Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Now Kublai Khan absolutely does not want to launch another pursuit. His greater energy now is to annex the entire Chagatai Khanate. Pursuing the coalition forces is a thankless task.

Even if the coalition forces knew about the death of the Great Khan, their morale would be lowered. Even if they lacked some military rations and various reasons, the total number of soldiers would still be superior.

In order to defeat the coalition forces on their side, Kublai Khan and Batu paid too much and received too little in return.

The reward is not directly proportional to the effort, so at this point in time, it is safest for them to retreat and hurry up to return to the territory of the Wokuotai family.

This war is basically over. As for what will happen in the future, it depends on the wishes of the upper class.

"No! I have one more thing to do." Zhang Dingguan shook his head and said.

"Eldest Prince, what else do you want to do? Retreating now is the best choice for you. If you don't leave, it will cause some unnecessary trouble." A Qianhu member of the Tuo Lei family said in confusion. said.

"Hahaha! Think about it, such a big thing is happening in the Chagatai Khanate now. Chagatai's army has only been gone for two days. If we catch up at this time, there will be unexpected gains. ”

"Grand Prince, the Chagatai Khanate has not offended us, so why should we add insult to injury? Are you going to attack the army of the Chagatai Khanate?" asked a member of the Wokuotai family.

"No no! Both my father and your Ogedai family have a good relationship with the Chagatai family.

Now the Chagatai family's army must be very confused. The master they were loyal to is dead. If they want to survive on this land, they only have one person who chooses to surrender to a member of a golden family, and the only person they can surrender to is There were only Kublai Khan and Batu, but I'm going to give them a new choice now. "Zhang Dingguan said.

Kublai Khan, do you dare to play with me once? Damn it, then I will play with you once. If you want to take over this country without any blood, then I will not let you get it.

You killed their masters, you killed their followers, and these soldiers of the Chagatai Khanate hated you.

And I am the grandson of Genghis Khan. My father has always only had good relations with the Chagatai Khanate. The same is true for Uncle Guyu. If we both recruit troops from the Chagatai Khanate to follow us, Kublai Khan, you Do you think they will come to my side or yours?
This is an easy question to choose, right?

There are more than 25,000 Mongolian troops in the Chagatai family. If these people are subdued by Kublai Khan, there will be a big problem! There are many other ethnic groups in the Chagatai Khanate.

These people don't care who their ruler is, as long as they are Mongols, even if you Mongols leave them, they will be on fire.

With these foreign ethnic groups, Kublai Khan can completely raise an army of 100,000 people on the grassland. By then, Kublai Khan's strength will not be much weaker than that of the Golden Horde.

Therefore, Zhang Dingguan decided to destroy Kublai Khan's plan and find a way to win over the Mongolian troops of the Chagatai Khanate and let them follow him.

No matter what, these people cannot take advantage of Kublai Khan.

"This plan of the eldest prince is very risky, but it does have a probability of success. We are dragging the Lei family's army."

No! I am now an army of the King of Guanzhong family willing to follow you. "A large group of generals from the Tuolei family knelt on the ground and spoke.

A few months ago, from the moment they chose to betray Kublai Khan and Meng Ge on the grassland, there was actually no room to look back. Kublai Khan came to recruit them before, but some people couldn't help but go. They were left behind, but these people knew it very well.

Following Kublai Khan now, he will also fight against the Mongol Empire in the future. Can these few people under Kublai Khan really be able to stop the Guanzhong army?

Following the King of Guanzhong is the wisest choice.

"Well! This time we are going to persuade you to surrender, so there is no need to bring too many troops. I will only bring a few thousand elite cavalry. The rest of you will continue to return eastward." Zhang Dingguan said.

"This move of the eldest prince is indeed risky, but it can indeed destroy Kublai Khan's plan. We are also willing to support you, so just go ahead and do it!" Several generals from the Ogedei family also nodded to each other, which was regarded as agreement. Got this plan.

They were very happy to be able to create a small obstacle for Kublai Khan. In this way, everyone agreed to the plan and went to persuade the troops of the Chagatai Khanate to surrender to them and follow them back eastward.

As long as this army of the Chagatai Khanate is obtained, it will be a major blow to Kublai Khan.

Even if the other party left, it was only for two days. If he led a small group of troops to catch up, he should be able to catch up quickly.

Zhang Dingguan spent half a day dealing with some matters in the military camp, and then ordered all the troops to move forward.

And he himself led an army and rushed towards the retreat direction of the Chagatai family army.

This time, as long as his plan can succeed, he can severely damage Kublai Khan's plan. At least he will not be able to seize a khanate so comfortably.

At this time, Batu had just stepped into the border of the Chagatai Khanate for a few days. These days, his marching speed had not been fast, maintaining a constant speed, and had been waiting for Kublai Khan to reply to him.

After they entered the territory of the Chagatai Khanate, a Chagatai Khanate army followed them all the way and removed all the herdsmen on their march.

