Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 358 Batu wants to marry Zhang Yong and kick the ball to Tu Lanlun
If this is the case, the extremely powerful Golden Horde will probably cease to exist. Even if it exists, it is probably not as strong as it was in history.

The Golden Horde in the original history was extremely powerful and was equivalent to a European version of an alternative celestial dynasty.

The flag of later Tsarist Russia was a double-headed eagle with an eagle head facing the west. The eagle head represented their inheritance from the Byzantine Roman Empire.

The eagle head facing east represents the Golden Horde, and Tsarist Russia has always claimed to be the successor of the Golden Horde.

There was a saying in Europe in later generations: peel off the skin of a Russian and you will find a Mongolian inside. This is not just talk!
Even in their old age, the Mongol genes will come to the fore.

This is also the fundamental reason why Russia has been unable to integrate into the West.

Western countries generally believe that the true successor of the Golden Horde is Tsarist Russia.

"Brother Zhang, I was just about to tell you about this. Baydar said he didn't want to establish a khanate here. He wanted to go back and inherit his father's Chagatai Khanate." Guyuk said.

Baidar's unwillingness to stay here and establish his own khanate is actually understandable.

This time following Zhang Yong in the expedition, Baidar made many military exploits and gained a huge reputation among Mongolia. As long as he can return to Mongolia, there is a high probability that the Chahotai Khanate will be inherited by him.

"It's understandable that Baidar doesn't want to stay here. You can give Baidar a promise. If he is willing to support you to become the Great Khan of Mongolia, then you will make him the successor of the Chagatai Khanate in the future. ." Zhang Yong said.

"Guiyou, think about it carefully, even if they stay in their eastern territory, can't they encroach on their territory?
You must know that all Qianhu officers were personally canonized by the Mongol Khan. When Genghis Khan established this rule, he was strengthening the dominance of the Mongol Khan.

"Brother Zhang! If Brother Meng establishes a khanate here, then should we send other members of the Torre family over?
Then he took the opportunity to take away the Tuo Lei family's territory in the Mongolian grassland in the eastern Mobei. "Guiyou said.

Then this group of orphans and widows are the weapons you use to deal with Brother Meng. As long as they are in your hands, Brother Meng will not dare to take advantage of them. "Zhang Yong said.

If he does not have this enemy, no matter how close the relationship between the two is, they will turn against each other. Zhang Yong knows this very well.

But if I send it over, it will not be very beneficial to me in the future. I have to need the Golden Family to be in chaos. Give yourself enough time to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty and the Dali Kingdom, and completely complete the unification.

In the original history, Baidar was at odds with Guyuk, and after Guyuk succeeded to the throne of Mongolian Khan, he was ultimately unable to successfully inherit the throne of the Chahotai Khanate.

However, the current situation is completely different from that in history. The military exploits Guyu has made by following him are much more powerful than in the original history.

After Ogedai's death, Mongolia will fall into turmoil. At this time, Batu, far in the west, will definitely seize the territory. Whether Baidar's territory can be preserved or not is one thing.

"No! You can't send it here. It would be bad to send it here. If Brother Meng really establishes a khanate here, then these people can become your hostages." Zhang Yong said.

Sending it here is of course the best choice, as it can completely eradicate the power of the Tolei family, and with Guiyou's current strength, if you just tell Ogodei, Ogodei will take action.

Zhang Yong even thought of the reasons for them. After all, Ogedai Khan shared half of the western territory with Guyu.

The current Golden Family is indeed capable of producing many people, and they are brave and resourceful, but compared with myself who has some information about the future, it is still far behind.

"I understand. Baidar also wants to inherit the Chahotai Khanate. He doesn't want to stay here to establish the Khanate, right?" Zhang Yong nodded and asked.

"No, don't worry about this now. It's just a small matter. There's no need to bother Wo Kuotai Khan. We'll talk about it when our Western Expedition is over." Zhang Yong touched his chin and thought for a moment. , said.

In the future, you can completely use this method to control all the territory of the Tuo Lei family.

All will be under his rule, and by then he will be the unprecedented Mongol Khan, even surpassing his grandfather Genghis Khan.

If there is an opportunity to seize all the land belonging to the Tuo Lei family, they will definitely support it with both hands and feet, and will act quickly.

The Western Expedition is not over yet. It will take at least two more years before the Western Expedition will officially end. After the Western Expedition is completely over, or on the way to the Western Expedition.

Instead of establishing a new country here and leaving the huge Chagatai Khanate to others to rule, why not just do it yourself?

As for Guyu, this kid will not waste his troops and stay here. He will definitely choose to go back and compete for the position of the Mongolian Khan.

During the civil strife in Mongolia, Zhang Yong could take advantage of the situation, develop his own power, and then find a way to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty.

Wo Kuotai will probably die. I have given him good wine over the years. They are all high-purity liquor brewed using modern methods. Drink this stuff every day, and then go hunting on horseback after drinking it. You... It wouldn't make sense if he didn't have a stroke.

