On the first day of the 7th month of the Song Dynasty in 323, the third group of Mongolian tribes directly under Kublai Khan arrived in Baghdad City. The general in charge of the leadership led the army and went to the Golden Palace of the Khan. He saw a group of workers wearing obvious True God style working under the Mongolian supervisor on the streets of the city. He felt that the city was full of vitality.

The Golden Palace Project has come to an end. The once broken walls have been filled up, and the rest is simple whitewashing. Under the leadership of the personal guards, he stood up and held thousands of households on the mountain to the Golden Palace. He saw Kublai Khan sitting high on the Mongolian-style dragon bed, next to the dragon bed was the low table of the clerk. The clerks had no seats and had to sit cross-legged on the mat.

Kneeling under the imperial stairs, he stood and asked thousands of households in the mountains to salute Kublai Khan. Kublai Khan said happily: "Thank you too much to come with so many people."

"Fellow the Khan." Wuli asked the Shan Wanhu to answer loudly.

The reception was not long, and then the craftsmen and officials in this team were taken into the construction of Khanbali City. Kublai Khan had long been looking forward to the arrival of technicians in Baghdad, and on the table in the side hall, the terrain drawings from Bagh to Damascus were clear.

"This situation... is really the beauty of mountains and rivers." Guo Shoujing couldn't help but praise. The place name of Baghdad originated from Persian and means "a gift from the god (bagh)". This city is located in the essence of the Mesopotamian Basin and is very suitable for human survival. Now it is the Little Ice Age, and the outdoor temperature in Baghdad is only more than 40 degrees in summer. With Baghdad as the center, occupying the Mesopotamia Basin is indeed stronger than the Mongolian Plateau, at least not worse than the Hebei Plain.

Kublai Khan waved his hand and asked someone to move it onto the sand table. The entire terrain of Baghdad and the old city were made. Pointing to the sand table, Kublai Khan said: "The new royal city is divided into two parts: inside and outside, and the inner city is Khanbali City. What kind of appearance should be designed to be? I have worked hard for others."

"Abide by the order." A group of craftsmen and officials responded.

Looking at these guys, Kublai Khan also had some expectations for them. After arriving in Baghdad, Khan liked the city more and more. The terrain was flat and there were many merchants. It was not too rainy, but it was not short of water. There were also Arab horses in this area. For the elderly who have lived in cold areas for decades, this place was really satisfactory.

Asking these craftsmen to discuss how to build the new city, Kublai Khan called Boyan to ask: "After the third group of people arrived, the tribes in Baghdad reached 200,000, of which 70,000 were fighting soldiers. Can you go to Damascus?"

"The Great Khan, the thief Tigudier should have escaped to the Golden Horde in the north. The Golden Horde in the north colluded with the True God Cult, formed an alliance with Mamuliuk in Egypt in the south, and attacked the Cross Cult countries between them. There must be at least 100,000 soldiers against them."

After hearing Boyan's cautious answer, Kublai Khan frowned slightly. The soldiers and horses of the leader of the Khanate under the Khanate were not directly managed by the Khan. Now the entire Mongolian tribe directly under the Khanate was only more than two million. According to Boyan's suggestion, since there was no way to fight against the Song State, it would be better to decisively move two million people to the crescent area of ​​the Mesopotamian River Basin and establish the Khan territory from Bagh to Damascus.

Just as the situation was about to open, Boyan's suggestion was to wait. Kublai Khan couldn't help but be anxious. Before he could express his opinion, Boyan continued to say: "I want to contact Eastern Rome while I was sending Princess Maria back to Constantinople."

"Hmph, there are too many rules in those Cross religions." Kublai Khan was quite dissatisfied in his tone. According to the Mongolian style, when the husband of Princess Maria, Abaha, died, the princess was about to marry Abaha's brother.

As a devout cross believer, Marshal Beyan certainly did not want Princess Mary to be restricted by the Mongolian marriage system. From a personal perspective, Marshal Beyan was even more unwilling to be bound by Princess Mary to be forever bound by the Golden Family. The Marshal said calmly: "If Eastern Rome had helped us, our army might have used six or seven thousand less troops."

"Do you have to go?" Kublai Khan asked. At this time, he needed Bo Yan to make suggestions.

