Chapter 8 Chapter Six

At the end of that year, as soon as Genghis Khan returned to his tent on the Mongolian plateau, he immediately introduced all the new knowledge gained in the first battle with a foreign country into the training of all Mongolian troops.He made great changes to the group's battle formation, reorganizing all troops into cavalry; he updated and reformed weapons, eliminated short guns, adopted long guns, and added stone throwing machines in addition to bows and arrows. , artillery and other weapons.Combat training is going on with increasing intensity.Except for the old, the young, and the sick, all other men must move into the dormitory of the Corps, or receive combat training, or engage in the manufacture of willow-leaf armor, ring armor, and horn bows, rattle arrows and other weapons.Women both herd sheep and weave clothes.At night, moving lights can be seen everywhere on the Mongolian Hairy Plain, which is the movement of the cavalry team holding pine torches in their hands for night training.

He built roads in the country one after another, and set up release stations at important places, fortresses and pass places on the roads.The release station is equipped with brave troops and horses.All information, passed from one station to another, was delivered to Genghis Khan's tent as quickly as a flying arrow.Genghis Khan's orders also passed through the post station, like waves, to all remote corners of the vast Mongolian plateau. Genghis Khan formulated a new and extremely severe penalty law.The person who steals must repay three times the amount stolen.Especially those who steal camels are punished more severely. Even if they only steal a camel, they will be sentenced to death.Severe punishment clauses and regulations have been formulated for gathering crowds to make trouble, noisy quarrels, and drinking.All of this was formulated for the situation that after all the troops went out, only women were left in the country.

During the year 1210 AD, Genghis Khan made preparations for a comprehensive expedition to the Kingdom of Jin.However, in Genghis Khan's mind, the time to attack Jin has not been determined.Because it is still difficult for him to make an accurate estimate of the strength of the big country known as the Golden Kingdom, that is, its military strength and economic strength.Therefore, his estimation of his situation in this aspect varies greatly. Sometimes he feels that he is fully prepared, and sometimes he feels that he is not prepared enough, and it will take a few years to accumulate strength.

This summer, Jin Guo sent envoys.As soon as the envoys arrived at the border, the news of the Jin envoy's entry into the country was immediately transmitted to Genghis Khan's tent through ten post stations.For this reason, Genghis Khan had a few days to wait for the envoy's arrival. The envoy came to Mongolia to announce the death of Emperor Zhangzong of the Jin Kingdom and the ascension of Prince Yunji, and took this opportunity to urge Mongolia to immediately resume the tribute that had been cut off for a long time. From the very beginning, Genghis Khan received envoys from the Kingdom of Jin very coldly, just like envoys from subordinate countries.He said:

"The person who assumes the throne must be a generation of British lords, but it is said that Yunji has no such talent at all, and is a vulgar person. How can such a person deserve to send someone to urge us to pay tribute?" Genghis Khan immediately left his seat after saying this.The envoy and his party had no choice but to embark on the journey back home immediately.Although the news of Zhang Zong's death had reached Genghis Khan's ears the year before last.But he has never been able to determine whether the news is true.Now the official envoy from the Kingdom of Jin has confirmed that the news is absolutely true.On that night, in a room of the tent, Genghis Khan decided the date for sending troops to attack the Kingdom of Jin.In the morning two days later, Genghis Khan announced this decision to some elders.The time for the expedition was set in March, 1211 AD.There is still half a year to go before that date.

From the day when the date of the expedition was announced, military meetings were held almost every day in Genghis Khan's tent.There was a heated debate among generals such as Boorchu, Jelemi, Hesar, Muheli, Zhebie, and Subieetai over the route of invading the Kingdom of Jin.If you want to take the West Road, you must go through Xixia and then enter the Kingdom of Jin. Now that Xixia has been subject to Mongolia, it is natural to take this road.In this way, military depots can be set up on the road, which is very convenient, and the road has been well developed and built.If you want to take the east road, you will have to cross the mountainous area with many mountains and mountains, and you need to break through a Great Wall as the way to invade.However, taking the east road has its special advantages. It can catch people unawares by surprise, and any place along the Great Wall can be used as a breakthrough, as a route for invasion and attack.On the west road, only the narrow area in the south of Xixia can be used as an offensive road.

On the basis of listening to the opinions of the generals, Genghis Khan finally decided to take the east route.The Mongolian Bortechina group had to cross the Great Wall from all directions, just like the Bortechina under the moon when they climbed the mountain peaks, condescending like an avalanche, and rushed into the Kingdom of Jin.This is a vivid image that Genghis Khan has sprouted in his mind for many years.Although there is no reason to do so, Genghis Khan fantasized since he was a child that he pinned the fate of Mongolia on a desperate gamble. The new year of 1211 AD has just ushered in, and everywhere on the Mongolian plateau, troops can be seen to have begun to move.They gradually formed a large group and gathered towards Genghis Khan's tent one after another.In the basins of the Onon River and the Kherlen River, several groups kept walking upstream along the river banks.

In early March, Genghis Khan announced to the entire Mongolian army the decision to attack the Kingdom of Jin.Since then, announcements about the formation of troops have been issued one after another almost every day.Soldiers, camels, horses, and chariots covered the vast grasslands with tents.Countless flocks of sheep are concentrated in a corner of the grassland. The Mongolian soldiers formed three legions headed by Muheli, Subieetai and Zhebie respectively.Shanhesaer commanded the left army; the three sons of Jochi, Chagatai, and Wokuotai Taolong Jisi Khan commanded the right army; then Genghis Khan and his last son Tuolei commanded the central army.The entire Mongolian army belongs to the above six major groups.The remaining troops consisted of only 2,000 soldiers headed by Duhuchile.

