At the beginning of October, the Mongolian grasslands ushered in a first snowfall, and the entire grassland was a blur.
Early in the morning, the Mongolian nobles walked out of their tents, stepping on the crunching snow, and arrived outside the big tent of the Mongolian Khan Wokuotai.
Everyone gathered together in twos and threes, talking in low voices and guessing the purpose of Wokuotai convening them for discussion.
"Little prince! The Great Khan is definitely going to attack Jin! The old prince is in Sanfeng Mountain to eliminate the main force of the Jin army. The Jin country is weak now. How can we win in a fight? This advantage must not be taken away by the Great Khan!" Kublai Khan Next to him, a Mongolian noble said.
Kublai Khan nodded slightly, "I know, it's just my eldest brother who was sent to the Western Expedition. I'm afraid we don't have the right people to lead the troops here."
Not long ago, in order to win people's hearts, Wo Kuotai ordered Batu, Guyu, Meng Ge and others to lead a part of the cavalry to launch a western expedition.
In recent years, the war between Mongolia and the Jin Kingdom has turned into a tug-of-war.
Under this circumstance, it was difficult for the Mongols to gain benefits in the war. On the contrary, they also lost a lot of soldiers and horses.
The Mongol Empire still needs looting to maintain, and must continue to launch invasions to obtain money, food and materials.
In the south, the Jin Kingdom relied on the Guanhe defense line to hold on. Mongolia attacked many times but returned without success.
The two sides saw each other along the Yellow River, causing local production to be destroyed and the people to flee, leaving the Mongols unable to grab anything.
This made many Mongolian nobles dissatisfied. In order to stabilize their status and gain prestige, Ogedei ordered his eldest sons to march westward, loot the west, and send Christmas gifts to the Europeans.
After the establishment of the Qin Dynasty in the East, strictly speaking, the feudal era ended and entered the era of centralized unification.
At this time, the West was still in the feudal era, and society had probably only developed to China's Zhou Dynasty.
Compared with the forces that can be mobilized by this kind of system, which is constantly divided into enfeoffments in a country, it is simply a novice compared to the forces that have emerged from the China region.
It should not be a problem for the Mongolian army to march westward and sweep across Eastern Europe.
Because the Mongolian nobles all had good expectations for the Western Expedition, they all supported Ogedai who decided to go to the Western Expedition.
Wokuotai took advantage of the Western Expedition to buy off the Jochi and Chagatai families.
The fiefdoms of these two brothers are both in the west, and they are particularly supportive of the Western Expedition. At the same time, he used the Western Expedition to transfer Meng Ge, leaving only Kublai Khan and a few underage princes in the Tou Lei Department on the grassland. .
In this way, the unstable status of Wo Kuotai caused by Zhao Tai's strategy was gradually resolved by Wo Kuotai.
After the Khan's position was stabilized, Wokuotai once again turned his attention to the Kingdom of Jin in the south.
At this time, the Mongol Empire was extremely powerful and fully capable of launching a new war southward while marching westward.
After Wokuotai adopted Yelu Chucai's advice, he gradually stabilized his position.
However, if he wants to truly secure the position of Khan and pass on the position of Great Khan within his family, he still needs more prestige, far beyond the prestige of the Tou Lei system.
After Temujin's death, Tuo Lei supervised the country for four years. During this period, he destroyed Xixia, killed the Xia lord, and obtained a large area of land from the Jin Kingdom.
After electing Wokuotai as Khan, Tuo Lei continued to control the military. Before his death, he fought a battle at Sanfeng Mountain, destroying the main force of the Jin Kingdom.
Faced with the pressure put on Wo Kuotai by the tow mine system, Wo Kuotai must gain more prestige and not make the same mistakes as last time.
Now Meng Ge was ordered by Wo Kuotai to participate in the Western Expedition. He took Batu of the Jochi clan as the commander to ensure the victory of the Western Expedition. Meng Ge could not get much credit, and he could only get a quarter of the credit.
With Meng Ge of the towing element gone, and only Kublai Khan left, there would be no trouble, and Wo Kuotai would have the opportunity to let his own people make meritorious deeds.
At this time, for Ogedai, as long as he makes no mistakes, he can slowly accumulate prestige and control the entire Khanate.
Outside the big tent, snowflakes fell on the bodies of the Mongolian nobles. Inside the big tent, a brazier was lit, and Wo Kuotai was discussing with Yelu Chucai.
"Khan, everyone is here!" A guard came in to report.
Wokuotai immediately stopped talking to Yelu Chucai and waved, "Let them come in!"
Not long after, the curtains were raised, cold wind poured in, and a large group of Mongolian nobles filed in.
Everyone shook off the snowflakes on their bodies, then stood in two vertical rows and saluted: "Profuse sweat!"
Wokuotai smiled and said: "Everyone, please sit down!"
Many Mongolian princes and nobles were sitting cross-legged on both sides. In front of the small table, there were roasted mutton and hot kumiss.
A bonfire was lit in the big tent, and many people lifted their cloaks and felt hats before starting to eat and drink.
At this time, Wokuotai said: "We have called everyone here today just for one thing!"
Everyone stopped and looked at Wo Kuotai.
"Winter is coming, and the Yellow River will freeze. We, the Mongolian cavalry, can march across the river again and attack the Kingdom of Jin!" Wo Kuotai said loudly.
"Attack gold! Attack gold!" The Mongolians in the tent immediately shook their fists and shouted in response.
The hatred between the Mongols and the Jin Kingdom can be said to be irreconcilable.
In recent years, they have suffered considerable losses in the war to capture gold, but if they mention destroying gold, they will definitely get the support of many Mongolian nobles.
In fact, the Mongols were cruel and murderous. Apart from the northern nomads, who had long followed the law of the jungle and the strong, one of the main reasons was that the Jurchens were indeed not human beings.
At that time, the Jurchens implemented a cruel "reduction policy" in order to prevent the ethnic groups on the grasslands from threatening their rule.
The so-called "reduction policy" means that every three years, the Jin Kingdom will send cavalry into the Mongolian plateau, slaughter the tribes they see, kill all the men, and capture the women and sell them as slaves.
Under this high-pressure policy, the situation of the Mongols was naturally extremely miserable. Even Temujin's ancestor, I Bahai Khan, was nailed to a wooden donkey by Jin Xizong.
How the Jurchens treated the Mongols, and after the Mongols gained power, they treated the Jin people, and sent this pain to all their enemies.
At this time, Kublai Khan stood up amidst the shouts of the crowd, "Great Khan! If the Jin Kingdom is destroyed, I am willing to lead a large army to attack the Jin Kingdom!"
The hatred between Mongolia and Jin is as deep as the ocean. Whoever can destroy Jin will gain huge prestige.
Historically, Tuo Lei achieved a decisive victory in the process of destroying the Jin Dynasty, and his achievements shocked the master. It was only after Wo Kuotai planned a poisoning that he eliminated this threat.
At this time, in Kublai Khan's view, the Kingdom of Jin had been beaten to half a life by his father Khan. He must not let Wokuotai take advantage. He must destroy the Kingdom of Jin with his own hands to avenge Tuo Lei and also for Their family strives for the prestige of destroying money.
Seeing this, Kuo Duan hurriedly came out and said, "Father Khan, I am also willing to lead the army to fight!"
Kublai Khan glanced at Kublai with disdain, "Can a defeated general still lead the army?"
Kuoduan was stabbed in a painful spot, his face turned red instantly, and he became furious, "Son, how dare you insult me!"
You are a genius, remember in one second: Red Oasis:
