European plate armor has reached its peak among cold weapons.

However, Zhu Ying was not too worried. Although plate armor was powerful, it was impossible to equip a large number of troops. Generally, only a few elite ace troops had it.

And today's era is the era of firearms and cannons.

No matter how powerful the plate armor is, it cannot resist the power of artillery.

This thing is expensive to make, and generally thin soldiers cannot wear it. Only strong men can do it.

After reading the information from Tubo, Zhu Ying did not take it too seriously.

He believed that with Xu Huizu's ability, even if he could not win a big victory, he would not be defeated badly.

Although the current Ming army may be lacking in mobility speed, its firearms and armaments are unmatched by any other country in the world.

The Ming army was like a mobile fortress. They only needed to press forward step by step to ensure victory.

What Zhu Ying didn't know was that after Timur's army entered Tibet, they didn't just stay in Tibet.

They also had many small armies that went directly to the Western Regions.

Compared with Tubo, the Western Regions are obviously richer. Although those small countries are not wealthy, their total wealth is already very considerable.

After all, the Western Regions were once the site of the Silk Road. Even though it is now in decline, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse.

Fox Hu country.

This is one of the ancient countries in the Western Regions.

However, the real Huhu Kingdom was annexed by the Cheshi Kingdom during the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The current Fox Hu Kingdom, to be more precise, is a small country that was newly established through cooperation with the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce.

The king was not well educated, so he just found someone who could read and write to give the name.

That person said that there was an ancient country in the Western Regions called Huhu, and the place where the king was was the ruins of Huhu. He must be the descendant of Huhu and could rebuild the Huhu Kingdom.

To establish a country, one must have a long history. Without some fame, it would be difficult to survive in the Western Regions.

After hearing what the man said, the king simply said that he was a descendant of Huhu and re-established the Huhu Kingdom.

It must be said that this method does have some effect in the Western Regions.

If others ask, it has a history of thousands of years.

The Western Regions were influenced by the Central Plains dynasties, especially the Han Dynasty, so they are culturally very similar.

With this name, he actually fooled a group of people into joining the Fox Hu Kingdom.

The historical Huhu Kingdom actually had only a population of about a hundred households, no different from a village, or even smaller than most villages.

The current Huhu Kingdom has relatively more money because of its business, and occupies an oasis for farming, with more than a thousand households.

At this moment, the king was discussing matters with several of his ministers.

"Why did these damn Mongols come to our Western Regions? Aren't they in Tibet? I heard that they have destroyed several countries. Will they come to us?"

"They are so cruel. They will take away all the wealth and women and kill all the men. We must find a way to protect our country."

The king said worriedly.

There were three people below him, they were his three ministers, in charge of money, soldiers, and laws respectively.

Basically, there are only these three ministers. After all, there are only five or six thousand people in the Huhu Kingdom.

"Don't worry, King. Our warriors can definitely stop these hateful Mongols. No matter how powerful their horses are, they can't cross our city walls. As long as we don't go out, they can't come in."

"The five hundred warriors under my command will use their bows and arrows to show these Mongols how powerful they are."

The person who spoke was the general in charge of the soldiers. He was a big and strong man with a full beard, and looked very fierce.

But after he said this, the man with a mustache next to him felt a little unhappy.

"Didn't you buy a hundred muskets some time ago? Why are you still using bows and arrows?"

The man with the mustache was in charge of money and grain, and he spent most of the national treasury's money on one hundred muskets, which made him really sad.

The bearded man said indifferently: "The gunpowder is too expensive. Not only I but also my brothers would feel bad about using it, so I kept it in the warehouse."

The man with the mustache frowned and said, "I heard that you bought a few more female slaves. Did you secretly take the musket out to exchange for money? Let me tell you, this is our most important firearm. If the Mongols really attack, we will have to rely on it to save our lives."

The bearded man immediately became furious, stood up, slammed the table and shouted, "How dare you doubt me!"

"Alright, alright, stop arguing. The Mongols haven't even shown up yet, and we're the ones starting to make a scene first."

"General, don't keep it. Let the soldiers train it first, so that you don't have to worry about how to use it when the time comes."

The king began to persuade.

The bearded man snorted coldly and sat down as well.

Judging from the posture just now, it seems that he is really going to do it.