Three days before the expedition, Genghis Khan himself climbed to the top of Bujiaohan Mountain.On the top of the mountain, pray for the best of luck in the expedition, and the victory will be achieved immediately.Genghis Khan hung a sash around his neck, untied his clothes, knelt on the altar, and poured kumiss on the altar.He prayed: "Whoa, immortal God, because our ancestors were insulted and killed by the king of the Kingdom of Jin, I want to raise my troops to avenge this. This is the will of all Mongolians. If we can get God's favor, I beg the heavens Help my wrists. And I hope that God will order all human beings, good gods, and demons in the world to come and help me with one heart and one mind."

On the eve of the expedition, Genghis Khan summoned his four sons, Jochi, Chagatai, Okuotai, and Tuolei, into his tent to have the last supper with the children's mother, Li Ertie.Genghis Khan was 49 years old, Shuchi was 24 years old, Chagatai was 22 years old, Okuotai was 20 years old, and Tuolei was 18 years old. "Bortie, the four children you gave birth to are the generals of the first army, and they are about to attack the Kingdom of Jin. Tonight, like you, I will part with these children here. From now on Starting tomorrow, our father and son will march on different fronts. This battle is different from the past, and the front is extremely broad."

Genghis Khan said. Borte went on to say: "I have nothing to be sad about parting from my children. I married you only for the sake of Bortechna who killed Tatar and Tayichiud. Now the children are grown up. You have grown up, but Tatar and Tayichiud, who were supposed to be killed by the children, were all killed by you, and there is not even a single wreck left. Therefore, the children are starving. Let them cross the Great Wall to capture and eat the freedom of the people of the Kingdom of Jin!" Borte, who was one year older than Genghis Khan, had golden hair that was shining in his youth, and now it has completely turned silvery white. Dinner continued until late at night.In the dead of night, Genghis Khan and his four children came out of the tent room.After Genghis Khan separated from the children in front of the tent hall, he immediately walked to the tent of the headquarters on foot, and discussed various matters with Boor who lived there until dawn.The two of them talked back and forth, discussed everything that should be discussed, and there was nothing more to discuss.But the two of them have been sitting there facing each other, reluctant to leave, unable to bear to leave.Because Boor was deployed in the right army led by Genghis Khan's three sons.Tonight I will say goodbye to this general who has shared weal and woe since he was a boy, and I don't know when we will see each other again. When Genghis Khan bid farewell to Bour and went out of the tent, dawn had already appeared in the east.From there Genghis Khan went straight to Hulan's tent.The morning air was extraordinarily cold, icy to the bone.Genghis Khan walked into a room of the tent and found that Hulan was still wearing the clothes he wore during the day, sleeping next to the child.The child is Genghis Khan and her three-year-old boy Geulan. Genghis Khan approached the bed, and Hu Lan heard slight footsteps, and immediately sat up from the bed.When she knew it was Genghis Khan, she immediately got off the bed and watched Genghis Khan standing quietly.Genghis Khan found that Hulan was staring at him with wide eyes.These days, because Genghis Khan is busy with military affairs all day long, he is temporarily alienated from Hulan. Although Hulan seemed to be waiting for Genghis Khan to say something, Genghis Khan stepped forward without saying a word to see the sleeping state of the baby lying on the bed.The toddler is very similar to Hulan. The toddler's face, eyes, nose, and mouth are all exactly the same as Hulan's. Genghis Khan left the child and walked in front of Hulan, staring at the face of the young concubine.The two still didn't speak a word.After a while, Hulan seemed unable to bear the pain of silence and said: "Khan, what are you going to say now?" Genghis Khan asked: "Hulan, what do your ears want to hear now?" Hulan said: "There is only one thing I want to know. As for other things, even if I asked, Khan didn't have the heart to answer me at all." "No, no! I'm too busy these days!" "Even though troops are going to attack the Kingdom of Jin, and the date of the expedition is imminent today. But Khan, you didn't even say a word to me. I know these things myself. Now I don't want to hear from Khan. to those things." "Don't you want to know something? Then tell me!" As soon as Genghis Khan's words fell, Hulan said with a bit of resentment: "Shouldn't you, Khan, talk about that matter? I've been looking forward to it and waiting for it for a month." Needless to say, what Hulan