The Mongols were very afraid of Li Yongxuan and the artillery and guns of Tianguo, and Meng Ge, Kublai Khan, Wu Lianghetai and others were no exception.

Kublai Khan and Wu Lianghetai fought against Li Yongxuan several times, but both suffered defeats.

In the past few years, they were still able to fight against each other and interact with each other.

In the past two years, Li Yongxuan became the emperor of the Kingdom of Heaven, and his economic strength, military power, population size, territory, etc. all increased sharply and skyrocketed crazily.

This is not the most important thing. What really makes Meng Ge, Kublai Khan, Wu Lianghetai and others feel fear and even despair is Li Yongxuan's magic.

Even if his martial arts are unparalleled and he is the best in the world, at most he can defeat one hundred against one, and one cavalry against one thousand.

But the magical spells displayed by Li Yongxuan were far from being invincible by human power.

Not only can he appear in very distant places in a short period of time, but he can also control the endless river water at will.

The demise of the Delhi Sultanate made Meng Ge, Kublai Khan, Wu Lianghetai and others deeply realize how terrible Li Yongxuan was: once defeated, the huge Mongol Empire might completely collapse.

This is also the reason why they dare not rush into a decisive battle with the heavenly army.

Otherwise, the heavenly army led by Li Yongxuan would not be in a deserted territory when attacking Mongolia.

As the weather became colder, Li Yongxuan decided to change his strategy and switch from offense to defense.

The purpose of his northern expedition to Mongolia was to eliminate Mongolia's vital forces, not to occupy the vast grasslands, at least not yet.

It is impossible for Li Yongxuan to lead hundreds of thousands of troops to the vast grasslands to find the main Mongolian force for a decisive battle.

He planned to bring a blow to Mongolia and use Central Asia and West Asia as the main battlefields to attack Mongolia.

Since the continuous rise of the Kingdom of Heaven, the Mongolian power has gradually withdrawn from the Central Plains, and their sources of tax revenue and military conscription have been concentrated in the west.

After all, population size is the key.

Only with a large population can we have enough high-quality soldiers and a lot of tax revenue. Without a population, everything is empty.

Since Mongolia wanted to fight guerrillas, Li Yongxuan changed his mind and concentrated troops from South Asia to attack Central Asia, West Asia, and Europe occupied by Mongolia.

If these territories are lost, the Mongols will have no choice but to graze sheep on the grasslands, eat grass and play in the mud!

This time, Li Yongxuan mobilized more than 700,000 troops in South Asia, just to attack Mongolia from both sides.

To the west of South Asia is the Abbasid Caliphate. At its peak, it covered an area of ​​more than 10 million square kilometers. It was the most vast country in the world at that time, but now only less than one-third remains.

A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Although the Abbasid Caliphate has declined, it still has a strong fighting capacity.

At this time, Li Yongxuan's most important goal was to deal with Mongolia. He did not want to provoke other forces for the time being, so he led his troops to attack the Chagatai Khanate.

The Great Khan of the Chagatai Khanate was Yesumeng Ge. He received the secret messages from Haishui and Hedahechi, but he did not surrender.

He didn't want to choose between the Kingdom of Heaven and Mongolia, he just wanted to be independent, but the problem was that was not possible.

Before Brother Meng could settle the matter, Li Yongxuan couldn't wait to send hundreds of thousands of troops to attack.

Yesu Meng Ge was in a dilemma and sought refuge in the Kingdom of Heaven. Unwilling to do so, he returned to Mongolia and asked Meng Ge for help, but it might not be of any use.

A few days later, the angry Yesumeng Ge chose to surrender to the Kingdom of Heaven.

Not long ago, he received some bad news.

Batu was rewarded for his meritorious service in supporting Meng Ge to inherit the throne of Khan, and his power became more powerful. He also placed Orosi, Talasi and the Hezhong area under his control. Meng Ge also granted Gu'er only to Batu's younger brothers.

Bielge is a fief.

The Kipchak Khanate became the largest vassal state in Mongolia. Its territory started from the Shihe River in Yeer in the east, to the Caspian Sea in the south, included the Russian principalities in the west, and reached the upper reaches of the Volga River in the north.

If these places had nothing to do with Yesumeng Ge, he would not have any objections.

The problem is that the area in the middle of the river has always been the territory under the jurisdiction of the Chagatai Khanate. It is equivalent to Meng Ge giving the territory of Yesu Meng Ge to Batu.

It is obvious that Brother Meng wanted to weaken Brother Yesu Meng and reward Batu as punishment.

Brother Yesu Meng was worried that not only would Brother Meng not send troops to rescue him, but he might also attack him. More importantly, even if Brother Meng was willing to send troops to rescue him, he might not be able to stop the attack of the army of heaven.

Between life and reputation, Brother Yesumeng chose the former.

What's more, it is reasonable and reasonable for Haimi and Hedahechi to surrender to the Kingdom of Heaven first, and Brother Yesu Meng received their letter before surrendering to the Kingdom of Heaven.

Li Yongxuan led his army to take control of the Chagatai Khanate, and immediately sent troops to attack the vast and sparsely populated Tibetan tribes, and at the same time occupied all the territory west of the Xixia homeland.

This also means that the mainland of the Kingdom of Heaven, Tubo, South Asia, and Southeast Asia are united to form a great empire.

