Chapter 49: Qiannu forcibly push Mongolia, and Baisheng will sweep away his neighbors

It is said that Yan Han marched into the Caucasus with the intention of expanding its territory and obtaining the iron gate as a barrier to the south of the country, but he was afraid of stimulating the Illi Khanate. It was nominally to sweep away the Turkic tribes and open up the commercial roads of the two countries.

To the north of Tiemen Pass and west of the Cien Sea is a sparsely populated grassland. Just because of the repeated sweeps by the Golden Horde Army and the Illi army, the vitality of the Turkic tribe on this grassland was greatly damaged. In the past, there were dozens of tribes, but now there are only a dozen tribes left, and the population has plummeted from 30,000 to 400,000 to 40,000.

The Yanhan army came to rule this empty land with the four brothers of Abashi, Abhi, Abhiqin, Abbeg and Agil. From time to time, there are corpses who died of hunger on the swamp and grassland. The Bo brothers can't help but feel sad. A large number of Turks starved to death because their livestock were robbed by the Mongols and lacked food and clothing. So they followed the king's order to find the remaining tribes and persuade them to return to Yanhan. If you obey, you will be given relief; if you do not obey, you will attack.

This strategy is called "enweenji" in the old saying and "carrot and stick" in the words of the master. The remaining Turkic tribes have only a few thousand people, and most of them are hungry and have low combat effectiveness. Thousands of riders and horses of the Bong brothers easily captured several tribes, destroyed two tribes, beheaded their leaders and captured their people. Zhao Zhen, Wuda and Li Gui led the Chinese army to arrive, and more than a dozen Turkic tribes soon returned to the wind.

Zhao Jin immediately gave them the two tribesmen captured by the Bong brothers, and then abolished the two latest tribal chiefs who returned as commoners, and the followers also gave them to the Bong brothers. Therefore, each of the four brothers got a tribe, which was the advantage of taking the lead in defecting to Yanhan.

The relief of 40,000 or 50,000 people is not a trivial matter. The Han army first distributed some of the military food to survive, and then sent a fleet to send them across the Volga River to Zezhou in the Yanhan Kinki region. After arriving in Zezhou, they will be distributed rations, livestock and clothes. The poor herdsmen of the Turks were grateful for such good governance, and the patriarchs who had to surrender to Yanhan before were also deeply grateful - fortunately there were no soldiers against heaven! If I had known, I would have been obedient!

The Xi brothers obeyed Zhao Jin's order and led the Turks to cross the river and were responsible for maintaining the order of these tens of thousands of people. They were very grateful for Zhao Jin's acquaintance and sang happily every day.

The Han army continued to advance, occupied the Iron Gate, and captured the important port of Gerbint on the west coast of the Cien Sea. Gerbint once had tens of thousands of families and was very prosperous, but by this time it had been abandoned, leaving only a few hundred families without belonging. Yanhan obtained Gerbint, and the water transportation route from Zanzhou to Gerbint was opened. From then on, he could easily supply military supplies to the iron gate.

The whole plan was successfully completed. Zhao Jin is not a teacher. First, he wants to enjoy the scenery of the northern foot of the Caucasus, and second, he wants to explore the situation of the Chechens and Ingush nearby. Third, he is afraid that Fang Mianzhi will not achieve his mission, so Yi'erli still has to send troops to compete with Yan Han for the iron gate. In case this is the case, it is easier for me to find a way to deal with it here.

At this time, Fang Mianzhi has been staying in Tabris, the capital of Elli, for a long time. Why did you stay? Because it's very unfortunate, King Ababa, the king of Illi Khan, is seriously ill! He has been sick to bedridden and critically ill several times! Naturally, people who are dying of illness can't lobby. There is no choice but to wait patiently. Fang Mianzhi waited for several months, and it was estimated that Aba's child could not get well. He wanted to send his men back to inform the king first, but the Yili people were afraid that the news of King Khan's serious illness would be leaked out, so they put Fang Mian's pedestrians under house arrest and not allowed to leave. There is really nothing we can do about it.

This year is really an eventful year for the Illi Khanate. The beautiful Byzantine princess got married; but the Khan king was about to return to heaven after enjoying several beautiful blessings; tecdi and Te'er should be arguing over the inheritance of the Khanate; at this juncture, the army of the Mam Ruq dynasty came again!

Mamruke's attack on Elli was not because of the discovery that Ababa was seriously ill, but because the Mamruq army general, the "golden slave" Gayravin, after successively attacked dozens of crusader strongholds, morale was high, and the soldiers asked for war one after another to recover the lost land occupied by the Elli army! Galawin himself is also eager to recover the entire Arabian Peninsula and restore the former glory of the Arab Empire.

