In the fifth year of Xue Chan Khan of Great Mongolia, on May 12, on the bank of the Huzhang River (Syr Darya) in the Western Regions, at the foot of the Tarasu Mountain.

Shouts of killing and gunfire came one after another, and the warriors of Xue Chan Khan Kublai Khan, under the cover of camel guns and lifting guns, as well as heavenly thunder arrows, launched wave after wave of attacks against Aruhu's army. The camel guns and lifting guns, which were useless on the battlefield of the Central Plains, have now become sharp weapons in the hands of the Mongol and Han armies, showing their skills on the battlefield. The warriors of the Arukhube, who had never seen much of a firearm, were completely stunned by this fire-breathing weapon. No, it should be that the war horses under their crotches were frightened by this terrible weapon, and lost control on the battlefield and fled in all directions, causing the formation of Aruhu's troops to be chaotic. Kublai Khan's cavalry was given the opportunity to repeatedly attack.

After a day and a night of battle, the 130,000-strong army gathered by Ahulu, the Khan of the Chagatai Khanate, was completely defeated by Kublai Khan's elite troops, which numbered no more than 80,000. The rout was forced to the banks of the Kuzhang River, where the surging waters blocked the way, and one-sided massacres were repeated.

The vast Kuzhang River is almost filled with the corpses of the warriors under the command of Aruhu! The raging river is almost red with blood!

It was not until the evening of the second day after the battle began, that Arukhu Khan led less than 10,000 defeated troops, risked his life to break through the siege successfully, and fled in panic to the Tianshan Mountains in the east.

When the Great Khan of Arukhor disappeared from the horizon in the east, Kublai Khan was already the master of the fertile and rich land of the two rivers!

Only a few of the Mongol warriors who fought with Arukhu Khan were the Chagatai clansmen, and most of them were vassals of the Kuzhang River and Amu Darya Valley. They were not completely slaughtered by Kublai Khan, and many escaped from the battlefield by chance. They will bring back to their tribes the results of this great battle and the terrible deeds of the warriors of Khushezen Khan. By the time of autumn, all the tribal leaders of the entire valley of the two rivers. will know the prestige of Kublai Khan, the Great Khan of Mongolia. All the tribes would send messengers with the fattest cattle and sheep, the most beautiful women, and countless treasures of gold and silver to Kublai Khan's place to show their obedience and submission.

The Mongolian tribes in the two river basins will also know the prestige of Xue Chan Khan and know that Kublai Khan is the master of the two rivers. They will soon abandon the defeated Aruhu. Gather under the Nine White Silks and become the warriors of Kublai Khan.

Kublai Khan finally got out of an extremely unfavorable situation!

Almost a year ago, Kublai Khan, who had just arrived in the Western Regions, was quite embarrassed. Not only did they lose the Central Plains, but even their Mongolian hometown was captured by a sneak attack by Haidu, a traitor from the golden family who had converted to the Heavenly Taoism - Haidu occupied Helin before the arrival of last winter, and the ten thousand households that remained there were originally the men and horses of Ali Buge, and they did not resist at all and annexed Haidu. After getting Helin and Tuolei Ulus. Haidu's momentum suddenly soared. The tribes of the Mongolian steppes surrendered.

Even the Mongol tribes who followed Kublai Khan were shaken, and the tribes that had belonged to the king of the host province were reluctant to continue their westward journey when they reached the Hetao steppe. In order to avoid infighting and maintain a semblance of unity, Kublai Khan had to restore the four major urus of the host province and place them in the three steppes of the front, back, and west and the Hexi corridor. With his loyal subordinates, he arrived at Beshbali with the help of King Paspa of Uszang.

By the time he arrived at Beshbali, Kublai Khan was left with less than 300,000 Mongol tribes and less than 200,000 Han and Semu who had followed him from the Central Plains, of which about 150,000 Han Chinese, including civil officials and the families of officers and soldiers.

Subsequently. Kublai Khan left his most trusted retainer Batulu and his wife Chabi and most of the incapable subordinates in Beshbali, Harahuo (Turpan), Hamili (Hami), Luntai (near Urumqi) and other places. He led the 80,000 Mongol and Han armies to the west, and successively occupied Ali Mali, Hai Abli, Yemili and other places that were abandoned by Haidu. Took control of the Yilie River basin (Ili River).

However, after taking control of the Yilie River Valley, Kublai Khan's situation did not change much, because most of the Ogedai kings in the Yilie River Valley moved back to Mongolia with Haidu, and took all the Mongol tribes and most of the vassals with them, leaving only the empty steppe for Kublai Khan.

In addition, to the northwest of the Yilie River valley was the mighty Golden Horde, to the northeast was controlled by Haidu in Mongolia proper, and to the southwest was the two river basins controlled by the Khan of the Chahatai Khanate, Aruku. These three forces all showed considerable hostility towards Kublai Khan, the "pseudo-Great Khan" who had lost the Central Plains.

In addition, there is news from Horin that the sea capital that occupies Horin is preparing to convene the Kuritai Assembly to re-elect the Mongol Great Khan! If Haidu is allowed to hold this conference, it will be the end of Kublai Khan.

Because the Golden Horde and the Chagatai Khanate will support Haidu, and the four khans of Hetao and Hexi will also support Haidu, so that Haidu can justifiably ascend to the throne of the Great Khan of Mongolia!

