Chapter 21 4. The confrontation of two sweats

In the autumn of 1260, Ali Buge's troops divided into two groups and went south in a large scale. Kublai khan knelt all night, he prayed to the longevity god to bless, what to bless?At this time, Kublai Khan's mind was in a mess, anger and confusion intertwined.In history, in order to compete for the throne, there are too many cases of father and son fighting and fratricide.Not to mention the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but his golden family, so why not?In order to consolidate his Khan position, Wo Kuotai tricked his beloved younger brother and his father, Tuo Lei, into drinking poisonous talisman water.After Meng Ge became a great Khan, he regarded his younger brother who supported him and his first-milk compatriots as the biggest threat to his Khan status. He listened to the slander and used the name of Hook Examination, almost killing himself.Tomorrow, I'm going to attack my own brother again... Is it true that brothers cannibalism is really going to be staged between me and Brother Ali?

If there is a fight, it will be brotherly slaughter. If there is a civil war, the desert will be shrouded in blood and rain;Brother Ali, brother Ali, why do you have to fight against the second brother?Why can't you assist me like I assisted Mongol Khan? When Kublai Khan thought of this, he burst into tears.These days, although Kublai Khan received all good news: Hunduhai was annihilated, and Hulagu drove Ali Bak's envoy out... However, none of these could sweep away the pain and confusion in his heart.After all, what you are facing is your own younger brother, and you must not treat your own younger brother like an enemy.

In the scorching July, Kublai Khan's mood was as cold as winter. When Brother Ali led his army south to question Kublai Khan Xingshi, Kublai Khan still decided to go out in person to teach this not-so-obedient brother a lesson. On the day of the expedition, the weather was clear and cloudless, and the brilliant morning glow dyed Kaiping City orange. The earth-shattering sound of drums made people's chests tremble.Kublai Khan's big flag and tooth flags of various colors fluttered in the wind.Under the big banner, Kublai Khan leaped at the head of the team, and behind him was a long team.Cars rattled, horses Xiaoxiao, countless armors, shining in the morning light, dazzled people's eyes.On the avenue, the dust is flying, covering the sky and the sun, like a khaki flying dragon, swimming to the north.

As Kublai Khan's army moved forward, spies had already reported Brother Ali.Ari Boke immediately set up a big camp and dispatched Mu Huer, the son of Xu Liewu of the Ili Khanate, and Helachaer, the grandson of Shuchi Khan of the Chincha Khanate, to lead the army to meet Kublai Khan. Kublai Khan set up camp less than 30 miles away from Ali Buge.The two armies faced each other from a distance, staring at each other with murderous intent. In Kublai Khan's imperial tent, princes and princes of various clans and ministers gathered together, and they were studying how to fight against the fourth prince.

Brother Yixiang first asked: "Your Majesty, I heard that the soldiers sent by Brother Alibu this time are the Great Khan of the Ili Khanate, the son of your third brother Hulagu, Zhu Muhuer, and the grandson of the Chincha Khanate Shuchi Khan." Commander Helachaer, didn’t it mean that these two khanates drove out the envoys of Brother Alibu, why are they still sending troops to attack us now?” Tachar also asked: "Khan, how should we fight against them?" Kublai Khan said: "Fight, we must fight hard, and give them a blow first. However, since the Ili Khanate and the Kipchak Khanate have expressed their support for us, I think this must be a conspiracy played by that kid. He thought First put these two princes in the front and take the lead, creating a situation where the two countries of the Ili Khanate and the Kipchak Khanate support and support him. In fact, the real masters of these two countries do not support him. On the one hand, we must Fight them resolutely, let them taste the taste of our Dayuan Empire's attack, and leave them with a little memory. On the other hand, we will send special envoys to quickly notify these two countries and let them recall their ignorant children. Everyone You must protect these two ignorant foals on the battlefield!"

