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Chapter 163: When the gods fight, the small country suffers

The miraculous effect of the thunder bomb was indeed a turning point in the fierce war between the two sides, but Chu Shizhao still did not regard it as a charge to victory.

Weapons like this are very effective the first time they are used, and you will inevitably find ways to deal with them later.

War is a process of mutual study.

Chu Shizhao used it at this time in order to take over the strategic location of Jinyang.

For Chu Shizhao, exposing weapons like the Thunder Bomb and obtaining the ownership of the land in Jinyang is already worth it.

Moreover, Chu Shizhao is very stable.

After he conquered Jinyang, he would not advance further, as he was well aware that there was a huge gap between his own advancement capabilities and those of the Mongols.

Chu Shizhao tacitly agreed to fight against the peak Mongolia.

If Chu Shizhao was like Zhu Yuanzhang and encountered the declining Mongols, he would not have to fight so conservatively.

The problem is that Mongolia is in its rising period, and Chu Shizhao's attempt to win by field battle would be the most difficult.

[In August of the 13th year of Shengwu, the aristocratic families in Sichuan and Shu secretly seduced and induced Wang Shouyi to establish himself in Chengdu.]

【Since Chu Shizhao came to power, he has learned the lesson of the previous dynasty where the nobles and powerful families held the emperor hostage and were tyrannical. Therefore, he has been strengthening centralization, suppressing annexation, implementing local decisions, rectifying the administration of officials, reusing poor scholars of low birth, revitalizing education, and sending envoys to visit the people many times to understand their sufferings. He has reduced taxes and levies, abolished harsh laws, and significantly improved social conditions.】

[The Sichuan and Shu nobles believed that they had made great contributions and resisted the Mongols' repeated attacks on the Chengdu front line, but such achievements still failed to gain the attention of Chu Shizhao, and could not stop Chu Shizhao's determination to suppress land annexation, so they had the idea of ​​changing their appearance. ]

[They believed that the Mongols were eager for revenge, and after successfully resisting many times, they turned to the Mongols, fearing revenge. In addition, Wang Shouyi was guarding Chengdu, so if they wanted to serve the Mongols, their first task was to incite Wang Shouyi to rebel, or to start an uprising to overthrow the local governor Wang Shouyi.]

[The Mongol Yuan Dynasty is now in decline. Since they are from the Central Plains, why should they surrender to a foreign race?]

[Qiao Huo, a Sichuan strategist, analyzed the pros and cons for Wang Shouyi. They told Wang Shouyi that Chu Shizhao was fighting the Mongols, and the two armies had been at odds for a long time, so neither side could do anything to the other for a while.]

[Sichuan is a place that has its own natural defenses and can defend itself without change. ]

[In order to deal with Chu Shizhao, if the general declared himself emperor, the Mongol Yuan Dynasty would not focus on capturing the general, and the two weak would naturally fight against the strong.]

[This world, those who have the will will take it, the general has both virtue and ability, it is not impossible for him to unify the country. ]

【Wang Shouyi looked at the situation and realized the importance of this place. He also knew that if he established himself in Chengdu, the Mongol Yuan Dynasty would not bother him again and would form an alliance to fight against Chu Shizhao.】

[But the problem is that the situation is indeed a good opportunity to take advantage of, but the Sichuan and Shu advisers put forward suggestions, and in the end it was he who was labeled as a traitor.]

[Moreover, since ancient times, the king's teacher has a name. If he betrays his master, how can he be called the king's teacher in name?]

[In September of the 13th year of Shengwu, Wang Ningjun, who followed Wang Shouyi to Chengdu, found his younger brother Wang Cunhao.]

[She used both reason and emotion to explain to Wang Cunhao the critical situation of the current situation.]

[I hope Wang Cunhao can persuade his father not to fall into the trap of the treacherous man and put himself in a dangerous situation.]

Of course Wang Ningjun was anxious.

With so many simulation memories, it is almost impossible for a person to not grow at all.