Batu was also unhappy with this kind of thing. After all, if a large-scale army came to his territory to take advantage of the passage, he would do the same.

One night, Batu was preparing to set up camp and rest. A few days ago, for some unknown reason, the troops of the Chagatai Khanate who were originally monitoring them suddenly left without even saying hello, leaving Batu confused.

"Batu Khan, a messenger from the front has returned, and he has brought the latest battle report."

"Finally, an envoy has come. Let him come in and tell me what's going on at the front." Batu received the envoy sent by Kublai Khan in his Chinese army tent, and there was also a letter from Kublai Khan. Lie's handwritten letter.

"Batu Khan! We, we won a big victory this time, and Lord Kublai Khan also said that he had suppressed the rebellion of the Tolei family's army.

Now there are 30,000 troops from the Tuolei family who have surrendered to Lord Kublai Khan. Including your army, there are a total of 40,000 troops under Lord Kublai Khan. In addition, Lord Kublai Khan has also received Some of the Chagatai Khanate's Manguya and other ethnic servant troops were surrendered. "As soon as the messenger came in, he said something that left Batu scratching his head, because Batu didn't understand what the other party meant at all.

"I'm very happy that a part of the Tolei family's army has rebelled. What happened to the Chagatai Khanate?
How could Kublai Khan surrender some troops of the Chagatai Khanate? Could it be said that the Khan of Chagatai did not take care of it? Is he willing to ally with us? Batu asked.

It seems that this was not our original plan! Kublai Khan your mission? It was to stop the enemy. As for convincing the Khan of the Chagatai Khanate to send troops with him, that was a matter for the envoy. Shouldn't Kublai Khan have anything to do with it?

"Batu Khan, you, didn't you ask Prince Kublai Khan to lead troops to raid the royal court of the Chagatai Khanate? Now the royal court of the Chagatai Khanate has been destroyed by Kublai Khan. The entire Chagatai bloodline has been cut off, and the Khan has died in the hands of Lord Kublai Khan." The messenger said in a daze, which seemed to be a little different from some of the news he knew!

Kublai Khan told them that Master Batu personally agreed to this matter. He brought the army here to perform a secret mission to avenge Lord Batu's father, Lord Jochi.

"What? You, what did you say Kublai Khan? Kublai Khan did not chase Guiyou's troops, but instead, he raided the royal court of the Chagatai Khanate and killed all the descendants of Chagatai. Kill them all, are you kidding me?"

Batu's expression changed wildly, he stood up suddenly, and said with a look of disbelief. This news was so shocking that it even made him a little overwhelmed.

Is there any mistake? I clearly sent Kublai Khan there. It is to pursue the enemy, not to let him do unnecessary things. How could he, how could he lead an army to raid the royal court of the Chagatai Khanate? And he also killed everyone. "This, this is what happened about seven or eight days ago, Prince Kublai Khan, he said, he said he was following your order to avenge Lord Jochi.

The Chagatai family and our Jochi family are mortal enemies, so he took us on a raid. "The messenger said with some fear. He could see that Batu was very angry now.

His face was very ugly, and his whole body was even trembling.

"I don't care about this bastard. I never gave such an order at all. I have never said such a thing. The envoy I sent was to have friendly exchanges with the Khan of the Chakotai Khanate. The relationship between our two families Things have changed over the years. Where did all the hatred come from?" Batu said.

Since he established the Jin Zhanghan Kingdom, the Chagatai Khanate has maintained a good relationship with him, and the two sides have always had some trade exchanges.

After all, it is unrealistic to obtain food from the East, and the West does not obtain much. The Chagatai Khanate is a semi-agrarian country, and there are still many farming ethnic groups within its territory.

You can use food to exchange some cattle and sheep with them. The Golden Horde needs food, and they need some cattle and sheep. The relationship between the two parties has been very harmonious over the years.

Last time, Shunzi sent someone to report to him, so Batu still had a very good impression of the Chagatai Khanate, and he very much hoped to unite with the other party.

But unexpectedly, things developed far beyond his expectations. Kublai Khan led troops to raid the royal court of the Chagatai Khanate and cut off Chagatai's bloodline. This, this is called What's going on?
Although there is a feud between the two families, it is all a matter of the previous generation. Some things can be let go, and people are dead.

How could this Kublai Khan, this Kublai Khan, dare to massacre other countries in his own name?
"Let me ask you, what is going on in this matter? Who asked you to follow Kublai Khan to massacre his royal court? I clearly asked you to raid the retreating army of Mongol Khan Guyuk." Batu asked. road.

"Batu Khan! We don't know anything about this matter! Lord Kublai Khan said, this is your order, you asked him to do this. He said that there was a conflict between the two families, so he brought We went.

After the massacre, he also gave us a large amount of gold and silver jewelry from the Chagatai Khanate. The morale of the soldiers was very high. "The messenger knelt on the ground and said.

