September 7, Jingshi.

Although Li Jing did not adopt Xun Yu's strategy, he still sent the matter to the imperial court as it was, and the purpose was nothing more than to ask the imperial court to prepare early.

Because the Mongol Empire has never recognized the orthodox status of Bactria in China, the relationship between the two countries has always been relatively stiff, perhaps Li Jing is also a little worried, afraid that he will really want to borrow the road in the future, but will be stopped by the Mongol army.

Naturally, this problem can only be solved by reporting to the imperial court.

The Battle of Tubo is the biggest event during this period of Great Xia, no matter how big or small, it will be reported to Ouyang Shuo as soon as possible. Ouyang Shuo looked at Li Jing's recital and said, "It's time to explore the bottom of Mongolia." ”

"Someone!"

"In!"

"Please come to Zhang Yi, the secretary of Honglu Temple."

"No!"

Leaning slightly, Zhang Yi rushed to the imperial study and saluted: "Weichen see Your Majesty!" ”

"Sit down!"

After Zhang Yi sat down, Ouyang Shuo said, "Aiqing, you send someone to make an envoy to Hala and Lin." ”

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, do you have a mission?"

Ouyang Shuo nodded and stretched out his index finger, "First, reiterate to Genghis Khan that during the Mongol expedition to the west, the empire will not use troops against Mongolia. This commitment has always been valid. ”

This statement can be seen as both a promise and a deterrent.

Speaking of which, the war between the two major empires of Mongolia and Persia has been fought for half a year, and the winner has not yet been decided. According to the information from the Black Serpent Guard, the Mongol Empire has already conquered twelve cities, and the further west it is, the greater the resistance, which is a bit unsustainable.

If nothing else, Mongolia should withdraw its troops in the near future, ending its first expedition to the west.

If the Mongols returned from their westward expedition, they would have to face the threat of Bactria head-on. Although only half a year has passed, the situation in the Central Plains has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Great Xia unified the Central Plains, from Liaojin Province in the east to Xihai Province in the west, and built a complete northern defense line.

How to deal with the relationship with Mongolia has already been put on Ouyang Shuo's desk.

Some ministers suggested that as soon as the war in Tibet was over, the imperial court would immediately send troops to Mongolia to attack and destroy it. If the imperial court fights with all its might, it will not be too difficult, and it should be able to win in one battle.

After the Battle of Western Xia, the October Natural Disaster, and the Western Expedition, the Mongol army was sharply reduced from 1.8 million at the beginning to less than 1.3 million.

In addition, the Mongol Empire traversed the east and west, and its territory was vast, and it was impossible to take care of both the end and the end, and even with the speed of the Mongol cavalry, it could not rush from the west to the east to support in a short time.

Such a Mongolia, what to do with Daxia?

It is not difficult to defeat Mongolia, but the difficult thing is how to govern it after it is defeated?

The Mongol Empire was a typical nomadic civilization, and if it wanted to govern it well, it had to rely on the Mongols and give it a certain number of autonomous regions.

Historically, any dynasty that was able to subjugate the nomads only did so to make them pay tribute.

In the game world, it is impossible for Bactria to overthrow and reclaim the land, and forcibly turn Mongolia into an agrarian civilization. Judging by the needs of the empire, it was also very necessary to preserve such a large ranch.

This also means that it is not good to use too much strength against the Mongol Empire, if Great Xia really sets off an army and kills a river of blood in the Mongolian steppe, maybe one day it will be able to ease the breath of the steppe.

Don't fight, Genghis Khan is a lord who doesn't want to bow his head.

This caused a lot of confusion to Ouyang Shuo, and he couldn't think of any way to achieve both worlds for a while, including Zhang Liang, and he didn't think of a safe plan.

That's why it's been delayed until now.

Ouyang Shuo's promise to Genghis Khan not to take the initiative to send troops to Mongolia also had such considerations.

"Second, make a request to Genghis Khan, so that the Mongol Empire will unconditionally open the Ögedai Khanate to our army during the Battle of Tibet, and it can be borrowed at any time."

This second point is a bit domineering, and Zhang Yi's eyes are condensed.