There was a flash of shame and anger in the mustache man's eyes, and his chest heaved slightly, obviously he was angry.

He was very suspicious that the bearded man was selling muskets. After all, this was not the first time he had done something like this.

However, relying on the fact that he is the most powerful warrior in the Fox Hu Kingdom, he has always been unscrupulous, and even the king sometimes gives in to him.

Before, Bearded Man had indeed led the soldiers, driven away many looting bandits, protected the Fox and Hu Kingdom, and made great contributions.

The king ignored the two men. He knew that relying on them was useless.

He had witnessed with his own eyes how powerful the Mongols were when he was a wandering merchant, and the low city walls did not give him any sense of security.

"Prophet, please guide the future of Huhu Country in the right direction."

The one called the prophet is the priest of the Huhu Kingdom, who is also responsible for the laws of the country. However, he is very old and thin, and the gorgeous silk looks like it is wrapped around a skeleton and he looks like he will die at any time.

It was he who asked the king to name the country Hu Hu.

Hearing the king call the prophet, the man with a mustache and a beard suddenly quieted down and turned their eyes away.

The prophet's voice gives people a strong sense of vicissitudes and is slightly hoarse.

"I have offered sacrifices to the gods, and they have given me a prophecy that powerful demons will come from afar with blood and fire, and the city walls will turn into dust under their rage."

"Our soldiers were armed with bows and arrows instead of muskets, and had no ability to resist. The brutal enemy cut off their heads and put them on their waists."

"The Fox Hu Kingdom, which has been passed down for thousands of years, has once again faced destruction."

These words made the people present feel cold in their hearts.

They believed the prophet's words very much. Since the gods had made a prophecy, didn't it mean that the Huhu Kingdom was really going to be destroyed?

When the bearded man heard that they were holding bows and arrows instead of muskets, he felt a little uneasy, because he had indeed sold most of the muskets. There were only less than twenty muskets in the warehouse, and there was not even much gunpowder left. It could not support the consumption of a war at all.

Maybe after hearing a few noises, the gunpowder was used up.

The bearded man was already thinking about how to escape. He didn't want to lose his life here.

"Prophet, are we just going to wait for death? Has the God told us how to save us?" The king's voice was trembling.

He really believed in the prophet's words, because basically everything the prophet said came true.

The old man turned his head and looked at them one by one, making the man with a moustache and a beard feel as if his thoughts were completely seen through, as if nothing could be hidden under the eyes of a prophet.

"Since the gods are willing to give a prophecy, they will certainly tell us the way to salvation." The prophet said slowly.

These words immediately lifted everyone's spirits, especially the king, who seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, his eyes full of desire, but he did not dare to urge.

The prophet was very satisfied with the king's respect, and then he said: "The gods predicted that in order to save the Hu Hu Kingdom, as long as the king offers his two daughters, the Hu Hu Kingdom can be saved, and will become stronger in the future."

"In this Western Region, we will become a truly great country."

The king felt a little flustered when he heard this.

There are two things he is most proud of in his life.

The first was to establish the Huhu Kingdom, fulfilling his dream and becoming a great king.

The second is that he married a beautiful queen.

Of course, when he said he took, he actually bought slaves, but he spent a lot of money, which was not very abundant at that time.

And the queen gave birth to two beautiful twin daughters for him.

The two twin daughters have been very cute since they were young, and they have become even more charming as they grow up.

The king knew that their beauty was a scourge in the Western Regions, so he never let his two daughters leave the palace and always confined them to live in the palace.

"Why, why does the Fox Country have to sacrifice my daughter to be saved? Did they do something wrong?"

The king began to cry, he really loved his daughter.

When the old man heard this, he knew that the king had misunderstood. He coughed twice and added, "The gods want the king's daughters to marry the grandson of the Celestial Empire. I know the king loves them very much, but the Celestial Empire is where they should enjoy themselves."

The king, who was originally in tears, suddenly froze.

He thought he was going to kill his daughter, but ended up giving her to the Ming Dynasty's crown prince as a concubine?

This is simply... too good to be true, right?

"Will the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty agree to this?" the king asked somewhat unconfidently.

He knew that his daughter was very beautiful, but the Ming Dynasty was the Celestial Empire, and there were all kinds of beauties there.

