In fact, at this time, Möngkegire Khan's heart was greatly shaken, and he remembered the former Golden Horde and the Crimean Khanate. www.biquge.info Originally, the Crimean Khanate was just a small khanate separated from the Golden Horde. Today, however, the Crimean Khanate has grown stronger and eaten up the Golden Horde, the main branch. In the same way, looking at the map, Möngkejire Khan wondered if one day, when the Grand Duchy of Moscow was so powerful, would it eat the Crimean Khanate? Thinking about it, Möngkejire Khan fell into a trance......

"Do you want me to send troops to attack the Grand Duchy of Moscow?" After a while of sobering up, Möngkejire Khan looked thoughtfully at Marin.

"Great Khan, you are not alone in the fight......"

"Who else?"

"Lithuanian ......"

"Uh...... We're still hostile......" Möngkejire Khan was a little stunned.

"As long as the Great Khan wants, Lithuania can become a friend of the Great Khan at any time!" Marin said firmly, this is also the task entrusted to Marin by Lithuania.

"This ...... It's child's play...... "Möngkejire Khan muttered.

"Great Khan, I don't know if you have ever heard such a saying - 'There are no eternal allies between nations, only eternal interests'! The Great Khans of the Kipchaks, for the Rus' countries, in order to strike a balance and prevent one family from becoming the majority, didn't they also support you today and support him tomorrow? ”

"Between nations, there are no eternal allies, only eternal ......interests," Möngkejire Khan muttered as he repeated the classic phrase, as if he had realized something.

"Yes!"

"But...... Moscow is already dominant...... "Möngkejire Khan said depressedly. He wants to balance now, and it's too late. In addition to the four khanates, the Novgorod Republic, the Grand Duchy of Tver, the Principality of Yaroslav and other great powers of the Rus' states have been annexed by the Grand Duchy of Moscow. The Ryazan principality, in fact, has become a vassal of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Only the weak Pskov Republic remained, barely holding out with the support of the Livonian Knights......

"Great Khan, the Rus' kingdoms are indeed dominated by Moscow. But you can also strike a balance between Moscow and Lithuania......"

"Balancing Moscow and Lithuania ......" Möngkejire Khan thought for a long time, and suddenly his eyes lit up......

But after a while, Möngkejire Khan said again in despair:

"However, Lithuania is too weak, and it has no way to be bullied by the Muscovites, and it has made trouble to the point of asking Hungary to help sue for peace. Can such a weak country be used to balance Moscow? ”

Hearing this, Marin smiled:

"Haha, Great Khan, don't you notice? It's not that Lithuania is too weak, but because of the Great Khan, you helped the Grand Duchy of Moscow to bully Lithuania! Without the help of the powerful Crimean cavalry, Lithuania would not have been beaten so badly by Moscow! ”

Hearing this, Möngkejire Khan and the Tatar nobles on the side suddenly realized, and then they were very complacent—indeed, it was our cavalry that gave power......

"Your Excellency, if we go to attack Moscow, we can send 40,000 iron horsemen. However, we are all cavalry, and we are not good at sieges...... The walls of Moscow are so strong......"

"Great Khan, why are you attacking the city of Moscow?"

"Otherwise, how to weaken the Muscovites?"

"What you want to do is to weaken Moscow, not destroy it. You only need to take the cavalry, sweep the Muscovites in the countryside, grab money, food, and population, and you can weaken the Grand Duchy of Moscow......"

"Uh...... This is a good ......" Montgogire Khan suddenly remembered, isn't this what the Crimeans are best at......

"What if the Muscovites send a large army after them?" A Crimean Khanate Wanhu asked.

"In the steppe, the cavalry of your country will be afraid of the infantry of the Muscovites?"

"You mean we retreat and put the battlefield on the grasslands?"

"That's right! Moreover, if the Muscovites dare to make a move, I think that, as allies, the Lithuanians will certainly not sit idly by, and they can penetrate the territory of Moscow on the western border......"

"That sounds good, but, your lordship, in what name should we send troops against the Grand Duchy of Moscow? We were allies before, but now we are sending troops to attack, and it's hard to find excuses......" Möngkejire Khan was tempted, but he didn't think of a good excuse yet.

"Great Khan, I have an idea - you might as well send troops to the Principality of Ryazan under the pretext that after inheriting the throne of the Great Khan of Kipchak, the other party has not yet paid your tithes......"

"Ryazan? Why is that? Isn't it going to hit Moscow? ”

"Ryazan is southeast of the city of Moscow, and as soon as your army hits Ryazan, the Muscovites will be terrified. Before, the troops sent out to invade Finland will also be brought back......"

"It's been a long time, you want us to help Sweden break the siege......" Möngkejire Khan suddenly realized.

"There's a reason for that." Marin doesn't deny it either.

"What's in it for Ben Khan?"

Marin clapped his hands, and Karn brought up the gift he had brought, a golden knife and 10,000 gold coins......

Sure enough, Möngke Jire Khan was generally interested in the golden knife, but the 10,000 gold coins made Möngke Jire Khan unable to take his eyes off it......

