parentshiftbook Chapter 792: The Kipchak Khanate Covering An Area Of 6 Million Square Kilometers, The Threat Of Th
Chapter 792: The Kipchak Khanate Covering An Area Of 6 Million Square Kilometers, The Threat Of Th
The bamboo fulcrum in Yan Changqing's hand was in the middle and lower part of the Asian continental plate, and he said in a deep voice:
"This continent, which I temporarily named Asia, covers an area of approximately 44 million square kilometers!"
"Among them, the Ming Dynasty occupies about 10 million square kilometers, which is about a quarter of the territory of Asia!"
Except for Zhu Yuanzhang, who had seen this world map several times before, he could barely keep calm.
Whether it was Prince Zhu Biao, King of Qin Zhu Di, or King of Jin Zhu Fan, King of Yan Zhu Di and other vassal princes, they all couldn't help but breathe quickly when they saw this huge world map in front of them for the first time.
Especially when I heard Yan Changqing say that the Ming Dynasty, which had a land area of 10 million square kilometers, only occupied a quarter of it.
Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Gang, Zhu Di and other princes subconsciously opened their eyes and looked at other places outside the territory of the Ming Dynasty, wanting to see who occupied the territories outside the Ming Dynasty. .
Then the bamboo branch in Yan Changqing's hand was pointed at the middle and upper part of the Asian continental plate, and he continued:
“Beyond the grasslands of Northern Xinjiang, that is, in the middle and upper part of Asia, it is mainly occupied and ruled by the large and small khanates conferred by the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty in the past.
"For example, Duoerzhi, the king of Wu in the Northern Yuan Dynasty who was captured by Duke Liang in the Battle of Lanyuyuerhai, is the descendant of Genghis Khan and his brother Hachiwen."
"He was captured in his hereditary fiefdom, which meant that the Khachivin Khanate, which Genghis Khan personally entrusted, suffered a devastating blow.'
"So in a sense, it can be said that the Khachiwen Khanate was basically destroyed by the Ming Dynasty."
"In addition to the Khachiwen Khanate, there were four other major khanates in the past when the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty was at its peak, namely the Kipchak Khanate, the Chagatai Khanate, the Ili Khanate, and the Ogedai Khanate."
Having said this, Yan Changqing wrote the four words "Kipchak Khanate" in the left blank space above the middle of the Asian continental plate, and then said:
"Among them, the Kipchak Khanate, also known as the Golden Horde, was the fiefdom of Genghis Khan's eldest son Jochi."
"The Kipchak Khanate was originally the Jochi Ulusi of the Mongol Empire. Later, due to the discord between Guiyou Khan and Batu Khan [Batu Khan became independent in the Chunyou Year of the Southern Song Dynasty (1246)."
"It wasn't until the sixth year of Dade in the Yuan Dynasty (1302) that Tuotuo Khan submitted his vassal declaration to Chengzong of the 17th Yuan Dynasty, and became a tributary state of the Yuan Dynasty in the first year of the Yuan Dynasty (1308).
"In the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1338), because Yuan Huizong was incompetent, he stopped paying tribute to the Yuan court and regained his independence."
"In the seventeenth year of Zhizheng in the Yuan Dynasty (1357), Yue Jibie's son Zanibie attacked and destroyed the Qubaini dynasty, and the Kipchak Khanate reached its peak."
"After Zhaniber's death, civil war broke out among the Batu Khans, and the powerful minister Mamai took advantage of the young ruler Zhaniber II to rise to power."
"In the 13th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1380), they were defeated by the Russian coalition forces led by Moscow Grand Duke Dmitry Donskoi at the Battle of Kulikovo. At this time, Tokhtamysh of the White Horde Khan replaced the internal power in the Khanate. There was a power vacuum at the Ministry, and the Japanese Khanate suppressed the Rus' rebellion."
"Now Tokhtamysh is fighting a war with the Timurid Empire in order to expand and become the overlord of Central Asia, that is, the upper and middle parts of Asia."
"The two sides have been fighting since the 13th year of Hongwu's reign. They have been fighting for five years now. Depending on the situation, they will continue to fight until one of them is completely defeated!"
"Of course, the most important thing is that the territory of the Kipchak Khanate is about six million square kilometers, which is six-tenths of the territory of the Ming Dynasty. This can be said to be the territory of an empire!"
The territory covers an area of 6 million square kilometers!!!
Six-tenths of the territory of the Ming Dynasty!!!
The land area of an empire!!!
Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes looked at the territory map with a big "Kipchak Khanate/Golden Horde" written on the top left of the Asian section of the world map, and their eyes were full of fire. The color is full of vigilance and worry.
Originally, they thought that the Ming Dynasty was the most extensive empire in the world, occupying the largest territory in the world!
But now Yan Changqing tells them that the Ming Dynasty may be the most extensive empire in the world, but it does not necessarily occupy the largest territory in the world!
Not to mention anything else, the Kipchak Khanate alone now occupies a land area of 6 million square kilometers, equivalent to six-thirds of the Ming Dynasty!