"This time, when I come back, the fourth and fifth batches of troops will arrive."

More than a year ago, Boyan and others discussed and decided to divide the Khan Kublai Khan into forty groups and move westwards one by one. After these people moved away, the grasslands directly under the Khan were empty, and the nobles and tribal leaders who were willing to go to these grasslands became the direct tribes of the Khan. They directly obeyed the orders of the Khan Kublai Khan and the successors of Kublai Khan.

Once the fourth and fifth batches of men arrived in Baghdad, the Mongolian tribes here would reach 300,000, and the Khans had 50,000 soldiers and horses. Among the remaining 250,000 people, they could gather 50,000 soldiers and horses. With 100,000 soldiers and horses, it would be enough to fight against the descendants of the Shuchi of the Golden Horde.

Looking at Kublai Khan's hesitant expression, Bayan continued to suggest, "The Khan can also send people to the Golden Horde, the White Horde, and the Blue Horde first, and ask them to send people to attend the Hulitai General Assembly."

When talking about the Hulitai Conference, Kublai Khan did not hesitate anymore. He answered decisively: "Go and go quickly."

The seventh month of the Song calendar is the ninth month of the Western calendar, and the small ice weather begins to enter again. The widowed Princess Maria is covered with silk cotton fabrics and clothes, which feels very cool and comfortable. On such a comfortable autumn day, Princess Maria took a sip of black tea from the Sinhalese Lion Kingdom in the far south, and her expression was quiet and calm.

If there were no priests and nuns in front of him, Princess Maria actually wanted to walk around the garden happily. An hour ago, Maria's letter had been delivered to Princess Maria. After obtaining permission from the Khan, Maria led his own army to Tabriz City to welcome Princess Maria and escorted the princess to her hometown Constantinople.

Before the princess was happy, the priests and nuns who had already agreed to meet had arrived. These people asked the princess if she was willing to visit the newly built nun church. If she mentioned this topic a few days ago, Princess Maria might feel that she wanted to go and see it. According to the tradition of the princesses of the Cross, once they were widowed, they would return to their parents' home to prepare for remarrying, or go to the convent after returning to their parents' home.

"Your Highness, stay in the Ilkhanate. This is the expectation of the believers." The nun said sincerely. Princess Maria has been the spiritual leader of the Ilkhanate Cross-cultural believers for many years. Most believers do not want this well-established Orthodox princess to leave the Ilkhanate. If the princess can stay in the Ilkhanate, this sacred orthodox can be inherited.

The princess's firm response disappointed these people, "I'm going to return to Constantinople."

The priests and nuns couldn't help but lower their heads. No matter how far Eastern Rome is now, it still has a thousand-year rule. It was the thousand-year rule of the Roman Empire and the Orthodox rule of the Christian world. Therefore, with the blessing of the princess of the Eastern Roman Empire in recent years, the cross religions of the Il Khanate were very confident, and when praying, they felt that they were closer to God.

"Will Your Highness come back?" Although he knew this was impossible, the local bishop still couldn't help asking.

Princess Maria did not answer immediately, pondered for a while, and she replied, "I am tired today, I will talk about it in a few days."

The maids sent these priests and nuns away, and Princess Maria stood up and walked in the garden. In Constantinople, there were gardens that were more beautiful than the gardens of the Palace of the King Ilhan. In terms of architectural level, Mongolia's accumulation and attainment were far less profound than Eastern Rome. Under the shade of several fig trees, the princess sat down and took out Boyan's letter to look again. In terms of writing, Boyan is far less passionate than twenty years ago. The letter paper wrote dry words in serious but unfamiliar Greek. Boyan had already set out to welcome the princess to Tabriz, and then personally escorted the princess to Constantinople. Twenty years ago, Boyan, a monk of the Cross, met Princess Maria at the dance, and at least wrote a love poem.

Even after twenty years, Princess Maria can still remember the touching at that time. In Mongolia, which rose in the far east, she sent cavalry to roll westward. All countries blocking this path were conquered and destroyed. The Mongolian Khan and the generals under the Mongolian Khan seemed to be God's eternal darlings and never encountered any failure. Mongolian envoys and Mongolian monks with such background wrote love poems in Greek. Princess Maria can still recall her heartbeat at that time.

