Wu Guocheng's plan was to gain the status of Xia leaders by establishing a "Temujin encirclement net" and also export the idea of ​​China's priority.

To put it more clearly, this method is a bit like the practice of later American imperials creating enemies to establish or maintain alliances.

Although Temujin, a strong man, was not created by the Great Zhou Republic, he fought against the Western Liao, Jin Treasure and Xiliang, captured the Saint of Light, and jumped to the position of being an enemy of the Western Song Dynasty. He also had the qualification to become a public enemy!

But Temujin did not want to be an enemy of a terrible country like the Great Zhou Republic!

As the former deputy general manager of the Oishi Guards, Temujin certainly knew the power of the Great Zhou Republic.

The Great Zhou is a real world empire! It has a population of 80 million and two continents that are several times larger than Europe! It also has the most powerful navy and army in the world! It also has the "inexhaustible" gold and silver mountains...

The most terrifying thing is that the Great Zhou Republic also has the most powerful and advanced military handicraft industry in the world.

The sharp weapons, muskets and artillery used by Temujin's army were all invented by the arsenal of the Great Zhou Republic!

Moreover, the gunpowder weapons of the Great Zhou Republic are generally still the most advanced in the world.

In addition, the Great Zhou Republic is too far from the prairie near Temujin's base camp Caspian Sea!

There are more than 10,000 miles in a straight line, but it will take at least 20,000 miles to go! It will take you a few years to get there.

If the expeditionary force of the Great Zhou Republic comes by boat and is at a good time, you can reach the Mediterranean in at most three months!

So the Mongols had no chance to fight in this kind of war, so Temujin never thought about fighting.

His purpose of launching a war against Xiliang is actually very simple, which is to seize the territory of Central Asia.

The land in Central Asia is nothing to the Great Zhou and Eastern Song dynasties. They are one country and one new continent, and are two RMB players with mines at home. How can they regard Central Asia?

But in fact, the territory of Central Asia is still very good!

Just look at the geographical location of Central Asia. This land is located at the intersection of the Indian civilization, Chinese civilization and the two rivers civilization.

Three ancient and splendid civilizations exchange here, and they are the land of the Silk Road on the Land. They also have many oasis cities and two major rivers, the Amu River and the Sir River. Therefore, they have always been the most important export places for culture, technology and materials in the world.

In this time and space, the conquest of Dashi and the later conquest of Xiliang were constructive. Whether it was Yelu Dashi or Zhangli, they were very civilized conquerors. Their conquest of Central Asia was not the barbarians looting civilized people, but the conquest of equal or higher civilizations. Therefore, the consequences of the conquest were not only domination and exploitation, but also cultural and technological exchanges.

This kind of communication has a promoting effect on the Central Asian civilization, which is not backward.

Therefore, after Xi Liao and Xi Liang ruled Central Asia for 90 years, the land in the middle of the world not only did not be destroyed and ravaged, but became more prosperous.

Moreover, the manufacturing technology of artillery, muskets and gunpowder brought from Xiliang to Central Asia has also taken root and sprouted in Central Asia and has also been developed to a certain extent.

If Temujin wants to turn his Great Mongolia into a great empire that can truly be on par with the Song Dynasty and the New Zhou Dynasty, he must take down Central Asia.

Only by taking over many cities in Central Asia and obtaining the handicrafts and trade routes there can the Great Mongolian become a real gunpowder empire.

Otherwise, the Mongolian army's neck would be stuck and would be cut off at any time.

That's why Temujin severely ravaged the Golden Horde and the Western Liao Empire that moved to the Ukrainian Plain, and shifted the target of the attack to the Western Liang Kingdom in Central Asia.

Of course, Temujin's turn is also related to the era of "invincible in the bastion".

The Guangmingding of Baku took several months to capture it. Don’t think about the two larger bastions, Tabriz and Kiev (the capital of the Golden Horde), as well as the possibility of surrendering without a three to five years of siege.

And if the Great Zhou Republic and the Eastern Song Empire were really siege for so long, would the Eastern Song Empire interfere? The Western Liao and the Jin Hordes were their important trading partners.

So Temujin finally robbed Anatolia and Kievan Rus (King Horde). He occupied part of Persian land and controlled the Holy See of Light and the Holy See of Light in his hands, and allowed the Western Liao and Jin Hordes to seek peace.

Why do we need to control the Holy See of Guangming and the Holy See of Light? Of course, it is not because Mo Qisi is beautiful, but because Temujin herself is a believer of Guangming Heavenly Law. Moreover, most Mongolians have also converted to Guangming Heavenly Law and become believers of Tianli Law.

