In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 442 Batu’s thoughts

Nobles gathered at the scene, including princes from all walks of life.

O'erda from the Jochi family, Xiban, Tang Wuti, Buli from the Chagatai family, Baidar, Guiyou from the Ogodai family, Hedan, Mengge from the Tolei family, Hulagu, plus veteran generals Subutai's son Wu Liang joined the throne, and the remaining Qianhu Nayans were even more numerous.

Batu and Subotai were not in the camp. They seemed to be chatting privately outside.

The most nervous people in the field were Guyu and Meng Ge.

Guyu is the son of the Great Khan. Now that Song and Meng are at war, Guyu can't wait to go home and help his father. He is also a representative figure who advocates returning to the army.

There was no way, since Wokuotai came to power, his performance was quite unsightly. If they were at a disadvantage again in an all-out war with Song Dynasty, the two of them felt that their father's sweat would come to an end, so now they wished they could fly back to Shanxi and Guanshan area.

Moreover, Guyu and Batu had a very bad relationship. The two disliked each other very much and had several fierce quarrels. Historically, because he and Batu had such fierce quarrels, Ogodei later directly recruited him back to the country. The army left the Western Expedition.

Another person who is eager to go back is Meng Ge and Hulagu.

Because the news came that the Song Army was besieging Harahe Forest, which was the territory of their Tuolei family. Their mother, brothers and their family members were all in Harahe Forest, so the two brothers were eager to return to Harahe Forest to relieve the siege. .

However, the Song army always besieged Harahelin around August. Now it is October, and we don’t know how the battle is going. But everyone at the scene knows that the news of the Mongolian army has always been delivered in a timely manner. In history, the news of Wokuotai’s death The news reaching Jiyali from thousands of miles away was very timely and smooth, and now the news about Hara Helin has not been updated for almost two months. Thinking about it this way, I am afraid that something serious is going to happen.

Originally, after Ogedai's death, the Mongolian army in the Western Expedition was divided into two. One was brought back by Subotai, and the other followed Batu to establish his own khanate.

At that time, like the Tuo Lei Department and the Chagatai Department, they were all thinking about the position of the Great Khan. People were like this. Sometimes they knew that the chance of the Great Khan falling to them was very small, but people always had a sense of luck. , so people from the Tolei and Chagatai factions strongly demanded to return to the army, and all the princes felt that they had the opportunity to become the Great Khan.

The situation is completely different now. Wo Kuotai is not dead, but Song and Meng are in full-scale war.

Then some people don't think so.

For example, Guyu's younger brother Hedan, Mieli, Chagatai's son Badar, etc., these two people were reused under Batu's account. In the early stage of the war against the Ross Principality, the other princes showed their talents, and later in the war against Bo Lan and When the fierce fangs were sharp, both of them were commanders of the army and had been powerful for a long time.

The Western Expedition was so easy, and the good times had just begun. They would definitely not want to be suddenly asked to go back and gnaw on hard bones.

In particular, Bai Da'er had seen the power of the Song Army. Let alone siege the city, it was difficult to defeat the Song Army in the field.

Think about the wooden castles of Bo Lan and Ji Yali again. I left the wooden castle without building small earthen walls, but instead built stone brick walls more than ten meters high? Isn't this a brain disease?

Moreover, when the Mongolian army marched westward, its military strength was always superior, and when fighting the Song army, its military strength was basically not as large as that of the Song army.

In particular, Baidu'er is the son of Chagatai, but Chagatai made his grandson Buli the general this time, so when Baidu'er heard that Chagatai's territory was invaded by the Song army, he secretly gloated in his heart.

My father's position will definitely not be my turn, so I don't care how many people died or were injured in his territory?

Therefore, there are still many people among the princes who are unwilling to go back.

The princes and nobles at the scene were now clearly divided. The one standing on the left, who was close to Guiyou and Mengge, basically wanted to go back. The one standing on the right was with Batu's brother Orda, Xiban, and Tang Wuti. They basically wanted to go back. I don't want to go back.

Guyu was looking at Hedan and Buli strangely at this moment.

Hedan is the concubine of Wokuotai, ranked sixth. There are five brothers above him, the eldest brother Guiyou, the second brother Kuoduan, the third brother Kuochu, the fourth brother Harachaer, the fifth brother Hesui, and there are seven brothers below him. My brother died.

But because he had a poor background and was born as a commoner, the history books of the Yuan Dynasty called him King Hedan, which probably meant that he was not a prince in the later generations.

The seventh younger brother, Miehli, was a commoner like him, and Guyu usually looked down on these two younger brothers the most.

Hedan has a very good relationship with Mieri, but has a very bad relationship with Guyu.

Guyou was the youngest and looked down on these two younger brothers. This was also the reason why after Guyut's death, Hedan and Buli immediately turned to support Meng Ge and opposed their own brothers.