Before he knew it, the simple letter paper had been wrinkled in Princess Maria's hand. When she noticed this, the princess quickly spread the letter paper, put it in her arms, got up and walked back to her bedroom.

It was not far from Bagh to Tabriz. A few days later, the princess received news that Massacre Boyan had arrived outside the city. Not long after, new news came that Massacre Boyan had arrived outside the palace. Now Aluhun, the great khan of the Il Khanate, had already come to greet him. The princess was wearing makeup and dressing up, and when she heard this, she felt even more anxious.

In the mirror, I am already a middle-aged woman. Although the princess can still see the shadow of her youth from this face, the glass mirror produced by the Song Dynasty is so clear, with crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, shallow wrinkles on her forehead, and skin that has actually begun to gradually loosen. Twenty years have taken away the princess' youth and also her once proud beauty. Suddenly, the princess who was eager to see Boyan no longer wants to see Boyan.

Marshal Boyan was leading to the bedroom at this time. Ilhan, who had become the newly ascended throne, was very polite to the Marshal, who was trusted by the Mongolian Khan Kublai Khan. He had only heard that the Khan's personal army was brave and good at fighting. He saw that the Khan's personal army broke through Daburis City in two days. The shock of Ilhan Aluhun was hard to describe in detail. This Ilhan asked for a tentative third time: "Master, does Khan really want to continue the Western Expedition?"

"This is what the Khan decided." Bayan also answered again resolutely. Of course, Kublai Khan would go westward, and the young Aluhun raised a very naive question. If he was mature enough, he should be loyal to Kublai Khan who helped him ascend to the Khan throne. Instead of repeatedly asking about Kublai Khan's strategic goals.

Marshal Boyan accelerated his pace and headed straight for the person he wanted to see the most at this time. The war will surely begin, and the best comfort before the war is nothing more than seeing Princess Maria. Aluhun said nothing more. The crowd waited outside His Highness's bedroom and waited for the princess' order to receive them.

In the distant Song Dynasty, the Empress Dowager had great practical power. If the emperor was young, the Empress Dowager would even directly regent and become the actual ruler of the Song Dynasty. This problem did not exist in Mongolia. There were indeed many influential concubines of the former Khan, such as Aruhan's grandmother Soluhetini.

Thirty years ago, that is, in the 1250th year of the Western Rd. The National Taiwan Congress of Kuli was held at the headquarters of Badu in Central Asia. Badu praised Mengge for his outstanding ability and great achievements in the Western Expedition, so he should ascend the throne. He also pointed out that Guiyuzhizhi violated Ogedei's will (Wogedei's will ascend the throne), and Ogedei's descendants were not qualified to inherit the Khan throne. The conference approved Badu's proposal and elected Mengge as the Khan.

The two families of Ogedei and Chagatai refused to admit it. Soluhotni and Mengge sent envoys to invite the kings of various clans to convene Hulitai on the banks of the Onon River. Badu sent his brother Beerge to lead a large army to the banks of the Onon River with Mengge. However, many kings of the two families of Ogedei and Chagatai still refused to respond, and the conference delayed for a long time.

Mengge, Kublai Khan, Hulagu, and Alibuge were all born to a mother. Their biological mother, Soluhetini, had a high prestige and was good at winning over the nobles of the clan kings and nobles. Most of the clan kings and ministers were finally summoned. At the Hulitai Conference, Mengge's resolution to succeed the Khan was passed. However, the influence of the Mongolian concubines was only this. These all require their personal skills and charm, and there is no guarantee of Mongolian laws.

Although Princess Maria is the queen of the Khanate, she is only the queen. At this time, since the Il Khanate did not give her legal status, the princess also has the personal freedom she possesses as a noble person.

With the guidance of the attendant, Aluhun and Boyan walked into the living room of the bedroom one after another. When Princess Maria saw Boyan again, she felt her heart beating faster. Twenty years ago, when the princess had the opportunity to get along with Boyan, she was unconsciously attracted by Boyan's calm expression.

That was a calmness beyond Boyan's age. Neither excited nor deliberate, Boyan was so calm. It seemed that there was a higher thing hanging over the Mongolian Cross monks, allowing other things to be driven away. Sometimes Princess Maria would even wonder if the Lord bet some kind of wisdom on Boyan, making him so unique.
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