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty!" All the generals replied in unison. He Bichi said: "With hundreds of thousands of troops gathered, logistics supply is a big problem. The food supply in Mobei area comes from the Central Plains. We should block the border, cut off the material supply in Mobei, and drag down the enemy army." "Zunzuo, order the Sichuan-Shanxi, Monan, and Yanjing border gates to close all commercial and trade ports on the grasslands from today, and strictly control the import and export of grain, cloth, steel and other combat materials. Anyone who violates the order will be executed!"

Kublai Khan personally dispatched troops to order generals, and ordered Brother Yixiang and Dong Wenbing to be the vanguards in the front; , marching in three directions, with a total of 150,000 horses, they faced Brother Ali in Baxiqi. The two armies confront each other, the flags are fluttering, and the drums are rumbling.Under the banner of the Great Banner, Kublai Khan watched the opponent's battle formation. He did not immediately issue an imperial order to attack, but first let his subordinates inform the main Muhur and Helachaer of the support of the Khan of the Ili Khanate and the Kipchak Khanate. Kublai Khan announced the news of Khan, and then said loudly to them: "You are my nephews. The Mongolian sword is smeared on the enemy's neck and fed with the enemy's blood. You listen to slander, help the evil, and get involved in In this dispute, it is really an unwise choice. I advise you to return as soon as possible and return to your own Khanate. Your father and brother are waiting for you lost lambs to return. Go back quickly and help your father Khan to create A magnificent foundation!"

When Zhu Muhuer and Helachaer heard this, they said angrily: "Bah! Who doesn't know that the Mongolian Khan should belong to brother Alibu. As an elder brother, you actually competed with your younger brother. What right do you have to say about us? Our brothers When the road is injustice, draw your sword to help. Let’s not talk nonsense, if we are defeated, we will naturally go home; if we are not defeated, let Sweat take the position as soon as possible, and let Ali Buge Khan inherit the general rule." After finishing speaking, he led the army to cover up and kill him. Kublai Khan saw that the persuasion was ineffective, so he ordered Brother Yixiang to lead the army in the middle to meet him first.In an instant, the Baxiqi Grassland became dark, the earth shook, the sound of war drums, the neighing of horses, the sound of killing and groaning rang out.

Seeing that the forces were evenly matched, Kublai Khan immediately ordered the left and right sides to outflank them and enter the battle from the two wings.How could the main Muhuer department, who were fighting nervously, resist the strong attack from three sides, and retreated first.Seeing that someone was fleeing, Helachaer on the right had no intention of fighting, so the whole army was like a flood that broke a dam, and retreated desperately.At this time Ali Biao had just arrived with his troops. Seeing the retreating team in front of him, he had no way or ability to stop him.As a result, this army had not yet participated in the battle, but was coerced by the defeated army and fled together.Kublai Khan took advantage of the victory and led his troops to cover up the killing. Brother Ali did not dare to fight, and even He Lin did not dare to enter, and finally retreated to Jiri Jisi, the fiefdom of Tuolei inherited by him.

Kublai Khan chased and fought all the way along the main road in Tieli, and entered Helin smoothly.It was about early winter of that year.At that time, Helin City was dilapidated, and the border had been sealed off, cutting off the food supply in Mobei. Therefore, Kublai Khan ordered to stop the pursuit and used the method of procrastination, so that Brother Ali ran out of ammunition and food, and automatically surrendered at the door.So he left Brother Yixiang to station in Helin, while he himself was worried about the political situation in Han Dynasty, so he braved the severe cold and returned south through the desert.

