Kuo Duan's failure once again hit Wo Kuotai's prestige and made him extremely angry.
Wo Kuotai looked at Kuo Duan angrily. He failed to handle the matter of sending an envoy to the Southern Song Dynasty and completely pushed the Southern Song Dynasty to the side of the Jin Dynasty, which made Wo Kuotai very angry and passive.
Originally, the Kingdom of Jin had only one breath left. Wo Kuotai was preparing to take away the Kingdom of Jin with a wave of attacks this winter.
Now that the Jin Kingdom has the support of the Southern Song Dynasty, the situation has changed, making Wo Kuotai not confident enough to destroy the Jin Kingdom quickly.
Kuo Duan knelt on the ground, and his eldest brother Guiyu sat aside, looking at him coldly, with no intention of helping him, with a sneer on his face.
"Father Khan, I fought a decisive battle with the Song army. At the critical moment, Li Fen's troops were defeated first, causing our army to be defeated. At that time, I was about to fight to the death, but it was Li Fen who pulled me back to the north bank!" Kuoduan kowtowed and explained, "My son, come back. I came to the grassland in the hope that Father Khan could give me another army of soldiers and horses so that I can avenge my previous humiliation!"
Wokuotai had a dark face, but Guiyou snorted coldly, "Will I give you another army to embarrass us in front of Brother Meng again?"
In recent times, Wokuotai and his colleagues have made frequent mistakes, and their prestige is not as good as before.
Guyuk clashed with Meng Ge and Kublai Khan. The two often ridiculed Guyuk, saying that their line was incompetent and unworthy of the respect of the Mongolian tribes.
Guyou believed that Meng Ge and Kublai Khan dared to disrespect him because Kuo Duan persuaded O Kuotai to withdraw from Kaifeng, making last year's war to destroy the Jin in vain.
Now that Kuoduan has suffered another defeat in the south, Meng Ge and others will look down upon their family even more.
Therefore, Guyu didn't look good to Kuo Duan, which was not only dissatisfaction with him, but also suppressed him as a potential competitor for the Khan position.
Kuo Duan looked at Guiyou with some annoyance, "It is precisely because Brother Meng and the others are watching our jokes that we must destroy the Kingdom of Jin, otherwise we will not be able to hold our heads high!"
As he spoke, he knelt forward and said, "Father, please give me another chance, and I will wash away my shame!"
Wo Kuotai's face was gloomy. After all, Kuo Duan was his son and he had escaped. Wo Kuotai could not possibly kill him.
He stared at Kuoduan, "What are you going to do!"
Kuo Duan was overjoyed, "My son was not well prepared before. This time I will wait until winter and take advantage of the Yellow River to freeze to cross the river in a big way."
Guyou said coldly: "We have made mistakes twice in the matter of attacking gold, and Father Khan's prestige on the grassland has been shaken because of this. The top priority now is to re-establish Father Khan's prestige, not to avenge your shame!" "
Kuo Duan argued: "To destroy the Jin is to establish the prestige of the father Khan. If the Jin Kingdom is captured, all the tribes will praise the father Khan and submit to the father Khan!"
Mongolian tribes worship the strong. It has been four years since Ogedai was elected as the Great Khan. However, within four years, Mongolia has never been able to destroy the Jin Kingdom.
Mongolia went on several expeditions, but Wokuotai did not achieve any results. Instead, it dragged the mines and won many battles.
The Mongols worshiped the strong and also valued profits. Wokuotai neither had great military exploits nor brought much benefit to the tribes, so his status was in jeopardy.
Therefore, Ogedai really needs a big victory now to establish his prestige and bring benefits to the Mongolian nobles.
Kuo Duan hoped to eliminate the gold to wash away his shame and establish his prestige, which agreed with O Kuotai's idea. However, his eldest son Guiyou seemed to have different ideas about attacking the gold.
Wokuotai looked at Guyou and asked in a deep voice, "Guyou, you don't agree with the destruction of gold?"
