The heralds of Erbok Khan set out from Helin and conveyed a summoning order to the eastern steppe tribes, ordering the eastern steppe tribes to assemble in the Altai Mountains and follow the orders of the Taishi Ugqi to go south to attack the Ming, but the steppe tribes, who usually ignored the orders of the Khan's court, set off according to the order, because the summoning order had the endorsement of Lord Ugqi, and promised to provide 10,000 sets of armor to be distributed to "the most loyal subordinates".

West Sea steppe, next to Bosten Lake.

Robben of the Warat tribe came from the Kereh tribe, and due to its special relationship with the Golden Family, its tribal system was relatively intact. Speaking of which, the Warat tribe was much luckier, the Mongols' old enemies Tatar tribe, the Mir beggar tribe and the later conquered Naiman tribe were all included in the Mongol tribes, after more than a hundred years of foreign conquests, room-fighting and grassland changes, it is difficult to find the descendants of these three tribes. Ugqi is said to be a descendant of Ögedai Khan, after the Ögedai Khanate was jointly strangled by the Chagatai Khanate and the Great Khan's headquarters, his ancestors were relocated to the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and gradually became the leader of the Warat tribe on the side of Megatron during the great rebellion at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. The power of the Warat tribe is also spread throughout the western steppe, because of the vast area, so it is divided into four tribes, namely the Klegut tribe of Ugqi, the Taiping tribe, the Balpola tribe, and the Arak tribe, and the other three tribes are named after their leaders, and they have not been established for a long time.

At this time, Ugqi was entertaining the leaders of the three tribes of Warat who had come from afar in his big tent: Taiping, Bald Polo, and Arak. The Mongols did not have so much red tape, and after the three chiefs entered the account, they first greeted Ugqi and then sat down separately.

Arak was nomadic in the Kobdo River valley in the northern Altai Mountains, and the people were strong, but a little rude, and after two sips of wine, he couldn't wait: "Great chief, are we really going to attack the Southern Dynasty?" ”

Taiping, and the bald Polo also stared at Ugqi, with a puzzled look.

Ugqi's face froze: "You don't want to? ”

This one? The three of them looked at each other, and Taiping said: "The big chief, it's not that I don't want to, our four departments have always obeyed the orders of the big leader, but the Southern Dynasty is strong, and we want to know the real reason." ”

Ugqi retreated from everyone, took out a map and put it on the table, beckoned the other three leaders to come over, and then said: "Thirty years ago, in addition to the headquarters of the Great Han Dynasty, my Great Yuan also had the Kipchak Khanate, the Ilkhanate, and the Chagatai Khanate. ”

"At present, the four nomadic tribes of my Warat are in the area of the Tianshan Mountains in the south and the Selenge River in the north, and the power of the Golden Family is cramped in a corner of the desert. Do you know about the other khanates? ”

Taiping, the bald Polo shook his head, but Arak said: "I know one thing, my tribe grazes cattle in the upper reaches of Kobdo, and it seems that there is a Timur in the south, and many herdsmen have come to me. ”

Ugqi said with a smile: "Arak is right, this Timur is amazing, five years ago, some tribes moved from the south of the Tianshan Mountains, and after the people below reported it, I personally went to inquire about the situation, it turned out that they were the nobles of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and the Chagatai Khanate had long been divided into East Chagatai and West Chagatai, everyone knows this." ”

Everyone nodded.

"At that time, that nobleman called himself Ivan, and said that the Eastern Chagatai Khanate had been destroyed by Timur, and Timur's army had occupied Aksu."

Aksu? Taiping and the other three were a little dignified: "Is he going north?" ”

Ugqi paused and said: "After I knew the news, I sent people to the south of the Tianshan Mountains to inquire, there have been more and more news in recent years, at present, Erlebak Khan is not much of a threat to us, but this Timur is not trivial." ”

The three lords looked solemn and listened to Ugqi continue to narrate: "This Timur should be almost sixty years old this year, he was born in Samarkand, he raised an army against us Mongols at the age of twenty-six, and in thirty years he successively destroyed the Western Chagatai Khanate, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, the Ilkhanate, and even the Kipchak Khanate also prostrate at his feet, and one of the descendants of the Chi Khan, Tokhtamysh, recognized him as his father, and became Kipchak Khan with his support, Tokhtamysh challenged Timur after becoming Kipchak Khan, and Timur launched two expeditions, Hit the Volga, but strangely enough, his goal does not seem to be to punish Tokhtamysh, but to warn Tokhtamysh not to attack the Transoconcian region, otherwise the Kipchak Khanate would also be occupied by him. ”

"At the moment he has occupied Persia, Afghanistan, and even entered the Indian ......"

