Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2658 The Emperor's Personal Expedition, the Tuoba Khanate?
Kublai Khan introduced this hierarchical system, and after the first group of Han Chinese or people from the Western Regions successfully joined the Mongol nationality, some conflicts broke out between these new Mongol nationals and the old Mongols.

But at that time, Kublai Khan proposed that the Mongols, Han Chinese, and people from the Western Regions were all subjects of the Great Yuan, and the Great Yuan should no longer adhere to the old ways.

"Hmph! What do you mean by the distinction between Han and Simon?"

"The seeds of Han and Western Region people, scattered across the pine grasslands of the North, will blossom into the flowers of our Mongols!" Kublai Khan once openly said this to a group of Mongol nobles.

He even invited Genghis Khan, who was already somewhat behind the scenes at the time, to support him.

Thus, Kublai Khan's system was rapidly implemented.

In the nearly seven years since the three-year pandemic, Kublai Khan has not only been recovering from the wounds of three years ago, but also promoting various reforms in Mongolia, covering politics, economy, and the military.

As for the Tuoba Wei, Yuan Hong, also known as Tuoba Hong, was essentially Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty. He inherited Tuoba Tao's idea of ​​making good use of Han people, and even went a step further.

However, in the midst of chaos, Tuoba Tao clearly valued Tuoba Gui's military capabilities more.

Therefore, before he passed away, he left a will bequeathing the throne to Tuoba Gui.

However, although Tuoba Gui successfully ascended to the throne, he remained deeply wary of Yuan Hong. After all, Yuan Hong was his biggest rival before he took power.

Furthermore, since Yuan Hong has been primarily responsible for the post-pandemic recovery efforts in recent years, his influence in the imperial court is indeed formidable.

Any emperor would be wary of such a person.

The Yuan Mongols were advancing with unstoppable momentum and high morale. Tuoba Gui wanted to personally lead the army into battle. If he could defeat the Yuan Mongols, he would use the prestige gained from this battle to firmly secure his position as emperor.

However, he wouldn't feel at ease if he went to the front lines to lead troops and left Yuan Hong in the rear.

Therefore, he actually brought Yuan Hong, the top political expert of the Tuoba Wei clan, to the front line.

However, the Tuoba Wei regime still had a relatively strong will to resist.

However, the strongest resistance did not come from the Tuoba clan, but from Wanyan Zongbi and others who had fled here many years ago.

Both being escapees, the resistance of the Wanyan lineage was several levels higher than that of the Yelü lineage.

Although a large number of Yelü's descendants fled, quite a few also sided with the Yuan Mongols.

In contrast, the Wanyan lineage either died in battle or fled after their defeat; they would never side with Temujin.

However, just after Tuoba Gui had arranged matters for the court, the front lines suffered another major defeat, with Muqali defeating Yelü Xiuge.

In this defeat, Tuoba Wei only lost a pasture, but at least the loss of its army was not significant, as Yelü Xiuge managed to bring back as many troops as possible.

However, Helian Bobo's defeat at the hands of Shi Tianze was a significant loss.

Shi Tianze almost completely wiped out 30,000 troops.

It should be noted that Muqali's entire force was composed of cavalry, and they had never achieved such results.

In contrast, Shi Tianze, whose force consisted of a mixed force of infantry and cavalry, managed to wipe out Helian Bobo's 30,000 cavalry in one fell swoop, almost achieving total annihilation. Furthermore, Helian Bobo and Wang Maide were captured together.

Shi Tianze's route was mainly composed of Han Chinese and people from the Western Regions. Because these people had no roots within the Yuan Dynasty, they could only stick closely around Kublai Khan and were his staunch supporters.

Along Shi Tianze's journey, the Han Chinese Chen Zhibao and Yan Wenyang who surrendered to Jin along with Yang Yan, as well as the two Jin generals Wei Shu and Guo Chongtao, were all quite capable military leaders.

In the battle between Xizhou and Liangzhou, Kublai Khan once again witnessed the disparity in strength between the Mongols in open field battles and siege warfare.

Therefore, in these years, he heavily relied on Han Chinese such as Shi Tianze, Chen Zhibao, Yan Wenyang, Wei Shu, and Guo Chongtao, and used their success in Central Asia to ennoble them, enabling them to politically rival the Mongol nobles.

Thus, with a majority of Han Chinese as the main force, the Mongol army strengthened its infantry capabilities against the Han troops.

Among these people, Yan Wenyang and Wei Shu were both infantry specialists. In addition, the main composition of the army consisted of Han Chinese and people from the Western Regions, which allowed the Yuan Mongol infantry to make rapid progress in these few years.

Today, the Yuan Dynasty has become a truly great empire, and its army is no longer dominated by cavalry. Instead, it has developed into a diverse system with various military branches, even though the cavalry is strong.

However, Tuoba Gui's personal command of the expedition greatly boosted the morale of the Tuoba Wei army, which temporarily stabilized the situation.

At the same time, Xuan Ye also swore an oath to lead his troops into battle in the eastern part of Tuoba Wei.

Compared to the Yuan Dynasty, the Tuoba Wei was far inferior in strength, and by more than just one level.

Although the Qing Dynasty's national strength has declined considerably in recent years and has begun to fall behind the Tuoba Wei Dynasty, it is at least not so much worse off than the Tuoba Wei Dynasty.

Therefore, although Tuoba Gui never relaxed his vigilance against Tuoba Wei from the beginning, the two-front war immediately put him in a difficult situation.

The current situation of the Tuoba Wei is much more difficult than that of the You Qin dynasty, which lasted for more than ten years.

At that time, although Youqin was also fighting on two fronts, at least its national strength was similar to that of the other two countries, and they were on the same level.

However, the Tuoba Wei were different; one of the fronts they were fighting on was far stronger than theirs in terms of national strength.

Emperor Tuoba Gui's personal command of the expedition greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers at the front, and managed to stabilize the situation temporarily.

However, Tuoba Gui himself was too busy to keep an eye on the western front while also personally overseeing the eastern front, and Tuoba Shiyijian on the eastern front was clearly not up to the task.

Tuoba Shiyijian had really put a huge strain on Tuoba Gui. On the surface, he held off Xuan Ye with a smaller force, but in the blink of an eye, Hong Chengchou and Nian Gengyao flanked him from the side.

This battle directly led to the collapse of the Tuoba Wei's eastern front.

Now, the stronger Yuan Mongols were blocked, while the relatively weaker Manchus seized most of the grasslands of Tuoba Wei after this battle, making Tuoba Gui feel like he had a thorn in his side.

Fighting on two fronts, with one front collapsing, already signifies a path of no return.

Therefore, when the Manchus made a breakthrough, it meant that the Tuoba Wei dynasty was in danger of falling off a cliff at any moment.

As for Kublai Khan, his goal was conquest, not to force the Tuoba family to their deaths.

Therefore, he publicly stated that as long as the Tuoba tribe submitted, they could enjoy the same treatment as the Khanate.