Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2768 After the destruction of two Khanates, Yelü returned to the Jin Dynasty.

While Ögedei and Zhenjin were at war, Möngke, representing the third faction, temporarily retreated and withdrew to Hulagu's territory.

Firstly, Mongke did have some sense of the big picture.

They knew that if they were to actually start a full-blown war at this point, it would not be beneficial for the Yuan Dynasty.

Secondly, and ultimately it was because he didn't have enough power under his command.

He was able to stand on this stage because of the support of Hulagu and Batu.

However, Hulagu and Batu were both very hesitant to actually draw their swords and participate in the civil war.

In addition, they had just received news of the demise of the Kushan Empire at that time, and the situation in the south was bound to change again, so they temporarily retreated back into the Hulagu Khanate.

At the same time, it's also to observe how the situation develops before making a decision.

Those two companies fought for two years.

They fought from the ninth year of the Qianyuan era to the tenth year, a total of two years, and still hadn't reached a conclusion.

Only after countless casualties on both sides, and Mu Huali finally unable to bear it any longer, stepped forward to stop the two families, did the situation begin to develop in a new way.

When Muqali left the Khanate for the royal court, Yue Fei led 50,000 cavalry out of Bingzhou and launched a surprise attack on Muqali's Khanate, which was not yet at the aid of its elite troops, and destroyed it in one battle.

Upon receiving the news, Mu Huali hurriedly joined forces with Murong Ke from next door. Mu Huali had just returned, but it was already too late. All that was left for Mu Huali was ruins.

Almost at the same time, Zhang Yi was sent as an envoy to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, bringing with him an order from the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, demanding that they immediately send troops to the Tuoba Khanate next door.

The Han Dynasty was too powerful for Xuan Ye to resist. Even if he deliberately refrained from sending troops, he had to at least make a show of it. He couldn't possibly ignore the order or not send out a single soldier after receiving the order.

In short, for Xuan Ye, given his weaker position, he still had to put on a show of construction regardless of the circumstances.

How to fight after sending troops out will be discussed later, but first, let's send the troops out to make a show of it.

Just as the Manchu Qing launched a large-scale attack on the Tuoba Khanate, and Tuoba Hong mobilized all the Khanate's troops to resist, Huo Qubing led 30,000 cavalrymen out of the border and, taking advantage of the Tuoba Khanate's weakened rear, swept them away in one fell swoop.

Tuoba Hong wanted to lead his troops back to reinforce, but was intercepted by Han Xin's 5 Youzhou cavalry.

At the same time, Li Mu, the deputy general of Youzhou Army, personally led 5,000 cavalry to join forces with the Manchus, forcing them to participate in the battle.

With the forced participation of the Manchu cavalry, the two sides joined forces and officially destroyed the Tuoba Khanate, whose ruler, Tuoba Hong, died on the spot.

Many civil and military officials, including Changsun Song, Yuan Cheng, Yuan He, Cui Yanbo, Gao Yun, He Lanxiang, Dongfang Ji, and Fu Yong, either died in this battle or during Huo Qubing's surprise attack on their rear.

After the capture of Tuoba Lu, Tuoba Heluo, Tuoba Lie, Tuoba Dao and other members of the imperial clan, along with famous generals such as Wei Yuan, Xi Mu, and Mu Chong.

Under Li Mu's order, Xuan Ye personally carried out the execution, burying alive Li Mu, the 10,000 captured steppe soldiers, and all the royal family members and high-ranking officials of the Khanate brought by Huo Qubing.

It was precisely because the Manchus were forced to carry out large-scale massacres after the fall of the Tuoba Khanate that they did not even spare three-year-old children.

Yuan Benxi, Yuan Xingqin, Tuoba Langsima, Yuan Zan, and other members of the Tuoba Khanate royal family who escaped this calamity became sworn enemies with the Manchus from that moment on. Although the Tuoba Khanate had already perished, and the Yuan Mongol heartland had no time to manage their affairs, they still gathered small groups of herders and continued to harass the Manchu grasslands.

Although their forces were too small to cause real damage to the Qing dynasty, they still disgusted the Qing people.

This group is so small that it cannot pose a fundamental threat to them.

However, they come to harass us every now and then, but this is the vast grassland, and the area is so big. Each time, the other side only sends out a few hundred people. How can they catch them?
In any case, within just a few months, Yue Fei and the two major camps of Youzhou launched a lightning attack, forcing the Manchus to send troops at the same time, and annihilating two of the original seven Khanates in the shortest possible time.

In the same year, the Modu Khanate, the first of the seven khanates to be recognized as a khanate, officially declared independence after Modu's death.

Maodun also died; he succumbed to a serious illness and his life ended in winter.

Of the seven khanates, the Modu Khanate was the most unstable. It was precisely because of this that when the khanates were divided, although Temujin fulfilled his promise to divide the Modu Khanate.

However, the spheres of influence assigned to them were extremely remote.

During these two years, the internal struggles within the Yuan-Mongol core never ceased, and there was not even a hint that they would cease.

As a result, the Yuan Mongol heartland was unable to manage external affairs at this time, which led to the split of one of the seven Khanates.

Who could have imagined that, just three years after Kublai Khan's death, the once mighty Mongol Empire would have fallen to such a state?

In June of the same year, Yelü Lihu secretly sent an envoy to contact his brother Yelü Deguang, asking him to act as an intermediary and express his desire to submit to Emperor Li Xiang of the Great Jin Dynasty.

In October of the same year, Yelü Lihu led his followers and herdsmen, totaling nearly 100,000 people, and quickly marched towards Liangzhou.

Emperor Li Xiang of the Great Jin Dynasty dispatched Huo Qubing and Yelü Deguang with 30,000 cavalry to receive the people and settle them in Liangzhou and Xizhou, which were nearby.

Yelü Lihu himself only came to the Yuan Dynasty after the fall of the Tuoba Wei, and he did not have a strong sense of belonging to the Yuan Dynasty.

During the Yuan-Mongol War, he didn't care who won or lost.

If the Yuan Mongols win, then they can continue to be subjects of the Great Yuan.

But if the Great Jin wins, he can simply bring his men to join his brothers.

This idea was already in mind, and after Kublai Khan's death, the situation in the Yuan Dynasty became so chaotic that there was no hope of turning things around.

Furthermore, Yelü Deguang never severed ties with Yelü Lihu, and political factors inevitably played a part in the brothers' correspondence.

That's exactly why he ultimately made this decision.

However, just as they were about to reach Liangzhou, this group of people suddenly caused trouble again.

They were almost at the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty, and Yelü Lihu was ready to embrace a new life. However, Yelü Wuzhi, who was traveling with them, suddenly regretted it and even wanted to lead his men back.

(End of this chapter)