Chapter 366: Wang Khan

These Mongol nobles did not see Temujin as a leader at all, and in their minds Temujin was nothing more than the leader of a loose alliance. It is really not to regard the village chief as a cadre, not to mention that Temujin is not the village chief, but the khan of the Mongolian tribe.

"I kindly told you to eat, but you came to smash my field. Temujin was furious, and he was furious at this undisciplined behavior. He picked up the milk stirring pole and hit it on the head and face, and the beating made his nose and face swollen, and he stopped wailing and begging for mercy. Then he ordered the two aunts who made trouble to be locked up for two days before giving up.

Although the matter was eventually settled, it was enough to affect the relationship between the Zhu'er beggars and Temujin, and laid the foundation for their future conflicts. Through this incident, it was discovered that the absolute authority of Temujin had not yet been established within the Mongol tribes, and his rule was not really stable.

Just when Temujin was anxious about the management of the tribe, his good friend Zamuhe came to join in the fun. After Zamuhe defeated Temujin last time, he forgot about Temujin for a long time. Maybe Zamuhe was thinking: "Temujin has so many enemies, it is estimated that if it is not my turn to make a move, he will be cleaned up by others, so let him fend for himself." ”

Later, instead of waiting for news of Temujin's demise, Zamuhe heard that he was living a good life. What he couldn't tolerate even more was that there were people from his own tribe secretly going to him. Zamuhe is the kind of person who can't stand it at any time as long as you're better than me. Moreover, with his character, he would never tolerate the betrayal of his subordinates, let alone betray himself to defect to Temujin. So Zamuh gathered the tribes again and organized a crusade against Temujin.

Having learned the lessons of his last defeat, Temujin decided to change his tactics, and he sought out his number one general, Borshu, for his advice. Borshu objectively analyzed the situation between the enemy and us, and pointed out that the enemy had come from afar and was anxious to fight: "We should avoid its edge, clear the wall, and wait until the enemy's morale is low before fighting a decisive battle, and we will definitely win." ”

Borshu's analysis was completely in line with Temujin's thoughts, and Temujin also knew the combat effectiveness of these Mongol nobles under his command, and it was impossible to count on their real swords and guns on the battlefield. And once the other party is defeated, taking advantage of the fire is their forte.

The course of the subsequent campaign was carried out completely according to Borshu's strategy, and the Zamuhe coalition army was fully prepared to fight as hard as last time and win. But they soon discovered that something was wrong, because there was no trace of Temujin's army at all. If you can't find it, you will continue to look for it, but the problem is that the grassland is too big, and there is no aerial reconnaissance, where to find it?

In addition to the madness, the Zamuhe coalition army found a headache, and the food they brought was quickly eaten. Hoping for a quick victory, they simply did not have enough food to support the long-term war.

Fortunately, with the generous gift of nature, the grassland provides abundant and delicious ingredients. Marching and fighting are hard work, and fat wild animals such as deer, hares, and wolves can maintain their flavor to the greatest extent after being roasted or boiled. Coupled with the secret prairie sauce, it fully tantalizes people's taste buds and provides plenty of protein and carbohydrates for people after a busy day.

The Zamuhe coalition army joined the ranks of hunting for ingredients, and for a time the grassland was filled with the joy of harvest. It was Temujin's army, who watched coldly from a distance as they were chasing their prey, and now he decided not to let them enjoy the steppe on the tip of their tongue.

At the sound of an order, ambushes arose, and the soldiers who were still chasing their prey just now instantly became the prey pursued by others. The chaotic formation of the Zamuhe coalition army was unable to organize effective resistance at all, and soon collapsed. After the battle, Zamuhe's troops suffered numerous casualties and suffered great losses, and they never dared to attack Temujin easily.

Failure is the mother of success, and if you take it seriously, learn from it. If you don't take failure seriously and continue to expand, then failure is your stepmother, and you will continue to taste the bitter fruits of failure.

Temujin was clearly the former, and he conscientiously learned the lessons of the defeat in the Battle of the Thirteen Wings, judged the situation, changed his strategy, and won a great victory. Since then, he has gained a firm foothold in the steppe and has become a force that no one dares to despise.

When Temujin joined forces with Zamuh twice, where did his father-in-law Wang Khan go? Why didn't he send troops to help? Temujin did not know that while he and Zamuhe were desperately fighting, Wang Khan was at this time on a trip to the northwest region.

It turned out that one of Wang Khan's younger brothers, Erke Hela, colluded with the barbarians to launch a coup d'état and seize the Khan's throne, and Wang Khan was defeated and wandered in the northwest. Several surrounding countries, Western Liao, Uighurs, and Western Xia did not want to see him. Like many trekkers, Wang Khan had a very hard time at this moment, and could only live by drinking goat's milk and camel blood.

The arrival of Wang Khan made Temujin happy and worried, and he was glad that Wang Khan had come to him in times of danger and finally gave himself the opportunity to repay his kindness. The worry is how to help Wang Khan gather his troops and regain the throne of the Kereh tribe?

Temujin warmly entertained Wang Khan and used some of his own tribe's materials to help Wang Khan. This gave the king Khan and his people a place to settle down, and let them graze on their steppes to help them tide over the difficulties before them.