"Great Khan, please smile and accept ......"

"Hmm...... Anything else? Möngkejire Khan asked greedily.

"Great Khan, the city of Ryazan is not as strong as the city of Moscow, as long as you take Ryazan, what possessions will you have? You know, Ryazan is a famous agricultural region, relatively rich, or the granary of Moscow. As long as you lead your troops to capture Ryazan, you can not only capture a large amount of property, but also a lot of slaves......"

Möngkegire Khan thought about it, and it really was. Ryazan was already wealthy, and the capture of Ryazan City, not to mention the wealth, just the more than 10,000 people in the city, and a large number of people in the surrounding countryside, could allow the Crimean Khanate to capture a lot of slaves. It is indeed a wonderful idea to lead troops to capture Ryazan by himself, not only to obtain huge benefits, but also to deter the Grand Duchy of Moscow, but not to directly turn against Moscow.

"What else?" Möngkejire Khan's greed seems endless......

Marin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, but he already had an idea in his heart:

"I can call the shots now and buy 1,000 Mongol horses and 10,000 cattle from the Great Khan...... This is only this year's order, and there will be ...... every year in the future"

"Really?" Möngke Gire Khan's eyes lit up. If what Marin said is true, then he will be able to receive a super large order worth 90,000 gold coins every year in the future!

"No jokes! Great Khan, I brought a deposit of 40,000 gold coins, and the remaining 50,000 will be sent over as soon as you send troops to Ryazan. At the same time, please also ask the Great Khan to prepare the cattle and horses......"

"This is certain, Ben Khan has nothing else in his hands, but there are many livestock!" If Marin only bought this once, Möngke Jire Khan might have hacked the money instead of the cow and horse. However, if it is a long-term business, it cannot be done like this. After all, the annual profits are huge. Moreover, cattle and horses were really worthless in the Crimean Khanate.

"By the way, the Great Khan of Labor has written a letter agreeing to an alliance with Lithuania, and the contemptible person can go back and hand over to His Excellency the Grand Duke of Lithuania."

"Why an alliance with Lithuania?" The attack on Ryazan Mungge Jire Khan said that there was no problem, but he was a little reluctant to form an alliance with Lithuania in writing. Because, in this way, he will be embarrassed to send troops to rob the Ukrainian steppes under Lithuanian control in the future. After all, it's all allies......

"Great Khan, if you don't form an alliance with Lithuania, how will the cattle and horses purchased from the Great Khan by the Chamber of Commerce to which the contemptible belong pass through the Lithuanian border? The other party will definitely not be happy. After all, they are also a big producer of cattle and horses......"

......Thinking that the money from the cattle and horse trade seemed to be much more than looting in the steppes of Ukraine, Möngkejire Khan finally wrote a letter of willingness to form an alliance with Lithuania. In this way, as long as the Grand Duke of Lithuania Alexander wrote another letter and returned it to the Crimean Khanate, then the alliance between the two countries was completed......

When Karn, at Marin's behest, placed a large chest containing 40,000 gold coins in front of Möngogre Khan and opened it, Möngogiré Khan and the Tatar nobles on the side were blinded by the 40,000 glittering gold coins in the chest......

"Okay, Ben Khan will order people to gather soldiers and horses and send troops to Ryazan! However, your honor, please send the remaining 50,000 gold coins as soon as possible! ”

"Rest assured, Great Khan. However, those 1,000 war horses, please choose the best! Also, the 10,000 cows, please choose the ones that are healthy and fat......"

"Your Excellency, rest assured, the most important thing in our Kipchak steppe is horses and bullocks! As long as you have money, you need as much as you want! ”

……

Seeing that Möngkejire Khan had really begun to gather the best soldiers from all over the country, Marin breathed a sigh of relief—he knew that his mission had been accomplished......

Moreover, Marin also exceeded the task. Originally, Marin planned to give away 100,000 gold coins for nothing. However, he did not expect that the Crimeans were more interested in selling livestock for a long time. So, he temporarily changed his strategy and changed his strategy from giving away money for free to buying livestock for a long time. Anyway, the Crimean Khanate was very cheap for livestock......

In this way, Marin will pay 100,000 gold coins to the Crimean Khanate. But after returning with 1,000 Eastern European Mongolian horses (Don hippos) and 10,000 cattle, it was not a loss at all.

Because, just those 10,000 head of cattle can be sold at double the price when they are sold in Germany. All in all, Marin can still make a lot of money......

The best thing is that Marin did not pay this money himself, but the allies paid in advance. In other words, he got 1,000 war horses and 10,000 cattle for nothing without spending a penny. When he sold 10,000 cattle in Germany, the windfall profits he made belonged to himself......

In short, Marin's envoy not only achieved the strategic goal of "striking at the Grand Duchy of Moscow and forcing it to withdraw its troops from Finland", but also made a lot of money. Even if you don't hack your allies' 50,000 gold coins, you can earn at least 70,000 or 80,000 gold coins through those 10,000 cows, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone......