Chapter 1092: Heavenly Khan

"At least you still acknowledge that you are an Easterner." Chang Wei was silent for a moment, then said indifferently.

Looking toward the direction where Wulanba was being detained, he said coldly, "It is much better than those scoundrels who invite wolves into the house. Regardless of how you put it, the war between Great Song and the Beidi is an internal dispute among Easterners; there is no need for other foreign nations to intervene."

Currently, Great Song is executing a grand strategy to integrate the East.

After all, since the beginning of history, Great Song has been the center of the entire East.

Surrounding nations all have some connection to Great Song to a greater or lesser extent.

If the Eastern nations can be successfully integrated and the system centered on Great Song restored, then this sphere of influence belonging to Great Song in the East will be unbreakable.

This will also facilitate Great Song's future confrontation with the West.

It was just as he thought; this matter must be reported back to Emperor Zhao Xu before it can proceed.

Therefore, he continued, "Since that is the case, then show your sincerity first. I will report this matter to the Emperor."

Based on his understanding of Emperor Zhao Xu, he believed the Emperor would agree to this.

Because at present, the contradiction between Great Song and the Beidi is no longer the primary contradiction.

The current primary enemy of Great Song is the Western nations centered around Britain.

In the direction of the Grassland, if the Beidi can willingly become subjects, it is more beneficial for Great Song to control the Northern Frontier and the Western Regions.

"Many thanks, Great General." Kelin lowered his head and said.

When the Great Song army discovered them engaging in battle with the Tusman, they chose to attack the Tusman first, and only pursued them afterward.

This matter had been lingering in his mind, and he was still pondering it until he reached the Khan Court.

Finally, he realized one thing.

The vision of the Song People is far greater than that of them, the Beidi.

Compared to Mule Hongzhen, Wulanba, and their ilk, the Great Song Emperor Zhao Xu is the true hero of the world.

He, Kelin, should serve such a hero, and the Beidi should also serve such a hero.

Seeing that Chang Wei and the others were about to leave, he hurriedly shouted, "Great General,

please tell His Majesty the Emperor that we are willing to call him the Heavenly Khan."

Upon hearing this, Chang Wei's footsteps paused.

The other generals also revealed expressions of astonishment.

The title of Heavenly Khan exists in the legends of the Grassland people.

Legend has it that in the future, a hero of the world will unify the Central Plains and the Grassland, lead them to conquer the Western Regions, make all nations submit, and even lead them to conquer even more distant lands.

In Kelin's view, the Great Song Emperor Zhao Xu fits the legendary Heavenly Khan perfectly.

Most importantly, he was convinced of this and believed that all of this would come to pass.

That is why he chose to submit to the Great Song Emperor in such a humble manner.

Because the one he was submitting to was the Heavenly Khan.

"Hahaha..." Chang Wei did not say anything, but left behind a burst of laughter.

Immediately, he ordered the battle situation at the Khan Court to be sent to Tongguan, and then transmitted to Yancheng via the telegraph at Tongguan.

He and the generals would remain at the Khan Court for the time being.

On one hand, they were detaining the numerous captives, and on the other, they were discussing the construction of the Western Regions Protectorate with Chen Hu.

According to his idea, the office of the Western Regions Protectorate would be temporarily set up in Ubatu.

In the future, as the territory of the Western Regions Protectorate expands, the office would then be moved westward.

Six days later, the battle report was sent to Tongguan, and then reached Zhao Xu's hands.

At this time, Zhao Xu was in the Imperial Study, reviewing the telegraph information sent by the Jinghai Shipbuilding Department.

According to Chen Shou, in the two months since the Abdication Ceremony, the remaining ironclad warships had been launched one after another.

Currently, in addition to the first ironclad warship launched, the remaining eleven had also been launched successively.

That is to say, the navy currently possessed twelve ironclad warships.

This news made him feel invigorated.

At the same time, he had also been receiving news from the direction of Tianzhu.

The second batch of reinforcements for the Westerners had arrived one after another.

Thus, he believed that the conditions for launching a general offensive against Tianzhu were basically met.

