The king of the Kipchak Khanate was the city of Sarai. The city of Sara is located at the mouth of the Volga River into the Caspian Sea, with abundant water and abundant fish. From here, the cavalry of the Kipchak Khanate could easily go south and plunder the direct territories of the Mongol Great Khan.

At this time, a banquet was being held in the city of Salai, and the table was piled with supplies looted from the border. The food is processed and is steaming hot and fragrant. In Mongolia, as long as the leader of a larger tribe has some relationship with the Son Jin family, he can be called a prince. These princes, large and small, gathered together and talked about the previous looting of the border areas of the Yuan Kingdom.

"Those Yuan people are as stupid as the sheep of Yuan Kingdom." There is a prince holding a wine glass and expressing his robbery experience, "I eat a lot at home, but there is nothing valuable." Although the iron pot is good, it is too heavy to hold a few. ”

The distilled grain wine of the Yuan Kingdom made these Mongolian princes a little drunk, and another prince who looked a little drunk said loudly, "That's because the time we stopped is too short, if we can grab it for three days according to the rules, we will definitely be able to get it all." ”

"Yes, we're all grabbing the border. If you can take the city, there must be something valuable in it. ”

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The Khan of the Kipchak Khanate looked at the princes in high spirits, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Knowing that a prince had secretly led his troops to loot, King Khan was very annoyed. Now the princes have decided to attack the Yuan State, so that the Khan of the Kipchak Khanate is very satisfied. However, the king of Khan himself was quite surprised in his heart, he did not expect that the Yuan kingdom was really as rich as the legend, and just robbing the border area could make the princes so excited, and after capturing the capital of the Yuan king, how much gold and silver treasures should be snatched from it.

After the feast, the Khan returned to his tent and sent in the Grand Duke of Moscow of Rus'. Rose is a man of lust, with fair skin, brown and yellow coat, and yellow and blue eyes. The difference in appearance is actually quite large, and the only thing that these Rus' people who look different from each other has in common is that they are very in awe of the Mongols.

In 1236 A.D., Batu, the second son of Jochi, commanded the "army of the eldest sons" to the west, and by 1240 he had conquered the Kipchak steppe, the Crimea, the Caucasus (to Tarban), Bulgaria, the Volga and Oka regions, and the Rus' principalities in the Dnieper River valley.

This vast area conquered became the Ulus of Batu and from 1242 onwards became known as the "Kipchak Khanate". The boundaries of the Khanate roughly included the western part of the Irtysh River in the east, the Dnieper River in the west, Lake Balkhash, the Caspian Sea, and the Black Sea in the south, including the North Caucasus, northern Khorezm and the lower Syr Darya River, and the Arctic Circle in the north.

Batu made the Volga region his political center and established the capital city of Sarai (in the 21st century, it was called Astrakhan, but moved from the north bank of the Volga River to the south bank) at the entrance. The conquered Rus' principalities were vassal with the Kipchak Khanate. All the heirs of the Rus' principalities were to be canonized to the kings of the Kipchak Khanate before they ascended the throne, and all Rus' principalities that were disrespectful to the Kipchak Khanate would be taught a cruel lesson.

After saluting respectfully, the Rus' envoy knelt on the ground and recounted his mission, "Venerable Khan, we have already contacted the infidels in the west, and they have decided to use troops against the Yuan Kingdom this summer. As long as the Teutonic Knights were in Poland, the rest of the regions would be handed over to the noble Khan. ”

The Khan of the Kipchak Khanate did not speak immediately, and the Teutonic Knights were thousands or even thousands of miles away from the city of Sarah, and he did not bother to bother to deal with it at all. However, this time there was a question of the possibility of moving the capital, and after conquering the Yuan state, the Khan of the Kipchak Khanate considered moving the royal city to wealthy Kiev. At that time, it was not necessarily a good thing that there was such a Teutonic knightly kingdom next to it.

After thinking about it for a while, the Khan of the Kipchak Khanate made a decision to deal with the Yuan State first. If the Teutonic Knights and other countries of the Colored Eyes dared to make any changes at that time, the Kipchak Khanate could launch a westward expedition like Batu Khan back then. The Mongol lands were never negotiated but conquered by horses' hooves.

Looking condescendingly at the Rus' envoy kneeling on the ground, the Khan asked majestically, "Are you ready to send troops?" ”

"Returning to the noble Khan, our Rus' kingdom is ready to go on an expedition." The messenger replied respectfully.

"You go back and tell the Grand Duke of Moscow that when the Teutonic knights go to war with the Yuan in the summer, we will send troops."

