Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

To be honest, Zhang Yong didn't want Tuo Lei to fight this battle alone, because this war belonged to Wokuotai.

Let Tuo Lei fight this battle. If he wins, it will be a huge blow to Wo Kuotai's reputation.

And Genghis Khan is not dead yet! Wokuotai couldn't get rid of Tuo Lei. In this case, Tuo Lei could win more benefits for his son.

Zhang Yong could see that Tuo Lei had now accepted his failure in fighting for the throne. He was no match for Wo Kuotai, and he put all his hopes on his descendants.

And Tuo Lei did think so. If he failed, he would put all his hopes on his son.

Wokuotai's sons are just as good as Guiyou, broad-minded, broad-minded, and capable, but they are much worse than his own sons.

Not to mention the youngest son, Brother Alibu has grown up now, Brother Meng, Hulagu, and Kublai Khan no matter which one he picks out, Tuo Lei is very satisfied, and he has perfectly inherited his military talent.

Moreover, my family has a very good relationship with the eldest brother Jochi's family, especially the descendants of the Chagatai and Ogedai families.

To put it bluntly, it's just superficial and distant.

He no longer has the power to compete for the throne, but his descendants do. His father Genghis Khan once set a rule.

This is the rule. People in their grasslands, as long as they are descendants of the Golden Family, and even a few brothers of Genghis Khan, have the right to compete for the position of Great Khan.

The purpose of this is to prevent one family from controlling all the rights. If there are straw bags that cannot be supported among the future generations, then the entire Mongol Empire will be finished.

Therefore, the rule set by Genghis Khan is that if one branch of the Golden Family monopolizes the entire power in the future, then all of you can unite and overthrow him.

"Lord Tuo Lei! It's too dangerous for you to bring only 50,000 troops. It's better to retreat to Tongguan with the Great Khan and rest until next spring when our troops and food are ready, and then we can take over the Kingdom of Jin in one fell swoop!" A Mongolian general spoke.

"Ah, Master Tuo Lei, it is too dangerous for you to lead tens of thousands of troops alone. It is better to wait until next year when all of us get together to completely destroy the Kingdom of Jin!" A Han prince said.

Since Wokuotai succeeded the Mongolian Khan, they, the Han people in Hebei, began to quietly alienate the Tuolei family afterwards.

Because in the eyes of the Han princes, the Tuolei family had completely lost the throne, and the Wokuotai family was the real royal family in the future.

"Hmph! You are afraid, but I am not afraid yet, Khan! Please believe me, I can definitely conquer the Kingdom of Jin for you." Tuo Lei looked at Wogotai and said.

Wo Kuotai ignored Tuo Lei, but paced back and forth in place, seeming to be thinking about the problem. After a long time, he finally spoke.

"My good brother Tuo Lei, to be honest, I also want to participate in this war, but now you also know the situation in the army. After summer, the strength of our Mongolian army will be greatly weakened.

Many soldiers in the army are not accustomed to the climate. In this case, it is better for us to take the army to Tongguan to rest for a while! "Wokuotai said.

After some thinking, Wokuotai decided not to let Tuo Lei lead the army alone, because the uncertainty would be too great. If Tuo Lei failed, the 50,000 Mongolian army would be gone.

If Tuo Lei wins, it will have a huge impact on his reputation as the new leader.

"Yes! Tuo Lei! Don't be willful and listen to your brothers." Chagatai said.

"Then I will not fight a decisive battle with the Jin people, but will continue to harass their city with 20,000 cavalry. In the autumn, the Great Khan and I will stay in Tongguan. In winter, I will go back to Tongguan." Go out and harass them." Tuo Lei said.

Winter is an excellent opportunity, and Tuo Lei really doesn't want to give up this once-in-a-lifetime fighter plane.

"It's too early to say this now. Let's leave this matter alone. Your safety and the safety of the army are the most important. There is no need to take advantage of this time to attack and harass the Jin people." In the end, Wo Kuotai refused. A tow mine.

