2793. Chapter 2724 Kublai Khan designed to eliminate Maodun, Sui, Qiang and Tubo
Chapter 2724 Kublai Khan planned to eliminate Maodun, Sui, Qiang, and Tubo armies
Chapter 2720: Kublai Khan planned to eliminate Maodun, Sui, Qiang, and Tubo armies
In the previous civil war between Yuan and Mongolia, Yuan and Meng suffered heavy losses due to Qin's intervention, but they still failed to solve the serious problem of Maodun. So even if Da Qin declared war on the four countries, Yuan and Meng could only recover and dare not do anything.
I can't do anything.
Kublai Khan knew that this battle between Qin and Qin was crucial. Once he won, there would be no force to stop Qin from completing its unification.
Kublai Khan naturally wanted to intervene, but Yuan Meng, who had not yet recovered, was neither able nor dared to interfere anymore.
Because he didn't know whether Da Qin, which was trying its best on the surface, had other hidden forces in the secret tunnel. If there were, then the Sui Kingdom's today would be Yuan Meng's tomorrow.
Kublai Khan was not without the courage to make a desperate move, but his teammate Manqing was really pulling his weight, and Yuan Meng could no longer afford to lose, so he could only secretly stumble the Qin envoys to delay the Qin.
unified pace.
It is true that Yuan Meng could not afford to offend Da Qin, but he did not offend Da Qin either. As for Yelu Shilu, he was a traitor to Da Yuan, and his opposition to Da Qin had nothing to do with Da Yuan.
It was with this idea in mind that Kublai Khan deliberately let Yelu Shilu go, because he would inevitably stand on the hostile side of Qin after his return.
"Yelü Chucai, the plan to behead Mao Dun must be carried out as soon as possible.
During this period, Li Jing had been making arrangements outside Daxing City, digging trenches, building earthen walls, and erecting earthen mountains, making it difficult for the Sui army in the city to escape, as if he wanted to completely trap the Sui army in the city.
In addition, the Qin army's offensive against Wuwei County is also continuing.
In order to completely unify Yuan and Meng, Kublai Khan ignored Da Qin's warning and attacked Maodun. As a result, Da Qin directly sent troops to intervene and suffered heavy losses.
But in terms of internal unity, even if he is not sure, he will give everything he has once, because this is really the last chance.
But no matter how much power Da Qin still hides, what is the trump card that has not yet been played? But for Yuan Meng, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for unification.
But what Li Jing didn't expect was that Yang Guang was silent on the surface, but secretly he made a big move and issued an order to relieve the Qiang people, directly lifting all the bans on the Qiang people.
Therefore, even though he knew that the risk of touching Da Qin's bottom line was very high, Kublai Khan still decided to take the gamble.
Although the ten cities belonging to Wuwei County in the Sui Dynasty were built into an iron chain by relying on the terrain, making them easy to defend and difficult to attack, they inevitably showed flaws in the face of the Qin army's east-west attack.
Xining County, Xining City.
Although Meng Tian captured Xining City, he did not completely occupy Xining County.
Meng Tian did not dare to be careless in the slightest, and quickly notified Li Jing in Daxing of the situation in Haizhou through flying pigeons.
If that happens, Daxing City will completely become an isolated city.
After Long Qie captured Xianmei City, he personally led an army of 40,000 to guard Xianmei to stop Gao Huan's 70,000 Sui troops. At the same time, he sent his younger brother Long Yang to lead an army of 30,000 to attack Wuwei County from the west.
But just when Meng Tian was actively arranging defenses to prepare for the next battle with the Tibetan army, he suddenly received news that Yang Guang was implementing the order to relieve the Qiang in Haizhou and took the initiative to help the Qiang forces form an army.
It has only been more than a year since Yuanmeng suffered that disastrous defeat, so naturally it was impossible for him to recover so quickly.
After Meng Tian relied on a surprise attack to capture Xining City, he was still a little worried. After all, the troops he brought were too few, and the situation inside Xining City was very complicated. Han and Qiang people lived together, and Meng Tian didn't know how many of them there were.
Will fight back
The day after Yang Xingmi withdrew his troops, three Qiang family heads, representing more than a dozen Qiang families in the city, came to see Meng Tian and asked the Qin Dynasty to give Qiang and Han people equal status.