In this case, controlling the Holy See of Guangming and the Saint Mo Qisi is very beneficial to Temujin.

As for the saint's peerless appearance, Temujin dared not covet anything... His harem is not short of Ukrainian young models, why do you provoke this Persian woman who has long dedicated herself to Guangming Tianli?

What if I anger Guangming Tianli this and cannot go to Qingjing Paradise after death?

After controlling the Holy See and the Saint, Temujin was able to use the Saint's decree to call on the believers of Guangming Tianli to attack Xiliang, who believed in Tianli.

Therefore, this war that took place in Central Asia also has a bit of a religious war.

In the early winter of 1210 in the Western calendar, Temujin, who entered the prosperous and magnificent city of Samarkand, was very satisfied with the progress of this aggression war under the banner of religion.

Xiliang was as decayed as expected, facing the storm-like attack of the Great Mongolian Kingdom, and did not even have the strength to fight back. After changing hands in major cities such as Huwu, Bukhara, and Chachi, even the large stronghold of Zaoye, which was the land of Qihe, was lost in the autumn of 1210.

Now only the Fergana Basin protected by Tianmen Pass Fortress is still under the control of the Xiliang Kingdom.

"Da Khan, I have been to Xinliangzhou." Mo Qisi, wearing a clean white Tang silk long skirt, stood barefoot in front of Temujin sitting cross-legged, speaking fluent Chinese without any emotion.

"There are strong stone bastions, the Great Wall built on the mountain and stretching for dozens of miles, the ancient and prosperous Kuzhan City, the majestic and majestic New Liangzhou City, and large fertile land and hardworking farmers. As long as the Khan cannot break through Tianmen Pass at the entrance of the valley, the Tianli disciples in the pass can persist forever... Even if the Khan's warriors break through Tianmen Pass, the Xiliang royal family can retreat into Tianshan Mountains, and the valleys in the Gisar-Alai Mountains will continue to persist."

Temujin, who was sitting in a Guangming Tianli Church, narrowed his eyes and looked at the saint in front of him without saying a word.

Tianmen Pass cannot be attacked for force!

He knew that Tianmen Pass was part of the last wealth Zhang Li left for his descendants in his later years... it was just a part!

In addition to Tianmen Pass, there are many passes and several unknown valley fortresses around the basin. Even if Tianmen Pass is broken, the city of Xinliangzhou will not be protected. The Xiliang royal family can still enter those valley fortresses and carry out the final resistance. There are also many small valleys and river valleys in the mountains around the Fergana Basin.

Because of the nourishment of the melting snow of the Tianshan Mountains and Gisar-Alai Mountains, the land in these valleys and river valleys is extremely fertile and can feed a large population.

As long as the Xiliang royal family insists on not surrendering and retreats into those valleys and continues to stick to it, it is possible to fight the Fergana battle for ten or eight years.

"What do you want to say?" Temujin asked lightly.

"Why let the slave come forward and talk to both sides." Mo Qisi smiled, "Isn't it good to let Xiliang occupy the Fergana Basin, and the Khan will dominate the vast land outside the basin?"

"Can Xiliang surrender to me?" Temujin asked again.

"Impossible," Mo Qisi's answer was very straightforward, "They could not convert to the principles of light and bright heaven... They are Han people! They are people of the Western Song Dynasty! They are believers of the principles of heaven!

The Khan wouldn't think that with the power of the Mongols, he could go to war with the Western Song Dynasty?"

Temujin smiled: "If the war starts on the eastern foot of Tianshan Mountain, I really dare not. But if the war starts on the western foot of Tianshan Mountain, I will definitely win! As long as I win, Xiliang will pay tribute to our great Mongolia!"

Temu really doesn’t care whether to occupy the Fergana Basin or not. But Xiliang in the basin must pay tribute to the Great Mongolia!

Because the Fergana Basin is not only rich in grain, but also the origin of important handicraft products. It produces muskets, cannons, gunpowder, and plate armor needed by the Mongolian army.

Mo Qisi sighed: "Then my family prayed for the Khan and the Mongolian warriors to the omnipotent light principles."

Temujin nodded: "Thank you."

...

When Temujin talked with Mo Qisi, he did not expect that he had been the public enemy of Zhuxia by the Great Zhou Republic. This time he would not only face the behemoth of the Western Song Dynasty, but also attack two "RMB players" who brought their own new continent... This was almost an enemy of the whole world!