Although Tuo Lei still wanted to argue with reason, Wo Kuotai directly rejected his suggestion, because Tuo Lei would not benefit himself no matter whether he won or lost.

It's best for you to stay as you are now.

Seeing this, Tuo Lei had no choice but to give up.

"Hebei army, you will bring 20,000 stones of grain and grass and immediately return to Hebei to recuperate. In March next year, you will send troops for the first time to join us.

Xixia army, Chahan, you brought ten thousand stones of food and grass back to Xixia Xuanhua Mansion to recuperate.

When we send out troops in March next year, all the grassland troops will retreat to Tongguan with me. "Wokuotai said.

This food and grass was enough to support the two armies to return to their own land, while the grassland army led by him retreated to Tongguan first.

After hearing Wokuotai's words, all the generals present were happy. The man in charge of the war finally planned to stop the war temporarily.

After all the generals left, that night, Wo Kuotai secretly summoned Zhang Yong, Chagatai and Yelu Chucai.

"Bhan! I don't know why it's so late. Is there any important reason why you summoned us?" Zhang Yong asked.

"Well! You two do it. Yelu gave me a suggestion before when he was on a business trip. I think this suggestion is very necessary.

As for you two, one is my brother and the other is my most trusted son-in-law, so I plan to discuss it with you two. "Wokuotai said after inviting a few people to sit down.

Yelu Chu just made suggestions. What suggestions would he make?

"Brother Ogedai, you are sweating profusely now. You have the final say on everything, and we will all support you." Chagatai said.

Wo Kuotai nodded and looked at Yelu Chu before gesturing for him to speak.

"Lord Chagatai, King of Guanzhong, our Mongol Empire is now unprecedentedly powerful. I think we should strengthen our internal laws and management. First of all, we must formulate a rule, which is to establish the majesty of the power of the Great Khan.

From now on, when everyone comes to see the Khan, whether in private or in public, they must kneel down and worship him. Yelu Chu then spoke.

Upon hearing this, Chagatai's eyes widened for a moment, and he looked at Ogedai in disbelief.

This, this kind of thing, what did their father Genghis Khan not do? The leader of the steppe tribes who submitted to Genghis Khan.

None of them would kneel down to Genghis Khan. When they saw Genghis Khan, they just performed the etiquette of a prairie tribe.

Only those slave servants would kneel before the Khan.

Unlike Chagatai, who was surprised by me, Zhang Yong was relatively relieved about this matter, because in the original history, Yelu Chucai made this suggestion, and he was the first to kneel to Wogedai from Chagatai.

As for Yelu Chucai, to put it bluntly, he was actually the most important political minister left to Ogedai by Genghis Khan. The suggestions he made were all to defend or consolidate the rights of the Ogedai family.

"Ahem! This matter was only brought up by Yelu Chu. I also felt that there were some problems, so I discussed it with you two and decided not to use it." Wo Kuotai saw some changes in his eldest brother's face, and Zhang Yong The boy showed no expression at all, so he quickly spoke.

Wouldn't these two people disagree?

"Great sweat! Zhang Yong thinks this matter can be implemented. If I kneel down to you, I can do it in public or in private." Zhang Yong said immediately.

This is a kind of consolidation of the power of the Great Khan. At a certain point, it must be implemented. If you raise objections yourself, you will offend Ogedai.

It would be better to go with the flow and agree directly, and this is also the result Zhang Yong wants, to consolidate the power of the Khan.

"Brother Wokuotai, my elder brother agrees with you and may even be the first to kneel down to you in the future.

But this matter must be decided after the death of the father Khan or the destruction of the Jin Kingdom. Otherwise, many Mongolian nobles will not obey you. Chagatai glanced at Zhang Yong and said.

"Brother Chagatai, you are my brother, my elder brother. Only in public, because of the great power of the Great Khan, can you kneel to me. But in private, we are still the same as before." Wo Kuo Tai immediately stepped forward to help Chagatai up and spoke.