Yang Xingmi and Yang Xiong's initiative to withdraw their troops gave Meng Tian the opportunity to sort out all the forces in Xining and completely turn Xining into an iron barrel.
I have a vague premonition in my heart that the Sui Kingdom may be in disaster, and the Wei, Song, and Ming Kingdoms will not be able to hold on for long.
On the other hand, the Qin army was able to free up 60,000 troops to support Long Qie to the west or Meng Tian to the south.
At present, more than half of the cities in the ten counties in the west of Wuwei in the Sui Dynasty have been successively captured by the Qin army. It is expected that they will all fall into the hands of the Qin army in a short time.
The soldiers of the Qin Dynasty were not allowed to interfere in politics, and politicians were not allowed to interfere in the army. However, there were its own rules and regulations for the management of foreign races.
Kublai Khan planned to kill Mao Dun and unify Yuan and Meng, and Yelu Deguang recalled the fleeing faction to restore the country. When they were all planning for their own ambitions, Lun Qinling finally came down from the plateau with 100,000 Tibetan troops.
The Han people are easy to solve. After all, for them, the dispute between Qin and Sui Dynasty is just a civil war between the Han people. No matter who wins in the end, they can only stand on the side of the winner.
"Yang Guang, how dare you, how dare you?"
"Yes, I will live up to His Majesty's expectations. I will definitely die this time. Otherwise, I will kill myself to apologize." Yelu Chucai promised.
But even so, Kublai Khan still decided to touch the bottom line of Da Qin again, because he knew that this might be Yuan Meng's last chance. If he missed this time, Yuan Meng might never have another chance to unify.
Da Qin is now at war with Wei, Song, Ming, Sui, Qiang, and Tubo at the same time. The stalls are too big, and naturally there are more things to consider. Part of the strength must be reserved to deal with possible variables.
Therefore, even if Da Qin really had some spare power, it would not be able to use its limited spare power to interfere in the internal affairs of Yuan and Mongolia.
For Yuan and Meng, this opportunity was not only a rare opportunity for reunification, but also the last opportunity for reunification.
Now the Qin Dynasty is at war on the east and west fronts, with the eight armies on the east facing off against the Wei, Song, and Ming Dynasties, and the four armies on the west facing Sui, Qiang, and Tubo, with more than 1.1 million troops mobilized.
We, the Yuan Dynasty, must completely resolve Maodun, complete the unification, and then develop westward before the Qin Dynasty completely captures the Central Plains. Only in this way can we have a chance of survival." Kublai Khan said to Yelu Chucai with a solemn face.
As long as Mao Dun can be successfully killed this time, even if there are military ministers who can take over his position, they will not be able to replace Mao Dun in terms of military command. By then, Yuan Meng's army will be able to easily defeat Mao Dun's forces.
Li Jing was still curious. After all four Qin forces came out to form a trapped dragon situation, the Sui Kingdom did not react at all. Could it be that Yang Guang was unable to break through the trapped dragon situation and was ready to surrender out of despair?
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Li Jing didn't know what Yang Guang was thinking, and even if he knew, he wouldn't care. He would follow whatever moves Yang Guang made.
The biggest difficulty in integrating Xining City is to prevent the Han and Qiang people in the city from causing trouble.
Although Kublai Khan did not know how much power Da Qin had hidden, he knew that Da Qin must still have some reservations, because his cheap uncle Ying Hao was never a person who left no room for anything, and would always keep a trump card.
If Yang Xingmi makes a desperate move and attacks the city regardless of casualties, Meng Tian really has no absolute confidence in defending Xining.
Li Jing originally thought that Yang Guang would be a timid and timid monarch who would sacrifice his own life for small gains and forget his righteousness when big things happened. However, he did not expect that he would dare to make a desperate move when he was forced to do so.
However, what Yang Guang cared about was the well-being of others. Using the centuries-old achievements of the Han people to control the Qiang, just to extend the Sui country's life for a while, it was indeed too ignorant to understand the overall situation.
Therefore, Yuan and Meng must be unified, and Kublai Khan will do this at all costs.
Meng Tian is not a pure warrior. His political attribute is 80 points. Naturally, he knows what it means for the Sui State and the Qiang people to issue the Qiang Order. It means that the Sui State will have a large number of Qiang soldiers in a short period of time.
