If Timur didn’t die could he have conquered Ming China?
After crushing multiple different empires including the mamluks, ottomans, Golden Horde and Delhi sultanate, Timur set his sights on China. The Ming emperor had demanded tribute from different central Asian rulers including Timur which he saw as an insult.
Timur ultimately went through with the invasion of China during the zenith of the Ming dynasty, he allied with the northern yuan dynasty beforehand and it is said his army was 200,000 strong. The army set out in the harsh central Asian winter and unfortunately (or fortunately) Timur fell ill and eventually succumbed to his death at Otrar at the age of 69 with the army never reaching China and his empire being thrown into a civil war due to succession dispute between his sons and the Timurids would never threaten China again.
My question is what if Timur hadn't died at Otrar? What were Timur's goals? Did he intend to conquer all of China? And were the odds in their favour/would the timurids have succeeded?