[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse":3,"chapter-from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-chapter-14":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","From Special Forces to the Multiverse",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2315064,4527,"Chapter 14: War Is the Continuation of Politics","from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-chapter-14",14,"\u003Cp>Although the process was tortuous, the outcome was still very satisfying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the four chatting and laughing in the distance, Doghead Gao couldn’t help breaking into a cold sweat—if these kids became terrorists, there’d be no room for Black Cat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, they were weaker in martial strength, intelligence, ruthlessness, and even shamelessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at least they were on his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at this moment, on the chat group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Chu’an: “Damn, my Brother Nie is truly worthy of outwitting a hundred immortal sects—he walked into the interrogation room and immediately crushed Black Cat.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Jing: “I have to say, Nie Huaishang’s performance just now genuinely scared me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Xiaofan: “Not just you—I was scared too. Black Cat simply can’t compare to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Huaishang: “You guys are enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Huaishang looked at the group’s teasing and felt speechless—if he didn’t act intimidating enough, he’d let Black Cat take control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Jing: “Alright, let’s stop ribbing Huaishang. What are your plans after this? Which department are you signing up for? I’m going for the Command Department.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Huaishang: “Without exception, we all plan to sign up for the Command Department.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Xiaofan: “Exactly—we’ll need to command armies in other worlds.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Chu’an: “Besides, joining the Command Department will make our missions easier.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four each booked tickets, packed their bags, and returned home to prepare for enrollment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They enrolled quickly, but their academic performance varied—Guo Jing’s behavior made some teachers feel he was neglecting his studies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frequently asked why the Mongol cavalry was so powerful and combat-effective, yet Guo Jing always completed assignments well and performed excellently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The teachers merely scolded him for focusing too much on modern warfare, then gave him answers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, the Mongol army’s military system: the integrated civil-military thousand-household system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thousand-household system recognized the hereditary authority of the thousand-household Nayan (Mongolian: official).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within their jurisdiction, they held power to allocate pastures, collect taxes, assign corvée labor, and command troops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hallmark of the thousand-household system was organizing all herders into military units under the command of individual thousand-household Nayan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the teacher’s explanation, Guo Jing’s expression sharpened—he had once been appointed Nayan by Temujin in his original timeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Jing continued listening intently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each thousand-household was both a military unit and a basic social organization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thousand-household system dismantled the old tribal structures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through this system, all Mongol people were incorporated into thousand-households and fixed within designated pasture zones, forbidden from moving freely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Households were registered; all males aged fifteen to seventy were conscripted, required to provide their own horses, weapons, and provisions, and led into battle by thousand- or hundred-household commanders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nayan class was a vital pillar of Genghis Khan’s and his family’s rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nayan who earned special merit and were granted the title “Darqan” enjoyed exemptions from taxes, exclusive rights to war spoils, immunity from legal punishment, nine pardons for crimes, and freedom to graze livestock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Mongol cavalry occupied Central China, Ögedei extended the thousand-household system there, granting massive fiefs—under this system, nearly every Mongol became a soldier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond military structure, the Mongol cavalry excelled in advanced strategy and tactics: long-range flanking maneuvers, deep raids, and coordinated pincer attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mongol cavalry’s most striking feature was its high mobility—they advanced swiftly, avoided strong points, struck weak ones, sliced through enemy lines like a butcher dissecting an ox, surrounded them, and won.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Achieving such strategic mobility first required the Mongols’ pastoral lifestyle—everyone could ride, herd, and shoot arrows, making their horsemanship superb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, the Mongol army placed great emphasis on horse care. Genghis Khan repeatedly instructed his officers to cherish their horses and punish those who wasted their strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, when marching, soldiers rode multiple horses in rotation, so no single horse grew exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third, in logistics, the Mongol army faced minimal pressure—they carried only horses and flocks: “On campaign, they drank only mare’s milk or slaughtered sheep for food.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, although Mongol horses were small, unimpressive, standing only 1.3–1.4 meters tall, with weak speed and burst power,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they had thick hides, excellent endurance, and no dietary preferences—they ate anything, even roots and bark when food was scarce, making them champions of long-distance running.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond these two points, the Mongol cavalry’s equipment was also formidable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mongol battle robes had another feature: they always wore a smooth silk garment underneath. This made the robes comfortable to wear and ensured that if an arrow struck, the silk wrapping made extraction easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their weapons primarily consisted of: sabers, daggers, spiked clubs, and bows—each suited for short, medium, and long-range combat, convenient and easy to handle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, back in the dormitory, Guo Jing pondered long—he had never understood why the Mongol cavalry stood united while Song soldiers collapsed at the first blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mongol thousand-household system, though simple, guaranteed soldiers land, wealth, and superior social status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This greatly motivated every Mongol to fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the Song dynasty, clearly the scholar-officials held power—Wen Yanbo had already told the emperor outright: “The Son of Heaven does not rule with the people, but with the scholar-officials.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A great general like Yue Fei was executed on Qin Gui’s mere “perhaps there was a crime”—in my original timeline, I defended Xiangyang for years against repeated Mongol assaults, yet the court gave me no reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, Guo Jing didn’t care about rewards, but you must at least show the right attitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can refuse, but you can’t withhold—it makes others think what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, a tech company: a technician generates hundreds of billions in revenue, yet the company pays him only five thousand yuan per month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No bonus, no benefits, not even verbal praise—and worse, anyone in the company can bully him at will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would any technician want to work for such a company?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Guo Jing realized that to defeat Temujin, technology and military strength alone were insufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Politics must not be weaker—he must match it, for war is the continuation of politics. Qin’s conquest of the Six States rested on Shang Yang’s system of military merit ranks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mongol cavalry swept across Eurasia because of the thousand-household Nayan system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because everyone who fought for him received full, timely rewards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conversely, when advancement is impossible and leaders maliciously withhold pay, regimes collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Li Zicheng faced Chongzhen’s layoffs and wage arrears—so Chongzhen received an armed petition for back pay from Li Zicheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Jing fell into deep thought—he must devise a political system equal to the thousand-household system, one suited to that era.\u003C\u002Fp>",1079,"2026-06-20T13:48:22.834Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","c9c078ed0416fe863f28a97009c169775f9c7dd349aec32c2c7d402ae76d2965","from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-chapter-15","from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-chapter-13",205,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffrom-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-cover.jpg"]