Chapter 178 The Collapse of the Mongols

"Yes, that's it! It's this kid!"

Yelü Chucai was old, and it took him a long time to see clearly his face. Murong Fu even had to remove several arrows from his face.

It has been confirmed that he is Kublai Khan, the fourth son of Tolui.

Murong Fu nodded and said to the other guards and watchmen, "Let's go, we've succeeded."

Everyone's faces lit up with joy upon hearing this, especially the fifteen youths. Although they hadn't been told the mission details or what Mongolia was, the thought of fighting alongside Young Master Murong to victory filled them with pride.

Guo Jing was taken aback for a moment, but his movements didn't slow down. He quickly tidied himself up, and together with Murong Fu and the others, they rode off towards Karakorum before the Mongol soldiers could react...

News of Kublai Khan's crushing defeat and death quickly reached Wan'an Palace.

When Empress Dowager Naima heard the news, she was so angry that she smashed many things. The palace servants, knowing her temperament, were all trembling with fear.

"That damned Kublai Khan! He suffered a defeat and was assassinated near Karakorum. A complete waste, utterly useless!"

She didn't care whether Kublai Khan lived or died, but her recent setbacks made her increasingly frustrated.

First, she sent someone to kill Yelü Chucai, who always opposed her, but the attempt failed, and it is said that he escaped to the Song Dynasty.

Then Kublai Khan led an army of 100,000 to attack Xiangyang, but still failed. It wasn't even because he failed to capture the city, but because the morale of his army was broken by Guo Jing and Murong Fu.

As the Mongol queen and the current ruler, she had naturally seen so-called martial arts masters and grassland warriors, but in front of tens of thousands of troops, no amount of martial arts skills mattered.

She simply couldn't imagine how Kublai Khan's army of 100,000 could have been defeated by just two people.

Even when Mingming was in front of him, the child still acted very cleverly.

It seems they were all faking it. Ever since she became the leader, she's noticed that everyone around her has changed.

Upon hearing of Kublai Khan's defeat, she didn't say much, but simply asked him to come back to see her.

But unexpectedly, the child died on the road.

"Who killed him?"

Faced with the questioning of the most powerful woman in the empire, the palace servant kneeling before him trembled and said:

"Reporting to the Empress: The frontline says they don't know."

Of the martial arts masters who were in the royal tent at the time, three were injured and unconscious, and one disappeared; it is unknown whether he ran away or died...."

"You bastard!"

Upon hearing this result, Empress Naima's anger intensified. As the current ruler of the empire, what she hated most was being left clueless about what was happening, becoming deaf and blind.

"Order the Kheshig to summon the trusted princes and commanders of ten thousand households to convene an Ordo meeting!"

The Kheshig was the personal guard of the Mongol Great Khan, established by Genghis Khan. Its members were selected from the sons of nobles and served as both guards and scribes.

The functions of relaying orders are still in use today.

The palace servants, as if granted a pardon, immediately stood up and ran out, their legs still a little unsteady from being so frightened by the Empress.

Soon, the news quickly reached the heads of several clans and the chieftains.

Such a large-scale operation could be kept secret from ordinary people, but it could not be kept secret from Yelü Chucai, who had once served as Grand Chancellor.

The group had now found a place to rest in Helin, while the other youths from Xuanshuang Manor were in charge of cultivation levels.

The leaders and Yelü Chucai sat around a stove, on which Murong Fu had placed a pot of tea, which hissed and steamed.

Yelü Chucai stroked his beard and said with a smile to Murong Fu and the others:

"This Ordo Conference is a meeting convened by the Demon Queen to make decisions with her confidants. I attended several of these meetings when she was in power, hehe."

Unfortunately, I often contradicted her plans and decrees, which ultimately made me a thorn in her side.

This old witch queen must be in a hurry to convene this meeting.

Haha, little did we know that this was exactly the meeting we were waiting for.

Upon hearing Yelü Chucai's explanation, everyone realized that this was the opportunity they had been waiting for.

Everyone agreed, and Xiao Feng and Aguda, for example, had already started drinking from the jar.

Yelü Chucai then said to Murong Fu:

"Nephew Murong, we roughly know the time of the meeting, and the location is a side hall of the Wan'an Palace. What are your plans...?"

As Yelü Chucai spoke, he looked at the young people outside who were practicing martial arts. Although he did not know martial arts, he felt that he had some insight after serving as prime minister for so many years.

He believed that the young men outside were skilled at horseback hunting, but infiltrating Wan'an Palace would be an impossible task.

Although Murong Fu and his group had a record of defeating 100,000 troops, he still had some doubts about their mission to assassinate the emperor in the palace.

He came here simply because he knew his life was nearing its end, so he thought he might as well go with Murong Fu. Murong Fu had risked his life for Mongolia for so many years, working tirelessly day and night for the development of Mongolia. Even Genghis Khan respected him greatly.

However, Empress Ma Zhen acted perversely and regarded him as an obstacle, wanting to kill him.

Although he was extremely shrewd, his dissatisfaction had reached a certain level.

After all, he shed blood for Mongolia!

