After paying homage to his second brother Hulegu, Kublai Khan did not continue to advance, but stationed near Hulegu's cemetery. If this is the cemetery of another country's king, the Mongol army will immediately start digging graves and searching for burial treasures. This time, Kublai Khan ordered that those who trespassed into the cemetery should be beheaded, and the Mongol army also carried out this order very seriously.

The next day, a detachment went outside the camp of the Mongol Great Khan. Kublai Khan sent the leader of the procession in, and inside the tent, a veiled woman saluted Kublai Khan, "Great Khan, Maria Peliologina Porch salutes you." ”

Kublai Khan had heard of the woman. Maria was the daughter of Michael VIII of the Eastern Roman Empire, and when Hulegu was alive, he adopted a policy of alliance with the Crusades, so Michael VIII agreed to marry his daughter Maria to Hülegü. As a result, before Maria could reach the Ilkhanate and collect the city of Tabriz, Hulegu died.

According to Mongolian steppe tradition, Maria married the son of Hulegu, Abha, who succeeded to the throne of the Ilkhanate. In a sense, Maria was lucky not to have to marry Hülegü, who was old enough to be her father. Since then, Mary has been the wife of Ibaha of the Ilkhanate.

Not long before Kublai Khan arrived in the Ilkhanate, Aba Khan had died. After Mary bowed to Kublai Khan, she told the story of Abbah's death.

"He's always loved to drink. A few months ago he had drunk a lot of wine, and suddenly he pointed to the treetops and said that there was a huge blackbird on it, which looked extremely vicious. Ask the people below to shoot the blackbird to death. But no matter how we look at it, there are no birds in the trees. Next, he collapsed and died not long after. ”

If Zhao Jiaren heard this, he would probably start from the perspective of drinking a lot and seeing hallucinations. Or they want to know more about the various physical details of Abaha's death, and even hope to be able to determine the cause of death through an autopsy. For Kublai Khan, this suggestive death was already very convincing.

After expressing his sincere condolences to his eldest nephew, Abha, Kublai Khan asked who the young man next to Mary was.

"He is Aruhun, the son of Abaha." Mary replied. After that, Mary added, "He's a Buddhist." ”

"Buddhists ......" Kublai Khan repeated. This confirmation of identity was so profound that Kublai Khan looked at Mary and waited for the Orthodox noblewoman to continue.

"Great Khan. Now Abaha's younger brother has the highest prestige. His current name is Ahmed Tigudier. Maria talks about the topics she is most concerned about now, "in the old days he used to be known as Nicolas Tigudier. ”

Kublai Khan fell silent. For the Mongols, the religion of the true god was the religion of slaves. In that year, the Mongols marched westward, and Hulegu led his troops to attack Baghdad, the capital of the True God Cult, but those True God Cultists did not surrender. The Mongol army of 70,000 then laid siege to Baghdad, which was breached fifty days later. A massacre was ensued. Since then, the Arab Empire has fallen. The Mongols did not cut off the head of the last Abbasid sultan, if they gave the last sultan the grace of bloodless death. Wrap it in a blanket and let the horses trample it to death.

After the fall of the Abbasid dynasty, the Mongols used the True God as slaves. Hülegü adopted a policy of allied with the Crusades to fight against the True God Cult. This policy was also endorsed by the Mongol Great Khan Kublai Khan. Mongolia believes in immortality, and many people also believe in Nestorian religion and Buddhism. Of course, they despise the religion of this slave taught by the true God.

The True God Cult once thoroughly angered Kublai Khan, who lodged a formal protest against Kublai Khan on the grounds that the beef and mutton provided by the Mongols was unclean. Kublai Khan, the master of these cults, angrily ordered that the followers of the true gods could only eat beef and mutton killed by the Mongols. If you don't eat it, go and nibble on the grass.

In the past, when Buddhism and Taoism debated, in order to humiliate the failed Taoism. In addition to demanding that the Taoist temple be handed over and the texts burned, Kublai Khan also gave the Taoist 'halal' to the True God Sect, the religion of the Mongol slaves.

At this time, when he heard that the current Khan of the Ilkhanate had changed his name to 'Ahmad Tigudil', Kublai Khan was silent for a while, and suddenly laughed out loud, "Well changed!" Well changed! Now go and get Ahmed Tigudiel to me. Hurry up. ”

Hearing the sound of the Great Khan's barbell-like laughter, Abhaha's son Aruhun showed a disturbed expression, and Maria saw the child's emotions and gently pulled Aruhun by the hand, signaling him to be at ease. Adults can understand the mood of the elderly Kublai Khan, who was clearly angry at Ahmad Tigudir.

Maria waited for Kublai Khan to put away his laughter before continuing: "Great Khan, Abaha has been waiting for you for the past two years. ”

"Hmm." Kublai Khan nodded. The reason why he led his pro-army so aggressively was because Abha, the eldest nephew, like his father Hulegu, regarded the khanate of the Ilkhanate as Kublai Khan's deputy. When Ali Buge and Kublai Khan competed for the Khan throne, Hulegu made it clear that he supported Kublai Khan and reprimanded Ali Buge.