Although Geravin was born of Turks, he had been naturalized as an Arab by this time. He was abducted and sold before he had any memory. He had no impression of Turkic culture, but was keen on Arab culture. His lifestyle was no different from that of Arabs. Several wives he married were also Arabs, which can be said to be completely Arabized. So he took it as his responsibility to save the Arab region and revive Arab civilization, and was eager to give color to the Mongols who destroyed the Arab Empire until the Illit Khanate was destroyed!

Taking advantage of the opportunity of morale, Gelawin secretly spread a rumor that the Ilili army was planning to attack the Hanzhi area and seize the holy places of Mecca and Medina! The Mamrukh army was furious, and the calls for cursing the Mongols came one after another. Galawin then called on everyone to follow him, take the lead, and launch an attack on Illy's holy war to protect the Holy Land!

Once the jihad is launched, it's really a small thing. What's more, it happened to hit the most troublesome juncture inside Illi.

Abba's younger brothers, Te Kedi and Tieer, are just about to fight for the sweat position. After receiving the emergency from the general guarding the border, Tekodi also knew how to put state affairs first, and asked Tieer to stop arguing and unite to defeat the Mamuriuk army. Te'er should have messed around. Instead, he threatened the situation and asked Tekdi to divide the Illi Khanate with himself.

In this way, the post should be even more unpopular. Abahai's personal guard general Oulusi stepped forward and said publicly: "The old minister will never allow the Khanate to be divided! The divided Khanate will be defeated by the slave army! In my opinion, in case the Khan sees God, whether it is Lord Tekodi or Lord Teer and Lord Aergon to succeed to the throne, it is up to the generals here to raise his hand! Whoever disagrees with me, pull out the knife and fight with me!"

Since Olusi's words came out, the account was shocked, and no one dared to challenge it. Aergon hurriedly said, "Whoever you want to support, choose one of your two uncles!" I dare not succeed to the throne. I'm young and don't have the courage to take charge of the Khanate. Don't force me!"

As a result, more than 20 generals raised their hands to vote on the spot, and more than 20 people supported the Tekodi, and only a few supported the post. Even if this matter is settled.

This vote is very timely. A few days later, Abba died of illness. With the support of the generals, Tekodi announced his succession to the Khanate. Originally, an envoy should have been sent to the Yuan Dynasty, the suzerain, to inform the king of his illness and apply for the succession of the new Khan king, but the road is blocked and the enemy must follow the power.

After Teqdi Khan succeeded to the throne, he inherited Ababa Khan's unfertile wives and concubines, including Princess Julia, so he had to send a letter to the Byzantine emperor to inform him of this change. For Yanhan, Yili can't take care of it at all. If you like to occupy the iron gate, just occupy it. Anyway, Teccidi doesn't think it's important to the iron gate. Therefore, Tekodi received Fang Mianzhi, recognized Yanhan's practice of sweeping the Turks north of the Caucasus Mountains and opening up commercial roads, and agreed to exchange money for slaves of various ethnic groups in the East - the reason why Tekodi agreed was that Tekodi considered the need to strengthen friendly relations with Yanhan and alleviate the current situation of the Khanate. Otherwise, if there is a dispute and hostility with Yan Han in this matter, the country will face three enemies: Mam Liuke, Haidu and Yan Han, which is extremely difficult to deal with!

Fang Mianzhi achieved his mission without much talk, and quickly returned to China without mentioning it.

Tekodi then sorted out domestic relations. Although the post should compete with himself, in the current situation of the great enemy, peace is the most important. Tekodi added that Tie'er should be a big decision-off officer and rewarded Tie'er's 5,000 subordinates, and expanded Tie'er's personal guards from one battalion to two battalions, breaking the practice that the king's brothers and sons could only have one battalion of guards. Support the generals who should be in the Khan's competition, appoint them as usual, and reward them to comfort them.

In this way, the post should be satisfied, right?

...No! The post should just be happy on the surface and greatly dissatisfied in the heart! It turned out that the reason why he fought for the Khan King was not only for the throne of the monarch, but also because of the beauty! Since Julia got married, Tie'er should have drooled. I know that Ababa's brother can't enjoy sexual happiness, so how about I do it for him?

But Princess Julia should have no meaning to the post. The post should frequently hint that he secretly sent autumn waves to the princess, which is full of ugliness. Julia just felt like vomiting. In fact, she was not interested in the thick lines of Aba, Teqdi and Tieer, but she chose Teqdi - this is also a relationship between Dulan. Julia liked Dulan and thought, "That understanding, gentle and lovely little girl, it's not bad to be her mother."

