Shamechagan, who had succeeded him as the Great Khan of the Li Khanate, stood in the palace in the city, twisting his body very uneasily.
Naturally, he did not behave like this because Yunxi wanted to completely annihilate the history of Mongolia before Temujin. On the one hand, he does not know it now, and on the other hand, he actually does not care about history. In his opinion, the Mongols were able to create unparalleled achievements back then.
Gong has nothing to do with history. One is because Genghis Khan, Ogedai Khan and their generals were too powerful, and the other is because the Mongols were united as one at that time.
He firmly believed that as long as the Mongols could reunite, the Ming Kingdom, Timur Khanate, and the Ottoman Empire would all be no match for the Mongols.
It was for this purpose that he left his khanate and traveled all the way to the city of Turkestan to meet with Kolijak, the Great Khan of the White Horde.
The White Horde Khanate was founded by Orda, the eldest son of Temujin's eldest son Jochi. Historically, after Jochi's death, Orda thought that his talents were not as good as those of his second brother Batu, so he replaced Jochi Khanate.
The throne of Khan was given to him, and Batu granted him an area roughly equivalent to Kazakhstan, thus giving birth to the White Horde. Although nominally it was part of the Golden Horde founded by Batu himself, in fact it was
independent status.
'Kolijak was supported by Timur after he first invaded the Golden Horde. But although he was supported by Timur, he had been the Great Khan for ten years and would not always be willing to appear in front of Timur.
Just like a slave, I should be 70-80% sure in persuading him to oppose Timur this time.' Shamechagan thought to himself.
It was very difficult to reunify the Mongols, and he was not sure; but Timur's unusual rise allowed him to see an opportunity.
Although Timur is very powerful and the country is now very powerful, it is precisely because of this that the surrounding Mongol khanates can unanimously oppose him and promote the alliance of the Mongol khanates. It is also the reason why Shamechagan came to Turks with such confidence.
Stan City, to persuade Kolijak to oppose the Timur Khanate.
Of course, Shamechagan also knew very well that before Timur himself was defeated or died, if he lent Koldjak a hundred courages and poured a hundred Oros people's soju Vata (vodka), Koldjak would not do it.
Dare to take the initiative to start a war with Timur. But in the future, Timur is likely to start a war with Ming Dynasty, and then he will be the one holding back.
As Shami Chagan was thinking, he heard someone shouting in Turkic language: "The Great Khan is about to arrive." Then there was the sound of footsteps.
Shamechagan stood up to greet Kolijak, but he was not very happy in his heart. Since it is a Mongolian country, how can it use Turkic as the language used in the court.
At this time Kollijak appeared in front of him, and Shamechagan stopped thinking about what he had just thought about and said to him in Mongolian: "My dear brother, I finally see you."
Koljak smiled and stepped forward to hug him, and also said in Mongolian: "It has been a long time since our brothers from the East have come here. Welcome to the city of Turkestan."
The two of them patted each other on the shoulders again, exchanged a few words, and sat down respectively.
"We Mongols have always been straightforward, so I asked directly: My dear brother, what's the matter with you coming to my city of Turkestan?" Koljak asked.
"To tell you the truth, I'm here to contact you to fight against Timur together." Shami Chagan said.
Koljak showed a strange look and asked: "Is my news wrong? Now the Chagatai Khanate has the strength to fight Timur?"
"No, our Chagatai Khanate does not have the strength to resist Timur. In fact, the strength of the Chagatai Khanate is far from that of Timur's Khanate." Shami Chagan said.
"In this case, what's the use of you coming to me?" Koljak said: "Timur is a talented man and the Khanate is powerful. Let alone our two Khanates joining forces, even if we add the Golden Horde and the Blue Khanate,
The Horde Khanate and the Tolei Khanate (Yuan Dynasty) are no match."
"Of course I know this. But this time we are not dealing with Timur, the Mongolian khanate, but the Ming Kingdom in the east." Shamechagan said.
"Ming Kingdom? A country established by the Khitans?" Koljak asked.
"Khitans? Yes, it is a country established by the Khitans." Shami Chagan thought for a while before he remembered that the Khitans were the Mongolians' early name for the northern Han people, and later they called all the Han people the Khitans. The Jochi family
The kings had basically become independent after Batu's Western Expedition, so they maintained their original names for the Han people. At the same time, most of the places where the Mongols had conquered called the Han people Khitans.
"Is this country very powerful now?" Koljak asked again.
"It is very powerful. The Ming Dynasty now has a population of 60 million, a standing army of more than 2 million, and countless generals who have fought with the Tolei Khanate in the past are still alive. The national power is higher than that of the Timur Khanate." Shamechagan said.
"Two million standing troops!" Koljak said in great surprise: "Even if they have a population of 60 million, it is impossible to feed two million standing troops." Not only him, but the guards behind him also grew up in surprise.
Mouth, looking at Shami Chagan in disbelief.