After Hulegu's death, Abha did not dare to establish himself as Ilhan, and asked Kublai Khan for canonization as a regent. He was immediately canonized by Kublai Khan. During Kublai Khan's westward expedition, Abha did not show the slightest refusal or resistance, and sent envoys and maps. All this made Kublai Khan very satisfied.

Looking at Kublai Khan's expression, Maria continued: "Great Khan. Abha appointed Aruhun as his successor. ”

This time Kublai Khan did not answer, he stared at Aruhun. After looking at it for a moment, Kublai Khan stood up and said to Aruhun, "Come to me." Child. ”

Aruhun didn't know what this meant, so he walked straight up to Kublai Khan and stopped. Kublai Khan raised his hands and slapped them heavily on Aruhun's shoulder. I saw Aluhun standing firmly in place, without shaking his body. Kublai Khan rejoiced: "This is the body that we Mongolian men should have." ”

Young people are not sensible, where are the important ministers around Kublai Khan who are not sensible. Seeing Kublai Khan like this, in addition to the fact that the marshal Boyan still maintained his calmness, the Mongolian ministers praised this young man one after another. Being appreciated by so many adults, adults who are still in high positions, Aruhun was so excited that his young cheeks were a little red. Still, the young man seemed to fully understand the true meaning of these words.

The Great Khan's army was stationed not far outside Tabriz, and the envoys soon arrived in Tabriz. Hearing that Kublai Khan wanted Ahmad Tigudier to go and pay a visit, instead of asking Ilhan Tigudil to go and pay a visit, the brother of Abha was perfunctory for a while, and then returned to the secret room where he had discussed the matter.

A group of wise men dressed as True God and Tula were in the secret room, listening to Ahmad Tigudir, and the whitest of the bearded ones said nervously: "Sultan." I'm afraid it's not a good thing. ”

While he was talking, another cronie came to report, "Sultan, we saw that slut from Mary carrying Aruhun to Kublai Khan's army. ”

These intelligence combinations, whether it is Sultan Ahmed Tigudiel or the wise man, know that something is wrong. The wisest man with the whitest beard cried out in silence, "Sultan." After you believe in the Cult of the True God, restore the Ilkhanate to the embrace of the True God. This is blessed by the true God, which is why there are so many people in the Ilkhanate. This is the final test of the true God. As long as you win, the true God will make you not only the Sultan of the Ilkhanate, but the Sultan of the whole of Mongolia! ”

With that chanting voice, the white-bearded wise man tore apart the manifestation of the matter, pointing out the truth of the brutal struggle for power and the luscious fruits of victory. If Ahmad Tigudier could take down Kublai Khan, he would become the ruler of all of Mongolia.

Kublai Khan was a member of the Golden Family, and he was also a member of the Golden Family. And these two are also uncles and nephews, and they are the purest descendants of Torre.

Ahmad Tigudiel wanted to think about it, but Kublai Khan's envoy was still waiting outside, and the Eastern Roman slut Maria had already gone to complain. Ahmad Tigudiel relented, got up and ordered, "I'll gather the men first. General Avanti, you lead 2,000 men and horses to carry out a surprise attack on Kublai Khan's pro-army under my banner, and give them a head-on blow first. I gathered my army and then defeated them once and for all. ”

General Avanti was ordered to leave, while the others continued to be assigned by Ahmad Tigudir.

The 2,000 elite men and horses are all Ahmed Tigudir's hardcore soldiers, and they are also the army of the True God Cult. In the Ilkhanate, although there were many true gods, there was also a large market for Crusades and Buddhism. Only the Assasin sect, founded by the old man of the mountain, was exterminated by the Mongols. The reason for their extermination was not that they believed in the True God, but that the Assasins had been attacking Mongol caravans.

At this time, Buddhism in China was naturally led by Aruhun, and Nestorianism and Cruciform religion were previously led by the adoptive mother of Nestorian Christianity, and now it was led by the Eastern Roman princess Mary. However, the Cult of the True God continued to grow, and they sought out Ahmad Tigudier, who was inclined to the Cult of the True God, and worshipped him as its master. Ahmad Tigudiel also became the successor of Abha with the support of the True God Cult.

At this time, when he heard that he was going to defeat Kublai Khan from afar, the army under General Avanti was also very warlike. In addition to the devotion to the True God Cult, these people were also wary of Kublai Khan, who came from afar. Abha, out of blood relations, was extremely loyal to Kublai Khan. That's a private matter of the family.

Now that the Mongol Khan has led the royal court to the Ilkhanate, will it annex the Ilkhanate? This was something that many of the Ilkhanate's nobles were very worried about. If Kublai Khan can be defeated or even killed, both fears can be resolved. General Avanti, who carried out the attack, had in his heart the expectation of victory.