In addition to the Kipchak Khanate, they remembered that Yan Changqing just said that there were four major khanates in the past when the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty was at its peak. Even if the territory of the other three major khanates is not as large as that of the Kipchak Khanate, I am afraid they are not that different. How many.
After all, the entire continental plate called Asia has a territory of about 44 million square kilometers, and the Ming Dynasty only accounted for about a quarter of it.
In other words, there are still more than 30 million square kilometers of territory in the entire Asia that are not within the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
If these more than 30 million square kilometers are divided by four, each khanate has an average territory of at least 7.5 million square kilometers.
Considering that there are strong and weak among the four khanates, for example, the Kipchak Khanate may be the weaker one. The land area of the khanate does not reach the average of the four khanates, which is at least 750 million square thousand. rice.
In other words, among the four major khanates, it is very likely that there is a relatively powerful khanate with a powerful empire that is comparable to the Ming Dynasty, or even exceeds the territory of the Ming Dynasty!
Consider that the Ming Dynasty overthrew the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, and the four great khanates were the four great khanates enshrined by the Mongol Yuan Dynasty in the past.
It can be said that the Ming Dynasty and the four major khanates were innately hostile forces.
When I think about it, there are still four grassland empires hostile to the Ming Dynasty outside the northern Xinjiang grasslands.
Among them, the strength and power of the powerful grassland empire may be comparable to the Ming Dynasty, or even stronger than the Ming Dynasty!
Even the slightly weaker Grassland Empire is not much weaker than the Ming Dynasty in terms of strength and power.
After all, the Kipchak Khanate has a land area of 6 million square kilometers. Even if the land and land are all grassland, and they are not good at planting, they can at least support millions of people, or even tens of millions. .
Considering that they were all born in the grasslands and grew up on horses, all of them are brave and good at fighting, and they are all born cavalry.
Facing such a grassland empire, if the Ming Dynasty devoted all its power, it could destroy the opponent.
But after destroying the opponent, Ming Dynasty will probably have to suffer a serious loss of vitality. Even if he doesn't cultivate himself, he may not be able to recover his vitality in ten years.
If two grassland empires like the Kipchak Khanate came to power at the same time, even the Ming Dynasty would not be able to survive well. At best, they could only rely on the natural dangers of mountains and rivers and the solidity of high-walled cities to resist.
If three steppe empires like the Kipchak Khanate came at the same time, then the Ming Dynasty would have no choice but to exchange space for time.
They used the Ming Dynasty's vast land area of tens of millions of square kilometers to lengthen the opponent's logistics line, and eventually slowly brought them down.
If the four major khanates like the Kipchak Khanate join forces to attack the Ming Dynasty at the same time, then the Ming Dynasty at this stage will basically be unable to withstand it.
After all, the Ming Dynasty had just been established for eighteen years, and he was still in the process of recuperating and recovering his strength.
If the Ming Dynasty is given another twenty years of recuperation time and the population of the Ming Dynasty is increased to more than 100 million, then even if it faces the joint attack of the four major khanates, it will be able to withstand and parry.
If the population of Ming Dynasty rises to more than 200 million, then Ming Dynasty can fight a defensive counterattack against the four major khanates within its own territory.
If the population of the Ming Dynasty rises to more than 300 million, then it will be the turn of the four major khanates to start worrying about whether the Ming Dynasty will raise troops to attack them.
[Time! What Ming Dynasty lacks most now is time to recuperate, restore vitality, and accumulate strength and heritage. 】
[If it wants to block the joint attack of the four major khanates, Ming Dynasty will need at least twenty years to recuperate, restore its vitality, and accumulate strength and heritage. 】
Although the current Kipchak Khanate and other khanates did not show any fangs towards the Ming Dynasty.
But after learning about the existence of the Kipchak Khanate and the Four Great Khanates, Prince Zhu Biao began to prepare for the worst.
He was thinking and calculating in his mind, how much time, strength, and foundation would be needed if the Ming Dynasty wanted to block the attacks of the four steppe empires like the Kipchak Khanate.
[The war between Tokhtamysh and the Timurid Empire cannot be allowed to stop. Once they stop the war, their eyes may fall on the Ming Dynasty, which is still recuperating. 】
[The current Ming Dynasty cannot stop the joint attacks of the Kipchak Khanate, Timur Empire, and the other two major khanates. 】
[It is necessary to send out long-term detailed operations to monitor and pay attention to the war situation between Tokhtamysh and the Tamerlane Empire. Once they stop the war, they must provoke disputes between them again and let them continue to fight among themselves!]
After realizing that a war was taking place between the Kipchak Khanate and the Timurid Empire, King Qin Zhu Di immediately determined that the Ming Dynasty would never be able to stop the war between the Kipchak Khanate and the Timurid Empire.
As long as the war between the Kipchak Khanate and the Timur Empire continues, they will not have time to pay attention to the Ming Dynasty, let alone send troops to attack the Ming Dynasty.
In this way, even if the other two khanates want to jointly send troops to attack the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty can still withstand it with its current strength, heritage and territory.
For a time, many ideas of continuing the war between the Kipchak Khanate and the Timurid Empire flashed through the mind of King Zhu Ping of Qin.