Taiping, Bald Polo and Arak looked at the map with some dumbfounded, and Timur's exploits seemed to be comparable to those of Genghis Khan. These people stared at He Lin all day long, and they never expected such a behemoth to appear behind them.

After thinking about it, Vulture Polo said: "This Timur is indeed not to be underestimated, but judging from the way he handled the Kipchak Khanate, he is not very interested in the steppe, and he should not attack us." ”

Ugqi looked at the other two: "You think so too?" ”

The two nodded, "It's not wrong to think about Vulture Polo, he shouldn't attack us." ”

Ugqi smiled bitterly: "I originally thought the same, after the establishment of the Southern Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that he had inherited the status of the Great Yuan, and sent people to the Hanzhong region to ask him to submit, Timur ignored it at first, and only began to send envoys to pay tribute a few years ago, which did not match his character, just this year, Timur detained Zhu Yuanzhang's envoys, and even the envoys of Turkey, a Western power. This shows that he did not take the Southern Dynasty seriously, and its standing cavalry is expected to be about 200,000, and if there is a large-scale war, its mobilization capacity is at least 500,000 or more. ”

Half a million? The three leaders looked at Ugqi, it seemed that Ugqi was an alien, and he said in a dumb voice for a long time: "The big leader said that he was joking, 500,000?" How could this Timur's army be more than at the height of the Great Yuan? ”

Ugqi said in a deep voice: "I sent six groups of spies, and the news I got was almost the same, and I think this news is reliable. ”

Bald Polo thought for a moment and said: "Judging from his handling of the Kipchak Khanate, he seems to be a little afraid of the Genghis Khan family, if we attack the Ming, we just reap the benefits of the fisherman, I don't understand why the big chief wants to talk to us about this matter." ”

Ugqi sighed: "Look at the map, if you are Timur, how will you attack the Southern Dynasty?" ”

He looked at the vultures and said, "It should be starting from Samarkand, crossing the Green Mountains, along the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, passing through Hami, attacking Jiayuguan, and then passing through the Hexi Corridor and entering the hinterland of the Southern Dynasties." ”

Ugqi smiled and said, "Do you think this is possible?" ”

The three of them looked at it, shook their heads, and said: "This is not easy, there is a desert outside Jiayu Pass, and there is no way to allow the army to be stationed for a long time, plus Jiayu Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is unlikely to be overcome." So ......"

Bald Polo suddenly said: "I understand what the big leader meant, Timur may use part of his forces to contain Jiayu Pass, and then mobilize cavalry around the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, which is our camp, and detour back to the line of Yinshan and Daqingshan, and enter Shaanxi and Shanxi in the Southern Dynasties, then we will be in danger." ”

"Yes," said Ugqi, "I have been calculating for many days that Timur can conquer so many lands, and it is likely that he will be superior to us in his army." So he shouldn't be going to attack hard, so I think this is the most likely line of attack for Timur. At that time, we had only two choices, either surrender as pawns, or fight hard with Timur, but most of the time we couldn't fight. ”

"So what does the Grand Leader mean?" The three leaders realized the seriousness of the problem and looked at Ugqi Dao with a blank eye.

Ugqi stood up and said: "So I strongly persuaded the Great Khan to attack the Ming, and even took out armor to equip the tribes of Mobei, my idea is to take this opportunity to integrate the Mongolian tribes, before Timur's eastern crusade, gather the strength of the entire Mongolia, whether it is against Timur, or far away from Mobei, it will be more certain." ”

The three of them glanced at each other, couldn't help but admire, and said: "The big leader is far-sighted, we admire it, and we are willing to obey the big leader's orders." ”

The conversation of several people did not involve the current Great Khan Elbok Khan, because Elbok Khan is indeed not a man of great talent, he acts absurdly, has no far-sightedness, likes to learn from the emperor of the Central Plains, and likes all kinds of rules, which makes the Mongol tribes very unhappy.

Ugqi finally persuaded everyone, breathed a sigh of relief, only to find that he was a little thirsty, so he picked up the cup, raised his neck, and drank it all, and the other three also felt thirsty and drank some water. After drinking the water, everyone's mood seemed to calm down a little, Ugqi sat down, looked at the other three people, and said: "My plan this time is like this, if it can be successful, maybe, we will ...... Wara"