Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

The Khanate of Kublai Khan was unwilling to recognize Zhang Yong as the Great Khan of Mongolia. After receiving the news, Batu of the Golden Horde was also unwilling, but Batu had more things to consider.

Last time, he originally wanted to send troops to capture Zhang Yong's son and then use him to exchange for his own son, but he didn't expect that Kublai Khan stabbed him in the back.

He attacked the Chagatai Khanate and conquered it, which completely destroyed his plan and made his plan to rescue his son fail.

As a result, he didn't even have a fight with Guyuk's army and let the enemy escape, but Kublai Khan did guess some things correctly.

That bastard Guyu really died of illness on the way to the Western Expedition. If I had been more decisive and ordered the entire army to pursue him, I might have really had a chance, but now that I missed it, I have missed it.

"We must never approve of Batu Khan's act. The position of the Great Khan of Mongolia belongs to the descendants of Genghis Khan. It cannot be seized by just any Tom, Dick or Harry." A prince of the Golden Horde stood up and shouted.

"The descendants of our Golden Family are the rulers of this grassland. Who is Zhang Yong? Is he qualified to rule the entire Mongolian grassland?"

The throne of the Great Khan of Mongolia was stolen by others, which was a great shame for the descendants of Genghis Khan.

All the princes of the Golden Horde were outraged, and no one could accept this result.

"Batu Khan, we can't just sit there and wait for death. You must stand up and do something. You are a descendant of Genghis Khan. You have the qualifications and reasons to stand up and say something."

"Yes! Batu Khan! You are the eldest grandson of Genghis Khan and have always been the leader of the kings. You must stand up and lead us. We must not let the position of the Mongolian Khan fall into the hands of others, especially an outsider."

"Yes! Batu Khan! You must stand up in this matter. You must stand up and lead all of Mongolia. The Chagatai family has now been wiped out.

The Ogedei family is a soft egg now, and they dare not ask for things back when others take them away. Now there are only you and our Jochi family in our Golden Family. "A prince of the Golden Horde said.

At this time, the throne of the Great Khan of Mongolia was usurped, which was indeed a big deal for them. Zhang Yong was indeed so bold that he dared to usurp the throne of the Great Khan of Mongolia.

The Ogedei family, the Tolui family, and the Chaktai family were not powerful, but their Jochi family occupied large tracts of territory in the west.

At this time, Batu, as the leader of the Khan family, should stand up and lead everyone to fight against Zhang Yong and take back the position of the Great Khan of Mongolia that originally belonged to the descendants of Genghis Khan.

"Do all of you think I should send troops immediately? Do you think it is appropriate now? We have just retreated back to the Golden Horde." Batu said.

They have just returned for over a month and this bad news has come back. The army that was originally assembled has just been disbanded. Are they going to recruit people back again?

This war cannot be fought just like that, a lot of things need to be prepared.

"Batu Khan! This is no longer a question of anything else, but a question of the dignity of our Golden Family. I think the position of the Great Khan of Mongolia has been stolen.

As long as you lead your army to the East, all the forces in the East, all the Mongols will definitely submit to you."

"Yes! Batu Khan, all the Mongols were only afraid of Zhang Yong's power, so he took away the position of the Great Khan of Mongolia. As long as there is someone who can lead them."

"Many kings of the East and West Roads stood up against Zhang Yong, but they were all destroyed. He took everything by force."

"We should send troops to unite with the forces on the Mongolian grasslands and drive Zhang Yong out together."

"We should send troops right now, and we shouldn't even come back."

"Kublai Khan is also responsible for this, and now he has established his own Khanate.

Let him lead the army. By then we will have at least 200,000 troops, plus the troops from the Mongolian grasslands, Zhang Yong will definitely not be able to defeat us. "

All the princes of the Golden Horde were very excited and felt that they would surely win the war. As long as they could successfully reach the Mongolian steppes, their Golden Horde could successfully seize the Mongolian throne, and their Batu Khan could even be promoted to the Great Khan of Mongolia.

"I know what you are thinking, but the truth is not as simple as you think! If we send out troops rashly, we will only suffer a disastrous defeat."

Although the Mongolian nobles in the East were forced by Zhang Yong to agree, this is also the most terrifying thing. Often, things that are seized by force are the ones that truly belong to you, while things inherited through reputation or family bloodline are the least reliable.

Zhang Yong is from a golden family, so ordinary herdsmen on the Mongolian grasslands will not have any objection.

And according to their observations over the years, Zhang Yong's prestige on the Mongolian grasslands is very high. After all, his grain feeds a large number of Mongolians.

Relying on military force to subdue the Mongolian grasslands, they might not be able to defeat Zhang Yong at this time. If they could not win this Eastern Expedition, it would be a joke, and they might even lose the Golden Horde that they had established with great difficulty.

When he was young, Batu might have taken a gamble and fought Zhang Yong with real weapons without thinking too much about the consequences, but now that he is over 40 years old, he has started to consider more things.