asked now, Genghis Khan knew very well in his heart.Before leaving, the reason why Genghis Khan didn't tell Hulan about that matter was because Genghis Khan hadn't made up his mind yet.Needless to say, all Hu Lan wanted to know was whether or not she should be taken on this expedition.Considering the words of the three-year-old Geulan, who has not yet been weaned, there is no doubt that Hulan must stay with Geulan. However, if such a decision is made, it will inevitably arouse strong repercussions in Hu Lan's heart. Therefore, Genghis Khan is extremely cautious, afraid of being negligent in speaking out.Regardless of men and women, Genghis Khan can basically guess what people think.However, with the exception of Hulan, he always guessed wrong.Genghis Khan felt that Hulan's heart was as unfathomable and inconceivable as a blue lake in the mountains. But now that departure was approaching, and things had come to an end, Genghis Khan had to say something.Genghis Khan stared at Hulan, who was staring at him intently, as if he wanted to confront her tit for tat, and said: "Hulan, you must come with me!" Genghis Khan blurted out such a sentence.But he immediately realized that he had slipped the tongue, which was the exact opposite of what he was thinking.Genghis Khan was surprised that he said such a thing.At this time, Hu Lan's expression became amiable. "Khan, if you say anything to the contrary, I am ready to die. Khan, you saved my life." Hulan said softly. "So, what about Geulan?" Hulan continued to ask.Under such circumstances, Genghis Khan said with a mood that could not resist Hulan's heart: "Gullan must cross the Wall with me, too." As soon as Genghis Khan finished speaking, he made up his mind to allow Geulan to go with him.Although Geulan was a three-year-old toddler, he was one of the Bortechina of Mongolia.In the war with the Kingdom of Jin, even though he has not yet stretched out his limbs, will there be any different opinions if he, a descendant of the descendant of Bortechina, is dispatched? Before Genghis Khan could finish speaking, Hulan took a step forward and gently extended her hand.However, Genghis Khan ignored her and said with a more serious expression: "Let Geulan accompany the expedition, do you know what that means?" Hulan replied without hesitation: "Know." "Then, tell me!" "My khan, don't you really understand my heart? The crown princes born in Borte are all going out with the army this time. I think that my Geulan should also be blessed with the same luck. Although he He is a three-year-old child, but he will definitely be able to join the army. Khan, you have fulfilled my wish, what else can I ask for. Will Geulan be involved in the flames of war if he joins the army? To be thrown among other peoples depends entirely on Geulan's fate. I am not afraid of such a thing. My Geulan was not born to be a royal family. Now I only hope that he will become a nameless ordinary Ordinary people go to war and use their own strength to forge their own path." Although Hulan's voice was very low from beginning to end, it was filled with fiery enthusiasm.Genghis Khan saw an unusually dazzling light in Hulan's eyes.At this moment, Genghis Khan felt that he had never loved Hulan so deeply as now.Genghis Khan held the same hope as Hulan for the future fate of Gewulan.This is not the love of the Mongol sovereign, but the love of a man's father.Men must exercise and grow through suffering.Be like me.Don't we all grow up that way?Like Khasar, Elephant Jaleme—every Mongol Bortechina must do the same! From this day to the next day, several corps under the command of Genghis Khan set off from the square according to the scheduled time.Walking in the front is the corps led by Zhebie, followed by the Muheli corps. It was dusk when the right army led by Shuchi, Chagatai, and Okuotai set off.Behind them is Gazaer's left army.When the tail of the long column of the left army left the settlement, they were immediately surrounded by night and could not see anything clearly.It was already midnight when it was the last Genghis Khan's turn and the Chinese army under the command of the last son Tuo Lei set off.The bright moonlight shines on the earth, and under the light of the moonlight, Genghis Khan rode his horse and marched in the center of the army. Mongolia's 200,000 troops took the east road and marched towards the Kingdom of Jin.It will take them a few days to cross the desert, and when they cross several mountains and deep valleys, the first thing they will see will be the Great Wall.In order to resist any invading forces, the Great Wall was built, and Genghis Khan had seen a part of it when they surrounded Zhongxing Mansion, the capital of Xixia. From time to time, Genghis Khan turned his head to look at the marching troops, using his own eyes to determine the marching status of the troops.The tips of countless