This chaotic environment provided the soil for Ottoman's growth.
Although the country was founded with Ghazi, no one said that pagans could not be brought together to fight jihad, so there were many Christian soldiers in all the Ottoman wars. Until now, the Armenians are still one of the main sources of troops for the Ottomans, and even though the Purple Horde Khanate controlled the Balkans, there were still some Serbian knights who ran to join the Ottomans because they were dissatisfied with the rule of the Khan. This also made the Ottomans' actual available forces stronger.
Before the actual war started, Timur still adopted traditional strategies, sending people to attack Ottoman in public opinion and calling on everyone to launch a holy war against Ottoman. Soon, the Purple Horde, France and other forces responded one after another, sending troops to join the jihad, preparing to march from the Caucasus, Castle, Cilicia and other places, making it difficult for the Ottomans to take care of themselves.
Sultan Bayezid was very angry when he heard that Timur was coming to beat him. He immediately condemned Timur as a "gathering of all people" and called on everyone to wage jihad against him. Bayezid succeeded in making a time difference and defeated the Purple Tent Vanguard near Nicaea. While the Purple Horde Khanate was busy shrinking its troops, the Sultan quickly rushed east with the elite Serbian guards to meet with the army there and prepare to defeat Timur first.
After the two sides got close, the Ottomans discovered that there were a large number of Persians in Timur's army.
The Persians have always been known for their weak troops, and filling these people into the front line shows that Timur's strength is far less than what he boasted. Bayezid also fell into the mood of blindly underestimating the enemy. He did not choose a battlefield that was beneficial to him. He even rushed to launch an attack without waiting for the soldiers to repair.
However, the Persians under Timur were extremely tenacious, which prevented the Ottoman army from making a breakthrough. Instead, the low-status Turks in the Ottoman army rebelled. The Ottoman army was defeated and the Sultan was captured alive by Timur.
This major defeat brought the Ottoman Empire to the brink of collapse. The defeat of the strongest opponent in Minor Asia brought great benefits to the Purple Horde Khanate. The Khan's court believed that it was necessary to express gratitude and show sincerity to further enhance the friendship between the two sides.
The Purple Horde Khanate and the Tamerlane Khanate were half-pagan brothers. Emperor Timur's uncle helped the Khan's house and made great contributions, which must be told to the world.
The Khan's court announced that Rome had been in decline for a long time. For the sake of stability, the first Khan Derrick divided the world into four major Uluses, which were managed by two Khans and two Deputy Khans respectively. However, the country is still in chaos, the four great Uluses are attacking each other, and Rome has not yet been reunited.
Now, the stubborn enemies have been eliminated one by one, and there is hope for the revival of Rome. Therefore, after discussing with the pillar states, the Roman Great Khan solemnly decided to grant Timur the title of "Roman Co-Emperor". From now on, everyone is Roman.
This time, Timur himself didn't quite understand what it meant. He just thought it sounded powerful. Later I discovered that this was actually an honorary title.
The Purple Horde Khanate has a unique understanding of "Rome". They believe that it is an identity. In theory, the whole world could be Roman. Even Mr. Huang, Guo Kang's grandfather, who was well-read in poetry and books from the Central Plains, supports this view.
Mr. Huang's idea is that Rome is Da Qin - Da Qin is similar to the Central Plains - anything similar to the Central Plains can be called Rome. This view was highly praised by the princes of the Han Dynasty and became official official doctrine. Therefore, in the eyes of Zi Zhang, announcing that the other party is also Rome is a very advanced means of praising and winning over.
As for the Roman co-emperor, it was actually the name given to the rulers of other Roman countries.
Scholars from the Central Plains background were not able to accept the situation of two emperors in one country, so they regarded it as some kind of honorary title. In the words of the play, it is the "Luo Zi Bingjian Wang", which is used to reward people who have made extremely great contributions.
For example, after the Timur Khanate accepted this honor, it could be called the "River Roman Kingdom", and Timur himself was the "River Roman Khan".
In the same way, France, another traditional ally of the Khanate, was also very interested in Roman titles. Shortly after this incident, the King of France also spent a huge amount of money and donated the title of "Frank-Roman Emperor".
In principle, these are all similar, and they all fall into the category of "co-ruling the emperor". It's just that everyone's original titles are different, so they are called slightly different. However, because they all have the character "Luo" in their names, they are still the same in nature.
After reaffirming the alliance, everyone set their next target on the Mamluk dynasty. The coalition forces were fighting the main force of the Mamluks in Syria. At a critical moment, a rebellion launched by the Mamluks in the Caucasus against Sudan broke out in Egypt's hometown.
The rebels promised that as long as they support them as the new sultan, they will recognize Timur as the overlord and agree to the Purple Horde Khanate's request for a port. From now on, everyone will maintain peace and non-aggression.
The Purple Horde Khanate had already been in contact with them, and even sent an army from Cyprus to Alexandria for reinforcements. Upon learning that there was a fire in the backyard, the main Mamluk army was distraught. The Sultan was anxious to withdraw his troops, but was defeated by Timur on the way.
After the victory of the war, each family began to divide the territory vomited by the Mamluk dynasty, and the Purple Horde Khanate was assigned to the city of Antioch in northern Syria.
After Heraclius was forced to abandon Syria, he was in pain at the border and said, "Beautiful Syria, farewell forever." This time, it was the first time the Romans recovered this place after the Arab conquest. The Khan was very satisfied with this and held quite grand ceremonies in the capital and Antioch to reward the army and reward the people.
At the Grand Circuit in Constantinople, the Khan held a 100-day Naadam event, hiring a large group of Mongolian wrestlers from the steppe to perform wrestling with the Greeks all day long.
Citizens watch various fighting matches in the arena during the day. After drinking too much at night, they can engage in unlimited fights with Qie Xue who tries to maintain order. After a few months, everyone felt very happy and felt like they were back in the great era of Rome.
In Antioch, the Khan's court also held a ceremony to commemorate the previous Khans since Heraclius. The whole city is full of sacred images of the ancestors of the Khans and religious figures such as Heavenly Father Aloha, Heavenly Brother Yishu, etc. It is very grand.
Grand water and land monasteries were also held in the port and in the city. The scale was so large that the Orthodox priests sent by the then Patriarch Yin were not enough, so he had to recruit a bunch of lamas and monks to help.
It was lively for a while and everyone was very happy. Even the surrounding Arab lords, who were specially invited by the Khan's court in order to build good relations, drank grape juice for more than half a month, and all of them had red faces and were very satisfied.
This victory finally opened the sea channel for the Khanate to the Indian Ocean. After that, negotiations with Javanese and other countries and attempts at direct trade gained a realistic basis.
