There are six countries in Central Asia, except for the mountainous kingdom of Durrani in the south, which is close to Tianzhu in the south, the remaining five kingdoms of Yuz, Bukhara, Khiva, Kokand and Yarkand are similar to the geography and climate environment of western Xinjiang, all of which belong to arid and rainy areas.

Speaking of Central Asia, we have to mention Warat, which has been attached to the Great Zhou.

Among the six kingdoms of Central Asia, except for the kingdom of Durrani in the south, the five kingdoms in the north are of the same origin as Warat, all of which are Turkic peoples.

It is also for this reason that the ties between Central Asia and Warat have always been very close, and because of the strong national strength of the Great Zhou, they were forced to pay tribute to the Great Zhou every year.

Of course, there is another important reason for this, that is, the Ottoman Empire, which is adjacent to Central Asia, has a strong national strength. At least until the Industrial Revolution, the Ottoman Empire was one of the world's greatest powers.

Therefore, from 200 years ago, the six kingdoms of Central Asia faced the Ottoman Empire in the west and the Great Zhou in the east.

Faced with the two powerful countries of Ottoman and Great Zhou, the six kingdoms of Central Asia must choose one of them as the object of dependence, otherwise it will only be a matter of time before the country is wiped out.

After careful consideration, the six Central Asian countries unanimously decided to take refuge in Da Zhou. Because no matter from the perspective of national strength, population, land area and other aspects, the Great Zhou seems to be more prosperous.

Indeed, after the Great Zhou protection, the Ottoman Empire in the west did not take military action against Central Asia.

Although the Central Asian peoples are of the same origin as the Warat, it is clear that unlike the vast steppes of Warat, the Central Asian region is arid and has a relatively dry climate, so there are not many inhabitants there.

The combined population of the six kingdoms in Central Asia is only about three million, which is not even comparable to an ordinary province in the Great Zhou.

Although the population of Central Asia is small, it is rich in natural resources. In addition to various mineral deposits such as gold, copper, iron, and coal, the most famous in Central Asia are cotton and horse.

Needless to say, Central Asia is the birthplace of cotton.

The key is that Central Asia produces the world's best quality war horses: sweat and blood BMWs.

Even now that we have entered the industrial age, the role of war horses on the battlefield is still extremely huge, because war horses represent mobility.

In the past two hundred years, the reason why the Great Zhou Dynasty has repeatedly won battles against the strong enemy Wara in the north is that the war horses from the six Central Asian countries have played a huge role in it.

The war horses produced in the Warat grassland have enough stamina, but they lack explosiveness. And the European war horses are explosive, but the endurance is insufficient.

The war horses produced in Central Asia are excellent in terms of endurance and explosiveness, so over time, the six countries of Central Asia have become the most important source of war horses in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

And now, the Great Zhou wants to station troops and build military fortresses to the six Central Asian countries, which naturally causes panic among the six Central Asian countries.

Although the six Central Asian countries had always been the vassal states of the Great Zhou before, in fact, the Great Zhou did not exercise jurisdiction over the six Central Asian countries, but only belonged to the nominal vassal states.

Even with their monarch ascending the throne, they did not need to seek the consent and canonization of the Great Zhou, which was in stark contrast to Goryeo, Siam and other countries, and it can be said that they had great autonomy.

After the envoys of the Great Zhou Dynasty announced the imperial edict to the six Central Asian countries, the monarchs of various countries began to panic, speculating about the significance of the imperial court's actions.

However, they did not dare to express the slightest dissatisfaction, after all, the national strength of the six Central Asian countries was very different from that of the Great Zhou, and this time they were only building military fortresses in the territory, of course, there were some necessary roads, and they did not interfere in their internal affairs.

Although the Great Zhou has violated their national sovereignty by doing so, who has made the six Central Asian countries the nominal suzerainty of the Great Zhou.

Moreover, if they reject the edict of the Great Zhou this time, they will definitely offend the Great Zhou, so that there is a strong enemy in the west, the Ottoman Empire, and the giant Great Zhou in the east, whether the kings of the six Central Asian countries can save their lives is two different things.

Therefore, they can only obey the edict of the Great Zhou, because they have no other way to choose.

In addition, the Ottoman Empire in the west of the six Central Asian countries, although the national strength of the Ottoman Empire has been worse year by year in recent years, and it has even been repeatedly pressed to the ground and abused by European powers, but in the end, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and it is far from being provoked by a few small countries in Central Asia.

Not to mention these six countries in Central Asia, it is the Rus' State, one of the European powers, which has repeatedly waged wars against the Ottoman Empire over the years, and the benefits obtained are also very limited.

On the contrary, France and England in Western Europe, although far away from the Ottoman Empire, won several great victories over the Ottomans, among which England seized Egypt from the Ottoman Empire and controlled the Suez Canal with France. France also defeated the Ottoman Empire several times in southwestern Europe and seized control of Greece.

But don't think that the Ottoman Empire is in decline because of the great victories of Britain and France, because that is only for Britain and France.

Just over 20 years ago, after Britain and France seized control of Egypt, Greece and the Suez Canal after the Ottoman Empire, the other two European powers, Austria and Rus', felt that it was profitable and invariably showed their minions to the Ottoman Empire.

But this time, the Ottoman Empire let the two European powers, Austria and Rus, try what it means to be a hundred-legged insect that dies without stiffening. In southwestern Europe, the Ottoman Empire defeated Austria several times, leaving Austria in vain.

In Asia, Austria suffered repeated small defeats against the Rus' state, but the war lasted for five years, and the Rus' country was dragged into a financial deficit for several years and had to end the war.

Therefore, the weakness of the Ottoman Empire is only relatively speaking, at least in the whole world, the national strength of the Ottoman Empire can still rank among the top ten in the world.

Overall, however, the Ottoman Empire was in decline, and it was only a matter of time before it became a vassal or colony of the Great Powers.

This was mainly reflected in the industrial aspect, and in the Ottoman Empire, with the exception of a few arsenals, the country did not see the slightest trace of industrialization.

It is also for this reason that although the Ottoman Empire can still rank among the top ten in the world, and although the Ottoman Empire is extremely far away from the Great Zhou, the Great Zhou still firmly believes that he can defeat the Ottoman Empire and prepare a base for the Jews to restore the country.

And if you want to attack the Ottoman Empire, Central Asia is particularly important.

In fact, not only that, Central Asia is located in the central region of the whole of Asia, and its strategic location is extremely important, so Zhang Lingyang naturally wants to hold Central Asia tightly in his own hands.

If Zhang Lingyang can't even see this clearly, don't talk about dominating the world......