The stupid man talks big, and the cow dung heap is big.

- Naxi proverb

After the death of Genghis Khan, the Mongol army wiped out the kingdom of Baigao (Western Xia) according to the original plan.

Badr had been guarding Genghis Khan for many years, and he had long understood Genghis Khan's political and military ideas: although the White High Kingdom had been destroyed, the historical mission of the Mongol army had not yet been completed. The Jin State, the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Khorezm army that fled west were all in the heart of the Great Mongols, and they did not hesitate to annex and exterminate them.

The sudden death of Genghis Khan delayed the plans of the Great Mongol state to destroy the Jin state by two years.

Genghis Khan's favorite among his four sons in law was his youngest son, the young son of the Son, who had distinguished himself in battle. After the Mongol Empire began to take shape, the deep and far-sighted Genghis Khan realized that he needed a statesman to consolidate and develop the empire he had created in order to accomplish his unfinished business, rather than a military strategist who would only conquer cities. In comparison, the third son, Wo Kotai, is resourceful, and his ability to govern the country is better than that of the fourth son. Starting from the future of the empire, Genghis Khan restrained his affection for his young son, boldly used talents, broke the Mongol tradition of valuing young sons, and resolutely appointed Ogedei as his heir.

In the autumn of 1229, in order to elect the new Great Khan of the Great Mongol State, the Mongol kings and important ministers held a general meeting, which was discussed and debated for 40 days. A considerable number of people opposed Genghis Khan's death, advocating that the old system should be adhered to and the youngest son Tulei should be elected as the Great Khan.

By this time, Genghis Khan's eldest son, Jochi, had died. The second son, Chagatai, took a clear stand and fully supported Ogedai. Tuo Lei was in a relatively isolated situation among the three brothers, so he had to stand up for Ogedai and become the Great Khan.

As a result, the ambitious Ogedai officially ascended the throne of the Great Khan of Mongolia after passing the deliberation of the tribal council in accordance with Genghis Khan's will.

Growing up in an environment of war and war, he began to practice horseback riding, wrestling and archery at a very young age, and spent his teenage years on horseback. He followed his father on expeditions, and after many major wars, he thrived into a brave and good tiger general.

As Genghis Khan's personal bodyguard, Badr always believed in his heart that Genghis Khan's establishment of Wogetai as Khan was just an expedient measure at that time, and Tuo Lei was the most suitable candidate for the Great Khan, so he was not satisfied with Ogedai everywhere after ascending the throne.

Remembering Badr's loyalty to his father, Towley decided to keep him by his side and promoted him to be the general of the army to assist him, and by the way, he also left Ali's family under his command.

Ali was 25 years old at this time. After 9 years of hard training, his character has become much more mature and calm. Once, he learned from the mouths of Khorezm captives and craftsmen who had migrated eastward together that his parents and brothers had come to an unstable and tragic end, and his heart was so painful that he could not breathe, and he almost lost the courage to live.

Ali secretly cried several times, but in order to return to his native Khorezm as soon as possible, he finally chose to endure humiliation and bear the burden.

In order to comfort Ali, Badr gave him a wife from a lonely Mongol woman, Sauron.

Ali and Sauron remained in the Mongol camp to take care of the Badr family.

A large number of people from Khorezm lived with the Mongol army for many years, and the commanders who ran them were Mongols, so they gradually learned some Mongolian and mixed Mongolian words into the Khorezm language. Over time, the language they spoke between them was neither the standard Khorezm nor the orthodox standard Mongolian, but a new language.

Badr called this new language Salta language.

Keeping in mind his father's entrustment, the new Great Khan of the Great Mongolian State Ogedei immediately organized his men and horses to attack his old enemy Jin State after taking the throne.

The war between the Great Mongols and the Jin State entered a substantial stage.

What is surprising is that the Mongol army, which was invincible in white battles, actually went out of the army.

In early 1230, 8,000 Mongol soldiers were defeated by the Jin army at Dachangyuan (in present-day Ningxian County, Gansu Province), an important western part of the Jin Kingdom.

The puppet army led by the political chameleon Wuxian also regained Luzhou (present-day Changzhi, Shanxi Province), which was occupied by the Mongol army.

When the news of the defeat reached the Mongol headquarters, Ogedei was furious and immediately decided to personally lead the army to attack the Jin state.

