Chapter 367: Defeat Tatar
After the death of Ghab Khan, the throne passed to his younger brother Baba Khan, who during the reign of Khabha Khan, his brother-in-law fell ill and had to find someone to treat him. At that time, the grasslands were very backward, and there was no profession as a doctor, so the burden of saving lives fell on the shoulders of shamans.
They attached great importance to it and found a shaman from the Tatar tribe to treat Hebul Khan's brother-in-law. After the shaman came, he did not dare to slack off, and he recited mantras and prayed seriously, and he was very busy, and a set of processes may not be able to save the patient's life.
Faced with this situation, the Mongol tribesmen directly killed the shaman. Now the Tatars are angry, the shaman is a figure who communicates with the immortals, which is equivalent to the status of the spiritual leader, and the Mongols say kill when they say it, and the anger of the Tatars can be imagined.
The two tribes fought over it, with a sick man causing a bloody incident and a shaman causing a war. The Jin people secretly contributed to the Tatars, but they just couldn't defeat the Mongols.
Tatar: "Let's stop fighting, let's make peace." ”
Mongol: "What do you talk about?"
Tatar: "I have a daughter in the Khan family, and it just so happens that our chief's family has a son who is of the same age, so it is better for the two families to marry, so that in the future, they will not fight as a family again." ”
"That's a good idea, and it's settled. ”
At that time, the grassland people were simple and simple, and there were not so many flowers and intestines in their stomachs, thinking that the victory should be on the battlefield. Since you say that you are close, then you won't fight, and you won't think of any conspiracy behind it. The Mongols are still Mongols, but the Tatars are no longer the Tatars of the past, and behind them are the Jin people who have been in the Central Plains for many years, and it is estimated that they have instilled in the Tatars something like the Thirty-six Schemes.
According to the customs of the Mongols at that time, the father of the married daughter was personally escorted to the other party's camp, and in this way, the Ba Ba Khan and his party fell into the hands of the Tatars without any suspense. The Tatars did not execute Baba Khan, but gave him to the Kingdom of Jin, who brutally crucified him to death on a wooden donkey, and the eldest son of Khbol Khan was executed along with Khbahu Khan.
Like many heroes, Baba Khan was very heroic before his execution, glaring at the emperors and ministers of the Jin kingdom who were present, and roaring: "If I am defeated on the battlefield and captured by you, I will admit that you will be executed." I kindly sent my daughter to the Tatar tribe, you have captured me so despicable and filthy, you Tatars are not worthy of being steppe people, I will not turn a blind eye to death. ”
Then, with all his strength, he shouted to his attendants in the distance: "Go back and tell my people that even if your fingers are bruised and your fingers are polished, you will avenge me for this sea of blood." ”
Since then, the Mongolian tribes and the Tatar tribes have been on the same page. In addition, he was also poisoned by the Tatars later, so it can be said that Temujin was burdened with national hatred and family hatred, and he did not avenge this revenge and swore not to be a man.
Now that the opportunity has come, the Jin Kingdom and the Tatars have fallen out, and they once again sacrificed the strategy of razing and destroying the Tatars, and asked the Kereh tribe and the Mongol tribe to send troops to help and attack the Tatars together.
Revenge was a very sacred thing in the steppe, and Temujin's hatred of the Jin was no less than that of the Tatars. Since his current strength was not enough to compete with the Jin State, Temujin chose to forbear, and he agreed to the request of the Jin State and decided to send troops to destroy the feuding Tatars first.
In the face of the powerful Tatars, Temujin did not dare to take it lightly, and he ordered all the men and horses in his headquarters to be gathered and mobilized all his forces to deal with them. To be on the safe side, he also invited King Khan of the Kereb to join him in the war against the Tatars. Wang Khan's grandfather was brutally executed by the Tatars, so Wang Khan happily agreed to the invitation. It took him only three days to assemble his army and join Temujin.
Just as the two families were preparing to send troops, something went wrong on Temujin's side. When it came to the appointed time of assembly, Temujin found that the main beggar tribe had not come. In this way, the coalition army waited at the agreed place for six days, and there was no shadow of the beggar tribe of the master.
The reason is simple: the main beggar tribe has released Temujin pigeons. After the events of the last banquet, Sachabeg had always held a grudge against Temujin, but there was no good opportunity to take revenge on him, and now the opportunity has come.
"You want me to fight, I can't go. "What kind of revenge is this?
