If you lose your courage, you lose everything.

———— Germanic proverb

After destroying the city of Mulu, the Mongol forces began to march westward and continued to track down Aladdin Mahamad. They walked quickly on the road of the oasis outside Mulu City, showing off their might, and they were invincible.

Ali suddenly spotted a group of Mongol soldiers chasing a young man dressed in Khorezm on the side of the road.

The young man struggled. However, he was weak and could not resist a dozen Mongol soldiers.

The Mongol soldiers grabbed the young man, tied him with ropes, and prepared to take him away.

Ali had a whim: I must help this Khorezm. He hurriedly turned his head and said to Badr, "Sir Badr, that man is my cousin. The pilaf he makes is even better than mine. ”

Badr looked at Ali suspiciously and asked, "Your cousin?" How could he be so far away? ”

Ali replied in a hurry: "Back then, my aunt married here. I beg you, Sir Badr, to leave him with us! ”

Perhaps he really needed manpower, or perhaps to show his ability, Badr immediately stepped forward and said a few words to the Mongol soldiers.

The Mongol soldiers untied the young man's ropes.

The young man looked to be twenty-five or six years old, with white coats covered with dirt and grass, white skin and red skin, black eyes that revealed uneasiness and panic, and a short beard on his lips.

Ali asked in Khorezm, "What's your name?" Is it a native of Mulu? ”

The young man replied, "My name is Abbas, and I am a local." You are? ”

Ali quickly replied, "I am Ali, a native of Samarkand." I told this Badr chief that you are my cousin, and that he will cook a lot of good food, and begged him to keep you here. Thank him. ”

Abbas placed his right hand on his chest and bowed his head slightly in greetings to Badr.

Badr didn't have any expression on his face, except to wave Abbas to follow the group.

Ali reached over and pulled Abbas into the carriage and sat him down beside him.

Abbas whispered to Ali, "I was doing business in Mulu City. When he heard that the Mongol army was going to enter the city, he fled to a relative's house in the countryside with his wife and two children in advance. Just now I went out to go to the worship mosque, but I unexpectedly met these Mongolian soldiers. Where are you going? ”

Ali shook his head and replied blankly, "I don't know, maybe it's the end of the sky." ”

Abbas was anxious: "I have a wife and two children." How can they live without me? ”

At this time, Abbas saw a villager standing on the side of the road bowing to the Mongol army, and shouted: "Abdul, go back and tell my aunt that I have been captured by the Mongols as a soldier." ”

Badr rode to the front of the carriage on his horse, pointed the whip in his hand at Abbas and ordered: "Ali, forbid him to speak." Did you hear that? ”

Ali and Abbas did not dare to speak any more.

The Mongol army conquered Hamadan, Zanjam, Malag, Shemaha, and Murayi in present-day Iran, and Ghazni and Georgia in present-day Afghanistan, with the same brutal massacres and burning cities.

The Mongol army disposed of its captives in a different way: slaughtered all those who resisted, and reorganized those who surrendered as the secondary army of Tanmachi, forcing them to charge the city first when attacking, and killing anyone who retreated or did not advance.

The Mongol army captured the city and slaughtered its inhabitants before pretending to retreat. When the fleeing people returned to the city, the follow-up troops came back in a whirlwind, cutting off the heads of those who had escaped.

In this war of horrific violence and bloodshed, the Mongol army led by Genghis Khan razed the beautiful cities of the vast land of the Khorezm Empire, killing countless soldiers and innocent people.

Because the Mongols had a certain blood connection with the Turks in the past, they were a little more lenient in their massacres of the Turks, but they were merciless and crazy in their slaughter of Iranians and Arabs.

The few remnants of the terrified Khorezmian struggled to survive on the ruins of the empire, becoming the last few remaining poor remnants of the Khwarazm Empire.

A large number of Khorezm natives who survived the catastrophe were mixed with Turkic and Mongol peoples, which led to new changes in the human race here. The Turkic race began to gain absolute dominance. Since then, pure Iranians and Arabs have ceased to be common in Central Asia.

Although Khorezm perished, it did not die.

Ali's second brother, Musa, saw that the pride of King Aladdin Mahamad was gone, and fled westward in a hurry, like a frightened bird, and could not hide his disappointment and sorrow.

They hid here for a few days, then hid there for a while, and finally fled to the island of Abishun in the Caspian Sea. Soon after, Aladdin Mahamad fell ill and died there.