Letting the envoy of the Grand Duke of Moscow of the Rakshasa State leave, the Khan continued to think about the current matter with a gloomy face. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he couldn't do nothing, etc., the Semu people were not necessarily reliable, and he couldn't fully believe the words of those princes. Although these people were very satisfied with the results of this looting, none of the princes really looted a city. They just made a small fuss at the border and returned with what they had looted. As far as the known information goes, the population of the Yuan Kingdom has increased rapidly in recent years, and their strength should not be underestimated. How can we weaken the strength of the Yuan Kingdom to the greatest extent? It's certainly not enough to rely on the border for petty fights.

The next day, the royal court of the Khan of the Kipchak Khanate came to the court of many princes. The identity of the prince is only for herdsmen, herdsmen, and expellings, and the prince is also divided into three, six, nine and so on. Batu actually established the Kipchak Khanate with 13 brothers, each of whom had hereditary fiefdoms and armies, forming a semi-independent state subordinate to Batu and his descendants. The people who were summoned to the meeting were all high-ranking princes with real strength. As soon as the Kipchak Khan opened his mouth, he said to them: "You wait now to prepare troops and horses, and don't provoke the Yuan Kingdom again." ”

These high-class princes are in high positions, so they are naturally not as knowledgeable as those low-class princes. Listening to those inferior princes blowing nonsense last night, these people were very disappreciative in their hearts. A descendant of Batu opened his mouth and asked, "Great Khan, if you capture the Yuan Kingdom, how should the Yuan Kingdom be divided?" ”

Hearing such a naked question, the superior princes stared at the Kipchak Khan with burning eyes. The low-ranking princes didn't dare to ask that, they only dared to be satisfied with the benefits they got after looting. The high-ranking princes also suffered serious losses due to the loss of slaves and population, but these people did not look at the meat and honey. Occupying the Yuan Kingdom, which flows with honey and milk, is the benefit of generations, and it can be compared to one or two robberies.

King Kipchak Khan secretly cursed these evil wolves who ate people and did not spit out bones, and as the leader of the evil wolves, he was very dissatisfied with this. Dissatisfaction was dissatisfaction, but the Kipchak Khan was not angry. He alone could not attack the Yuan Kingdom, and he had to form a wolf pack of these vicious wolves in order to defeat and annex the powerful Yuan Kingdom. The Kipchak Khan also had a plan, and he replied: "Once the Yuan State is annexed, I will move the capital to Kievan Rus', and all my current territories will be distributed to those who have merit." ”

Many of the high-ranking princes nodded slightly, they were able to accept the price. Perhaps in the eyes of the people of the Yuan Kingdom, the Kipchak Khanate was a poor place, but poverty was also relative. In the Kipchak Khanate, the Khan occupied the Volga Valley, where the land was fertile and more than half of the inhabitants lived from farming. Compared to the nomadic areas, the life of the Kipchak Khan was much better.

"Some of my subordinates still want to rob the Yuan Kingdom again, do you want to reprimand them?" A high-ranking prince raised a question.

King Kipchak Khan frowned, and he was ready to agree. However, before he could speak, his brow slowly relaxed. After thinking about it for a while, he said, "I have an idea, if there are people who don't know how to die, you might as well let them go." ”

The high-ranking princes showed surprised expressions, and they couldn't understand what the Kipchak Khan had in his heart.

After more than ten days, it has entered the end of April in the Western calendar. The cavalry of the Yuan State on the border between the Yuan State and the Kipchak Khanate received reports of the cordon, and some Mongol bandits moved to the border of the Yuan State again. The cavalry troops of the Yuan Kingdom, which were in front of the bandits, did not meet the attack, but chose to retreat. They did this not because they were afraid, but because they were ready to catch turtles in the urn and completely deal with the bandits who came to attack.

The battle itself was lackluster, with mental calculations and unintentional calculations, coupled with the communication of field cable telegraphs, the bandits were wiped out. The cavalry of the Yuan Kingdom counted the results of the battle and interrogated the prisoners, but they were angry. The bandits learned the lessons of the last time, and this time they brought a convoy of Mongolian Lele cars.

In the plan explained by the bandits, since the sheep of the Yuan Kingdom are so stupid, it depends on luck to bring more and less. This time, as last time, the guards were drawn away, and the cavalry rushed to the small farm, shouting loudly and forcing the other side to retreat into the fortress defense. The Lele convoy that followed behind drove into the farm and swept from house to house at high speed, emptying all the grain, pots and pans. Those clever and clever dogs, those who could catch them, bundled them up and took them away.

When retreating, the Lele convoy is scattered and returned, and if it encounters a pursuer, it will abandon the car and flee, as long as it is scattered enough, it will not be chased back much. The cavalry assembled and hung the Yuan cavalry, and the Yuan army must have given priority to keeping an eye on the enemy rather than recovering the goods.