Temujin really wanted to help his father-in-law make a comeback, but the problem was that the landlord's family didn't have any extra food. Temujin's own career was just starting, and many people followed him to ask for food, and the productivity of the steppe was very backward at that time, so everyone did not have enough money. Therefore, Temujin wanted to help his father-in-law regain the throne on his own, but he seemed to be a little more than capable of doing so.

So robbery, an old method that can quickly get people out of poverty and become rich in a short period of time, once again came to Temujin's heart. The question is who is the best to rob? The neighbors around me don't seem to be easy to mess with, so I guess it won't be easy to borrow something from them. After much deliberation, Temujin set his sights on his western neighbor, the Mir Beggar.

Temujin believed that the Mirbegs were the weakest of their neighbors, and that they were not only sure of victory, but also that they could get enough supplies, not only to take three points, but to take as many as they could. After the last fatal blow of the three-way coalition army of Temujin, Wang Khan, and Zamuhe, the Mier beggars were greatly damaged, and basically withdrew from the ranks of the steppe hegemony, and wholeheartedly recuperated on the shores of Lake Baikal.

Mi'er beggar: "Please, we haven't asked about the rights and wrongs of the rivers and lakes for many years, why do you still come to beat us?"

Temujin: "Do you need a reason to beat you?"

"Don't you need it?"

"Do you need it?"

“……”

In this way, the poor Mi'er beggars were once again sacked by the combined forces of Temujin and Wang Khan, and a large number of livestock, people, and other booty were captured in this battle, and Temujin gave them all to Wang Khan.

In addition, Temujin also sought out another brother of Wang Khan, Zaheda, who was loyal to Wang Khan and was separated from Wang Khan in the process of escaping. Coupled with the continuous attachment to the old Kereh tribe, Wang Khan regained his strength, so he and Temujin joined forces to expel the coup d'état Erkehera, and ascended to the position of the Great Khan of the Kereh tribe for the third time.

After Wang Khan ascended the throne, he did a very unkind thing, that is, he once again sent troops to attack the Mirbeg tribe, ruthlessly sacked them, I really don't know what else to rob. In this battle, he killed the son of the leader of the Mierbeg, Toheita, captured his two daughters, and Tohei Toa himself led some of his troops to escape, and the poor Mierbeg was completely reduced to the role of the jungle.

said that Wang Khan was not kind, not because he bullied the already very down-and-out beggars, because this was the survival law of the jungle at that time. However, after Wang Khan won, he swallowed the spoils of war by himself and did not give a share to Temujin, which shows that Wang Khan was a man without foresight, and this incident also became one of the reasons for the falling out between Temujin and Wang Khan in the future.

After Temujin helped the king Khan to restore his throne, he had another opportunity in front of him, and by seizing this opportunity, Temujin and the Mongol tribes could avenge their blood against the Tatars. The Tatars, also known as the Tatars, have lived for generations in the grasslands between the Kluyin River and the Xing'an Mountains, where water and grass are abundant and natural grazing land. Although the Tatars were very warlike, they were of the same species as the Mongols, so the two tribes were not at peace with each other.

At the beginning of the twelfth century, the Jurchens in the Heilongjiang River valley arose. Although they belong to the same northern ethnic minorities, the Jurchens are different from the nomadic peoples of the Khitan and Mongolians, they belong to the forest people, who live by gathering, fishing and hunting, and are more backward in terms of productivity. Later, under the leadership of their leader Wanyan Aguta, they established the Dajin Kingdom, and they destroyed the Daliao regime established by the Khitan tribe who dominated the northern grasslands.

The Jurchens, carrying the remnants of Pingliao, continued to move south, and then broke through Bianjing, the capital of the Song Dynasty, captured the second emperor of Huiqin of the Song Dynasty, and destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty. Later, the Southern Song Dynasty, which was rebuilt in Hangzhou, was terrified and bowed down, and for a time the scenery was infinite, and it seemed that no one could be defeated.

But to the north of their Longxing land, the Jin State was strongly challenged by the emerging Mongol tribes. At that time, the Great Khan of the Mongol Ministry was under the reign of Hebul Khan, and he dared to challenge the authority of the Great Jin State, killed the envoys of the Jin State, and defeated the army sent by the Jin State to conquer him. At this time, the Jin State belonged to the heyday of the founding of the country, with many soldiers and high morale, but it could not defeat the Mongols on the steppe.

As a last resort, the Jin people had no choice but to sit down and negotiate peace with the Mongols, and the result of the peace talks was to cede 27 fortresses west of the Great Khing'an Mountains to the Mongols, and the whole line retreated to the Great Khing'an Mountains. Canonized the Great Khan of the Mongols, and rewarded a large number of cattle and sheep to the Mongols every year.

At the same time as the peace was negotiated, the people of the Jin State were not idle, and kept secretly instigating the hatred between the surrounding Tatars, Mierqi tribes and the Mongols. The emperor lived up to his wishes, and under the persistent instigation of the Jin State, he finally waited for the opportunity for the Tatars and the Mongols to turn their faces.