In the Chongzheng Hall of Huaqing Palace, Zhao Xin, the emperor of the Western Song Empire, had just met Xin Qiji, the envoy of the Great Zhou Republic. He was summoning the prime minister and his face was covered with dark clouds.

"Is this reasonable! Is this reasonable! Xiliang is a vassal of my great Song Dynasty. Now I am bullied by Mongolia. My great Song Dynasty will uphold justice. Why does He need him to intervene in the river? A small Mongolia has only 100,000 households and one million households. My great Song Dynasty has six million households, more than 40 million households, dozens of times that of them, and still cannot win? What else is the anti-Temujin alliance? Is it necessary that the old boatman Wu Guocheng be the leader?"

Listening to the roar of the Emperor of Song Dynasty, Yue Ke, the official of the Privy Council, had to stand up and report: "Your Majesty, although our dynasty has 6 million households and more than 40 million households, it is very far away from Xiliang. It is more than 6,000 miles from Chang'an to Saiye. And after leaving the Hexi Corridor, it is a land with a sparse land and a difficult time to support the army. Temuzhen is strong and has a strong army, with a hundred thousand Mongolian Iron Army. He needs to dispatch 200,000 Song generals, fight and farm, and fight steadily to destroy it..."

The 200,000 Song army defeated the 100,000 Temujin Mongolian army... Such a thing is simply unbelievable in another time and space. First of all, it cannot be defeated. Secondly, the Southern Song Dynasty, with a population of 70,000 to 80 million, was difficult to withdraw 200,000 elite soldiers who could fight in the field at that time.

However, for the current Western Song Dynasty, let alone 200,000, even one million elite soldiers can be easily mobilized!

With a population of more than 40 million, what is the problem of mobilizing 1 million soldiers?

Moreover, the combat effectiveness of these 1 million Western Song soldiers is not bad at all. They can definitely defeat Mongolian troops with the same number as theirs. Of course, the premise is that the logistics transfer is not considered, otherwise a large number of soldiers will be needed to farm, and the actual number of troops can be used on the front line will be much less. Yue Ke proposed to send 200,000 troops, which includes the military force required for farming and land occupation, otherwise how could 200,000 be needed? 50,000 is enough!

The reason for this is that under the pressure of the Eastern Song Dynasty and Great Zhou Dynasty, the Western Song Dynasty had to embark on a farming and war route that attached extreme importance to force, and it has been maintained to this day. The "target-shooting and recruiting soldiers" created by Qu Duan, Yue Fei, Qin Hui and others has been unshakable for decades!

I have been taking the Jinshi exam for decades... Of course, those who passed the exam are all sharpshooters! Those who failed the exam are not much worse than those who did.

Moreover, shooting targets not only tests for gunmen, but also tests for guns.

If the gun is not good, the target will naturally not be able to be shot accurately.

Therefore, under the stimulation of the Jinshi shooting, the musket manufacturing technology of the Western Song Dynasty was very good.

Although the mass-produced muskets are not as good as the Great Zhou and the Eastern Song dynasties, they produce fine products! Not only are they producing fine guns, but also fine gunners!

In this era, the effective range of mass-produced smoothbore guns in actual combat is usually only a few dozen steps. Even the mass-produced country of the Dazhou military industry, which has the highest level of factory handicrafts, is at this level. The reason for this is not entirely because of cost savings, nor is it because of the inability to achieve technology, but because of practicality. The operation of smoothbore guns is complex, with large recoils, and the gap between ammunition and barrels is too small, making it difficult to load. Therefore, in the hands of ordinary infantry, high-quality smoothbore guns cannot exert their power, and are even less useful than mass-produced bargains. The gap between high-quality smoothbore guns and lead bullets is very small, making it even more difficult to fill. It is not a good gunman, but when he goes to the battlefield, he can't even load bullets, so what else can he fire? Therefore, the precision is not high, but the mass-produced smoothbore guns that are easy to load and maintain have become the mainstream guns of the Dazhou and the Eastern Song armies.

However, a light smoothbore gun made by a fine-crafted gun and a bullet wrapped in deer-skin, operated by a sharpshooter, can reach an effective range of more than 100 steps (historically, the Western test was 190 meters).

This range can basically be leveled with the bow and arrow, and the lethality of the musket is far greater than that of the bow and arrow shooting at a distance of 100 steps. It may not cause any injury if you hit ten times. When using a musket to snipe, it is basically a soul-wrenching shot, and it will be ruined even if you don’t die!
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