The Yuan army used its maneuver advantages, tactical advantages, organizational advantages, and leading combat experience of large corpses to annihilate more than 100,000 Crusaders in less than half a month.

In just ten days, the Crusaders went from fighting spirit to depressed morale. From the Pope to the Knights, everyone was filled with depression.

One after another, bad news and failures made these men who claimed to be noble Roman descendants feel sad because of the disaster that was about to grow old. The breath of panic was like a ghost, casting an lingering shadow on the coalition camp.

Ten days ago, they were confident that they would defeat the Mongols, and were full of fanaticism to launch the largest and most distant Crusades, and fight to the distant Khitan.

But now, even the bravest knights have been shaken.

Fortunately, the front-line committee finally made a correct decision quickly. They reduced their troops, turned the original chain castle defense line into a huge square, and built Lanshan overnight, and had the idea of ​​defending the camp with all their might.

The Crusaders had more than 80,000 people, almost all of them were elite knights and armored soldiers. In addition, there were tens of thousands of slaves who served in labor. Moreover, the camp had sufficient food and supplies, and it was still a powerful force.

However, when the Crusaders faced the stronger Yuan army and were as strong as a tiger, they could only be forced to curl up and turn to full defense.

"Children, believe that the Lord will not abandon us. The darkness will eventually pass, and dark clouds cannot cover the sun. Satan will eventually have to return to hell." The Pope comforted the nobles of the kingdoms.

But the noble old man's dark eyes, blue-white skin, and the white hair that suddenly increased overnight showed how anxious the Western father was actually.

Philip IV, known as the handsome king, no longer had the same spirit as before. This man now wants to do one thing, which is to lead his army back.

But he knew very well that he could not get out of it at all. Because the Mongols had sealed their way back. There was no choice but to fight to the death.

There is still a chance to turn the tables in the final battle.

To boost morale, Pope Nicholas IV held a grand religious ceremony at the camp, and asked the priests who followed the army to pray and sing hymns.

Anyone who fights bravely and dies will return to heaven. But the cowardly will only go to hell.

The front-line committee intends to delay the decisive battle as much as possible and wait for the arrival of reinforcements from the west.

However, just two days later, the Yuan army launched a decisive battle.

The Yuan army not only used the usual "wolf poison smoke" fire pot, but also used firearms from the Han army camps for the first time against the Crusaders.

The Han army general Liu Tai commanded the Han army and under the cover of Mongolian cavalry, violently bombarded the Crusader camp. Although the firearms of the Yuan army were far inferior to those of the Tang army, for the Crusaders, it was enough to become the last straw that crushed their morale.

"Boom boom"

As soon as the Yuan armaments were fired, the entire Crusader camp was blown up.

The simple camps could not resist the bombardment of the Yuan army's fierce artillery. The frightened war horses fled everywhere, and the knights panicked like children abandoned by God, and suffered a heavy psychological blow.

The Crusaders' camp protection was destroyed by artillery, and the team that was already disjointed, became even more chaotic in panic. At this time, the Crusaders almost lost their unified command center.

The Crusaders could only fight on their own. Some regiments rode their horses to charge, some launched a war horse counterattack, and some planned to break through the chaos and escape from the battlefield.

The princes and nobles who were originally in harmony with each other's appearance had no way to tie the army together at this time.

"Boom-bang bang!" The Yuan army used the firearm tactics learned from the Tang army to ruthlessly bombard the heavy crusaders who fought back like moths to the flames. Crusaders in regiments and regiments fell over the Yuan army's artillery fire, causing heavy losses.

The elite Crusader Knights, who lacked understanding of firearm tactics, suffered a great loss as soon as they came up. Their bravery was nowhere to be used, and they were hit by the Yuan army's firearms. The war horses were not controlled at all. Some were trampled to death by their own people, and some were killed by firearms.

The most elite Knights Templar was defeated again after decades.

The Yuan army finally took the opportunity to launch a general attack.

