight, they are responsible for the supplies within their borders.

Of course, Daming transported these supplies to the northwest, but Daming only transported these grains to Jiayuguan and Hamiwei in the northwest.

For the rest of the journey, they are responsible for transportation.

But they are still very happy, because in the past three years, Daming has transported mountains of grain and various cloths to the northwest, and these are the most wanted trade items of all ethnic groups in the northwest.

But now, as long as they are responsible for the transportation, half of the money can be left without them paying a tael of silver. How could they refuse!

As for the Eastern Chahatai Khanate, the most powerful in the northwest, they not only sent a large number of carriages to transport cotton to Jiayuguan and food back, but also sent a cavalry force of 3 to join the battle.

They have been bullied by the Timurid state all these years, lost a large area of ​​territory in the middle of the river, and have long been at odds with the Timur state.

Chen Cheng has been communicating among the countries in the Northwest these days. Apart from these countries, he even went to the Golden Horde to conduct various trade negotiations with the tribes of the Golden Horde, which was actually a political wooing.

Although the Golden Horde was established by Temujin's grandson Batu, 200 years have passed, and the original Mongol dominance has long since ceased to exist.

The composition of the residents in the Golden Horde is complex, and the level of social development varies greatly.Some tribal civilizations are no less than that of the Timur country, but there are also many tribes living a primitive life in the poor mountains and rivers.

In the fifteenth century, the main branch of the Batu clan of the Golden Horde was replaced by the emerging White Horde, and the Mongols gradually lost control in Central and Eastern Europe and Northwest Asia.

This kind of replacement is not just the Golden Horde. In fact, the Timur Kingdom was originally a tribe of the Western Chahatai Khanate, and finally replaced the Mongols and became the ruler of the Western Chahatai Khanate.

Because of this complex ethnic composition, the Great Ming's conquest of the Timur Kingdom in the west will not encounter too much resistance. On the contrary, other ethnic groups are willing to help the Ming Dynasty to conquer the most powerful Timur Kingdom.

Zhu Zhanji's attitude towards the Golden Horde is no closer than that of Timur, because today's Golden Horde has completely lost the traditions of the Mongols and moved closer to the West.

Muhammad Yuejibe Khan also translated Uzbek Khan, which was originally Boer Jijin's family.The ninth-generation Khan of the Golden Horde was also the longest-reigning monarch of the Golden Horde, ruling for 1312 years from 1341 to 30.

During his reign, he made the Golden Horde green.