At that time, the two of them were among the first to support Meng Ge as the Great Khan. If Wo Kuotai was still alive, he would probably be angry to death. He finally grabbed the Khan position from Tuo Lei, and his son turned around and supported Tuo Lei. son.

Of course, this was something Guiyujiu took upon himself. As direct relatives of the two Great Khans, Hedan and Buri did not even have their own fiefdoms before Meng Ge came to power.

It was after Meng Ge came to power that in order to repay Hedan and Buri, he re-divided the khanates of Ogedai and Chagatai, and the two of them had their own fiefdoms at this time.

Huetan and Buli were doing very poorly. They didn't have their own fiefdom, and they were looked down upon by Guyu.

Guyu looked at his two brothers standing on the other side with an extremely shocked expression. Song Meng started a full-scale war. Shouldn't you two support me and go back quickly?

"Hedan, Buli?" He called to the two of them in a deep voice.

Hedan and Buli were talking quietly with their heads down. When they heard their elder brother calling them, they both looked up at the same time.

Guyu's expression seemed to be calling him a slave, and the two of them couldn't help but curse secretly.

But the two of them didn't dare to show it, so they had to walk over carefully: "Brother, what's the matter?"

Guyuk said dissatisfied: "Batu and Subotai must be discussing returning to the army outside. If we vote later, you two must support us to return to the army immediately."

Hedan and Buli looked at each other and could only say: "But it depends on the orders of the elder brother."

Guiyu nodded with satisfaction.

Brother Meng, who was on Guyu's left, glanced at the two brothers and felt that the relationship between the two brothers and Guyu was not very good.

Brother Meng didn't like to talk much at first, but he was quite smart.

He slowly walked over, stretched out his hand to pat Hedan and Buli: "Hedan fought well in Bolier (Bolan) last time, and then he chased Bella IV and fled in embarrassment."

He Dan grinned and was about to be modest.

Guyuk next to him said: "The Boler and Magyar people have been defeated by Mongolia. It will be the same if you, Brother Meng, are the generals."

"..." Hedan and Buli were speechless.

Guyu's words are correct, but does it sound comfortable to Brother Hedan?

Every time He Dan fights, Bu Li always follows him. If Guiyu denies He Dan, he also denies Bu Li.

The two brothers already had a good impression of Meng Ge and became increasingly dissatisfied with Guyu.

I don't know how long it took, but the people in the big tent were still discussing, when suddenly there were footsteps outside.

Everyone looked over subconsciously, and after a while, Batu and Subotai walked in.

Guyuk looked at Batu quite dissatisfied.

He is the eldest son of the Great Khan and the most respected person in the Mongol Empire.

According to the Han court, he was the first choice for the crown prince, so who was Batu?

But Batu was actually the commander-in-chief of the Western Expedition, and there was almost no chance for Guyuk to lead a large number of troops alone.

During the Western Expedition, Meng Ge, Bai Daer, He Dan, etc. were all appointed by Batu to be the commanders of the First Army and made great achievements. Only Guiyou usually accompanied the army and had little military power and no chance to make meritorious deeds on his own.

Even the damn bastard Hedan can lead an army, and I don’t have one? Guyuk was also quite dissatisfied with Batu. But Batu was very arrogant. When Temujin was alive, Batu never went to the Central Plains and stayed in his own territory. After Ogedai took office, he ignored Ogedai and stayed in his own territory. Why is that now? I can only stare.

Seeing Batu and Subotai coming in, everyone in the tent looked over nervously.

I heard Subutai say in a deep voice: "The latest news just came from the Aras River."

He paused, and Meng Ge felt that his heart was in his throat.

"The Song army captured Halahelin in August -"

"%￥#" Before Subotai finished speaking, the scene was filled with curses, and Brother Meng's eyes turned red.

The scene suddenly became chaotic. Brother Meng asked how his mother and brothers were doing. Someone asked where Song Jun was fighting now.

Only an angry shout was heard: "Don't make any noise."

The big tent suddenly became quiet.

Batu glared angrily: "Why are you arguing? Can you listen to it first? The Mongol Empire is not over yet."

Everyone had to calm down and listen again.

Subotai said that the Song army also invaded Chagatai's territory. Chagatai has led his people to retreat to Qianzhou. Now our entire army is defending Qianzhou, and many troops have gathered there.

Part of the Song army is in Harahe Forest, and part of it has entered the territory of the Great Khan (Wokuotai), and is advancing north, and will soon reach the territory of Batu.

Subotai said, hundreds of thousands of Song troops entered Mobei, and they took advantage of the situation. Our elites are all marching westward, and there are not many people in each territory. Only herders are being killed by them.

Therefore, Subotai and Batu discussed and decided to divide their troops into two groups and follow Batu all the way back to the Batu camp on the Fuerjia River to gather and rest and prepare to face the Song army.

