Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2720 The Tang Dynasty is Alone, Its Foundation is About to Collapse

Li Shimin eagerly awaited news from the grasslands, but the grasslands had only recently received the news themselves.

After all, if we're talking about it, even though Li Mu could march into the inner city next, this battle, starting from Li Mu's surprise attack on Lelang, has only been going on for about three months.

Three months was enough time for the Manchus to receive the news, but the Yuan Mongols had only just received it.

After all, the Li Tang dynasty was indeed quite far from the Yuan Mongol side.

Although the Qing Dynasty received the news a little faster, if the Yuan Mongols didn't take action, why would their small vassal state be willing to make the first move?

On the border of Youzhou, while Xue Rengui was sending troops to attack Li Tang, he still left behind a large number of soldiers, and Wu Qi, the governor of Youzhou, was still there watching over them!
Moreover, given the strength of the Manchu Qing dynasty, they did not support them in confronting the Great Jin dynasty.

In short, for Xuan Ye (Emperor Kangxi), it was impossible for the Manchus to take the initiative before the Yuan Mongols made their move. Being a weak nation, they could only follow behind and cheer.

Their opportunity to develop will come when both Yuan and Jin are severely weakened. Until then, they should focus on conserving their strength and building up their power.

Meanwhile, at this time, Emperor Xuan Ye of the Qing Dynasty had completely shaken off the puppet emperor and ascended to the throne.

In the past year or two, the Qing Dynasty has been quite lively internally. Or rather, in the past year or two, they have been the most active of all the various factions, second only to the Kushans.

Regardless of the current situation on the grasslands, the Manchu Qing dynasty amassed a great deal of benefits during the war against the Tuoba Wei dynasty, resulting in a significant increase in its own strength.

Since Nurhaci's death, Huang Taiji and Dorgon have been embroiled in internal strife, and even split at one point, leading to a continuous decline in the Qing Dynasty's national strength in recent years.

Xuan Ye's war resulted in the loss of a large amount of grassland from the Tuoba Wei, reversing the downward trend of the Qing Dynasty and revitalizing its long-standing decline.

In the face of subsequent threats from the Yuan and Mongol dynasties, although the Qing dynasty surrendered itself to the Mongol vassal state, it had to admit that this allowed the Qing dynasty to survive temporarily next to the Yuan and Mongol.

Although the Yuan Mongols could agree to this at the time, it was essentially because they considered the situation of the Tang Dynasty and the Li Tang Dynasty, and thus they compromised and did not want to waste any more time with the Manchus.

But whatever the reason, the final result cannot be changed.

Riding the wave of his great victory and the achievement of acquiring vast tracts of grassland, Xuan Ye's influence within the Qing Dynasty increased significantly. In the following year, he gradually eliminated his political enemies, especially the royalist party led by Ao Bai.

These former staunch loyalists of Huang Taiji once became the biggest obstacle to Xuan Ye's ascension to the throne.

It was under these circumstances that Xuan Ye finally had enough qualifications to ascend the throne and become the fourth emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

The Manchu Qing dynasty on the grasslands, after the eras of Nurhaci, Huang Taiji, and the puppet emperor era led by Xuan Ye and his princes, has finally arrived at an era that truly belongs to Xuan Ye himself.

Because he had laid a solid foundation before taking office, he was opposed by his political enemies and only assumed this position after gaining control of the military and political power.

It was precisely because of this that Xuan Ye truly seized all power in the Qing Dynasty as soon as he ascended to the throne.

Caught between two great empires, he understood all too well that survival in such a precarious situation required utmost vigilance and caution. For years, he had been closely monitoring the situation in the Great Jin and Great Yuan empires, and he knew all too well that war between these two powers was imminent!
If these two great empires don't go to war, the Qing Dynasty will have no chance!
At this time, Kublai Khan, the leader of the Yuan Dynasty, truly dared not easily allow his forces to leave the royal court.

This time, Temujin's illness was truly different from the previous ones.

This has cast a shadow over the hearts of many people on the grasslands.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that a very small number of people might secretly be pleased.

Although there had been several reports of Temujin's serious illness in the past, it never lasted long, at most only a month, before Temujin recovered again, as if his previous illness was just an illusion.

This time, almost three months have passed, but Temujin's condition has not only not improved, but has even begun to deteriorate further.

Especially in the last two weeks, she has hardly eaten anything and can only be fed some liquid food by the palace servants.

Under these circumstances, how could he dare to let his forces leave the royal court? He didn't need guarantees that if something were to happen to Temujin, he would have enough power to complete the transfer of power within the Yuan Dynasty.

As for the power of the four Khanates in the west, they were the ones he was most wary of. Three of those four Khanates were his own, and the blood of the Borjigin family flowed in their veins.

In matters like this, one must be more wary of family members than outsiders.

Not to mention, after two years of great war, the Kushan Empire's war has entered a white-hot stage, and the war there is mainly being handled by the four western khanates.

Furthermore, if they wanted to support Li Tang, this distance was the farthest among all the original tribes.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for the military forces of the major khanates in the west to be mobilized.

As for the three khanates in the east, the Tuoba Khanate is newly annexed and its rule is not yet stable, so it should not be touched lightly.

The grasslands allocated to Muqali and the Murong Khanate were located north of Bingzhou and Liangzhou. The primary function of these two khanates was to serve as the first line of defense for the royal court.

Instead of sending troops to support Li Tang, it would be more effective to send them south to attack the homeland of Jin. That would likely be more helpful to Li Tang.

However, if that were to be done, it would be tantamount to launching a full-scale war against Jin and Yuan.

The Jin Dynasty was not adequately prepared for the full-scale war against the Yuan Dynasty, but was the Yuan Dynasty adequately prepared?
Therefore, this path is also not feasible!
No ruler would risk his own interests for the sake of others.

Therefore, although the Yuan and Mongol forces had just received the news not long ago, they were still constrained in many ways due to the influence of both internal and external environments.

For various reasons, the Tang dynasty was powerless to address its predicament at this time.

Therefore, Li Shimin has been waiting for the grasslands to break the deadlock, but he fears he won't be able to do so in the short term.