He also thought so. Before his father Khan died and before the Jin Kingdom was destroyed, this would not be brought up, because his reputation in Wokuotai was not enough. He still needed war and military industry to consolidate the country. The position of Khan. "Zhang Yong, the same goes for you. You are my son-in-law and a member of our Golden Family. You don't need to kneel down to me in private." After helping his eldest brother Chagatai, Wo Kuotai also did the same. He immediately stepped forward to help Zhang Yong up and said.

The support of these two people greatly increased Ogedei's confidence, and he decided that after the destruction of the Jin Kingdom, implementing this law and consolidating his power as the Great Khan was what he wanted to do.

Yelu Chucai even suggested it to him. In a few years, after his power is more consolidated, he will summon all the Mongolian princes and nobles.

Let them make an oath, that is, the person who will become the Great Khan of Mongolia in the future can only come from their Ogedai family.

Even if the child born to the Ogedai family is a straw bag, a piece of stinky meat, or a pile of mud, you all have to respect him as the Great Khan of Mongolia.

But this is equivalent to challenging the authority of Genghis Khan and taking back the rights of all other descendants of the Golden Family to inherit the throne.

So in a short period of time, Wo Kuotai could only hide these words in his heart. He also told Yelu Chucai not to tell anyone about it. Only the two of them knew about it.

"Great Khan! It's too early to think about these things now. Let's think about how to arrange the future war!

After you destroy the Jin Kingdom, we will announce these things to other Mongolian princes and nobles. "Zhang Yong said.

Yelu was indeed a loyal minister when he was on a business trip. The suggestions he made were all to help Ogedai consolidate central power and weaken the rights of Mongolian nobles in other places.

It is extremely famous in later generations that the junior members of the Ogedei family, even if they are idiots and rotten meat, can inherit the position of the Great Khan.

Yelu Chucai should have already mentioned it, right?

But unfortunately, Mongolia is not the former Jin Kingdom or Liao Kingdom. Its huge territory and inconvenient message transmission restrict the entire Mongolia.

Mongolia can only adopt the enfeoffment system. If it does not, then the Mongolian nobles everywhere will take the lead in rebellion.

Kublai Khan wanted to play with centralization, but the result was that the Mongol Empire was completely split into four khanates.

Even after Ogedai's death, Batu's Golden Horde was established.

Even if you want to play the Manchu and Qing Dynasty, you can't do it, because Mongolia's territory is much larger than that of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, and the message transmission during the Manchu and Qing Dynasties was much better than that of Mongolia.

But even so, the Tubo region, as well as the Mongolian grassland region and the Western Regions, maintained a semi-controlled behavior during the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. Only the Central Plains area was completely centralized.

Even so, throughout the entire period of Manchu rule, there were still major peasant uprisings from time to time.

"Well! After the troops from Hebei and Xixia leave, I will take over 100,000 grassland troops to Tongguan. I will leave it to you in terms of food and grass. I will ask the herdsmen to mobilize 50,000 pack horses for you, and It was transported by 20,000 donkeys," Wo Kuotai said.

As for war horses, 50,000 are still relatively difficult. The selection of war horses is extremely strict. They must choose mature and strong ones, but if they are ordinary pack horses.

Some of the eliminated old war horses and some thin horses can be used. If Zhang Yong is mobilized 20,000 donkeys, the transportation problem should be solved.

"Don't worry, Khan! When spring starts next year, I will definitely prepare food and grass for the entire army." Zhang Yong nodded and said.

Zhang Yong has already planned the specific route, which is to leave Chengdu Prefecture, take Jinniu Road directly, then enter Fengxiang Prefecture, and then start transporting grain from Fengxiang Prefecture to Tongguan area.

With a large number of pack horses and donkeys, the number of peasants can be greatly reduced. Reducing the number of ordinary peasants can save food and grass, and a donkey or a pack horse can carry much more than a person.

"After this war is over, I will hand over Tongguan to you, and I will reward you with Zhongxing Mansion in Xixia." Wo Kuotai nodded and said.

It is indeed a bit difficult for Zhang Yong to be responsible for all the food and grass supplies for the entire army, so he should be given some benefits.

