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

In the bitter winter that has just ended, the Mongolian steppes are wailing all over the wilderness, tens of millions of cattle and sheep are starving to death, and the herdsmen's life is close to the limit.

For the Mongols, the so-called improvement was another plunder.

Last year, the empire attacked Western Xia, and finally made a mess, making the empire soberly aware of how powerful a dynasty Entrenched in the Central Plains of Great Xia was, and it was impossible to provoke easily.

Therefore, the empire was ready to turn its sights to the west.

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

The Mongols are no strangers to the Persian Empire, and the Kipchak Khanate and the Ilkhanate, two of the four major Mongolian khanates in history, jointly divided the vast territory of the Persian Empire.

Therefore, this expedition of the Mongol Empire to the west is just a repetition of the old trick.

On 15 March, under the banner of "recovering the old land," 600,000 Mongolian horsemen 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 vast territory, Genghis Khan is still very confident that he will bite a piece of fat from the huge Persian Empire.

The war between the two empires began.

…………

March 18, Jingshi.

Hearing about the Mongolian expedition to the west, Ouyang Shuo was still a little surprised.

According to the intelligence gathered by Black Serpent, the territory of the Persian Empire in the game world is extremely vast, encompassing the entire Central Asian region, half of West Asia, and Pakistan in South Asia, spanning three Asian plates.

If you don't count overseas territories, the current territory of Bactria is basically the same as that of the Persian Empire, and this alone gives you a glimpse of how powerful the Persian Empire is.

The whole of Central Asia, including Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, all of Tajikistan and the southern part of Kazakhstan.

As for the northern regions of Kazakhstan, they were occupied by the Romanov dynasty.

In West Asia, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and the 16 countries of Bahrain are included.

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 is not because a certain hegemon swept away the crowd and expanded its territory by constantly destroying the country, but more of a national alliance.

Therefore, in the process of establishing the empire, there were very few destroyed countries, and more than ninety percent of the players were retained, and the royal city forbidden army was relatively smoothly transformed into the imperial army one by one.

Between countries, it is more through religious and cultural ties that they are intertwined.

Both the Persian Empire and the Arab Empire implemented a city-state system similar to that of ancient Greece, and each city-state enjoyed a certain degree of autonomy under the premise of electing an imperial leader.

The Arab Empire has 20 million players, and the total number of Imperial troops is 2.7 million. The Persian Empire is even more exaggerated, with more than 30 million players and a total imperial army of nearly 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 at all.

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 internal running-in 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 Mongol expedition to the west, under the action of external forces, the internal run-in of the Persian Empire would definitely be accelerated, and the internal reorganization would be completed one step ahead of the Arab Empire.

This time, in order to survive, the Mongol Empire had to launch a westward expedition, and the domestic defense was bound to be empty, and it stands to reason that this was an excellent opportunity for Bactria to attack the Mongol Empire, after all, there was no need to consider the problem of destroying spring ploughing.

There were already generals who appealed to the imperial court and asked to go to Mongolia.

For example, Guo Ziyi, the commander of the Fengxiang Army, who was guarding the Liaojin operation, went to the imperial court and asked to take the initiative to attack while the border defenses of the Mongol Empire were weak.

Even if you can't destroy the Mongol Empire, you can weaken the enemy.

Ouyang Shuo has always regarded Mongolia as a fierce enemy, and the Mongol Empire is one of the biggest obstacles to the Great Xia Dynasty's unification of the Chinese region, despite this, Ouyang Shuo still resisted this huge temptation.

In any case, the Mongol Empire was a part of China, and taking advantage of the danger of others was really damaging to the image of Bactria and was too short-sighted.

Whether it is the Mongol Empire or the Persian Empire, they are all fierce enemies of Great Xia, and this pair of dead and consuming each other is a good opportunity for Great Xia to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

Ouyang Shuo really had no reason to say that he was involved at this time.

If Bactria declared war on the Mongol Empire at this time, it would only make the Mongol expedition to the west give up halfway, and the biggest beneficiary would be the Persian Empire.

The failure of the Mongol Empire's westward expedition was tantamount to being forced into a desperate situation, and only by pointing its troops at the Central Plains could it seek a glimmer of life.

A group of steppe wolves with no way out is very terrifying.

In this way, it is tantamount to harming others and not benefiting oneself.

In view of this, Ouyang Shuo made up his mind to take a defensive position against the Mongol Empire and watch from the sidelines before the Mongol Empire and the Persian Empire were decided.

Despite this, the Mongol Empire's westward expedition still created an opportunity for war in Bactria .

The Mongol expedition to the west was tantamount to temporarily giving up the oppression of the Tibetan Dynasty, but this was an excellent opportunity for Bactria to conquer Tibet.

On the one hand, the Mongol expedition to the west greatly reduced the defensive pressure on the northern border of Great Xia; Second, if Bactria attacks Tibet at this time, Mongolia will never be able to participate in it, and there will be no worries.

Moreover, the Tubo Dynasty, like the Mongol Empire, mainly based on grazing, supplemented by farming, launched an attack at this time, and did not affect spring sowing, and had no scruples.

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

After the annexation of the Western Xia Kingdom to Great Xia, the Tubo Dynasty has always been upright, neither bowing to the Mongol Empire nor to Great Xia, trying to be caught between the two and play the art of balance.

Such an act has long made Ouyang Shuo dissatisfied.

At present, the so-called balance is missing, and it depends on what tricks the Tubo Dynasty can play.

Thinking of this, Ouyang Shuo no longer hesitated, and ordered the Northwest Theater to lead the Flying Bear Army to the Tubo Dynasty with Li Jingqin, and Li Mu led the Eagle Yang Army to garrison, ready to respond at any time.

The Tubo Dynasty only had an army of 400,000 troops, and it was not the opponent of the Flying Bear Army at all, and what it could rely on was the plateau terrain, which was easy to cause obstacles to the Great Xia Army.

This is not difficult for Great Xia.

Historically, Li Jing had led his troops to expedition to Tuyuhun, and had similar combat experience, and Li Jing 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.

At this time, it can be said that the time and place are favorable.