Hearing this, Guyu almost cursed. Batu said nicely that he was returning to the camp to gather and rest. In fact, he was returning to his own territory first and was unwilling to fight the Song army.

The other group returned to Subotai, and first went to the Aras River to join Choermahan.

The Aras River is located between Iran and Armenia, about two thousand miles away from the Volga River.

The base camp of the Mongolian army in Persia is at the Arras River, and Choermahan's army is gathering there.

After hearing this, Guyu was dissatisfied, but he also agreed with this plan.

Originally, he thought Batu wanted to vote, but he didn't expect that a plan to divide the troops had already been decided.

This is good. Except for the Batu clan, most people will follow Subotai back to the army.

But when the troops were divided, Guyu discovered that Subotai had a hand in reserve.

Subotai took them back as the general, but assigned his son Uliang Gatai and the elite warriors of the Subotai family to Batu.

Of course, Guyu could only stare, but he felt jealous of Subotai again.

This time the Mongolian army marched westward for several years, and Batu brought out 120,000 horses. A few years later, the total army reached 350,000.

The number of people he told Ogedai was still not enough. There was no way. The population of Europe was not large enough, and those who resisted were killed. His army of servants did not recruit many.

Then some soldiers and horses must be left to rule this vast area. At this time, it starts from the Irtysh River in the east, to the Danube River in the west, from the Caucasus in the south, to the Rus Principality in the north, including the entire Western Siberia, the Volga River, Poland, and Fangli. etc., all under the rule of the Great Mongolia.

After discussing with Subotai, Batu decided to leave 50,000 troops in various places, with Subotai's son Wu Lianghetai as the temporary commander-in-chief.

The headquarters are located in the ferocious cities of Buda and Pest (later Budapest).

Budapest was originally two cities. The part located to the east of the Danube River was called Pest, and the part located to the west of the Danube River was called Buda. They were both big cities in the country at that time. Later, there were more and more bridges on the two cities. The two cities together form the city of Budapest.

Today's Buda City is the capital of the Jiyali Kingdom. Batu designated this place as the base camp of the Mongolian army in Central Europe. He stationed Ulliang Hetai and 20,000 elite Mongolian troops, plus 30,000 servants in this area to manage The entire Bolan and Fangli, including parts of Jack Snofak, Romania, Rus Principality and other large lands, are connected with Batu's territory.

At this time, history had been changed by Zhao Yurui. Originally, Batu did not set up a headquarters in Buda City when he returned to the army, because Ogedei died at that time, and he was eager to establish his own khanate when he returned. Now these places are all The territory of his khanate.

Now that Wokuotai is not dead, and there is still an all-out war with Song Dynasty, Batu deliberately uses the excuse of ruling these lands to force him to leave 50,000 troops.

This reason makes perfect sense. Do we need to protect the places we conquered after years of hard work in the Western Expedition?

Then we must keep soldiers and horses to rule.

Didn't Persia leave Cho'ermahan as the governor to rule the entire vicinity of Persia?

Choermahan also has 30,000 Mongolian elites at his disposal.

Guyuk could not find any reason to object to Batu Liu Uliang Hetai and the rule of 50,000 troops to consolidate the Bolan and Jiali they had conquered, and the scene was unanimous.

Then Batu said that there were still 300,000 horses left, and he would take 150,000 horses back to Fuerjia River to prepare, and the other 150,000 horses and Subotai would go to the Alas River to join Choermahan.

Choermahan had an army of 30,000 elites and 50,000 servants.

When the two Mongolian armies joined together, there were more than 200,000 troops.

Guyu couldn't bear it anymore after hearing this, and asked: "When will Batu Qian's 150,000 horses return home?"

He believed that Batu deliberately took away half of the Mongolian army in order to preserve his own strength.

He said unhurriedly: "The main force of the Song Army is in the Harahelin and Qianzhou areas. You have to deal with the main force of the Song Army."

"The Song Army's partial troops are pushing rapidly from Ogedai Hehan's territory and heading towards my territory. I have to deal with their partial troops."

It sounds reasonable, but now Guiyou has nothing to say.

There was no objection to the allocation of Batu and Subotai, and everyone decided to divide their troops here.

All the way to the north, all the way to the east, and all the way back to the west with Wulianghetai.

Batu, Subotai, Wu Lianghetai and his son quickly left the camp, not wanting anyone to follow them quickly behind them.

Batu looked back and saw that it was Kuo Liejian, the emperor's younger brother and the son of Concubine Hulan, the concubine of Wo Kuotai.

Kolekian was Temujin's concubine. He was originally killed by an arrow in the Rus Principality during the western expedition with Batu.

But the time of this Western Expedition has changed, so Kuo Liejian was not killed by an arrow. I don’t know if I should thank Zhao Yurui.

(End of this chapter)