After 40 to 50 years of management and expansion, Mongolia has become an empire that spans the Eurasian continent and covers an area of ​​more than 20 million square kilometers. Its territory is the largest in the world, far exceeding other empires.

If it weren't for Li Yongxuan's sudden appearance, the territory of the Mongol Empire would be even broader now.

Compared with its vast territory, the population of the Mongol Empire was pitifully small.

When Temujin unified all Mongolian tribes, the total population was less than one million.

Today, after 40 to 50 years of annexation and development, Mongolia's population has exceeded two million, and the population under its rule reaches tens of millions.

Facing the attack of the Kingdom of Heaven, Meng Gehan had to speed up the pace of cleansing the hostile forces and go all out to organize troops to respond.

Most of the Mongolian kings believed that if they did not cut the knot quickly at this time, when Mongolia and the Kingdom of Heaven went to war, those with different intentions would stab them in the back.

By then, Mongolia will face internal and external troubles, which will be even more unfavorable.

Of course, some people believe that the most important thing at the moment is to unite all Mongolian forces to deal with the Kingdom of Heaven. We should not purge hostile forces and kill each other at this critical moment, so as not to weaken Mongolia's strength.

There are different opinions on whether to fight against the outside world first or to secure the inside at home.

After a short discussion, Meng Ge decided to clean the interior first.

He wanted to take advantage of Hucha, Wulu, and the Liemen to assassinate him, and the news of the Kingdom of Heaven's attack on Mongolia had not yet spread, so as to clear out all the internal hostile forces with lightning speed.

Otherwise, if the news spreads, all the Mongolian kings will fight on their own, which will be even more disadvantageous.

Meng Ge imprisoned Hucha, Naohu and Shiliemen in the military camp, and ordered the purge of their accomplices in Mongolia, Junggar region and Turkestan.

Ogedai and Guiyou's important ministers Zhenhai, Heda and their colleagues were brought before Monggesar, the chief judge of Mengge, and they were declared guilty of instigating the rebellion of Naohu and Shiliemen.

was executed.

They are long-term retainers of the Ogedai clan and cannot change their allegiance.

Characters with lower status are reviewed and dealt with by the judges sent by Meng Ge to various parts of the empire.

This bloody purge was by no means limited to the Mongolian royal family and court officials, it also involved the heads of all affiliated countries.

Those who remained neutral or supported the Tolei faction were able to maintain their status, while those who expressed sympathy or supported the Ogedei faction were quickly eliminated.

It was discovered that Sarindi, the Vyguru, had formed an alliance with Haizhu. Yugulungchi, the brother and successor of Yiduhu, had expressed his loyalty to the Tuo Lei Department, so they sent Sarindi to the Tuo Lei Department according to Meng Ge's order.

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At the same time, there are many similar situations happening in various places.

In short, the power of the Ogedai and Chagatai clan kings was greatly weakened.

Li Yongxuan was speechless when he received the news.

The people of the Wo Kuotai and Gui You factions are not only stupid, but also scattered and weak. It is strange that they can defeat the powerful Meng Ge and others.

Originally, their strength was far inferior to Meng Ge and others, and they were scattered into three forces. How could they fight?

However, Hai Miao and He Da He Chi took the initiative to seek refuge in the Kingdom of Heaven, which was not without some use to Li Yongxuan.

They told Li Yongxuan everything they could to win over the Mongolian forces.

Li Yongxuan immediately asked them to contact various ministries and send people to deliver the message.

In order to convey it as quickly as possible, he specially teleported to northern South Asia and contacted some nearby forces.

Taking advantage of Mongolia's cleanup of civil strife, Li Yongxuan led his army to launch a massive attack on Mongolia.

Soon, the Heavenly Kingdom army occupied the sixteen Youyun states in the north, the Western Front occupied the hometown of Xixia, and the various Tubo tribes in the direction of Dali...

These places are not suitable for cavalry operations. What's more important is that Meng Ge wanted to clean up the inside first and then unite with the outside world, which was tantamount to voluntarily giving up some positions.

In the eyes of the Mongols, they don't care about the gains and losses of a city or a place at all. What they care about is strength.

The Mongolian army is flexible and powerful. It is mainly composed of Mongolian cavalry, and other servant armies are only auxiliary.

On the contrary, the army of the Kingdom of Heaven, in recent years, has relied on artillery and muskets, which have strong firepower and insufficient maneuverability.

In order to deal with the Mongolian army, Li Yongxuan not only trained a large number of war horses in Australia, he also made horseshoes and trained them with saddles and stirrups.

In just two years, the Kingdom of Heaven had 50,000 cavalry.

Although the Heavenly Kingdom cavalry could not fight head-on with the Mongolian cavalry, they were still capable of fighting. When combined with the artillery and muskets of the infantry, they were even more powerful.

Soon, Li Yongxuan received news from the front line that Meng Ge had purged the hostile forces within Mongolia and arranged for his two younger brothers Kublai Khan and Hulagu to lead the forces in the Central Plains and Western Regions to fight. He personally led the army to fight against the army of the Kingdom of Heaven.

He abolished the talismans, seals and zarihei that had been issued since the time of Genghis Khan to symbolize power. The purpose was to seize the resources of the empire from his opponents so that they could not continue to appropriate goods and labor without his permission.

Meng Ge strictly restricted the use of Zhanchi, that is, the post system. Kings, officials, religious dignitaries and Otuo merchants had long been accustomed to using Zhanchi to serve their personal needs. This hindered the use of the imperial post system and increased the number of

The civilian families assigned to maintain the inns already had a heavy burden.

Thereafter, only officially authorized individuals have the authority to use the system.

The power of each branch king is also closely monitored. If they do not negotiate with the imperial court, they are not allowed to arbitrarily summon and tax the people in their private territories.