The new wind whistled like a wolf howling. The momentum of the wind seemed to blow away all the creatures in Mobei, leaving only a bare world.The propped up yurt was firmly fixed to the ground with rawhide ropes, and even in the boundless wind and snow, it seemed a little shaken.Brother Aribu, who retreated to the Jirijisi Grassland, decided to transfer his old base—the most elite cavalry who stayed at the old battalion of Danhe, the imperial guards left by Mengge Khan, and other soldiers and horses that could be called. Will fight to the death.However, what lies ahead is unexpected difficulties, and there is a lack of food in the army.Due to the blockade of the border crossing in the south, their material supply was cut off, and they could not supply a huge force of more than a hundred thousand people, so logistics supply became the biggest problem.In such an extremely cold environment, soldiers cannot eat enough, cannot wear warm clothes, and are full of complaints. How can they have any fighting power?He had no choice but to accept the advice of his counselor, Boluhe, and wrote to Kublai Khan to pretend to surrender, to solve the problem of food and grass first, in order to fight again in the coming year. The letter was written by Bo Luhe, and it said: "...my brother is young and ignorant, reckless by nature, and has a bad temper. When I first heard that my brother had ascended the throne, I felt angry, and without thinking, I rashly launched an attack! It is too late to regret it. !…I hope that brother will remember the brotherhood, forgive me for being reckless and ignorant, and I will sincerely submit to you, and I will always regard my brother as the Lord of the Great Khan, and I will be loyal to you!" Seeing his younger brother submitting pitifully to himself, Kublai relented.He didn't want to be accused of not being able to tolerate his younger brother, and he didn't want to drive him to a dead end.After all, they are siblings, and their mother instigated Luhteni to hope this way for him, and his wife Chabi also hoped for him this way.So he agreed to him, and returned to Kaiping by himself, waiting for his younger brother to surrender to him. Kublai Khan did not wait for brother Alibu, but waited for the news of Helin's fall. It turned out that after a long winter and nearly a year of recuperation, Ari Boke recovered slightly. In the autumn of 1261, he raised his troops again.He sent envoys to Brother Yixiang to pretend to lead the crowd to surrender in advance, making Brother Yixiang unprepared, and then launched an attack suddenly.The swift and violent attack caused chaos to the unsuspecting Phase Brother army, and they had to leave He Lincheng and retreat.Brother Ali took advantage of the victory to pursue, and pointed his finger at Kaiping, where Kublai Khan was stationed in Monan. Hearing that Brother Ali was going back on his promises and never keeping promises, Kublai Khan was trembling with rage, and he growled, "I must get rid of this bastard!" So Kublai Khan went out again, recruiting seven Han troops including Zhang Rou, Yan Zhongsi, and Zhang Hong, and ordered Dong Wenbing to lead a thousand archers, and Tachar led ten thousand soldiers to follow.In November, Kublai Khan's army fought against Brother Ali in Shangnaoer in Ximu.Hedan, Consort Lazhen, Prime Minister Linezhen, Wulu, and Mangwu were on the right; Tachaer, Tai Choutai, and Shi Tianze were on the left; Hebichi was in the middle, attacking Ali Brother Bu's general Hedan Huo'erchi.After that, Tachar and Hebichi split up and fought hard, breaking the Woyi army.The follow-up troops led by Aribuge's army, Asuotai, arrived, and Alibuge returned to the army to fight again.Its right wing was defeated, and the left and middle wings fought fiercely with Kublai Khan's army until night, still tied.Since then, the two sides led their troops back and faced each other at the southern edge of Daqi. Seeing that they couldn't win quickly, Kublai Khan came up with the idea of ​​their logistics supply again.This time, they found out in advance that the supply source of Aribuge was Aluhu, the king of the Chagatai Khanate, so they immediately sent envoys to Lian Xixian, the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and ordered Wang Liangchen to send troops to cut off the supply from the Chagatai Khanate. A grain truck is not allowed to pass through the grain transportation passage from the country to the Alibuge camp.He also sent Zhao Bi, the political officer of Pingzhang, as an envoy to secretly meet Aluhu, the king of Chagatai Khanate, with his token, and strictly ordered Lian Xixian and Wang Weiliang to cooperate fully with Zhao Bi to win Aluhu away