Chapter 7 Prisoner Temujin

Ruthless to those who challenged his authority, and ten times more ruthless to those who betrayed him, given the chance, such as Tarihutai, the chieftain of the Techiu tribe who abandoned them. Tali Kutai has lived a few years of comfortable life since he abandoned Temujin's family.Occasionally, when he thought of Temujin's family, he would always gloat and ask his subordinates, "Did the Hoelun family die in the Onon River?" The answers of most of his subordinates made him happy: "Probably so!" But someone's answer made him very disappointed: "The Hoelun family is still alive, especially her eldest son Temujin, who seems to be an adult."

Tali suddenly felt guilty and said uneasily: "The chick is still alive and can fly high. The baby has grown up..." He spun in a circle, faster and faster, still remembering the fire in Temujin's eyes when he abandoned the Hoelun family all those years ago.He stopped abruptly and ordered: "Go and catch Temujin for me!" A cavalry unit of 20 quickly rushed to the location of Temujin's tent on the upper reaches of the Onon River.When they appeared in the sight of Hoelun's family, Temujin understood two things: first, they were the cavalry of the enemy Talihutai; point.He was clearly on the losing side.

Hoelun and Temujin had the same idea, and shouted in panic to let everyone run into the forest.The women and children ran in first, and Temujin, his younger brothers Khasar and Beligutai stood at the edge of the forest, vowing to protect their families to the death.Biligutai has the power of a god, and quickly cut down a big tree and used it as a defense. The sharpshooter Hesar fired three arrows in a row, but due to the wind speed, the arrows were all empty.But his superb archery made the cavalry of Talihutai break out in a cold sweat. The cavalry captain used the trick of alienation and shouted to them: "What we want is Temujin, and everyone else can survive!"

Biligutai and Khasar both looked at Temujin and said, "Brother, run away!" Temujin proudly said: "At the critical moment, how can I abandon you?" The two younger brothers said: "Didn't you hear what they said, only arrest you, you can save yourself and everyone else if you leave." Temujin thought for a while, then made up his mind, jumped on his horse, and went into the forest.This is a seldom-inhabited forest, densely packed with cedar, larch and other trees of disorderly height, even bears cannot run in it, and it is naturally not conducive to cavalry operations.Seeing Temujin fleeing on horseback, the Talihutai cavalry kept their promise, left Hoelun's family behind, and chased Temujin until they reached the edge of the forest before reining in their horses.They didn't dare to go deep, but they just guarded the entrance of the forest tightly and waited for the rabbit.

Temujin hid in the forest for three days and three nights. When he was hungry, he pitifully dug wild vegetables in the forest, and when he was thirsty, he chewed the water in the leaves.In the early morning of the fourth day, Temujin thought that the enemy had left, so he tiptoed towards the entrance of the forest.When he was still a few meters away from the exit, he decided to get on the horse, but when he turned around, he was surprised to find that the saddle was gone.He clearly remembered that the saddle was fastened when he was ready to go out.A flash of lightning flashed into his mind, he thought it was Changshengtian's warning, and the enemy hadn't left yet.

So he turned his horse's head and tiptoed back to the depths of the forest.This hiding lasted another three days and three nights. They ate grass roots when they were hungry, and sucked leaves when they were thirsty.On the seventh day, Temu really thought, they must have left.He led the horse and even wanted to hum a few Mongolian tunes to celebrate the victory.When he was a few meters away from the forest exit, he subconsciously turned his head to look at the saddle.The saddle was still there, and he rejoiced, humming a little tune in a low voice, and suddenly there was a "boom", as if a huge boulder fell from the sky and hit the ground.Temujin squatted down in fright. It was indeed a huge boulder, which seemed to have fallen from the sky, straddling the entrance of the forest and crushing the low trees around it.

It is said that this boulder was as big as a yurt, white as snow, and hard as iron, blocking Temujin's way.A flash of lightning appeared in Temujin's mind, and he exclaimed: "This is Changshengtian not letting me go out, it seems that the enemy has not left yet!" He first knelt on the ground and kowtowed to express his gratitude to Changshengtian, and then returned to the depths of the forest.They hid for another three days and three nights, began to eat the bark when they were hungry, and still sucked the leaves when they were thirsty.Nature had allowed him to survive for nine days, and on the tenth day, he thought a little annoyed, this time they should go.He led the horse towards the entrance of the forest. During the walk, he looked back at the saddle from time to time, and the saddle was there.He went to look at the entrance of the forest again, and to his surprise, the huge white stone was gone!

This is what Changshengtian meant, and Temujin became ecstatic: "The enemy is gone, I can finally leave this ghost place!" He jumped on the horse's back and gave the horse a hard whip, and the horse began to accelerate and rushed out of the forest.At the moment of rushing out of the forest, Temujin's eyes flashed, and the whole world turned upside down. He heard the neighing of the horse, saw the green field getting closer and closer to his face, and finally bumped into it heavily.He let out an "ouch" and his whole body lay on the ground.It was inertia, as you know, and his horse tripped over something and threw him out.

Temujin soon knew that it was his enemies who tripped the horse, because they surrounded him, beat and kicked him, and cursed: "You little bastard, you have such perseverance, you hid for nine days, you almost Didn't boil us to death!" Temujin was captured alive with a bruised nose and swollen face. Changshengtian didn't warn him this time, he seemed to be annoyed for a while because of this.However, if he knew what Mencius said, "Heaven will send a great mission to a man, he must first suffer from his will and his muscles and bones", because going through hardships is a necessary step for a great person to reborn. .

Anyone who knew that Tali Kutai had captured Temujin alive concluded that Temujin must die, including Temujin himself.Surprisingly, after Tali Kutai "appreciated" Temujin in all directions and without dead ends, he did not kill him.His eyeballs rolled around, and finally he showed a sinister smile, and ordered: "Help me put the shackles on him, and each battalion will take turns guarding him. I want him to know how powerful my Taichiwu tribe is!" The so-called battalions are "Ayinle".There are two types of Mongolian nomads, one is individual nomads, known as "Ayinle". Although Temujin's family had several tents at that time, they belonged to "Ayinle"; the other is collective nomadism. Known as "Gu Lieyan", such as the current Tali Hutai, his tent is in the middle, and the clan members who actively followed him camped around his tent, forming a tent group.

There are naturally many "Ayinle" in the Taichiwu tribe, so Talihutai said to let Temujin see how powerful their tribe is. In this way, Temujin went from one camp to another every day wearing chains.One life was spared, but the prospects were very bleak. No one came to save him. He might die on the way from one camp to another, or just sleep in chains.In his life, I am afraid there is nothing worse than this. However, Temujin had two magic weapons at this time, one was his resolute character, and the other was his surprisingly good luck.