Chapter 22 Accepting the Enemy and Winning the Tiger General

Zamuhe's coalition forces fought separately for several days, scurrying up and down the mountains in groups of three or five, and the situation was getting out of control day by day, and Zamuhe knew very well that if Temujin went down the mountain at this time, the whole army would inevitably be annihilated. Therefore, he convened the leaders of all walks of life to discuss the matter, and to strictly enforce military discipline and gather troops to deal with contingencies.

After half a day's effort, the leaders of the various departments lazily arrived. Zamuhe said very annoyedly: "You are all so slack, you don't have any fighting spirit, how can you fight this battle!" What are you doing now? ”

"Humph! Didn't you say that a single charge would destroy Temujin? After so many days, have you perished? ”

"That's it, it's been more than ten days, and you haven't given us food, our soldiers and horses are about to starve to death, otherwise we will withdraw!"

"Could it be that Temujin stayed on the mountain for a year, and we should stay here for a year?"

"Humph! Keeping it for a year? For three more days, without Temujin's fighting, the men and horses would starve to death. ”

The chiefs quarreled with each other. Zamu Aiki said: "Shut up for me!" You have all forgotten your hatred, Temujin is immortal, and you have not had a good life. ”

The leaders of several small tribes muttered, "They are the ones who don't have a good life, and they don't care about our." The mountains are high there, and when we go there, we will give companionship to whoever has the most meat. ”

The young and vigorous Zalin said disagreeingly: "You are the commander of the army, we will listen to you what you say, as long as you can kill Temujin." ”

The steppe fox who had just lost a few generals said angrily: "This time we have to destroy Temujin no matter what." ”

Someone said: "How to extinguish?" He is holding on to the mountain, and we can't go up, so if we continue like this, we will not be able to starve to death here. ”

He flashed his three-cornered leopard eyes and said, "If he doesn't go down the mountain, I have a way to let him go down the mountain!" ”

Zamuhe knew that Tohei To'er had always been scheming, and said: "The big leader of Toku'er, you have always been resourceful, what do you have to say?" ”

"Temujin's life in the mountains will not be better than ours, and we can send people to disguise themselves as members of his tribe and go up the mountain to deliver food." As long as our people can climb the mountain, I will have a way to attack the mountain. ”

Tali Kutai said: "Good plan, then we will listen to the leader of the Hetoer." ”

Zamu glanced at Tali and said, "It's a good plan...... But ......"

Before Zamuhe could finish his words, someone shouted outside the tent: "Oh no, the Mongol army has descended the mountain......

"Huh! Now it's okay, there's no need to think of a way, Temujin can't stand the mountain anymore, God help me! Zamuhe looked up to the sky and laughed, "Chiefs, destroy Temujin, the opportunity for revenge has come, go back and organize your soldiers and horses, and besiege and kill Temujin!" ”

Zamuhe was so naïve, all the men and horses went hunting everywhere, and there were less than 2,000 men and horses around him outside the big tent, let alone fighting Temujin, even if it was not enough to pad the horses' hooves for Temujin. The leaders of all walks of life ran out of the big tent, and saw that the mountains were full of Mongolian lion-like rushing troops, and it was impossible to gather their own soldiers and horses. As a result, the leader of the small tribe saw that the situation was not good, and fled long ago.

The leaders of the remaining four Diehard tribes were so anxious that they were scurrying around like ants on a hot pot. Seeing that the tide was turning, Zamuhe ordered: "Why don't you gather your men and horses against Temujin!" ”

Several of the leaders panicked and ran out. When Zamuhe saw the leaders leaving, he let the 2,000 men and horses take cover and jump to the rear.

The leaders who had just left the tent of the Zamuhe camp had not gone far before the Mongol army rushed back, and when they saw that Zamuhe had fled, they cursed and chased after him.

Temujin's 13th Route Army led by a few generals was like a tiger descending from the mountain, according to the division of labor in the battle plan, encircling the circle, circling the circle, rushing to rush, and killing to kill. The leader of the thirteen wings ran, and the small leaders and sergeants scurried around like encircled rabbits.

The Mongol army rushed into the camp, as if entering a no-man's land, slashing left and right, seeing red swords, killing with a move, and the corpses were all over the field in an instant, flesh and blood flew sideways, and blood flowed like a river.

Except for the men and horses of the small tribe who were consciously released and escaped, almost all the rest of the soldiers and horses were killed, and only more than 1,000 remnants of the army were defeated and taken prisoner.

Temujin won the first battle and returned to the camp with more than a thousand prisoners. A feast for a month to celebrate the victory of the Thirteen Wings.

The only thing that made Temujin unhappy about this battle was that the real enemies, the chiefs, fled. Fortunately, there were still more than 1,000 prisoners, so Temujin poured all his grievances on these remnants of the defeated army.

