This chaotic environment provided the soil for Ottoman growth.

Although the country was founded on Ghazi, no one said that it was impossible to bring the infidels to fight jihad together, so there were many Christian soldiers in all the wars of the Ottomans. To this day, the Armenians were still one of the main sources of Ottoman troops, and even though the Purple Horde controlled the Balkans, there were still some Serbian knights who were dissatisfied with the Khanate's rule and fled to the Ottomans. This also allowed the Ottomans to actually have more troops at their disposal.

Before the actual war, Timur still used the traditional tactic of sending people to attack the Ottomans and call for a holy war against the Ottomans. Soon, the Purple Horde, France and other forces responded and sent troops to join the ranks of the holy war, preparing to march from the Caucasus, Junbao, Cilicia and other places, making it difficult for the Ottomans to take care of them.

When he heard that Timur was coming to beat him, Sultan Bayezid was furious. He then condemned Timur as "the Gazi of all Gazi" and called on everyone to wage holy war against him. Bayezid managed to make a time difference and defeated the Purple Horde near Nicaea. While the Purple Horde was busy shrinking its forces, the Sultan quickly rushed to the east with the elite Serbian guards to make peace with the army there, preparing to defeat Timur first.

When the two sides approached, the Ottomans discovered that Timur's army had a large number of Persians.

The Persians had always had a reputation for being weak in battle, and the inclusion of these men in the front showed that Timur was far less powerful than his own boasts. Bayezid also fell into the mood of blindly underestimating the enemy, did not choose the battlefield in his favor, and did not even wait for the soldiers to repair, so he rushed to attack.

However, Timur's Persians were unusually resilient, and the Ottoman army was unable to make a breakthrough, but the Turks with low status in the Ottoman army turned against the enemy. The Ottoman army was defeated, and the Sultan was captured alive by Timur.

This major defeat brought the Ottomans to the brink of collapse. The Purple Horde benefited greatly from the defeat of its strongest opponent in Minor, and the Khanate felt that it was necessary to express gratitude and show sincerity to further strengthen the friendship between the two sides.

The Purple Horde and the Timurid Khanate were half-brother states. Emperor Timur's uncle Kuang helped the Khan room and made great contributions, which must be announced to the world.

The Khan's court proclaimed that Rome had been in decline for a long time. For the sake of stability, the first Khan Derik divided the world into four Ulus, which were managed by two Khans and two Deputy Khans. However, the country is still in chaos, the four great ulus attack each other, and Rome has not been reunited.

Now, one by one, the fierce enemies have been destroyed, and there is hope for the revival of Rome. Therefore, after consulting with the pillars, the Roman Khan solemnly decided to confer the title of "Roman Co-Emperor" on Emperor Timur. From now on, everyone will be Romans.

This time, Timur himself didn't quite understand what this meant, but he just felt that it sounded very powerful. Later, I found out that this is actually an honorary title.

The Purple Horde had a unique understanding of "Rome", which they believed was an identity. Theoretically, the whole world could be Romans. Even Guo Kang's grandfather, Mr. Huang, a person who has read the poetry of the Central Plains, supports this view.

Mr. Huang's idea is that Rome is Daqin - Daqin is similar to the Central Plains - anything similar to the Central Plains can be called Rome. This view was highly praised by the Han princes and became the official manifest school. Therefore, in the eyes of the Purple Horde, announcing that the other party is also Rome is a very high-level means of praise and co-optation.

As for the Roman co-emperor, it was actually a title given to the rulers of other Roman states.

Scholars from the Central Plains background could not accept the situation of two emperors in one country, so they regarded it as some kind of honorary title. In the words of the play, it is "Luo Zi side by side king", which is used to reward people who have made great contributions.

For example, after the Timurid Khanate received this honor, it could be called the "Roman State of the River", and Timur himself was the "Roman Khan of the River".

Similarly, France, another traditional ally of the Khanate, was also very interested in the Roman title. Soon after this incident, the king of France also paid a huge sum of money to donate the title of "Frankish Roman Emperor".

In principle, this is all about the same, and they all belong to the category of "co-ruling emperors". It's just that because everyone's original titles are different, there are some differences in the titles. However, because they all have the word "Luo" in their names, they are still the same in nature.

After reaffirming the alliance, the next target was the Mamluks. The coalition forces fought with the main Mamluks in Syria, and at a critical moment, a rebellion against Sudan by the Caucasian Mamluks occurred in the Egyptian homeland.

The rebels promised that as long as they supported them as the new sultan, they would recognize Timur as their overlord, and agreed to the Purple Horde's request for a port, and that they would remain peaceful and non-aggression against each other.

Within the Purple Horde, there was already contact with them, and an army was sent from Cyprus to Alexandria for reinforcements. Knowing that there was a fire in the backyard, the main Mamluk army was distraught, and the Sultan was in a hurry to withdraw his troops, but was defeated by Timur halfway.

After the victory in the war, the families began to divide up the territory spit out by the Mamluks, and the Purple Horde was divided into the city of Antioch in northern Syria.

When Heraclius was forced to abandon Syria, he suffered at the border, saying "beautiful Syria, farewell". This was the first time since the Arab conquest that the Romans had recovered the area. The Khan's court was so pleased with this that it held great ceremonies in both the capital and Antioch to reward the army and the people.

At the Archdrome in Constantinople, the Khan's court hosted Naadam for 100 days, hiring a large group of Mongolian wrestlers from the steppes to perform wrestling with the Greeks all day long.

Citizens watch various fighting matches in the arena during the day, drink too much at night, and engage in unrestricted combat with cowards who are trying to maintain order. After a few months, everyone felt very refreshed and felt that they were back in the great era of Rome.

In Antioch, the Khan's court also held a ceremony to pay tribute to the first Khans since Heraclius. The whole city is full of sacred images of the first Khan, and religious figures such as Heavenly Father Aroha Tianzun and Heavenly Brother Rat, which are very grand.

In the port and in the city, a grand water and land dojo was also held, and the scale was so large that the Orthodox priests sent by the then Patriarch Yin Daochang were not enough, so they could only pull a bunch of lamas and monks to help.

It was lively for a while, and everyone was very happy. Even the surrounding Arab lords specially invited by the Khan Court in order to establish a good relationship also drank the grape juice for most of the month, and their faces were red, and they were very satisfied.

This victory finally opened the khanate's sea passage to the Indian Ocean. After that, negotiations with Javanese Yuan and other countries to try direct trade had a realistic basis.