Before he died, Mohammed finally decided to abolish the weak and incompetent Thinker and make Zalandin the brave king, and he personally unsheathed his sword, tied it around Zalandin's waist, and ordered his sons to swear allegiance to Zalandin.

Jebe and Subutai led the men and horses, recruited all the way, chased day and night, and finally got the definite news that Mohammed was dead, and after the two discussed, they decided to return to the division. Unexpectedly, Genghis Khan sent another order: "There is a Kipchak tribe north of the Caspian Sea, and I hope you will go to the expedition as soon as possible, and there is no need to teach at this moment." ”

So the two of them did not disobey the order, so they had to regroup their troops and horses, and continued to gallop in the northwest direction. Their team bypassed the Caspian Sea and came to the Taihe Mountains, but when they saw that the mountains overlapped and there was no way out, they ordered the soldiers to dig the mountains and open a road, and barely passed.

Just now when I crossed the mountain, I was encountering Yu Lijie, the leader of the Kipchak tribe, Hesu, Qu'er Kesi and others, leading men and horses to prevent them from entering. After consulting with Subutai, Jebe took the opportunity to launch a pounce on Yurijie's army. Yulijie's army was frightened and panicked, and when their troops were about to turn back and resist, their heads had already landed.

The Mongolian cavalry is good at fighting in the field, and Yulijie's front team is still in an inexplicable state, waiting until the crossbow arrows fly and the spears poke in, they know that the enemy is coming. Just as he was about to bend his bow and draw arrows, the head had already hit the ground, and he was in a panic, so he had to slap his horse and whip up, and fled in all directions.

Yulong Jiechi is the old capital of the country of Khorezm, so it is also known as the city of Khorezm, it is located on the southern shore of the Aral Sea, across the Amu Darya River. The location near the delta where the Amu Darya River flows into the Aral Sea creates a fertile oasis that, combined with a clever system of pipes, this desolate area of swamps and deserts has been transformed into an oasis of fertile soil.

The old capital of Khorezm was the center of Islam in Central Asia at that time, and according to historical records, it was the seat of the princes of the world, the residence of all the famous people of mankind, and everything that people expected, spiritual and material.

Because the city straddles both sides of the Amu Darya, along the river are green fields, with reeds on both sides, lakes and waterways in all directions, and beyond, surrounded by desert. From the topography of the city, it was not conducive to the mobile warfare of the Mongol cavalry, and it was an easy city to defend and difficult to attack.

After the departure of Mohammed's mother, Genkedun the Bald, there were no generals left in the city to guard the old capital, and it immediately fell into chaos. Timur Zhanli, a famous general of Khorezm, who guarded the city of Kuyu, broke through the encirclement of the Mongol army and came to Yulong Jiechi, where he immediately reorganized his armaments and formed a guard team, so that the order of the old capital was stabilized.

After the death of Mohammed, the Zalandin brothers and many generals fled from the small island of the Caspian Sea to the Yulong Jiechi, and the soldiers and civilians of the city were overjoyed to see the new king and prince returning to the old capital.

The general Timur Zhanli took the initiative to advise Zalandin: "Immediately reorganize the troops and horses, strengthen the fortifications, and prepare to resist the Mongol attack." ”

After hearing this, Zalandin shook his head again and again and said, "How easy is this, can the soldiers and horses in the city obey my command?"

It turned out that Yulong Jiechi had gathered an army of more than 90,000 people, but this army was in the hands of His Royal Highness the former Crown Prince Si Rahei and his maternal uncle not only one Hei Lewang and others, most of them were from Kangli, and they had long been at odds with Zalandin, and they began to conspire with the bald Gen Kedun to make Zalandin's brother Si Rahei the crown prince, wanting to take advantage of the prince's weakness and incompetence to further realize their ambitions.

Who knew that Mohammed deposed the former crown prince Si Rahei before his death and made Zalandin king, which was completely unexpected to them. Zalandin was strong-willed, outstanding in martial arts, and talented, so he was naturally unwilling to be left in power, which was very unfavorable to the Kangli generals led by more than one Helewang. So they plotted to kill Zalandin, and then let the former prince Si Rahei come back and continue to hold military power.

In the face of the many generals of the Kangli people, Timur also felt that it was tricky, and the two of them thought hard about the opportunity to seize the army, and finally won 5,000 men. The next day, when Timur led his troops out of the city and marched to the city of Gojigan, he immediately felt that these soldiers from Kangli must have been extremely poor in combat effectiveness because they were pampered and lacked training, were afraid of hardship and fatigue, and had lax discipline.

With many years of experience in leading troops, Timur took advantage of the gap between the marches, and through words and deeds, he was infected by true feelings, and quickly united the leaders of the army, so that the 5,000 men and horses slowly became a decent team.

Just as Timur was preparing to capture the city of Gojigan by means of a surprise attack, Zalandin sent bad news, which made the wise and brave general very angry.

It turned out that Timur had just walked out of the Jade Dragon Jie Chi with 5,000 soldiers and horses, and as soon as he said goodbye to Hei Lewang, he immediately convened a meeting to discuss the way to secretly kill the new king Zalandin. Unexpectedly, their conversation was overheard by one of the guards, and he thought to himself, "The new king is my savior, and I should report to him at once, so that he may be prepared." ”

This guard, whose name was Yudi Gonghao, was once bitten by a poisonous snake, and no one cared about it, but when Zalandin found out, he personally cut the wound with a knife, squeezed out the venom, and burned the wound with a red-hot iron, saving his life.