When Temujin and the thirteen generals were drinking, they remembered the more than 1,000 captives, so they ordered 70 cauldrons of boiled cattle to be set up, filled with butter and boiled, and the captives were washed and ready to be put into the pot. Suddenly, a man ran out of the captive pile, knelt down in front of Temujin and cried: "Temujin Khan, I am not a human being, I am sorry for your whole family, I am sorry for my good companion, and I should soon be a great khan, for the sake of my many years of following your father, forgive me as a sinner, right?" ”

"Huh? It turned out to be you! Temujin didn't look at it, and when he saw that it was Toduo, who he had searched many times and couldn't find it, he couldn't help but be furious, "Hmph! You still have the face to say that it is my father's companion, and I almost died at your hands several times, robbing my people and cattle and sheep, and causing our whole family to be displaced and homeless. I begged you on my knees before you, and not only did you not show any affection, but you also killed the father of Mongolik. You recognized the thief as a friend, and helped Talikutai kill countless people of our tribe, why didn't you say that you were the companion of your father Khan, why didn't you give us a way out. Someone came to put the scum of the Mongolian tribe, pigs and dogs are not as good as the accumulation of life, and use the belly to torture! ”

Toduo had seen the most brutal Mongolian torture given to the Tatar leader Temujin Mu Bald in the past. When he heard that Temujin had sentenced himself to death, he collapsed to the ground in fright.

Toduo was executed. More than 1,000 captives were thrown into the oil pot, and after a miserable howl, charred corpses floated up, and the Mongolian soldiers swarmed up, drinking large bowls of wine and picking the flesh of the corpses, and ate everything in half a day, leaving a pile of white bones.

After the Battle of the Thirteen Wings, Zamuhe's soldiers and horses were almost lost, and he took the remnants of more than 1,000 soldiers to join Wang Hanbu. The leaders of the other tribes fled back to their camps and hibernated, hoping to recover.

And Temujin's prestige resounded throughout the entire steppe of Mobei. Many small tribes that had been controlled by Zamuhe, Talikutai, and Toheitol took refuge in them. The two larger tribes, the Ulut and the Lut, who had previously been neutral, also courted Temujin and paid tribute. The Mongol tribes of Temujin thus became veritable steppe tribes.

After the defeat of the Thirteen Wings, Toduo, who took refuge in the Taiwuchi clan, was sentenced to death by Temujin. The tribesmen of the Talikutai tribe who had been robbed from Temujin had gone to Temujin, and even many of the Taiwuchi tribe had taken refuge in Temujin, and some were afraid that Temujin would not be shunned by Zhulian and left quietly in the mountains.

The Juriya people were the closest tribe of the Taiwuchi clan in the era of the Bagai, and they also made great contributions to the Erduo. In those years, when Temujin was captured several times on the Gula Mountain and on the wool cart, the Juriyah were the most effective thugs in Talikutai. However, Talikutai never treated them as cronies, and continued to oppress and exploit them, robbing them of their cattle, sheep and women.

The Juriya people could not stand the mistreatment of Talikutai and did not dare to take refuge in Temujin like other tribes, because they had done many things to hurt Temujin, and when they had no way out, they took their tribe and hid in the mountains to live a precarious life.

One day, they were looking for food in a mountain forest when suddenly a group of soldiers and horses rushed over. The head of Julie looked at it from afar and exclaimed, "Not good! It's Temujin! ”

As the crowd was about to flee, Temujin's men and horses were already in front of them.

It turned out that Temujin was carrying his guards up the mountains to hunt, and when he passed by here, he met the Juriyas. The guards said to Temujin: "Great Khan, they are the people of Talikutai of the Taiwuchi tribe, they have captured you several times, and they have killed many people of our tribe, they are our enemies, it is better to kill them!" ”

Temujin saw that these people had no ill intentions, so he said: "They have no intention of harming us, so why should they kill them?" ”

"In the past, the people who killed us!"

"The past is the past, and the present is not an enemy of us?"

The Juriyah people were frightened at first, but after a while, seeing that Temujin had no intention of harming them, they slowly leaned in.

Temujin asked, "You are not in the tribe, why did you run into this deep mountain and old forest?" ”

Julie said: "Talihutai bullied us, and we had no choice but to hide in the mountains. ”

"Do you have tents and food here?"

"There's nothing, they're all starving."

"If you don't have tents and food in the deep mountains and forests, you will freeze to death in winter. Why don't you stay with us, and give you the food we have gathered, how about it? ”

The people of Juriya did not expect to meet Temujin, who had been harmed by their tribe many times, and took in the headquarters despite their previous suspicions, and thanked them excitedly and tearfully, and happily moved over to live with Temujin's guards. The next day, I was very grateful that I got the meat and a tent.

Only then did the Juriyah people know that Temujin was the teacher of righteousness and righteousness, and that he was the master to whom they would take refuge. So they sent people around to contact the scattered people in their headquarters and other good tribesmen, and told them all about Temujin's benefits and benevolence, and so on they responded, and the closest people of the Talikutai tribe also took refuge in Temujin.