After the captured bandits finished explaining, they said with sad faces: "We didn't expect the cavalry to come so quickly, otherwise we would have run away a long time ago." ”

The army of the Yuan State is the government soldiers, and with the current economic structure of the Yuan Kingdom, everyone can be regarded as a wealthy family, and most of the government soldiers are from ordinary families. After listening to the plan made by these bandits, the government soldiers exploded their chests in anger. If the bandits' plan succeeds, the same family as the vast number of government soldiers will really cause a big disaster and will go bankrupt.

Knowing that there was a team of bandits following up behind these bandits, the government soldiers, from officers to soldiers, were furious, and any strategy to lure the enemy into the depths was thrown out of the clouds. Now that you have such a sure confession, what are you waiting for, copy the guy. The government soldiers took the initiative to attack and intercepted the follow-up Mongolian bandits on the way. After all, the Mongolian bandits are a people on horseback, and when they see something, the troops will run away. The soldiers of the Yuan State Mansion were unwilling to let go, and chased all the way behind.

When Hao Ren learned the news, the two cavalry divisions had fully penetrated into the enemy's territory, and he could only order the troops to retreat. However, there was a telegraph network in the Yuan country, and it was very easy to mobilize troops. As soon as the troops are scattered in the field, it is so easy to take them back. This made Hao Ren very dissatisfied.

At this time, the returning crown prince Hao Kang was preparing to lead a team to the west of the Yuan Kingdom. The most important thing in the war with the Semu is logistics, when Batu Khan of the Kipchak Khanate once led the 'army of the eldest sons' to the west, although it was a big killing, in the end, because of the long distance, and the enemy is also very strong, and did not reap any benefits. The purpose of the Yuan army's westward expedition was to destroy the country. The army could not be fed by the enemy just by being in the Polish region.

At this time, all the Great Song experts in the Ministry of Water Resources were withdrawn, and the Ministry of Water Resources was equivalent to rebuilding. Hao Ren can only visit one department at a time, connect the relationship first, and then talk about coordinating with various departments. In the Ministry of Agriculture, before he could talk a few words about his work, the Ministry of Agriculture Shangshu asked Hao Kang if he knew about the invasion of Mongolian bandits on the border.

This is not the first person to ask like this, Hao Kang sighed helplessly in his heart. When the upper echelons of the Yuan Kingdom mentioned the Mongols, they all called them Mongolian bandits, with the attitude that we were not Mongols. Sighing in his heart, Hao Kang still replied honestly, he heard about it.

"Shouldn't the king punish these bandits severely? The bandits are all inches, and once they get their hands on it, there is no end. If you want to deal with the bandits, it's best to kill them all, but you can't kill them all, and you have to let them know that they will die if they come. This is the only way to live a quiet life. The Ministry of Agriculture Shangshu said this in a very fluent tone, and it can be seen that this is not the first time that he has expounded such a view.

Hao Kang was also in favor of beating the bandits away first, but this insight was completed in the Great Song Dynasty. In recent years, the Great Song Dynasty not only had a strong army loyal to the Zhao Guanjia fighting abroad, but the Great Song Dynasty also mobilized propaganda forces in the country, severely criticizing capitulationism and compromiseism.

It is not enough to criticize and criticize the stinky by scolding. The Great Song Dynasty took out all kinds of history to talk about, and Hao Kang was very disgusted by the murderous narration, but he unconsciously accepted a lot. We must not be weak against a strong enemy, and we must not be forgiving against bandits.

echoed a few words from the Ministry of Agriculture, and Hao Kang found that the Minister of Agriculture immediately had 'high hopes' for Hao Kang. Shang Shu said sincerely: "Prince, now the ministers in the court can't persuade the king, and only the prince can speak." I also hope that the crown prince can persuade the king to ensure the peace of the people. ”

Hao Kang initially only agreed perfunctorily. But he went through several departments, and all Shangshu had the same attitude. More and more evidence proves that the Khan of the Kipchak Khanate instructed the Mongol bandits of the Kipchak Khanate to loot the Yuan State behind his back, expecting Hao Kang to persuade Hao Ren to take action against the Kipchak Khanate.

was pinned on by more and more people, and Hao Kang was also moved. When he returned home and saw his father, Hao Kang plucked up the courage to speak to his father. Now the Yuan State needs to teach the Kipchak Khanate a good lesson, because the Yuan State still has sufficient strength. When the Yuan State and the Semu people start a war, where will the Yuan State have enough troops to hold such a long border line at that time.

When his son spoke, Hao Ren's face was already sinking like water. When his son finished speaking, Hao Ren didn't answer, he said coldly: "Now that the water conservancy experts of the Song State have left, they are fighting with the Semu people and are very dependent on waterways. You will leave Beijing tomorrow and go to the west to supervise the management of river transportation. Go ahead! ”

Leaving this sentence, Hao Ren stood up and left. Leave the stunned Hao Kang behind.

The next day, Hao Kang left the royal capital Kiev dejectedly. He couldn't understand why his father would do this. I can't think of a reason.