Chapter 370: Righteousness

Wang Khan's envoy met with Temujin and gave him a detailed account of the attack on the tribe of Wang Khan, and said that the leader of the Mir beggars had two sons, who had been captured by the tribe of Wang Khan, and had now fled. Now the army of King Khan is surrounded by the enemy, and the situation is extremely critical.

I heard that there were four generals in the Temujin tribe who could fight well, so he specially came to ask for help, and asked for four generals and envoys to be sent with them quickly to solve the urgent need as soon as possible, otherwise the Wang Khan tribe would be in danger of being wiped out.

When Temujin heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "He betrayed me in the past, and now he is asking me for help, what are your intentions?"

The messenger replied: "The mistakes of the past were due to believing the slander of others, doing wrong things, and leaving without saying goodbye." If you are willing to send troops to support us again and help our tribal leaders relieve the crisis, we will naturally be grateful to you from now on, even if there are ten Zamuhe, they will not be able to move us and stir up relations between our two tribes. ”

The envoy sent by Wang Khan was really quite eloquent, and Temujin was convinced, and Temujin listened to it and said to the envoy: "The relationship between me and your tribal leader is no less profound than that of father and son, but it is because I listen to the slander of my subordinates and sow discord, so I have suspicion and alienated feelings. Now that the military situation is urgent and support is urgently needed, I will send four generals who can fight well with you to relieve the crisis.

The envoy was grateful to Temujin for his action to relieve the danger regardless of his previous suspicions, so Temujin ordered four outstanding generals, Mu Huali, Borshu, Chilao Wen and Borhu, to follow the envoy with elite cavalry troops to rush to reinforcements.

When they reached the vicinity of the Altai Mountains, they heard the earth-shattering sound of fighting in the distance, the sound of drums and horns resounding in the sky, and the four generals knew that the battle was going on in front of them, and the war was very fierce and inseparable. They climbed to the top of the mountain to look, and saw that on the vast grassland, the dust was flying, the military flags were flying, and the cavalry of the Wang Khan tribe was killed by the army of the Nabarian tribe, so that they lost their armor and abandoned their armor, and they were retreating from the battle.

Seeing that the military situation was critical, Mu Huali and others hurriedly descended the mountain, led the troops to gallop away, and rushed to the enemy position. By this time, Wang Khan had already lost two generals, and his son Sangkun was almost captured by the enemy when he was shot in the leg of his horse. At the critical moment, Mu Huali and other generals had already arrived quickly, rescued Sangkun, and rushed forward to meet the enemy.

Naiban leader Qu Xuewu and others, because after a long period of fighting, they are also tired and weak, how can they withstand a new force like a wolf and a tiger. The reinforcements were alive and well, killing people when they saw them, stabbing horses when they encountered them, and in less than a few rounds, Qu Xuewu's army, which was difficult to parry, gradually retreated backwards.

The Mongol army led by Mu Huali and others became more and more courageous the more they fought, killing the enemy in all directions and fleeing, and they were unable to form an army. Qu Xuewu and the others just fled for their lives, discarded all their baggage, and the sergeants fled in the wilderness. Sankun's wife and children, as well as all the looted property, were recaptured and given to Sankun to take back to his tribe.

Sangkun returned to his garrison and reported what had happened to Wang Khan, who was overjoyed: "In the past, I should have been rescued from danger, but today Temujin sent four generals to rescue me, and they are really the best men in heaven and earth." I am now old and old, and I don't know how I can repay them for their kindness to me?" Wang Khan was very grateful to Temujin at this time, but then he was capricious, and he took revenge, which is really incomprehensible.

In the barracks, Wang Khan immediately ordered the summoning of the four generals sent by Temujin, and only one of them was Borshu, who praised him for his loyalty and presented him with a brocade robe and ten golden wine cups as a reward.

Wang Khan said to him: "I am now very old, and in the future, these common people in our tribe will not know who will lead them? My brothers are not of noble character, and it is difficult for the people to obey them, and my only son, Sangkun, is like them, and has neither virtue nor talent. When you go back, please tell Temujin that if he has not forgotten his past friendship, he is willing to marry Sangkun as a brother, so that I will have two sons, and I will be at ease. ”

Borshu was ordered to return to the camp and report to Temujin what Wang Khan was thinking, and Temujin said: "Of course I regard Wang Khan as my father, but he does not necessarily regard me as his son.

He sent an envoy to report to Wang Khan again, and made a rendezvous in the steppe of the Tuurura River to reconcile the two sides. The king Khan kept his promise and went there to wait, and Temujin immediately went as well, and they set up a banquet in the black forest to congratulate each other, and the leaders of the two tribes and the people had a good relationship and a friendly atmosphere.

The two sides have concluded an alliance here on the basis of the principles of equality, mutual concession and friendly consultation, and have agreed to jointly confront the enemy in the event of war. They need to hunt, they go hunting together, and some people are jealous of them and provoke them like a venomous snake with teeth, and they should not be gullible and provoked, but should talk face to face, find out the facts, and trust each other.