She had followed her father Wang Shouyi in many uprisings, experienced countless affairs, both big and small, suffered defeats and won battles. How could she not know what these big families were thinking?
They persuaded their father to rebel against Chu Shizhao. It seemed that they were considering their father's interests in every way, but in fact they were protecting their own interests.

Now they promise everything to their father and cooperate with him in every possible way. They give their father whatever he wants and do whatever he wants. They act like a king and his subjects, like a small imperial court.

The problem is, they can only maintain such a friendly attitude when they need help from their father.

On the other hand, when your father asks them for help, can you still expect these people to continue to keep a low profile?

More importantly, Chu Shizhao paid great attention to the etiquette between the monarch and his subjects.

Chu Shizhao did not ask the generals who were away to leave hostages behind. As a lesson for his father, there was a case where the rebels persuaded his father to establish independence, but Chu Shizhao did not pursue it. If they really listened to the words of these big families and rebelled now, they would be ruined.

Moreover, Wang Ningjun could guarantee that there would be no possibility of victory if they followed the rebellion of the great families in Sichuan and Shu this time.

What is your father’s background and who is he?
In the eyes of these people, isn't he just a beggar?

There was no one supporting them locally, and most of the troops under Wang Shouyi were organized into rebel forces. What pretext could they use to rebel against Chu Shizhao?

Reverse the situation?

Isn't this nonsense? !
Anyone with a bit of political foresight knows that without a solid foundation, it is impossible to succeed in becoming independent. Wang Ningjun was afraid that his father would be carried away by the support of the great families in Sichuan and Shu and would really regard himself as his destiny.

She only hated that she was a girl and her words had no weight, so Wang Ningjun found her younger brother Wang Cunhao and asked him to persuade his father.

Wang Ningjun has already figured out the key pros and cons of this.

[In the same month, Wang Cunhao thought what you said made sense, and immediately advised his father Wang Shouyi not to fall for the evil plot of these evil parties.]

[Wang Shouyi was moved by the extravagant words of the Sichuan clan, but after Wang Cunhao's reminder, he woke up and immediately realized the seriousness of the problem.]

[The military power he relied on all came from the rebel army. Most of the soldiers here supported Chu Shizhao, and their families were all in the south.]

How to be independent?

[Once they become independent, what will these soldiers think? ]

[Do they regard their wives and children as nothing? ]

[Furthermore, this is the base of the Sichuan and Shu clans. Once Wang Shouyi becomes independent, he will cut off his ties with the south and it will be difficult for him to get support from the court. Then, he will have to look at the faces of the Sichuan and Shu clans.]

[He could have been superior to these people, but he ended up being controlled by them. This was unwise.]

[In October of the 13th year of Shengwu, Wang Shouyi ostensibly appeased these great clans, saying that he would wait for the right time and work with them sooner or later to achieve a great cause, and the destiny of the uprising was precisely to overthrow the Jing Dynasty and restore the Zhou Dynasty.]

[Secretly, Wang Shouyi ordered Wang Cunhao to reorganize the army and be ready to take down the big clans in the southwest who were causing chaos.] [In November of the 13th year of Shengwu, Qiao Huo's plot was discovered by Wang Shouyi. Wang Shouyi purged the big clans in Sichuan and Shu and removed most of the officials who had different intentions, which plunged Chengdu into chaos.]

[Without the support and governance of the great families of Sichuan and Shu, Chengdu's politics were almost paralyzed. For this reason, Wang Shouyi had to prioritize controlling local stability, which left a huge gap in the southwest defense line, making it difficult to flank and resist Mongolia.]