Brother Meng's thoughts should be similar to his own. He probably wouldn't choose to stay in the West, and his territory would be a no-brainer.

After all, father and son have basically the same personality! They all have a bad impression of the Tuo Lei family.

"But Brother Zhang, I think it will be easier to send them here, so that we can directly rule their territory." Guyu said.

Baidar's idea was good, but it was just a thought. What Chagatai really valued was Hara Huleh.

But the current situation is different. Baidar has a very good relationship with Guyu, and he is also very good with himself. If Guyu can become the new Mongolian Khan in the future, then it will still be very important to make him the Khan of the Chahotai Khanate. relaxing.

Mobei Mongolian Grassland, Monan Mongolian Grassland, Qinchak Grassland, and South Ross Grassland are some of the largest grasslands in the known world.

If he had helped Guyu to kill Batu in advance and let him die directly in the west, or greatly weakened the strength of the Batu family, Zhang Yong could do it now, but the gain would not be worth the loss, because Guyu must have an enemy, and he must have an enemy in the future. Just one enemy.

Chagatai's thoughts are similar to Ogodei's. One of his favorite sons has died, so the current nominal heir is actually a grandson of Chagatai.

However, under the operation of his mother, Turegona, he bribed a large number of Mongolian clan kings and nobles. It took a full five years for Guyu to successfully ascend to the throne.

In the Mongol Empire, the succession of the Mongol Khans did not rely solely on the accumulation of military merit. There was another important thing, and that was the support rate of the nobles.

Hearing this, Guyu nodded thoughtfully. What Brother Zhang said made sense.

The secret letter that Wokuotai gave him could even directly abolish Batu's position as commander-in-chief, but Zhang Yong did not intend to use it.

And Guyu, the boy, will also turn his attention to the west because of Batu's threat, and start a duel with Batu in the Golden Family.

"Brother Zhang! Baidar doesn't want anything to do with the Khanate. Should we write a letter to my father Khan immediately?" Guyu asked.

At that time, as long as Guiyu opens his mouth, Baidar can successfully inherit the Chahotai Khanate. After all, the khans and enfeoffments of each khanate are decided by the Mongol Khan.

It will definitely be given to Batu. When Batu seizes the territory of Baidar and Guyu, the two sides will inevitably go to war.

As the third Great Khan of Mongolia, Guyou is actually not very outstanding among the third-generation Golden Family in terms of military exploits. It can even be said that he is not very good.

As long as everyone in the Tuolei family leaves, the Mobei Mongolian grassland will be theirs.

I only thought of the immediate benefits, but from a long-term perspective, it would be better to have hostages in my hands.

"Don't think so much now. We'll talk about everything after our Western Expedition is over. Put aside the affairs of Mongolia for the time being. Our first task now is for you and me to conquer the Bulgarian Empire and destroy the Kingdom of Serbia and the Latin Empire. Then help the Nicaea Empire recover.

After the Byzantine Empire is restored, you also ask them to marry a princess to you and strengthen ties with them. The Byzantine Empire will become an ally of ours here. "Zhang Yong said.

Anyway, there are quite a lot of princesses in the Byzantine Empire, so there is no problem in choosing one to marry.

"Hahaha! Okay, then I will also marry a princess here. Batu is not willing to marry a princess here, but I am willing." Guyu said.

After appeasing Guyu, Zhang Yong began to prepare for war in the next period of time. First, Baidar would lead a part of the Mongolian army to stay here for defense.

Zhang Yonghui led 20,000 Russian troops and tens of thousands of Mongolian troops to the Bulgarian Empire with Guyu. On the eve of Zhang Yong's expedition, Batu's envoy also came here, and Zhang Yong also met with this envoy.

"Greetings to Master Military Advisor, Master Batu asked me to say hello to you and pay my respects to you." The envoy knelt on the ground and said to Zhang Yong very respectfully.

"You're welcome. Is there anything you want to tell me when you come here this time? What tricks can you bring to me in Batu." Zhang Yong sat in the king's seat and asked.

"Master Military Advisor, Master Batu asked me to tell you that there were some misunderstandings between our two families before, and now he hopes to resolve these misunderstandings.

And I hope that when your daughter grows up, you can marry your daughter to his eldest son.

Or I can marry my daughter to your eldest son, and our two families will get married. "The messenger said.

Batu wants his daughter to marry his son, or for his daughter to marry his son. This is a political marriage with me. This kid has some brains!

If you had said this a few years ago, I would have definitely agreed.

During the Western Expedition, I helped you wholeheartedly, trying to make the original Golden Horde stronger, but how did you repay me?
I was so kind to you, but in the end you sided with Brother Meng, and even indirectly killed my brother-in-law.

Although he said he killed his brother-in-law, Zhang Yong also knew that Batu did not do this.

But after all, people died on your territory, and you also helped the real murderer conceal the situation.

In this case, is it still the same thing whether Tulanlun will agree?
If it weren't for his brother-in-law, Tu Lanlun would definitely be very happy, but the situation now would be hard to say.