guns gleamed silver in the bright moonlight.The silver light gathered together is really like a surging river with rolling waves running on the endless grassland.In this long flowing river, somewhere there must be a horse-drawn sedan in which three-year-old children, Hulan and Geulan, are rumbling forward. Genghis Khan implemented a special organization among the 200,000 troops who attacked the Kingdom of Jin.The smallest organization is to form a group of ten people, and then these smallest organizations are gathered together to form a team of hundreds, thousands, and ten thousand people. Each team has appointed a captain to govern them.The command of the 10,000-strong team is served by a general who has experienced many battles.At any time, Genghis Khan's orders are communicated to the generals by his staff, and in an instant, the generals infiltrate the lower organizations of their respective groups. Starting from the settlement at the foot of Mount Buhanhan, Genghis Khan's expeditionary force to attack the Kingdom of Jin marched southward and marched along the Kherlen River.On the fifth day, the troops left the bank of the Kherlen River, which made a big bend towards the east, and entered the side of the endless desert area, marching non-stop. On the day of bidding farewell to the Kherlen River, Genghis Khan was filled with emotion.Two years ago, when Genghis Khan invaded Xixia, he also bid farewell to the Kerulun River and then crossed the Gobi Desert.However, compared with then, the situation this time is obviously different.Across the vast desert, what awaited him was the Kingdom of Jin, not Xixia.The Kingdom of Jin is a civilized country with much more land and military strength than itself, countless strong cities, and a high degree of culture.The war that will be fought there is simply unpredictable.Although it is believed that there is a certain certainty of victory and that it is quite well prepared for it, it cannot be completely sure of this. I have heard of the Yellow River since I was very young, although I have seen it once in the Zhongxing Mansion in Xixia, but that is just a part of the end of the huge monster known as the Yellow River.The true face of the Yellow River rushing and roaring on the surface of the earth's crust according to the will of God is beyond the imagination of any Mongolian soldier.The Great Wall, which has been used to prevent the invasion of northern nomads since ancient times, has also been witnessed in Zhongxing Mansion just like the Yellow River.But what I saw at that time was only the westernmost part of the extremely solid building made of earth and stones, as long as I approached it, it would spit out rocket-like monsters.They are very unfamiliar with everything in the area surrounded by the Great Wall and the Yellow River. When Genghis Khan was young, whenever he heard his father Yesugei tell the legend about the Kingdom of Jin, a big cauldron with something boiling always appeared in front of his eyes involuntarily.Inside the cauldron, everything is boiled by the fire of hell that has never been extinguished since ancient times.The highest level of thought and technology that people have achieved; as well as the evil and ignorance that people are born with, as well as wealth, poverty, war, peace, singing and dancing music, luxurious and luxurious court ceremonies, exiled farmers, wine shops, The theatre, carnage, gambling, lynchings, successes, failures, all mixed together and boiled, with terrible bubbles constantly appearing and disappearing on the surface of the hideous boil with.It was there that Mongolian Khanba children were nailed to wooden donkeys and skinned alive.Since ancient times, dozens or even hundreds of innocent Mongols have been captured by the golden soldiers and thrown into the huge cauldron almost every year. When Genghis Khan bid farewell to the Kherlen River, he was not sure whether he could stand on the bank of this river again in the future.Not only himself, but even the fate of 200,000 Mongolian soldiers will be the same.In the early morning, Genghis Khan climbed to the top of a slightly higher hill, took a last look at the figure of the Kherlen River hidden in the darkness before dawn, and immediately issued an order to the troops under his command to advance.Even though it was mid-March, the region was still deeply asleep in the midst of severe winter, with biting winds blowing so hard that just stopping in one place for a moment would freeze you to death. The same as when the troops set off from the settlement, the army led by Zhebe set off first, and after a while, almost as if they were parallel to them, the two army led by Subie Etai and Muheli also set off.Although it was almost dawn, the flames of the pine torches held high in the hands of the soldiers and generals of the troops could be seen everywhere.The lineup of each unit