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Kublai Khan muttered to himself with murderous intent in his eyes. He had set a certain death situation for Mao Dun, and the person who executed it was Yelu Chucai.
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For the Qiang people in Xining City, there is no essential difference between the rule of the Sui State and the rule of the Qin State. They are both ruled by the Han people anyway. It is better to take the initiative before the Qin army has completely occupied Haizhou.
Come to your door to fight for your own interests
As long as Meng Tian nods and agrees, he will be able to get the support of the entire Qiang people in the city, and there will be tens of thousands of Qiang people fighting for the Qin army, and the Qiang people will also persuade several cities around Xining to surrender.
Meng Tian didn't say anything, he wouldn't even swear an oath, and he didn't have the slightest guarantee. He just wanted them to fight life and death for Da Qin. This was a naked attempt to prostitute them for free.
Fortunately, Yang Xingmi was frightened by Meng Tian's reputation and the number of Qin troops on the south road. Without knowing the true situation in Xining City, he thought that the passage to Daxing would not be accessible by force, so he simply withdrew his troops and waited for the Tibetan reinforcements to arrive.
Later, he came to fight the Qin army again.
While Da Qin was making various preparations for unification, Yuan Meng on the grassland was not idle either.
There are few educated people among the Qiang people, and most of them are short-sighted, so Meng Tian's heartfelt words are considered a lie to them.
Once the Qin Dynasty completely occupied the Central Plains, destroyed the Wei, Song, and Ming Dynasties, and expelled the Sui Kingdom, it would be able to intervene in the internal affairs of Yuan and Mongolia at any time in the future, and Yuan and Mongolia would really never be able to unify again.
The Qiang people are more difficult to deal with.
Kublai Khan was not sure about dealing with Da Qin, so he did not dare to make a desperate move
Since his father Huang Tuo Lei had handed over the Yuan Kingdom to him, he could not let Yuan Meng continue to kill each other and eventually destroy themselves in endless internal fighting.
The Sui Kingdom originally had 70,000 troops stationed in Haizhou, and the 100,000 reinforcements from Tubo were about to arrive. However, these 170,000 Sui-Tubo coalition forces alone already made Meng Tian feel like he was facing a formidable enemy, but he did not expect that now he would have to
Facing an unknown number of Qiang troops.
If Meng Tian agreed privately without consent, he would have gone too far and would definitely be severely punished. Therefore, he declined the Qiang representatives who came to see him on the grounds that he had no control over the matter.
Under Li Jing's order, Li Maozhen also led 30,000 Qin troops to attack Wuwei County from east to west.
There are twelve counties in Xining County. Meng Tian's goal was to directly cut off the passage to Daxing. To achieve this goal, he only needed to occupy three of the counties, so the remaining 90% was still in the hands of the Sui State.
The conditions offered by the Qiang people were quite generous, and they were giving away both people and the city. Naturally, Meng Tian wanted to agree, but he couldn't do so because he couldn't make the decision at all in this matter.
The Qiang people naturally refused to do it, and Meng Tian didn't force it. After all, he had a total of 80,000 troops in his hands. It didn't matter whether he had these Qiang people or not.
Although Meng Tian refused, he did not say anything. Instead, he said that if the Qiang people were willing to take the initiative to help, Daqin would definitely not forget their contribution, and he would also write to the court in his personal capacity to fight for the rights of the Qiang people.
"Modun, no one will come to help you this time. You will die this time."
In this regard, even Li Jing had to admit that he was a little blind to Yang Guang.
After learning that Yang Guang had launched an order to relieve the Qiang, not only Hua Xiong, Li Jue and other local generals from Liangzhou, but also generals from Guandong were all furious. They roared to Li Jing and asked for orders to attack Daxing and capture Yang Guang alive.
Even Li Mu, who has always been known for his calmness, his face was also full of anger at this time, and he cursed in a cold voice: "Yang Guang, you deserve to die."
Li Mu was not only a native of Liangzhou, but also a personal participant in the battle to exterminate the Qiang. He knew very well the price paid by the Han to conquer the Qiang.
It was something that countless Liangzhou people had sacrificed their lives for over a hundred years, but after they succeeded, they were ruined by Yang Guang. This also made Li Mu more angry than ever before.