For example, the Mongolian cavalry who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty were sent to disguise themselves as soldiers of the Kipchak Khanate, and then attacked and killed the soldiers of the Timur Empire, and then framed the Kipchak Khanate.
Or in turn, they disguised themselves as soldiers of the Timur Empire, attacked and killed the soldiers of the Kipchak Khanate, and then framed the Timur Empire.
What else is there? School Disciple bribes the border soldiers of the Kipchak Khanate and Timurid Empire and lets them engage in border provocations.
Or they could bribe the middle and high-level dignitaries of the Kipchak Khanate and the Timurid Empire, and encourage them to attack the Kipchak Khanate and the Timurid Empire, etc.
[Since the Kipchak Khanate and the Timurid Empire are at war, can their operations and armaments keep up?!!]
[If it can’t keep up, can Ming sell its eliminated and excess materials to the Kipchak Khanate and Timurid Empire, and then trade them for the wool, dry cheese, cattle, sheep, and horses that Ming needs? Even prisoners?!]
[At that time, the longer they fight, the more soldiers and people will be killed or injured by each other, and the greater the benefits Ming will gain!!!]
After hearing that the war was going on between the Kipchak Khanate and the Timurid Empire, the first thing that Jin King Zhu Fan thought of was whether he could use this opportunity to make Ming Dynasty a war fortune.
After being taught by Yan Changqing, King Zhu Fan of Jin now has new ideas about the old concept of wars consuming money in the past.
At least if it is done well, Ming Dynasty can still get a lot of benefits from the war between the Kipchak Khanate and the Timurid Empire.
After all, grass
The original wool, dry cheese, cattle, sheep, horses, and even the captive population are all resources that the Ming Dynasty lacks today.
And if the Ming Dynasty could use sea salt, salted fish, tea and other necessary living materials for grassland tribes that are no longer scarce, or glass, ceramics, etc. that are flashy in comparison.
luxury goods in exchange for large amounts of wool, dry cheese, cattle, sheep, horses, and captive populations.
So for Daming, it is definitely a big and good deal that is beneficial and harmless!
[There is a war going on between the Kipchak Khanate and the Timurid Empire?!!]
[That is to say, the four great khanates are not actually monolithic, and they may not even have much loyalty to the former Yuan Dynasty. 】
[Otherwise, if the four great khanates were really loyal to the Yuan Prime Minister, when the Ming Dynasty overthrew the Yuan Dynasty, the four great 540 khanates should have joined forces to suppress the Ming Dynasty [Mijiu Qianwu, 1
[It is estimated that the four great khanates still followed the practice of respecting the strong ones of the steppe tribes. When the former Yuan Dynasty was strong, they regarded the former Yuan Dynasty as their suzerainty; after the decline of the former Yuan Dynasty, they turned against each other and became independent.
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[If this is the case, the Ming Dynasty might try to make distant and close attacks, win over one or two khanates, and then unite one or two khanates to attack the other two or three khanates. 】
[After annexing and carving up two or three of the khanates, the Ming Dynasty then went to attack the remaining one or two khanates!]
Also after realizing the existence of the four great khanates, King Yan Zhu Di subconsciously began to think about how to deal with the threats from the four great khanates.
For threats similar to this, China has already provided various reference solutions in its past history.
For example, the famous "distant friendship and close attack" is one of them.
I looked at the world map Yan Changqing hung on the blackboard. The middle and lower part of the Asian plate was occupied by the Ming Dynasty.
There is still a large gap between the [Kipchak Khanate] in the upper left corner of the Asian plate and the Ming Dynasty. In this gap, there may be two or three khanates, such as Timur
The Children's Empire may be one of them.
If Timur brought back something closer to the Ming Dynasty, maybe the Ming Dynasty could try to join forces with the Kipchak Khanate to attack the Timur Empire and carve up the Timur Empire.
On the side, Zhou Wang Zhu Ju silently looked at the world map hung on the blackboard by Yan Changqing, and suddenly a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
[Is this the solution that my husband and my father have prepared for my eldest brother and the others?!!]
[This plan is good, at least it can prevent us brothers from killing each other!!!]
[But this world, oh no, this world is so big. 】
[Even the Ming Dynasty only accounts for a quarter of this plate called Asia, and outside of Asia, there are several other large and small plates!]
[The world is so big, I don’t know if I will ever have the chance to really go out and see it in this life. 】
Zhou Wang Zhu Ji, who had vaguely guessed Yan Changqing and Zhu Yuanzhang's next arrangements, rarely felt relaxed.
As for the threats from the four great khanates, I can just leave it to my husband, my father, and his brothers to go to the stall.
Anyway, he has never thought about becoming emperor, so there is no need for him to figure out how to deal with the threats of the four great khanates for the time being.
As one of the brothers who had high hopes for Zhou Wang Zhu Ju, Chu Wang Zhu Zhen and Qi Wang Zhu Su no longer had such a free and easy attitude after hearing Yan Changqing's story.
The two of them also frowned [thinking hard about how to deal with the threats from the four great khanates.
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