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Chapter 162: The thunder that made the nomadic people sing and dance!
Huan Yi and Li Fengning actually both have experience in dealing with the Northern Barbarians.

The battles that made the Huan family rich were fought against the Qiang people, which led to their rise to prominence. Since Huan Yi's great-grandfather Huan Qi, their family had always fought against the Qiang people, and wherever they won military merits, the Qiang people would take them.

The identity of Huan Qi as a famous general was also given by the Qiang people.

In those days, the strength of these nomadic peoples was not very strong, and the Great Zhou Dynasty was more than capable of dealing with them.

Whether in terms of weapons and equipment or military proficiency, the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty were far superior.

This made them subconsciously not regard these nomadic peoples as a serious threat, and the situation of the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China was the first time that made them realize that these nomadic peoples were not as easy to defeat as they had imagined.

The only thing that Li Fengning couldn't understand was why the military strength of the Great Zhou Dynasty had declined to such an extent in just over ten years.

From her point of view, she believed that it was because Emperor Yongjin imposed too much restrictions and oppression on the border troops. However, Li Fengning was also very clear that the Great Zhou Dynasty was basically out of control of the border troops. If Emperor Yongjin did not restrict the border troops, the border troops would affect the central government's rule.

Emperor Taizhang set a precedent for military men to be in power, and his two sons, Emperor Zhengguang and Emperor Yongjin, were both busy trying to take back this power.

From being too warlike to restricting warriors, it took only forty years for the Zhou people to lose their absolute advantage over the nomadic peoples.

But Li Fengning and Huan Yi actually neglected one thing.

During the internal power struggle of the Zhou Dynasty, the nomadic peoples did not remain unchanged. Everything has a cycle of development.

Unlike agricultural civilizations like the Central Plains Dynasty, which had many development routes, the Zhou Dynasty could make plans in terms of culture, agriculture, and even commerce.

Nomadic people have only one core goal - to survive on the grassland.

In any era, there was not only one nomadic people living on the grasslands, but many nomadic peoples of different races lived together.

The Xiongnu themselves were a confederation of tribes, led by a chanyu, rather than a unified nation.

It is a symbiotic organism formed by the mixture of multiple ethnic groups.

Basically, whichever company is stronger will eventually replace the entire company.

Turks, Mongols, Xianbei, Khitans, Jurchens, etc.

In every era, a nomadic people would become strong and then replace the rest to become the new masters of the grassland.

This is like raising insects. Only the strongest ones can survive on the grassland and reproduce.

They have only one route, which is to develop military power and use it to seize other people's resources to support the lives of their tribe.

This leads to inevitable conflicts between nomadic peoples and agricultural civilizations.

Agricultural civilization has something that nomadic people do not have, and this thing is precisely a necessity for nomadic people.

Once natural disasters become serious, it will be impossible to survive on the grasslands and they will not be able to survive the winter. In order to stay alive, the nomadic peoples’ invasion of the south is an inevitable event that cannot be avoided no matter what.

During the period of internal strife in the Zhou Dynasty, there were waves of struggles between nomadic peoples.

You must know that Chu Shizhao's troops can evolve from young and strong local militia into a real elite force after three large and small battles.

Not to mention the nomadic peoples who fought from beginning to end.

Moreover, the fighting style of the Central Plains dynasty is fundamentally different from that of the nomadic peoples. Without the experience of long-term confrontation, it is easy to fail.

If we apply the past experience of dealing with the northern barbarians to the present, it is obviously not applicable.

Chu Shizhao's previous simulation went so smoothly, but this time the simulation fell into such a stalemate, and the reason was that the enemy's strength was different.

The Huns had ruled the grasslands for a long time, and the relationship between the nobles and the poor had long been solidified. Their internal relationship was not as stable as imagined.

Mongolia rose suddenly, and during its rise, it followed a route very similar to that of Chu Shizhao. Both were in a purified state, winning over the lower-level combat forces, killing those nobles who had no combat power and were a drag, keeping the right to speak firmly in their own hands, and then considering taking over foreign wars.

At the same time, there were rebellions by nobles who were dissatisfied with the rule.

In the early years of Chu Shizhao, there was a small riot every three days and a big riot every seven days. None of the powerful families whose interests were damaged were willing to see themselves being mowed down by Chu Shizhao.

But unfortunately, the empresses of the new dynasty established by Chu Shizhao were all from the rebel army, which resulted in Chu Shizhao's eldest son having the blood of the rebel army.

He and these powerful families do not have symbiotic interests, and the new dynasty of Chu Shizhao is in great need of cash flow.

During wartime, real farmers do not produce.

Because he can't produce, he doesn't have the mood to produce, he can't even survive, who can work for you?

Only those who can survive can produce. The powerful and wealthy families will raise a group of slaves to produce for them and provide them with the necessities of life.

