Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2454: Imperial Alliance, Slave Trade

Excluding the Khanate of Ogedei, the Khanate of Batu and the Khanate of Hulagu, the remaining two khanates were the Murong Khanate and the Jalari Khanate.

The masters of these two khanates are the two famous generals of the Yuan Dynasty, Murong Ke and Mu Huali.

However, these two khanates are smaller in scale than the other khanates in all aspects.

After all, although these two were top generals of the Yuan Dynasty, they were not members of the Borjigin family themselves, and there was certainly a difference between this and the khanate that was granted to their sons and grandsons.

Moreover, their Khanate was also the most powerful enemy facing the Yuan Dynasty Mongol Empire.

Of course, these Khanates were basically distributed along the borders of the Yuan Dynasty, responsible for expanding the territory of the Yuan Dynasty and defending against foreign enemies. However, each had a different focus.

First there was Maodun, then Murong Ke and Muhuali were granted the title of Khanate, which greatly inspired many of the original generals, and they all tried their best to achieve great things.

This was also true for several Han generals. Since the time of Liu Bang, there had been an unspoken rule in the Han Dynasty that people of different surnames could not be crowned kings.

If they were in the Central Plains, no matter how great their contributions were, they would not have been able to get this opportunity unless they wanted to be the masters of their own house. Only when they arrived in Yuan Mongolia could they get this opportunity.

This was what Temujin wanted to see, and it was also the main purpose of his division of the two khanates. He wanted to rely on interests to unite the Yuan and Mongolian people, and attract more talents to join the Yuan and Mongolian khanates.

In the past few years, Kublai Khan successfully obtained a large amount of supplies by forming the Yuan Dynasty mercenaries from the Yuan and Mongolian troops and employing them in the Parthian Empire, helping the Yuan Dynasty overcome the previous crisis.

However, in recent years, the power of Ardashir within the Parthian Empire has become increasingly powerful, and externally, there have been constant frictions between the Roman Empire and the Kushan Empire, especially the Kushan Empire, which has been in military conflicts here in recent years.

The Parthian Empire today is clearly on the verge of collapse.

Not long ago, the war between the Parthian Empire and the Roman Empire ended with the victory of the Parthian Empire due to the assassination of Roman Emperor Caracalla.

However, because of this war, the power of Ardashir within the Parthian Empire became even stronger, and the Kushan Empire took this opportunity to bite off a large piece of meat from the Parthian Empire.

Although the Roman Empire at this time was not in its last days like the other three empires of the same period, its emperor Caracalla was notoriously cruel and licentious, and therefore he was always unpopular.

As the Mongols began to overcome the crisis and gradually recover their strength, even though they have not yet returned to their peak state, Kublai Khan still had no need to let the Mongols continue to serve as mercenaries for the Parthian Empire.

It was at this time that Ardashir sent envoys to Yuan Mongolia to request an alliance with Yuan Mongolia.

Kublai Khan showed extraordinary interest in this alliance.

Over the years, his Yuan-Mongol troops, as mercenaries, had come into contact with the rulers of the Parthian Empire. King Artabanus was not an incompetent person, but with his ability, he could not change the current situation of the Parthian Empire. The Parthian Empire was also known as the Parthian Empire, but Parthia was regarded as an outsider by the Persians, and the foundation of its rule was unstable. This was the most important reason for the rapid development and growth of Ardashir after he declared independence.

As a Persian, Ardashir received a lot of support from Persians. During this period, there were still many Persians who hoped to restore the glory of the Persian Empire. Of course, in fact, Ardashir lived up to expectations and established a powerful Second Persian Empire.

Logically speaking, these two families are neighbors, and normal people would not want the emergence of a powerful neighbor.

However, the situation is different now. In recent years, as mercenaries, the Yuan Mongols' main enemy is the Roman Empire to the west, and the two sides have been fighting each other for many years.

After all, the people of the Roman Empire were tall and made excellent candidates for slaves.

During this five-year period of economic recovery and development, in addition to the mercenary business, Kublai Khan also launched a secondary slave trade, allowing the Yuan Mongolian mercenaries to capture a large number of slaves in the war with the Roman Empire, and then sold them to various parts of the East.

Even in the Zhongjin of Dajin, there have been traces of a large number of white slaves in recent years.

The light cavalry tactics of the Yuan Mongolian mercenaries were indeed hard to defend against. They avoided the main force of the Roman Empire many times and specifically went around the rear to capture civilians of the Roman Empire.

The Parthian Empire was also happy to see this happen. The actions of these Yuan and Mongolian mercenaries could not only weaken the power of the Roman Empire, but also the Parthian Empire would collect taxes when the slaves of the Yuan and Mongolian mercenaries passed through the border. For them, it was also a source of income, so they certainly would not meddle in other people's business.

In addition, Yuan Meng and Da Jin were similar. During the three-year epidemic, they needed the help of the Kushan Empire, so they let the other party rob them. Now that that stage has passed, they naturally have no good face for the other party. In the past five years, the relationship with the Kushan Empire has also begun to deteriorate.

With two major enemies, the Jin Empire and the Kushan Empire, in the south, Kublai Khan certainly hoped that there would be a strong barrier between them and the Roman Empire, a barrier that could definitely help them resist the Roman Empire.

The Parthian Empire, which was on the verge of collapse, certainly could not serve as this barrier. So, Ardashir was a good partner to cooperate with.

Moreover, although Ardashir is a ferocious tiger, after he grows stronger, even if he is using the tiger to get its skin, there is no need to worry about raising a tiger as a threat.

After all, he also had to face the Roman Empire and the Kushan Empire. With two major empires as enemies, he also did not want to provoke a third empire-level force, the Yuan Empire.

In this way, even if the two families are neighbors, they don't have to worry about their own development and growth affecting them. On the contrary, they still need their neighbors to be stronger in the short term.

At least, until the enemies they are facing now are resolved, even if their neighbors are strong, they still have to rely on each other.

It was also because of this that Kublai Khan showed considerable interest in the time proposed by Ardashir and the request for alliance he put forward.

(End of this chapter)