Chapter 107: Persuading the Western Xia Ruler and Ministers

After several days of traveling day and night without rest, they galloped nonstop and finally entered the territory of the Western Xia capital. When the magnificent palace of Western Xia came into view, Temujin could not help but show a look of surprise. He found it hard to imagine that this small nation of only three million people could build such a grand and luxurious palace. The golden and jade-bright roofs shimmered in the sunlight, the intricately carved eaves seemed like phoenixes spreading their wings ready to fly, and every brick and stone seemed to be telling the story of Western Xia's glory and honor.

A surge of curiosity and longing rose in Temujin's heart, and he could not help but begin to imagine what the palaces of the Jin Kingdom and the Great Song must look like. Perhaps the palaces there would be even more magnificent and grand, with a level of golden splendor that even surpassed the imagination of Western Xia.

Witnessing Temujin's utterly shocked expression, the ruler of Western Xia could not help but feel a hint of contempt and disdain deep within, secretly sneering.

"This barbarian from the north truly has never seen the world."

However, thinking of the situation reported by the general on the front line, he could not help but ask, "I heard my general say that the Mongolian grassland has already been unified by a force called the Huaxia Democratic Republic. Could it be that you are asking me to send people to help you rebuild your tribes?"

"No, I have come specifically to help the Great Bai Gao Kingdom, hoping that the Great Bai Gao Kingdom will perish just like us people," Temujin said with a calm demeanor.

"Bold! The Great Bai Gao Kingdom has stood for over a hundred years, with strong national power, a flourishing population, and mighty troops. In the past, the Great Liao, and now the Great Song and the Great Jin, all had ambitious plans to destroy our nation, yet they failed repeatedly and could only return with broken wings. In contrast, you barbarians are few in number, not yet reaching a million, how can you contend with our nation?" a minister shouted in anger.

Hearing the minister's rebuke, Temujin did not become angry or depressed; instead, he laughed loudly to the sky, as if the most ridiculous thing in the world was echoing in his ears.

"Hahaha, I did not expect that my, Temujin's, sincere help would be met with such treatment. This brother, do you know what the population and military strength of that force called the Huaxia Democratic Republic were a year ago?"

"The population was less than two hundred thousand, and the military strength was only twelve thousand, of which nine thousand were surrendered less than two months ago. Even in such a situation, when all our tribal forces attacked together, they were defeated and fled in disarray."

"Now they have swallowed the entire grassland. At that time, they will have one million herdsmen and a hundred thousand great army. I ask you, how much confidence do you have to stop them?"

As soon as Temujin's words fell, the entire hall instantly boiled over, as if a stone had been thrown into a calm lake, stirring up layers of ripples. The power of that force was simply breathtaking. A force of twelve thousand soldiers, yet nine thousand of them were newly surrendered.

Even in such a situation, they could directly defeat the allied armies of all tribes on the grassland. If such an army expanded to over a hundred thousand, it would simply be a disaster-level imagination. Everyone could not help but shiver, not daring to think any further.

The atmosphere in the hall instantly became solemn, and everyone felt that invisible pressure.

"Heh, Leader Temujin truly has a clever calculation, attempting to use us and our troops to help you restore your kingdom. I admit that the force you mentioned is indeed powerful, but our Great Bai Gao Kingdom is different from you. Our passes are dangerous and strategic; your cavalry cannot exert any advantage here."

"We only need to defend the passes; why should we go to the grassland to find trouble for ourselves?" the ruler of Western Xia said with a light laugh.

"That force left after seeking trouble for itself."

"Left after seeking trouble for itself, heh heh. Your Majesty, I think you do not understand this force. The thing this force was born to do is to overthrow the mountain pressing down on the people and establish a regime truly where the people are the masters. And the thing they want to do is to eliminate all exploiters and oppressors."

Temujin glanced around at the ministers surrounding him and finally fixed his gaze on the ruler of Western Xia.

"In their words, you people, slave-owning nobles, scholar-officials, landlords, and even Your Majesty are blood-sucking leeches lying on the people, stepping on the people, exploiting the people, and oppressing the people. Do you know why they can have such strong cohesion in such a short time? Because they all share a common hatred."

"You cannot imagine what a torrential rage it is when the oppression accumulated for generations is ignited. They put us slave owners on high platforms to receive their criticism and abuse. They want to use the blood of masters to wash away the humiliation and hatred of generations."

"And you think such a group of people would leave after seeking trouble for themselves just because they encountered a little setback?"

Temujin's words were like a sharp dagger, full of biting mockery towards this group of people. However, the hall above was unusually quiet, with no one speaking up to refute. This was not because everyone did not care about Temujin's mockery; on the contrary, they were deeply shocked by the strong sense of crisis revealed in Temujin's words.

Those words were like an invisible heavy hammer, smashing hard on their hearts, making them deeply feel the terror and despair of being suddenly pulled down from the high altar of gods.

"Your Majesty, since the founding of the Great Bai Gao Kingdom, everyone has been a soldier. Just the elite Qingsheng Army alone has one hundred thousand, and the troops stationed in local places number over five hundred thousand. Moreover, we have Temujin, this hero who has ridden freely on the grassland since childhood, as our guide. He is familiar with every inch of the grassland and understands every habit of the grassland people. With his guidance, we will surely add wings to a tiger, advance like a bamboo split, and sweep away all enemies."

Hearing this person's words, Temujin was somewhat speechless. Even Wang Han's Kereit tribe could fight them to a standstill, let alone sweeping away Wang Han's revolutionary army.

Sweeping away the revolutionary army? You really dare to think that.

For Western Xia to be able to contain the revolutionary army's momentum of integrating the entire grassland would already be very lucky, let alone sweeping them away. Temujin just wanted to take advantage of the revolutionary army's unstable footing to send troops and delay their speed of integrating the grassland forces.

To make this force suffer a heavy blow or even be destroyed, the Great Jin Kingdom, which commands a million troops, must be drawn in.

Moreover, this speed must be fast. If the time is long, Western Xia will be swallowed by the revolutionary army. At that time, the population of the revolutionary army will triple or quadruple, and the military strength will at least double.

By then, even if the Great Jin Kingdom really brings a million great army together, it will be of no use.