Siheyuan: a game system with you

Chapter 144 142. The Great War
The Mongols are very afraid of Li Yongxuan and Tianguo's artillery and firearms, and Meng Ge, Kublai Khan, Wulianghetai and others are no exception.

Kublai Khan and Wu Liang Hetai fought against Li Yongxuan several times, but they all suffered setbacks.

In the past few years, they were able to fight against each other anyway, and they came and went.

In the past two years, Li Yongxuan became the emperor of the kingdom of heaven, and his economic strength, military strength, population size, territory, etc. have all risen sharply and skyrocketed crazily.

This is not the most important thing. It is Li Yongxuan's spell that really makes Meng Ge, Kublai Khan, Wu Liang Hetai and others feel fear and even despair.

Even if his martial arts are unrivaled in the world and number one in the world, at most he can fight a hundred with one enemy and a horse with one horse as a thousand.

But the miraculous spells displayed by Li Yongxuan are far from being humanly invincible.

Not only can he appear in a very distant place in a short period of time, but he can also control the endless river as he pleases.

The demise of the Delhi Sultanate made Meng Ge, Kublai Khan, Wu Liang Hetai and others deeply realize how terrible Li Yongxuan is: once defeated, the huge Mongolian Empire may completely collapse.

This is also the reason why they dare not rashly engage in a decisive battle with the Heavenly Army.

Otherwise, the heavenly army led by Li Yongxuan would not have entered the land of no one when they attacked Mongolia.

As the weather became colder, Li Yongxuan decided to change his strategy and switch from offense to defense.

The purpose of his Northern Expedition to Mongolia was to eliminate Mongolia's vital forces, not to occupy the vast grasslands, at least not for now.

It is impossible for Li Yongxuan to lead hundreds of thousands of troops to the vast grassland to find the main force of Mongolia for a decisive battle.

He is going to give Mongolia a bottom line, using Central Asia and West Asia as the main battlefields for attacking Mongolia.

Since the rise of the kingdom of heaven, the Mongolian forces have gradually withdrawn from the Central Plains, and their sources of taxation and conscription have been concentrated in the west.

After all, population size is what matters.

Only with a large population can there be enough high-quality soldiers and a large amount of taxation. Without a population, everything is empty.

Since Mongolia wanted to fight guerrillas, Li Yongxuan changed his thinking and concentrated South Asian forces to attack Central Asia, West Asia, and Europe occupied by Mongolia.

If these sites are lost, the Mongols can only herd sheep on the grassland, eat grass and play in mud!
This time, Li Yongxuan mobilized more than 70 troops in South Asia, just to attack Mongolia from left to right.

To the west of South Asia is the Abbasid Caliphate. At its peak, it covered an area of ​​over 1000 million square kilometers. It was the largest country in the world at that time, and now less than one-third of it remains.

A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Although the Abbasid Caliphate has declined, it still has strong combat effectiveness.

At this time, Li Yongxuan's most important goal was to deal with Mongolia. He didn't want to provoke other forces for the time being, so he led his troops to attack the Chagatai Khanate.

The Great Khan of the Chagatai Khanate was Yesumengge. He received the secret letter from Hai Mizuo and Heda Hechi, but he did not surrender.

He doesn't want to choose between Heaven and Mongolia, he just wants to stand on his own, but the problem is that it's impossible.

Before Mengge could settle his case, Li Yongxuan couldn't wait to send hundreds of thousands of troops to attack.

Yesu Mengge is in a dilemma, he seeks refuge in the kingdom of heaven, he is unwilling to return to Mongolia, and asking Mengge for help may not be useful.

A few days later, the angry Yesomeng chose to surrender to the kingdom of heaven.

Not long ago, he received a piece of bad news.

Batu was rewarded for his meritorious service in supporting Mengge to inherit the throne of Khan, and his power became stronger. He also placed Oros, Taras and the Hezhong area under his control, and Mengge only granted Gu'er to Batu's younger brother. Brother Bie Erge is a fief.

The Kipchak Khanate became the largest suzerain-vassal state in the territory of Mongolia. Its territory started from the Shihe River in Yeer in the east, to the Caspian Sea in the south, covered the principalities of Rus in the west, and reached the upper reaches of the Volga River in the north.

If these places had nothing to do with Yasu Mengge, he would not have any objections.

The problem is that the Hezhong area has always been under the jurisdiction of the Chagatai Khanate, which means that Meng Ge gave Batu the territory of Yesu Meng Ge.

It was obvious that Brother Meng wanted to weaken Yesu Mengge as a punishment and reward Batu.

Yesu Mengge was worried that not only would Mengge not send troops to rescue him, but he might even deal with him. More importantly, even if Mengge was willing to send troops to rescue, he might not be able to stop the attack of the heavenly army.

Between life and reputation, Yesu Mengge chose the former.

What's more, Hai Lost and He Da He Chi surrendered to the Kingdom of Heaven first, and it was reasonable for Yesu Mengge to surrender to the Kingdom of Heaven after receiving their letters.