At that time, maybe even Kublai Khan's men and horses who originally belonged to the Central Ulus will abandon him - after all, the Central Ulus is the headquarters of the Mongol Great Khan!

So Kublai Khan had no choice but to take the risk and take the initiative to challenge Arukhu Khan, who was stronger than himself.

Under the First World War, Kublai Khan's subordinates, who had been in battle for a long time and had already stepped into the era of hot weapons with half a foot, showed strong combat power.

The 130,000 people of Aruhu were defeated and defeated!

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Liu Xiaoyuan, who was still wearing Hanfu, skillfully controlled the war horse, and under the escort of several Mongolian and Han knights, he galloped quickly to the high slope where Jiuqi Baixu was located. He is now Kublai Khan's judge and the head of the Han army. He had the right to manage all the affairs of the Semu and Han people in Kublai Khan's territory, and his status was second only to that of the supreme magistrate Baturu.

Today, in Kublai Khan's empire, the status of the Han Chinese and the Semu has been reversed. Now it's the second-class Han people bullying the third-class color! The Han Chinese officials who followed Kublai Khan to the Western Regions could become the governor of Daru Huachi in various places as long as they learned the Turkic language.

In addition, at the suggestion of Liu Xiaoyuan, the Wusi Tibetans, Khitans, and Jurchens under Kublai Khan were all incorporated into the second-class Han - their appearance was completely different from the third-class color eyes, and they were similar to the second-class Han.

The cowardly Xue Xue around Kublai Khan all knew Liu Xiaoyuan and knew that he was now the number one celebrity in front of the Great Khan, so naturally no one stopped him. Liu Xiaoyuan immediately stepped forward, but before he reached Kublai Khan, he heard the Mongol Khan laughing loudly.

"Liu Qing, I have won! Hahaha, now the whole two rivers are my world! Aluhu, that idiot, still thinks that fighting a war is to ride a horse and release arrows, and he doesn't know how powerful the H medicine weapon is! No, not only Aruhu does not know, but the whole Western idiots do not know! None of them are my matches! ”

The saying that failure is success is indeed true. After the defeat at the Battle of Julu, Kublai Khan's firearms forces became stronger.

First of all, all the firearms were handed over to the Han army, and they were taken over by the Wanhu of the two brothers, Liu Yuanzhen and Liu Yuanli—they were the real army, not the half-hung army of "half-work and half-army" like the previous Semu people's army.

Second, there has also been a change in the operational thinking of the firearms army. Instead of emphasizing the killing and wounding of the enemy, the pursuit of disrupting the enemy and cooperating with the infantry cavalry to carry out the assault. The specific tactic was to have an infantry phalanx escorting the enemy's cavalry with a rifle, camel and three-bow crossbow, and then open fire from outside the range of the bow and arrow, while Kublai Khan's cavalry cut through the formation. As soon as the firearm attack disrupts the opponent, the cavalry immediately charges!

This tactic of "the fire gun in the front, the horse team in the rear" was of course ineffective against the Ming army, which had more powerful firepower. But dealing with these dirt buns in the West who have not even heard much of H medicine is invincible. This is how Aruhu's 130,000-strong army was defeated. If the opponent is replaced by the Golden Horde and the Ilkhanate, and the Mamluk, the result will not be any different!

"Liu Qing, what's wrong? How are you sullen? As Kublai Khan spoke, he had already noticed that Liu Xiaoyuan's face was a little gloomy, and he was just forcing a smile.

Liu Xiaoyuan turned over and dismounted, saluted Kublai Khan, and then reported: "Great Khan, I just received news from the east......"

When the two armies were fighting, Liu Xiaoyuan was ordered to stay in Kublai Khan's sweat tent, and the urgent news sent by the Bali side would be the first to be handed over to him.

"Chen Dexing's people have found Mingzhou!"

"Mingzhou? Qingyuan Mansion? Kublai Khan asked casually. Kublai Khan had heard about the exploration of Mingzhou, but he didn't take it seriously, because he didn't believe in any heresy such as Taiyi God and any Heavenly King.

"It's not Qingyuan Mansion, it's the Mingzhou Continent thousands of miles east of the sea, and it is said to be as big as twenty Song Kingdoms."

"Oh," Kublai Khan said, touching his beard, in surprise, "there really is! It can't be a trick to deceive, right? ”

"Probably not."

"How so?"

"Chen Dexing's people not only found Mingzhou, but also found gold and silver mountains in Mingzhou, and also snatched 100,000 catties of gold from the natives of Mingzhou and transported it back to Shenjiamen......"

"What? How much gold? ”

"100,000 catties!"

"One hundred thousand...... Catty!? Not a hundred thousand taels? Could it be that it was impersonated with copper? Kublai Khan's eyes widened, 100,000 catties of gold! When the Great Mongols were at their richest, the Great Khan didn't necessarily have so much gold in his treasury!

"It's 100,000 catties! And...... It's not copper," Liu Xiaoyuan paused, "It's probably not copper, because after the gold was shipped to Shenjiamen Port, Chen Dexing also asked the wealthy merchants of Shenjiamen to go to the dock to inspect it." ”

"Hmph, I want to cover it!" Kublai Khan's brow furrowed.

Liu Xiaoyuan shook his head, "Even if you want to cover up, you have already deceived the wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan, Chen Dexing has restarted the issuance of Tiandao tickets, and it is estimated that enough military funds will be raised soon." Great Song ...... I'm afraid I won't be able to survive this winter. (To be continued......)