The only thing still lacking was the containment of the Tusman Empire from the direction of Zhongtu.

At present, the Tusman Empire is the hegemon in the direction of Zhongtu.

It borders the East in the west and connects to Tianzhu in the east.

If the Tusman Empire were to help the Western Lands Allied Forces with all its might, it would be very troublesome.

Of course, this is not to say that the Great Song army could not win this war.

But it would inevitably come at a greater cost.

Therefore, it would be best to strike the Tusman Empire in the Tianshan region, so as not to let the forces of the West, the Tusman, and Tianzhu concentrate, but rather to disperse them.

Thinking this, he unfolded the telegraph sent from Tongguan.

Learning that the Beidi Khan Court had been captured, Wulanba and the Ross Consul Ivan had been taken prisoner, and the Beidi had chosen to surrender, he smiled lightly.

Without a doubt, for him, this was a timely rain.

With the Beidi resolved, Chen Hu's Gun Cavalry could take back the Tianshan region in the next step.

"Heavenly Khan?" Next, Zhao Xu noticed what Chang Wei mentioned about a Beidi royal tent leader named Kelin.

Chang Wei had briefly summarized this Kelin's words for him.

After thinking for a moment, he could not help but shake his head.

Regarding this matter, he was naturally happy to accept it.

Because the Great Song had suffered no losses at all.

The captured Northern Di were meant to be slaves anyway.

It was just that while the Northern Di were originally enslaved out of fear of the Great Song's military might, it had now changed to the Northern Di bringing their own provisions and sincerely serving as slaves.

Since that was the case, why should he refuse?

Moreover, the title of Heavenly Khan was extremely solemn to the tribes of the Grassland, including the Northern Di.

Once they acknowledged him as the Heavenly Khan, he would henceforth be the common master of the Grassland people and they would no longer harbor any ulterior motives; this was of great significance.

Thinking of this, he picked up his brush and wrote his imperial edict, ordering Xiao Guizi to take it to the telegraph office and send it to Tongguan.

In the edict, he agreed to Kelin's request and accepted the submission of the Northern Di.

But even so, the Northern Di still needed to serve as slaves to atone for their crimes, and only when the term expired could they regain their freedom.

Of course, this period of enslavement would give the Great Song sufficient time to assimilate the Northern Di.

Secondly, he gave another order to Chang Wei, telling him not to return his troops for the time being, but to go to Tianshan with Chen Hu to launch an attack on the forces of Tusiman entrenched there, so as to deter Tusiman.

In this way, once Tusiman concentrated his heavy troops in the direction of Tianshan, he would then take action against Tianzhu.

The Northern Di was already the last remaining problem in Dongtu.

Now that the Northern Di was resolved, he would then focus on the conflict with the Westerners.

And the final outcome of this conflict would determine the landscape of the Western Lands and Dongtu for hundreds, or even thousands, of years.

After Xiao Guizi left, Zhao Xu sent another order to Zhou Yi in Jinghai, telling him to transfer all the Ironclad Warships to the port of Malacca to prepare in advance for the war in Tianzhu.

Afterward, he called for Wang Chong and asked about the construction status of the airships.

"There are six more airships, and they are expected to be completed in half a month; by then, there will be eighteen airships in service," Wang Chong replied.

The structure of an airship is simple, unlike a Warship which requires a long construction time.

Moreover, the current first-generation airships are still relatively crude, so there are even fewer manufacturing processes.

"Eighteen is enough." Zhao Xu nodded.

To him, in this war in Tianzhu, the airships' primary role was for reconnaissance rather than bombing.

Because their slow speed makes it very easy for enemy soldiers to avoid the airships' bombardment.

During the First World War, Germany's airship bombing of England only killed a few hundred people.

Of course, that is not to say that the bombing effect of airships is useless.

Airships may not be good at bombing people, but hovering over enemy positions to destroy their Forts and other fortifications is still feasible.

Besides that, they can stay in the air for a long time to serve as aerial command posts and guide the Artillerymen in their shelling.