Chapter 483: The Messenger, the Departed

In the process of building communication infrastructure, other tasks that have to be completed have not been overlooked by the leaders.

The Mongol envoys, who had arrived from the distant steppes, left Yang Dayan's military camp and ended the very awkward conversation, and came to the capital.

In view of the environment in which he has lived since he was a child, he does not have much fear of the tall walls of the capital. In his worldview, no matter how strong the walls are, they cannot move like lightning like a horse. This means that when the enemy retreats into such walls, they give up the initiative in the war.

The descendants of Temujin, who had achieved so much military success that they almost brought all of Asia under their rule, relied on a strategy of using movement to counter static. As for the countries in the steppes of Central and Western Asia, which are also very good at fighting on horseback, they are still slightly inferior in endurance and flexibility.

The duel between the two sides is like that of a tall defender in football trying to defend a player as agile as Messi, even if he has a physical advantage, but still lacks mobility.

The world's martial arts are only fast and unbreakable. Genghis Khan's descendants brought this trick to the fullest. Although many of them had never heard of this passage at all, this did not prevent them from unreservedly demonstrating the tactics of light cavalry, which had matured in the northern steppes in the eleventh century, to all the peoples and nations of the whole of Eurasia.

Of course, this is followed by countless destruction of civilization. Neither the East nor the West has been spared. So much so that in later generations, there was a saying that those places that were once occupied by the Mongols were called Mongolian regions. In the next 700 years of the world, people in these regions have basically struggled to survive below the poverty line. Especially in modern history, there is no region that has been abused by the West.

Fortunately, in this piece of Mongolia. There is a piece that once had a history of 5,000 years. Even if they were conquered militarily several times, they used a deep, cursed curse of no hundred years of luck. Sent away batches of rulers who did not belong to the Juche nation.

It wasn't until Huang Taiji and his descendants started from the Northeast that they broke this spell that had lasted for thousands of years.

The descendants of Genghis Khan, of course, could not have been as lucky as them. So after being evacuated from the Central Plains, they said that they could live a life that was even more difficult than that of their ancestors.

From thrift to luxury. It is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. No matter how time and space change, in the history of human civilization, this is an unbreakable truth.

But things are changing little by little. Originally, the tribes of the Mongolian steppe were subject to extremely harsh economic sanctions by the Ming Dynasty. Many necessities of life have been banned from being transported to this generation. Even if some tribal leaders offered to exchange cattle and sheep that they regarded as their lives, they failed to impress the rulers of the Central Plains Dynasty.

However, with the continuous decay of the Central Plains Dynasty, one day, their economic capacity is still difficult to cope with the needs of the country. Although their military budget was not as exaggerated as that of the Song Dynasty, every soldier also needed money and food to supply.

The corruption of the civilian clique has seriously weakened the economic network of the entire country. Equipment and salaries began to fail to keep up with the requirements of maintaining the status of a military power.

Even in the history of the Ming Dynasty, there were greedy emperors like Wanli Emperor Zhu Yijun, but his greed only served his small treasury. For the construction of the country's economy, it did not help in the slightest.

As a result, the economy of the whole country is still following the original path and is constantly collapsing. Wealth continues to concentrate in the hands of a few. The gap between the rich and the poor is getting wider and wider, and the funds that the state can operate are getting less and less.

In this way, a Ming Empire, which was in decline in all directions, appeared in front of the various tribes of the grassland. Although these people on horseback are also in a state of internal fragmentation. Politically, they were far inferior to the well-established Ming Dynasty. But this is not the core of the problem, in the era of cold weapons, many economic problems can be solved by military means. As soon as they mounted their horses and brandished their scimitars, they would naturally yield to them the treasures of gold and silver, as well as the richer pastures which would allow them to plunder again.

This cycle went on again and again, and the Mongol Empire was created. But this kind of military superiority does not always lead to the availability of resources suitable for the next cycle. For example, when they developed on the edge of the desert, this mode of warfare was dealt a tough blow. The Mamluk slave soldiers, with their camels, defeated the invincible Mongol cavalry.

