Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 49 Crossing the river and attacking the Delhi Sultanate
Hearing Genghis Khan's words, Zhang Yong was speechless, holy shit!

Don't be so hasty, didn't you just decide to withdraw your troops and return to the Mongolian steppe?

Does this mean that he decided to cross the Indus River and go to the Delhi Sultanate to cause a scene?
All right!The Mongol Khan's character was extremely out-of-the-box, and he would hit anyone he wanted, even on a whim, without thinking about anything else.

Crossing the Indus River and fighting to reach the Delhi Sultanate is not just talk!This is not something that can be done in a month or two.

Maybe it will become a protracted war, and when you want to leave, they won't let you leave so easily.

"Great Khan! What I mean is to send envoys to ask for some money from them. If you send troops to fight directly, I am afraid that it will be a waste of troops and troops. It will cost a lot to send out the army, and the gains will not be worth the losses!" Zhang Yong said.

Genghis Khan now leads an army of hundreds of thousands. In addition to soldiers capable of fighting, there are also a large number of slaves, craftsmen, female dependents, and logistics personnel.

For an army of this size, even if it only survives part of it, it is not an easy task, and you also have to consider logistical supplies and battle line issues, although the grassland army is not very dependent on supplies.

But fighting across the river and extorting a little money are completely different things!
"Just send a small army across the river, plunder one or two cities, and intimidate them, so that they will obediently pay money and offer treasures. My army will still be stationed here, and we can do it in two months at most. If we evacuate, it won't waste too much time." Genghis Khan said.

"Great Khan, how much do you know about the Delhi Sultanate? If they gather a large army to besiege us, wouldn't it be worth the loss?" Zhang Yong said.

There are a lot of people in the Delhi Sultanate, estimated to be about 2000 million. Even if their fighting power is extremely poor and yours is extremely strong, Khan, you should pay some attention to it!

"Haha, you don't understand. They can't assemble an army. The national dynasty here is not as centralized as the Central Plains dynasty.

Each place has its own city lord, who is equivalent to the emperor of the land. In addition to nominally obeying the leadership of the sultan, everything else is autonomous. As long as taxes are paid regularly every year.

We are only attacking two big cities. With the gasoline you prepared, we can capture the cities quickly, and then we can use this to threaten the Sultan of Delhi and the city lords. "Genghis Khan smiled and said.

Just kidding, after arriving here, the Mongolian army not only fought and plundered every day.

Instead, they collected intelligence about the countries surrounding Khwarezm very seriously.

Genghis Khan knew something about the Delhi Sultanate and some surrounding countries that were preparing to attack. Their political power here was extremely loose.

Although it is nominally under the command of the Sultan, each lord has his own private army, and they cannot unite together at all.

"Great Khan! I still think we should send a few envoys to the nearest big city first, and then put forward our request. If the other party does not agree, then use your strategy." Zhang Yong thought for a moment and said.

Starting a war directly, although it only attacks two cities, is also a very unwise choice.

"Do you know how big they are there? It will probably take more than half a year to send an envoy back and forth. If the envoy is killed by them, they will not come and notify us. It is estimated that it will take next year, or even longer, before we can We know the exact information. But if we call directly like this, the situation will be completely different.

The Khwarezm people planned to cross the river with more than 10,000 people. Although most of the warships were burned, there is still no problem in allowing tens of thousands of people to cross the river safely with the remaining warships. "Genghis Khan said.

This kid takes it too much for granted. Sending an envoy to a country is not an easy task!
Although the Delhi Sultanate and Khwarezm are neighboring countries, a round trip is very time-consuming, and now he wants to return to the Mongolian grasslands.

Moreover, the target of his robbery this time was not the Sultan. The inner city where the Sultan was located was thousands of miles away from where they were.

This time, his main target was the two border cities. It would take three or four days for the army to cross the river.

Then it would take about ten days for the cavalry to rush over. With the help of Zhang Yong's gasoline, it should only take a few days to capture their city.

If he moves quickly enough, he can complete all his strategic goals in one month. When the lords of the Delhi Sultanate who have not been attacked obediently hand over their money, it will only take another month, or exactly two months, to complete it. Complete all strategic objectives.

It would have taken too long to send an envoy to meet the sultan himself and then ask for money.

He, Genghis Khan, couldn't afford to wait. It was the most cost-effective deal to go over and plunder one or two cities, and then threaten the surrounding cities and ask these city lords to hand over their money.

"But Khan!" Zhang Yong wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Genghis Khan.

"You don't need to say anything. I know what you want to say. I have already considered everything you want to say. The method I have thought of is the most effective at the moment. Just wait for the good news. We are right by the river. Set up camp, and you and the craftsman immediately start preparing gasoline.

Then I will arrange for a team of two thousand people to cross the river in five days with your gasoline. After two months, no matter what the situation is, let them return immediately. "Genghis Khan said.

Seeing that Genghis Khan had made up his mind, Zhang Yong knew that he could not persuade him to come back, so he could only sigh helplessly. The character of this Mongolian Khan was really too willful!

That night, the Mongolian army, which originally planned to withdraw, chose a place with rich water and grass, set up camp directly here, and repaired the warships left by the Khwarezm people.

And Zhang Yong himself was not idle either. Genghis Khan prepared a large group of craftsmen for him, and then urgently transported a large amount of crude oil from various places.

He didn't even go back to his tent.Zhang Yong started working overtime again and allocated a lot of gasoline.

Five days later, Genghis Khan arranged for a team of two thousand people to cross the Shen River by boat without any spare horses and entered the territory of the Delhi Sultanate.

Then they rushed non-stop to the two nearest cities. These two Mongolian troops of ten thousand received Genghis Khan's order to plunder for two months. No matter what the results were, they would return immediately after two months, and then cross the river to withdraw.

(End of this chapter)