is slightly different from when they first set off from the settlement.During the period from the departure of the army to this place, many sheep, camels, horses and other herds were absorbed in the team, making the group even bigger.Camels are specially responsible for transporting meat, milk and other food and weapons, and sheep can be used as food when crossing deserts and vast seas.Countless horses can be used as spare horses for the soldiers, and each person prepares two, three or even several horses.From a distance, the several queues extending towards the desert really look like long belts made up of herds. The warriors all wore stomachs made of leather that covered most of their heads, and armor made of the same leather.They held long spears and long knives in their hands, arrows hung on their waists, and bows hung on their horses. From this day on, Genghis Khan travels in a huge chariot drawn by horses.The car is pulled by dozens of horses, and the four wheels are rolling.The car was guarded by the cavalry of the guards on the left and right, and several banners of the Borjijin clan were flying around. From this day on, the troops walked into the dry and boundless desert wasteland, and they could not even see a tree after walking for several days.If there was anything that could break the monotony of the landscape, it was the red rust-like bald mountains and the large and small saltwater lakes that appeared ahead. After more than ten days of continuous forced march, the troops walked out of the desert.Then entered the highlands.Soon they went into the majestic Yinshan Mountains respectively.After entering the mountainous area, among the troops and soldiers, they were discussing the name of the city of Datong Prefecture, which they had never heard of until now.In the past, soldiers only heard the name of the city Zhongdu (Beijing).They believed that the place they were going to was Zhongdu.But at some point, the new name of Datong Mansion suddenly replaced the name of Zhongdu and was frequently talked about by the soldiers.However, for those fighters, it doesn't matter whether Japan is located in Zhongdu or Datong Prefecture.Anyway, those were the names of cities in other countries they hadn't seen.Even in which direction those cities are not known. The expeditionary army led by Genghis Khan finally arrived at the settlement of the Wangguti tribe entrenched on the north side of the Great Wall after marching for 1,400 miles.Although the Wangguti tribe has been a nomadic people on the Mongolian plateau since ancient times.But because it is close to the Kingdom of Jin, it is completely under the control of the Kingdom of Jin. Genghis Khan also treated this tribe differently.The people of the Wangguti tribe saw such a large army that they had never seen before filling their settlements and their surroundings. They were all stunned and at a loss.The leader of Wang Guti came to swear allegiance to Genghis Khan, and offered to be the vanguard of the invasion of Jin. The several Mongolian regiments that had come here as a whole so far dispersed in this place, and each began to march towards its own destination.Needless to say, the corps of Zhebie, Subie Ehe, and Muheli, the three crown princes, Shuchi, Chahetai, and Wokuotai, were the generals. Sa'er was the general, supplemented by Zheleme's left army, and they marched from the Wangguti tribe one after another at intervals of a few days.Only the Chinese army led by Genghis Khan and the last son Tuolei remained among the Wangguti tribe. The battle started almost simultaneously in the mountains north of the Great Wall.The battle situation in all aspects was reported to Genghis Khan's base camp every day with Kuaima.Genghis Khan ordered the armies to sweep only the territory of the Kingdom of Jin north of the Great Wall, and it is strictly forbidden for lone troops to attack the Kingdom of Jin in depth.In mid-June, the news that the army of the Kingdom of Jin set out from Zhongdu and was advancing towards Shanxi reached Genghis Khan's base camp.Genghis Khan's original strategy for invading the Kingdom of Jin was to lure out the main force of the Kingdom of Jin to defeat them before formally invading the Kingdom of Jin.It seems that this time is not far away now. While Genghis Khan sent urgent envoys to Zhebie, he also issued an order to dispatch to the Chinese army he led.On the eve of the army's dispatch, Genghis Khan called Hulan to his tent and asked her if she would like to stay in this place until the main battle between the two sides was over. Hulan said: "Khan, do you want to leave Uglan and me in this place just because you crossed the Great Wall alone? What is the difference between doing this and abandoning us in the settlement on the bank of the Kerulen River? " "Okay! Then, you go to the flames of war with me! Starting tomorrow, I will let three