Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

"Commander-in-chief, all the princes of the Golden Horde, as well as Batu himself, have been captured by us. They are on the top of the mountain. We will kill them all in one fell swoop." A soldier came to Zhang Dingguan excitedly, knelt on the ground and spoke.

There was some black dust on the soldier's face and a lot of blood on his clothes. It seemed that he had just been withdrawn from the front line.

The reason why it was not the Qing soldiers who came to report was because Zhang Dingguan said that capturing the prince of the Golden Horde was a huge achievement and would be rewarded greatly. These soldiers who captured the generals and princes of the Golden Horde naturally had to come in person to receive the reward.

This is a great achievement! Unexpectedly, it fell on them. They were Han soldiers of the 4th Vanguard, working with some Mongolian tribal soldiers.

The vanguard troops rushed forward with weapons at the beginning of the battle and launched an attack on the valley occupied by the enemy.

After a whole night of fighting, they finally reached the top of the mountain where the top leaders of the Golden Horde were located in the early morning of that day. On the top of the mountain were all the Mongolian guards of the Golden Horde.

Soldiers from other regions did not have much resistance, but these guards were different. They were die-hard fans of the Golden Horde.

As long as their master does not order a retreat or surrender, they will fight to the death and never take a step back.

Their vanguard organization fought with the enemy for a whole night before they wiped out all the guards and reached the top of the mountain where the Golden Horde was located.

Then they captured a group of Golden Horde monarchs who were almost crazy, and Batu who was unconscious in the tent.

"Well! This achievement was made by your company, so I will naturally reward you. All of you will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins, and the ordinary soldier who takes the lead will be promoted to a centurion, and the centurion leader will be promoted to a thousand-man.

The Han army conferred titles, awarded the title of fifth-rank five-rank general, promoted all soldiers by one rank, and rewarded cattle, sheep, wine and meat. "Zhang Dingguan said. (The reward of a thousand gold here does not mean a thousand gold! It just means ordinary monetary reward.)
The current Mongolian army and Han army are mixed, so the Mongolian army is divided into hundreds and thousands of households, while the Han army adopts the official positions of the Song Dynasty.

"Thank you, Your Highness. Thank you, Commander. We swear to be loyal to you until death." The officers and soldiers who came to report the news were immediately overjoyed, and they stood up and kept expressing their gratitude.

He managed to secure the credit for his brothers and prevent it from being snatched away by others. If it had been snatched away by others, his death would have been in vain.

"Don't worry, our Daqian Empire's Western Expedition Army is under my management. No one can privately snatch the credit of others. What's yours is yours, and I won't let anyone take it away." Zhang Dingguan patted the messenger's shoulder and said with a smile.

Inside the tent, some other Mongolian generals and Han army generals also smiled. When they were still the Guanzhong army, they had strict military discipline and no one was allowed to covet credit. Once discovered, everyone from top to bottom would be implicated and punished.

Zhang Dingguan also followed the army and came to Batu's tent. At this time, a large number of high-ranking officials of the Golden Horde had been captured, and they and their families all became prisoners.

In addition, there were several Persian doctors kneeling on the ground with regretful looks on their faces.

"They are Mongolian princes after all. Even if they are rebel kings, we cannot neglect them. Untie them all, and then send some beef, mutton and wine over so that they can eat something first." Zhang Dingguan said.

The accompanying soldiers nodded, turned around and left immediately. At the same time, several soldiers stepped forward to untie the ropes of all the generals and princes of the Golden Horde, but took away all their weapons.

"You Han people have a good saying, 'The victor makes the king, the loser makes the bandit. We have already lost, so naturally we have nothing to say. As for how you deal with us, we will do whatever you want." A prince of the Golden Horde said with a sigh.

Ten years ago, Batu had just ended his Western Expedition and established the Golden Horde with great fanfare, gaining a large amount of land, wealth, and population. All the Western countries became his vassal and paid tribute.

But in the blink of an eye, in less than a decade, or even less than a generation, all the great achievements they had made were gone.

This sense of gap was a little hard for them to accept; the difference in combat power between the two sides was simply too big!
Their Golden Horde army seemed like paper in front of these Western Expedition Lords of the Great Qian Empire, especially after the other side used flying weapons.

It was only more than two months, less than three months, and the main force of their Golden Horde was defeated.

"We are the descendants of Genghis Khan. We are the sons of Genghis Khan's eldest son Jochi. We are not afraid of death. Zhang Dingguan, don't even think about humiliating us." Handal said.

The person who was speaking was even the same age as his father. He was the eldest son of Jochi and the eldest grandson of Genghis Khan's family in the true sense.

At that time, he felt that his talents were not as good as his brother Batu, so he gave up the position of leader of the kings to Batu and willingly became a prince.