He had such a large group of brothers and the country he had worked so hard to build, but all of these were problems. Moreover, the Russians were not as united as he had imagined. Southern Russia simply did not obey any of his orders and was completely self-controlled.

The nobles and grand dukes in the Northern Russia region obeyed his orders, but ordinary civilians hoped that the grand dukes of Southern Russia would come quickly to liberate them and bring them back to the embrace of the Orthodox Church.

After all, Batu's Golden Horde believed in YSL's Allah, which was a mortal enemy of their God. In this situation, ordinary Russian people were more convinced of the Southern Russian region, especially the Grand Duke of Kievan Rus.

Therefore, the Russian region was also extremely unstable. As for the Prussian and Austrian regions, they had already been lost.

If large armies were not sent to garrison these areas, the local people would never obey Mongolian rule.

On the contrary, the forces supported by Zhang Yong are very united. They stick together for warmth, and their relationship with Mongolia is not that of a vassal state, but rather an ally.

And they all believe in Orthodox Christianity, or Catholicism. Ever since he and Zhang Yong had a complete falling out, the trade routes between the East and the West have been cut off.

If they wanted to open up another trade route, they would have to go through the Arab region or destroy themselves.

Or maybe take the water route? However, Batu thought it was unlikely that Zhang Yong would take the water route.

"Batu Khan! What do you mean? Are we going to just ignore everything and do nothing and just watch Zhang Yong take away everything from our Golden Family?" A prince of the Jin Zhang Khanate stood up and shouted angrily.

"It's not that I'm doing nothing, but now is not the right time. My son is in Zhang Yong's hands.

I also want to rescue my son, but sometimes I have to consider the whole country. The most urgent thing we have to solve now is the rebellion in the Ross region.

I plan to take some time to launch a western expedition to conquer the Southern Rus region and the Hungarian region, so that our rear can be stabilized. "Batu said.

Instead of launching another westward expedition now, it would be better to recuperate and then attack the nearest Russian countries and the Hungarian region.

Attacking the Russian countries and pacifying Southern Russia and Northern Russia can make one's own country more stable and have a safe rear base.

These Russian and Orthodox countries are natural barriers that can protect themselves from the West.

As for attacking Hungary, Batu had another idea. He did not give up on saving his son.

He wanted to snatch Zhang Yong's other son, the only illegitimate son of Zhang Yong left in the West.

According to reliable intelligence, the youngest son born to the Queen of Hungary was not his and the old king's son at all, but his and Zhang Yong's.

This child was Zhang Yong's illegitimate son. During the Western Expedition, Zhang Yong had an extremely close relationship with the Queen of Hungary.

She even helped the other party's son become the King of Hungary, and her own son became the Grand Duke. However, the queen's eldest son was weak and sickly.

A year ago, he died suddenly due to an accident, which made Queen Maria very sad.

So, with the support of a large group of ministers, her other son, her illegitimate son with Zhang Yong, was supported to the position of King of Hungary.

Since you captured my son and sent an adopted son here, I will capture your illegitimate son, the little king of Hungary, and see how you deal with it. As for the Hungarian army, although it has recuperated for several years, the last blow has

These European troops in Hungary were quite afraid of the Mongolian army. Basil was very confident that as long as he launched a westward expedition, he would be able to conquer them.

"Khan, what do you mean? The son of the Queen of Hungary, the current little king of Hungary, is actually Zhang Yong's illegitimate son?"

"Well! I am very sure that now some royal families throughout Europe have also confirmed this matter. After all, the other party's oriental appearance is really special." Batu said.

In particular, Zhang Yong's identity as King John made many European civilians believe in this child and they did not choose to overthrow his bloodline.

If another Mongolian king did the same, his descendants would definitely be overthrown. The belief in theocracy in Europe is more firm than that in the East.

"Batu Khan! You are the ruler of our Golden Horde. Your decision is our will. Since you have made your decision, we are willing to obey your orders."

"Khan! Now Kublai Khan invites us to boycott Zhang Yong together. What do you think?"

"Well! Although we cannot attack, we can also resist. Now immediately announce it to the world, tell all the Mongolian Shu Kingdom, and those kings in the east and west.

I, Batu, refused to acknowledge Zhang Yong's identity as the Great Khan of Mongolia. He was simply a usurper.

One day, I will fulfill my duty as the grandson of Genghis Khan, go and destroy him, and take back everything that originally belonged to the descendants of Genghis Khan. "Batu said.

"Batu Khan, we believe in you. You will definitely lead us to victory."

"I will send a secret envoy to Zhang Yong. I want to humiliate him. You should prepare and gather your troops to attack the Ross region with me in the spring of next year.

We will first capture the Southern Rus region, break through the city of Kiev, and then attack Hungary to completely cut off Zhang Yong's bloodline in the West. "Batu stood up and said.

