Chapter 124: Straight to the Central Plains

The heroes are vying for the throne.

The demise of the remnant Yuan deprived the Ming Dynasty of its political enemies, and Mongolia had become a "border trouble" rather than a remnant of the previous dynasty. Therefore, the Yongle Emperor showed great friendship to Guilichi and recognized his suzerainty over the Mongol tribes. However, Guilichi did not hold the throne for long, and in 1400 he was defeated by the combined forces of Arutai, the leader of the Asut tribe, and Mahamu, the leader of the Oirat. The Asut were Mongolized Iranians who originated in the Caucasus and entered China as a result of the Mongol conquest, and there was a legion of them in the Yuan army. The Oirat tribe was a powerful tribe among the forest Mongols, known in the time of Genghis Khan as the "people of the woods", who settled on the western shore of Lake Baikal.

Neither Arutai nor Mahamu wanted to be the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, and their most important hope was for their tribes to be recognized independently of the Mongols, so after defeating Guilichi, they pledged their allegiance to the Ming Dynasty and declared themselves different from other tribes vying for the throne of the Mongol Empire. Such a submission was undesirable in the Ming Dynasty and gave them great support. Relying on this support, the Oirats extended their hegemony to the entire region of Western Mongolia, from the western shore of Lake Baikal to the upper reaches of the Irtysh River.

However, neither the Asut nor the Oirat had long been able to control the central and eastern Mongols, and the son of Guilichi, Esekul, re-emerged to compete with Arutai and Mahamu for the throne of the Great Khan, and the two sides fought a war for more than ten years until Esekku died of illness in 1425.

In 1403, the son of the last emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, Erebek, reinstated himself as the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. As a descendant of the Golden Family, Benjamin undoubtedly had more appeal than the Asut and Oirat tribes, and soon various Mongol tribes, including Arutai, gathered on the side of this orthodox representative. The Ming Dynasty, which finally looked forward to the decline of Kublai Khan's family, was hostile to the new Mongol Great Khan, and the Yongle Emperor issued an order for Benjamin to make a clear statement of his vassals. But how could Benjamin, who wanted to regain his ancestral exploits, submit to the Zhu family, who overthrew his family on the throne in China? As a result, the Yongle Emperor personally led his army into Mongolia and reached the upper plain of the Onon River, the homeland of Genghis Khan, and defeated the armies of Benjasuri and Arutai in 1410-1411. This defeat was fatal for Benjamli, as it deprived him of his authority as Great Khan. In 1412, Mahamu, the leader of the Oirat tribe, took the opportunity to defeat him and seize the throne of Khan.

Prior to this, Mahamu had maintained friendly relations with the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but by this time, he had truly become the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. So he did not hesitate to break off diplomatic relations with the Ming emperor. This led the Yongle Emperor to conquer Mongolia again, and although Mahamu's resistance caused heavy losses to the Ming army, in order to preserve his strength, he led his army to retreat to the west of the Tula River to recuperate. Mahamu's prestige was temporarily damaged by the invasion, as he also failed to prevent the Ming army from entering the Mongolian steppe.

After Hasmu fled, the throne of the Great Khan was suspended again, and in 1425 Atai, the leader of the Horqin tribe who lived east of the Khing'an Mountains and near the Nenjiang River on the Manchurian border, led his troops to occupy the central and eastern Mongol regions. Arutai, the leader of the Asut tribe who saw the wind and steered the rudder, supported Atai to kill Benjamin this time, and supported Atai as the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. The Korqin people are descendants of Genghis Khan's younger brother Hazar and also belong to the Golden Family. Although the Yongle Emperor could not tolerate Oirat's betrayal, he began to support the Oirat tribe in order to eliminate the Golden Family, which had high prestige among the Mongols. Naturally, for this support, the Oirat Department is also happy to accept.

Dingding Oirath.

Emperor Yongle's policy of propping up Oirats in order to bring down the Golden Family came into effect after his death. Between 1434 and 1438, the leader of Oirat, the son of Mahamu, led an army into eastern Mongolia, killing the Great Khan Atai and his important vassal Arutai and seizing the throne of the Great Khan. Although the Golden Family, a prince of the House of Kublai Khan, son of Elbek, and brother of Benjamli, Azhan was declared Great Khan by the leaders who supported Orthodoxy at this time, in fact, the Mongol empire had been transferred from the Golden Family, the House of Kublai Khan, to the House of Oirat, the House of the Zoros.

For the Ming emperors, Genghis Khan's golden family was over, and these new monarchs of the steppe were a people without a prominent history, they were neither prominent nor important in the history of the Mongol Empire, and they could not have the supreme prestige and appeal of the golden family. The Mongol threat to the Central Plains should be over.

However, the Oirats did not forget that they inherited the throne of the Mongol Empire, and although on the surface they distanced themselves from the rest of the Mongols, especially the Golden Family, they were constantly thinking about restoring the original territory of the Mongol Empire.

Of course, when the Ming Empire was still very strong, the Oirats would not casually pick up the tiger's whiskers, and they still remembered the lessons of their ancestor Mahamu. Therefore, the first sword of the restoration of the empire they slashed at the Chagatai Khanate in the southeast. Tohuan's son Essen defeated the Chagatai Khanate of Weisi Khan and forcibly married his sister Princess Hanim, because Weisi Khan was a golden family, so this marriage gave the Oirats enough bloodline to call on all Mongols.

