Chapter 375: Sun Khan
Wang Khan and his son Sangkun, they fled from the side of the mountain, hurried like fish in the net, clueless like lost dogs, after fleeing for dozens of miles, looked back, it was already silent, they knew that they had been far away from the pursuers, so they rested for a while.
Wang Khan looked up to the sky and sighed: "People have nothing to do with me, I want to doubt and envy him, and in the end I ended up ruined, the country was ruined, and now who do you want to blame? ”
Wang Khan's repentance came a little later, and when Sangkun heard this, his face was immediately full of anger, and his eyes were wide open. He said to the king Khan, "What do you say all this is because of your indecision?" Without you, I would have unified the world a long time ago. ”
Wang Khan: "You have caused such a monstrous disaster, do you want to blame me in turn?"
Sang Kun scolded: "You old immortal thing, since you are so partial to Temujin, why don't you go to his house to support the elderly." Now I'm going to leave you forever, and you can do it yourself, right?" Sang Kun is really damned, he has no father, no filial piety, and God can't tolerate it.
After Sangkun finished speaking, he led the remnants of the defeated army and left. Sangkun left Wang Khan, went to the Polu Tubert tribe himself, made a living by plundering other tribes, was expelled by the herdsmen of the Polu Tubert tribe, fled to the territory of the Hui people, was caught by the Hui chieftain, beheaded him for public display, and ended up with a tragic end, and the Kereh tribe was completely wiped out. This can also be used as a reference for those who betray their loved ones and are ungrateful.
Wang Khan was alone, aimless, and walked slowly. Walking to the border of the Naiban tribe, along the upper reaches of the Okun River, Wang Khan suddenly felt thirsty, so he took water to drink, who knew that at this time came the guard of the Naiban tribe, the name is Huoli Kuai Bachi, he suspected that Wang Khan was a spy sent by Temujin, so he indiscriminately cut him into two pieces with a knife, and the poor tribal leader died in this way.
He killed Wang Khan and immediately cut off his head and offered it to Sun Khan. Sun Khan knew Wang Khan, and Sun Khan said: "Wang Khan is my predecessor, and since he is dead, I will sacrifice him." ”
He put Wang Khan's head on the incense table, and personally drank the mare's milk as a memorial gift, and said with a smile to Wang Khan's head: "Please ask the leader of Wang Khan to drink this cup of mare's milk, and you are not welcome." ”
Before he finished his words, he didn't expect Wang Khan's head to shake, his eyes rolled, his lips opened, and he seemed to smile back. Sun Khan couldn't help but fly out of the sky when he saw it, and almost fell to the ground.
At this time, a woman with heavy makeup came out from behind the tent, and said to Sun Khan in a coquettish voice, "Why are you so frightened?"
Sun Khan looked at her, it turned out to be his beloved wife Gu'er Basu, and said to her: "I didn't expect this dead man's head to laugh at me, it really scared me to death, is it really a ghost doing tricks? This is really a bad omen." ”
Gu'er said sarcastically: "You are really a cowardly leader, afraid of this dead man's head? You are really a useless thing, cowardly as a mouse." ”
As she spoke, she lifted her skirt, gently approached the desk, lifted Wang Khan's head in her hand, and threw it heavily on the ground with a snap, smashing the dead man's head into a bloody blur, so that it was not scary. Sun Khan asked her in horror, "What are you doing?"
"Not only do we not have to be afraid of his dead head, the Tartars of the tribe of the Perishing King Khan, but we must also eradicate them. ”
Gu'er Basu is really a rare heroine, but unfortunately she was born at the wrong time, and she also met a good master. The Naiman tribe has always believed in the Hui religion, so they call the Mongols Tartars.
Sun Khan was provoked by his beloved wife, and his courage was a little stronger, so he smashed Wang Khan's head, and he took the head of a dead man to vent his anger, but in fact, he was not very capable. He said to Gu'er Basu: "Isn't it because that Tartar has wiped out the tribe of Wang Khan that he wants to be an emperor? Since ancient times, there is only one sun in the sky, how can there be two emperors on the earth? Wouldn't it be better if I went and destroyed that Tartar?"
Gu'er Basu: "Destroy that Tartar, he has many beautiful women, you must send me a few, so that I can serve me in the bath, and milk the cow and goat's milk for me." "They don't have Temujin in their eyes yet.
Sun Khan: "What's so hard about this?"
So he summoned the tribal general Zhuo Hunan into the tent of the military camp and said to him: "Go to the Wangu tribe and ask them to be my right and left men, and we will attack Temujin together." ”
Zhuo suddenly obeyed the order and was about to set off, when suddenly a man broke into the tent and shouted: "No, no!"
Sun Khan turned his head to see that it was his subordinate Kexue Wu Sabulahei who spoke, and Ke Xue Wu Sabrahei said to Sun Khan: "Temujin has just destroyed the Wang Khan tribe, and the morale is high, and rushing to send troops at this time is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg. It's better for us to take a break and recuperate, and then wait patiently for the right time, and don't act rashly. ”
When Sun Khan heard this, he couldn't help but be angry and said: "What do you know, I want to destroy Temujin, it's as easy as a finger!"
Sun Khan was born in the deep palace, grew up in the hands of palace maids, pampered, untroubled, ignorant of current affairs, he disregarded the dissuasion of Kekxue Wu Sabrahei, and decided to fight with Temujin.
At this time, the two khans stood side by side in the Mongolian steppe, and the barbarian tribe became the only opponent of Temujin. The nobles who had been defeated at the hands of Temujin soon took refuge in Sun Khan in an attempt to use Sun Khan's power to regain their lost cattle, sheep and pastures. Zamuhe also surrendered to the Naiban tribe with his retinue, in an attempt to resurrect and make a comeback. But the steppe people did not want a repeat of the tribal situation, and the era of Mongolian steppe unification was finally coming.