He originally thought that he would get a big reward when he came back to report to Batu this time, because they won a great victory and completely destroyed a khanate. But what I didn't expect was. What was waiting for him was a scolding.

"Kublai Khan gave you the letter, take out the letter and let me see it. I want to see how he wants to explain to me, how he wants to talk to me." Batu said.

The messenger did not dare to be negligent at all, and immediately took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Batu.

After Batu took the letter, he snorted coldly, then opened it and began to read the contents of the letter.

The content of the letter was very simple. Kublai Khan first greeted his eldest brother cordially, and then explained his intentions.

He did disobey Badu's orders and went to attack the Chagatai Khanate instead of pursuing Guyu's western expedition.

As for the reason, Kublai Khan also elaborated on it. He only has 10,000 troops. It is simply unrealistic for this small number of troops to deal with an army of hundreds of thousands. Even if they launch a surprise attack, their army will suffer heavy losses. , and may even be annihilated. This is not something a qualified general would do.

Batu was a little angry when he saw this. It was not what a qualified general should do. So why did you propose this strategy at that time? Why do you want an army from me?

Kublai Khan also said in the letter that the Khan of the Chagatai Khanate was not willing to form an alliance with the Golden Horde at all. His heart had always been towards the Ogedai family of Mongolia.

Brother Batu's envoy went once and was kicked out, and he went once and was kicked out. The Chagatai Khanate had no intention of being polite to them.

That's why Kublai Khan decided to make a risky move as a last resort. Once this risky decision is successful, it will bring great benefits to the Golden Horde.

It can also resolve the decades-old grievances between the two families and avenge Batu's father. A large number of troops from the Chagatai family have gone out.

The number of troops in the royal court is very small, not even ten thousand. If a surprise attack is launched, it will definitely succeed.

So Kublai Khan led his army to raid the royal court of the Chagatai Khanate, cut off the bloodline of all the royal family members of the Chagatai Khanate, and completely controlled the other side's royal court.

He also sent his men to the Western Expedition Army and began to persuade the Tuolei family troops to rebel. After Kublai Khan's continuous efforts, he finally surrendered more than 30,000 Tuolei family troops.

Now that he had successfully joined this army, the number of troops under his command had reached 40,000, so he made a bold suggestion to Batu.

Guyuk's army has returned eastward, and chasing them is a thankless task. It is better to take this opportunity to destroy the Chagatai Khanate with an army of hundreds of thousands, and control the Chagatai Khanate, and then let Kublai Khan come Commander.

As a buffer zone between the Golden Horde and Mongolia, even if a war breaks out in the future, the Mongolian Empire, or Zhang Yong in the East, will have to attack Kublai Khan's forces first.

Whether Brother Batu chooses to come to support him or prepare for war in his own territory, at least he will have a healthy choice.

Kublai Khan said a lot of flattering words in his letters, and how he controlled the various benefits of the Chakrai Khanate to the Golden Horde, and continued the trade they should do. Everything is the same as before, just with a different owner.

At the end of the letter, Kublai Khan told him that he had obtained 30,000 Mongol troops, and the troops of the Tuo Lei family were all brought by the Tuo Lei family.

Now they want to find a living space in this western land, in the land of the Western Regions, hoping that Brother Batu can help regardless of past grudges.

Accept his Kublai Khan's kindness.

"Hahahaha! It's ridiculous, it's really ridiculous! I actually believed you, I actually believed you." Batu threw the letter on the ground very angry.

Kublai Khan! Kublai Khan! You bastard, you never even thought about raiding the army of Mongol Khan Guyuk! From the beginning to the end, you thought you were going to fight the Chagatai Khanate.

You simply want to borrow troops from me and then raid the royal court of the Chagatai Khanate, because you have already reached this point.

When the armies of our two families enter the territory of the Chagatai Khanate, the Khan of the Chagatai Khanate will definitely send troops to follow. There will definitely be a void of defensive power in the royal court, and this is the opportunity you are waiting for.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You have destroyed the Chagatai Khanate and taken part of the Tolei family's army into your own hands. Now either I will make you the khan here, or I will lead the army to fight with you. Then let Guiyou take advantage of it.

At this time, Batu had no idea that Kublai Khan had already guessed Guiyu's life and death, but he did not tell him about it because what he needed was for Batu to be confused.

If he was told about this, it might cause a war between Batu and him, and Batu would also want to annex the Chagatai Khanate.

"He told me that he had an army in his hands. This was a warning to me. If I did not agree with him to control the Chagatai Khanate, then the 30,000 troops in his hands would be enough for me to drink a pot. As for my one An army of 10,000 people even turned into 10,000 hostages," Batu said.

I really have you, Kublai Khan, my good brother! I really didn’t expect that I would be tricked by you.

It's so miserable for you! Will the blame for the family’s destruction fall on me? (End of chapter)