The Mongol reinforcements were like divine help, and they quickly defeated the martial immortals and achieved a great victory over the Jin State.

Wuxian had no choice but to evade the Mongol reinforcements and withdraw from Luzhou to Weizhou (now Weihui, Henan Province) to recuperate and wait for the opportunity.

The Mongol army tracked down and fiercely laid siege to Weizhou.

Weizhou is in a difficult situation, and the situation is very critical.

Jin's reinforcements arrived in Weizhou in time, repelled several attacks by the Mongol army, and finally solved Wuxian's urgent need.

Wu Xian was grateful for the saving grace of the Jin master, and immediately led his soldiers to the front, making every effort to prevent the Mongol army from attacking Nanjing (present-day Kaifeng, Henan Province) of the Jin State.

In the spring of 1231, the Mongol army of Ogedai used 400 artillery pieces to continuously bombard Fengxiang in Shaanxi, a military stronghold of the Jin State, and established a base for a detour to the Southern Song Dynasty and a roundabout attack on Nanjing, the capital of the Jin State.

Wo Kotai personally led the Central Route Army to force a force across the Yellow River from Baipo (in present-day Mengxian County, Henan Province) to the south, threatening Nanjing from the front.

The Mongol general Chen Nayan led the Left Route Army to Jinan in Shandong Province to contain the Jin army from the east.

Tuo Lei and Badr led the right army from Fengxiang to the south, drove straight into the Qinling Mountains, coerced the Southern Song generals to assist them to advance eastward along the Hanshui Valley, and then crossed the Tianwei Raofeng Pass (in present-day Shiquan, Shaanxi Province), crossed the Hanshui River in the north around Junzhou (now Danjiangkou, Hubei Province), marched into the hinterland of Henan, and threatened Nanjing from the flank and rear.

Surrounded by the Mongol army of the Three Routes, the Jin Emperor had no way out and was forced to sue for peace, asking the Mongol army to send envoys to negotiate.

Ogedai advocates the use of force to solve the problem.

Tuo Lei advocated peace and minimized the casualties of the soldiers.

Ogedai reluctantly agreed to Tuolei's suggestion.

Therefore, Tuo Lei assigned his most trusted Badr and Ulan as the chief and deputy envoys to Nanjing to negotiate with the Emperor of Jin.

When the Emperor of Jin saw that the Great Mongols agreed to send envoys, his eyes rolled strangely, and he secretly thought to himself: Since the Mongols are willing to send envoys to negotiate, it is estimated that they are also exhausted, why not fight again, maybe they can defeat the Mongol army.

The Emperor of Jin, who was lucky, viciously ordered the killing of Ulan, the deputy envoy of the Great Mongol State, solemnly announced that he would expel Badr from the city, and at the same time clamored for a bloody battle with the Mongol army to the end.

It took a lot of effort for Ogedai to obtain the position of the Great Khan, so he was very jealous and suspicious of the tow mine that was supported by a group of generals around him, and now he saw that the peace tactics of the tow mine had been frustrated, and finally seized the opportunity to suppress the tow mine.

Ogedai seriously criticized Tuo Lei for making a major ideological mistake and failing to take advantage of the victory to pursue the enemy, which made the Jin State gain an inch and become more and more arrogant.

Badr has been fighting with Tuolei for many years, and he is loyal to him, and he is looking forward to Tuolei taking over the power of Great Mongolia, and he can also take advantage of the situation, so he usually blows a lot of cold wind in Tuolei's ears, and tries his best to exclude and degrade the leadership level of Ogedei.

Tuo Lei was severely criticized by the Great Khan, coupled with the role of Badr's provocation, his heart was suddenly full of anger, and he was determined to lead his troops to besiege Nanjing again, and make an appearance to show Wokotai.

In early 1232, the Jin Emperor hurriedly mobilized 200,000 troops to stop the attacking army led by Tuo Lei along the Yellow River to Yushan Mountain (present-day west of Dengzhou, Henan Province).

Tuo Lei led his army of nearly 40,000 people, avoided a large number of reinforcements from the Jin State, seized the road to the north, and joined the army led by Ogedei, successfully completing the strategic detour.

They set up their main forces in the area of Sanfeng Mountain in the southwest of Junzhou (now Yuzhou, Henan Province), where the Jin reinforcements must pass, set up a long and narrow ambush circle, and then sent 3,000 light cavalry to deliberately harass and lure the main force of the Jin army into the ambush circle.