However, for the current Ming Empire, they are already in a military weakness in front of the Mongol army. When this waiter came to the foot of the capital, the reason why he was still able to calmly analyze the military strengths and weaknesses of the enemy and us was because the Mongolian tribes behind him still had a certain military advantage. It is the source of his self-confidence, and it is also the fundamental guarantee that he can still be calm and calm.

But when he walked into the city, the scene presented in front of his eyes completely stunned him. Of course, the Ming Empire could not have Mamluk slave soldiers, they did not even have the ability to copycat.

But today's Ming Dynasty, or the Ming Empire, which has embarked on a different historical trajectory because of some unexpected events, already has something else that is more feared by the Mongol tribes than the Mamluk slave soldiers.

Although the Ming Dynasty sent several officials, the front desk received this envoy from Mongolia. But the Mongol envoy seemed to prefer to follow his own line.

To his surprise, the officials of the Ming Dynasty maintained extra generosity towards his rude behavior. They did not raise any questions, but instead aroused the high suspicion of the Mongolian envoy.

Not to mention that in the capital of the empire, there was a lot of military intelligence that the Mongols should not have seen this time, and this was not acceptable from the perspective of etiquette alone. Aren't these daimyo officials afraid of being impeached by the imperial history of the imperial court after this matter is over?

But soon he knew the answer, thinking that it was this group of people who were arranged by the upper peak to deliberately allow him to wander around the capital, so that he could see those existences that were enough to make him creepy.

First, it's a group of kids playing on the side of the street. However, there is something special about their toys, which look like water wheels, but they are not used to draw water. The envoy was well acquainted with the culture of the Central Plains, and he soon saw that such a toy was used to wind bows and crossbows.

This is a foot-operated winding machine, which is very labor-saving thanks to the principle of levers and pulleys. Even teenagers can attach arrows to large crossbows such as three-bow crossbows.

The Mongol envoy only glanced at it a few times, and it was clear that the capital of the Ming Dynasty, which had such equipment as a defensive weapon, was an existence that could never be easily attacked. I think that back then, when there were no such things in the capital, I kept the 100,000 troops leading from the city gate.

In that campaign, Yu Qian's command was naturally one of the important factors in the success of the campaign. But he can't be sure now that the current Ming Dynasty has no capable ministers like Yu Qian.

I heard that on the side of the Ningjin defense line, there was a guy named Yuan Chonghuan, who made the wild boar skin dusty. You must know that the wild boar skin guy is not easy to deal with, and even Lin Dan Khan has to do his best to barely cope.

If this guy is allowed to live in the capital, coupled with the machinery that these children can operate, I am afraid that the ability to command is far inferior to Lin Dan Khan, and it is unlikely to pose a threat to this city.

But it's nothing, where you can't beat it, you can take a detour directly, it's still the old saying, can this huge city still be like a horse on the grassland, chasing after the buttocks.

But he soon saw something else that he didn't want to see. No matter how strong the bow is, it has its own range. The reason that you can't wear Lu Min at the end of the strong crossbow is not only understood by the Central Plains.

But it was a buzzing behemoth that completely shattered his self-confidence in military mobility.

If he were a man from the 21st century, then he would be amazed at how there could be a light truck on this quaint street?

Not only this envoy from the Mongolian steppe, but also the ordinary people who live in the capital all the year round and are well-informed. You're all huddled on both sides of the road in amazement, covering your ears as these silver-white behemoths roar by.

At this time, the envoy from the grassland, noticing the Ming Dynasty officials around him, was already re-examining himself with a kind of eyes looking at the dead.

It is obvious that they also discovered the use of this behemoth in warfare.

What the envoy did not know was that the Battle of the Marne was not the first battle in human history to use automobiles to transport combatants.

A petty official beside him gave the last stab to its dying heart.

'The army, equipped with such vehicles, is already driving on the steppes. Envoy, I'm afraid there's no need to go back to your life. ‘

After hearing this, the messenger fell to the ground in shock. He finally understood now why the officials of the Ming Dynasty around him looked at him as if they were looking at a dead man.

Because in a way, he was already a dead man.

The bright future he worked so hard for and fought for has come to naught. He is no different from the walking dead.

The messenger has become the deceased, and now it is just a formal memorial service. (To be continued.) )

PS: I'm sorry. In recent days, for various reasons. Resulting in a bad state, so there is no update. This June. It should be a lot better