Those who wear robes are not necessarily lamas, and those who hold Buddhist beads are not necessarily doing good.

- Tibetan proverb

Ali's mother quickly brought the hot pilaf.

Uncle Ahmed took a bite of pilaf with his fingers, chewed it in his mouth a few times, and swallowed it slowly.

Ali's sunken eyes sparkled with a pair of swarthy eyes. He waited eagerly for Uncle Ahmed to continue.

Uncle Ahmed wiped the thick beard on his lips with his hand, and said slowly:

"Soon, two diplomatic incidents occurred in our two powerful countries, which completely tore off the veil that shrouded each other's faces and revealed their true colors.

The first is border disputes and armed conflicts.

When Jebe, the general of the Great Mongol State, destroyed the Karakhitan, our country preemptively occupied the territory that originally belonged to the southern part of the Karakhitan until the end of the Khymkent (present-day Shymkent, Kazakhstan), which caused strong dissatisfaction among the Mongols. Since then, a border dispute has arisen between the two countries.

Ordered to take over the Karakhitan were Genghis Khan's eldest son Jochi and one of the four famous generals, Subutai. In accordance with Genghis Khan's orders, they respected the freedom of belief of the local people, pacified the frightened people after the war, and integrated the scattered Karakhitan troops, and the local social order quickly returned to normal.

In their spare time, they led their men to hunt and train their troops in the vicinity of the Hamii River. What they never expected was that they would encounter the army of Khorezm in their own territory.

Jochi looked in amazement at the Khorezm army in front of him, ready to go.

Our king, Aladdin Mahamad, has commanded his men and horses to form a battle formation, and has warned in a loud and solemn voice: "This is the sacred and inviolable territory of Khorezm. You have violated the territory of our country. You must evacuate immediately, immediately, and quickly, otherwise you will bear all the consequences. ”

Jochi was a little confused: this is obviously the land of Karakhitan conquered by my Great Mongol Empire, how can it be the territory of Khorezm?

He asked his subordinates in a low voice: "You check carefully, have we crossed the border of Khorezm?" ”

The subordinate replied: "The border between Khorezm and Karakhitan is far in the hills ahead. We are indeed in the land of Karakhitan now. ”

Jochi listened to the answer of his subordinates, and had a premonition in his heart that the comer was not good, so he prepared his subordinates for battle, and on the other hand informed our king Aladdin Mahamat in a loud voice: "Honorable king, the great Genghis Khan never ordered us to go to war with your country. We came here just to hunt and train. ”

Our king, Aladdin Mahamat, also proclaimed in a loud voice: "Although Genghis Khan did not order you to attack my country, I did not command my army to attack you. However, you have come all the way here and have already broken into our sphere of influence. We must expel you now! ”

Before the words were spoken, our king, Aladdin Mahamat, wielded his sword and commanded our army to charge valiantly towards the Mongols.

A bloody battle is on the verge of breaking out!

Jochi and Subutai were battle-hardened, and calmly commanded the Mongol soldiers to rush into the battle position like lightning. One by one, they were extremely brave, and they were completely deadly, and they quickly slaughtered our army.

Our king, Aladdin Mahamat, did not expect that the Mongols were more courageous than our army, and was immediately shocked, and was about to organize the scattered Chinese army to launch a counterattack, but Subutai had already led a group of Mongols to kill our king Aladdin Mahamat.

Seeing that the situation was not good, one of our generals hurriedly rushed to the front to rescue the driver, but was cut in half by a knife of Subutai, and immediately died tragically under the horse's hooves.

Our king, Aladdin Mahamat, hastened his horse and retreated.

Subutai led the Mongol army in hot pursuit.

At this critical moment, our valiant and intelligent Prince Zalandine Minburnou arrived with reinforcements. They did all their best to intercept the army of Subutai, and it was only then that our king, Aladdin Mahamat, escaped for his life. ”

Ali interjected and asked, "Uncle Ahmet, what does our Prince Zalandin look like?" ”

Uncle Ahmed smiled and said in an appreciative tone:

"Prince Zalandin's appearance, because his mother is Indian, so he is not very tall, and his skin is darker than our average, but his strength is outstanding, his thoughts are far-reaching, and he is an elite and a wise monarch who will govern the country in the future.

