Chapter 372: The Situation in the Central Plains

As the great Diwan of the military department, Li Wei also has some understanding of the military deployment of the surrounding forces. He pointed out a few passes, indicating how many troops the governors of the two provinces had deployed in the local area and how difficult it was to attack.

After some deduction, the more the three of them talked, the more they rose.

Then Lee Seung-ji pointed out the exact location of the Karachi port. Li Dali first introduced the distribution of local forces, and then asked Li Dawei to point out the military deployment militarily.

However, because the Governor's Palace of Khorasan and the local area are still separated by the local forces of the Gur country, they do not know much.

"If you had to choose one of the two, how would you choose?" , The analysis is also finished, Li Chengji asked with interest.

When Li Dawei and Li Dali heard this, they both frowned and thought about it.

After a long while, Li Gao was about to speak. The guards outside the door suddenly came to report, saying that Asguma had recruited everything.

In fact, in Shahru's hands, Asguma can hold even a stick of incense. honestly, he recruited everything he knew. There were so many things to confide in, so it took a lot of time to write them down.

At this moment, Li Chengji looked at the confession presented, and there was a strong smell of ink on it.

It's just that there are too many, and Li Chengji asked Li Dali and Li Qiqi to help take a look. It wasn't until half an hour later that they exchanged the whole pleadings and read them.

During this period, there was a lot of bits and pieces of information, but there was not much information worth noting.

After a simple categorization, there are only two points.

One of them is that Qu Zhulu recruited the separated tribes in the northern border of the Great Liao, and there are already 80,000 people who have come to vote. Many of them were not tribes that had previously submitted to the barbarians. But after Mongolia unified the whole of Mobei, these annexed small tribes could not bear the enslavement of the Mongolian Nayans, and took the old and young of the tribe to move west to Qu Chulu.

There is also the tribe of Kipchaks in Darinkul to the west, who have agreed to the alliance under the persuasion of Qu Qulu. And between the two, there was also a private covenant. It was agreed that at the right time, they would jointly send troops to Alima, where the Qarluqs were entrenched.

There are also Huihe people in the east. Although he took refuge in Mongolia, he also agreed with Qu Zhulu to resist the Liao army.

A tribal alliance can be regarded as initially established under the concept of Qu Qu Lu. Of course, they don't trust each other. Even the defense against each other is even greater than that of Da Liao. For example, in the territory occupied by the Qarluqs, the barbarians were not allowed to enter with swords.

In the same way, when they returned to the territory of the crane, they were not allowed to enter with troops and horses.

Under the disagreement between face and heart, the combat effectiveness of this clan alliance can be imagined. And the Da Liao side also began to organize a counterattack. The Liao people have sent an envoy to Alima, like the Khan king of the Qarluqs, who promised heavy benefits and asked him to cooperate with the Liao army to attack the barbarians.

At present, the Qarluqs have received gifts from the Liao envoys. It's just a matter of joint troops, and I haven't agreed to it yet.

This is already known to the law of Qu Qu. Although the Qarluqs thought that it was inconspicuous and not leaky, it was very secretive. But the Liao envoy deliberately revealed it.

In the end, Liao is a Central Plains country that has been sinicized for a hundred years! Even after moving westward, the connection with the Central Plains has been severed for more than 100 years. However, the art of war of the Han family was brought to the Western Regions with the Han people after moving west.

This counter-plot is the first step for the Liao envoy to destroy the tribal alliance.

The second is that Qu Chulu not only sent a letter to the Governor's Palace of Khorasan, but also went to Khorezm and the Western Karakhanate side.

And the messengers are all Asgu horses. Khorezm's Mahama is refreshing. But the premise is that he hopes that Qu Julu can borrow a batch of cattle and sheep first. In the case of the enclave of Daliao, it is difficult to realize the conditions for borrowing cattle and sheep.

The Khan of the Western Qarakhanid did not show his attitude. He only offered the good food and drink of the Asi Valley Horse, and let him go south. However, the second prince of the Khanate caught up with him, sent a box of gold and silver, and asked him to carry a letter to Qu Qu Qulu.

Now the letter is also in the hands of Li Chengji. The above content is very common, except for a few greetings and congratulatory words, nothing else. It seems that the second prince just wants to set it up, and has no other intentions.

That's not the most important thing, though! Rather, the Asgulma noticed in the territory of Khorezm. There were very few men in the city, and most of them were old and weak, women and children. In addition, except for the first day when Mahamat met him unexpectedly, the rest of the time it was the people of Turhan Ketun who dealt with him.

and the great tent of Khorezm is gone. So Asguma guessed that Mahamat might have led his troops out of the hinterland of Khorezm.

That's big news!

Li Chengji immediately asked Li to pay attention to the information of Khorezm. As soon as there is a situation, quickly notify yourself.