When Esen succeeded to the throne of his father, Tohuan, the territory of the Mongol Empire stretched from Lake Balkhash to Lake Baikal, and from Lake Baikal to the area near the Great Wall, and the symbolic capital of Hala Holin was also one of the territories of the empire. In 1449, when he proposed to a Chinese princess and was met with repentance, Esen ravaged the Chinese border in northern Shanxi, near Datong. Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty and the eunuch Wang Zhen went to meet the battle. Fight at Fort Tumu. Esen dealt a catastrophic blow to the Ming army, annihilating more than 100,000 Ming troops and capturing Emperor Yingzong. However, due to poor siege warfare, Esen was unable to capture the fortified cities of Datong and Xuanhua, so he returned to Mongolia with the captured Emperor Yingzong.

Three months later, he made a comeback and marched to the northwestern suburbs of Beijing, but he encountered resistance from the famous Ming Dynasty general Qian, and all the attacks he launched were repulsed, and soon the Ming reinforcements arrived. Threatened by superior forces, he retreated along Juyong Pass. In 1450, Esen decided to release Emperor Yingzong and made peace with China in 1453, declaring himself a vassal of China, an act that showed that he had abandoned the suzerainty of the Mongol Empire and saw himself as an independent khan. It was undoubtedly unwise to do so, and the tribes and khanates that had been subservient to him returned to their own devices.

In 1455, Esen was assassinated. Amasang Tritaiji, the son of Esen, succeeded his father on the throne of Khanate, and invaded the Chagatai Khanate in 1456, defeating the reigning Yunus Khan near the Ili River. At this time, the queen Hanim was causing chaos in the rear, and her sons, the brothers Yibu Xin and Yeliyasi, rebelled against Amasanchi, but without success. However, after this civil strife, Oirat's strength was severely weakened.

In the dark night, the figure was slowly approaching me little by little, and I cursed to myself: "Okay, let's kill one by one, let's kill two and kill a pair!" "At this moment, the black shadow suddenly took off in the air, and rushed over at a speed as fast as thunder, I was startled, the dragon sword in my hand didn't have time to think about it, and a move 'Phoenix Dance Nine Days' stabbed towards the chest of the black shadow, and the body of the good black shadow was extremely flexible Seeing that my moves were sharp, my legs bent in the air, and then my body turned quickly in the air a few times, and the body was extremely fast. I was shocked in my heart, and said secretly: "I didn't expect that there was such a master in the Tartar military camp!" It's so good, I also want to see Uncle Tang's swordsmanship, so that you can see my Ming martial arts! "At the moment, regardless of how fast the figure is, a move of 'Wind and Cloud Change' directly takes the vital point of that figure. This "Guanghan Sword Technique" was created by the first person in the martial arts back then, Monk Peng Yingyu, according to the changing weather of the cold land in the Arctic, and this trick 'Wind and Cloud Change' is particularly powerful. The figure saw my 'changing wind and clouds' circling and flying, multiplying each other, as if the waves were expanding on all sides, it was really unpredictable and unguardable. I was frightened, and hurriedly changed the figure, I was annoyed that the figure was a Tartar, this move was a killer, the body was pulled up on the ground, and the sword was volleyed down.

In the midst of this swirling sword momentum, I hid several different variations. The figure kept jumping over in the air, and at this time, I saw that my sword momentum was also like a volley, and the changes hidden in each move were different, or one move and three styles, one move and five styles, and at most one move and nine styles. Of course, the posture of each move is also very different. The end is very powerful, and I was shocked. In the darkness, I saw the figure of the Tartar flickering, and it looked a little messy, and my heart was happy. Said to himself: "Today, I will let you see the power of your Grandpa Tang's swordsmanship!" ”

At that moment, the dragon yin sword flipped again, the sword heart trembled, and with a sword-grabbing style, it split the ankle of the black shadow, and the black shadow man was taken aback, and suddenly said: "Brother Tang, be merciful, it's Yin Jun's junior brother!" When I heard this, I was shocked, and hurriedly withdrew my sword, if I withdrew my sword for a while, I was afraid that Yin Jun would have broken his foot. Yin Jun's figure fell slightly, and he sighed heavily and said, "Brother Tang, your swordsmanship is too powerful, right?" If I shout later, I'm afraid my leg will be useless, right? Unconsciously wiped the cold sweat on his forehead again. I was also scared into a cold sweat, knowing that if Yin Jun shouted a little more slowly, his two legs would be cut off by the Dragon Yin Sword in my hand, even if he was not wasted. At this time, seeing Yin Jun's smiling expression, he couldn't help but be angry, and said angrily: "What's the matter, why are you back again!" Yin Jun saw me and said angrily: "Brother Tang, don't worry, the method of epidemic prevention in Jiayu Pass has been delivered safely!" I was stunned and said, "It's delivered, you?" Yin Jun saw that I was at a loss, and he grinned twice and said, "Brother Tang, do you remember the carrier pigeon I brought with me?" I was stunned for a moment and immediately understood, and said happily: "So, the method of epidemic prevention has you passed back to Jiayuguan through carrier pigeons?" Yin Jun nodded with joy on his face and said, "Yes, I'm afraid I'm afraid I've arrived at Jiayuguan at this moment!" I gently patted Yin Jun on the shoulder and said, "Good boy, I really have you!" Yin Jun said proudly: "Of course, don't you look at who I am?" "Hehehe...... Huh?

In the middle of the night, the khan glanced at the sky outside the tent, and suddenly turned and walked towards the throne, and in a moment lay down on the throne, and fell asleep peacefully. "Brother Tang, what should we do now?" Yin Jun glanced at the fat figure of the khan and said. I lowered my head and thought for a moment and said, "This Tartar actually used this plague to slaughter the city, then there must be an antidote, this antidote is so important, the Tartar will definitely be placed in the pharmacy and sent someone to guard it, so we only need to find the pharmacy now, steal a pair of medicines and try them back, and we can know this prescription!" "Yes, that's right! As long as we get the pharmacy, we can still be afraid of these tartars! Yin Jun said with some excitement.