That night, after discussing with Subutai, Jochi believed that Genghis Khan had just sent a Mongol delegation to visit Khorezm, which showed that he did not want to make enemies with Khorezm, and besides, this battle during the day also ruined the prestige of Khorezm's army, so it was better to take the opportunity to evacuate this place of right and wrong.

So, they lit torches around the camp and bluffed so that our country's army thought they were still busy. In fact, all the men and horses of the Mongols have been quietly evacuated.

The next morning, our king, Aladdin Mahamad, found that the Mongol army had withdrawn overnight. Although he was still apprehensive about the fierce battle of the previous day, he did not retreat timidly, but took the opportunity to occupy a large area of Karakhitan territory.

Genghis Khan, far to the east, soon received a report from Jochi and learned of the encounter. He knew very well in his heart that the king of Khorezm was not a young swallow finch foraging in the grass, but a giant bird with the ambition to spread its wings to the sky. Therefore, the Great Mongols must annex Khorezm as soon as possible to prevent future troubles.

At that time, Genghis Khan was not very sure about sending troops to our country, so he decided to send envoys and caravans to visit China again, in an attempt to spy on our military intelligence under the pretense of trade.

The second event was the murder of the Great Mongolian caravan.

Genghis Khan, in accordance with the trade agreement reached between the Great Mongolia and our country, sent a huge caravan of 450 people, mobilized 500 camels to carry gold, silver, silk, camel hair fabrics, beaver skins, mink skins and other valuable commodities to visit our country, carrying letters from Genghis Khan to our king Aladdin Mahamat.

The Mongolian caravan crossed the vast northern steppes, crossed the watershed with the oasis agricultural region, the northern border of our country, the Karatau Mountains, and arrived at our border city of Tatara.

On this day, almost 10,000 people in the city were empty. Citizens rushed to the streets to catch a glimpse of the faces of the Mongols of the East. Everyone was very curious about the short stature, large disc face and slender eyes of the Mongols, and pointed and pointed.

Seeing that the Mongols had unloaded their belongings and spread out their wares, the citizens rushed forward to negotiate business with them, to do business, to buy or exchange the goods they liked.

It is also difficult to come out with the name of the military and political chief who is false. He is the nephew of our king's mother, Aladdin Mahamat's mother, the Empress Dowager Turhan, which is to say, the aunt and cousin of our king, a veritable royal relative.

It is also difficult to find out that the flaws in the Mongolian caravan were quickly discovered through spies: some people who did not speak Khorezm were doing business with our people, and those who could speak Khorezm were missing.

After a secret investigation, it was difficult to find out that the Mongolian caravan was composed of most of the spies, ostensibly merchants who came to our country to do business, but secretly spied on the intelligence of our army.

It was difficult to send a quick report to our king, Aladdin Mahamad, and demanded that they be killed immediately.

Our king, Aladdin Mahamad, who had been wary of the Mongols, saw that his plans against our country were exposed, and he decided to turn the other cheek with the Mongols. Without hesitation, he ordered all the envoys and merchants of the Great Mongol Kingdom to be killed and all their property confiscated.

Heaven is not as good as people.

One of the Mongol caravans was a real camel-pulling merchant who had escaped the catastrophe that day by doing business in the mountains outside the city. Upon hearing of the massacre of the Khwarazmians, he immediately discarded the remaining goods and secretly fled back to Great Mongolia, reporting to Genghis Khan in detail.

The scheme is revealed, and the spies are dead. This unexpected result completely infuriated Genghis Khan. He didn't believe that there was such a person in the world who dared to oppose him! With his eyes blazing and furious, he hurried out of the palace tent, jumped on his red horse, and galloped to the nearby Mount Burhan (present-day Mount Kent in Mongolia).

Genghis Khan did not allow anyone to come near him, except for his personal guard Badr. He stayed on the top of the mountain for three days and three nights, praying to the Immortal Heaven for three days and three nights. During these three days and three nights, he not only performed the ritual of worshipping the heavens before deciding a major event in Mongolian tradition, but also tried his best to restrain his anger and seriously and calmly think about whether to send troops to Khorezm.