Murong Fu was very satisfied with Yelü Chucai's words. They did not think that the defense of the Mongol capital was much tighter than that of the Liao Dynasty. After all, the first national teacher of the Mongols and the holy monk of the Western Regions had not been able to withstand more than a few moves from him.

Previously, the main reason for not coming was unfamiliarity with Mongolia, but now with Guo Jing, Qiao Feng, and the defector Yelü Chucai, it can be said that victory is almost certain.

Murong Fu said to Qiao Feng and Guo Jing, "Brother Qiao, Brother Guo, why don't you carry Uncle Yelü to the palace later?"

Let's go and familiarize ourselves with the gate, and let the jade bees familiarize themselves with it too.

Soon, the confidants of the empresses and the princes arrived at Wan'an Palace on time.

The fact that they were summoned to the gathering by Empress Noma meant that they were considered one of her own, and that they shared both glory and loss, so naturally they took it to heart.

Although the Kheshig did not explain the reason for convening the meeting, the news was not kept secret, especially since the information about the failed attack on Xiangyang and the assassination of Kublai Khan was naturally spreading widely among the high-ranking officials.

Mongolia was never a monolithic entity. After Genghis Khan's death, especially during the reign of Empress Dowager Naimajin, the various princes and nobles of the Golden Family all harbored their own ambitions.

They and Queen Naimazhen are now a group with shared interests, so naturally they must advance and retreat together.

When the time came, most of the princes and their confidants had arrived, and Empress Dowager Naima Zhen's imperial procession also arrived.

Just as they were about to start the meeting, the group of bearded men and old women present suddenly noticed that the heavily guarded main hall had suddenly opened its doors.

A young man arrived at Wan'an Palace.

"Hello, Empress Dowager Naima Zhen and all the princes, my name is Murong Fu."

According to historical records, in 1243 AD, Queen Naimajin died suddenly in Wan'an Palace in Karakorum, and her son Güyük succeeded to the throne.

In the same year, rulers such as Güyük and Möngke, who had seized power and declared themselves emperors, all died suddenly.

The Mongol Empire thus split apart.

After the death of Queen Namajin, the crisis that had been lurking beneath the surface in Mongolia immediately erupted.

Murong Fu first supported Naguib as emperor. On the day of the Ordo meeting, he witnessed Murong Fu's miraculous abilities.

He was so frightened that he soiled himself.

After witnessing the killing of his mother and relatives, and hearing Murong Fu's offer to support him as the king of Mongolia, he immediately knelt down, willing to offer his loyalty to Murong Fu.

Even a limited throne is something that Gyuyu desperately desires.

A mere feud for killing one's mother.

After assuming power, at Murong Fu's instruction, he ordered the Mongol army to withdraw from the Central Plains.

However, they were stopped by the crowd.

After all, the so-called Great Khan's power diminished after Genghis Khan's death.

Giving up the cities of the Central Plains that were won with blood and flesh is not in the interest of the majority.

Later, Nöngke assassinated Güyük and the other princes who were also controlled by the Life and Death Talisman.

Murong Fu then had no choice but to go to Helin again, but this time he did not look for the so-called puppet emperor.

Yelü Chucai told him that Mongolia was already on the verge of division, and there was no need to search for more, as it would not be able to be integrated in this way.

Sure enough, not long after Möngke's death, princes and nobles from all over Mongolia declared independence.

Because of the sudden deaths of Empress Noma, Queen Guyuk, and Möngke within a year, rumors spread throughout the country.

Unofficial histories abound, and some even claim that Kublai Khan, Empress Dowager Cixi, Guyuk, and Möngke Khan were all killed by Murong Fu.

Murong Fu had naturally heard this news as well; it was Lu Wushuang who had overheard it from outside and told him about it.

Murong Fu replied: "That's all nonsense."

After all, his brothers who killed with him knew that he only killed three of them, and one of them was killed by someone else.

After Murong Fu returned from the grasslands, he completely stopped caring about military affairs.

Guo Jing was extremely skilled in military affairs and made great contributions under Genghis Khan.

Qiao Feng didn't have as much experience in military strategy as Guo Jing, but his talent was undeniable, and he also had Aguda.

The three formed an iron triangle, deploying troops and strategies.

Qiao Feng and Aguda led the 15 adopted sons of Xuanshuang Manor and a group of martial arts practitioners who had learned riding and archery to fight guerrilla warfare in various places.

Guo Jing then led the Song army to provide support and capture the territory from behind.

Meanwhile, Murong Fu was being pulled along by Lu Wushuang, admiring her newly learned folk dance...

Ever since Murong Fu healed Lu Wushuang's broken leg, she has been keen on all kinds of sports that require legs, and even thought about practicing Shaolin Vajra Leg.

Murong Fu overheard her cousin Cheng Ying saying, "Oh dear, now my cousin rides a donkey standing on that little black donkey."

Murong Fu knew that this was her way of expressing her joy at recovering from her illness.

But when Murong Fu was pulled into the room to watch her newly learned folk dance, he couldn't help but voice his doubts:

"Wushuang, how am I supposed to know what ethnicity you are if you're not wearing clothes?"

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