After Tekodi succeeded to the throne and inherited Julia, Julia whispered to Tekodi and asked him to order the Georgian king to send Dulan back, abolish the marriage, and find a good man around her to be Dulan's husband. Tekodi also thought so in his heart. Because Dulan is the first beauty of the Elli Khan family and the apple of his cherished eyes since he was a child. But... abolish marriage? It's not that simple. This marriage was decided by Abba Khan, who made the king of Georgia beautiful. The Georgian king Dimitri is very arrogant. If the marriage is abolished, I'm afraid he will fight against Illi immediately!

After the interior was a little stable, Tecque didn't care about lingering with Julia and immediately led the army to march. General Olusi is on the expedition, and his younger brother Tie'er should stay with his nephew Aergong.

Should you let the post stay in the capital? Is it reliable? Not to mention whether it is reliable or not, there is no other choice at this time. Tieer should regard himself very highly, but he doesn't have much ability. If he brings it to the front line, it is more than enough to fail. Let him stay and show his trust in him. In case he dares to make trouble, it is estimated that he is unable to control the situation.

In addition, Teqdi deeply trusts Algon. In the process of fighting for Khan's position, Algon withdrew from the competition early in the morning. Although he did not indicate which uncle he supported, it was actually very clear - the generals who supported Algon later raised their hands to support Tecque. As the legitimate son of the former Khan king, if he had ambition, I'm afraid he wouldn't give up so easily. Tekodi believes that if Argon is staying in the capital, if Teer should rebel, Argon will not follow him, but will deal with him and maintain the stability of the Khanate.

At this time, Galawin led more than 30,000 Mamruq troops and had defeated the Illi army stationed in Syria and went down to many cities. Tekodi ordered 25,000 Mongolian troops and 10,000 servants from Georgia and Armenia to enter Syria.

Tekodi found out that Geravin's main force gathered in Aleppo, a major town in northern Syria, that is, using the cutting method that the Mongolian army was good at, so that the subordinate forces of Georgia and Armenia contained the direction of Aleppo and led the main force to attack Homs, a key town in central Syria.

The three famous cities of Damascus, Homs and Aleppo are connected from south to north, all of which are located in the center of the rich valley and are still the top three cities in Syria until modern times. Homs is located on an important traffic road, connecting Damascus in the south and Aleppo in the north, which is a guarantee for maintaining the land logistics of the Mamuleuk army. The Tekidi attacked Holmes directly, which was the key point!

Unexpectedly, Gelavin is not a brave and resourceful person. Although he has not received any cultural education, he is born with strategic talent. In response to the strategy of the Illi army, Gerawin sent envoys to quickly sign a ten-year and ten-month truce with the Knights Templar and the Hospital Knights, and signed the same agreement with Tidot, the female prince of the Tyre. In this way, the Mamliuq army and the crusaders had a complete truce and were able to maintain logistics from the sea!

So, Gelawin, who had no worries, led the main force of the Mamruq army to go south calmly and met the main force of the Illi army. The Georgian army and the Armenian army immediately followed south and joined the Illi army. On October 30, 1281, the battle between the Mamruq dynasty and the Elli Khanate for the Syrian region kicked off!

(to be continued in the next section)

Note:

Hanzhi Region: Located in the western part of the Arabian Peninsula, east of the Red Sea, it is the birthplace of the Arab Empire. Among the three holy places of Islam, Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem, the first two are located in the Hanzhi region. By the way, the main reason for becoming a holy place is that there is a holy temple in Mecca, a holy tomb in Medina, and Jerusalem is the place where Muhammad "gods" to meet Allah. "The Lantern Festival" has always been one of the important festivals in Islam. There is a large mosque in each of the three holy places. The distant temple in Jerusalem was originally built by the prophet Surayman, who was earlier than Muhammad - that is, the Sulaiman saint who vowed to have a hundred wives and have 100 children to fight for the way of the Lord in 26th episode of the Hadith.

Pearic Kingdom: Tyre is an important town on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It is an ancient city with a history of 5,000 years and the largest city of the ancient Phoenicians. The famous ancient country that competed with Rome was developed by the colony of Tyre. In the second half of the 13th century, the Prince of Tyre, established by the crusaders, controlled the Lebanese region around Beirut. Prokingdom is a special title between the "kingdom" and the duchy, which existed in a historical period in the West. In the pro-kingdom, the prince is an independent king, not a relative of the king. Because in Western languages, "prince" and "prince" are the same word, and "princess" are also the same word, so Princess Tyre is also translated as Princess Tyre, one of the main leaders in the last period of the Crusades.