The Golden Horde quickly took action and announced the same decision as Kublai Khan's Khanate, never recognizing Zhang Yong's status as the Great Khan of Mongolia.

He also declared himself the legitimate Mongols and called on all Mongolian princes to stand on his side.

However, by the time the news reached the grassland, it was too late. The densely packed small artillery towers built by Zhang Yong on the grassland had all been completed.

A large number of troops have been stationed in the territories of these Mongolian princes. Their greatest pleasure from now on is to graze horses, raise cattle and sheep, and sing and dance.

However, the announcements of Batu and Kublai Khan still made some Mongolian nobles think about it, thinking that the two of them were the future and hope of the family.

After marching for more than half a month, Zhang Yong's army finally returned to Dadu.

The imperial palace in Daxing Prefecture had been renovated, and these ministers also recruited nearly several thousand eunuchs and palace maids for Zhang Yong.

"Greetings, father!" Zhang Yong's sons and daughters also came outside the city to kneel down.

"Well! Get up, everyone! Let's go! Father is going into the city." Zhang Yong waved his hand, signaling his children to get up.

These children have received their own special education since childhood, and girls will inevitably participate in political marriages.

The boy said that Zhang Yong planned to follow the example of Zhu Yuanzhang and enfeoff his sons in various places and let them take charge.

In the next few months, the entire Central Plains region began to decorate with lights and decorations, especially Daxing Prefecture was unusually lively because a big event was about to happen. Zhang Yong decided to ascend the throne and become emperor.

An auspicious day has been chosen, and preparations are underway to hold the founding ceremony, to officially offer sacrifices to heaven and to ascend the throne to be emperor.

While Zhang Yong was busy preparing to board the plane to become emperor, an envoy from the Golden Horde also rode to the grassland at full speed, entered Karakorum, and was then sent to Daxing Prefecture by Karakorum.

After Zhang Yong learned about this, he did not delay and immediately summoned the envoy of Batu.

To be honest, he was also a little curious. Now that things had come to this, what choice would Batu make? Would he continue to be his enemy, or maintain a good relationship and reopen the western trade routes?

If the problem can be solved without war, Zhang Yong would still like to maintain the integrity of the East-West trade route without war.

Now the Kublai Khanate, together with the Golden Horde, firmly controls the western trade routes, and it is not easy for their own caravans to pass through.

If things go wrong, there is a risk that everyone will be killed. Batu will just kill people and rob them, and then take his own goods to sell in the West.

However, if he dared to do this once, he would completely lose his credibility among merchants, and no merchant from the East or the West would be willing to set foot in his territory anymore, so now Batu only increased some taxes.

The trade route between the grassland and the west was not completely cut off. This trade route supported many people, among whom Mongolian merchants accounted for the vast majority.

"Great Emperor of Central Plains, I come to pay a visit to you on behalf of Batu, the Khan of the Golden Horde." Batu's envoy entered Zhang Yong's study, bowed to Zhang Yong, and spoke.

"Well! Envoy, I wonder what you want to discuss with me this time?"

"Our Khan Batu is very dissatisfied with you for stealing the throne of the Great Khan of Mongolia. Now he officially announces that he does not recognize your identity as the Great Khan of Mongolia and has decided to completely cut off the trade route between the East and the West.

From now on, no matter whether it is Mongolian merchants, Han merchants, or merchants from the Western Regions, they are not allowed to pass through the Golden Horde." The envoy said.

"Haha! Go back and tell your Khan Batu to think it over carefully. If the trade routes between the East and the West are completely cut off, no one will gain anything.

Your master knows very well how much money he can make from this trade route that he controls. It can be said that he makes money from both the East and the West.

And many Mongolians will lose their jobs.” Zhang Yong said.

This East-West trade route did not have much impact on the East. The only Western goods that the East liked were some spices and gems. The East had no shortage of anything else.

What really made money in the past were silk, porcelain, tea, sugar and other things from the East, and they could only make money by selling them to the West.

If this trade route is cut off, the greatest loss will be borne by the West, or even by you, Batu.

The reason why your Golden Horde was able to develop so well and so quickly is because of the development of this set of trade routes.

Merchants along the way will rest in your country and pay taxes to you, and the people in your country can also earn some money by greeting them.

Prosperous trade can drive the development of a country, and this is no joke.

“But Batu Khan also said that if you are willing to resign the position of Great Khan of Mongolia and just serve as regent, he will still open the trade route as normal.

And no more tariffs, but you must return his eldest son."

"Hahaha! Then just let him lock him up!" Zhang Yong said with a sneer.

Are you kidding me? Batu, you have no business sense at all. Do you think closing the trade route will cause me the biggest loss?

No, no, no! On the contrary, the biggest loss is to you. You are a good middleman, but you drive away the merchants on both sides.

The one crying is you, Batu.

"Your Majesty! Do you remember that you have a son in the West?" (End of this chapter)