Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

However, before leaving, Zhang Yong did not finish everything. First, Pope Gregory IX, the central figure in the Western European world, was left by Zhang Yong and handed over to Batu.

How to use this old pope in the future is a matter for Batu. The other one is the Holy Roman Emperor. His eldest son Henry VII, who was previously imprisoned, and a group of troops he raised in Austria and Germany were also Zhang Yong was left to Batu.

In addition, Meng Ge of the Tuolei family also retained some Kipchaks who surrendered to their Tuolei family and handed them over to Commander Batu.

As for the military rations, Zhang Yong did not take away all but left half with Batu. It was precisely because of this move that the relationship between the two eased slightly. When Zhang Yong left that day, Batu was still polite. I went out to see him off.

It seems that Subotai must have revealed something to him, and he doesn't know whether the marriage contract between the two children is finalized. Zhang Yong is still considering whether to let his son come all the way to marry Batu in the future. daughter.

Ten days later, Zhang Yong led hundreds of thousands of troops to the Hungarian royal city of Pest. After arriving here, basically all the troops began to go their separate ways.

The army of the Eastern Roman Empire will return to Constantinople. After paying their respects to Zhang Yong, the two archdukes of Serbia and Croatia also set off back to their own fiefdoms. The Hungarian army will disband in the royal city and return to them. respective positions.

That night, Zhang Yong slept in the Hungarian palace for the first time in a long time. Queen Maria was lying next to Zhang Yong, and their children were lying in a baby basket beside them.

"Are you leaving? Leave this land forever." Queen Maria lay in Zhang Yong's arms. He stretched out his fingers to draw circles on Zhang Yong's chest and asked.

"Well! I originally planned to stay for another year, but because of some things, some things happened in Mongolia, I had to return early." Zhang Yong said.

"Can I stay a little longer?" Queen Maria asked softly.

"Three days at most. I can only stay here for three days to let the army rest. If you are willing, you can walk with me for a while. When you reach the Hungarian border, you can return to the royal city." Zhang Yong said.

Wenwen Township is the Tomb of Heroes! This sentence is absolutely correct. To be honest, he really wants to stay here for a while, but time does not allow it.

This time, Mongolian envoys came to read out the decree, and there was also an envoy sent by Fatima. This envoy had urged Zhang Yong to return quickly many times.

Now that the situation in Harah and Lin is extremely unstable, Zhang Yong needs to go back and take charge of the overall situation, help Guyu ascend to the position of Mongolian Khan, or allow Guyu's mother Tolegona to continue to rule the court.

In the original history, Guyu's mother Turegona was regent for five years. These five years were the most chaotic period in Mongolia, and it was also a good opportunity, but the specific method of operation still needed to be prepared.

After all, Ogedai is not dead yet. According to Mongolian law, Guyu cannot inherit the position of Great Khan. There are too many things in Mongolia, and Zhang Yong must return quickly.

"Wow! Your son is still so young now, can't you wait until he grows up and call you father before leaving?" Queen Maria said.

Hearing this, Zhang Yong also felt helpless. I thought so too! But time does not allow it. It will take at least a year for this kid to speak. After one year, I don’t know what Mongolia has become.

"I'm sorry. Please walk with me for a while, to the border of Hungary. I will return directly from the Kipchak grassland to the main Mongolia headquarters." Zhang Yong said.

"Yeah! I understand. I will take good care of your child. I will tell him something when he grows up." Maria said.

To be honest, Maria even thought about giving up her position as Queen of Hungary, and then taking her youngest son with her to follow Zhang Yong back to the East to live, but she couldn't let go of her eldest son.

She couldn't let go of everything she had in the West. After all, the whole of Hungary still needed her to come as regent.

"Well! If we develop Hungary well in the future, our son, you can just make him the regional prince in the future." Zhang Yong said.

"Well! Let's go over there, where we first met, I stood there, you, you, behind me." Queen Maria said.

You are about to say goodbye to the man in front of you, so let yourself go crazy a few more times!
"Well! You go over there and stand on the wall." Zhang Yong said slightly excitedly.

That night, the strange centaur knight appeared again, but this was the phantom of the centaur, appearing in the Hungarian palace for the last time.

There was no talking all night, and early the next morning, Zhang Yong met after breakfast. Eupracia is raising her two children.

"Dad! Dad!" The two children are now one and a half years old and can babbling.

"Let me hug my children." Zhang Yong stepped forward, hugged the children in his arms very intimately, and kissed each other's faces.

"In these three days, please spend some time with Maria! After all, she will lose you forever soon." Eupracia picked up the tea in her hand, took a sip gently, and said.

"What about you? I have to stay with you, don't I? When I leave, you have to stay here alone, right?" Zhang Yong said.