But what was unexpected was that Batu was defeated in the end. He was defeated by Zhang Yong, by himself, and by his son, and he was defeated so miserably.

Was Batu not brave? Batu was very brave and talented in fighting. Facing the enemy's aggressive attack, Batu chose to take a risky move and personally led the army to attack.

He successfully lured the enemy's army. Although their number was small, they were still part of the battle. Unfortunately, he was also seriously injured and his life or death is still unknown.

"I know your father told me about you. He said you were the most sensible one among all the sons of Jochi. Back then, you felt that you were not talented enough, so you gave up your position to your younger brother.

Don't worry, I have no intention of making things difficult for you. I am also the grandson of Genghis Khan. My Mongolian name was given to me by the Grand Princess Borte herself. I am also called Jochi." Zhang Dingguan said.

His mother had told him about this matter. His father had fallen from the sky and came to her like a traveler. In addition, Chi had just died at that time.

Börte missed her eldest son very much, so she gave herself this name.

"Yes, your name is also Jochi! You are the grandson of Genghis Khan after all.

You are different from Zhang Yong. It is better for us to lose to you than to him. At least you are a member of our Golden Family." Handar sighed helplessly.

How sad it is! The Golden Horde, how sad it is!

The country perished less than ten years after its founding. During these ten years, too many things and too many changes happened.

The only good news was that the person who conquered their country was also Genghis Khan's grandson. Although he was only a grandson, his mother was Genghis Khan's daughter, born to Genghis Khan's favorite woman.

“You, the Golden Horde, made the wrong choice. My father had a very good impression of Batu and your family. He hoped to establish a good relationship with your family, but all of this was destroyed.

The people who destroyed all this were Mongke and Kublai Khan. Now one of them is dead, and the other was sent to the capital by me and has been made a marquis by my father. "

Zhang Dingguan moved a stool and sat in front of the princes of the Golden Horde.

At the same time, he also ordered people to help the princes of the Golden Horde up, and a large amount of beef and mutton from the back was also brought up so that these princes of the Golden Horde could enjoy them to their heart's content.

"Come on, eat! You're welcome. Although we belong to different camps, we have one identity in common: we are all grandsons of Genghis Khan." Zhang Dingguan said with a smile.

"Then we won't be polite. Thank you for your hospitality, my brother." A group of princes of the Golden Horde were not polite either. They came over immediately and ate meat and drank wine with big mouthfuls.

Zhang Dingguan smiled when he saw this scene, and immediately called his military doctor, and asked them to go to the tent to check Batu's injuries and do their best to rescue him.

This battle was quite comfortable, even a little easy. I didn't expect that the weapons my father had developed were so powerful.

My father sent me here because he was determined to win.

"Thank you for your hospitality, my brother. You are as forthright as a Mongolian. I just heard you say that you sent Kublai Khan back to the capital.

Zhang Yong did not kill him, but made him a marquis, right?" Handal asked, taking a bite of the fat beef in his hand.

They are all grandsons of Genghis Khan. Although there is a big age gap between them, they can be called brothers.

Kublai Khan was not killed, but was given the title of Marquis. This really surprised him. "Yes! Eat! Don't be polite, you all eat and drink. Don't worry, I promise that none of you will be in danger of life!" Zhang Dingguan nodded and said.

He was very surprised that Kublai Khan was not killed. Kublai Khan had caused so much trouble to Zhang Yong and even led troops to fight against Zhang Yong many times, but Zhang Yong did not kill him!
"Genghis Khan could raise the sons of his enemies by his side and let them serve him, so why couldn't my father do the same?
My father did not kill Kublai Khan, which I did not expect. He also made him a marquis. Except that he could not leave the capital, he was completely free and had good food and wine every day. "Zhang Dingguan said.

Speaking of which, he was quite surprised by this incident. Originally, he and his wife had already prepared for Kublai Khan to be killed. Even his wife, Hu Chaduo, secretly hid some of Kublai Khan's clothes, intending to build a cenotaph for him in the West.

After all, Kublai Khan's identity was too sensitive, so it was impossible to build his tomb in the East, so he could only build one in the West.

But what he didn't expect was that the news that finally came was unexpected. His father did not kill Kublai Khan, nor did he imprison him. Instead, he conferred a title of marquis on him.

It is even said that when his father was free, he would summon Kublai Khan to his palace to drink and chat.

This made his wife very happy, and she felt that her father-in-law spared her brother because of her, the daughter-in-law.

These days, his wife has been talking about how good her father-in-law is and how he takes care of the feelings of all family members. This move has also won the favor of many people in Tolui's family.

Especially Hulagu, after learning that Kublai Khan was not dead and was granted the title of marquis, he seemed very excited and even felt relieved all of a sudden.

Afterwards, his father sent him a special letter, in which he clearly told him why he did not kill Kublai Khan. Sometimes an enemy is easier to control and use when he is alive than when he is dead.