In the fifth year of Hongwu in the Tang Dynasty, on the 16th day of the first lunar month of the 27th year of Zhiyuan in the Yuan Dynasty (1290), the Yuan army and the Crusaders launched the final decisive battle in the west of the Tisa Hebei region.

The battle lasted for three days before and after the decisive battle. On the 18th day of the first lunar month, more than 80,000 elite crusaders were wiped out.

Emperor Rudolf I and other princes were killed in battle, King Philip I of France was captured, and Pope Nicholas IV was captured.

The Yuan army also suffered tens of thousands of casualties, but the combat force was less than 100,000. In order to revenge, the Yuan army executed all the crusaders of war with torture trampled on by war horses, and threatened to bring the pope back to the Papal Kingdom and publicly executed in front of the priests and believers.

On the 24th day of the first lunar month, the Yuan army continued to advance westward and captured the Hungarian capital Budapest. King Anxi issued a military order not to seal the sword for three days.

All the wealth accumulated by the Hungarian Kingdom fell into the hands of the Yuan army for many years.

The Hungarian royal family, nobles from all over the country, as well as churches, encountered cruel revenge by the Yuan army. I don’t know how many ancient families were destroyed.

No matter how many nobles or civilians die from horse hoofs, there are many people.

On the thirtyth day of the first lunar month, Ananda divided his troops into two groups, and ordered Adibuhua to lead more than 40,000 people to attack the Kingdom of Bohemia. Another 50,000 people led them himself to attack the Kingdom of Austria.

At the same time, Ananda asked someone to send out the message in Latin language that anyone who resisted the Mongolian army would be punished the most severely. If he voluntarily surrendered to serve the army, he would be forgiven by the Yuan Dynasty.

The so-called most severe punishment is of course the massacre of the city used by the Mongolian army.

The news was like a winged version flying to later generations of Germany, France, and Italy. More and more people learned that the Crusaders were wiped out and the news of the brutal killing of the Mongolian army, and the terrifying atmosphere slowly enveloped the Europeans in later generations.

However, the countries and churches west of the Rhine still began to mobilize again. The remaining knights of each country gathered spontaneously.

Even the Mongols themselves knew that the war was far from over. The resistance of Western countries was still strong.

…………

In March, Luoyang is full of spring and flowers. The emperors and ministers of the Tang Dynasty just participated in the annual sacrificial ceremony of the Tang Dynasty when they received shocking news.

The Yuan army won a great victory in the West, and the Western coalition was wiped out in the Mazar Kingdom. This means that it became more likely that the Yuan court would destroy Western countries and occupy the entire western territory.

By the time the Yuan court controls the extreme west, its strength will only be stronger. This is not a good thing for the Tang Dynasty.

However, the ministers did not see any worry on the emperor's face. Even the queen seemed very relaxed, and seemed to not care about the great victory of the Yuan court in the West.

When Li Luo received the information, he actually couldn't tell what he felt.

He had no worries at all.

"A few hundred years later, there were three companies that had the greatest threat to China. One was the Qing Dynasty, one was the Japanese, and one was Western robber. Now, the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty were incorporated into the Mongolian nation by the Yuan court, fought for the Yuan court, and moved westward with the Yuan court. Japan became the land of the Tang Dynasty. The Yuan court conquered the West again, which was equivalent to abolishing the West again."

Li Luo said to Cui Xiuning with a smile, his tone full of gloating.

Cui Xiuning frowned and said, "We must look at the problem from a development perspective. The contradictions are constantly changing. The threats from the Qing Dynasty and the white Westerners are gone, but what about the Mongolian Yuan? Can the Yuan court, which ruled the entire West, become the most dangerous enemy in China in the future?"

Li Luo shook his head, "Barish conquering barbarism will only become more barbaric. It's not that I look down on the Yuan court. With their grassland barbarian style, it is impossible for them to grow into an advanced power."

"Their cultural heritage is too poor, but their ability to destroy is first-class. Even if the Mongolian and Yuan unified the entire Europe, they did not have the ability to pose enough threat to the Tang Dynasty. Because they are foreign regimes and minority regimes, just suppressing the resistance of white people is enough to consume their energy."