soldiers follow you and Geulan. The god of death will definitely continue to attack you two, you protect yourselves Bar!" As soon as Genghis Khan finished speaking, he immediately called the three soldiers who had been arranged in advance and introduced them to Hulan.One of them is an old man, and the other two are young people.Three-year-old Geulan was placed in the leather bag on the saddle of the veteran and moved with the army. In the early morning of the next day, the troops from the Wangguti settlement immediately entered the high mountains in the southeast, which is very close to the settlement.All the troops rode horses, and each had a spare horse.Hulan also wore a leather armor and had a spare horse.She rode a white horse under the protection of the guards. The next day, when the troops arrived half a day away from the Great Wall, it was getting dark.There are soldiers and generals everywhere in the rolling mountains and valleys.After a short rest at dusk, the troops continued to advance after dark.From far and near came the chirping of night birds. The fighting started at midnight.The golden soldiers guarding the top of the Great Wall first shot down arrows.It is estimated that the strength of the troops on the city wall is less than half of that of the Mongolian army. However, they relied on the impregnable wall to resist, and almost prevented the attacking Mongolian army from approaching the city wall.Genghis Khan ordered the troops to line up along the Great Wall, no matter where it is, it is necessary to capture a section of the Great Wall.The sound of shouting and killing is earth-shattering, and the sound of mountains and valleys responds.However, the Mongols met fierce resistance everywhere. The fighting continued until the next night, and lasted all day and night.After nightfall, the troops led by General Shen Bai lost more than half of their strength and finally captured a section of the Great Wall. The Mongolian flag was planted on the top of the Great Wall for the first time.Taking this as an opportunity, the battle was carried out on the top of the Great Wall and on the castle, and the Mongolian soldiers climbed bravely to the wall of the Great Wall everywhere.The battle for the castle is still raging.Half a mile away from there, a section of the Great Wall in the southwest was destroyed. The sound of bows and arrows, the sound of hand-to-hand combat, and the shouts of thousands of troops mixed together to form a huge sound wave, which was deafening.In the sound of the waves was mixed with the sound of demolishing the city wall, and the sound of large stones being thrown down the abyss of the canyon one after another. Huang Ye, the Mongolian troops crossed the Great Wall one after another through the gaps in the demolished city wall, and entered the inside of the Great Wall.The style on the Great Wall is extremely violent, roaring and raging, as if it wants to tear the moonlight apart and blow it to pieces.Genghis Khan rode his horse and stood on the stone-paved road at the top of the Great Wall, watching the horse team cross the Great Wall one after another.The tall city walls made of stones are clearly visible under the bright moonlight.Regardless of whether he stands in front or behind, he is like a giant dragon, winding and undulating, circling and flying, which is particularly majestic and majestic.Looking around, I saw it stretching far, far away.Looking forward, the city wall in front is quite steep and getting higher and higher. The tall city wall looks like a ladder to the sky, towering into the clouds and meeting the blue sky; Like being cut off in the middle suddenly, it disappeared without a trace.However, the tall figure of the Great Wall suddenly appeared on the top of the two mountains ahead.Although invisible from where Genghis Khan stood, the Great Wall suddenly swelled like the belly of a giant snake that devoured a frog on the slope of that strange rocky mountain top, which has been repeated since yesterday. The castle that is the target of the offensive and defensive battle. Genghis Khan patted the horse's head gently to comfort the impatient, hooved and head-shaking mount.The horse's restlessness is not without reason.The inner side of the Great Wall is quite different from the outer side, and the mountains on the inner side are much gentler.The cavalrymen who had crossed the Great Wall worked hard and galloped down the slope with an unstoppable momentum.The nearby mountains were covered with lush forests, and were blown low by the fierce mountain boundary, so that the figures of the galloping warriors were completely exposed in the moonlight. The day when Genghis Khan had long dreamed of Mongolian soldiers crossing the Great Wall bathed in moonlight finally arrived like a dream.The long dream has now become reality, unfolding before Genghis Khan's eyes.Although the