Is that what you said? It's like it's not the last time you see me. Master, now that I'm leaving, can I come back next time or let's talk about something else?

The details of the third Western Expedition are still unknown! And the target of the next Western Expedition will not be your area!
"Who said I have to stay here alone? I have to take my two children and leave with you. I want to go back to the East with you." Eupracia put down the teacup in her hand and looked at Zhang Yong with a smile. He spoke.

"Uh! Didn't I, didn't I, give you a part of the Bulgarian Empire and the land of a principality in Rus?
Our son will be a grand duke in the future! And your father has agreed to let our son become one of the two emperors. "Zhang Yong said.

what's the situation? According to Eupracia, does she want to return to the East with her?
But what should I do with the territory I prepared for you here?
“Please, do you think I don’t have political acumen, or do you think you don’t have political acumen?

If you stay here for another five, six, or even ten years, I would definitely be willing to let my son become a grand duke, or even compete for the throne of the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire in the future.

But if you leave now, I will definitely go with you. If I stay here, I will have no protection at all. In the eyes of my father, I am just a daughter who is not very favored.

The reason why I have today's status and strength depends on you. Once you leave, I will lose everything. I still know this. I can't hold such a big land as a woman. " Eupracia said.

Maria can stay in the West and manage the Western lands. This is a matter of course. After all, only some maids in the palace know about her relationship with Zhang Yong. She is also nominally the wife of Queen Bella IV of Hungary. .

She can manage Hungary well, and the Hungarian subjects will also recognize her, because the king is still very young and must rely on her as the queen to preside over the government.

But what about yourself? She was a princess of the Eastern Roman Empire, yes, but she was just an ordinary little princess.

Because of her husband Zhang Yong, she gained the power and status she has today, but the land of the Bulgarian Empire can now be said to be empty, and the people who will migrate there in the future will only be this part of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Her father, some ministers, and even his brothers were able to evade her power. As for the land of Russia, those barbaric Russians would not believe her.

My reputation is not justified! Rule yourself by force. There is only force that can be used. My own husband and father.

It’s hard to say whether his father will help him, or even seize his own territory, and his husband’s army will return to the east. In this case, he would be a fool not to leave!

If you stay here, you won't get anywhere, and running away with your man is the most correct choice.

As for the future, he will wait until his son reaches adulthood. With the help of his father's army, he can naturally fight back and accept his own territory.

"Do you think this is the case? I have even prepared the reasons for your next western expedition. After all, this is your son's territory!" Eupracia blinked and said.

Holy shit! I used to look down on you, Eupracia. This woman’s political acumen is not bad, even much better than Maria’s. He had indeed arranged everything, but once he left, anything could happen. The Eastern Roman Empire is now in a period of expansion, and it is not certain whether a woman can hold on to her own property.

This old guy, John III, will probably die in a few years. His old father may not seek to seize his daughter's property, but what about her son?
When the time comes, write a letter directly to tell Zhang Yong that all three of the mother and son have died of illness, and we will happily take over their territory, and Zhang Yong has nothing to say.

On the contrary, he returned to the East with himself and raised his son there. He could stay with Zhang Yong and enjoy the glory and wealth. Now the luxurious life in the East is much better than that in the West.

In the future, you can also prepare a sufficient reason for war for your son. When he becomes an adult, he will come to inherit his own territory. As a father, why don't you give him some military support?

So Eupracia has a hundred reasons to follow Zhang Yong back instead of staying here and suffering.

"Hahaha! You are indeed very smart, but I didn't think it through well. Then you and I will return to the East and take your two children with you. When my son becomes an adult, I will let him lead troops to retrieve his own territory and become the emperor of the Roman Empire," Zhang Yong said.

As for the younger daughter, if she wants, she can live in the East and get married in the East. After all, she has half of the blood from the East, so she doesn't have to worry about getting married.

"Hehe! So you should stay with Maria during this period of time! She is really going to lose you completely. I will accompany you on the way back to the east. After we return to the east, I will go and see you again. Princess Tulanlun," Eupracia said.

She has decided to officially join such a harem group, and she probably will never return to the West in her lifetime.

"Well! Then write a letter to your father, explain the situation, and ask him to take charge of our children's land. It is just the Rus land in the Bulgarian Empire. I plan to appoint a new Grand Duke." Zhang Yong said.

If the descendants of my old father-in-law are unwilling to return the land when my son reaches adulthood, then my reason for going to war will be very legitimate. After all, our contract document is still written in black and white!
I am here to help you completely restore the Eastern Roman Empire. If you don't return my son's land, then I will have a proper reason to send troops to attack.

