Dragon City.
Temujin, a prodigy of the grasslands, was still old after all. After a serious illness, he returned to the rear to slowly recuperate, although he had obviously recovered.
However, it is obvious that his energy level is no longer what it was when he was young.
However, the wolf king on the grassland is still a wolf king. Even an old wolf king still has his own sharpness and edge, and he is more sophisticated than when he was very young.
News of the dispatch of Jin troops and horses came from each of the three states. How could the sophisticated Temujin not know the evil intentions of the Jin army.
Temujin was not only an emperor, but also a commander-in-chief, a combination of politician and military strategist. Of course he could see that the Jin army, which had just experienced a great war, at this time, no matter from which aspect, It is impossible for them to have a full-scale war with Yuan Meng.
Think about it, although the battle to defeat Shu was a huge victory, how much sacrifice did it take? Just the Battle of Yangping and the Battle of Peicheng, these two bloody battles were completely heaped with blood, and human lives were forced to push away the dangerous barriers of these two strong cities.
Although the Battle of Baishui Pass became a lot easier after Yang Xuangan joined, Yang Xuangan joined last. Will there be fewer casualties in the early battle?
These are just the main battles, not to mention the minor battles!
In the Battle of Jingbei, both sides were even more foolhardy. Before Zhuge Liang made a comeback, the Jin army kept losing and losing again.
In the Battle of Sizhou, even eight passes were burned so much, how could the damage be sustained?
Therefore, Temujin could clearly judge that the battle situation between the two sides in Xizhou, coupled with the fact that the Jin army was now sending troops to the three northern states, was also a limit for the Jin army.
It is impossible for the Jin army to continue to increase investment!
He doesn't have that ability either!
At this stage, the Jin Army's first priority is always to recuperate, resume production and the series of military expansion plans it has made before!
Therefore, despite the fact that at first glance, all the grassland borders are ignited with flames of war, Temujin does not really regard it as the most important thing at all. What is the most important thing, it is of course an all-out war between the two forces!
At this level, it is impossible to hold them back, and they are still far from an all-out war!
In other words, whether it is the Yuanmeng or Jin armies, they are far from ready for a full-scale war.
Is this kind of hindrance useful? It must be useful. At least it is impossible for Yuan and Meng to continue to increase their troops in the Western Regions. The intensity of intervention between the Manchu and Qing Dynasties and Yuan and Meng in the east must also be reduced to a bottom line. The possibility of direct military intervention is even slimmer.
But it would be nonsense to say that this kind of holding back behavior can play the most critical role!
Since Li Xiang has been fighting for so many years, in every battle he has fought, has the world's princes not been held back?
Was it the Battle of Yongliang or the Battle of Jingbei? As for the battle to conquer Shu, it turned into a world war!
Although the pressure when he was held back was great, when had Li Xiang ever flinched! Some things are inherently about retreating if you don't advance. If you retreat directly because you are being held back, can you still achieve a great cause?
Some roads are not smooth to begin with. You need to continue to face difficulties and cut through the thorns with the sword in your hand. Obviously, this kind of being held back is one of the thorns.
Temujin is also a hero with great talent and strategy. Will he shrink back when he is held back? If he did not bite the bullet and completely resolve the Western Regions when the Jin army was at its weakest in history, would it be possible that the two sides would have to wait until the Jin army regained its strength before the two sides could compete for the interests of the Western Regions?
Furthermore, when Temujin was fighting on the grassland before. It’s not like he hasn’t been held back by other grassland forces and even the Jin army, but was Temujin ever afraid of him?
Therefore, despite the flames of war igniting on almost the entire grassland border, Temujin made no preparations to send troops back from the Western Regions. Instead, he calmly sent reinforcements and strong generals to the borders of the three states.
However, the subsequent changes in the development of the battle made Temujin somewhat troubled!
The situation in Hezhou is not bad. Meng Gong is a very typical defensive general. The gap between his defensive ability and his active offensive ability is quite big.
Moreover, the most important thing for Meng Gong was to provide cover for Wang Baobao in Bingzhou. Therefore, he basically achieved no significant results along the way, and he achieved the most basic purpose of sending troops, which was to contain Yuan and Meng's excess troops.
Under the cover of Meng Gong, Wang Baobao's progress was quite smooth. The military minister's tribe was attacked by Wang Baobao, causing considerable losses. Even the military minister himself died in the battle.
The north of Bingzhou was originally the territory of the Xiongnu before this, but there were many old nobles of the Xiongnu entrenched here, but these people became the old nobles of Yuanmeng after the establishment of Yuanmeng.
A large number of these people, even if they do not openly support Mao Dun's ideas, are still inclined towards it.
Although Temujin ostensibly gave them more pasture in order to dismantle this combination of old aristocratic forces, he actually allowed them to migrate to all directions, especially the land they conquered later, such as the later Xianbei in the west. The territory may be the current Yuanmeng.
Even with these experiences as a foundation, Temujin has already considered whether to establish several small khanates and entrust them to his sons in the territory in the Western Region that he has now conquered.
After all, if the fight continues, it will be difficult to manage in the future, and the feudal khanate will be helpful for Yuan and Meng to rule these newly conquered territories.
Furthermore, Temujin was very optimistic about Kublai Khan, and Kublai Khan's achievements had not lived up to Temujin's high expectations.
However, although Temujin's behavior of reemploying Han people made Yuanmeng more powerful, it also offended many established Yuanmeng nobles. The growth of a new interest group will definitely damage the interests of the original interest groups. Furthermore, many conservative-minded Yuanmeng people also complained about Kublai Khan's actions.
Among these people, there are also veteran generals headed by Temujin's right-hand man Zhebie and Subotai. Therefore, the other sons headed by Tuo Lei also have a certain level of support.
The reason why Temujin wanted to adopt this method was to ease the issue of successors.
Although there are definitely hidden dangers, no political measure is completely without hidden dangers, at least it is beneficial to Yuanmeng now.
Returning to Bingzhou, although the old Xiongnu nobles in the north of Bingzhou have been moved to all directions, it is certainly impossible to move all of them. Some of them are still left, and military officials are one of them!