This is also the desire of the people, the hope of the people, as the so-called long-term will be together. There needs to be a strong steppe leader to accomplish this important historical mission, and this heavy responsibility now falls to Temujin, will he be able to defeat the powerful Sun Khan?
Temujin was now strong, but if the Naiban tribe and the Wangu tribe were united, the Mongol tribe would still be at a disadvantage. The Wangu tribe is located in the southeast of Mongolia, near the Great Wall, bordering the Jin Kingdom, they are the descendants of the Turks, and later belonged to the Jin Dynasty, guarding the fortress of Yinshan, and occupy a very important position in the military.
At that time, the Mongolian tribes in Mobei were called Black Tatars, but the Wanggu tribes in Monan were called White Tatars, their ancestors were Turkic, and the Wangu tribe was not a yellow race, but a blonde and blue-eyed Caucasians, and the Wanggu tribe was indeed like their ancestors Turks, brave and good at war, and was a very powerful tribe.
Now Naiman wants to form an alliance with them, so he sent Zhuo Hunan to envoy the Wangu tribe. The leader of the Wangu tribe, Arawusi, warmly received Zhuo Kunan, and Zhuo Kunan said to Arakwusi: "If there are no two suns in the sky, how can there be two great khans on earth?
Hearing this, Aravus laughed: "Temujin is our common enemy, and the Wangu tribe is inseparable from him, and even if you don't come, I will send troops to fight him to the death." ”
After Ara Wusi had arranged for Zhuo Hu's trouble, his son Buyan Xiban said to him, "How can my father Khan agree to the Sun Khan's request? Mongolia is close to each other, but it is far away, and it is difficult to save the fire from far waters, so we should ally with Mongolia nearby." ”
Hearing this, a strange smile appeared on his face when he twisted his beard, and he said to Buyan Xiban: "I have witnessed Temujin's achievements over the years, he is both wise and brave, and he is good at employing people, and now the morale of the Mongolian tribes is flourishing. Sun Khan was cowardly, suspicious, indecisive, and had not been through major battles, so he was no match for Temujin. On the surface, I agreed to Sun Khan's request, but in fact it was just a delaying tactic. ”
The next morning, as soon as he woke up from a sweet night's dream, he was tied up by several Wangu soldiers, and Aravus sent messengers with wine and Zhuo Hunan as gifts to Temujin and went to the Mongol tribes.
Temujin was overjoyed when he saw the envoy of the Wanggu tribe, ordered his subordinates to have a banquet and entertain him, and when he parted, he gave a large number of horses, cattle and sheep to the Wanggu tribe, and asked the envoy of the Wanggu tribe to send a message to Arawusi: "If I win the world in the future, I will repay you for your great kindness, and if you are willing, I invite you to fight against Naman." ”
The envoy was ordered to return to the Wangu tribe, and Temujin's alliance with the Wangu tribe was indeed very strategic, and the Wangu tribe had a significant influence on the future of Mongolia in the Central Plains.
Temujin sent away the envoys of the Wanggu tribe, and immediately summoned the generals to discuss and prepare to send troops to attack Naiman. The opinions of the generals were different, and some said that the barbarian forces were strong and should not be underestimated. Some say that the horses are tired in the spring and can only be sent in the autumn.
Temug said, "You will not send an army, but you will say that the horses are tired, and my horses are fat, will your horses be thin? How can we be indifferent when Sun Khan says such big things? I think we should immediately send troops to fight against it. ”
Belgutai said: "The barbarians, with their great numbers, are trying in vain to take our land, and if we take advantage of their unpreparedness and attack them suddenly, we will be able to defeat them in one fell swoop." ”
Temujin: "Since the two brothers have the same opinion as mine, then I will send troops against them." So he straightened out his horses and decided to set out on a different date.
Temujin's brigade set out with a sacrificial flag, called Bald Black, which was the banner of the Temujin family, decorated with nine-horned wolf teeth on the side of the flag, and nine white yak tails hanging from the end of the teeth. In the hearts of shamanic believers, this flag ritual is of decisive importance, as it is the possession of the patron deity of the tribe, so before setting out on the expedition, the praetor is solemnly prayed to the patron deity to bless the battle in battle.
Temujin, with the general Jebe as the vanguard, marched along the Timid Green River. After the middle of April, the spring grass of the Mongolian grassland returns to green, and in June, the grassland is luxuriant, from the Hulunbuir grassland to the Altai Mountains where the Naiman tribe is located, the bird road is 3,300 miles, and the people go back and forth in twists and turns, when there are five or six thousand miles away.
The Mongol army was cavalry, marching thousands of miles, all on horsepower, and each man had a few war horses in case he was replaced. War horses need to eat grass, warriors need to eat, so this expeditionary force can only go all the way to herd, all the way to hunt, and when they reach the field of Saari on the border of Naiman, it is estimated that it has been the autumn of that year, at this time Aravus also led the army of the Wanggu tribe to come as scheduled.
Temujin, with this help, was overjoyed, and made peace with Aravus before the array of hosts. In order to show his sincerity, Arakwusi also disgraced his son and future heir to the throne of the Khan, and married Temujin's third daughter, Arakhaibe.
Sun Khan also led his army across the Altai Mountains and camped on the banks of the Hari River in the Hangai Mountains. Almost all the remnants of the defeated tribes of the Mongol steppes defeated by Temujin gathered around the Sun Khan, including Zamuhe of the Zataran tribe and Tuhei Toa of the Mirbeg tribe.