Genghis Khan believed that the war to destroy the world enemy, the Jin State, was at the most critical juncture, and it must not fall short at this critical moment. If an army is sent to conscript Khorezm now, it is likely that he will be in danger of being attacked on both sides. Considering the overall situation, Genghis Khan felt that he should write down this blood debt first in any case, and then try to completely liquidate Khorezm at the right time!

Although Genghis Khan vowed to avenge the dead, he nevertheless decided to stabilize our country. Therefore, he sent three envoys to our country, led by Bahrah the Khorezmite, to ask only for an explanation in the presence of our king, Aladdin Mahamat, for the perpetrators of the murder.

Our king, Aladdin Mahamat, received the emissaries of the Great Mongols.

The Mongol envoy conveyed Genghis Khan's words to our king, Aladdin Mahamat: 'You have agreed with me that you will not harm any merchant of the Great Mongol kingdom. Now he has broken his promises, broken his promises, and become the head of a country in vain. If it weren't for your order to torture and kill the Mongol merchants, then return our goods and hand over the culprit to him, and we, the Great Mongols, will punish him. Otherwise, we will be unceremonious and duel on the battlefield!'

Our king, Aladdin Mahamat, listened to Genghis Khan's harsh words and rebuke brought by the Mongol envoys, and bowed his head and thought for a long time.

If our king, Aladdin Mahamat, had given the Mongols as a scapegoat, perhaps a devastating war would have been spared, or at least the onset of this great catastrophe would have been delayed, and the damage to our beloved country would have been mitigated. ”

Ali anxiously asked, "Uncle Ahmad, why didn't His Majesty hand over Yeyan to the Mongols?" “

Uncle Ahmet gave Ali a serious look and said slowly:

"Naive Ali, our king Aladdin Mahamat can't do that.

On the one hand, it is difficult to find out that he is the nephew of the queen mother and the cousin of the king himself, and it is really difficult for him to start. Moreover, it is difficult to get out of the hands of a large number of troops, and if you want to capture him, you may not be able to capture him, but it will also cause a civil war in Khorezm.

On the other hand, the order to massacre the Mongol spies was, after all, given by our king Aladdin Mahamat himself, and the responsibility is not entirely on one person. Even if our king, Aladdin Mahamad, handed it over to the Mongols, the Mongols would not be willing to give up.

What's more, our king, Aladdin Mahamad, has long been determined to compete with the Great Mongols and dominate the world.

Judging from the information collected by our spies, the territory of Great Mongolia is not as vast as ours, the number of troops is not as large as ours, and the financial resources are not as abundant as ours, and besides, our two countries are thousands of miles apart, even if the Mongols attack, they are still poor, and the chances of victory are very small.

Besides, our country is in a period of rising power, and our king, Aladdin Mahamad, is so confident that he does not regard these shepherds of the East as his opponents.

Our king, Aladdin Mahamad, resolutely rejected the so-called demands of the Great Mongolian State to hand over the perpetrators and re-conclude a peace agreement, and also broke the international practice of 'the two countries are not at war with each other', and ordered the envoys of the Great Mongolia to be pushed out and beheaded, and the beards of the two deputy envoys were burned as a sign of insult, and finally escorted them out of our borders. ”

Uncle Ahmed sighed deeply and continued:

"Whether it is for the sake of face or profit, the Mongols, who are also on the rise, will certainly not willingly accept such an outcome. Our approach has played into the hands of the covetous Mongols, who have found the best excuse for revenge, aggression and massacre.

War between the Khorezm Empire and the Great Mongols is inevitable!

In the evening of the same day, Genghis Khan convened the highest military council of the Great Mongolia in his palace tent and determined the combat policy against Khorezm: Genghis Khan personally led the Mongolian army to our country to raise the army and ask for the guilt, leaving his younger brother Chijin to guard the territory of the Great Mongolia.

Alas, our great motherland, Khwarazm, your great calamity has befallen you. ”