Siheyuan: a game system with you

Chapter 143
After four or fifty years of operation and expansion, Mongolia has become an empire spanning the Eurasian continent with a territory of more than 50 million square kilometers. Its territory is the largest in the world, far exceeding other empires.

If it weren't for Li Yongxuan's sudden appearance, the territory of the Mongol Empire would be even wider now.

Compared with the vast territory, the population of the Mongol Empire is a bit pitiful.

At the beginning, when Temujin unified all Mongolian tribes, the total population was less than 100 million.

Today, after 50 years of mergers and development, Mongolia has a population of more than 200 million, and the population under its rule is as high as tens of millions.

Facing the attack of the kingdom of heaven, Mengge Khan had to speed up the pace of cleaning up the hostile forces, and went all out to organize troops to respond.

Most of the Mongolian kings believed that at this time, if they did not cut the mess quickly, when Mongolia and the kingdom of heaven went to war, those who had different intentions would surely stab their knives in the back.

At that time, Mongolia will face internal and external troubles, which will be even more unfavorable.

Of course, some people think that the most important thing right now is to unite all Mongolian forces to deal with the kingdom of heaven. They should not cleanse hostile forces at this critical moment and kill each other, so as not to weaken Mongolia's strength.

There are different opinions on whether to fight against the outside world first or to secure the inside.

After a short discussion, Meng Ge decided to clean the interior first.

He wanted to take advantage of the Hucha, Naohu, and Shilie gates to assassinate him. The news of the kingdom of heaven's attack on Mongolia had not yet spread, and he would wipe out all the hostile forces inside with lightning speed.

Otherwise, if the news spreads, the Mongol kings will fight on their own, which will be even more unfavorable.

Meng Ge imprisoned Hucha, Naohu, and Shiliemen in the barracks, and ordered that their accomplices in Mongolia, Junggar, and Turkestan should be purged.

Wo Kuotai and Guiyou's important ministers Zhenhai, Heda and their colleagues were brought before Meng Gesar, the judge of Mengge, and they were convicted of instigating the rebellion of Brain Suffering and Failing Gate. was executed.

They are long-term retainers of the Wokuotai family and cannot change the object of allegiance.

People with lower status will be reviewed and dealt with by judges dispatched by Mongke to various parts of the empire.

This bloody cleansing was by no means limited to Mongolian royal and court officials, it also involved the heads of state of all affiliated countries.

Those who remained neutral or supported the Tuo Lei faction were able to preserve their positions, while those who expressed sympathy or supported the Wo Kuotai faction were quickly eliminated.

The Yiduhu Sarindi of the Uighurs was found to have formed an alliance with Haimi, and Yugulunchi, the brother and heir of Yiduhu, had expressed his loyalty to the Tuolei family, so they sent Sarindi beheaded.

At the same time, there are many similar situations happening everywhere.

In short, the power of the Zongwangs of the Wokuotai and Chagatai clans was greatly weakened.

Li Yongxuan was very speechless when he received the news.

The people from Wo Kuotai and Guiyou are not only stupid, but also scattered and weak. It is strange that they can fight against the powerful Meng Ge and others.

Originally, their strength was far inferior to that of Meng Ge and others, and they were dispersed into three forces, so how could they fight?

However, it is not useless for Li Yongxuan that Hai Lost and He Da He Chi took the initiative to seek refuge in the Kingdom of Heaven.

They told Li Yongxuan everything they could win the Mongolian forces.

Li Yongxuan immediately asked them to contact the various ministries and send a message.

In order to convey it as soon as possible, he specially sent it to the northern part of South Asia to contact some nearby forces.

Taking advantage of Mongolia to clean up the civil strife, Li Yongxuan led his army to launch a large-scale attack on Mongolia.

Soon, the army of the kingdom of heaven occupied the sixteen prefectures of Youyun in the north, the old land of Xixia on the west front, and all the ministries of Tubo in the direction of Dali...

These places are not suitable for cavalry combat. More importantly, Meng Ge wants to clean up the interior first and then unanimously external, which means that he has voluntarily given up some positions.

In the eyes of the Mongols, they don't care about the gains and losses of a city or a place at all. What they care about is strength.

The Mongolian army is flexible and powerful. It is mainly composed of Mongolian iron cavalry, and other servants are only auxiliary.

On the contrary, the army of the kingdom of heaven has relied on artillery and muskets for the past few years, with strong firepower and insufficient mobility.

In order to deal with the Mongolian army, Li Yongxuan not only cultivated a large number of war horses in Australia, but also made horseshoes for training with saddles and stirrups.

In just two years, there were [-] cavalry in the Kingdom of Heaven.

Although the Celestial Cavalry could not fight head-on with the Mongolian Iron Cavalry, they still had the power to fight, and they were even more powerful when combined with the infantry's artillery and muskets.