"I don't think so." Cui Xiuning disagreed. "Europe was originally divided. But after the colonial rule of the Mongol Yuan, is it possible to unify in the future? After the Yuan court's rule was stable, could it be impossible to divert the conflicts between the white people through the east invasion? They don't have to be inclined."

"Is it possible for the Mongols to be assimilated by Europe and become a European-style superpower?"

Li Luo smiled and said, "What you are worried about is not unreasonable. But the possibility is slim. Later generations of Tsarist Russia was ruled by the Mongols for so long, what was the result? Europe is not too backward, and it already has a national consciousness. Their respective writing language is very mature, and it is difficult to unify it after the Yuan Dynasty was overthrown."

"Kublai is a master of dividing and dismantling the enemy. I guess he will definitely split the major European countries into several small countries and enfeoff a large number of new nobles. This is a necessary means to consolidate the rule. Europe will only be divided into more detailed, which is conducive to the rule of the Yuan court."

Cui Xiuning said: "Will there be no possibility of Britain's rule over India? Britain's colonization of India was not objectively helping India unify? I don't want a unified Europe to appear in the future."

Li Luo said: "Britain made a mistake and treated mainland India as a whole colony. In addition, India is an overseas colony ruled by Britain indirectly. Europe is to be directly ruled by the Yuan court."

"No." Cui Xiuning was not as optimistic as Li Luo. "Don't forget that before the Yuan Dynasty, the Jin, Song, Xixia, Dali, and Tubo were relatively divided, right? It was unified by the Yuan Dynasty. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, these places were also unified, and the role of the Yuan Dynasty cannot be underestimated. Europeans overthrow the rule of the Yuan court by then will be very likely to be unified. We must have a plan for this risk."

When Li Luo heard Cui Xiuning say this, he felt that he was too optimistic.

He stood up, frowned and paced back and forth, thinking about the possibility of preventing future European unification.

But after thinking for a long time, I couldn't think of a good way.

Finally, I finally came up with a solution that was not a solution.

"The Special Inspection Bureau must carry out long-term work on Europe in the future and permeate for a long time. Before the curtain call of this world, we must leave behind legacy so that the kings of future generations understand that preventing the possible unification of Europe is the national policy of the Tang Dynasty for hundreds of years. If necessary, military and diplomatic intervention should be carried out."

Cui Xiuning said: "That's all. Later generations will have their own blessings. If they don't work hard, they deserve it. We have laid a lot of foundations. The Tang Dynasty has the most advanced firearms and warships, the most advanced manufacturing and textile technology, the most advanced medical technology, the most advanced mathematics and natural philosophy, and has also begun the earliest popular education and improved ideas."

"We will leave behind a major power in all aspects of the world and arrange some backup plans. If we still fall behind in the future, it will be fate."

Li Luo smiled bitterly, "If you don't talk about this, the heavier the more you talk about it. Anyway, Europe probably can't escape this disaster, and it will be a matter of time before it falls. Let's talk about the Yuan Dynasty moving westward."

Cui Xiuning said: "It's almost April, Kublai Khan should leave. The next time the information comes, it must be the news that the Yuan Ding left Dadu."

Li Luo nodded, "Then it's time for us to start sending troops. When the Yuan court moves, we move. We will definitely not be able to chase after the pursuit, but at least we must take the form of regaining Heshuo and make a big fan of the Northern Expedition. Let the people of the world know that the Yuan army was driven away by us, but we were not willing to leave."

Cui Xiuningtong agreed, "It's almost April, the road is easy to walk on, and now the Northern Expedition is just right."

Immediately, an imperial edict flew to the military advisor's mansion.

The emperor ordered Yang Xu, who was stationed in Goryeo, to be the marshal of the Eastern Army, to lead an army of 50,000 across the Yalu River and to recover Liaodong.

Zhu Han, who was stationed in Guanzhong, was the marshal of the Western Route Army, and led an army of 50,000 to cross the Yellow River to the east and recover Hedong (Shanxi).