from Ali Buge. , I went back to China as a teacher for the time being. The grain road was cut off, and Brother Ali was in trouble again. It turned out that in 1259, the protector of Ulu Hunai (Alu Hu’s widowed cousin) died in 1259. Kublai Khan and Ali Bukor, who were fighting for the throne, both sent The Chagatai clan king whom he supported went to Huyasi to seize the Khan throne.As a result, Aluhu, who was supported by Brother Ali, inherited the Khan of the Chagatai Khanate.He married Ulu Khurnai as his wife, and after he stabilized the Khanate, he sent food and money to Ali Bak every year.After Kublai Khan cut off the food supply at the border, Ari Boke could only collect food from Aluhu.Due to the huge consumption of the war, more and more people were collected, and the demand for food and grass increased every year.This year the weather is not good, the domestic drought and bad harvest, his own people are starving, how can there be so much food for him?Alu was frowning suddenly, worried all day long, couldn't eat well, couldn't sleep well, and felt uneasy. However, he knew that Brother Ali was violent and bloodthirsty, and if he was offended, there would be no good results. The appearance of Zhao Bi made him find hope.So he arrested Ali Boke's envoy, intercepted the goods he collected, turned to support Kublai Khan, and refused to mobilize food for Ali Boke. Without Aluhu's food supply, Ali Boke's army was in a desperate situation.Soldiers don't have fur coats to keep out the cold, don't have enough food, and horses don't have food and grass. The harsh natural environment will eliminate them.Hearing that Aluhu had turned to Kublai Khan, Brother Ali was furious. Regardless of the severe situation he was confronting with Kublai Khan, he left the front line and moved his troops west to attack Aluhu. Alu suddenly faced the battle in the city of Puci, and by surprise, he used cavalry to ambush and behead Alibuge's general Hacibuhua and his brother Tuoluhuocha'er.Aluhu returned victorious and gave up his guard. Unexpectedly, Ali Buge's rear army, Asuotai, suddenly entered the Ali Mali area and defeated Aluhu.Aluhu had to be defeated in Hotan and Kashgar, and Ali Boke's army was stationed in Ali Mali in the Dongyilie River Basin. After occupying the city of Ali Mali, Brother Ali Boke wantedonly burned, killed and looted, making people miserable and complaining. Some people tried to dissuade him, but he not only refused to listen, but also insulted his generals and staff.His atrocities made the people under him unable to stand it. They were extremely chilled, and no one was willing to follow him. His subordinates and even the clan and princes abandoned him and fled to Zhabu Khan who was stationed in the Altai region. The jade dragon on the river was lost, and they discussed and surrendered to Kublai Khan.Ali's brothers betrayed their relatives and had nothing to do. They were afraid of Aluhu's revenge and had no choice but to surrender to Kublai Khan again. Brother Ali went to Yanjing to plead guilty to Kublai Khan.Kublai Khan asked him: "Who is right between me and you?" Brother Ali replied: "In the past, I was right. Today, you are right!" How do you understand this sentence?I am afraid that everyone can read the injustice and helplessness in it.He will never forget the fact that it was his elder brother who stole his Khan position, but because he did not have his elder brother's scheming, his elder brother's heart, and his elder brother's talent, he was finally defeated by his elder brother.In the past, according to the customs of the grasslands, I should be the big sweat, and I win; according to the customs of the grasslands, the one with the big fist is the hero, and you win. This is what is in the heart, Brother Ali did not say it, but Kublai Khan heard it in his heart.In the end, Kublai Khan pardoned Ari Boke and the clan kings who followed him, but his counselors Boluhe, Tuman, Tuohusi, etc. were all executed.Soon, Brother Ali died of depression. This dispute moved the center of rule from the grasslands to the Central Plains, which was conducive to Kublai Khan's adoption of the Han law to rule the country, and it was more conducive to the integration of the nation.It should be said that this is the requirement of the times, the progress of history, and the law of historical development. In this war, Kublai Khan planned carefully and the soldiers fought flexibly. Supplies, so that the opponent will collapse without a fight, and successfully defeat the opponent.Of course, we should also see that since this battle was a battle of brothers, Kublai Khan did not want to kill Brother Ali, so it was mostly a battle of defeat.