Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2770 The Battle of Yuan and Qing, Muqali's Death

Even after Yelü Lihu surrendered, the war machine of the Great Jin Dynasty did not stop there.

In the same year, the long-standing rivalry between Ögedei Khan and Zhenjin finally came to an end.

Although Zhenjin had gathered a large number of supporters, the battlefield they fought on was the grasslands, and the people from the Central Plains behind him did not have a foundation, especially after losing Xizhou and Liangzhou.

Ultimately, he couldn't compare to Ögedei, who had the support of most of the Mongol nobles.

The struggle for power is cruel; the defeated Zhenjin, along with his brothers and children, young and old, were all swept away and drowned in the lake.

Kublai Khan's lineage was almost completely wiped out because of the failure of this political struggle.

However, after Ögedei Khan's victory, in order to stabilize the situation, he did not immediately carry out a large-scale purge of Zhenjin's supporters. Instead, he temporarily maintained the status quo to keep them in check.

After all, Möngke in the south, and the two khanates that supported him, did not bow down to him. Instead, they refused to obey his orders, citing Ögedei's murder of the late emperor's bloodline, and appeared to be ready to establish their own independent regime.

The Modu Khanate in the northwest, in particular, had already declared independence and urgently needed his attention.

However, Ögedei Khan only sought temporary stability and did not exterminate these people. With each new emperor comes a new court, and since the emperor had changed, they naturally had to obediently step down.

Within a few months, Chancellor Yelü Chucai, who was constantly ostracized in the court, died of depression.

Shi Tianni privately complained about Yelü Chucai's death, but somehow it reached Ögedei Khan's ears, leading to his punishment and death by flogging.

In that same year, the Great Jin Dynasty widely publicized its impending alliance with the Manchu Qing Dynasty to conquer the grasslands, thereby deepening the hostility between the two sides.

Of the two khanates that were destroyed, the Tuoba Khanate had an inextricable connection with the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

With the added strength of the remnants led by Yuan Benxi, the Yuan-Mongol side decided to strike first.

In fact, this is enough to prove that even a starved camel is bigger than a horse.

Even now, the Yuan Dynasty is still far from being a match for the Manchus. The broken empire is still an empire.

Muqali, whose khanate was destroyed, is now old and frail with white hair.

He sensed his impending death and did not want to die in bed like Temujin and Modu Chan, but rather on the battlefield.

Therefore, he did not hesitate to use himself as bait, giving his last bit of energy to the Yuan Mongols, enabling the Yuan Mongols to decisively defeat the Manchus.

Fei Yingdong, a veteran general from Nurhaci's time, and Aobai, a general of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, along with Chu Ying, a member of the imperial clan, and 50,000 troops, all fell into Muqali's trap.

They were determined to eliminate this general from the time of Genghis Khan, but when their troops were exhausted from the fighting, they were instead surrounded by Murong Ke. None of the three men escaped, and their troops suffered heavy losses.

In addition, a host of civil generals, including Dorji, Namzhar, Salar, Gan Hui, Yuan Fan, Zhu Tu, Li Yong, and Angri, also perished in this battle.

Even the fierce generals Qiong Qi and others were captured in one fell swoop by Tao Tian and other Yuan Mongol generals. These people were originally fellow disciples, but later, by chance, they went to different camps.

However, they were all very familiar with each other's moves. With an overwhelming advantage, Qiong Qi had no will to fight and could not even unleash 70% of his full strength. With the help of other Yuan Mongol generals, it was naturally difficult for him to escape.

Muqali, one of the earliest veteran generals of the Yuan Dynasty, dedicated his last years to the empire.

At the same time, he finally fulfilled his long-cherished wish in this battle, falling on the battlefield instead of in his bed.

Following this battle, the entire Qing Dynasty was thrown into turmoil, and Emperor Xuan Ye dispatched envoys to the Great Jin Dynasty seeking aid. However, during this period, they suffered another defeat.

Ögedei Khan adopted Zhang Bin's plan, which involved Wei Shu, a Han Chinese loyalist among the Mongols, feigning defeat.

After Ögedei Khan came to power, the Han Chinese faction, which had been living a relatively comfortable life, plummeted in status and was gradually marginalized from the center of power in the court.

This has never been a secret.

There was a basis for getting these people to feign surrender.

Zhang Bin offered his advice merely to ensure his survival; someone like him naturally wanted to secure a place for himself in the court.

Although he was also a Han Chinese, he had not followed Kublai Khan for very long, and was completely different from people like Shi Tianni.

Even if the nobles of the Yuan Dynasty were to exclude him, it wouldn't be his turn; people like Yelü Chucai were the real targets.

He wanted to use this time to establish a foothold with Ögedei.

Ögedei Khan accepted Zhang Bin's plan, and Wei Shu, who implemented the plan, was equally eager to do so. He also hoped to take advantage of this opportunity to change his situation within the Mongol Empire.

With a strategist like Zhang Bin, whose intelligence is over 100, personally devising the plan, they successfully fooled the Manchus once again. However, it was still not as effective as the previous time when an old general like Muqali risked his life to set up the scheme, and the results were much worse.

However, it still brought the Manchus a great victory once again, in which they successfully killed Hu Erhan and Ayuxi, two of the early generals of the Manchus.

Meanwhile, after the fall of the Tuoba Wei dynasty, Wanyan Aliheman, Wanyan Jing, Pufeng, Tudankening, Hushahu, and Tudanyi, who came to the Manchu Qing dynasty, also perished in this battle.

After suffering repeated defeats at the front, Emperor Xuan Ye was furious and personally led an expedition, which barely managed to stop the decline.

However, after two consecutive crushing defeats, they simply cannot hold out for long in their current state.

At this point, all we could do was wait for reinforcements from the Great Jin Dynasty.

However, once the Great Jin showed signs of sending troops, the Yuan Mongols temporarily withdrew and did not continue the war.

After all, they had already dealt a heavy blow to the Qing Dynasty in this battle. Ögedei Khan only wanted to use this battle to stabilize his position, so he naturally knew when to stop while he was ahead.

Ögedei was already very pleased with the outcome of this battle.

Of course, the Great Jin was also very happy.

If these two countries start fighting each other, no matter which one suffers the loss, Da Jin will be very happy.

Moreover, this further intensified the hatred between the two families, and the Great Jin was still quite adept at using the Manchu's weapon.

Therefore, they promptly displayed an attitude of launching a large-scale military campaign, thereby temporarily forcing the Yuan Mongols to retreat.

On the Mongol side, Ögedei Khan was pleased, but the Mongol nobles were unhappy.

After winning a battle, Ögedei consolidated his position and enhanced his prestige within the army.

However, after this battle, to the great dismay of some Mongol nobles, the Han people who had been gradually marginalized by them began to reappear around Ögedei Khan.