The Western Regions was a desolate place for the Ming Dynasty.

His own Fox Country is not even as good as a village in the Ming Dynasty.

"The gods told me that the mysterious master of the former Heroes Chamber of Commerce is the current Grandson of the Daming Dynasty. The Grandson of the Daming Dynasty is the reincarnation of a god, and your two daughters are also the reincarnation of gods. They came to this world just to follow the Grandson of the Daming Dynasty."

"Please rest assured, King. Just send your daughter over. The Ming Dynasty's grandson will definitely not refuse."

The old prophet explained slowly.

The king exclaimed: "The Ming Dynasty's grandson is actually the mysterious master behind the Heroes Chamber of Commerce?"

He once made his fortune by doing business with the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce. Later, when he had money, he founded the Fox Hu Kingdom.

The prophet nodded affirmatively.

The king was pleasantly surprised: "In this way, my daughter will marry the grandson of the Ming Dynasty, and the Huhu Kingdom will be protected by the Ming Dynasty. Those brutal Mongols will no longer have the courage to plunder our Huhu Kingdom."

Then, the king thought for a moment and asked, "But how can we send my daughter to Ming? It is very far away, and I am worried that she may encounter some danger along the way."

The prophet said: "We don't need to escort them. We just need to send the two princesses to the Wusi Zang Commander of the Ming Dynasty. They will send soldiers to escort them. The king only needs to issue a document."

The king nodded happily and said, "Then I'll leave everything to the prophet."

The old man nodded slightly.

Then the king and the two ministers left.

The old man breathed a sigh of relief when he saw them leave.

He is certainly not a prophet, nor does he have any divine prophecies.

He's just a liar.

Nothing more than a literate liar.

In his early years, he was a swindler, spent money lavishly, and had no savings, and that's when he happened to meet this king.

Fortunately, the master who taught him the craft was from Central China, and he also taught him to read and write.

So he deceived the king, became a charlatan, and became a prophet of the Fox Country.

Some messy rules and laws were completely compiled by him.

The reason why he knew that there were fewer muskets in the warehouse was because his spies had discovered it. After all, this small country was only so big, and many soldiers were willing to be loyal to him secretly.

In the entire Huhu Kingdom, no one knew Chinese characters, but he had been ordering the Ming Dynasty's capital gazette from traveling merchants.

From the court reports from the capital, he learned that the Ming Crown Prince was once the owner of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, and that he had princesses from many other countries as concubines.

This shows that the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty is very fond of beautiful women.

The king's twin princesses made even an old man like him fall in love with them. If he had been in poor health, he would have set his sights on marrying the two princesses long ago.

No matter how powerful the Mongols are, can they be as powerful as the Ming Dynasty?

He had long decided to present the two princesses to the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty.

In the past, the Huhu Kingdom had no external threats, and the princess was young and could not speak up. But now that the Mongols are wreaking havoc, it is the best opportunity.

"Thanks to his good fortune, he gave birth to two beautiful daughters. It seems I can still retire here."

The old man chuckled, then picked up a piece of paper and pen and began to write the document crookedly.

In the palace.

The queen asked the king: "Why did you marry my daughters to such a faraway place? Will I ever see them again in my lifetime?"

The king really loved the queen, and he quickly explained, "This is a revelation from the gods. Only if my daughter marries the grandson of the Ming Dynasty can the danger of our Huhu Kingdom being destroyed be resolved."

"Now many countries outside have been destroyed by the brutal Mongols. Only with the protection of the Ming Dynasty can our Huhu Kingdom survive."

"Da Ming is the most prosperous and wealthy place in the world. Amira and Ibaidi will definitely live the happiest life."

The king promised solemnly.

The queen was somewhat skeptical, as she had also heard that the distant Ming Dynasty was the most prosperous place.

Seeing the beautiful queen hesitate, the king hurriedly made reassurances.

The queen was indeed very beautiful. There was no sign in her figure of having given birth to twin daughters. She looked like she was in her twenties even though she was in her early thirties.

Maybe this has something to do with the fact that she gave birth to a daughter for the king at the age of fourteen.

My daughter is sixteen years old now.

She also had some visions of the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty. After a slight hesitation, the queen asked, "Can I go with you?"