Although he had long admired Temujin, he was worried that Temujin would not allow him, and through the Juriya people, he learned that Temujin had defected regardless of his past suspicions and magnanimity, and became one of the four tigers of Temujin.

It can be seen that Temu's demeanor is no less than that of Guan Zhong and Li Shimin, who were shot by Qi Heng Gongna back then, and Wei Zheng, who fought with him.

Temujin was very pleased with the gathering of many famous generals under his tent, so he held a banquet to celebrate. During the banquet, Temujin not only invited all the generals who came to vote, but also invited all the generals and meritorious people of his headquarters to drink.

Among them, there was a brother named Xue Beitai, who had made many military exploits with Temujin, so he was invited. Xue had two mothers, an aunt and a little mother, one was his father's wife and the other was his father's concubine, who brought them when he came to the banquet. Out of courtesy, he was accompanied.

During the banquet, the chief chef poured wine for Heerlun, and poured wine for Xue's aunt next to the table, which annoyed the aunt's dominatrix. When the bartender went to pour her wine, he "snapped" a slap and scolded: "You blind wolf with long eyes and no eyeballs, no matter how big or small, why did you pour wine for that little slut first?" ”

The guard officer was slapped inexplicably, covered his face and retreated, it depends on the master to beat the dog, and hitting the servant on this occasion is to slap the master's face. In order not to spoil the atmosphere, Temujin also swallowed this breath, and politely paid for it. The mother Yaksha gave Temujin a brutal glance and said, "Your tribe doesn't even know the minimum etiquette, and you still want to be the overlord of the steppe?" Really! ”

Temujin nodded again and again: "Auntie is right, we must take care of the house slaves." "That's when you calm down.

The feast had subsided, and the backyard stables had another incident.

Xue was angry that his master had not brought him into the table to drink, so he secretly untied the reins of his master's mount and hid it under his saddle. I happened to be bumped into by Belgutai passing by. Thinking that it was a horse thief, Belgutai caught him red-handed and pressed him to the ground. At this moment, a person suddenly came out of the shadows, drew his knife and slashed, Belgutai couldn't dodge, he was slashed on the shoulder, blood flowed, and he said in pain: "Who are you and why did you cut me?" ”

The man said: "Lao Tzu is the guard of Xue Retreat, if you dare to bully our horse officer, I will kill you!" ”

When the guards of the big tent heard the noise, they ran over a few people, and when they saw that Belgutai was cut down, they came up with a knife and scolded: "The wild boar cub from there has eaten the gall of the leopard, and if he dares to scatter here, kill him!" ”

Before the banquet, Temujin had a special explanation to several brothers, and at the banquet, he must take into account the overall situation and not cause trouble, Belgutai saw that his guards were going to kill Xue Qu's guards, and he was afraid of causing trouble, so he stopped the guards and said: "They are all brothers of the family, forget it, anyway, my injuries are not too serious, wait for me to tell his master to go." ”

While he was talking, Xue Qu came out of the tent and saw a few people carrying knives around his guards, and couldn't help but scold: "Bastard Wang Bazi, why are you bullying my guards?" As he spoke, he drew his sword and slashed the guards of Belgutai. Belgutai saw that Xue withdrew from the other platform and scolded him for not asking indiscriminately, and he still had to use the knife, the servant was arrogant, he could see the master's face and didn't care, the master was unreasonable, and Lao Tzu was even more unreasonable! picked up a branch and fought with Xue Retreat. Xue Qu Beitai is the opponent of the infinitely powerful Beimiao Gutai, he fought more than a dozen rounds, hit a few moves in a row, and was defeated, shouting: "Go!" "Flee with the guards.

Belgutai chased for a while and saw no trace of Xue's retreat, but he came back and told Temujin what had happened to Xue's retreat. Temujin was already angry, and when he saw Belgutai being slashed, he said angrily: "This family is too arrogant, too unreasonable, Jane is too deceitful, he ran away, detained his family, he didn't come back to apologize and don't let people go!" ”

"Yes!" Belgutai instructed the guards to detain Xue Qu's two mothers and take care of them.

This reception banquet lasted for more than half a month, and the interest of the leaders from all walks of life was not exhausted, and the dragon gate array was set up. It is said that after the Battle of the Thirteen Wings, after the leaders of several enemy tribes fled back, they recruited troops everywhere, gathered the old tribes, and some took refuge in large tribes such as Naman. In particular, the leader of the Tatars, who did not agree with each other, went to Changbai Mountain to invite back the Changbai Dao people and their subordinates who were originally supposed to be beaten away.

Everyone was discussing, and suddenly, there was a report from Tanmalay: a team of soldiers and horses from the Kingdom of Jin came galloping.