Soon, Li Yongxuan received news from the front that Meng Ge had cleaned out the hostile forces in Mongolia, and arranged for his two younger brothers, Kublai Khan and Xu Liewu, to lead the forces in the Central Plains and Western Regions to fight.

He abolished the talismans, seals, and Jarihei that symbolized power issued since the time of Genghis Khan, with the purpose of seizing the resources of the empire from his opponents so that they could not continue to appropriate goods and labor without their own permission.

Mungo severely restricted the use of the station system, that is, the station system. Kings, officials, religious dignitaries, and Otto merchants had long been accustomed to use station stations for their personal needs. The civilian families assigned to maintain the station were already a heavy burden.

Thereafter, only officially authorized individuals have the right to use the system.

The power of the subdivided kings is also closely monitored. If they have not negotiated with the imperial court, they are not allowed to gather and tax the people in their private territories at will.

In the end, Mungo instituted a uniform and fixed system of tax assessment and collection throughout the empire.

Taking into account the various preferential policies of the kingdom of heaven, he issued a decree to restore economic production in the territory already under Mongolian rule. The destruction and slaughter on the battlefield should be kept to a minimum. Abandoned farmland and destroyed cities are of no benefit to the imperial treasury. .

The Mongols plundered and slaughtered everywhere, which has attracted too much hatred. Meng Ge thought that this was not conducive to the rule of Mongolia, so he wanted to carry out reforms.

He does this not out of conscience, but to lighten and adjust the burden on his subjects in order to secure and control the resources needed for his expansion plans.

Meng Ge used the excuse of responding to the attack of the kingdom of heaven to unite the divided Mongolian ruling class, and concentrated more power in the center on the grounds that war needed materials to consolidate his Khan position and influence.

Facing the menacing attack from the kingdom of heaven, even those kings who were dissatisfied with Meng Ge had no reason to refuse to obey Meng Ge's arrangement.

Subsequently, Meng Ge dispatched a large number of troops from all over Mongolia to weaken the Mongolian forces of the Wokuotai family and greatly strengthened his own strength.

In order to ensure the supplies needed for this war, Mungo asked for a new and accurate national census.

This census was designed to identify and mobilize the wealth and manpower of the empire for war, including livestock, orchards, raw materials, and people.

Regardless of the scope or rigor of the investigation, Meng Ge's statistical list far surpassed the previous achievements of Okuotai and Guiyou.

Meng Ge sent members of the royal family to investigate, and all the information was recorded in the register, which not only guaranteed the amount of tax revenue, but also made reasonable conscription.

In order to deal with the large-scale attack on Mongolia launched by the kingdom of heaven, he recruited troops everywhere.

In less than two months, Meng Ge recruited an army of millions.

In addition to the Mongolian and Turkic branches, it also includes the Song, Jin, Xixia, Goryeo, Uighur, Persian, Armenian, and Azov tribes.

Meng Ge not only recruited a large number of servants, but also recruited many craftsmen with various skills, and assigned them to the empire's weapons manufacturing department or mines, or served as special arms in the army.

He received detailed information that Li Yongxuan led a million-strong army from the kingdom of heaven to attack Mongolia in four directions, and has now occupied many territories of the Mongolian Empire.

Meng Ge is still not in a hurry. He has cleared the hostile forces in Mongolia, and he can let go of his hands and feet to fight against the kingdom of heaven.

He asked Batu to take charge of the war in Central Asia, and to deal with the hundreds of thousands of heavenly troops who sent troops from South Asia to the west; The main force is to deal with the Heavenly Kingdom Central Route Army led by Li Yongxuan.

Although Meng Ge has never fought against Heaven, he is no stranger at all.

Especially the Emperor of Heaven, Li Yongxuan first led the army to drive the Mongolian army out of the Central Plains, then led the navy to conquer all the kingdoms in Southeast Asia, and even conquered the entire South Asian continent...

Li Yongxuanxiong is talented, his martial arts are world-class, and he can use spells. Various rumors about him have long been spread all over the world.

Meng Ge heard that the artillery and firearms of the Kingdom of Heaven are powerful, and he was very afraid. What he cared most about was that Li Yongxuan knew spells.

It is said that Li Yongxuan can cut off the river water, manipulate the river water, condense the water into ice, and in a short period of time, he can also appear in two places that are far apart...

At first, Meng Ge couldn't believe it, but slowly, he didn't believe it, but he had to believe it.

About Li Yongxuan, tens of thousands of people have seen it, how can it be fake?

If he didn't know magic, how could it be possible that Li Yongxuan led the army of heaven to conquer the Delhi Sultanate with 200 million troops in less than two months?

Meng Ge managed to mobilize the required troops and supplies, a large number of people and animals, the luggage carried by the army, and the equipment for the siege.