On this occasion, the situation in the territory of Huihe was also sent.

It is said that after Genghis Khan led hundreds of thousands of Mongol troops to besiege Zhongxingfu, he launched several siege battles. Outside the city of Xingzhou, there are even more corpses everywhere. The people of the surrounding states and counties were also arrested. Like cannon fodder, he was at the forefront of the Mongol army during the siege.

The entire surrounding area of Zhongxing Mansion is also ten rooms and nine empty.

It's just that Zhongxing Mansion, as the capital of the Xia Kingdom, was extremely strong when it was built. And all kinds of city defenses are also relatively perfect. In the absence of large-scale siege equipment, the Mongolian army was unable to conquer the city of Xingzhou.

So one plan failed, and the Mongolian army had another plan. Following the method of flooding Liangzhou City, while building a dam to intercept the stream, he intimidated the Xia people in the city to surrender.

It works!

Some frightened Xia courtiers begged the lord of the country to sue for peace with the Mongolian army in the main hall. It's just that the conditions of the Mongolian army not only allow the Xia State to compensate a huge amount of money, but also surrender to the Mongolian army.

Li An'an, the lord of the Xia Kingdom, who regarded himself as the state of etiquette, originally looked down on these barbarians on the Mobei grassland in his heart. So when he heard about this condition, he immediately refused to surrender. Some officials of the main war faction also rebuked the sinister intentions of those officials who sought peace.

The voice of the peace was quickly silenced.

Later, the Mongolian army mobilized tens of thousands of people to build a dam outside the city of Xingzhou. After more than ten days, the city of Xingzhou was finally flooded.

Unfortunately, the Mongols did not think much when they dug the river. As a result, the flood not only flooded Zhongxing Mansion, but also poured into the Mongolian army camp. Thousands of Mongolian soldiers drowned, and nearly 10,000 Mongolian troops were swept away by the flood.

Genghis Khan had to take the Mongolian army and retreat north to Keyimen.

And Xia Guo is also very angry! Due to the flooding, the city of Xingzhou suffered countless deaths and injuries, and the houses fell into pieces. It took seven days for the flood waters to recede. Even the palace of Xia Kingdom was seriously damaged by the flood.

So the lord of Xia finally sent envoys to sue for peace with the Mongolian army at the request of the officials of the peace faction. Following Genghis Khan's lion's mouth, Xia Guo compensated a huge amount of gold and silver ornaments. In addition, there are countless silk silks, iron tools, and copper coins obtained from plundering.

And the lord of the country should also choose a princess to marry at the request of the Mongolian army. And to the Mongolian Great Khan Genghis Khan, bowed down to the vassal.

With countless gold and silver treasures, the Mongolian army returned to the north leisurely under the leadership of Genghis Khan. Xia Jun has been following, and it is called the reconquest of lost territory.

Soon after this incident, the lord of Xia expelled the envoys of Jin. The Jin people in the territory all their property were confiscated and sold as slaves.

At this point, the relationship between Xia and Jin deteriorated.

After reading it, Li Chengji only sighed at the strength of the historical trajectory. Although due to its sudden rise, Khorezm has been beaten back to its original form. However, Mongolia, because it has not had its own interference, has been developing and growing according to the original trajectory of history.

After the Western Xia was trampled under the feet of the Mongols, the next Jin Kingdom was about to enter an eventful autumn.

Calculating the time, the cowardly and incompetent in history, the loyal and loyal King Wanyan Yongji should have been on the throne for more than half a year. Under his 'wise' decision, the decline of the Jin State will only be more rapid.

If Genghis Khan, who had looked down on him before, knew that he had become the emperor of the Jin State, it is estimated that the last bit of vigilance against the Jin State would be gone.

But these are still a little far away from Li Chengji! Even if you want to meddle in the affairs of the Central Plains, you are still separated by Daliao and Huihe. Therefore, for the time being, it is only right to concentrate on handling the internal affairs of the Khorasan Governor's Office and speeding up the development of Khorasan Province.

Thinking like this, Li Chengji thought about maritime trade again.

It's just that soon, the news from Khorezm made him have to put the matter aside for the time being. Because through the investigation of the Secretariat and the base in Khorezm, the latest situation of Khorezm was finally transmitted back to Malu.

Also, after the destruction of Rian, Khorezm was at the junction of Khorasan, artificially creating a buffer ground. Inside, except for the military fort set up in Khorezm, all the villages and tribes along the Amu Darya River were burned.

Large areas of green states and fields were also burned to the ground. No civilian is allowed to enter Khorasan Province through the Amu Darya River. In the same way, the people of Khorasan province were not allowed to enter Khorezm.

Artificially, Khorasan and Khorezm are isolated.

And the main reason for this is that the hinterland of Khorezm has been emptied.