Chapter 1341 Westward move is good, westward move is right!
Anda Khan, who has lived on the grassland all his life, discovered for the first time that the sky on the grassland is so vast, and he can fly wherever he wants.
There are no disgusting Mongolian left-wing tribes such as the Chahar tribe, nor are there disgusting Southern barbarians. Regardless of whether they are the Ming barbarians in the past or the Tang barbarians today, they are all extremely annoying.
In the Western Region, their old enemies, the Wala people, had been killed by him, and the remaining powerful tribes in the Western Region were completely worth mentioning.
Even the barbarians of the Southern Tang Dynasty could only huddle within their defense line of the Great Wall and could not pose any great threat to them on the grassland. Moreover, it also had another benefit, that is, the barbarians of the Southern Tang Dynasty were cut off from the defense line.
The possibility of purchasing horses in large quantities in the Western Region.
Well, this advantage is of no use now. You don't need to think about it. You know, the Nantang barbarians who occupy the Hetao and Fengzhouchuan areas already have no shortage of pastures for large-scale grazing of cattle, sheep and horses.
But this is not important anymore. Anyway, the barbarians of the Southern Tang Dynasty can no longer pose any threat to the Tatars.
In just a few months, Anda Khan led the army one after another. First, he completely wiped out the remnants of the Oara people, annexed the population, cattle, sheep and horses of the Oara tribe, and then personally led the troops into Tubo. Tubo naturally
They could not resist the Tatars, so they could only offer grain, grass, horses and women to sue for peace.
For a moment, Anda Khan once again found the domineering feeling of being the hero of the grassland!
It is good to move westward, and it is right to move westward!
If I had known earlier, I should have given up on the Hetao and Fengzhouchuan areas earlier and entered the Western Regions. Unfortunately, my previous vision was too limited. I thought about the Hetao and Fengzhouchuan and the prosperous world of the Central Plains every day. I never thought about the outside world.
The world is broader and more exciting, and more importantly, the Tatars have no real enemies and can fight whoever they want.
When the Tatars plundered Tubo, in addition to bringing back a large number of slaves, cattle, sheep and horses, they also brought back a lot of good things, especially many good things from the Tang Empire and many
of craftsmen.
In the past few years, the Tatars and the Tang Empire were at war. The Tang Empire implemented a very strict material blockade policy on the grassland areas. The mutual trade between the two sides basically came to a standstill. Occasionally there was some private trade, but mostly
It is also limited to daily necessities, such as tea, cloth and the like.
Weapons and other military supplies are basically completely cut off.
But the Tatars still obtained a lot of good things made by the Tang Dynasty from various channels. After all, the Tang Empire was so big, and it also exported a lot of industrial products to the Western Regions and other places.
For example, the Tatars got a lot of things like telescopes, plate armor, swords, spears, and even matchlocks.
Especially after wiping out the Oara people, the Tatars received many various weapons supported by the Tang Empire from the Oara people. Not to mention cold weapons such as swords, spears and plate armor, even matchlock guns were captured by them.
I bought several thousand.
Only the advanced long-barreled artillery was still missing, and the flintlock muskets used by the Tang Empire's military were also missing.
No way, although the Tang Empire exported a large amount of ordnance, the exported ordnance materials were mainly all kinds of cold weapons, and among them, the most important armor, only light armor, heavy plate armor that could withstand muskets, was exported.
But none of it was exported.
As for firearms, only matchlocks and a small number of short-barreled shotguns are exported. As for advanced weapons such as flintlock guns, long-barreled cannons and howitzer shells, the export is strictly prohibited.
Especially the flintlock gun, which is currently the only one in the world. It is only limited to military and Western company fleet equipment. Ordinary armed merchant ships in the country cannot purchase and equip it. The Tang Dynasty not only banned the export of flintlock guns, but also springs.
Exports are also prohibited, not just finished products, but more importantly, various industrial technologies are also explicitly prohibited from export.
In fact, after the Tang Empire established many colonies overseas, many people actually wanted to build factories directly in Banten Prefecture or Luzon Prefecture, so that they could produce and sell nearby, and at the same time hire cheaper local workers.
In order to reduce costs, Datang's laws for overseas territories clearly stipulate that the establishment of various factories overseas must be approved by the Import and Export Committee. Otherwise, don't expect to ship a single batch of machinery and equipment from China.
At the same time, it is strictly prohibited to set up local schools above middle school. Currently, the three overseas territories of Banten, Luzon and Ryukyu have only a few elementary schools and no middle schools. As for domestic middle schools and above, regardless of government schools or
Private schools are only allowed to enroll citizens of the empire, and are not allowed to enroll children of foreign races.
The Tang Empire did not play tricks on foreign students, and then let the foreign students export their values.