So Zhang Yong planned to kick the ball first and give it to Tulanlun.

Ask yourself what your eldest wife means. If your eldest wife agrees to the marriage, then you will have a political marriage with the Golden Horde.

"I personally admire Commander Batu very much. It would be great if our two families could get married.

But I can't make the decision alone about marriage. I even asked the mother of the child about this matter. How about this!

You send an envoy to the Mongolian headquarters to the Guanzhong area to meet my eldest wife Turan Lun and ask her for her opinion. If Turan Lun agrees, I will agree to the marriage.

Let Batu's daughter marry my son. "Zhang Yong said.

If there is a marriage, let Batu’s daughter marry over!
However, all this still depends on Tu Lanlun's opinion, after all, her brother is dead.

Going to Guanzhong, this trip will probably take nearly half a year.

This time of going back and forth is just enough time to buy yourself some time and relax your relationship with Batu.

"In that case, the King of Guanzhong agreed, right?" the messenger said.

It finally fulfilled its mission!

"I agree in principle, but if the child's mother doesn't agree, then there's nothing I can do about it. After all, you all know what happened recently." Zhang Yong said.

According to Zhang Yong's estimation, with Tu Lanlun's character, there is a 70% to 80% chance that he is unwilling.

"King Guanzhong, don't worry, we will send an envoy to convince the eldest lady. The death of Prince Kuolejian is really just an accident. After all, it was on the battlefield." The envoy said.

"Okay! Prince Kuolejian died in the battle. We are not allowed to mention it again in the future. Apart from marrying me, does Batu have anything else to say?" Zhang Yong asked.

"King of Guanzhong! Lord Batu would like to make an agreement with you that next year, our two families will deal with the enemies in the rear.

Able to gather the entire Western Expedition army together, and then attack the Holy Roman Empire and completely defeat the Holy Roman Empire. "Batu's envoy said.

Zhang Yong has to deal with the countries surrounding the Nicene Empire, and Batu also needs to deal with the Teutonic Knights and the Prussian region.

"On this point, I promise that we will attack in the direction of Italy, and Batu himself will attack Austria, Germany, and the direction of Bohemia." Zhang Yong said.

"Master Military Advisor, what Master Batu means is that our forces should be brought together instead of divided into two groups. According to the information we have received, the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire is also gathering forces in the direction of Western Europe and plans to organize a crusade.

By then, this will definitely be a huge army, and we will have to gather the strength of the entire Western Expeditionary Army to completely annihilate them. "The messenger said.

It turns out that after doing this for a long time, Batu no longer wanted to separate forces with him, but wanted to merge with him.

Indeed, the strength of the Holy Roman Empire, coupled with the support of Western European countries, its combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of Poland, Hungary, and the Russian region.

Austria alone is not much worse than Hungary in strength, not to mention Bohemia and the German region. The combat effectiveness of the German region cannot be underestimated.

Batu attacked the Holy Roman Empire. The Holy Roman Empire alone could probably muster 200,000 troops.

In this Western Expedition, some teams must be left for defense in the Polish region, and the same is true for the Hungarian region they occupied.

It is not yet known how many troops will be able to pass by then. Their troops including Zhang Yong's troops may only be 200,000.

"I understand, go back and tell Commander Batu.

By next year, if Western Europe really gathers a coalition force, then we will join forces and completely eliminate this coalition force.

But if they do not form a coalition, then we will follow our original military strategy.

Batu and the others attacked Austria, Bohemia, and Germany, while I attacked the Papal States and Italy. "Zhang Yong said.

If the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire can really pull off a new crusade, then it is still a good thing. It will not be difficult for more than 200,000 Mongolian troops to annihilate them.

After all, the Mongolian army's field combat capabilities during this period are no joke. As long as you dare to come to the field, I will let you come back.

However, even if all the troops of the Holy Roman Empire were huddled in the castle, Zhang Yong had a way to deal with them. First, a large number of explosive packs could easily blow open some small bunkers.

And the ten heavy artillery pieces Zhang Yong brought from the east have not participated in a battle so far!
This is the real weapon against city walls.

"I know, Master Military Advisor. I will personally report this matter to Master Batu. At the same time, we will also send an envoy to Guanzhong."

Zhang Yong nodded and chatted with Batu's envoy for a few more words before sending him away.

Turning our attention back to the east, the Guanzhong region, a little more than two years have passed since Zhang Yong set out for the Western Expedition.

In the palace of the King of Guanzhong. Tu Lanlun's face was very ugly, and he was holding a letter in one hand tremblingly. Tears could not stop flowing down, and he covered his mouth with the other hand.

Since the beginning of the Western Expedition, Zhang Yong has sent back a letter basically every six months or a few months, introducing the situation in the West and asking about the situation in Guanzhong.

Tulan Lun will also write letters to Zhang Yong about some situations in Guanzhong, Sichuan and Shu, and even ask Zhang Yong for his opinion on some major matters.

But she never expected that the latest letter sent was the news that her own brother had died in the war.

(End of this chapter)