Jiang Jun, a military advisor of the Military Advisor, was the commander of the Central Army, and led an army of 100,000 to cross the Yellow River from Henan and recovered the north of Hebei and Qilu.

Li Luo personally led a 100,000 army across the river and supported him in the middle.

The troops used reached 300,000.

Then, Wen Tianxiang from Guanzhong and Yang Qingque from Luoyang were ready to go north to support him at any time. It was foolproof.

The reason why so many people were used was because the Yuan court still had hundreds of thousands of troops left in the Central Plains.

At the same time, the news of the Tang Dynasty's Northern Expedition spread all over the world again. The Tang court's propaganda machine started to move immediately.

The noise was very disturbing. There was only one purpose: the north was not the Tatars who took the initiative to leave, but was defeated by the Tang Dynasty's Northern Expedition. At least, it was also driven away by the Tang Dynasty.

…………

The sound of bells and drums in the capital city sounded, and everyone had complicated eyes. Many officials knew that this might be the last court meeting held in Dadu.

The Khan has issued an order, and on March 25th, the court will move westward!

Today is already twenty-three!

Only the officials of the court remained in the capital. More than three million other countries, Semu people, Han people, and slaves, had long moved west in batches.

However, when all the officials arrived at the palace, they saw the Khan and the Queen all looked happy.

Originally, the closer the day of moving westward, the ugly the Dahan's face became. After all, Dayuan was forced to move westward by Li Luo. How could Dahan be willing to bear it? How could he swallow this breath?

But today, Dahan was actually very happy.

Something good is going on!

Could it be that a great victory in the West?

"Long live the Swordsman!" The civil and military officials also stood up in a relaxed mood. As long as the Swordsman looked good, their pressure would be greatly reduced.

"Let's flatten you." Kublai Khan said with a smile, his eyebrows and eyes appearing very amiable.

"Thank you!" The ministers stood up together.

Kublai Khan laughed and said, "I just received the report of the war in the west. King Anxi won a great victory, and the entire Fulang Kingdom army was wiped out. Several monarchs were killed and captured. My Dayuan Iron Cavalry will soon be able to conquer the entire Fulang Kingdom. By then, everyone will have manor slaves, and even the soldiers at the bottom are not afraid of not being rich."

"Congratulations to Da Khan, congratulations to Da Yuan!" The officials knelt down again, and everyone was filled with joy.

They were really happy. A great victory in the West means that the Dayuan will soon conquer Fulang. At most one year or two years, the Dayuan will be able to occupy the entire Fulang.

There is so much land and so much population, I feel happy to think about it. That is such a big piece of fat.

Kublai Khan was very interested and asked his ministers to speak freely regardless of their official position and talk about their views on ruling Fulang.

Everyone talked and everything was right. But Kublai Khan was not very satisfied.

At this moment, a fourth-rank Han official suddenly stepped out of the line and knelt down and said, "Slave, Huang Silang, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is the Great Khan."

Huang Silang? Minister of the Ministry of Revenue?

Kublai Khan did not know this strange-faced Han official. The six tribes of the Yuan Dynasty were not very high. The minister was only a fourth rank in the Yuan court and was an intermediate official. He stood very far behind when he went to court. Among the hundreds of court officials, it was normal for the emperor to be unfamiliar with him.

"Well, Huang Silang, come and have a look." Seeing that the Han minister was respectful and decent, Kublai Khan gave him a chance to speak.

"Thank you!" Huang Silang was very excited. He finally had the opportunity to show his face in front of Da Han.

This is a great opportunity to make a fortune!

"Da Khan, I think that I, Da Yuan, can only be defeated by Fu Lang, but how to make the yellow-headed and beautiful eyes obey, is related to the long-term stability of Da Yuan."

Huang Silang said while carefully looking at the emperor's face. Seeing that the emperor was not angry, he was even more relaxed.

