Chapter 701: The Princess of the "Elder King".
Sun Hui also agrees with Ye Chuchu's opinion that this king in European Christian legend is most likely derived from Yelu Dashi, who controlled the area of Samarkand, which was the key point of the Silk Road, and was known as "Juer Khan" Gur-khan. Because he was a Khitan, the country he founded was also called Kara Khitan. Sultan Sanjar of the Seljuk Empire was threatened, and in 1141 Sanjar sent a large army to attack him, but he was outnumbered and defeated the Seljuks. This famous battle reached the ears of the Crusaders who had a sluggish record at the time, and it became an uplifting news. "Black Khitan" is quite religiously free, and the court of Yelu Dashi is eclectic, although it is mainly Buddhist, but there are also *** Christians, Jews, *** Christians, Manichaeans, and even a large number of Nestorian (Nestorian sect of Christianity), which is probably rendered as a Christian kingdom because of this. The Europeans believed that if they could unite with the priest King John, they could send troops to flank the *** cultists from east to west and retake the holy land of Jerusalem. Therefore, it was often used to persuade the Pope to launch another crusade, and later some people wrote letters to the Pope in his name. The word "John" the Elder, i.e., Johannes or John, in Sun Hui's view, is supposed to be the result of several translations of the title "Ju'er Khan" into Hebrew, Syriac, and Latin.
Now, it is very likely that the title of King John the Elder has been deducted from the head of the Mongol Khan Kublai Khan by the Europeans who were in a hurry to go to the hospital, and of course it is not all blind.
Mongolians call Christians Arcoun, which means "blessed person", "destined person", "gospel person", "blessed person". Erkeun or Arkaim is a Mongolian, Hebrew transliteration of God (Elohim), that is, God Religion, a person who believes in God. In China, it is also known as the "Cross Religion", and it is called "the cross person, taking the image of the human body, uncovering the house, painting in the temple, crowning the Tao, wearing it on the chest, and the four directions up and down, whichever is the case." "Cross religion and Yerikowen religion are both common names for Christianity, not referring to one sect, but both believe in the same true ruler, the same belief in the redemption of Jesus, the same baptism, and the same preaching of the gospel.
There were many Nestorians. Genghis Khan took the princess of the Kertor tribe as his wife for his son, and set up a Jingjiao temple in the camp. Empress Dowager Beji, the wife of Genghis Khan's son Tuolei, who was the mother of Kublai Khan, was also a Nestorian like Kublai Khan's wife.
Because the Yuan court was eclectic of various religions, Nestorianism, which had been active in western and northern China, also made a comeback, pervading the Tang Dynasty.
The route for the development of the Wenjiao religion is from Beijing to Juyongguan, through Datong, Hetao, Ningxia, Liangzhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou, and Gorge Pass, to the Western Regions, or from the Beijing Canal to the south, along the Qiantang River, across the Xianxialing, Xiamin River, through Fuzhou, and west to Quanzhou to the waterway of overseas countries. Europeans in this era came to China or returned to Europe through these two routes.
Now that history has changed dramatically, in Sun Hui's view, Kublai Khan seems to have gone further than history.
Why did so many European knights serve in Kublai Khan's army? Could it be that the Holy See and Kublai Khan came into contact and reached some kind of cooperation?
And Haidu's failure so quickly is not unrelated to the rapid growth of Kublai Khan's strength, and a large part of this growing power should come from the West.
"Have you noticed, the Yuan army originally had artillery, and there were quite a few of them, but this time they didn't bring any of them." Ye Chuchu said, "In Japan, they don't use it less, and they use it very well." ”
"Maybe you don't want to let Westerners learn artillery technology?" Wang Linlin blinked.
"It's possible." Sun Hui stared at the Yuan army array on the battlefield, "But I estimate that the Westerners on this plane will not be able to get the artillery in advance." ”
"Now it seems that after taking Haidu, the target of Kublai Khan's westward expedition is not necessarily Europe, but may be West Asia, that is to say, he is likely to unite with Western Christian countries to flank the countries of Great Eclipse." Sun Hui said.
"In that case, it's better to find out where these Western knights come from." Ye Chuchu said.
"I think it's better to let the 'Knights of Light' check it out." Du Lili seemed to remember something, and said, "Maybe there are people they know among these people." ”
Sun Hui nodded, "Send a signal." ”
Du Lili put her hand on a crystal ball and closed her eyes, while Sun Hui turned her gaze back to the battlefield.
At this time, Kublai Khan also seemed to see the shining object parked in the sky, and he stared at it, his gaze happened to be opposite to Sun Hui.
In the distance, on the dirt road, a horse-drawn carriage was galloping.
"The muzzle of that cannon is big enough for a small child, and they shoot at us one huge ball of boulder after another," the robed rider was a middle-aged man, babbling as he steered his horse, "they didn't know that it was our last fortress, and of course we didn't know that the Garden of Paradise was there." ”
In the carriage sat a girl with a masked face, and no one would know that she would be Princess Chalun, the daughter of the Mongol Khan Kublai Khan.
Cha Lun sat on a dark red leather seat,
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