Qiming 1158

Chapter 1475 The intervention of the Gul Dynasty

Arslan was more than annoyed.

Because Ming's declaration of war was delivered before, let him wash his neck and prepare to die, Daming will never let him go.

The reason is that Alan used a knife to coerce Han Wei, the secretary of the Western Expedition Army of the Ming Dynasty, to ask him to hand over the kingdom of Sikara Khan to the kingdom of Khwarazm, causing Han Wei to be injured.

After Alan was arrested, he explained that Arslan forced him to do this, and he also captured his family members as a bargaining chip for threats.

Ming Emperor Su Yonglin was furious, and immediately ordered a crusade against Khwarizimo, vowing to make Khwarizmo and King Arslan pay the price.

Arslan, of course, knew nothing about this. He never expected that he would send someone to ask for land, but he returned to this ending.

He didn't know what happened between Alan and Han Wei, but he probably figured out the cause and effect of the incident based on the outcome of the incident.

There is a high probability that Alan could not achieve the result he wanted. In desperation, he decided to use the method of hostage to force Ming to agree to his conditions. The result was not only unsuccessful, but also turned the Khwarizm country from an ally into an enemy. Now it is necessary to crusade. .

So he denounced Alan's stupidity and uselessness, carried out a brutal genocide on Alan's family, and hung their bodies on the city tower to show his anger.

Anger is vented, but sadness has returned.

In the face of the powerful military threat of the Ming Kingdom, he was desperate and could not use any military force to fight against the Ming army.

In desperation, he could only choose the plan of asking for help from the emerging power of the Gul Dynasty in the south under the advice of his subordinates.

In order to ensure that the Gul Dynasty must intervene in this war, they also presented a temptation that they could not refuse no matter what.

Of course Arslan knew that this was going with tigers and dancing with wolves, but in order to survive, he had no choice.

Of course, with the level of secrecy in the Khwarizimo country that was as tight as the Maginot Line of Defense, what its high-level officials knew in the morning was completely learned by the Skynet Army secret agents in the afternoon, and then passed back to Daming.

Su Haisheng and others, who were preparing for the war around Hu Siyuan's ear, which was renamed Anxi City, quickly learned about this and expressed surprise.

While they quickly passed this matter to the Central Capital, they held a military meeting to discuss this matter, and finally came to the conclusion that they should be cautious.

All in all, first send a large number of military sentries to the border areas of the Gur Dynasty to investigate military intelligence, find out the number of troops, equipment and various types of arms of the Gur Dynasty, and actively inquire about some military-related matters in this country, etc. More information from Daming.

No matter how difficult it is, we must find a way to achieve the goal. The mission of the Skynet Army lies in this. In order to achieve the goal, it does not matter how much money we spend.

But to be honest, it is actually very difficult to find out the actual situation of the other country before the physical matchup these days.

Often when two countries start a war, they don't even have a rough understanding of each other, and it's hard to find someone who really understands each other.

During the Imjin Patriotic War in Korea, the Ming Empire had very little understanding of Japan, and even did not know the names of the leaders of the other side. According to some previous rumors, they believed that all the leaders of the other side had the surname [Ping], which was completely inaccurate. Learn about the Japanese chain of command.

Japan doesn't even know about Daming, otherwise there would not be the idea of ​​​​using North Korea as a springboard to swallow Daming. Toyotomi Hideyoshi even said that he would move the capital to Ningbo and move their emperor to Ningbo to live a comfortable life.

The two countries that are passionately fighting each other to death are completely unaware of each other's details and facts, and they don't even know much about the top leadership, which shows how difficult it is to collect intelligence.

That's why Sun Tzu said in the Art of War that "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles".

These days, being able to know oneself and the enemy is not the standard for war, but the top match for war, the kind that can no longer be topped, similar to the fully open map and God's perspective in computer games.

More than 90.00% of the wars in human history did not have this condition.

What is even more interesting is that the most important place for two unfamiliar countries to enhance mutual understanding, in addition to the commercial market, is the battlefield.

Such as the Western Han and Xiongnu.

Before that, Daming did not have any official contacts with the Gul Dynasty, and there was no official level of communication, and even commercial trade was not carried out directly, mainly relying on Erdao traffickers, two unfamiliar countries that had never been known.

But this did not prevent the two sides from going to war.

Su Haisheng and Han Wei cooperated closely and cooperated with each other, and then reported the specific information to Jiang Liangping, who was guarding Congling Mountain. If there was no problem with Jiang Liangping, it would be best to send someone to help the field or something.

Because the battlefield is too far away from Zhongdu, Su Yonglin gave Su Haisheng an important discretionary authorization, allowing him to flexibly exercise power according to emergencies.

Just involving a third country, this matter must be told to Su Yonglin, and then how to do it, so as not to delay the fighter.

The Ming army didn't plan to send out many troops for this battle, and thought that 2 people would be enough for Khwarizimo to kneel down and call Dad, but now that there is one more participant, 2 people may not be enough.

The Ming army has asked the king of the West Karakhan Kingdom, Mas Ud, to reorganize at least 2 horses to go out with the Ming army. Now he has decided to increase his troops to 3 and form a coalition of 5.

The main force of the Khwarizimo country was only abolished by the Western Liao Dynasty. In the short term, there will not be too many troops. Now the main thing is to see how many people can be gathered from the Gul Dynasty.

This will directly affect Daming's speculation on the strength of the Gul Dynasty, and it will also directly affect the size of Daming's future garrisoned troops in the two provinces of Anxi and Beiting.

Directly affected by the problems of food production and transportation, Daming could not maintain an army size of more than [-] in the Western Regions for a long time. With the stability of the two provinces, the troops of the Second Corps and the Sixth Corps are retreating in an orderly manner.

In the future, Daming's plan to garrison troops in the two major provinces of the Western Regions is actually based on settlements, because there are not many places where people can survive in the Western Regions, mainly oases, so whether Daming's garrisoned troops or traffic roads, it is all along the way. Oasis to build.

In this way, the vast areas of Anxi Province and Beiting Province will be uninhabited or less populated areas in the future. Naturally, there is no need for too many troops to stay and garrison. Now they are supported by marching troops and storing food, which costs a lot but also can be maintained.

In the future, once it enters a normal state, before the production and construction corps is established, the army with too large number will not be able to establish a foothold in the local area.

Therefore, Su Yonglin still intends to leave a small number of troops in Anxi Province and Beiting Province, and the Second Corps and the Sixth Corps will jointly undertake the garrison duties, instead of setting up a separate main corps to garrison, in order to reduce the military burden.

On this issue, Su Yonglin and the staff headquarters fully referred to the strategy of the Tang Dynasty, which was very successful in operating the Western Regions and Central Asia.

During the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, that is, during the Kaiyuan and Tianbao years, there were about 5000 regular troops stationed in the Western Regions, belonging to the Anxi Dufu and Beiting Duhu.

It seems that the number is scarce, but the territory is vast. More than 4 people control a vast territory of one million square kilometers, and it is difficult to achieve the goal.

Actually it is not.

In the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, it was definitely not an empty phrase that the country's prestige spread far and wide, and the name of Tian Khan was definitely not just a name.

Starting from Chang'an to Central Asia, many small countries and tribes that are not directly under the territory of their own countries but within the sphere of influence of Jixi have bowed their heads to the Tang Empire. In the event of an accident, they are obliged to send troops.

(End of this chapter)