Zhang Yong also needs to make proper arrangements for the 20,000 Russian troops who are following him in the battle. These people have been fighting with him for almost four years, and they have worked hard and made great achievements. No matter what, I have to make these generals a grand duke.

Moreover, the 20,000 Russian troops are still very loyal to Zhang Yong.

Just next to Kievan Rus, the Principality of Galichvoninia, the Principality of Minsk, and the Principality of Chernigov can all appoint grand dukes themselves. Some high-ranking military officers there can also appoint them as grand dukes.

Zhang Yong does not intend for a unified and powerful country to appear in the Kievan Rus region, but to turn them all into principalities of various sizes for me.

Let them become the new Grand Dukes of Minsk or Chernigov, and together with the Grand Dukes of Kievan Rus, Murom, and Ryazan, they can pay taxes to the Mongolian Empire.

Kievan Rus said that Zhang Yong did not intend to go back, but set out directly from Hungary, passing through the Cuman Qincha grassland, and returned directly to the east.

If we take a detour and go from the Principality of Kievan Rus, we may still be delayed for two months.

The 20,000 Russian troops, led by Karlovsky, will separate from themselves at the Hungarian border. At that time, the 10,000 Han troops stationed near Kievan Rus will also come to join them.

Zhang Yong planned to keep the original Grand Duke of Kievan Rus. After all, he would not threaten his son's rule. His son would return to the east with him, so he saved his life.

Moreover, there are several grand dukes conferred by Zhang Yong around him. If he disobeys, these grand dukes will join forces to deal with him.

Three days later, Zhang Yong continued to set off with the remaining troops, and the 5,000 Han troops stationed in Hungary also followed.

After walking for nearly ten days, we arrived at the border of Hungary and met up with our own 10,000 Han troops. These 10,000 Han troops came from the Kievan Rus area.

Each of these fifteen thousand Han troops now has a Russian or Kipchak wife, and they will follow Zhang Yong back to the East.

These people had gathered in the Kipchak grassland a long time ago and stocked rations for Zhang Yong's army. These rations were all looted from the Ross area.

The 20,000 Ross army will formally part with Zhang Yong here.

That night, in the Mongolian camp, Zhang Yong summoned all five generals of the 20,000-strong Russian army.

"Karoslav, Kanislaki, Silamidov, Prosno, Krislav, the five of you have been fighting beside me these years, and you have performed very bravely. Now I am going back to the east. I decided to canonize the five of you," Zhang Yong said.

The five Ross generals who heard this all showed extremely excited expressions. After following Zhang Yong in the battle for more than four years, wasn't this what they wanted?
Among them, some surrendered in the Principality of Vladimir, some surrendered in the Principality of Ryazan and Murom, and there were also people from the Kievan Rus region.

"Sir, are you going to make us nobles?" General Ross asked excitedly.

"That's right, I will ennoble you as nobility, and not just any nobility, but a grand duke, a grand duke of the principality." Wang Yong smiled and said.

"Karoslav, I proclaim you the Grand Duke of the Principality of Galivonia, Kanislaki, and I proclaim you the Grand Duke of the Principality of Minsk.

Silamidov, I proclaim you the Grand Duke of the Smolinsk Principality, Prosno, I proclaim you the Grand Duke of the Chernigov Principality.

Chrislav, I proclaim you the Grand Duke of the Principality of Pereroslavva. "

Zhang Yong conferred the title of five Grand Dukes of Russia in one go, and handed over all the former Russian prisoners, about 50,000 people, to them, each with 10,000 people.

"Thank you, gracious King John."

The Ross generals collectively thanked them excitedly. They did not expect to be classified as Grand Dukes.

"You're welcome, this is the reward you deserve for fighting for me for many years. Now that the war is over, you can take your own reward.

Enjoy the glory and wealth in your own fiefdom. You five are the Grand Dukes I canonize. You must help each other in the future.

If anyone dares to question your gay orthodoxy, then the five of you, together with the Grand Duke Murom and Ryazan whom I consecrated before, must unite together. Remember that the Mongolian Empire is behind you, and there is no need to be afraid of others. "Zhang Yong said.

"We will be loyal to you to the death."

This is of course, according to the rules of their Ross, the five of them are just ordinary generals and are not qualified to be grand dukes at all.

Now being canonized as a grand duke, it can be said that a new political group in the Rus region has been formed, plus the grand dukes of Ryazan and Murom.

These seven people will naturally unite to fight against those real bloodline princes.

"If any principalities betray Mongolia in the future, you will be responsible for attacking them." Zhang Yong said.

These seven grand dukes will be Zhang Yong's nails in the principalities of Rus, because they are the grand dukes canonized by Mongolia.

"We swear allegiance to King John, Lord Zhang Yong." (End of Chapter)