【Since the founding of the Kingdom of Dajing, the royal family has been living in seclusion and facing threats from the north from time to time. Chu Shizhao has launched several northern expeditions, but he has never been able to pacify the Five Barbarians and Seven Kingdoms. Instead, the Mongolian royal court has swept away the other barbarians one by one.】

[This is the closest Chu Shizhao has ever been to expelling the Hu Lu, and he has launched another offensive in Jinyang. ]

[This time, Chu Shizhao failed again. The Mongols realized the huge advantage of thunder bombs in attacking cities, so they no longer defended the city and waited for death, but directly changed their defensive thinking. ]

[They went out of the city to take the initiative to fight. Before the Dajing Dynasty had deployed its siege equipment, they began to encircle and kill the Dajing Dynasty's army. With the help of their mobility and superb skills in horse archery, even though the Dajing Dynasty's heavy infantry had excellent protective gear, they had no ability to pursue the enemy and could only passively defend.]

[Chu Shizhao could not bear to see his troops suffer unnecessary losses in such a place. In a battle like this where they could only run and not chase, all he could do was order his troops to retreat and reduce losses.]

[In February of the fourteenth year of Shengwu, Chu Yuan again requested Chu Shizhao to allow him to go to the grassland to gather Wang Khan's old subordinates.]

[Many people advised Chu Shizhao not to let Chu Yuan escape easily, as this would create another serious threat.]

[Chu Yuan felt greatly wronged. He knelt down in front of Chu Shizhao and expressed his grievances. He cried and denounced that his father's family had been exterminated by Temujin. If he did not avenge this, he would die with regret.]

[In the current situation, Chu Shizhao knew the importance of the cavalry. Instead of being suspicious, it was better to give him a try. Chu Shizhao agreed to Chu Yuan going to the grassland to gather Wang Khan's old subordinates.]

[In April of the fourteenth year of Shengwu, Chu Yuan returned to Jinyang with more than 5,000 Mongolian cavalry.]

[In May of the 14th year of Shengwu, after Temujin suffered a defeat on the front line of the Central Plains Dynasty, he learned that Batu's son had gone to the grassland to gather his old subordinates. He was quite angry, so he asked his son to go to the grassland to conquer those tribes that did not obey the Mongolian royal court.]

[In June of the fourteenth year of Shengwu, most of the tribes on the grasslands that had objections to the Mongol Yuan court were subdued by Temujin. Some of the Hu people who wanted to maintain their tribe were killed on the spot by Temujin, leaving only children who were not tall enough to fit into the chariot.]

[The sons that Temujin let go soon came into conflict with Khwarezm in the west.]

[In order to ensure economic vitality and make up for the needs of the war, the Mongol court opened up to foreign trade and had economic trade relations with many countries, Khwarezm was one of them. However, Khwarezm saw the long-term confrontation between the Mongol court and the Great Jing Dynasty and knew the difficulties of the Mongol court, so it secretly controlled the prices of goods, hoping to take advantage of the situation. ]

[This was something the Mongols could not tolerate. Temujin was furious and sent troops to Khwarezm, but unexpectedly discovered that the enemy seemed powerful but was actually vulnerable.]

[In August of the fourteenth year of Shengwu, within just two months, Khwarezm was destroyed by the troops of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, which made Temujin extremely surprised at his own strength.]

[In September of the 14th year of Shengwu, when Temujin realized that the Central Plains dynasty was too difficult to deal with, the strategic goals of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty gradually shifted. The Mongols needed to fight to support the war for a long time to activate the will of the army, thus forming a compound interest effect.]

[The nine years of fierce fighting between the Great Jing Dynasty and the Mongol Yuan Dynasty caused heavy losses to the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, and many people's fighting spirit was depressed. In the absence of any way to obtain spoils of war, Temujin's prestige was also questioned. However, the battle of Khwarezm restored the Mongols' confidence, and Temujin once again rebuilt his prestige in the Mongol Yuan Dynasty. ]

[In October of the 14th year of Shengwu, Temujin established a Mongol-style royal court in Khwarezm, collecting taxes here in the form of a tax farming system to feed his own army. The war in the Central Plains Dynasty was not going well, so Temujin selectively divided his troops and continued to attack other places in the west. ]

[As long as there are other countries in the west, and other lands to plunder, and we can still defeat them, we will keep fighting.]