Li Yongxuan led the army to master the Chagatai Khanate, and immediately sent troops to capture the vast and sparsely populated Tubo tribes, and at the same time occupied all the territory west of the Xixia homeland.

This also means that the mainland of the Kingdom of Heaven, Tubo, South Asia, and Southeast Asia have joined together to form a great empire.

By the end of 400, the territory of the Kingdom of Heaven had reached 800 million square kilometers, including more than 300 million people in mainland China, more than 400 million people in Southeast Asia, more than 800 million people in South Asia, and more than [-] million people in Australia and its surrounding islands.

The total population exceeds [-] million, accounting for more than half of the world's population, and two-thirds of the economy.

Seeing the strong rise of the kingdom of heaven and its continuous invasion, Meng Ge decided to concentrate his forces to fight against the kingdom of heaven.

The Mongol Empire has just gone through a major clean-up, internal instability, panic.

If Meng Ge does not take effective measures to deal with the attack of the kingdom of heaven, the Mongolian Empire will collapse at any time.

At the beginning of February 80, Mongolian Great Khan Mengge mobilized [-] troops to attack the Chagatai Khanate.

Batu led 20 troops to attack the Hezhong area. In addition, Hulagu and Kublai Khan each led 10 horses, other Mongolian kings led 10 horses, and Meng Ge personally led 30 horses. It can be said that the Mongolian army came out in full force.

Not long after, Li Yongxuan received the news and was ready to attack.

He had already sent a large number of spies to inquire about the news. How could Brother Meng not know about such a big movement?
Although it is more disadvantageous to use part of the troops of the Kingdom of Heaven to fight against most of the Mongolian troops, in fact, the difference in strength between the two sides is not very large.

Li Yongxuan mobilized more than 70 troops in South Asia to conquer Mongolia. Before the war started, the Chagatai Khanate surrendered without a fight.

On the surface, the strength of the kingdom of heaven not only did not decrease, but also increased.

The problem is, Ye Sumeng doesn't really want to surrender to the kingdom of heaven, and there are still people under him who are facing Mongolia.

Li Yongxuan must guard against their secret defection and conspire with Mongolia to deal with the Kingdom of Heaven.

He finally gave Yesumeng two options, one is to be a pioneer against Mongolia, and the other is to send troops to attack the Caliphate.

Ye Sumeng didn't even think about it, so he chose the second option.

He still didn't want to kill each other with the Mongols, and he didn't want to help Meng Ge, who hated him, deal with the Kingdom of Heaven.

To be honest, Li Yongxuan's generosity has greatly exceeded Ye Sumeng's expectations.

If it were other rulers, I am afraid that Yesumeng and the Mongolian army would lose both.

Yesu Mengge made some preparations and led a hundred thousand troops to attack the Caliphate.

Three days later, they left the Chagatai Khanate and entered the border of the Caliphate.

At this time, Yesumeng could not only lead the army forward to attack the Caliphate according to Li Yongxuan's request, but also turn around and join Batu of the Kipchak Khanate to help the Mongolian army deal with the kingdom of heaven.

The Chagatai Khanate is adjacent to the Delhi Sultanate, and Yesu Mengge naturally knows how Li Yongxuan led the army of the Kingdom of Heaven to destroy the Delhi Sultanate in less than two months.

Right now, the kingdom of heaven is in full swing, while the Mongol Empire is declining day by day, internally divided, and more importantly, Li Yongxuan knows magic, which is simply not invincible by manpower.

Brother Ye Sumeng is not a fool, and he will not lose sight of the situation between the two sides.

He felt that since Meng Ge couldn't accept him, why bother to help Mongolia fight against the kingdom of heaven?
Yasumeng first sent envoys to surrender the Caliphate, but was flatly rejected by Abbas Abdul Mutalib, the uncle of the Caliph Mustasim, who was in power.

No way, Yesumeng had no choice but to attack the Abbasid Caliphate.

In recent years, the power of the Abbasid Caliphate has been declining day by day, and it is not at all that the opponents of the [-] Mongolian army of Yasumeng have been defeated one after another.

Li Yongxuan was very happy to receive the news from the spies.

One hundred thousand less hostile forces, one hundred thousand more help in the kingdom of heaven, no matter what, this is a good thing.

Immediately afterwards, the army led by Li Yongxuan finally confronted the Mongolian army head-on.

The Mongolian army surrounded an important city of the Chagatai Khanate, surrounded it to fight for reinforcements, and wanted to fight a decisive battle with the army of the kingdom of heaven in the wild.

Li Yongxuan knew it was a trick, hesitated a little, and decided to lead his troops to rescue.

The Chagatai Khanate has just surrendered. If it is not rescued, who will surrender to the Kingdom of Heaven in the future?
Not to mention, Li Yongxuan was already prepared in his heart.

He dispatched 70 soldiers and horses to garrison the nearby city to guard the rear, and personally led an army of nearly [-] to rescue.

There were still more than 30 miles away from the rescued city, and spies came back one after another to report the latest information.

They found tens of thousands of Mongolian troops pouring out from all directions, encircling them here.