"First of all, I think that the court should not call the unified name of Fulang Kingdom. Because, I heard from the Prime Minister An Tong that Fulang Kingdom is not a single country, but divided into multiple countries. If the court calls the Fulang Kingdom, after a long time, people in the yellow-headed and secluded people really think that they are both members of Fulang Kingdom. In this way, it will help them rebel together."

I have to say that scholars among the Han people, especially those who read live books, have very vicious thoughts.

When Kublai Khan heard this, his eyes lit up. Well, this Han minister was quite insightful, not bad. He said that he had gone to his heart.

"Huang Silang, you are right, keep talking." Kublai Khan smiled in praise.

When Huang Silang heard Kublai Khan's praise and encouragement, he was so excited that he had goose bumps all over his body and his expression became more confident.

"So, I think I should be called by my clan name. I dare to ask Mr. Boyan, how many tribes are there in Fulang Country?" Huang Silang respectfully asked Boyan.

Boyan didn't know much, he only knew about it, "In all, there must be dozens or hundreds of tribes."

Boyan was not wrong. For example, France is composed of different tribes. Although they are all white, their sources are different.

"Then, the court can name its clan. If it is a large clan, it will be deliberately divided into small clans of different names and distinguished. Or, it will be named after the place where they live. In this way, the people of Fulang Country will each have their own destinations and their own differences."

Huang Silang actually means that the official name of Fulang Country and Fulang people is no longer used, but is named according to different tribes. It is divided into many types.

Otherwise, over time, the yellow-headed eyes will think that they are all Fulang people, so they will easily pick them up and rebel.

The role of noun is underestimated. Many people have bad things, but bad things are in the name. For example, some people always say that this is just form and not important. Such people have too superficial understanding.

The form is not important. Why did the Qing Dynasty shave their hair and change their clothes?

"Okay, Huang Silang's words make sense. Just do this." Kublai Khan nodded, "You continue to say it."

"Zhe!" Huang Silang kowtowed, "The second thing is that I'm going to recommend shaving my hair and changing clothes in Western countries. My hair-style clothes in the Dayuan period are beautiful, but after moving west, it is used by a few people."

"In this way, there are only millions of people who use Dayuan's clothes, hats and hair styles. However, yellow heads, color and eyes are more than ten times more than me? That makes it really not conducive to the unity of Dayuan... But if you shave your hair and change your clothes, it will be solved."

When An Tong heard this, he immediately came out to cheer up his disciples: "Da Khan, I thought that what Huang Silang said makes sense. Wherever Da Yuan should go, he would shave his hair and change his clothes. According to my custom of Da Yuan. If he doesn't do it, he would resist Da Yuan and kill them all. Only those who shave their hair and change their clothes are good slaves and can survive."

Other ministers also took the lead, discussing the proposals of Huang Silang and An Tong.

Because everyone knows that this is indeed a good way. As long as you are not stupid, you will not object.

Of course, yellow-headed and colored eyes will resist shaving and change clothes, but so what? If you resist, kill, and only the cartilage remains, isn't it just right?

"Well, the report is correct. Then tell the Western Expedition Army to follow the methods of Huang Silang and An Tong." Kublai Khan nodded without hesitation to agree.

"In addition, I will send an order to leave on time the next day and leave Dadu." Kublai Khan sighed again, looking a little sad.

I'm finally leaving Dadu.

Although it was necessary to move westward in order to govern the Western Yuan Dynasty, it was ultimately due to being forced by Li Luo.

"Khan, then this is mostly with the Daming Palace..." Brother Sang said hesitantly.

Kublai Khan shook his head and sighed, "Forget it, don't burn it, that's meaningless. Keep it, Dayuan may be able to return to Dadu. It's a pity to burn it."

He finally did not make the decision to burn the palace.

Two days later, the Yuan court officially left Dadu and moved westward.

At the same time, the Tang army also launched the slogan of the Northern Expedition with great fanfare!

On March 25, the fifth year of Hongwu in the Tang Dynasty, the 27th year of the Yuan Dynasty, and the 3987th year of the Chinese army, the Tang army marched north and moved westward!
Chapter completed!