On the banks of the Sir River, tents are connected in a circle, and there is no end at a glance. There are 400,000 troops mobilized by Timur. With so many troops, drinking water and logistics are a big problem every day, so the army can only move along the river, at least so that there is no need to worry about drinking water.

"Harrier has already set out?" In the huge tent, Timuer bent over and looked at the map in front of him, while asking the people around him.

Hariler was Timur's favorite grandson. This time he also served as the vanguard of the Eastern Expedition and led a 50,000 army in advance to clear obstacles for the army behind him.

"Father, according to the news from the front, Haril has set out from Tashiken and is expected to cross the Tianshan Mountains in the Ming people at the beginning of next year." A middle-aged man in his thirties came forward to report that this man was Timur's fourth son Shaharu, who accompanied Timur to the east to expedition the Ming Dynasty this time.

Timur had many descendants, but the four most respected by him were the first ones. Among them, the eldest son died early, and the second son Wumaer had been with him for exploring the east and west. Later, he helped Timur rule the generous areas of the West. Unfortunately, he died of illness a few years ago.

As for the third son Milansha, he became disabled due to leg injury, and spent most of his time in Samarkand to stabilize Timur's rear.

"No, Haril's movements are too slow. I'll pass my orders so that he must cross the Tianshan Mountains at the end of this year and advance to the Yili River area at the beginning of next year!" When Timur spoke at the end, he also pointed at the location of the Yili River on the map.

For this Eastern Expedition, Timur had made sufficient preparations for many years. For example, he collected information from all aspects of the Ming Dynasty through various channels, especially the maps, and even produced them very carefully. He even had maps of Nanjing City in the Ming Dynasty. However, he did not expect that the Ming Dynasty would suddenly move the capital to Beijing, so his understanding of Beijing City was not as good as that of Nanjing City.

Following Timur's order, someone next to him immediately recorded his order and conveyed it. However, Shaharu said, "Father, why are you urging me so urgently? Our army has not arrived yet. Just relying on Haril's 50,000 troops, if you encounter a large army of the Ming army, you may suffer a great loss?"

On the surface, Shaharu's words seemed to be worried about Haril, but in fact he was the only one who knew that he was worried that Haril's vanguard army would advance too fast and thus make too much credit.

Haril was not Shaharu's son, but the son of his third brother Milansha. Although Milansha's leg stagnation was even worse than Timur and he could not even ride a horse, he had a good son, that is Haril.

Although Haril was young, he was already a veteran on the battlefield. He had made many military achievements with Timur before, and this time he was appointed as the vanguard army by Timur. If he defeated the Ming army and made military achievements, it would threaten Shaharu's position. After all, as the only living son of Timur, Shaharu has always regarded himself as the successor of Timur.

"There is a saying in the art of military affairs of Ming people, "Soldiers are the most powerful and fast. This time I suddenly sent troops unexpectedly. Ming people were not prepared at all, so the faster our movements, the better!" Timur's pair of eagle eyes flashed with cold light and said in a deep voice.

Timur was a Turkic Mongolian, and his appearance was already very different from that of pure Mongolians. For example, his eye sockets were deep and his nose bridge was high, and he looked closer to those of the Western Regions, but he only had many characteristics of Mongolians.

"But the Ming people's mission has escaped and has not been found yet. I am worried that they have sent the news back to the Ming Dynasty." At this time, Shaharu reminded again.

The Ming Dynasty mission had been detained, which was also a sign that Timur started the Eastern Expedition. However, he himself did not expect that the people of the Ming Dynasty mission could escape, which also made him very angry.

However, it is worth mentioning that when the Ming delegation escaped from Samarkand, Timur was not in the city, because he had already come to the army to prepare for war. The person in charge of Samarkand was his third son Milansha, who was the father of Haril. Therefore, Shaharu mentioned the escape of the Ming delegation, which was actually a reminder to Timur that the responsibility for this matter was all on Milansha.

Timur's face darkened when he heard about the Ming Dynasty mission. This incident really made him very angry. He was not worried that the news of his Eastern Expedition would reach the Ming Dynasty. After all, with such a great war preparation, the Ming Dynasty would probably get the news in advance.

But what Timur did not expect was that the Ming people could rescue a delegation that had been demoted to slaves from his capital, and he had not been able to catch these escaped delegations until now, which made him feel a strong threat, and even felt that his capital was no longer as safe as before, as if there were spies from Ming people lurking around him.

"Milansha was too careless to do the facts. He gave him an order that he had to catch the escaped Ming delegation within a month!" Timur finally ordered again. In fact, he didn't care whether he could catch the Ming delegation. What he cared about was taking this opportunity to find out the spy who hid the Ming people in Samarkand.

"Father is wise. If those Ming people's missions are not grasped for a day, they will not be at ease for a day. Third brother must also hold on!" Shaharu was happy when he heard this, and immediately said with a fire again.

"Okay, put away your little thoughts and order the entire army to prepare. The entire army will start in three days!" Timur glared at Shaharu at this time, and then ordered again.

Shaharu was his son, and Timur certainly knew his little thoughts very well. However, Timur did not interfere with his sons' internal strife. In his opinion, who can win in the internal strife represents his personal ability.

"Yes!" Shaharu immediately agreed and turned around and left. He was not surprised that his father pointed out his thoughts. After all, as the ruler of the empire, if his father could not even see through his own little thoughts, it also means that he had become a confused person and could completely replace him.

After Shaharu left, Timur also stood up and moved for a while. He was old and his body was no longer as strong as he was when he was young. After just looking at the map for a while, he felt tired.

It was still early, and Timur felt a little stuffy in the tent, so he left the tent. Outside was the quietly flowing Sir River. Timur wanted to take a walk along the river bank, but after walking a few steps, he was bitten by mosquitoes. He turned around and entered the tent again, thinking about the strategy of the Eastern Expedition again on the map.
Chapter completed!