Chu Shizhao was relatively tolerant. He had no intention of killing them all. As long as these powerful families were willing to give them food and let the local people survive, and the local people were willing to recommend these powerful families not to cause chaos and do not abuse their power in the local area, Chu Shizhao was willing to let them survive.

However, for the powerful families, these heritage and grains were their own accumulated assets. Why should they give them to Chu Shizhao?

Then Chu Shizhao could only fight.

In this simulation, Chu Shizhao's core interests are the grassroots uprising army, the poorest people.

These people couldn't survive, so Chu Shizhao just let them be slaughtered by the powerful. And apart from anything else, why can you big families survive, but those poor people have no right to survive?

If you listen to me, give some food and keep a little for yourself, Chu Shizhao will accept it. At least you still have the court.

But there were people who couldn't see the situation clearly and wanted to go against it, so Chu Shizhao had no choice but to start killing them.

For ten years, Chu Shizhao had been clearing out the old nobles and old families of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

This is extremely similar to Temujin of the Yuan Dynasty, except that such aristocracy among nomadic peoples only took a few decades to form.

The nobles and aristocratic families of the Great Zhou Dynasty have a history of at least hundreds of years, and it is not easy to sort them out.

The fact that Chu Shizhao and Temujin fought to this extent was actually a means of internal conflict.

The period of great warfare between the Southern Song Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty and the Mongols was also the era when firearms developed most rapidly. The reason for such rapid development was nothing more than the decades of war.

With wars every day, the development of weapons will naturally not slow down.

Similarly, the military strength of the Dajing Dynasty can be said to be far superior to that of the Dazhou Dynasty. These rebel armies have never known how to fight, but now they are able to obey orders, have basic beliefs, and dare to be the first. All of this is due to the long-term influence of Chu Shizhao.

The reason why the emperors of all dynasties admired Confucianism was that Confucian culture could brainwash people and facilitate their rule. Strictly speaking, this was the belief of the ancient people. However, as time went on, more and more outrageous things happened. After the collapse of rituals and music, no one took Confucianism seriously.

Since Sima Yi farted in Luoshui and Sima Zhao killed the emperor in the street, the direction of history has completely changed. The so-called integrity, benevolence, and moral integrity have completely declined, and filial piety has become the main focus. Since the Jin Dynasty, filial piety has become the most important virtue.

I humbly hope that the holy dynasty will rule the world with filial piety!
Why filial piety!

Because apart from filial piety, the Jin Dynasty had nothing else to offer.

You said loyalty!

Zhuge Liang set a precedent.

Let’s look at what Sima Yi did.

Does he dare to say that he is a loyal minister?
You said honesty!

Emperor Guangwu swore an oath on Luoshui, raising the oath of Luoshui to a height it should not have, and since then the reputation of Luoshui has skyrocketed.

Sima Yi farted in front of the Luo River, causing the river to become dirty, and no one took the Sima family's words seriously.

The problem is that Sima Yi only did it once, but his son Sima Shi was always talking nonsense, always trying to persuade others to surrender and then exterminate their entire clan. His whole family was involved.

The credibility of the Great Zhou Dynasty was also quite ruined.

It was actually not right for Chu Shizhao to cut off the Great Zhou Dynasty, as he suffered a loss in terms of filial piety and righteousness, but he had to do it, after all, he was the one who led the rebellion.

If he does not cut off ties with the Great Zhou Dynasty, then there will be no point in the rebel army's uprising. Now the rebel army is willing to obey Chu Shizhao's orders, not only because of the identities of the queen and the crown prince, but also because Chu Shizhao has truly cut ties with the Great Zhou Dynasty. Everyone is loyal to Dajing, not Dazhou.

Now the rebels' faith also lies in Dajing.

And on the screen.

Temujin's actions were much bloodier and more violent than Chu Shizhao's.

Because of the small population of Mongolia, Temujin only needed to kill the nobles and then control the ordinary Mongolian herdsmen ruled by those nobles.

As for the blood relationship between them?
As long as there is enough benefit, there is no relationship that cannot be broken.

When the old nobles were killed, new nobles would emerge. As long as they fought for Temujin, they could become new nobles.

It took Chu Shizhao ten years to gradually establish a politically clear and clean Dajing Dynasty. It took Temujin ten days to create a one-man Mongol court through killing.

[In February of the 13th year of Shengwu, Batu's eldest son and his younger sister came to you for refuge.]

[After careful consideration, you welcomed Batu's eldest son. After he surrendered to Dajing, you gave him the surname Chu and appointed him General Mingwei, responsible for gathering the brave generals who had fled from Mongolia.]

【Chu Yuan, who bore the blood feud of his father's murder, was extremely hostile to Temujin. He went around gathering the Mongols driven out by Temujin and soon formed a cavalry unit called Iron Rakshasa.】

[Chu Shizhao organized this cavalry and named it the Seven Rakshasa Guards.]