What the Tang Empire wanted was that other foreign races lived in backwardness and ignorance, and any natives who tried to civilize and develop science and technology were not good natives.
Therefore, in the Fuso area, the Tang Empire would attack the daimyo who tried to make their own guns every day. As long as the daimyo dared to build their own factories, the Tang Dynasty would immediately send troops to destroy the factories and kill them.
In addition, it is also stipulated that schools are not allowed to be established in the colonies. There are some primary schools in overseas territories, and those in purely colonial areas do not even have primary schools. For example, several colonies in Fuso and Gohe State in India do not even have a primary school.
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Moreover, the Imperial Staff also has regulations for officials, that is, when officials go overseas to take up their posts, their underage nephews are not allowed to follow them. Of course, this is nominally to protect the safety of officials’ families, but in fact it is to avoid these
Minor children grew up and received education in overseas colonies, and ultimately developed a weak sense of identity with the empire.
When an official takes office overseas, he must take office naked!
Some of these measures are to ensure the centripetal force of overseas territories, while others are to limit the outflow of technology.
In order to ensure that the empire always maintains its technological leadership, the Tang Empire suppressed the technological development of foreign races and had good intentions.
And this approach is basically accepted by many subjects of the empire. Why, because everyone now knows that guns and cannons are powerful weapons in the army, how can they be given to others?
And science and technology are the key to making guns and cannons, and they are important weapons of the country, so they should not be known to foreigners.
Throughout the history of Chinese dynasties, I have never seen any dynasty that likes to provide technical support to foreign races. Not one of them wants to keep all kinds of technologies tightly covered.
However, no matter how strict the blockade is, there is no airtight wall in the world. Over the past many years, the Tatars have obtained many products from Datang through many channels.
Nowadays, a lot of good things have been obtained from the Oara people and the Tubo people. Among them, a world map passed down from the Tang Empire was found in the hands of the Tubo people.
It is said that this map was circulated by the Royal Institute of Technology in the Tang Empire. It can be regarded as the most detailed world map accessible to a large number of people in the world.
The world map is not an abstract flower map, where a city can occupy most of the map, but a realistic work, where the whole world is displayed.
Although most of it is still very vague, especially the coastlines of all continents are basically straight, there is no Australia, no Antarctica, and many places are still lacking. After all, this is only a university educational map, not an internal secret within the empire.
The world map, so a lot of it has been clicked off.
However, this is still the most detailed map that can be circulated in the world.
When Ada Khan saw India, the Central Asian Plains and the Eastern European Plains marked on the map, his eyes lit up and his saliva dripped directly onto the map!
Damn it, if I had known there was such a good place, why would I have to fight to the death with those southern barbarians over the Hetao and Fengzhou River!
When spring comes next year, I will lead my army to march westward to seize women, cattle, sheep and grasslands!
Anda Khan did not know that there was a wider land in the west, but relying on the old abstract maps and word of mouth, he really did not have the courage to follow the example of his predecessors hundreds of years ago and conduct a western expedition.
But now with this map, he has clearly seen his goal and has a clearer idea of where is best for the Tatars.
There is no doubt that the grasslands of Central Asia are the most suitable home for the Tatars at this stage!
As for what enemies we might encounter along the way, Anda Khan has never worried about it!
Although the Tatars were beaten to a pulp by the Tang army in the Hetao area, looking at the world, to be honest, there are really not many countries that can withstand the attack of their hundreds of thousands of cavalry troops.
Moreover, the current Tatars not only have horses and sabers, their equipment is also considered to be sophisticated.
Through various channels, especially the plundering of the Chahar tribe, the Oara people, and the Tubo people, a large number of Tang-made ordnance was obtained, which was enough for the Tatars to build a Tang weapon army of tens of thousands.
The weapons of the Tang Dynasty in the hands of the Tatars include seven or eight thousand matchlock guns alone, more than two hundred sets of full-body plate armor, thousands of half-body armors, and two thousand sets of breastplates. As for the weapons produced by the Tang Dynasty,
There are even more stainless steel waist knives and spears.
There is no problem at all for the Tang Weapon Army equipped with 10,000 people!
It is also embarrassing to say that the ordnance imported by the Tang Dynasty to the northern grasslands was not sold directly to the Tatars, but to the Chahar, Oara, and Tubo people. The original intention was to allow these foreign races to contain the Tatars.
, but unexpectedly they all became captains of the transportation brigade. In the end, most of the ordnance fell into the hands of the Tatars.
Moreover, the Tatars didn't spend a dime and robbed everything. This has to be said to be an irony.
The Tatars have enough Tang weapons for 10,000 people and hundreds of thousands of traditional cavalry. Looking at the Western Regions, they basically have no opponents.