For these reasons, the relationship between Rome and the Javanese Yuan and Ming dynasties was actually quite subtle.

On the one hand, the Khan was not satisfied with the restrictive policies of the Ming Dynasty, because it would undoubtedly create obstacles to trade and affect income. On the other hand, the Javanese Yuan was actually not a good guy. They were essentially a group of second-rate traffickers.

If these people really control the Nanyang waters, any oriental goods purchased in the future, whether they are resale goods from the Ming Dynasty or Nanyang's own spices, silks, and porcelain, will definitely have to increase in price.

But the Purple Horde Khanate is too far away from the east. If you take the sea route, you can either go to Syria and then go ashore; or you can go to Egypt and then go to the Red Sea. In short, there is no way to directly reach the Indian Ocean and directly participate in trade. In Basil

·In the later period of Yeli Ge's reign, the Khan's court began to turn some of its attention to the south, trying to find a breakthrough at sea.

At this time, the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt fell into frequent civil strife, and Timur was rapidly rising in the east.

The decline of the Mamluks was actually expected. Although this country once had a strong military, its political system was too rough.

During this period, the core of the Mamluk dynasty were Kipchak slaves. These people were trafficked from the grasslands of southern Russia. After careful selection and training, they became the personal soldiers of the Sultan and officers at all levels.

Although they are called slaves in name, every qualified Mamluk warrior can get a fief, which is actually a kind of fief knight. Officers are allowed to own different numbers of Mamluks according to their rank, and the Sultan himself

Controls the most elite and largest branch within the dynasty.

However, the politics of the Mamluk dynasty was very unstable. Whenever a new sultan came to the throne, the former's close officers and slaves would be purged. Of course, these people would not be reconciled and would use all their strength to fight back. More than a hundred years later, the long-term internal strife

The Mamluks no longer have the vigor they once had.

The rise of the Purple Horde Khanate also inadvertently dealt a blow to the Mamluk dynasty.

During the reign of Alexios Mergan, the Khanate began to expand eastward along the northern shore of the Black Sea, which eventually triggered an all-out war between the Purple Horde and the Green Horde and the White Horde within the Golden Horde. The fragmented Golden Horde resisted

If the purple tent army cannot stay, it will either be annexed or flee.

No one expected that this result was not a good thing for the purple tent. It caused the armies of the southern and northern offices of the Khan's court to lose balance, which in turn led to the assassination of Alexios and became the first enemy of the "Civil War".

During the Civil War, Rome also entered a period when the throne of the Khan was vacant and the Nine Pillars Republic was in power, which had a profound impact on subsequent history.

And they are far from the only ones affected.

In order to maintain their rule, the Mamluk dynasty basically did not accept local people and only recruited slave soldiers from the Kipchak. However, after the war between the Purple Horde and the grasslands ended, the Khan's court was committed to restoring order, and a large number of grassland people were pacified and integrated, which led to the Kipchak

The slave trade was greatly reduced. This caused the Kipchak Mamluks, whose status was already shaky, to be challenged by the Caucasus Mamluks, and the regime became increasingly unstable.

At this time, Timur's rise in the east gave the Purple Horde a better opportunity.

Timur was originally a small leader of the Western Chagatai Khanate, with a small number of people and little strength, and almost no sense of existence. In the civil war between the Eastern and Western Chagatai Khanates, he was able to rise to power by playing both sides.

Although it is called "Timur's Empire" by some people, due to his embarrassing origin, Timur does not even have a prestigious title. Because he is not a member of the Golden Family, the Mongolian and Turkic tribes in Central Asia do not recognize him as a khan.

Timur could only use the title of emir all year round.

Later, Timur defeated another great warlord, Huxin, and took over the princess of Western Chagatai from him. From then on, he began to call himself "Guligan".

This word means "son-in-law" in Mongolian. At that time, Genghis Khan recruited a group of men from other clans through marriage and incorporated them into his own staff, so it became one of the titles that was related to the Golden Family. That's it.

, Guliegan became Timur's most popular name, so much so that in the history books of the Ming Dynasty, he was directly called "Consort Timur".

Later, the agent supported by Timur, the White Horde Khan, rebelled and relied on the hometown of the Golden Horde to frequently plunder Timur's hometown - the Hezhong region of Central Asia. In order to solve this scourge, Timur personally

Lead an army to go on an expedition, and at the same time look for allies everywhere to curb Tuo Tuo Mi's forces.

It just so happened that the Purple Horde Khanate was also at war with various tribes in the grassland at this time, and the two sides hit it off immediately. Timur set out from the river, went north into the grassland, and marched from east to west; the famous general of the Purple Horde, Taishi Totuo Maimaitiniku

Si led his army from Crimea and invaded the Don and Volga river basins in the hinterland of the Golden Horde.

Timur's army was large in size and was actually a Persianized composite army. Therefore, Tokhtamysh planned to use traditional steppe tactics to consume them as much as possible during the movement and then choose an opportunity to attack. However, the army of Mametinikus

Crossing the Sea of ​​Azov directly threatens Tokhtamysh's rear base.

The nobles of the Golden Horde who stayed behind were unable to defeat the Purple Horde camp, and were even defeated in the opponent's counterattack. This caused the White Horde army to lose the strategic space to turn around. Tuotuo Mi lost his patience and was forced to fight against Timur's army in advance.

A decisive battle was fought and ultimately defeated.

This war established a good relationship between the two countries. The Purple Horde discovered the serious lack of legitimacy of Timur's rule - until now, Timur's theoretical legitimacy still comes from his Xica

Hetai’s wife, and the puppet Khan’s father-in-law.

The country is so big, and it is unreasonable to hold the title of son-in-law. So Zi Zhang took the initiative to propose that they had rich information, and the Chagatai Khanate's hometown had been war-torn for a long time, and many records may have been lost. They said

You can send professionals to research Timur's family genealogy to see if he is a member of the Golden Family.

A group of scholars set out from Constantinople with great fanfare. With the cooperation of Timur's regime, they propagandized all the way and finally arrived in Samarkand.

The old scholars brought a lot of Golden Horde archives that were said to be from the Batu era. After some research based on local documents in Central Asia, they discovered that Timur's family was also a member of the Golden Horde who had been separated for many years.

.In terms of seniority, he was still the uncle of Zi Zhang Khan. So, everyone immediately persuaded him to come in and suggested that Emperor Timur's uncle should sit on a felt and call himself Khan to rectify his name. At this point, Timur's regime finally became a well-known "Timur"

Khanate".

Timur was very impressed by this and sent a large amount of gold and silver treasures to Zi Zhang as a thank you gift. He also sent his fourth son Shaharul to lead a delegation to return the visit. However, before both sides could enjoy the victory for a long time, Tutu came.

News of Lost's comeback.

Tokhtamysh was also a hero of his generation and was quite prestigious on the grasslands. After his defeat, he still had many followers. He quickly drove away the puppet nobles supported by Timur and reoccupied the old capital of the Golden Account - Belgosarai.

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Tokhtamysh also learned a lesson this time and learned from the enemy's victory experience. He sent people to contact Ottoman, the overlord of Asia Minor, and the Mamluk dynasty entrenched in Egypt, and joined forces to cause trouble for Timur.

Timur was forced to contact Zi Zhang again to send troops, preparing to deal with the culprit Tokhtamysh first, and then transfer the army south to wipe out other enemies.
Chapter completed!