In the lord's mansion of Edala City, Timur sat there like an angry lion, and the whole hall was silent, and no one dared to speak. After all, Timur was angry. If he touched his bad head at this time, it would be a death.

Shaharu next to him was also in a complicated mood. He had always regarded Haril as his biggest threat, but now that the other party was defeated and even became a prisoner of the Ming Dynasty, he should be happy, after all, his biggest threat is gone.

But Shaharu was not happy now, because with Haril's capture, the Eastern Expedition was cast a shadow. You should know that Timur was coming to fight all over the country and there was almost no possibility of turning back.

Even if they were defeated, the entire empire would be in danger of collapse. After all, many nobles in China have their own selfish intentions. They were afraid of Timur's strength before, so they had to obey. But if Timur's strength was weak, many people would definitely take the blame.

In fact, this is also a major drawback of the establishment of a country by nomadic peoples. Whether it is the Mongols or the Turkic Mongols, including Timur, the Turkic Mongols, they have very rough control over the country, especially when the land area is too large, the central government cannot control such a large territory, and can only divide some of the land into various nobles.

This is the same as the Zhou Dynasty's enfeoffment of princes in the history of the Central Plains. When the central government is strong, the domestic vassal states will naturally listen to the central government, but if the central government's strength weakens, it will immediately become a princes competing for hegemony.

In contrast, the Central Plains dynasty had long solved this problem, but even if the Central Plains dynasty developed to the present, its rule over the local area could only reach the county level, and it would require the help of the country gentry to maintain it. Of course, Li Jie has now included minor officials in the imperial official system, which further strengthened the central government's control over the local area, making the Ming Dynasty a modern country in the strict sense.

Although Shaharu did not know the situation of the Ming Dynasty, he knew very well about the situation of his country. He also knew that his father had been put on the fire, and it was neither right to advance nor retreat.

The noble generals in the hall also had different expressions. Timur just now summoned them to discuss countermeasures, but the people seemed to have discussed it and did not express any useful opinions on this matter. They pushed everything to Timur and asked him to make his own decisions. This also made Timur even more annoyed, because he made the decision. He naturally had to take responsibility for any problems in the future.

"Do you have anything else to say?" At this time, Timur glanced at everyone present, his eagle eyes were full of murderous aura and anger.

As a result, there was still a silence below. Some people did not dare to speak, while others were unwilling to speak. Finally, Timur waved his hand and said, "Get out for me!"

Timur's words made these people feel like they were amnesty. In the blink of an eye, all of them left out of the hall. The only one left Shaharu did not leave. He also stepped forward and advised: "Don't be angry, father, no one expected Haril to lose so badly. Now things have happened. No matter how angry you are, you can't change the current situation."

"I'm angry that Haril is not defeated in the war, but that I'm angry with these people. During the Eastern Expedition, these people shouted to lead a large army to destroy the Ming Dynasty. But now, as soon as the war was set, these people immediately changed the direction of the wind, and they were simply a bunch of fences!" Timur pointed outside the door and cursed angrily.

"Not everyone is a fence-skinned man, or some people really don't know what to do. After all, this happened too suddenly. No one expected that Haril's 50,000 troops would be gone." Shaharu patiently advised again.

In fact, Timur and the others were not completely unprepared for Haril's defeat. After all, they were going to cross the Tianshan Mountains before the New Year and reach the border of the Ming Dynasty to meet Haril.

However, due to the epidemic, Timur himself almost died of illness, which led to the delay of the entire army's itinerary and the original plan was broken, which led to Haril's 50,000 army hanging alone on the border of the Ming Dynasty and losing contact with the army behind. Therefore, Timur also expected that the Ming Dynasty might attack Haril's vanguard army.

However, in Timur's expectation, even if Haril is defeated by the Ming army, he should be able to hold on until the beginning of spring. After all, Haril's vanguard army is elite, and there are 50,000. This army can almost wipe out the countries when it is pulled to the battlefield in West Asia, and only a few major powers can block this army.

However, the fact was beyond Timur's expectations. Hariler was not only defeated, but also wiped out the entire army. Even he himself became a prisoner of the Ming Dynasty, which made Timur both annoyed and worried. After all, Hariler was his favorite grandson. Now he fell into the hands of the Ming Dynasty. God knows how the Ming people would deal with him?

"Father, this Eastern Expedition was very unsuccessful from the beginning, especially the epidemic in the army last year, which came very suddenly. Now even Haril's vanguard army has been defeated so miserably, so I think it's..."

As soon as Shaharu was halfway through his words, he was rudely interrupted by Timur and said, "Shut up, I have said before, if you say such things, I will kill you. Don't think you are my son, I will tolerate you again and again!"

"Don't calm down, my son knows that he is wrong!" Shaharu was also frightened and immediately admitted his mistake to Timur.

Although Timur spoke harshly, he could not really kill his son, so he glared at Shaharu fiercely and said, "Remember my words, I can forgive you once or twice, but there will never be a third time!"

"Yes, son remember!" Shaharu quietly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said again. He also regretted it when he said this. He should have gone out with others just now, so he would not have to bear his father's anger.

"Haril was captured and the 50,000 army was defeated. This matter must not be forgotten so easily. Moreover, after the Eastern Expedition began, it is impossible to stop again. Even in order to rescue Haril, I will continue the Eastern Expedition!" Timur immediately made a decision. No matter how many people oppose it, it would not be able to dispel his determination for the Eastern Expedition.

When Shaharu heard his father's words, he felt a sank in his heart because he found that his father took the risk of failure to continue the expedition in order to save Haril. This shows Haril's position in his heart.

Even Shaharu is almost certain that his father has regarded Haril as a continuing person to train, so he valued Haril so much. Even if Haril was defeated this time, his father still did not give up on him. This made Shaharu suddenly feel angry and powerless. Is he really not as good as Haril?
Chapter completed!