Chapter 13 rescue operation

The action plan formulated by Jamuka this time can be described as seamless.The time and marching route of the rendezvous, the main and secondary targets of the attack, and even the plan for the means of crossing the river are all comprehensive. According to the plan, the meeting time of the three groups is on the first full moon night when the grassland is covered with flowers.The marching route of the joining forces was as follows: Zamuhe himself went west along the Onon River, crossed the Onon River and arrived at the assembly point, and then used local materials to make canoes for crossing the river.Towolinle came along the Tula River, crossed the upper reaches of the Kerulun River, and arrived at the gathering place.Temujin was originally not far from the assembly point, so he only needed to go north a little.

In terms of attack targets, Jamuka believed that he would only attack two of the three Mierqi people, and temporarily give up on the remaining one.This is a prudent strategy. The three Mierqi people are arranged in order from east to west, while the coalition forces attack from east to west. Only by abandoning the third westernmost group can they attack with all their strength. Temujin studied the battle plan while his brothers and friends were by his side.Temujin clapped his hands and said to them: "This plan is really beautiful!" Khasar said disapprovingly: "I always feel that this plan is going in circles! We can definitely go up the Tula River and beat it all the way from west to east. This will save a lot of time and wipe out all the Mierqi people." .”

Temujin shook his head and said, "Your plan is terrible. Among the three tribes of Mierqi, the easternmost tribe is the strongest. If you start fighting from the west, then other tribes will definitely prepare early, and it will become a difficult nut to crack. Besides , your plan is to attack from the front, and Jamuka's plan is to attack from behind, and the two will be judged on the same level." Khasar stopped talking, and Temujin said regretfully, "This plan is really perfect, when will we be able to grasp it!" Borshu smiled and said, "You will definitely be better than Jamuka in the future."

Immediately, Temujin's eyes shone with a dazzling light. He looked at the moon hanging in mid-air that was about to be full, and only then did he have time to think of Borte."Soon," he said with a pun. Toorinle's troops first arrived at Temujin's camp. Toorinle's younger brother wanted to laugh when he saw Temujin's pitiful army, but Toorinle forced his smile back with his eyes. go back.Temujin never showed any inferiority complex from the beginning to the end. He maintained his aristocratic demeanor and won the admiration from the bottom of his heart. Perhaps because of the vagueness of the concept of the full moon, when Toorilil and Temujin arrived at the designated meeting place, Jamuka had already been here for three days.

When the two arrived, it was the willow tip on the moon.Jamuka pointed at the moon and roared: "Look, the moon is about to burst. When we Mongols say 'yes', we have kept our oath and there is no excuse! If the Mongols agree to meet, no matter the snow Even the rain can't stop them, whoever doesn't keep his promise should be expelled!" When Jamuka roared, the moon seemed to be shaken by his aura and kept shaking.Towolinle hurriedly apologized to Jamuka, and pulled Temujin. Although Temujin apologized to Jamuka, his heart was full of emotion.Afterwards, he asked Toorinle cautiously, "Did Jamuka make a fuss out of a molehill, or was he trying to show his prestige in front of you?"

Tuowolille glanced at him, smiled and said with an elder's expression of "preaching and dispelling doubts", "You are the first time to be a commander, so you don't know the way here. Let me tell you, Jamuka's anger is justified. Makes sense." Temujin was dubious. Towolinle solved the confusion for him.He explained that the area where the coalition forces are assembled is not wide and there are few grasslands; the soldiers on the grasslands also have a fixed amount of rations when they go out to battle.Jamuka watched helplessly that the grass would be eaten up by the horses, and the rations would be consumed by the idle soldiers, and his inner fear naturally grew rapidly.Besides, a force of such magnitude was assembled near Kent's Hill that it was impossible to keep it secret, and it was easy for the Merbeg to discover them.Jamuka is a face-saving person, he will never allow the plan he made to fail.

It was only then that Temujin suddenly realized that there are still these specialties in sending troops to fight, and he must work hard and learn humbly from Jamuka and Tuorilil. In the years after Temujin, the words that Jamuka taught him to "keep the promise" always lingered in his mind and became a standard for him to conduct himself in the world. After a week of rectification, Jamuka ordered the coalition forces to advance.The coalition forces crossed the mountains to the north and drove to the east bank of the Shilok River in the starry night. Jamuka ordered the soldiers to set up reeds and drift rafts during the day, and at night, the coalition forces quietly crossed the river in the dark.