Guyou shook his head and saluted: "Father Khan, I am not disapproving of destroying the gold, but I feel that there is no rush to destroy the gold. Now we can win the battle and lead the princes and nobles to seize money and food, establish prestige and stabilize people's hearts. We should let it go." In the first place.”
Wokuotai frowned and said, "Isn't attacking gold just to establish prestige and bring wealth to various ministries?"
Guyuk said: "If we can conquer the Jin Kingdom, we can indeed establish prestige, obtain a large amount of treasures and slaves, distribute them to many princes, and stabilize the status of the father. However, the Jin Kingdom is dead and not dead, and now it has formed an alliance with the Southern Song Dynasty and gained It is not easy to destroy the support of the Southern Song Dynasty. Now they have won the battle and their morale has recovered, but our morale has suffered a setback. If they can be destroyed, it is okay, but if they cannot be destroyed, they will return without success. The leaders of various tribes will be even more dissatisfied with Father Khan!"
Ogedai fell into deep thought, Guyu's worry was not unreasonable.
He frequently made mistakes in extinguishing gold. Mongolian tribes continued to collect gold, resulting in heavy losses but little benefit, which made all tribes complain.
If he fails to defeat the Jin Kingdom and obtain the treasures in Kaifeng City this time, I am afraid that the dissatisfaction of the Mongolian nobles against him will explode.
Wo Kuotai said with a dark face, "If you don't agree to eliminate the gold immediately, how can I establish my prestige?"
Guyuk said: "Replying to my father Khan, I thought the Kingdom of Jin was difficult to attack, so we might as well pick an easy one to attack."
Wo Kuotai raised his eyebrows, "Choose the easy one?"
"That's right!" Guyou said: "The Jin Kingdom is dead but not dead. There are certain risks in destroying the Jin Dynasty. Now Father Khan must establish his prestige and cannot accept risks. In this case, we will do what is sure and pick the easy ones to fight!"
Wokuotai asked: "Which one is easier?"
Guyuk said: "I think it is feasible to conquer Russia in the west or Goryeo in the east. However, Goryeo is a small country and the people are poor, so there is not much benefit in conquering it. Previously, we went westward and swept through all the countries in the west. One of our detachments destroyed Kiev. The Russians have an army of 80,000. Compared with the Jin Kingdom and the Southern Song Dynasty, I think the Western Expedition is easier to win, and can gain a lot of wealth, benefit all the ministries, and establish the prestige of my father Khan!"
In history, Mongolia launched the eldest son's Western Expedition after completely destroying gold.
Because the Tuo Lei Department's achievements in the war to destroy the Jin were far greater than those of Wo Kuotai, and the Tuo Lei Department's outstanding achievements made Wo Guotai's position not only unstable after the Jin Dynasty was destroyed, but he also faced tremendous pressure.
In order to establish prestige, Wo Kuotai decided to launch another war.
At this time, the Southern Song Dynasty was relatively difficult to conquer in the world. Wokuotai ordered Batu, Guyu, Meng Ge and others to march westward, launching the second Mongolian Western Expedition to gain experience and prestige in the west.
Guyou's words made Ogootai a little tempted. Compared with the Jin Kingdom and the Southern Song Dynasty, the countries to the west were indeed easier to conquer.
At this time, the kneeling Kuo Duan said: "Father Khan, last year we just crippled the Jin Kingdom. If we don't take advantage of the situation to destroy the Jin this year, then the Jin Kingdom will quickly regain its strength with the support of the Southern Song Dynasty. Then our previous efforts It’s all in vain!”
The words of the two sons had their own reasons, which made Wo Kuotai not know how to make a decision.
If he does not attack the Jin Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty will gradually regain its strength with the help of the Southern Song Dynasty. If he does not attack the Jin Dynasty, if he fails to win and achieves no results, he will be even more passive.
Wokuotai couldn't help but stand up and pace back and forth in the big tent, thinking about countermeasures...
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