Knowing that he repaid his kindness, he quietly ran to Zalandin's dormitory, and told him all the plans he had said about the plan to assassinate him, and then admonished: "This is a true thing, and you must not be careless." ”

After hearing this, Zalandin thought for a while, and felt that Timur was not by his side, and the soldiers and horses were controlled by more than one Helevan alone, and he had no strength to fight them, and even this empty king could not be a king, so why not leave early?

When he saw that Yudikorho had not left here, he said to him: "Don't stay in the city, but send a letter to Timur for me, so that he can be prepared." ”

After dark, under the cover of night, they mounted fast horses and galloped out of the city, and went to their respective destinations. The next day, not only did Hei Lewang find out that Zalandin had left without saying goodbye, and when he knew that the news had been leaked, he immediately suspected that it was the work of Si Rahei, but the former prince flatly denied it.

He was worried that once Timur knew about this matter, this person would be difficult to deal with, what should he do? He discussed with Wang Dan and decided not to do anything, so it would be better to send someone to bring Timur back and kill him with ambush soldiers.

The next day, more than one Helewang sent a letter to Timur in the name of Zalandin, saying that there was something important to discuss, and that he should hurry back to Yulong Jiechi. Two days later, on his way to Gojigan, Timur received two messages from Zalandin, a wise and courageous general, who immediately led more than 5,000 troops to follow the new king Zalandin and participate in the war to recover the lost land.

In order to catch up with the new king as soon as possible, they traveled day and night non-stop, so it took them sixteen days to cross the desert of Khorezm and Khorasan, and only when they reached Naisa did they catch up with Zalandin, and the two embraced each other affectionately, determined to immediately gather their troops and horses, and go to the country together to launch a war for the restoration of the country.

At this time, a Mongol army stationed in Naissa discovered them and sent men to persuade them to surrender. Timur said to Zalandin with a smile: "In my dictionary, I have not seen the word surrender, let's go and fight a beautiful war of annihilation and hold a foundation stone for our war of restoration." ”

Zalandin nodded excitedly, and the two immediately got on their horses and waved their swords, commanding the team of five thousand Kangli to rush towards the Mongol army like a whirlwind, and the seven hundred Mongol patrols immediately collapsed and fled in all directions. Zalandin and Timur led the team of 5,000 men, rushed through the Mongols' layers of pursuit, and rushed to Gojining.

In order to capture the Jade Dragon Jiechi, Genghis Khan sent his second son Chagatai to lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to conquer, and sent his eldest son Jochi to transfer 20,000 troops and horses from Yu to support. When Genghis Khan sent troops this time, he ignored the fact that the two brothers Jochi and Chagatai had always been at odds and were in a state of hatred and discord. At first, the two brothers joined forces and led the generals to inspect the terrain around Yulong Jiechi, and when they returned to the camp to formulate a battle plan, the two had a disagreement.

Jochi first said: "Father Khan has already said that after the occupation of this jade dragon Jiechi, it will be part of my fiefdom, so the whole city should be saved from destruction, or the main thing is to outwit, you can send people into the city to persuade you to surrender, and you can't storm it." ”

Chagatai said-for-tat: "Yulongjie Chicheng straddles both sides of the Amu Darya River, there are many lakes and rivers, the city walls are high and solid, and the moats are also deep. ”

At the outset, there was an argument between the brothers, and it was only after many generals reconciled that they ostensibly eased somewhat. General Borshu said: "In the south of the city of Yulong Jiechi, there is a flat ground, which can be lured out of the city and ambushed on that flat land, so that we can give full play to the strength of our cavalry in field warfare, which is far more advantageous than attacking fortified positions." ”

So both of them agreed to this style of play, and a dispute over the sibling wall finally settled down. At this time, after the new king Zalandin was expelled from the city, the Jade Dragon Jiechi once fell into a chaotic situation of the dragons without a leader, and later had to jointly push the king's close relatives, not only the brother of Hei Liwang, Ma Er, as the commander of the whole army to resist the Mongol army.

The next day, Ma'er's Jin led 60,000 horses out of the city, Chagatai, Jochi and Borshu saw the soldiers and horses in the city out of the city to meet the battle, and immediately went to challenge, Ma'er's Jin was really fooled, he saw that the Mongolian cavalry was cowardly, so he led the troops to chase closely, and soon the Mongolian army that had been ambushed suddenly appeared, cut off the way of the horse's Jin to advance and retreat, and surrounded him.

Then the Mongol cavalry began to charge like lightning, and they took turns to attack the enemy's ranks with the force of thunder, and they rampaged in the army of horses, slashing and killing indiscriminately. In less than half an hour, the 60,000 horses had been cut into several sections, and some had been annihilated. At this time, the Jin of the horse who was so happy suddenly woke up, knowing that the Mongolian cavalry was really powerful, and seeing that his soldiers and horses were annihilated, he hurriedly fought hard, led a team to break through desperately, and only then picked up a life and fled back to the city.