Gaochang was unaware that Zhu Yunwen was not genuinely willing to help him, nor did he immediately mobilize troops as promised to the Gaochang envoy.
They only made a small commotion to appease them. But the news quickly spread to the western kingdoms.
Chechi Kingdom was both angry and afraid upon hearing the news, after all, the power of the Ming Dynasty was no exaggeration.
If the Ming Dynasty gets involved, it will be quite difficult for the Chechi Kingdom to rule the Gaochang Kingdom.
But they've been preparing for this plan for a long time, so they can't just give up now, can they?
Therefore, the Chechi Kingdom was in a precarious situation, with no choice but to act. Although it feared the Ming Dynasty, if it backed down simply because the Ming intervened, how could it possibly survive among the western kingdoms in the future?
Thinking of this, the King of Chechi Kingdom decided to continue the attack on Gaochang Kingdom, and even faster.
After all, from Chechi Kingdom's perspective, it would take a certain amount of time just to mobilize the Ming army to help Gaochang Kingdom.
However, Chechi Kingdom has now surrounded Gaochang Kingdom, and if they attack, they can conquer Gaochang Kingdom in ten days.
So after careful consideration, he decided that it was still worth the risk to attack Gaochang Kingdom first.
Let's see how the Ming Dynasty reacts.
At the same time, the Kingdom of Chechi also quickly dispatched envoys to the Ming Dynasty to see if the problem could be resolved.
Two more days passed, and the time for Chechi Kingdom arrived in the Ming Dynasty. When the envoy from Chechi Kingdom met Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen in the main hall, he directly stated his purpose:
"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Great Ming, Your Highness the Crown Prince of the Great Ming, the King of Chechi Kingdom hopes that the Great Ming will not interfere in this war with the Gaochang Kingdom. Otherwise, the Great Ming will be at odds with the Chechi Kingdom."
The words of the envoy from Chechi Kingdom surprised Zhu Yunwen. He did not expect that the king of Chechi Kingdom would dare to threaten the Ming Dynasty.
It seems that the Ming Dynasty's deterrent power in the West was indeed insufficient, as it was not only exploited by the Gaochang Kingdom but also warned by the Chechi Kingdom.
This caused both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen to reveal a cold smile. Then, Zhu Yunwen spoke calmly:
"It seems that in the end, our Great Ming Dynasty is too low-key."
Then he looked at the envoy from Chechi Kingdom and said, word by word:
“Go back and tell your king that the Great Ming is determined to handle this matter, and that the Great Ming will definitely send troops to make Chechi Kingdom understand how powerful the Great Ming is, and that its threats cannot frighten it.”
Upon hearing Zhu Yunwen's words, the envoy from Chechi Kingdom became very angry.
So he dared not say anything more and could only leave angrily, bringing the news to the King of Chechi Kingdom.
When the King of Chechi learned that his envoy had not only failed to make the Ming Dynasty restrain itself, but the Ming Dynasty had also become even more assertive and declared that it would definitely send troops.
This made the King of Chechi feel even more humiliated. Now the King of Chechi was in a dilemma; he had heard of the power of the Ming Dynasty, but Chechi was also very powerful.
If we don't fight this battle, won't we be unable to survive in this western region in the future?
Everyone says that Chechi Kingdom was actually frightened by the Ming Dynasty, so this war still has to be fought.
Another source, the King of Chechi Kingdom, also received information from the envoy that although the Ming army in the west was being mobilized, it had not yet gone to directly support Gaochang Kingdom.
The king of Chechi Kingdom saw this as an opportunity, so he immediately launched an attack on Gaochang Kingdom.
The Gaochang Kingdom was no longer so panicked. He felt that since the Ming Dynasty was going to help him, the matter was basically settled. At the same time, he was a little smug, not expecting to drag the Ming Dynasty into the mess so easily.
They think the Ming Dynasty is too easily fooled.
However, the King of Gaochang was unaware that while the Ming Dynasty would send troops, it would not be to help them.
In the following days, Chechi Kingdom indeed launched a direct military campaign against Gaochang Kingdom.
The two countries were directly at war, and it was no surprise that Gaochang was no match for Chechi.
However, Gaochang remained calm and simply waited for the Ming Dynasty's rescue. After a few more days, the entire Gaochang Kingdom was already facing the crisis of annihilation.
However, the Ming soldiers still hadn't arrived, which worried the King of Gaochang, who kept sending people to urge them on.
However, the Ming army was nowhere to be seen. In this extremely urgent situation, the king of Gaochang became increasingly panicked, as Gaochang had been largely occupied by Chechi.
Left with no other choice, and in order to survive and have hope, he had no choice but to lead the royal family and temporarily leave Gaochang Kingdom, heading towards the Ming Dynasty, hoping to quickly ask the Ming Dynasty to send troops to help them.
After all, in his view, this was something the Ming Dynasty had promised them.
A few days later, in the Ming Dynasty palace, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen were drinking tea.
However, the eunuch reported that the king of Gaochang had fled to the Ming Dynasty and wanted to be captured by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang gave a cold smile and looked at Zhu Yunwen.
Zhu Yunwen nodded, and soon after, a king in his fifties walked into the imperial study.
He was now like a stray dog, and dared not face Zhu Yuanzhang with a bad attitude, so he quickly bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and said:
"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty..."
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the King of Gaochang and immediately said:
"What is the matter that the King of Gaochang wants to discuss?"
The King of Gaochang was so angry he was cursing. "You, Great Ming, promised to help us and even agreed to send 200,000 troops. But now Gaochang is about to be destroyed, and the Ming army is nowhere to be seen. Are you kidding me?"
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