Finally, Mongke established a unified and fixed system of tax assessment and collection throughout the empire.

Taking into account various preferential policies of the Kingdom of Heaven, he issued an order to resume economic production in the territories that had fallen under Mongol rule. Destruction and massacre on the battlefield should be kept to a minimum. Abandoned farmland and destroyed cities would not benefit the imperial treasury.

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The Mongols looted and massacred everywhere, which attracted too much hatred. Meng Ge believed that this was not conducive to Mongolian rule, so he wanted to carry out reforms.

The reason why he did this was not because of his uneasy conscience, but to reduce and adjust the burden on his subjects in order to obtain and control the resources needed for his expansion plan.

Meng Ge used the excuse of dealing with the Kingdom of Heaven's attack to unite the divided Mongolian ruling class, and used the excuse of needing supplies for the war to concentrate more power in the center to consolidate his position and power.

Facing the fierce attack from the Kingdom of Heaven, even those kings who were dissatisfied with Meng Ge had no reason to refuse to obey Meng Ge's arrangements.

Subsequently, Meng Ge deployed a large number of troops from all over Mongolia to weaken the Mongolian forces of the Ogootai faction and greatly strengthened his own strength.

In order to ensure that he received the supplies he needed for this war, Mongo requested a new and accurate national census.

This census was intended to identify and mobilize the empire's wealth and manpower for the war effort, listing livestock, orchards, raw materials, and people.

Regardless of the scope or rigor of the investigation, Meng Ge's statistical list far surpassed the previous achievements of Ogodei and Guyou.

Mengge sent members of the royal family to investigate and register all the information, which not only ensured the amount of tax revenue, but also enabled reasonable conscription for military service.

In order to cope with the Kingdom of Heaven's massive attack on Mongolia, he recruited troops from all over the country.

In less than two months, Meng Ge had raised an army worth millions.

In addition to the Mongolian and Turkic branches, it also includes various tribes such as Song people, Jin people, Xixia people, Koryo people, Uighurs, Persians, Armenians and Asos.

Meng Ge not only recruited a large number of servants, but also recruited many craftsmen with various skills, assigning them to work in the empire's weapons manufacturing department or mines, or serving in the military as a special unit.

He received detailed information that Li Yongxuan led a million-strong army of the Kingdom of Heaven to attack Mongolia in four directions, and had now occupied many territories in the Mongolian Empire.

Brother Meng is still not in a hurry. He has cleared out the hostile forces within Mongolia and can then free up his hands and feet to fight against the Kingdom of Heaven.

He put Batu in charge of the war in Central Asia and tried his best to deal with the hundreds of thousands of Heavenly Kingdom troops who sent troops from South Asia to march westward; he also asked Kublai Khan and Hulagu to lead their armies to deal with the Heavenly Kingdom's East Route Army and West Route Army respectively, and Meng Ge personally led them.

The main force dealt with the Tianguo Middle Route Army led by Li Yongxuan.

Although Brother Meng has never fought against the Kingdom of Heaven, he is no stranger to it at all.

Especially the Emperor of Heaven, Li Yongxuan first led the army to drive the Mongolian army out of the Central Plains, and then led the navy to conquer all the kingdoms in Southeast Asia, and also conquered the entire South Asian continent...

Li Yongxuan was a man of great talent, martial arts, and magic skills. Various rumors about him had long spread throughout the world.

Brother Meng was very afraid when he heard that Heavenly Kingdom's artillery was powerful. What he cared about most was that Li Yongxuan knew magic.

It is said that Li Yongxuan can cut off the river water, control the river water, condense the water into ice, and appear in two places far apart in a short period of time...

At first, Brother Meng couldn't believe it, but gradually, he had to believe it even if he didn't believe it.

Tens of thousands of people have seen the story about Li Yongxuan, so how could it be faked?

If he wasn't skilled in magic, how could it be possible that Li Yongxuan led the army of heaven to conquer the Delhi Sultanate with two million troops in less than two months?

Meng Ge finally mobilized the required troops and supplies, a large number of people and animals, the baggage carried with the army and the equipment for siege, etc.

He mobilized a large number of troops from all over Mongolia and recruited countless servants to prepare for a showdown with the Kingdom of Heaven.

Immediately, the war machine of the Mongol Empire began to operate rapidly.

Of course, there are also people who don't listen to Meng Ge.

Yesu Meng Ge received the secret letters from Haimi and Heda Hechi, and then he learned that the Kingdom of Heaven was attacking Mongolia, and that Meng Ge had succeeded to the throne of Khan, and had imprisoned Hucha, Naohu, Shiliemen and others, and was preparing to attack them

Take action.

Haimai and Hedahechi had no choice but to go south to seek refuge in heaven. They hoped that Yesumeng would be prepared to avoid persecution.

In the letter, they did not ask Yesu Meng Ge to surrender to the Kingdom of Heaven, but only reminded him to guard against harm from Meng Ge.

As the largest supporter of Khamis and Hedahechi, Yesumenge ruled the Chagatai Khanate, one of the four great khanates.

Brother Yesumeng was very close to Guyuk Khan, and five years ago he replaced his nephew Haraxulagu as the Great Khan of the Chagatai Khanate.

He strongly supported the Guyu faction's succession to the throne and opposed the Tolei faction's succession to the throne.

At this moment, Brother Yesumeng was in a dilemma.

At present, it has become a fact that Meng Ge succeeded to the throne of Mongol Khan. If he accepts it, his life may be in danger at any time; if he resolutely refuses to accept Meng Ge's succession and is alone, what can he do?

Brother Yesumeng is the grandson of Genghis Khan. He still doesn't want to surrender or die. He just wants to guard one-third of an acre and be a local emperor.
To be continued...