"The standing army of the Ming Dynasty is different from the standing army of the country here. They all farm their own land to support themselves." Shami Chagan explained quickly.
"That's it. Such troops cannot be called standing armies, they can only be called reserve armies or auxiliary troops. But in this way, they have a population of 60 million and can only mobilize two million troops, which is too inefficient." Koldja said.
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It was difficult for Shami Chagan to explain to him the completely different political organization system between the Ming Dynasty and countries outside the Chinese cultural circle. He could only say: "Although they can only mobilize more than two million people, these armies are completely under the orders of the emperor.
, they will do whatever the emperor tells them to do, and no one dares to disobey the emperor."
Koljak was a little strange. He asked about the political system of the Ming Dynasty and said strangely: "This is really an unimaginable system. Don't those officials appointed to the localities want to be independent?"
Shamechagan explained again, and Koljak stopped asking this question and asked another question: "So how many real standing armies did the Ming Dynasty have?"
After some calculation in his mind, Shamechagan said: "The standing army of the Ming Dynasty has between 400,000 and 500,000 people."
"It's quite a lot," Koljak said: "In addition, those armies between the standing army and the reserve army are indeed very strong."
"That's why I dare to come to you to discuss dealing with Timur." Shamechagan quickly brought the topic back: "After Timur defeats the Ottomans, he will definitely send troops to attack the Ming Dynasty. The two strongest people in the world
The country will definitely go to war, and then it will be an opportunity for us Mongols to rise up."
"What? Do you think the Ming Dynasty will win?" Koljak asked.
"The Ming Dynasty may not be able to win, but it will definitely not lose. The political system of the Ming Dynasty is unimaginable to those who have never been there. Timur will definitely not be able to conquer the Ming Dynasty unless he can conquer the Ming Dynasty on the Mongolian grasslands for a long time.
Only when the people on the grassland are united can it be possible to move south; but Timur is now sixty-five years old, how many more years does he have to live? How can he have time to unify the grassland?" Shamechagan said.
"You mean to let the Ming Dynasty and Timur Khanate fight repeatedly, and finally drag Timur to death?" Koljak said.
"I think the war will probably go like this. Timur is already so old, and the Ming emperor was only in his twenties. Even if the Ming Dynasty did not go well in the early stage, he could still hold Timur down and eventually kill him.
"Shamechagan said.
Koljak thought for a while and felt that if the Ming Dynasty was really as powerful as Shamechagan said, it should be able to drag Timur to death. He said: "Okay, if Timur really sends troops to attack after returning from the crusade against the Ottomans.
In the Ming Dynasty, I will send troops from the rear to attack the Timur Khanate."
Shami Chagan didn't believe that Kolijak would dare to send troops to attack the Timur Khanate unless he was sure that Timur was dead. But he still said with a smile: "Then it's settled. The specific details will be announced in the future.
When Mu'er really wants to send troops to the east, I will send someone to discuss with you."
"And why don't you send someone to go to the East with me to see the Ming Dynasty?"
Koljak was also wondering if the Ming Kingdom was as powerful as he said, and he said happily: "Okay."
After talking about the business, Koljak ordered a banquet to be held in honor of Shami Chagan, while he continued to chat with him.
Seeing that the people around Kolijak should all be Mongolians, Shamechagan asked: "Brother Kolijak, as Mongolians, why are all the languages spoken in the palace Turkic? And why do you wear clothes?"
These Turkic clothes?”
"Hey, you are in the east, but you don't know the difficulties of those of us in the west. When the Khanate was first established, there were not many Mongols in total. They were all different ethnic groups who spoke Turkic languages. In order to govern the place, Turkic languages had to be used.
When Yue Jibie Khan was in power, he still believed in the Tianfang religion, and now most Mongolians in the Khanate also believe in the Tianfang religion."
The later banquet fully adopted Turkic etiquette, which even reminded Shamechagan of the humiliation he suffered when he went to the Timur Khanate to meet Timur. Although his seats were completely different, the banquet at that time
The etiquette is almost exactly the same.
Shami Chagan looked at those people who looked completely Mongolian, but spoke Turkic better than Mongolian and wore Turkic clothes. He suddenly thought that the Mongolians in the White Horde Khanate were no longer real Mongolians.
Except for their appearance, they are no different from the locals.
He began to reflect on whether he was right or wrong in contacting them. In the end, he could only comfort himself by saying: 'Even if they are not Mongols, contacting them is not wrong. At least they are allies against the Timur Khanate.'
'Hey, I don't know what the situation is like in the Golden Horde and Blue Horde further west than the White Horde. I hope the local Mongolians are different from the White Horde.'
As he was thinking about it, Koljak raised his glass and said: "Brother Shamechagan, why don't you drink? Drink quickly! I got this from Oros (Russia) in the Golden Horde, and it's the same as Yuzi Grassland
The wine here is completely different, probably different from the wine in the East.”
Shami Chagan calmed down his thoughts, raised his glass and started drinking.