By the end of 1251, the territory of the Kingdom of Heaven had reached 24 million square kilometers, including more than 8 million people in the Kingdom of Heaven itself, more than 3 million people in Southeast Asia, more than 4 million people in the South Asian continent, and 8 million people in Australia and surrounding islands.

Thousands.

The total population exceeds 200 million, accounting for more than half of the world's population, and two-thirds of its economy.

Seeing the strong rise of the Kingdom of Heaven and its continuous invasion, Meng Ge decided to concentrate his forces to fight against the Kingdom of Heaven.

The Mongol Empire had just gone through a major cleanup. It was internally unstable and people were in panic.

If Meng Ge does not take effective measures to deal with the attack of the Kingdom of Heaven, the Mongol Empire will collapse at any time.

In early February 1252, Mongol Khan Mongke mobilized an army of 800,000 to attack the Chagatai Khanate.

Batu led 200,000 troops to attack the Hezhong area. In addition, Hulagu and Kublai Khan each led 100,000 horses. Other Mongolian kings led 100,000 horses. Meng Ge himself led 300,000 horses. It can be said that the Mongolian army came out in full force.

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Not long after, Li Yongxuan received the news and prepared to attack.

He had already sent out a large number of spies to find out the news. How could he not know that Brother Meng had made such a big move?

Although it would be a disadvantage to use part of the Heavenly Kingdom's forces to fight against the majority of Mongolia's forces, in fact, the difference in strength between the two sides was not very large.

Li Yongxuan mobilized more than 700,000 troops in South Asia to conquer Mongolia. Before the war started, the Chagatai Khanate surrendered without a fight.

On the surface, the military strength of the kingdom of heaven has not only not decreased, but has increased.

The problem is that Brother Yesumeng does not really want to surrender to the Kingdom of Heaven, and there are still people under him who want to surrender to Mongolia.

Li Yongxuan must guard against them secretly defecting and conspiring with Mongolia to deal with the Kingdom of Heaven.

He finally gave Yesumeng Ge two options, one was to act as a vanguard against the Mongols, and the other was to send troops to attack the Caliphate.

Brother Yesumeng chose the second option without even thinking about it.

He still didn't want to fight with the Mongols, nor did he want to help Meng Ge, who hated him, fight against the Kingdom of Heaven.

To be honest, Li Yongxuan's ability to be so generous was beyond Brother Yesu Meng's expectations.

If it had been any other ruler, they would have wished that Meng Ge and the Mongolian army had killed both of them.

Yesumengge made some preparations and led one hundred thousand troops to attack the Caliphate.

Three days later, they left the Chagatai Khanate and entered the border of the Caliphate.

At this time, Brother Yesu Meng could either follow Li Yongxuan's request and lead his army to attack the Caliphate, or he could turn around and join Batu of the Kipchak Khanate to help the Mongolian army deal with the Kingdom of Heaven.

The Chagatai Khanate was adjacent to the Delhi Sultanate, and Yesumeng Ge naturally knew how Li Yongxuan led the army of heaven to destroy the Delhi Sultanate in less than two months.

At present, the Kingdom of Heaven is at its peak, while the Mongol Empire is declining day by day and internally divided. More importantly, Li Yongxuan's magic skills are simply invincible to human power.

Brother Yesumeng is not a fool and will not fail to see the situation between the two sides.

He felt that since Brother Meng could not accept him, why should he compromise and help Mongolia fight against the Kingdom of Heaven?

Yesumengge first sent an envoy to surrender the Caliphate, but was flatly rejected by the ruling Abbas Abdul Muttalib, the uncle of the Caliph Mustasim.

There was no choice but to attack the Abbasid Caliphate.

In recent years, the power of the Abbasid Caliphate has been declining day by day, and it is no match for the 100,000-strong Mongolian army that has been defeated one after another.

Li Yongxuan was very happy when he received the news from the spies.

There are less than 100,000 hostile forces, and the Kingdom of Heaven has 100,000 more helpers. No matter what, this is a good thing.

Immediately afterwards, the army led by Li Yongxuan finally confronted the Mongolian army head-on.

The Mongolian army surrounded an important city of the Chagatai Khanate and gathered reinforcements, hoping to engage in a decisive battle with the heavenly army in the wild.

Li Yongxuan knew it was a trick, so he hesitated for a moment and decided to lead his troops to rescue.

The Chagatai Khanate has just surrendered. If we don’t save him, who else will surrender to the Kingdom of Heaven in the future?

Not to mention, Li Yongxuan was already prepared.

He sent 50,000 soldiers and horses to garrison nearby cities and protect the rear, and personally led nearly 700,000 troops to rescue.

There were still more than thirty miles away from the rescue city, and spies came back one after another to report the latest information.

They discovered that tens of thousands of Mongolian troops were pouring out from all directions and were surrounding them.

Li Yongxuan ordered the army to maintain its original formation and continue to advance, ready to fight the enemy anytime and anywhere.

Logically speaking, if you encounter an ambush, you should either defend in place, retreat, or speed up and move closer to the target.

Li Yongxuan didn't think so. It was too late to retreat now. Speeding up would only waste the soldiers' physical strength and it would be impossible to reach their destination.

Even if they could arrive, they might not be able to break through the defense line set up by the Mongolian army in a hurry.

If the army stops advancing and defends in place, it will be too passive and will easily be slowly exhausted by the enemy.

In an instant, countless Mongolian troops poured in from all directions, overwhelming the ground like locusts crossing the border.
To be continued...