If someone provokes and incites like a poisonous snake with long teeth, he must not be deceived by the tricks of the devil, but should check it face to face and dispel the misunderstanding. Don't believe slander, everything must be faced, live together on a blind date, and the earth will last forever. After making an alliance, Temujin recognized Wang Khan as his father-in-law and Sangkun as his brother-in-law, which is the famous alliance of the Black Forest in history.

At the beginning of Temujin's rise, the tribe was full of enemies both inside and outside, and without the support of King Khan, he could not have defeated either the Tatars nor the Taichiu. It was only because he fought side by side with Wang Khan and supported each other that he gradually leveled his internal political enemies and external enemy states. In order to repay Wang Khan's assistance, Temujin captured prisoners, looted goods, and herds in all wars, and always gave all or most of them to Wang Khan.

The Khan's brothers also conspired to seize his power and people, and the powerful Naiban tribe supported his political enemies and constantly opposed him. Without Temujin's support, Wang Khan would not have been able to turn the tide of good fortune and turn the crisis into peace. As the proverb goes: "Auxiliary cars depend on each other, and the lips are dead and the teeth are cold." ”

For a considerable period of time, the relationship between Wang Khan and Temujin was one of this interdependence. Therefore, although there were some contradictions and rifts between them, Temujin tried to be as benevolent as possible to Wang Khan, and Wang Khan was not ruthless and did not make up his mind to eat Temujin.

It was under these circumstances that they held the Black Forest Alliance, repeatedly reaffirming the friendship between father and son, and Wang Khan even wanted Temujin and Sangkun to be his heirs. On the one hand, this reflects the sharp internal contradictions of the Kereh tribe and the lack of successors, and on the other hand, it also shows that Temujin still has a certain dependence on Wang Khan, and the Mongol tribe is not strong enough to replace the Kereh tribe.

Temujin was stationed in the same winter camp as Wang Khan, and in order to further strengthen his relationship with Wang Khan, Allah Temujin offered to marry his eldest son, Jochi, to Sangkun's sister Chawuji. Since Temujin regarded Wang Khan as his father-in-law, how could he ask Wang Khan's daughter to be his son's daughter-in-law? This is not in keeping with the traditional Chinese concept.

However, some ethnic minorities in history did not attach importance to seniority and the like, and Sangkun's son, Bald Ha, also wanted to marry Temujin's eldest daughter, Huo Zhen Beiji, as his wife. Temujin believed that as long as Wang Khan's daughter was willing to be his daughter-in-law, his daughter might as well marry Wang Khan's tribe as a bride.

But Sankun objected to this family business, and he said angrily: "If my daughter marries into his family, she will appear to be of low status, and if his daughter marries into my family, she will appear to be of noble status, how can this be done?"

This shows that Sankun despised Temujin from the bottom of his heart, and because of Sangkun's obstruction, the marriage was not finally reached, and the two sides once again had contradictions and suspicions.

At this time, Zamuhe was ready to move, thinking that there was an opportunity, so he took the opportunity to sow discord and secretly colluded with the three people of Altan, Huocha'er and Dalitai, and instigated them to betray Temujin and take refuge in Wang Khan. The three of them had a great deal of resentment towards Temujin in the past, which was caused by past events. They listened to Zamuhe's deception, found an opportunity, and went to the king Khan.

Seeing the opportunity, Zamuhe said to Sangkun: "Because the marriage between the two tribes was not successful, Temujin secretly interacted with the Sun Khan of the Naiban tribe and colluded with each other, probably to destroy the Wang Khan tribe. ”

Sankun didn't believe his words at first, but after three people including Altan made oral confirmations, Sankun believed it. He sent someone to tell the king: "Zamuhe has heard that Temujin is going to attack us, and it is better for us to act in advance and destroy him before he can attack." ”

Wang Khan disagreed: "Since Temujin and I are father and son, why is he capricious and says that war will start? Zamuhe is a villain who sows discord, and we should not believe what he says. ”

A few days later, Sangkun went to his father again and reported that his generals, Aletan and others, had come to surrender to him, and also mentioned that Temujin was preparing to attack, but why did his father not believe it? Wang Khan still did not think so, and said to him: "Temujin has saved me from danger many times, and we should not let down his kindness, and besides, I am too old to live long." As long as I am not hacked to death while I am alive, and my bones can be put together in peace, I will be content and die. I don't want to die on my own, you can do whatever you want, but it's better to be cautious. ”

Wang Khan said this not only to live up to Temujin's kindness, but also to tell his son to do whatever he wanted, he is really a person at both ends of the rat, and can also be called a scheming man. In fact, he acquiesced to Sangkun and could act as he wished.

Sankun and Altan conspired a poisonous plan, that is, ostensibly agreeing to the marriage of Jochi and Chawuji, and then inviting Temujin to the banquet so that the marriage contract could be concluded in person. When Temujin arrived, he immediately took him hostage, and the Mongol tribes had to obey them.

When Temujin received Sangkun's invitation, he did not suspect the matter, and only led a few hundred cavalry, and set out for a banquet in the tribe of Wang Khan on the same day. Temujin's trip was a lot of bad luck, could he have escaped this fate?