The Anxi Governor was located in Shache, but it was not actually suitable as the center of the Jin State's rule over the Western Regions, and the Jin State's influence in the Western Regions was mainly at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains.

At that time, the Anxi Governor's Mansion of the Tang Dynasty was also here, and the Jin State followed the name of the Tang Dynasty, and the population of the Jin State was mainly distributed in several areas at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, called Qiuzi, Yanqi, Dashi, Dunduo and other places, and these cities were almost distributed along the original Silk Road.

Due to the fighting between Black Mountain and White Mountain, at least half of the people in Shache City died, especially the loss of the rich, which actually made Shache City have declined.

The location of Shache is not in the key position of the Silk Road, but there are many Yarkand people here and need to be suppressed, so Sun Kewang did not set up the Anxi Protectorate elsewhere.

If the rule of the Western Regions is gradually stabilized, then the Imperial Protectorate will definitely have to move to the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, because it is the core of the Jin Kingdom in the Western Regions.

At this time, Sun Kewang led several Mongols to hand over a batch of firearms that were to be transported to the Golden Horde at the city of Tonduo on the shore of Atami.

Dunduo City, in fact, at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, was originally the territory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but after the fall of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the border agreement signed between Jin and the Qing Dynasty was not counted.

At the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, now only a few Mongolian tribes such as Huite are nomadic, and there is a vacuum in power, not only the Jin State jumped over the Tianshan Mountains and controlled the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, but also Mobei Mongolia also pushed westward, encroaching on the pastures of the Huite Department, and wanted to swallow the rich Jungar Basin.

This Dunduo City, an important stronghold established by the Jin Kingdom at the exit of the Tianshan Mountains, is located in the east of Atami, and not far from the west of Atami is the Broken Leaf City, the birthplace of the Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai.

If the Jin State develops westward, it will basically be able to restore the areas ruled by the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions.

On the way, the Silk Road is divided into two routes, the southern route from Samarkand to Persia and India, and the northern route along the Aral Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the Black Sea to Ukraine and Eastern Europe.

The trade route to the south of the Jin Kingdom was affected by maritime trade and lacked competitiveness, so the position of Dunduo City as an export to the north of the Silk Road was very important.

At this time, Sun Kewang was looking at a smelting blast furnace near the Tianshan Mountains outside Dunduo City, with the same monk Getai Ji as Zhunger.

The biggest benefit of the Jin State's attack on Yarkand, in addition to digging trade routes, is that it has an additional population of hundreds of thousands.

These people were originally difficult to control, but after a large number of high-level nobles and religious leaders died in vendettas, the Jin State's control over them was strengthened, especially the craftsmen of Yarkand, who were actually not bad, but now they were all incorporated into the workshop by Sun Kewang.

"Sangha Taiji!" Sun Kewang pointed to a blast furnace at the foot of the mountain and said with a smile: "This blast furnace has begun to produce iron, and the imperial court is also sending craftsmen over. However, although the blast furnace was built, it was not easy to mine ore, and the carboniferous mine was far away, so the first batch of guns was only about ten. ”

After the establishment of the Golden Horde, because of the war between Russia and Poland in the early stage, there was no time to take care of the west, and the Golden Horde really reproduced the majesty of the ancestors, and grabbed Russia to cry and cry for the mother, but with the end of the war between Russia and Poland, the situation was suddenly reversed, and in less than half a year, the Golden Horde, which was spread on both sides of the Volga River, was driven to the east bank, and the pastures were reduced by half.

At this time, Great Poland, which had instigated them to stand on their own, did not fulfill its responsibilities as allies and ruthlessly betrayed the Golden Horde.

Of course, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth did not intend to release the pigeons of the Golden Horde, the reason why he reneged on the alliance and fornicated with Russia alone and betrayed his allies was all because Sweden, a Nordic power, saw that Poland and Russia were fighting interestingly, and suddenly attacked Poland, so that Poland had to sign a contract with Russia, and then confront Sweden.