As an envoy, how to perfectly convey the requirements of the empire, and how to adapt to the situation when the other party is provoked, use clever words, appropriately appease, and achieve the goal is a great test of the level of diplomacy.

Ouyang Shuo could have said to be tactful, but the reason why he was not tactful was that he wanted to test Genghis Khan and see if this grassland overlord was ready to fight Daxia to the end, or whether he could recognize the reality and give each other a buffer and room for negotiation.

It can be said that Genghis Khan's attitude on this matter was, to some extent, determined what strategy Bactria would adopt towards the Mongol Empire in the future.

It is precisely in this way that the requirements for the time of dispatch are even higher, and they must be able to observe words and colors, gain insight into the true thoughts of Genghis Khan, the hero of the world, and not be deceived by the other party.

If Genghis Khan was already very dissatisfied, and only expressed it very vaguely, and even smiled, the envoys were fooled by him, but it would bring great disaster to the empire.

Zhang Yi listened to it, did not hesitate, and immediately said: "In this case, Weichen will go on a trip in person." ”

"Then it's hard work." Ouyang Shuo also meant this, and said with a smile: "Aiqing is here, bring some gifts to Genghis Khan, it doesn't matter if you are rich, to show friendship." In addition, Aiqing can also take the opportunity of the envoy to observe Hala and Lin carefully. What do I mean, Aiqing understands? ”

"Wechen understands!"

Zhang Yi is so smart, she is naturally thorough.

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Great Xia did not establish diplomatic relations with the Mongol Empire, and naturally did not open a teleportation array.

Zhang Yi's envoy this time had to be teleported to Handan City, and then through Handan, the Northern Xinjiang Army sent an escort all the way north, and if it went well, it would take at least five or six days to reach Hala and Lin.

During this period, the Tibetan battlefield did not cease, and even fought more fiercely.

After each of the Great Xia Fourth Route armies captured a city, they finally had a solid base for advancing, and more and more soldiers adapted to altitude sickness and could fight normally.

In this way, it gave the commander of the Fourth Route Army greater confidence and courage.

In the first round of competition of the four-way army, the Qin army was unique, and the Tang army was collectively humiliated, and the huge contrast stimulated the competition between each other more and more, competing with each other, and competing for the second and even the third city.

Especially the Tang Army, this time Cheng Yanjin and Wei Chi Jingde each led one unit, and attacked the two cities at the same time, just to regain the lost glory.

The Tang army is desperate, and the other three roads naturally have no reason to relax.

In such a situation, the entire battlefield presented a lively scene of fighting from all directions and beacon fires, and at all times, the Great Xia army was either on the march or besieging the city.

Such a fierce war has also posed greater challenges to logistical support.

If it weren't for Zeng Guofan and Du Ruhui personally supervising all parties, I am afraid that the grain and grass would be unsustainable. Even so, the madness of the front line made the two ministers bitter.

But no matter how hard they worked, they didn't dare to complain in the slightest.

The front-line soldiers worked hard, sacrificed their lives to fight, and fought for the lead, this is the scene that many emperors dream of, who dares to drag the army back at such a time?

If you really want to do that, Your Majesty's reprimand is small, and it may even be punished.

The two ministers had no choice but to transmit the pressure layer by layer, from the two of them to the level of the governor and the commander of the group army, and then down one by one, all the way to the lowest level of the grain transportation team.

This time, millions of laborers and sergeants have suffered.

Looking down from the sky, in the entire western part of Daxia, on the veins woven by countless official roads, you can see endless grain trucks everywhere, endlessly, converging towards Tibet.

That scene, the real situation, is rare to see in a thousand years.

The Great Xia Army is desperate, but Ashoka is not convinced. After learning that within a week, four cities had fallen on the border one after another, the arrogant Emperor Ashoka did not hesitate and directly sent the prepared 500,000 forbidden troops into Tibet.

At the same time, like Bactria , Emperor Ashoka issued a national mobilization order to recruit millions of laborers to transport grain and grass for the army to the Tibetan borders.

The two dynasties are working hard, and neither is subdued by the other.

At this time, the madness of the Ashoka Dynasty finally made the Mauryan Dynasty and the Gupta Dynasty, who were in the same Tianzhu, unable to sit still and began to meet secretly.