scene that has caught his eyes for a long time now is an unusually peaceful scene covered with a layer of cool moonlight, but in fact what he is watching with his eyes now is braving the howling wind, thousands of troops and horses crossing the Great Wall scenario.For Genghis Khan, no matter the defensive power of the Great Wall castle; no matter the hard price paid when capturing the Great Wall castle, no matter which section of the city wall was destroyed as a passage for invasion; Whether the moonlight is as bright as the day or not, all of this is exactly as Genghis Khan expected.It can be said that there is no difference.However, only the very violent wind was blowing, which he did not expect or estimate at all.He never thought that there would be such a fierce wind howling and roaring, earth-shattering and raging.Genghis Khan thought, this place probably has such strong winds all year round!For hundreds of years, this city wall made of stones has severely and mercilessly separated the nomads and farming peoples as if they were incompatible. The strong wind, blowing from one side of the sky, continues to blow unceasingly to this day. Genghis Khan stood on the Great Wall until dawn and the east turned white.It took a considerable amount of time for tens of thousands of cavalry and roughly the same number of camels to cross the Great Wall.At dawn, Genghis Khan's guards crossed the Great Wall as the last troops.Genghis Khan, like all his men, galloped down the slope of the mountain, following the route by which they first crossed the Great Wall. Ten days later, Genghis Khan was in the enemy's homeland, and for the first time he fought against the army led by the golden general Dingxue.After annihilating Dingxue's army in one fell swoop, they occupied the territories of Dashuishuo and Fengli counties.A few days later than Genghis Khan's central army entered the inner side of the Great Wall, there was news that the first army led by Zhebie crossed the Great Wall from other places and captured Wushabao Castle.Half a month later, as if you were chasing each other, there was another news of the victory of the other troops capturing the Black Moon Camp. Genghis Khan knew that his troops and other troops formed a large encirclement circle on Datong Mansion, the key point of Shanxi Province, from two directions.Genghis Khan was not in a hurry to attack Datong Mansion.He spent a whole hot summer dedicated to pacifying the hearts of the people in the captured areas and recuperating his soldiers and horses.Because the battle has just begun, although the Mongolian soldiers crossed the Great Wall, however, they only left their footprints in a part of Shanxi Province.It was quite clear that the fighting was bound to last for several years. At the same time, the two corps of Muheli and Subieetai were undertaking the task of attacking the castles north of the Great Wall.The tasks undertaken by their two corps were extremely difficult. Although they made great efforts, they did not achieve very remarkable results with half the effort.The mountains there are undulating and dangerous, which is a natural barrier to defend the central capital (Beijing); many fortress passes are scattered all over the place, ruthlessly blocking the attack of these two generals.Genghis Khan entrusted such an exceptionally difficult task to Mu Heli and Subie Etai, two fierce generals.Although news of success came frequently from these two armies, their progress was extremely slow, and it would take a few days to seize even an inch of land. At the beginning of September, Genghis Khan and other troops fought together. They captured Baideng City in the east of Datong Mansion like an avalanche, and surrounded Datong Mansion.The Mongolian troops pursued the Jin soldiers who fled from Datong Fucheng to Zhongdu, and wiped out more than half of them. Around that time, Genghis Khan received the news that Muheli attacked Xuande Mansion, and Zhebie captured Fuzhou.The two fortresses north of the Great Wall that defended Zhongdu and Datongfu, the first stronghold in Shanxi Province, were captured by Genghis Khan within half a year of the start of the campaign. In October, Genghis Khan learned that the two generals Nuole and Wanyan of the Kingdom of Jin had begun to take action to retake Datong Mansion.Genghis Khan immediately went to the position, attacked and defeated his vanguard, and then attacked the Jin army's own army.The two generals of the Kingdom of Jin began to retreat without a fight.Genghis Khan led his army in hot pursuit, and chased him all the way to the bank of the Hui River, dealing a devastating blow to the fleeing Jin army.这一仗，蒙古骑兵充分发挥了威力，金国的步兵全部被踏死在马蹄之下，土崩覆没了。 首战告捷，乘胜前进。成吉思汗命令者别去攻打中都北部的居庸关。者别由大同府出发，长驱直逼居庸关，以迅雷不及掩耳之势一举攻下了居庸关。继而，成吉思汗命令术赤等三子的右军彻底平定山西省境内长城以北的地区。 三个孩子象相互竞赛一样，分别占领和扫荡了云内、东胜州、武州之朔州、丰州、靖州等地的捷报，纷纷传到设在大同府的成吉思汗的大本营。