So, in the absence of the beggars, Temujin and Wang Khan marched into the Tatar territory. The Tatars don't know which tendon is wrong, and they actually offended Dajin Guo, who has been hugging his thighs, and it seems that the offense is not light. The Jin State sent Prime Minister Wanyan Xiangqin to lead a large army to crusade, and he had the intention of not eradicating the Tatars.
When a mouse laughs at a cat, there must be a hole under its feet, and the Tatars are no exception. For thousands of years, the tactics of the steppe nomads in dealing with strong enemies, especially those who committed in the Central Plains, were very simple, and they can be summed up in 16 words: "The enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and disturbs me, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I pursue." ”
At that time, Hebul Khan relied on these sixteen-character tactics to defeat the powerful Jin army, and the same was true of Temujin's victory over the Zamuhe coalition army. They are all mixed in the steppe, and presumably the Tatars are also well versed in this, which has also become the capital for them to dare to argue with the Dajin Kingdom.
After the war began, everything was carried out according to the Tatars' vision, the Jin army launched an attack from the south, and the Tatars avoided its edge, calmly organized a retreat, and patiently looked for fighters. The vast steppes provided the Tatars with enough depth to deal with the Jin army.
Soon the Tatars discovered that something was wrong, and they could no longer retreat. Because there was an extra wall on their way back, a wall of men made up of countless cavalry, and this wall didn't seem to be very friendly, with countless pairs of eyes staring at them angrily. The Tatars wanted to turn gracefully, but instead they hit the wall gorgeously.
At this point, the war completely lost its suspense, with the Jin chasing troops in front and the Mongolian Kereh coalition army intercepting it, and the Tatars were wrapped in dumplings raw. After this battle, the Tatars suffered heavy losses, most of them, including the leader of the Murguzhen, were killed, and the rest of the people fled. After the Mierqi tribe, the Tatar tribe was the second tribe to withdraw from the grassland hegemony.
The significance of the Battle of Tatar to Temujin was that he avenged the blood feud of the Mongols and further raised his status in the eyes of the Mongols; he was canonized by the Jin State, a low-ranking petty official similar to a recruiter, which gave him a moral advantage when fighting against other tribes in the future; he eliminated the fierce enemies around him and relieved his worries about the future westward war; and obtained a large amount of spoils of war to enrich and strengthen his own strength.
In addition to this, Temujin had another catch. It was in the camp of the Tatars that a child was found, and this child was very cute, so he gave him to his stepmother Haelun for adoption. This child's name is Misfortune and Baldness, and he is the chief judge of the future Mongol Empire. Prior to this, Temujin had adopted Qu Chu in the Mierqi tribe and Kukuo in the Taiyi Chiwu camp, and he was his third adopted younger brother.
Like Temujin, the leader of the Kereh tribe, Toli Khan, was also canonized by the Jin State, but at a much higher level, and he was canonized as king, which is also the origin of the name Wang Khan.
Just as Temujin was winning in front of him, there was urgent news from the rear. When the nomads go out to fight, they will place the women, children, elderly, cattle, sheep and horses in the old camp far away from the battlefield, so as to prevent the enemy from sneaking up and other tribes from taking the opportunity to loot.
Before the Tatar battle, Temujin also made this arrangement, moving the old camp to a more hidden place, and just when he thought it was foolproof, the news came that the old camp had been attacked. It was none other than Sachabeg of the Zhu'er Beggars tribe who attacked Temujin's old camp, and he was not idle after refusing to go out for Temujin, and he put Temujin behind his back.
It turns out that forts are often the easiest to storm from within. How did Sachabeg take revenge on Temujin by first sending troops to rob the old camp, then killing ten more people, then stripping many of the old camp naked, and then ...... And then there is none, isn't it a little inexplicable?
It's really hard to guess what Zachabeg's motive was, and if he really wanted to break with Temujin, he would simply do nothing, completely destroy his old camp, and then defect to others or flee. If it had been done, killing ten people would have the same effect as killing all of them, and it would have angered Temujin.
When Temujin learned that the old camp had been attacked, he hurriedly led his main force back to reinforce and encountered and defeated the Zhu'er beggars tribe at a place called Doroan Bada in the Kelulian River region. The chieftains, Sachabeg and Tai, fled, but were captured by Temujin's pursuers.
Sachabeg first connived at his family's banquet and made trouble, and then refused to send troops without listening to the dispatch, and finally led his troops to rebel. Such an act was intolerable to Temujin, so Sachabeg and Taide were executed by Temujin himself, and the tribe of the beggars became directly subordinate to Temujin.
The annexation of the beggar tribe gave Temujin the number one general in the future, Muhuali, and also adopted his fourth brother, Polo Ul, who was more familiar with the name Borhu.