[In November of the 14th year of Shengwu, Temujin defeated the Russian coalition forces. At that time, the people in the west were in mourning after being brutally suppressed and fiercely attacked by the Mongols. They called Temujin the "scourge of God". In a short period of time, Temujin caused the displacement and even death of millions of people.]

[In December of the 14th year of Shengwu, Temujin, who had won in the west, attempted to counterattack the Dajing Dynasty. He deployed his front and decided to start from Jinyang, Datong, Beiping and other places again. After taking the initiative to attack, Temujin failed in Jinyang, and Zhentianlei showed amazing counterattack ability in defense. ]

[Chu Shizhao advocated defending the city. When the strength was weak, he did not dwell on winning in the field. Instead, he used his strong logistics and food reserves to fight against the Mongols. However, the Mongols lacked the ability to fight for a long time. Once they suffered losses, they would retreat. It was impossible for them to fight Chu Shizhao to the end.]

【So Chu Shizhao relied on his well-trained army to attack the Mongolian siege troops within a limited range under the city, relying on the cover from the city walls to attack the Mongolian siege troops, perfectly combining defense of the city with defense of the wild. The Mongolian siege was met with bombings of thunder bombs, and the soldiers on the top of the city walls fought to the death. Since the horses could not climb the city walls, the Mongolians could do nothing to Chu Shizhao's city defense troops.】

[In January of the fifteenth year of Shengwu, Temujin hoped to ease bilateral relations and signed an alliance with Chu Shizhao, sincerely hoping to achieve a non-aggression alliance.]

【Chu Shizhao sternly rejected the offer because the Mongols were brutal, slaughtered many cities of the Dajing Dynasty, and occupied the former capital.】

[If you want an alliance, then you must hand over the land that originally belonged to the Dajing Dynasty. In addition, you must also hand over those Zhou generals and the Mongol generals who committed the crime of massacre on the territory of the Dajing Dynasty.]

[Faced with such a humiliating alliance treaty, Temujin refused. ]

The screen freezes.

Huan Yi initially thought that the Mongolian monarch Temujin was not good enough. After reading these words and watching the pictures, she suddenly realized that it was not that the person was not good enough, but that Chu Shizhao was really tough enough.

When attacking the countries in the west, Temujin simply pushed them down. Not only did he destroy Khwarezm in two months, he also continued to fight westwards, and even defeated a coalition of countries that Huan Yi did not recognize.

and then?
Such a powerful Mongolian cavalry was repeatedly defeated in the confrontation with Chu Shizhao, and was directly defeated by Temujin into silence, and even wanted to ask for an alliance.

It's not that Temujin was afraid, it's that he didn't get any positive benefits from fighting with Chu Shizhao. If he fought in other places, Temujin would make money, but fighting Chu Shizhao, he would not only make no profit but also lose money. The Mongolian royal court made money in the west and gave it away in the east.

All the war profits were given to Chu Shizhao.

Do you think it was unlucky for Temujin to meet Chu Shizhao?

Instead of wasting time like this, it is better to make peace. It will benefit both you and me.

Unfortunately, Temujin met Chu Shizhao, whose royal family was not at peace.

He continued to fight with Temujin to see who could outlast the other.

Such an intense confrontation made Huan Yi dare not miss any details.

Now the game between Chu Shizhao and Temujin is no longer a game between individual monarchs, but a game at the national level.

From diplomacy, domestic affairs, commerce, to agriculture, there are actually open and covert struggles everywhere, and the military is just an obvious effect on the surface.

The most terrifying thing is that when gods fight, small countries suffer.

Khwarezm and Goguryeo were among those that mixed in, and ended up like a stray dog ​​on the roadside, wanting to join the war to make a living, but were kicked to death.

The people who emerged from these small countries simply cannot compete with monarchs of this level.

No one is qualified to sit at the table!

(End of this chapter)