If Kublai Khan died, he would be a hero. If he didn't die, the Tolui family would be grateful to him, and the whole Mongolia would be grateful for his kindness. At the same time, no one would regard Kublai Khan as a hero.

So his father also gave him an authority, that is, after defeating the Golden Horde, he can deal with the princes of the Golden Horde.

Anyway, these people only have an identity and they will no longer have military power.

"So you don't want to kill us, you want to keep us, but we are the descendants of Genghis Khan, we also have face,

Either we stay on this land or you kill us. We will not return to the Central Plains to see Zhang Yong." Handar said.

"When you founded the Golden Horde, you violated the promise made by Khan Ogedei.

At that time, Great Khan Ogedei said that after the western territories were conquered, they would be distributed equally, and his son Guyuk and King Kule Jian would also get a piece of land, but you violated this agreement.

All the land conquered during the Western Expedition should be divided equally among the four families, rather than just occupied by your family." Zhang Dingguan said.

This western land was actually divided into several parts, but Batu used some means to occupy all the land.

This time they came to attack, not for no reason, but for a legitimate reason.

The Mongols all said that the land had already been divided by Ogedei Dahan, and it was Batu who first violated the rules and occupied these lands.

So part of these lands belonged to the family of Ogedei, and part of them belonged to the son of Kulejian.

His other brother also came with him on the Western Expedition. After the Western Expedition ended, Kulejian's son was taken in by Zhang Yong and raised in his own territory.

This time, he will establish his own khanate here and rule it together with the Ögedei Khanate, which was what both parties had agreed upon before.

Hearing this, a large group of princes of the Golden Horde remained silent. This was indeed the fact. Batu had indeed illegally occupied this land.

But to be honest, all the princes of the Golden Horde at that time felt that their Golden Horde or the Jochi family should occupy this fertile grassland land.

Because Batu was the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition at that time, as the commander-in-chief, Batu should enjoy these lands.

"Brother Zhang Dingguan, just speak directly! How do you want to deal with us? Give me a quick answer. Do you want to deal with us losers?" Handal took a deep breath and asked.

"Don't worry, it's getting late today, you guys should have a good rest!
I will go and see what Badu Khan is like now. After all, I have to rescue Badu Khan, right?" Zhang Dingguan said with a smile.

As for the other princes and Batu himself, Zhang Dingguan thought about it and decided to send them back to the east to be dealt with by his father. After all, they could not be allowed to stay on this land.

Staying on this land would cause trouble to everyone and make everyone feel uncomfortable. Even the people of Ogedei's family might kill them after they left.

After all, they were once the rulers of this land, they were the kings of this land.

"Zhang Dingguan! Although you are also the grandson of Genghis Khan and have the same status as us, I advise you to give up this idea. We will never surrender to you.

We will never follow you, so don't try to subjugate us." Just as Zhang Dingguan turned around and was about to leave, a prince of the Golden Horde suddenly stood up and spoke.

Hearing this, Zhang Dingguan, who was originally planning to leave the tent, stopped and wanted to laugh.

No way! You princes of the Golden Horde don't think that I want to stay on this land, I want to stay here to build my own khanate, and not go back to the East, right?

Are you kidding me? Why would you think that?

Zhang Dingguan wanted to laugh. Before he had much interest in the throne, he had indeed thought about establishing a fiefdom of his own.

I have also thought about asking my father for a fiefdom, for example in Outer Mongolia, but I have never thought about it on this Kipchak steppe.

The grass and water on this land is indeed very lush, better than the Mongolian grasslands of the past, or even the Mongolian grasslands of today. There is a lot of rain on this land.

The lush grasslands are very suitable for nomadic life, and the land is large enough, larger than Outer Mongolia and Inner Mongolia combined.

But this piece of land had already been promised by his father and himself to the family of Ogedei and the son of Kulejian, so he would not want this land no matter what.

"You are overthinking it. Could this land belong to the family of Ogedei? It belongs to the descendants of Uncle Guyuk and the son of my cousin Prince Kulejian. I have said this before." Zhang Dingguan said.

"Don't you want to be the Khan of this land?" Handal asked.

"Hahaha! To become a Khan in this land is because you are too short-sighted. You have never seen the prosperity of the Central Plains, so naturally you cannot comprehend it.

You can ask any Han soldier, give him cattle, sheep and a wife, and see if he is willing to live on this land. "Zhang Dingguan said.

Only the Mongolian tribe of the Ogedei family was willing to live on this land.

The other Mongolian soldiers and Han soldiers did not have high hopes for this land. Their idea was to quickly end the Western Expedition and return to their hometowns to live with their wives and children.

But this time the war went smoothly. Do I want to end the war like this? It's only been a year since the expedition.

Or heading west? (End of this chapter)