这时，成吉思汗仿佛看到孛斡儿出怎样认真地教给自己的三个年少的儿子打仗的情景。 转过年，就是公元一千二百一十二年。成吉思汗在大同府迎来了五十岁的春天。在这年年初，传来了木合黎攻占昌州、桓州两城的消息。接着，长城以北的诸城镇都被木合黎先后接连占领了。 这时，成吉思汗得知金将哩纠坚为了夺回大同府率领大军从中都出发，向大同府杀奔而来。成吉思汗亲自率领大军，从大同府出来，在中途迎敌，在群山之中歼灭了金兵，迫使前来增援的金将奥敦的部队败走。 到了这时，成吉思汗才深信不疑长城以北的广大地方全部被他占领了，入侵中都的道路已经打开。成吉思汗决定放弃已变得在作战中毫无价值的大同府，命令全军从长城以北向中都挺进。 八月，成吉思汗在攻下长城一年零两个月之后，这次由南向北通过长城。这时，长城之上也同样是狂风大作，不停地呼啸怒吼着。从用石块砌成的城墙的每个角落，沙尘象龙卷风一样，腾空而起，犹如擎天巨柱，耸入云天。这次蒙古部队与一年前相比完全不同了。他们押着数以千计的金国的俘虏和运输着堆积如山的战利品，浩浩荡荡地从长城南部越过长城，向北方前进。搬运战利品的全都是金兵俘虏和背上满载物品行囊的驼群。蒙古部队越过长城用了数日的时间。 成吉思汗再次以汪古惕聚落作为大本营，决定在那里指挥分散在各地的兵团。几个月之后，成吉思汗在自己的帐幕中接待了长子术赤和将军孛斡儿出。术赤和孛斡儿出是为了商讨下一步的作战而来的。 成吉思汗对占领尔根河流域一带地方的孛斡儿出降诏奖赏他的功勋。对此，孛斡儿出上奏说，攻占从阴山至长城之间的九州，并不是靠他白己的力量，而是由于得到术赤的大力支援，术赤冲锋陷阵，英勇果敢，所以，应当奖赏术赤为对。 成吉思汗记得术赤第一次上阵，在征服贝加尔湖周围的诸族时，曾建树过赫赫战功。从那件事来判断，这次作战的成功，正如孛斡儿出所说的那样，也许应归功于术赤。即使是这样，也没有什么了不起的。 但是，当成吉思汗见到带着满身征尘，慌慌张张的术赤时，奖赏术赤的想法顿时消失得一干二净了。成吉思汗一边凝视着术赤的酷似他母亲的脸，一边觉得术赤的双眼燃烧着反抗的火焰。平时，他的母亲孛儿帖每逢谈起术赤时，她的两眼内总是闪耀着任何时候都见不到的一种强烈的光芒。而与孛儿帖那种相同的目光，现在又仿佛出现在站在自己面前的长子术赤的眼中。 成吉思汗说： “术赤哟，作为对你这次作战的奖赏，我这个做父亲的应当赐予你一些什么呀？” 对此，刚刚年满二十五岁的年轻的武将术赤回答说： “我想得到的是您赐给我的连续不断的充满着苦难的命令，让我一次再一次地去完成那些责无旁贷的使命吧！” 术赤的双目死死地盯着成吉思汗的眼睛，一眨也不眨一下。那种异常大胆毫无畏惧的语言，从某种意义上说，是他反抗父亲成吉思汗的宣言。成吉思汗感到不知道有没有继承自己血统的长子术赤，现在已经完全具有一个成年人的独立的人格了。成吉思汗也把视线盯在术赤的眼睛上，大声地说： “魁梧英俊的孛儿帖的儿子哟！” 顿了顿，他又继续说道： “我不会忘记你刚才所说的话。今后，在一切艰难困苦的场合，你都必须遵照我的命令勇往直前！” 然后，成吉思汗命令准备酒肴，为了自己的儿子和自己的盟友，这两位远路而来的客人，举行短暂的酒宴。当天，术赤和孛斡儿出又立刻返回了自己部队的驻地。 成吉思汗与术赤分别之后，那夭整整一天，兴奋不止。自己对术赤的情感，究竟是爱，还是恨呢？连成吉思汗自己也弄不清楚。成吉思汗有时对术赤爱，有时对术赤恨。爱和恨是根据不同的场合和不同的机会，而表现出不同的内容和形式。但有时却是混合在一起，表现出极为复杂的情感。 以前，术赤在平定贝加尔湖以北的诸民族的时候，成吉思汗曾发表过表彰术赤功勋的诏书，把术赤的征战当作自己的事业。尽管那时他感到由衷的高兴，然而，这次不知何故，他却没有象那次那样发自内心深处的情感。在他那不坦率的心底里，无可否认地在考虑着另外两个儿子察合台和窝阔台。成吉思汗不愿意把战功记在术赤一个人的身上。对于年轻的同样也作为一军之将而随军的察合台和窝阔台，成吉思汗也希望他们获得同样的功绩。 但是，自从那天会见术赤之后，过了没几天，成吉思汗发现自己由于与术赤会见，而从术赤那里吸收注入了一种强烈的精神，仿佛术赤表示愿意承担成吉思汗所赋予的任何艰难困苦的使命一样，自己也很想从什么地方接受同样艰难困苦的使命。象术赤必须变成蒙古的孛儿帖赤那一样，自己也必须变成蒙古的孛儿帖赤那。越过一次长城，大破了金兵，就能说明成吉思汗已经模拟出自己从幼年时代就保持下来的孛儿帖赤那的形象吗？他觉得这还远远不够。 可是，成吉思汗，这一年没有出动军队，他突然把自己麾下的一切兵力统统集结在长城的北侧，命令部队等待时机，做好随时蜂拥入侵金国的准备。 在这一年的后半年，成吉思汗取得了意想不到的大收获。那就是曾经被金国灭亡了的辽王室的后裔耶律留哥率领着一族契丹人，在金国的东北部燃起了反抗金国的烽火。 成吉思汗获悉这个消息之后，立即派遣武将安占为使者，与耶律留哥之间缔结了联盟。耶律留哥向成吉思汗宣誓表示忠诚，成吉思汗承诺负责保护契丹公子。 金国面对东北部的这种形势，派完颜、和硕两位将领兴师问罪。为此，成吉思汗派遣三千援兵，前往增援耶律留哥。与此同时，成吉思汗又命令者别，一举攻占了东北的咽喉重镇东京（辽阳）。 在者别攻陷东京城之后，耶律留哥在成吉思汗的允许之下，就任了辽王。通过这次战争，不仅长城以北的一带地区，而且阴山、兴安岭两条山脉之间的，几乎能与蒙古高原相匹敌的广阔的地域也都合并到蒙古的势力范围之内了。 者别对辽东的远征刚一结束，就把部队留在当地驻扎。者别孤身一人回到成吉思汗的大本营来了。成吉思汗以厚礼欢迎、接待了者别。 在蒙古的部将之中，最能使金国闻之丧胆的名字就是者别。他不仅这次战役取得了胜利，而且，他调动千军万马如同手足一样灵活的用兵妙法，奇迹般地使金国的一切武将胆战心惊，恐惧万分。 者别从兴安岭那边拉来了数千匹骏马，送到了成吉思汗的大本营。因此，在汪古惕聚落周围原野上到处都是身躯高大，毛色黑褐的马群。 者别渴见成吉思汗，说： “以前，我曾经作为泰亦赤兀惕部族的战士与可汗交战过。在交锋中，我把可汗的马射伤了。很久以来，我就打算献马给可汗，作为我射伤的那匹马的补偿。现在好不容易才了却了我的那桩心愿。” “你射伤的不仅仅是我的马，你的箭射死了我的马，还射伤，我的颈脉。” 成吉思汗兴致勃勃地说。 “对可汗您的身体的抵偿，只能用者别的生命了。一旦有那样艰难困苦的作战的机会的话，请您不仅派皇太子术赤去，而且也希望派我去。” 者别说。 成吉思汗这时才第一次发觉者别已经看透了自己和术赤的微妙关系，现在者别正在委婉地劝谏自己。看来，这件事不仅者别，而且者勒蔑、孛斡儿出也都知道了。这件事在建国草创时代的功臣们中间，已经成了值得忧虑的大问题了。 关于那时候的事，成吉思汗对者别什么也没有说。对于一年比一年变得更加固执的具有象箭头一样尖脑袋的猛将，成吉思汗无法正确地说明自己对术赤的爱憎心情，而且他也不想作这样的说明。 成吉思汗在异国迎来了第二个新春佳节，即公元一千二百一十三年的新年。成吉思汗把木合黎、者勒蔑、孛斡儿出、还有自己的弟弟合撒儿，自己的三个孩子术赤、察合台、窝阔台，全都从前线召回，济济一堂，欢天喜地，共庆新春佳节。在欢庆新春的筵席上，成吉思汗提出了进攻金国的大问题与大家商议。说是商议，其实只是成吉思汗一个人单方面地发布命令。成吉思汗命令木合黎、者别、速别额台三个将领巩固后方，其余的三个兵团的一切兵力，全部投入攻占金国领土的战斗。这三个兵团是合撒儿率领的左军，术赤等成吉思汗的三个孩子率领的右军，成吉思汗和他的末子拖雷率领的中军。成吉思汗决定把以前隶属于右军担负保卫任务的孛斡儿出作为高级慕僚安置在自己的中军之内。而右军的指挥完全委托给自己的三个孩子担任。 成吉思汗对术赤、察合台、窝阔台三个儿子说：“你们必须团结一致，形成一个坚强的整休。术赤为头儿有指挥权，察合合、窝阔台你们两个要很好地辅佐支持哥哥。我命令你们由山西进入河北，再出河北低地，让你们的马蹄去踏遍金国的全境，所过地方的一切城镇必须全部占领。在两军交锋，冲锋陷阵的时候，你们必须身先士卒，一马当先冲入敌阵，你们必须在战士之前首先攀上敌人的城墙！” 术赤代表弟弟们回答说： “我们服从父亲可汗的命令，您所命令我们去做的事情，我们一定尽心竭力全部完成！” 术赤的面色阴郁暗淡。成吉思汗的命令，无论在谁看来都是不可能完成的命令，使得满座皆惊。孛斡儿出、者勒蔑、木合黎全都默默地坐着嚓若寒蝉，一言不发。既然命令已经宣布，术赤也已经接受了，到了现在还能说什么呢？说什么都是徒劳无益，无济于事的。 接着，成吉思汗宣布对弟弟合撒儿的命令，他说： “你要占领长城以北辽河以西直到海岸的领土。刀巧个地方一旦到了冬季，天气格外寒冷，到处都是冰雪，人马不能行动。你必须在入冬之前结束战斗。你绝不能因为天气寒冷冻死兵马呀！” "yes." 合撒儿用稍微显得粗暴的语气回答。因为成吉思汗没有让他去入侵金国的中心腹地，所以合撒儿似乎有些愤愤不平。 最后，成吉思汗自己对自己发布命令，说： “我与拖雷一起去袭取中都，攻下河北，渡过黄河，征讨山东，孛斡儿出要经常和我在一起。” 成吉思汗宣布了三个兵团应当完成的使命，他确信那些使命并非是高不可攀，无法完成的。从过去两年所进行的战争中，不仅知道了金国的兵力情况，同时也知道了金国的当权执政的人的的确确是个昏庸无能之辈。中都的守备十分薄弱，士气不振，民心不稳，动乱大有一触即发之势。蒙古的骑兵队，现在可以从任何地方象尖锐的锥子一样，突然刺入金国内部。 但是，成吉思汗确实难以设想，今夭聚集在这里的一切人都能在席卷金国之后，安然无恙地再相逢见面。尤其是自己的那三个年轻的儿子，更难以想象他们都能平安无事地回到他的身边来。 成吉思汗之所以把包含着无限艰难困苦的使命交给术赤，那是因为术赤希望那样做，成吉思汗也希望他那样做。 “术赤哟，你要变成孛儿帖赤那呀！”成吉思汗为了使术赤去完成这样的使命，决定牺牲察合台、窝阔台这两个确实是分享了自己血统的孩子，把他们置于同术赤同等的命运之中。这样做，既能说明自己对术赤没有抱着异样的情感，又能说明他理解多数武将的心，而采取的非常恰当的措施，这对成吉思汗自身来说，那是比什么都更重要的。为了留在不峏罕山山麓的聚落中的已经两年没有见过面的妻子孛儿帖，也必须这样公平地对待她所生的三个孩子呀。 以成吉思汗为中心而举办的新年贺宴，达到空前盛大、隆重的程度。从以大同府为首的各地结伴而来的女人们穿梭往来于热闹的酒席之间。尽管帐幕外而飘落着鹅毛大雪，但在宽敞的帐幕内部的火炕上却温暖如春，感不到有丝毫的寒意。 酒宴，从早到晚一刻没停。黄昏的时候，成吉思汗站在帐幕的入口处，望着户外银装素裹的雪景。那时，在东方的遥远的丘陵之上移动着行进着的军队的队列，映入了他的眼帘。成吉思汗叫来守卫，问守卫，正在丘陵上行进的兵团是谁的部队，在干什么？年轻的守卫立即告诉了那个部队指挥的名字，并说他们准备作雪中行军。成吉思汗不知疲倦地眺望着由一个黑点一个黑点连接起来的队列。那个部队指挥的名字，成吉思汗是第一次听说。成吉思汗远眺着那行进的队列，越看越觉得好看。在成吉思汗看来，那支队列的的确确是一群年轻的孛儿帖赤那。 成吉思汗把视线移到站立在自己面前的保持着立正姿势一动不动的年轻的守卫身上。在那个年轻的守卫的帽子上，征衣的肩上都落满了雪花。无疑，他也是个地地道道的蒙古的孛儿帖赤那。 成吉思汗转身又回到酒席上，他环视了一眼酒席上的人们。在成吉思汗的眼中。孛斡儿出、者勒蔑、合撒儿全都显得苍老了。无论成吉思汗也好，无论许许多多的功臣也好，年华悄悄地流逝了，他们也不知不觉地增长了年岁，头上象落满了霜雪一样，变成了花白的了。只有壮年的木合黎、者别、速别额台这三个人还显得年轻、朝气蓬勃。成吉思汗感到木合黎、者别他们的时代，不久就会到来，还有自己不认识、不熟悉的那些年轻的指挥官们的时代即将到来了。