The drastic changes in the situation in Eastern Europe caused the Golden Horde to suddenly fall into blood mold, and the losses were huge, and the huge losses made Ayuqi Khan regret it, so he was a little unwilling to see the monk and his Dzungar tribe.

The Sangha has also changed from a hot figure in the Golden Horde to an object of spurning.

At this time, in order to change his unfavorable position in the Golden Horde, he remembered the Jin country he had fought against, so he held the mentality of giving it a try, and asked Yuzi Khan, who was friendly with the Jin country, to see if he could get the source of firearms from the Jin country.

At this time, the monk was standing outside the blast furnace, and many Yarkand people were busy, and red molten iron flowed out of it.

On the mountain roads in the distance, more Yarkand people, driving mules, horses and carts, transported the ore mined in the distant mines.

At a cursory glance, the monks saw that there were at least thousands of people working for the smelting workshop.

So many people don't graze or farm, and the food they consume is very huge, but in fact, the iron they smelt in exchange for much more food than farming and grazing.

The monk looked at it for a while, and then said: "I still hope that the speed of the prince's side can be faster, the Rakshasas have gathered 40,000 people on the west bank of the Volga River, and they may cross the river at any time." I am willing to pay an extra 3,000 sheep, hoping that the prince can make them as soon as possible. ”

Sun Kewang frowned when he heard this, so he said, "Then the king thinks of a way." ”

After speaking, Sun Kewang couldn't help asking, "As far as this king knows, the Golden Horde has at least 200,000 troops, and if you add the cavalry of the Great and Small Yuzi Khanates, I am afraid that there are nearly 300,000 men and horses, and it should not be a big problem against 40,000 Rakshasas." ”

The monk sighed, "The cavalry of these Rakshasas is not lost to us, and they are even stronger, and their infantry weapons are powerful and well-equipped, especially since they have cannons, our bows and arrows and scimitars, it is difficult to defeat them." In the recent battle, the Rakshasas defeated our army of 60,000 with only 10,000 men. ”

Sun Kewang knew that the Mongolian cavalry was powerful, and he also knew that the Rakshasas were pressing the Mongols to fight, but he didn't expect that hundreds of thousands of Mongols were actually afraid of 40,000 Rakshasas, and they were defeated by 10,000 and 60,000.

Sun Kewang couldn't help but take a breath, and after a deep groan, he said: "Taiji, don't worry, the cannon you want, this king will make it as soon as possible, but this king has a request!" ”

The monk's face was a little bad when he heard this, and Sun Kewang hurriedly explained: "There is no need for Taiji to have more cattle and sheep!" ”

Hearing this, the monk's face looked better, "What is the request, the prince can say it directly." ”

Sun Kewang led him and said, "This king wants to send a hundred people to follow Taiji back to see how you fight against the Rakshasa people, I don't know, can you!" ”

The monk rolled his eyes, this was no loss for him, so he nodded and said boldly, "There is no problem, the prince can send someone." ”

Sun Kewang saw him agree, and smiled, "Okay, it's settled, this king will now take Taiji to see the birds!" ”

The workshop of the Jin State is actually not perfect, but in order to make the Mongols pay the deposit, he must take the monks around to take a look, and let the Mongols know that the Jin State has the strength to make the firearms they want, and they will dare to bring the cattle and sheep over.

At that moment, Sun Kewang easily turned over and walked towards the city with a smoke.

A few days later, after seeing the workshops of the Jin Kingdom, the monk took his men and horses, as well as 3,000 bird guns, and a large amount of gunpowder, and set out for the Volga.

However, these gunpowders were not all from the Jin Kingdom, but Sun Kewang bought the raw materials from the Sassanid Empire and North India, made them himself, and sold them to the Mongols. The Golden Horde urgently needed these firearms and gunpowder, so the Jin State was not polite, and ten sheep were exchanged for one gun, which was simply a double profit.

Sun Kewang's generals Zhang Sheng and Li Qichen led a hundred people to accompany them, and they did not fight, but only observed the war in the west.

After all, the trade in the south is affected, and the northwest direction will be an important direction for the trade of the Jin Kingdom, so it is necessary for Sun Kewang to understand the situation in the northwest...

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