But in the Jin Kingdom area, you only have the right to collect taxes and manage it on your behalf.

On this land, one could not recruit soldiers privately, but could only manage and collect taxes and turn them over. This was what he and Yelu Chu had agreed upon, and they would not announce it until the Jin Kingdom was completely destroyed.

The tax collection policy implemented by Zhang Yong in the Guanzhong area is not bad, and both Wokuotai and Yelu Chucai plan to apply it to other areas.

"Thank you, the Great Khan, for the reward." Zhang Yong knelt down before Wo Kuotai and said.

Unexpectedly, there was an unexpected surprise. Tongguan was left to me. This is a naturally dangerous pass! The strategic significance is too great, isn’t it?

As for Zhongxing Mansion in the Xixia region, it was now abandoned due to Genghis Khan's massacre, and its population was also taken away by Chahan.

If you reward yourself with this area, Wokuotai is a waste utilization.

Many Mongolian generals did not want this land because it had no population and was burned by Genghis Khan.

But it’s good for me. If there is no one else, then I can move some Han people to live there in the future, right?

The population of Sichuan and Sichuan has shown explosive growth, and it is not a problem for Zhang Yong to relocate more than 100,000 people.

Moreover, it can also speed up the sinicization of the local area and increase the number of Han people in Xixia.

"Lord Chagatai, King of Guanzhong, please help the Great Khan in the future." Yelu Chu finally said.

Zhang Yong and Cha Hetai nodded, and after chatting for a while, they each said goodbye and returned to their tents.

Before leaving, Zhang Yong saw that Chagatai's face was obviously a little bad. It was obvious that although he acknowledged Ogedai's proposal to kneel down, he still had some problems in his heart.

As everyone knows, Wo Kuotai will have a more ruthless move in the future. Yelu takes a step too far on his business trip. He wants too much to help Wo Kuotai centralize power.

Unfortunately, centralization of power cannot be accomplished by a single monarch.

The next day, Ogedai issued a withdrawal order to the entire army, and the entire Mongolian army began to retreat.

The army from Hebei returned to Hebei, and the army from Xixia returned to Xixia. Tuo Lei led 1 cavalry to start cutting off the rear. He would retreat with these cavalry only three days after Wokuotai and others left.

A few days later, Wokuotai's Mongolian army successfully arrived at Tongguan. A large number of herdsmen drove their livestock, cattle, sheep, and horses into this pass.

Even though Tongguan is very large, it is still a bit crowded in the depths to accommodate so many cattle and sheep.

Finally, Zhang Yong proposed that Chagatai, whom Wo Kuotai trusted most, could lead tens of thousands of Mongolian troops and herdsmen to station in Xiaoguan next to Tongguan.

Xiaoguan is a subsidiary pass of Tongguan. Although it is not as huge as Tongguan, it is also a military fortress and some troops can be stationed here.

As for the area near Tongguan, all the residents here have been moved to the hinterland of Guanzhong by Zhang Yong a long time ago. After all, this will be the main battlefield in the future.

It is inconvenient for the residents to stay here, whether it is to plant farms or raise livestock, and they are prone to wars and wars, so Zhang Yong has cleared out the people in this area long ago.

In order to facilitate the stationing of the Mongolian army and have enough forage, Zhang Yong also planted a large amount of forage in the surrounding area of ​​100 miles.

Overall, Wokuotai is very satisfied with this area.

"Father-in-law! You can safely stay here for the winter. I will return to Guanzhong immediately, and then go to the Sichuan and Sichuan areas to be responsible for the escort of grain and grass." Zhang Yong said.

"Well! I've worked hard for you during this period. Don't worry, I won't treat you badly." Wo Kuotai said.

"You're welcome, father-in-law, Khan, I established a breeding farm in Xining Prefecture.

The harvest has been good in the past few years, and we will wait until next spring.

I used my own money to provide 20,000 sheep for the army, and rewarded the three armies with a feast. "Zhang Yong said. (End of Chapter)