The Golden Horde was an enemy of the Great Zhou at the beginning of its founding, but the Great Zhou suffered several setbacks when facing the Golden Horde.
The first campaign against the Golden Horde was launched during the reign of Emperor Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty. However, Emperor Taizu was already old at that time, and the campaign was abandoned halfway through.
The second emperor also campaigned against the Golden Horde, but the two sides were evenly matched in the battle, and the Great Zhou was also plagued by internal strife, with some of the founding heroes rebelling. So the battle was also hastily ended.
This was one of only two times that the Great Zhou Dynasty had invaded the territory of the Golden Horde.
After that, the territory of the Great Zhou was relatively peaceful and stable, so the emperors of successive dynasties gave up the idea of attacking the Golden Horde.
But while the Great Zhou had given up on that idea, the Golden Horde had always longed for the prosperous Central Plains.
For centuries, the Golden Horde had frequently harassed the borders. Each time, the Great Zhou Dynasty had to make various promises of trade and even withdraw its defenses in exchange for the enemy's withdrawal.
Over the past few hundred years, the Great Zhou Dynasty has actually retreated more than 800 li, ceding several counties to the Golden Horde.
However, although the Great Zhou Dynasty was incompetent, it must be said that it was quite lucky.
Originally, the Golden Horde had the power to destroy the Great Zhou Dynasty when it was at its weakest, or at least to truly rule the Central Plains.
However, the Golden Horde got a taste of the benefits from the repeated concessions made by the Great Zhou, so they would occasionally make such concessions, preparing to slowly whittle down the Great Zhou's strength and take it down without bloodshed.
The idea was good, but the successive Khans of the Golden Horde overlooked the importance of people's hearts.
The Golden Horde was originally a harsh and cold land. Once the grasslands were hit by a snow disaster, they could only plunder southwards and survive by fighting desperately. Therefore, their fighting strength was naturally extremely strong.
However, ever since the Great Zhou Dynasty humbled itself and opened up various trade routes, its grains, ironware, and heating tools have been transmitted to the Golden Horde.
Moreover, the counties ceded by the Great Zhou were all fertile plains with abundant water and grass, and were major grain-producing counties.
In this way, even if they encounter natural disasters, the herders of the Golden Horde can survive. Since they can survive, who would be willing to risk their lives?
So over the centuries, the fighting power of the Golden Horde has declined significantly, and its royal family has become complacent, purchasing large quantities of delicacies, jewelry, silk, and jade from the Great Zhou every year. It is no longer the Golden Horde of yesteryear and no longer has the power to completely destroy the Great Zhou.
Therefore, in the last hundred years, the Great Zhou and the Golden Horde have formed a strange balance.
The two sides have had friction on the border, but neither can do anything about the other.
Both sides had incompetent high-ranking officials, but on the border, the Great Zhou sent its elite border troops, while the Golden Horde sent savage cavalrymen who had come from the remote and impoverished areas deep within the Golden Horde.
The elite troops on both sides were stationed at the border, while their internal strength was actually quite average, so naturally, the situation remained deadlocked.
These are related to national strength, and there is also a lot of information about the Vajra Myōrin Temple.
The Vajra Mind Wheel Temple was the state religion of the Golden Horde, holding a highly respected position. Even the coronation of the Great Khan of the Golden Horde required the presence of the abbot of the Vajra Mind Wheel Temple.
Without even the certification of the Vajra Meru Temple, the Khan's authority is illegitimate.
In recent years, whenever there was an internal coup in the Golden Horde, the first thing the coup leader would try to gain was the support of the Vajra Meditation Temple.
However, the Jingye Division still had no news about the Buddhist Kingdom on Earth.
The Great Zhou's infiltration of the Golden Horde was extremely poor, making it very difficult to obtain such information.
Only one piece of news caught Yang Cheng's attention.
That is, there was once a Jianghu person who was of mixed blood with the Great Zhou Dynasty in the Golden Horde and who traded between the two countries. He heard that there was a secret place in the Vajra Minglun Temple, and that the abbots of the Vajra Minglun Temple in succession had to enter it before they could become abbots.
Yang Cheng guessed that the place might be related to the Buddhist kingdom on earth.
The all-powerful Vajra of the Dharma came to the Great Zhou a month ago, and now another month has passed, so the people of Lingshan have been in the Golden Horde for at least two months.
I don't have much time left, I have to take action immediately.
He could break into the Golden Horde on his own, but Yang Cheng didn't have that much time to deal with the people from the Vajra Minglun Temple.
That was, after all, the Golden Horde; they might have some backup plans.
Yang Cheng now possesses the power to destroy a nation single-handedly, but with the people of Lingshan by his side, he must be cautious.
Therefore, Yang Cheng's plan was to either not make a move at all, or if he did, to gather all his forces to completely crush the Golden Horde, and then calmly deal with the people of Lingshan.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