Seeing that the Mongol army was few and was not his opponent at all, the general of the Jin State followed behind the Mongol light cavalry and fought and walked. Coincidentally, heavy snow fell in the mountains for several days, and the muddy water reached the knees of the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom. Due to the lack of adequate rest and food for many days, the Jin army was exhausted and its combat effectiveness was sharply reduced.

Tuo Lei boldly decided to deliberately make way for the Jin army by encircling three and missing one, leaving a way out, exhausting the enemy, and waiting for an opportunity to destroy.

The main force of the Jin State thought that they had found a way to escape for their lives, and hurriedly fled in the direction of Junzhou.

At this time, the Mongol ambush troops commanded by Badr jumped up and launched an attack on the Jin army.

The officers and soldiers of the Jin State were stunned by the sudden attack. For a time, arrows flew like rain, swords like lightning, soldiers wept and howled, blood splashed mountains and stones, and a full 150,000 elite troops were lost, and the two commanders were also captured and killed by the Mongol army.

In the first battle of Sanfeng Mountain, the main army of the Jin State was lost.

The Jin army stationed at Tongguan saw that the general situation had turned, and had to surrender to the Mongol army in order to survive.

The vitality of the Jin state was greatly damaged, and more than 10 states south of the Yellow River were occupied by Mongol troops.

Hu Wuxian, a professional who surrendered, escaped death in the chaotic arrows of the Mongolian army, and fled to Liushan in Nanyang (now Liushan Town, Nanzhao County, Henan Province) with more than 40 personal followers.

In April, Ogedai ordered 30,000 Mongol troops led by Subutai and Tachar to besiege Nanjing, the capital of the Jin State, and set up hundreds of cannons outside the city to attack the city of Nanjing in turn.

The officers and soldiers defending the city of Jin fought-for-tat, using weapons such as earth-shaking thunder and flying muskets to resist bravely, so that the Mongol army was stagnant and made little progress.

The two sides fought fiercely for 16 days and nights.

Heaven does not follow people's wishes. At this time, the plague began to circulate in the war zone. The soldiers on both sides fell ill in large numbers, and suffered heavy casualties. The Mongol army and the Jin emperor had to make concessions each, temporarily cease hostilities, set the table, and negotiate peace.

Badr had to admit that Towley was a simple-minded military strategist, not a scheming strategist. He had 80% of the Mongol army in his hands and had the most powerful military power. In the major battles against the Kingdom of Jin, he showed great military talent. However, these not only did not add points to his success, but instead aroused the jealousy of Ogedei.

Wo Kotai thought to himself: Since the Jin State is now ceasing war and suing for peace, a military general like Tuo Lei is not important, and it is still a big trouble to stay, so why not take the opportunity to clear this big trouble in his heart?

In the summer of 1232, the land of the Central Plains was like a huge steamer on boiling water, and the heat was unbearable for the locals, let alone the northern Han Wokotai and Tuolei, who were not accustomed to the heat. They had to lead their troops back to their divisions and wait for the weather to turn cooler before coming back to battle.

Unexpectedly, Ogedai suddenly fell ill on the way back and was bedridden for several days.

Tuo Lei's mood was very anxious, one was very concerned about his brother as his relative, and the other was that his brother's health was related to the stability of the army of Great Mongolia, so he waited by the sickbed all day long, carefully serving the Great Khan.

Badr and Ali also followed Tuolei and stayed in the tent.

One day, Ali saw a shaman who accompanied the army enter the sweat tent, stand in front of the sickbed of Ögedei and recite a scripture, then dance and jump a few times, and finally burn the paper full of incantations to ashes and put it in a bowl of water.

The shaman said, "If the people closest to the Great Khan drink this bowl of talisman water, the Great Khan's diseases can be completely cleansed. ”

Out of his suspicion of Ogedai and his love for his brother, Tuo Lei insisted on drinking the bowl of talisman water on behalf of his sisters-in-law, despite the bitter pleas of Badr and Ali.

In the chanting of the shaman, Tuo Lei looked solemn, held the water bowl with both hands, prayed silently, and then drank the talisman water without hesitation.

The next day, Ogedai was really cured of a serious illness and was able to move on the ground with a smile.