Li Yongxuan ordered the army to keep the original formation and continue to advance, ready to face the enemy anytime and anywhere.

It stands to reason that when encountering an ambush, one must either defend in situ, retreat, or speed up to approach the target.

Li Yongxuan didn't think so, it was too late to retreat now, speeding forward would only waste the energy of the soldiers, and it was impossible to reach the destination.

Even if they can arrive, they may not be able to break through the defense line set up by the Mongolian army in a hurry.

If the army stops advancing and defends in place, it is too passive and it is easy to be slowly consumed by the enemy.

In an instant, countless Mongolian troops rushed from all directions, overwhelming the land like locusts passing through.

"Arrangement!"

Li Yongxuan yelled loudly, the sound shook the sky, and the whole field shook.

The army of the kingdom of heaven has been marching in formation, and the order is given, and the formation is neatly arranged.

Outside are densely packed long spear soldiers, behind are chariots and musketeers, on both sides are cavalry, in the middle are auxiliary soldiers, and personal guards.

The war horses have been trained for a long time, and their ears are covered so as not to be frightened by the sound of dense muskets and artillery.

Spearmen are responsible for defense, musketeers are responsible for shooting at the enemy on chariots, cavalry are for cover, and auxiliary soldiers are for assistance.

In a blink of an eye, countless Mongolian troops rushed to the front, shouting loudly.

They lined up and marched collectively, beating drums and beating gold, clamoring to advance. It has to be said that this lineup alone is enough to beat most elites.

When the Mongolian army entered the range of the muskets, Li Yongxuan ordered to shoot decisively.

After the musket has been improved, the range has reached more than one mile, and the maximum range of the bow and arrow is only about 200 meters, and the range of the general bow and arrow is about 120 meters.

As bursts of gunshots rang out from the position, the Mongolian army rushing forward fell down piece by piece, like cut wheat.

The Mongolian soldiers who rushed to the forefront of the battle were naturally servants from all over the country, and they were all recruited by Mongolia.

To put it bluntly, they are the cannon fodder of the Mongolian army.

Many of these people followed Mongolia to fight in various parts of the world, but it was the first time they encountered the Celestial Army.

They never dreamed that they would be shot by the musketeers from the kingdom of heaven with a distance of more than a mile.

Muskets are much more lethal than bows and arrows. As long as they are shot, they will either die or be injured. The light armor equipped on the Mongolian army is completely useless.

If you are lucky, you may be able to save your life. If you are not lucky, you will be killed on the spot.

In a blink of an eye, thousands of Mongolian troops fell to the ground, and the speed of the people behind them slowed down a lot.

On the one hand, the dead people in front blocked the way; on the other hand, the Celestial Musketeers were too ferocious to stop them.

Meng Ge ordered a storm without any hesitation.

He believed that even if there were a large number of Celestial Musketeers, they would always run out.

As long as you can get close to the army of the kingdom of heaven, you can easily defeat them.

The Mongolian army rushed towards the heavenly position as if desperate.

"fire!"

Li Yongxuan saw that the heavenly army was a little flustered, and immediately gave the order.

He sent more than 200 cannons specially, and the outcome was determined in one fell swoop.

"Boom!"

Only a loud bang was heard, and the Mongolian army charging forward fell down one after another.

There are too many Mongolian troops attacking, and the artillery fired by the kingdom of heaven is almost not in vain. Once fired, it can kill or injure dozens or even hundreds of Mongolian troops.

More than 200 artillery pieces were fired in a circle in turn, causing at least tens of thousands of casualties to the Mongolian army.

Meng Ge, who was watching the battle from a distance, couldn't help frowning, hesitated for a while, and continued to order the Mongolian army to attack.

If Mingjin withdraws troops now, the people in front will die in vain.

No matter how much you pay, you must fight to the death with the Kingdom of Heaven.

The army of the Kingdom of Heaven was overjoyed and relieved when they saw that the artillery bombarded the Mongolian army with heavy casualties, crying for their father and mother.

In recent years, they have never encountered this kind of enemy. They charged with muskets and artillery and killed so many people without being moved.

If it weren't for the emperor Li Yongxuan personally sitting in the battle, and a large number of guns and artillery, the army of the kingdom of heaven might have collapsed.

The Mongolian army slowed down a little, and continued to attack the army of the kingdom of heaven.

Sure enough, as Meng Ge expected, the firearms and artillery attacks of the kingdom of heaven decreased rapidly, which also boosted the confidence of the Mongolian army and rushed more bravely.

For a time, countless Mongolian troops rushed forward, scrambling to charge forward.

More than one mile, more than 400 meters, more than 300 meters, more than 200 meters, more than 100 meters...

As time passed, the Mongolian army was getting closer and closer to the army of the kingdom of heaven.

Some Mongolian troops began to shoot with bows and arrows, one after another, more and more.

Although they have limited damage to the soldiers of the kingdom of heaven, they have a great impact on morale.

The Mongolian army, which was originally desperate, became ferocious, unafraid of death, and marched forward indomitably.

But the heavenly army, which was full of confidence at the beginning, has become tense one after another...

(End of this chapter)