This large-scale operation was impossible to succeed due to the delay of Togolil and Temujin. When the coalition forces were working intensively on the east bank of the Shilok River, the Mierki people on the other side of the river had already passed the news to Tohei. Take off. Tuohei Tuo'a got the news at dusk, he was dubious, and sent people to the river mouth to reconnaissance at night.As a result, the scouts only came back with a head, and it was the allied forces who came out of the cage like tigers. Raids are the ghosts of the battlefield, especially cavalry raids, where the raided simply have no time to react.The camp of the Mierqi tribe seemed to be attacked by thousands of demons at the same time, howling ghosts and howling wolves.The coalition cavalry had red eyes, screaming and chasing after the fleeing crowd, slashing and killing them.Arrows rained down, and the cries shook the sky.In this messy battlefield, there are two people who are most anxious.

One is Tuo Hei Tuo, and the other is Temujin. It was the first time in his life that Tuo Hei Tuo had encountered such an unfortunate incident that his old den was raided, and the whole camp was in chaos. He avoided random arrows and trampled by enemy cavalry in this pot of porridge.He suddenly felt a bitter taste in his mouth, which is said to be a symptom of being frightened.Although his heart was broken, Tuo Hei Tua was the head of the clan who had gone through the storm after all. After calming down a little, he said to the guards around him, "Flee in the direction the enemy came from!" The guards were trembling all over. At this moment, It's too late to hide, why bother to provoke.

Tuo Hei Tuo kicked a guard over, flew onto his horse, and cursed: "You idiots, the more dangerous the place, the safer it is, surprise, surprise. Run!" The decision to take off black and white is wise.If he really chooses to run backwards, he is very likely to be caught by the coalition forces at the last moment.Everyone's thinking is that the boss must be on the last line, and Tuo Hei Tua chose to run away in the direction of the coalition forces, which shows that this powerful tribal leader is not in vain. Temujin was more anxious than Tuhetuoa, he desperately called out Borte's name amidst screams of terror and dying, he was like an old woman who lost her child in the crowd, screaming and pounced on Those in the crowd who looked a lot like Borte.

I threw it many times, and I made a mistake every time.A bad feeling hit my heart: Is Bortie gone? Thinking of this, he raised his head to the sky and yelled, his voice was so shrill that it made one's scalp tingle.Facing a group of crying women running over, he shouted in despair: "Borte!" A miracle happened.A woman in the group of women just ran past him, and when she heard his cry, she stopped suddenly and turned her head.Their eyes met, and Temujin almost fainted from surprise. The woman with disheveled hair and dark face was none other than Borte. In the hell of flames and blood, the lovers embraced tightly and remained motionless. Temujin and his soldiers did not participate in the rest of the battle, and the troops of Jamuka and Toorilil fiercely pursued the fish that slipped through the net and crossed the Selenga River.Unexpectedly, the progress was extremely smooth, and the remaining two Mierqi tribes were also defeated one after another. Jamuka stood on the pasture strewn with corpses and loudly declared victory. Although Temujin did not participate in the subsequent battle, he was not idle either.He was frantically gathering loot: food stores, hard currency, yurt frames, men, women, children. Take away what can be taken away, and what can't be taken away, such as the group of three hundred cavalry who attacked his tribe, one counts as one, and they are all beheaded. Toorinle left with a large amount of booty. Before he left, he looked at the dead bodies everywhere, made the sign of the cross on his chest devoutly, and said, "Lord, you will forgive me." Temujin gave him one-third of the hard currency and captives, and he made the sign of the cross again, happily saying, "Lord, I will bless you." Temujin replied politely: "Longevity bless you." Jamuka had the most booty, but when Temujin gave him one-third of his booty, he accepted it unceremoniously. Out of gratitude, he asked Temujin: "We are united, you Interested?" Of course Temujin was interested, and it was his wish to be with the young overlord on the grassland at that time. After Zamuhe received an affirmative answer, a proud smile appeared on his fat face: "I will take care of you, haha!" Temujin didn't hear Jamuka's words, he looked thoughtfully at Borte beside him.This is the first time he has won a trophy, so it is natural that he is in a good mood, and he has regained his wife, which should make him even more elated.However, there was one thing that made him feel a lump in his heart, and washed away all the joy.