Aladdin Mahamat did the right thing before he died: he deposed the crown prince of Khsirahei and appointed Zalandin as king.

Zalandin lived up to his father's expectations, and under the banner of the new king, he called on the military and civilians of the whole country to fight for the survival of the empire and fight for the salvation of the people.

Musa immediately stood up and expressed his firm support for the new king and his willingness to sacrifice his life for the empire.

King Zalandin took Musa as his confidant and assisted him.

At the beginning of 1221, King Zalandin left the Caspian Sea at the behest of his father, Aladdin Mahamat, and returned to the old capital of Urgench to take the throne. However, he was ostracized by some of the ministers of the old dynasty.

The Turkic general Su Jiaomo, fearing that King Zalandin would deprive him of his military power, conspired to launch an incident and kill King Zalandin.

King Zalandin received the news from the spies, and immediately led Musa and a dozen other cronies to escape from Urgenqi overnight, and fled to the area of Barihei (present-day Balkh, Afghanistan) and Tarigan (present-day Taligan, Afghanistan) in the south before the Mongol army besieged Urgench, and finally fled to Ghazni in present-day Afghanistan.

When Genghis Khan's father and son swept through Khorasan in present-day northeastern Iran, King Zalandin had already recruited troops there in Ghazni, gathered 100,000 troops from all directions, and was preparing to counterattack and restore the country.

King Zalandin led his army to Baru Bay (north of present-day Kabul in Afghanistan) and annihilated the 1,000-strong Mongol vanguard under the command of Tie Everywhere.

Genghis Khan was horrified when he heard the news that the Mongol army had lost 1,000 soldiers, and immediately sent 30,000 cavalry led by Kuduhu to Balu Bay to capture King Nazarandin.

The two sides lined up against each other on the battlefield of Baru Bay and launched a decisive battle. For a time, the war drums sounded in unison, and the roar shook the sky.

Suddenly realizing that the Mongol army did not seem to be outnumbered, he ordered each cavalryman to tie a dummy made of felt to his horse overnight in order to confuse and intimidate the Khorezmians.

The next morning, King Zalandin's sergeants suddenly noticed that the number of enemies had increased overnight, and mistakenly thought that Mongol reinforcements had arrived, so they proposed to King Zalandin to withdraw their troops and flee.

King Zalandin resolutely put a stop to a possible rout and ordered in a loud voice: "No retreat!" We have a lot more people than theirs. Mamuti from the left, and Moses from the right, immediately led the soldiers to pass through the two loaves of bread! ”

As a result, the Drums of Khorezm's army beat loudly, and the warriors marched bravely, encircling the Mongol army in the center of the battlefield.

Seeing that his army was surrounded by Khorezm's army, he angrily ordered the withdrawal of his army. However, the uneven roads in the valley, the many potholes, and the Mongol army arrayed in the valley, could not spread their forces quickly. In the dense rain of arrows of the Khorezm army, the Mongolian officers and soldiers were hit by arrows one after another, and the casualties were very heavy.

The Battle of Balu Bay was the biggest defeat suffered by Genghis Khan since his western expedition, with only a few hundred of the 30,000 Mongol cavalry remaining.

The military and civilians throughout Khorasan were greatly encouraged, and many cities rose up to resist the Mongol army's military oppression.

On this day, Ali brought the freshly prepared meal into Genghis Khan's tent and heard a general reporting to Genghis Khan: "Honorable Great Khan, the army of the unlucky Khan has been severely defeated by the Satas in Balu Bay, and almost all of them have been destroyed. ”

Genghis Khan's eyes were red with anger, and he grabbed the teacup and threw it at Ali's feet, causing him to jump in fright, and spilling the food in his hand.

In order to avenge the defeat of Balu Bay, Genghis Khan decided to personally lead the Mongol army to Balu Bay to assemble and comprehensively encircle and suppress the army of King Zalandin.

At present, the situation is grim. However, the two generals of King Zalandin began to seize command and disagree with each other, which led to the division of the Khwarazm army and the weakening of military power.

King Zalandin knew very well in his heart that "a plate of loose sand is not as sharp as a stone", and in such a situation he did not dare to face the Mongol army head-on, and retreated with his men and horses to the banks of the Indus River in present-day Pakistan.

Musa was separated from the main force in pursuit of the Mongol army. He was left alone in the city of Isfahan, present-day Iran, where he concealed his true identity and worked odd jobs in a carpet workshop.

