Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2311 Yuan Shao's Personal Relationship, Yuan Shao's Thoughts

In order to deliver these one thousand infantrymen and a large number of supplies, mainly bows, crossbows and crossbow arrows, into Yumen Pass, Dunhuang paid a huge price.

The Dunhuang commander Meng Ao was captured and killed in the wilderness by Maodun.

The great general Ma Yuan was also killed by Gai Suwen.

Dou Xian led the Golden Fire Cavalry and fought a desperate battle with Tolui's Tanma Red Army.

After this battle, half of the remaining 6,000 Golden Fire Cavalry suffered casualties, and they finally broke out, but they also caused 5,000 casualties to the Tanma Red Army.

After this battle, both the Jin Army's Golden Fire Cavalry and the Yuan Mongolian Tanma Red Army, these two elite troops, were severely damaged.

After this battle, the Jin army now only has Ju Yi's army at Yumen Pass and 3,000 golden fire cavalrymen fleeing everywhere in the western part of Liangzhou.

However, it was precisely because of this support that Ju Yi, who was at Yumen Pass, was able to successfully hold out until the arrival of Su Dingfang's Xizhou troops.

Of course, this is a story for another day.

At this time in Maodun's camp, Luandi Jizhou was tied up and escorted to the ground, and above him was Maodun with a gloomy face.

When he heard about what happened at Yumen Pass and that the prefect Han Qi had led a troop of soldiers into Yumen Pass, he had Luandi Jizhou tied up.

In this battle, Luandi Jizhou committed serious offenses and they should be punished.

If he had not failed to see through the enemy's strengths and weaknesses, and instead repeatedly asked for reinforcements and reported false information, Maodun would never have given Ma Yuan the opportunity to lead his troops to Yumen Pass.

The importance of Yumen Pass to the entire war situation in Xizhou and Liangzhou is self-evident. It can be said that this mistake made by Luan Di Ji Zhou may very likely affect the outcome of the entire battlefield, and it may very likely be the outcome of this battle in which the Yuan and Mongolians fought with all their might.

Mahamu, Tolui, and Gesuwen had all sent people to inquire about the situation. Although it was nominally an inquiry, in Maodun's view, it was actually a manifestation of accountability.

Therefore, he had no choice but to tie up Luandi Jizhou.

After being tied up, Luandi Jizhou knelt there cautiously, not even daring to breathe, just wanting to reduce his presence as much as possible.

In this battle, although the Yuan Mongols almost killed all the Jin army in Dunhuang, they also successfully entered the city of Dunhuang.

However, what they got was just an empty city.

The food and other resources in Dunhuang City had been almost destroyed by the time they entered the city. They got almost nothing of value.

Under such circumstances, it would be wrong for Maodun not to be angry.

During this period of time, good news continued to come from Kublai Khan.

Although there were some flaws in Dunhuang, which made Temujin feel a little regretful, at least the overall outcome was good for them. Moreover, Temujin really relied on Kublai Khan, Murong Ke and Murong Chui in Xizhou, hoping that Kublai Khan, Murong Ke and Murong Chui in Xizhou could play the most critical role in this battle, not Maodun.

What made him even more delighted was that with the start of the slave trade between him and Yuan Shao, the first batch of harvest had already arrived on the grassland.

Yuan Shao got the Western Region prisoners of war they requested, while Temujin got the weapons and equipment, salt, tea, and two hundred craftsmen he wanted.

Especially the two hundred craftsmen. Although these people were nothing to Yuan Shao, for Temujin, these were the ones he valued the most.

In fact, among all the things obtained from this exchange of interests, these craftsmen were the most important to Temujin. Perhaps in terms of their role at the time, these craftsmen were not as important as those equipped with armor, but from a long-term perspective, the role of these craftsmen was far beyond the reach of simple equipment and armor.

If the Yuan and Mongolians wanted to further develop their national strength and military power, they had to have a large number of craftsmen. These people were also necessary for the comprehensive development of the Yuan and Mongolian military forces and the large-scale reform of infantry.

In fact, Liu Bei was not willing to trade these two hundred craftsmen. The only things Liu Bei agreed to trade were weapons, equipment, salt, tea and other supplies.

Yuan Shao agreed to Temujin's request for these craftsmen in order to make friends with him. It was a deal between him and Temujin alone. Moreover, it was a secret deal between the two of them. Not only did he hide it from Liu Bei, but he also concealed the fact that You Qin was involved in the deal.

The reason why Yuan Shao wanted to make friends with Temujin was, on the one hand, to lay a good foundation for the future, in case they also had the need to purchase goods from Temujin in the near future.

Secondly, he also wanted to ask Temujin for war horses. Therefore, he had to be controlled by Temujin.

These two hundred craftsmen also gave Temujin hope of finding a way around Yuan Shao. After all, neither Liu Bei nor You Qin had made similar requests.

Now, a breakthrough has finally been found in Yuan Shao's body. How can this not be a good thing?
As for the so-called slaves and war horses that Yuan Shao wanted?

What’s the big deal for Temujin?
He wanted slaves. If the Mongols didn't have enough here, Temujin could send more people to capture them. At worst, he could just continue westward.

The establishment of the Maodun Khanate was partly due to Temujin's strategy of continuing to expand westwards.

Although, from the information they have received so far, it seems that there is a huge empire standing far to the west.

However, that empire is still far away from them now.

They still have some room for expansion in the West.

The war horses that Yuan Shao requested were even more of a trivial matter to Temujin. What were these things to the grassland?
What was precious to Yuan Shao was not necessarily so to Temujin. Similarly, in Yuan Shao's eyes, those craftsmen were not very good, but for Temujin, they were what Yuan Meng wanted most.

Therefore, while Yuan Shao proposed a deal on behalf of Liu Bei, he also proposed a deal for themselves, which was exactly what Temujin wanted.

No matter what, no matter what the outcome of this transaction will be in the future, at least for now, both parties can get what they want.

At least for now, being able to achieve this is enough.