Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Hearing this, Rukredin was speechless. It would be strange if it was not aimed at us. You showed us this weapon on purpose.

If I don't surrender, this weapon will fall on my head, right? God bless the Mongols, why do they have such a terrifying weapon? This kind of weapon should not appear in the world!
"Since you have surrendered, I will also tell you about the rules of our Daqian Empire. First, you need to understand one thing.

We are not the Mongol Empire, although there are a large number of Mongolian soldiers in my army, we are not the Mongol Empire, our name is the Daqian Empire, you must remember this, Mongolia is only a part of the Daqian Empire. "Zhang Dingxia said.

He had to make this point clear in advance, lest this barbarian from the West mistake the Daqian Empire for Mongolia. His previous words did not matter.

After all, we are enemies. But now that you are willing to accept my rule, you should at least know your master's surname and name.

Zhang Dingxia first said this sentence in Chinese, and then explained the meaning of Qian to Prince Rukreddin in Persian, saying that Qian represents heaven, so you can also call me the Celestial Empire.

"I know the great second prince of the Daqian Empire. I know who I am loyal to. Although there are many Mongolian soldiers involved this time, your name is the Daqian Empire." Rukledin nodded and said.

"Very good, it's enough for you to understand this! In the future, remember who you chose. In the future, I will be the monarch of Khwarezm and this land.

Remember, you can't call me Sultan but Your Majesty, understand?" Zhang Dingxia looked at Ruklaidin and said.

Now he has been enthroned by his father as the King of Khwarezm, the monarch of a vassal state of the Daqian Empire.

In the future, the land of Assassins will also be their own territory. Therefore, Rukreddin is different from those Han soldiers and Mongolian soldiers. He wants to call himself a monarch and must honor himself with "Your Majesty".

You cannot be called Sultan, do you still want to be a powerful Caliph? This is against the rules of this land.

However, Rukledin did not say this, but bowed to Zhang Dingxia and called him "Your Majesty".

"Very good, I won't touch the property of your nobles, don't worry!

I am not someone who is so short of money, and I am not willing to rob my own property. From now on, you just need to give me 10% of the tax you pay every year." Zhang Dingxia said.

In the eyes of others, the Assassins may be very rich and possess unimaginable wealth, but to himself, he really looks down on it.

If it was the palace in Baghdad, that was fine, but as for the small place of Assassin, forget it! He would not do such a thing as robbing other people's property.

"Thank you for your magnanimity, great monarch, my Majesty. The people of this land and my land will be grateful for your kindness." Rukreddin immediately said with great joy.

"Don't be in a hurry to thank me. Let me ask you, how many troops can you gather now?" Zhang Dingxia asked.

"Your Majesty, we can now gather an assassin army of about 20,000 people and an army of more than 20,000 servants." Rukreddin answered very carefully.

“Very good, you will lead 10,000 assassins and 10,000 ordinary troops, plus the 15,000 troops I captured.

A total of 35,000 troops will join me in the Western Expedition and attack towards Baghdad." Zhang Dingxia said.

The more cannon fodder the army has, the better! The Abbasid dynasty of the Caliphate has stood on this land for five or six hundred years, which is considered a super long-lived dynasty.

To deal with such a powerful country, some ordinary troops are naturally needed, and Zhang Dingxia also wants to weaken the Assassins' military strength in disguise.

For an ordinary assassin organization, why do you need so many troops? Why do you train so many assassins?
"Your Majesty, if you issue an order, I will definitely participate and follow you into battle.

But I want to remind you that Baghdad is an extremely sacred land for these Central Asian countries, and the Caliph has an unimaginable status in this land. "Rukreddin said.

Attacking Baghdad is not just talk. This matter will involve many things, the interests of many people, and the issue of faith in this land.

"This is my business, you don't need to worry about it. You just need to do your own thing and prepare your army." Zhang Dingxia snorted coldly and said.

In the next few days, the Western Expedition Army began to receive the entire Assassin organization, and Zhang Dingxia ordered all the innocent girls who were seeking semen in that paradise-like cave to be released.

Before these women were released, Zhang Dingxia selected two women with good looks and included them in his harem.

To rule this land, one must naturally have his own bloodline. This is what his father told him. A single bloodline cannot maintain the prosperity of the dynasty.

In the following military operations, Zhang Dingxia divided his troops and launched an attack, first capturing the cities of Habsha, Tumwanlama, and Danishapur.

After occupying the capital, the Western Expedition Army spent more than two months gradually breaking through all the territories of the Muqiyi Kingdom. During this period, Zhang Dingxia strictly implemented the previous strategy of the Mongolian army.

For the cities that surrendered, the emperor would forgive their past mistakes, collect half of their future taxes, and install a local person as governor to govern the city.

As for the cities that resisted to the end, such as Lanmasar and Aramuz, these two big cities directly carried out bloody massacres, leaving no one alive in the city.

If the massacre was not carried out to deter the local people, then the rear of this Western Expedition would be a huge problem, so these hidden dangers must be eliminated.

After conquering the Mumu Kingdom, the Western Expedition Army officially set foot on the land of the Abbasid Dynasty and faced the holy city of Baghdad on this land.

"This city is a bit similar to the Western Zhou Dynasty in our Central Plains. During its most prosperous period, it even defeated the army of the Tang Empire." Guo Kan said.

The Abbasid Dynasty was very powerful, but now it is just on the decline. The land once controlled by the Abbasid Dynasty even extended to the entire Khwarezmian territory and reached the direction of Western Liao.

But hundreds of years have passed, and the current Abbasid Dynasty has only retreated to the city of Baghdad, some nearby areas, and Kemanshah.

Although the Ayyubid Caliphate, the Rum Sultanate, and the Mamluks of Egypt were nominally affiliated with the Abbasid Caliphate, they actually no longer trusted the dynasty and even disobeyed its orders.

During this period, the Roman Sultanate was also at war with the Eastern Roman Empire, and the Eastern Roman Empire was nominally an ally of itself and others, so the Eastern Roman Empire would also contain the Rum Sultanate.

"According to the spies' reports, Baghdad does not have too many troops. Including some servants, the army is only about 100,000 people. They can't be our opponent at all." Hulagu said.

After defeating the Assassins, Zhang Dingxia privately promised Hulagu that he would allocate him a portion of land in the future so that he could establish his own Khanate here.

"This time, in addition to recruiting a part of the vassal army locally, the Western troops will also come to help attack the Abbasid Dynasty." Zhang Dingxia said.

Not long ago, the envoy sent by his brother Zhang Dingguan also arrived in Junjun and told him about the situation in the West. The war in Western Europe had come to an end.

His brother had successfully destroyed the old aristocratic forces in the Kingdom of Hungary and reached a cooperation with the contemporary Pope Innocent IV.

Some Crusader states, such as the Principality of Antioch and the Kingdom of Jerusalem, would send their remaining troops to join their own armies and then initiate war.

"Then let's wait for these Crusader states to join us. My brother said that the Western army has already arrived by ship." Zhang Dingxia said. After Zhang Dingxia led his army into the land of the Abbasid Dynasty, some Crusader states also received orders from Pope Innocent IV at the same time.

In the city of Alan in the Principality of Antioch, some forces from the Crusader states also began to gather in the city to discuss the matter of the Daqian Empire sending the Mongolian army to the west.

The Crusader states have had a hard time these years. Since the fall of Jerusalem, they have only been able to retain a small piece of land in this area.

The last time was about ten years ago, when the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II led his army here, which made them proud once, and even occupied the holy city of Jerusalem for a period of time. However, with the end of the Crusades.

When Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II returned, the pagans regained control of the holy city of Jerusalem and drove out the Christians.

They returned to the days of suffering. Over the years, they had been waiting for the legendary restoration of the country, waiting for the new pope to send reinforcements to attack these pagans and organize a new Crusade.

The last time King Louis of France went on a crusade, the target was not their land, but Egypt. Even if they wanted to help, it was out of reach, after all, they were having difficulty defending now.

And the result was as they expected: the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt.

It was actually under the leadership of a woman that the arrogant French king was defeated and thousands of Crusaders were forced to change their beliefs.

This was a major blow to the Catholic countries. Only a few years had passed, and they had received news that a new crusade was being formed. The Pope also sent people to convey orders, asking them to temporarily assist the expeditionary force in the East in attacking the pagans.

In response to this, some Crusaders were overjoyed and felt that victory was just around the corner, but some other Crusaders did not remain optimistic and instead felt that the Pope's actions this time were extremely stupid.

“Why would the Pope give such an order? The Mongols are just like the pagans, they are killing the people of God.

Before the massacre of the people of God, the Pope excommunicated King John, but now we are going to join his army, and his son's army." A general from a Crusader country said.

In their eyes, the Mongol Empire in the East, or the current Daqian Empire, was not much different from those pagans, and was even more dangerous than those pagans.

They had been fighting the pagans for so many years, even attacking the Persian Empire since the time of Alexander the Great.

The conflict between the two sides even lasted for more than two thousand years.

In the ancient Greek period, the Persian Empire had launched an invasion war on European lands. At that time, the feud between the two sides had already been formed, and then Alexander's Eastern Expedition took place.

The powerful Alexander the Great defeated the arrogant Persian Empire and even reached the land of India. It is rumored that he also reached the east and defeated a man named Duke Mu of Qin.

(This is purely a fabrication of Western historians. It is an indisputable fact that Alexander defeated the Persians, but whether he reached India or not is another matter.

They even only penetrated deep into the territory of the Delhi Sultanate and then withdrew. There is a copy of it preserved in the British Museum, which says that they reached China.

He even met Duke Mu of Qin, but Western historians did not know about it. They could fabricate Indian history, but not Eastern history.

Because the Chinese have the habit of recording history, if Alexander really came to the East, he would have to cross the endless desert, and even if he really came, he would probably be beaten by the Qin State at that time.)
But the good times did not last long. The empire established by Alexander collapsed in just a few years and split into several countries, and finally the Roman Empire was established.

They occupied Egypt again and again, and as time went on, these pagans actually used the name of God to fabricate a so-called Allah, which was something that they, the Christians, absolutely could not accept.

Thus, several long Crusades began. In just over 100 years, they launched several crusades, but the fragmented European countries were no longer able to repeat the feat of Alexander the Great of the Roman Empire.

"The leader from the East is also the son of King John, and now King John has been restored to Catholicism. He is now a Catholic brother. As long as he does not believe in the God of those pagans, he is our brother. We should seize this opportunity and fight together." Another Crusader general said.

Their conditions were already extremely difficult, and the sudden appearance of reinforcements at this time was a great boon for them. They had to make use of it.

As for the leader of this army, who is he? Does he believe in Catholicism? Does he believe in God?

These issues are actually not that important, not to mention that the person leading the army this time nominally claims to be the son of King John.

Since he called himself King John, it meant that he was their Christian brother. The only difference was the Orthodox Church, which they could accept.

"You're right. We should join this Western Expedition, cooperate with the Crusaders in the East, and join them to attack Baghdad. This is a good opportunity to wipe out the pagans in one fell swoop and completely eliminate them." Another Crusader general spoke up.

All the Crusaders had been waiting for this day for hundreds of years, since this heretical religion had been an insult to their Christianity since its establishment.

Because it is recorded in the Quran, the most important scripture of YSL, that Jesus, the Son of God they believe in, is not the Son of God at all.

He was just an ordinary prophet, and his status was far inferior to their great prophets, but this sect still borrowed some things from the Old and New Testaments of the Christian Bible.

For example, the angel Gabriel. So to a certain extent, this Allah is God. This is the most irreconcilable contradiction between the two religions and also the ultimate contradiction.

“Even if we are enemies, that was in the past. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Now that they are attacking this land, we must seize this only opportunity.

Our Principality of Antioch is now the only Crusader state that still maintains its intact territory, and the Kingdom of Jerusalem now only maintains a small city stronghold." A Crusader general said.

Even if the Eastern countries will become enemies in the future, the distance between the two sides is too far. As long as a buffer zone is established, everything will be easy. Moreover, the Eastern countries do not prohibit their Catholics from preaching in the past.

"We should obey the Pope's orders, accept the arrangements of this Eastern monarch and join his army." said an archbishop who was sent by Pope Innocent IV.

He came here from Europe specifically because he was afraid that the generals of the Crusader states would not obey the Pope's arrangements.

"But the Pope's previous order told us not to trust this army at all." Another Crusader general snorted coldly.

“That’s because there was a little misunderstanding earlier, you Orthodox guys.

Alexander Nevsky conveyed false news to the whole of Europe that the Mongol army had no intention of attacking Europe again.

His intention was just to deal with the Rus region, but he shamefully deceived some Nordic countries, leading to violent conflicts between these countries and Mongolia. Fortunately, these conflicts were finally mediated.

This time, His Holiness the Pope will also organize a new Crusade in Europe, and will soon launch a full-scale crusade to the East. Soon, a vanguard composed of Hungarians and the Eastern Roman Empire will arrive here to assist us. "The Archbishop, the envoy of Pope Innocent IV, spoke.

"Even if we don't believe in the Eastern monarch, we should believe in His Holiness the Pope, right?" said a Crusader general.

"Okay! Then we will join the Western Expedition this time." (End of this chapter)