He dispatched a large number of troops from all over Mongolia and recruited countless servants to prepare for a showdown with the kingdom of heaven.

Immediately, the war machine of the Mongol Empire began to run rapidly.

Of course, there are also people who don't listen to Meng Ge.

Yesu Mengge received the secret letter from Hai Mi Lost and Heda Hechi, and only then did he know that the Kingdom of Heaven attacked Mongolia, and Meng Ge had inherited the throne of Khan, and imprisoned Hucha, Naohu, Shiliemen and others, and was preparing to attack them start.

In desperation, Hai Lost and Heda Hechi had no choice but to go south to the Kingdom of Heaven. They hoped that Brother Yesumeng could take precautions so as not to be persecuted.

In the letter, they did not ask Yesu Mengge to surrender to the Kingdom of Heaven, but just reminded him to guard against being harmed by Mengge.

As the largest force supporting Lost Sea and Heda Hechi, Yesu Mengge ruled the Chagatai Khanate, one of the four major Khanates.

Yesu Mengge was very close to Guiyou Khan, and five years ago he replaced his nephew Hala Hulagu as the Great Khan of the Chagatai Khanate.

He strongly supported the Guiyou faction's succession to the throne, and opposed the Tuolei faction's succession to the Khan throne.

At this moment, Ye Sumeng was caught in a dilemma.

Right now, Meng Ge's succession to the Mongolian Khan has become a fact. If he accepts it, his life may be lost at any time;

Brother Yesumeng is the grandson of Genghis Khan. He still doesn't want to surrender or die. He just wants to guard an acre of land and be a local emperor.

He thought about it for several days, and finally decided to see the situation first.

In the war between Heaven and Mongolia, it is hard to say who will win.

Anyway, it's not too late to make a decision after the war between the two sides is over.

In September, it had been more than three months since Li Yongxuan led the army of the kingdom of heaven to attack Mongolia. Although he captured many cities occupied by Mongolia and seized a large amount of property and materials, he never encountered the main force of the Mongolian army.

He decided to step by step, gradually encroaching on Mongolia's territory and compressing Mongolia's strategic space.

The army of the kingdom of heaven has strong firepower and mobility, which is obviously insufficient, so it can only be pushed slowly step by step.

At present, Li Yongxuan has led the army to recover Youyun Sixteen Prefectures, the hometown of Xixia, and a part of Tubo.

Although it can't be compared with Southeast Asia and South Asia, in the past three months, it has also occupied a large area of ​​territory.

Through detailed analysis and repeated deduction, the Mongolian kings believed that the greatest advantage of the kingdom of heaven is the siege and defense of the city, with strong firepower; while the greatest advantage of Mongolia is the cavalry, which is flexible and powerful.

Meng Ge and the others believed that they should stay as far away from rivers and cities as possible to fight against the kingdom of heaven. In this way, Li Yongxuan's powerful spells could not be used, and the army of the kingdom of heaven could not rely on them, so they could only be slaughtered by them.

However, Li Yongxuan did not want to fight the Mongolian army in the wild.

Although he may not lose, and he can afford to lose, but there is absolutely no need for that.

It's not necessary to fight, so what reason is there to take risks?
After all, Li Yongxuan is also the emperor of the kingdom of heaven, he doesn't want his soldiers to die innocently.

Seeing that the weather was getting colder and colder, and winter was about to enter, Li Yongxuan decided to suspend the pace of attacking Mongolia, let Tianda station in a nearby city, and wait until the time was right before launching an offensive to Mongolia.

He found that the soldiers in the army were very confident, and felt that the mighty Mongolia was nothing more than that. Along the way, they did not encounter any resistance and occupied a large area of ​​Mongolian territory.

Mainly in the past few years, every time the army of the kingdom of heaven fought, it was a big victory, and basically there was no strong opponent.

Even the Delhi Sultanate with a population of 3000 million, a military force of 200 million, and a vast territory was completely conquered in less than two months, let alone other dynasties?
Besides, although Mongolia has the largest territory, but its military strength is only about 100 million, it is not as large as the Delhi Sultanate. Why are you afraid of it?

Some people even joked that the Kingdom of Heaven does not need the Northern Expedition at all, as long as Emperor Li Yongxuan uses magic alone, Mongolia can be easily wiped out...

Many soldiers came back from the South Asian continent, and they naturally knew that the Kingdom of Heaven was able to defeat the Delhi Sultanate in one battle because Li Yongxuan used magic.

As an ordinary person, how can they fight against a god with magic?

This kind of thinking is useful and dangerous!

It can not only increase Li Yongxuan's cohesion, but also make the soldiers of the Kingdom of Heaven dependent on spells, which is not conducive to the long-term development in the future.

(End of this chapter)