[In March of the 13th year of Shengwu, Temujin launched a second counterattack against the Great Zhou Dynasty. Chu Shizhao once advanced to the front line in the Daning Prefecture and Jinyang area, but was attacked by Temujin's Mongolian cavalry.]

[Temujin's tactics were varied and he was not limited to attacking cities. He knew that the Great Jing Dynasty was eager to recover their homeland and was eager to attack cities. Most of the Great Jing Dynasty's troops were infantry, so their food supply routes were very important. Temujin did not need to attack the cities guarded by the Great Jing Dynasty. He only needed to plunder the food supply routes and prevent the enemy from advancing, so that he could force Chu Shizhao to retreat.]

【Temujin used the high mobility of the Mongolian Rangers to quickly retreat and outflanke. Whenever Chu Shizhao's cavalry went to block Temujin's Mongolian Rangers, they would immediately retreat, not giving Chu Shizhao a chance to fight head-on. As soon as Chu Shizhao's cavalry left, Temujin would immediately outflanke and attack the infantry on the weak side, which gave Chu Shizhao a headache as he was dragged back and forth.】

[The seven Luosha guards volunteered to ask for orders, hoping that Chu Shizhao could give these Mongols who had surrendered to the Holy Dynasty a chance. They knew the tactics used by the Mongol Yuan Dynasty court, so sending them to stop them might be effective.]

[In April of the 13th year of Shengwu, the Seven Rakshasa Guards led by Chu Yuan successfully intercepted a Mongolian cavalry raid led by Temujin, and defeated 3,000 Mongolian cavalry, achieving the first victory of the Dajing Dynasty in a field battle. However, the Northern Zhou army that surrendered to the Mongol Yuan court soon began to attack Henan.]

[Duan Chang led an army of 50,000, avoiding Chu Shizhao's heavy troops in Qingzhou and Beiping, and went straight to Kaifeng, Henan. Luoyang, which Chu Shizhao had just conquered, fell into the chaos of war.]

Chu Shizhao used the Mongols to fight the Mongols, and Temujin used the Zhou people to fight the Zhou people.

When the two sides fought to this point, they were no longer competing in national strength or the quality of their armies, but even in the personal charm of their monarchs.

Duan Chang, who defected to Temujin, and Chu Yuan, who defected to Chu Shizhao, both had reasons to fight.

The former knew very well that Chu Shizhao had a close relationship with the Huan family, and could not tolerate the growth of powerful families in the local area. In terms of relationship, Duan Chang had no way to retreat, and in terms of status, Duan Chang also had to protect his own interests. Temujin gave Duan Chang unlimited power in Liangzhou to help the Mongols collect taxes, and he could also secretly take a lot for himself. This kind of power and status was overflowing.

How could Duan Chang not defend till death!

Chu Yuan and Temujin had a paternal grudge. The Khan throne that Temujin took away was not only the Great Khan position of Chu Yuan's father, but also his own Khan throne. In addition, Temujin was a murderer and almost killed all the Mongolian royal family members of Wang Khan's lineage.

With such a deep blood feud, it is no longer a question of interests.

To some extent, Chu Yuan may be more loyal than Wang Shouyi.

Without Chu Shizhao, he is completely a lost dog, without even a home. Chu Yuan can only cling to Chu Shizhao to survive. This is the true reality.

He can never go back to the grassland.

The entire clan's status and position were destroyed by Temujin alone. Due to such hatred, Chu Yuan fought every battle with the determination to die.

[In May of the 13th year of Shengwu, Yang Yanchao followed Chu Shizhao's instructions and went to assist Kaifeng, Henan. Han Gu performed brilliantly on the way to the enemy Temujin, and performed miraculous effects in the defensive battle, repelling several attacks by the Mongols.]

[In June of the 13th year of Shengwu, Lan Shu led a large army in the Beiping area to attack Datong City. During this battle, thunder bombs destroyed the Mongols' city defenses in Datong City.]

[Lan Shu captured Datong City, and with the support of the people of Datong, he hung up the flag of Dajing overnight.]

[The people of Datong were eager to see Jing, and with Lan Shu's recruitment of soldiers, 10,000 young and strong men immediately joined the army of the Dajing Dynasty.]

[In July of the 13th year of Shengwu, the Thunderbolt once again played a miraculous role. The main defense forces of the Mongols in these cities were the powerful families that surrendered to the Zhou people, and these powerful families of the Zhou who were entrenched had never seen firearms like the Thunderbolt.]

[The city defenses were breached in an instant, and Lan Shu took advantage of the situation to capture Jinyang again.]

[This made Temujin eager to know what kind of weapon the Thunder Bomb was. ]

Chu Shizhao sneered.

This is a weapon that can make the people of the grassland sing and dance.

Huan Yi on the side widened his eyes.

She had thought the situation would remain stalemate for a long time, but suddenly Chu Shizhao took out a weapon she had never seen before and reversed the situation in an instant!
(End of this chapter)