Ali and Abbas followed Genghis Khan's army in hot pursuit behind King Zalandin, eventually catching up with him and the remnants of Khorezm's army on the banks of the Indus River.

When Genghis Khan saw that King Zalandin was at the end of his rope, he waved his soldiers to stop shooting arrows, intending to watch the beleaguered prey in its dying struggle.

Ali and Abbas were so anxious that they hurried to the front to get a glimpse of the new king of the empire.

In the face of the Mongol army surrounded by heavy composure, King Zalandin let out an earth-shattering roar, jumped over the human wall composed of Mongol soldiers, flew out from a cliff dozens of meters high, and jumped into the turbulent Indus River.

This thrilling scene stunned Genghis Khan and his generals.

When Ali saw the feat that took place before him, he felt great admiration and sadness in his heart: our king is so brave and mighty, and he has indeed painted the Khwarazm empire with a majestic and holy brilliance. However, how miserable and tragic it is for a noble imperial king to be forced to jump into the river at the end of the road.

By the time the people on the banks of the river came to their senses, King Zalandin had surfaced. Still on horseback, he swam across the river with the banner of the Empire in his hand.

The Mongol soldiers immediately raised their bows and arrows, ready to shoot the king of Zalandin in the Indus.

Genghis Khan decisively waved his hand to stop them. He looked at the four sons who gathered around, and sighed: "It's unbelievable that the dog father can give birth to a tiger son!" Isn't it the pride of a father to have such a heroic son? Zalandin is an example to you, learn from his determination and courage. Let him live. It is not easy for God to create such a hero. I think this man is going to do something big. He may be a big problem for us in the future, so let's clean him up then. ”

Ali and Abbas stood silently on the banks of the Indus River, looking at the departing King Zalandin, and secretly prayed in their hearts that God would bless the brave king with peace and health, and bless their motherland from war as soon as possible and regain its former glory and glory.

Genghis Khan led the Mongol army to annihilate the remaining Khwarazm army, ruthlessly killing all the men in the king's family, and completely cutting off the royal blood of the empire. The Mongol armies swept away the remnants of the Khwarazm Empire one after another, ensuring that for 20 years there would be no more forces that might oppose them.

The First Western Expedition of the Great Mongols brought nightmarish destruction to the Khorezm Empire. Mongol soldiers began to gain notoriety all over the world for their bloody massacres. All of this is closely related to Genghis Khan's difficult upbringing and brutal personality qualities.

After the massacre, brutal sacking, and brutal ravages of the Mongol army, the Khorezm Empire never fully recovered from the disaster. Even many years after the retreat of the Mongol army, and even in the great Renaissance movement of the Timurid Empire of the Mongol descendants in the 15th century, the Khorezm region was not restored to its former national prestige and prosperity.

The Khorezm Empire, which had dominated Central and West Asia, fell. The old man wearily closed the historical masterpiece soaked in the blood of the people of Khorezm.

Genghis Khan's destruction of Khorezm completely completed the magnificent transformation of Great Mongolia from a regional power to a world power, and became the world's first power. This also laid a solid foundation for Genghis Khan and his descendants to destroy the Jin State and the Southern Song Dynasty one after another.

The conquest of Khorezm by the Great Mongols broadened their horizons.

The Khorezm Empire was a country with developed agriculture and commerce, dense population, many cities, a high level of education, a large army, and sophisticated weapons, and dominated Central Asia. The Mongolian army learned a lot of advanced technologies from the East and the West here, expanded the knowledge of the Mongolian nation, and enabled Genghis Khan, the illiterate master of the steppe, and the vast number of soldiers to come into contact with the geographical environment, social economy, cultural life, language and literature, customs, religious beliefs, and foreign military knowledge, so that Genghis Khan, who was quick-witted, perceptive, quick to react, able to reason, and able to associate, came into contact with many new things that he could not comprehend before, and greatly improved his wisdom and commanding art.

During the period of Genghis Khan's expedition to the west, he issued a decree to extensively collect all kinds of talents in Khorezm. Therefore, every time an army conquered a city, there was a Mongol general who was responsible for selecting skilled technical personnel to send back to the country.

During his lifetime, Genghis Khan divided the plundered vast tracts of Eurasian land to his four wolf-like sons. The homeland of the Khorezm Empire was completely divided among the four khanates of the Chagatai Khanate, the Ögedai Khanate, the Kipchak Khanate, and the Ilkhanate.