Chapter 1238 The Mongolian Expedition

The Central Plains Dynasty was able to plow in spring, but the Mongol Empire could only rely on the sky for food.

In the harsh winter that just ended, the Mongolian prairie wailed and tens of millions of cattle and sheep died of starvation. The life of the herdsmen is close to the limit. If there is no improvement, something big will happen.

For the Mongols, the so-called improvement means looting again.

Last year, when the empire attacked Xixia, it ended up in disgrace, which made the whole empire realize how powerful the Great Xia dynasty in the Central Plains is, and it cannot be easily provoked.

Therefore, the empire prepared to turn its target to the west.

To the west, bordering the Ogodei Khanate was the Persian Empire.

The Mongols are no strangers to the Persian Empire. In history, the Kipchak Khanate and the Ili Khanate, two of the four major Mongolian Khanates, jointly divided up the vast territory of the Persian Empire.

Therefore, the Mongol Empire's western expedition this time is nothing more than repeating the old tricks.

On March 15th, under the banner of "recovering the old land", 600,000 Mongolian cavalry embarked on a magnificent journey to the west, which will surely leave a strong mark in the history of China.

Although the current Persian Empire cannot be compared with history, with strong troops and a vast territory, Genghis Khan is still very confident, biting a piece of fat from the huge Persian Empire.

The war between the two empires thus kicked off.

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On March 18th, the capital.

Ouyang Shuo was somewhat surprised when he heard about the Mongolian Expedition.

According to the information collected by Black Snake Guard, the Persian Empire in the game world has an extremely vast territory, covering the entire Central Asia, half of West Asia, and Pakistan in South Asia, spanning three Asian plates.

If the overseas territories are not counted, the current territory of Great Xia is basically the same as that of the Persian Empire. This alone can give a glimpse of how powerful the Persian Empire is.

The entire Central Asian region, including Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, all of the four countries of Tajikistan and southern Kazakhstan.

As for the northern part of Kazakhstan, it was occupied by the Romanov dynasty.

West Asia includes Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain.

Except for Afghanistan and Iran, which belonged to the Persian Empire, the remaining 14 countries belonged to the Arab Empire.

Whether it is the Persian Empire or the Arab Empire, their birth was not because of a certain overlord who swept away the crowd and achieved territorial expansion through continuous destruction of the country, but more of a national alliance.

Therefore, during the establishment of the empire, there were very few countries that were destroyed, and more than 90% of the players were able to survive, and the royal city's imperial army was relatively smoothly transformed into the imperial army one by one.

Between countries, more often they are blended together through religious and cultural ties.

Both the Persian Empire and the Arab Empire implemented a city-state system similar to that of ancient Greece. Under the premise of electing a master of the empire, the city-states enjoyed certain autonomy.

The Arab Empire has 20 million players, and the total army of the empire is 2.7 million. The Persian Empire is even more exaggerated. It has more than 30 million players, and the total army of the empire is close to 4 million.

If it weren't for the fact that the Persian Empire implemented a city-state system, Genghis Khan would not have dared to send troops to Persia.

It is reported that in view of the deteriorating global situation, a world war may break out at any time, and the two empires are also stepping up their efforts to build a complete empire.

Otherwise, it will inevitably be eliminated in the future, or become cannon fodder.

Ouyang Shuo judged that with the Mongolian conquest and external forces, the Persian Empire would definitely speed up its internal reorganization.

In order to survive this time, the Mongol Empire had to launch a western expedition, and the domestic defense was bound to be empty. Logically speaking, this was an excellent opportunity for Great Xia to attack the Mongol Empire. After all, there was no need to consider the issue of destroying spring plowing.

Some generals have already reported to the court, requesting to go to Mongolia.

For example, Guo Ziyi, the commander of the Fengxiang Army guarding the Liaojin operation, went to the imperial court, requesting to take the initiative to launch an attack when the border defenses of the Mongolian Empire were weak.

Even if the Mongol Empire cannot be destroyed, it can weaken the enemy's strength.

Ouyang Shuo has always regarded Mongolia as a strong enemy, and the Mongolian Empire is one of the biggest obstacles to the Great Xia Dynasty's unification of China. Even so, Ouyang Shuo resisted this huge temptation.

In any case, the Mongol Empire is a part of China, so taking advantage of people's danger really damages the image of Daxia, and it is too short-sighted.

Whether it is the Mongol Empire or the Persian Empire, they are all great rivals of Daxia. This pair of fighting together and consuming each other is a good opportunity for Daxia to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.

Ouyang Shuo really had no reason to intervene at this time.

If Great Xia declares war on the Mongol Empire at this time, it will only make the Mongolian expedition to the west halfway, and the biggest beneficiary is the Persian Empire.

The failure of the Mongol Empire's western expedition was tantamount to being forced into a desperate situation. Only by directing its troops to the Central Plains could it gain a chance of survival.

A group of prairie wolves with no retreat is very terrifying.

In this way, it is tantamount to harming others and benefiting oneself.

In view of this, Ouyang Shuo made up his mind to take a defensive position against the Mongol Empire and stand on the sidelines until the Mongol Empire and the Persian Empire had not yet decided the outcome.

Even so, the Western Expedition of the Mongol Empire created a war opportunity for Daxia.

The Mongolian expedition to the west was tantamount to temporarily giving up the oppression of the Tubo Dynasty, but this was an excellent opportunity for Daxia to conquer Tubo.

On the one hand, the Mongolian expedition to the west has greatly reduced the defensive pressure on the northern border of Daxia; on the other hand, if Daxia attacks Tubo at this time, Mongolia will never be able to participate in it, and there will be no worries about the future.

In addition, the Tubo Dynasty, like the Mongol Empire, focused on grazing and supplemented by farming. Attacking at this time would not affect the spring sowing, and there was no scruples.

All these created an excellent opportunity for Daxia to go to the Tubo Dynasty.

After the Xixia Kingdom was attached to Daxia, the Tubo Dynasty kept holding it, neither bowing to the Mongol Empire nor to Daxia, trying to be caught between the two and play a balance.

Ouyang Shuo has long been dissatisfied with such actions.

The so-called lack of balance at the moment depends on what tricks the Tubo Dynasty can play.

Thinking of this, Ouyang Shuo didn't hesitate any longer, and ordered Li Jing to lead the Flying Bear Army to go to the Tubo Dynasty, and Li Mu to lead the Yingyang Army to garrison, ready to respond at any time.

The Tubo Dynasty only had an army of 400,000, and they were no match for the Feixiong Army at all. What they could rely on was the plateau terrain, which could easily create obstacles for the Great Xia Army.

But this can't trouble Daxia.

Historically, Li Jing had led an expedition to Tuyuhun, and had similar combat experience. Moreover, Li Jing had led his troops to be stationed on the border of Shu for more than two years, so he had long been familiar with the situation of the Tubo Dynasty.

Going out at this time can be described as the right time, place and people.