Seeing that the Great Khan's body was good, and he also expressed his sincerity, he was naturally very happy in his heart, so he took Badr and Ali to say goodbye and go first. After walking less than 10 miles, Tuo Lei suddenly felt dizzy, fell off his horse, bled from his seven orifices, and died in the blink of an eye at the age of 40.

Badr cried for a long time as he held the body of Towley. He guessed in his heart that Tuo Lei's death must be related to Ogedei, and immediately ordered to send spies to the military camp in Ogedai to find out the situation.

The spy soon returned to report to Badr that the shaman, at the behest of Ögedei, had someone secretly put poison in the bowl of talisman water that Tuo Lei was drinking.

Badr was so angry that he stamped his feet, scolded Ogedei as a deceitful thief, stared at blood-red eyes, and prepared to lead the army to attack Ogedei.

A group of Mongol generals grabbed Badr and bitterly dissuaded: "The commander must be angry." The spies are also hearsay, without a trace of real evidence, and the crusade against the Great Khan is not justified. What's more, the Great Khan is the king of a country, and to crusade is to rebel, and the law does not tolerate it, and our whole clan will be destroyed. ”

Badr was so angry that he was no longer willing to return to the capital of the Great Mongolian Kingdom, so he simply ordered the team to stay in place to rest and observe the changes in the situation.

Although Tuo Lei failed in his ambition and did not ascend to the throne, he gave birth to several vigorous sons, such as Meng Ge and Kublai Khan, who served as the fourth and fifth Great Khans of the Great Yuan Empire. Kublai Khan eventually destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty and established the vast, prosperous and powerful Great Yuan Empire. Another son, Hülegü, led an army to conquer vast areas of Western and South Asia and established the Ilkhanate. That's all for later.

After the weather cooled down in autumn, the Mongol army moved south to central Henan and annihilated more than 100,000 Jin troops. At this point, there was not much left of the main force of the Jin State.

Seeing that Nanjing was running out of food, the Jin Emperor secretly led a small number of generals to flee to Guide (present-day Shangqiunan, Henan Province) and Bozhou (present-day Anhui Province), and soon fled to Caizhou (present-day Runan, Henan Province), which became more and more distant from the birthplace of the Jurchens.

The traitor professional Hu Wuxian has a changeable life, but after the end of the mixed period, his political position is extremely firm, and he has a deep love for the Jin State until death. He saw that the army of the Jin State was defeated, but he still went to Caizhou with great determination to resolutely defend the emperor of the Jin State and insisted on fulfilling the last allegiance to his master.

In the autumn of the same year, the Great Mongol State sent an envoy Wang Ji to the Southern Song Dynasty to conspire, and reached an agreement with the Southern Song Dynasty to jointly destroy the Jin State.

The Southern Song Dynasty sent troops to occupy Shouzhou (present-day Fengtai, Anhui Province) and Tangzhou (present-day Tanghe, Henan Province) and other places that the Jin State had previously invaded, and resolutely rejected the Jin Emperor's request to borrow grain.

In December, the Southern Song Dynasty sent Meng Hui, the deputy commander of Jiangling Prefecture, to lead 20,000 troops and transport 300,000 stone of grain and rice, and joined forces with the Mongol army under the city of Caizhou to besiege the remnants of the dying Jin State.

On the 10th day of the first month of 1234, the Emperor of Jin saw that the sky was weak, and hanged himself in cold heart and despair.

The next day, the Southern Song army and the Mongol army broke through Caizhou, the last stronghold of the Jin State, and completely eradicated the Jin State's power in the Han region of the Central Plains.

The once prominent East Asian power of Jin Guo has officially withdrawn from the stage of history.

The country is no longer a country. The army led by the great traitor Wu Xian immediately collapsed. He took about 10 guards to hide in the dense forest of the mountains, and he was in fear all day. In the end, Wu Xian was killed by his own guards in a dream, ending a life that made the world laugh and despise.

The kingdom of Bai Gao and the kingdom of Jin perished one after another. The happiest people were not the victorious Mongols, but Ali, a remnant of the Khorezm Empire.

Ali had long hoped that the war would end soon, so that he could return to his native Khorezm. However, when the war is over, trouble ensues: what about his wife, Sauron? What to do with the baby in Sauron's belly?

Ali was deeply distressed and conflicted.