Chapter 51 Genghis Khan hit by an arrow

Genghis Khan fought against the Kingdom of Jin for the first time, and the effect was remarkable.Most of the Kingdom of Jin had been ravaged and devastated by the Mongol Corps, and it was impossible to restore order and prosperity in a short period of time.Some people say that Genghis Khan's first attack on gold was just a tentative attack, and the ultimate goal was to snatch wealth.This statement is really questionable. Genghis Khan’s oath of revenge against the Kingdom of Jin in front of Mount Kent is still echoing in our ears. With Genghis Khan’s character of doing what he said, it is impossible for him to start a war just to rob wealth.

The reason why Genghis Khan ended the war neatly at the end of 1211 was that the Mongolian army was not good at attacking the city.The grasslands where the Mongols live and fight are flat and there are no high walls and thick cities. They have no experience and cannot use this experience.This war was a big lesson for Genghis Khan.He did not shy away from medical treatment. After returning to the Mongolian grassland, he immediately ordered the craftsmen who had been plundered from the Kingdom of Jin to be incorporated into the engineer battalion. The task of the engineer battalion was to manufacture siege weapons and explain the precautions during siege.

Genghis Khan began to make adequate preparations for the next war. Wanyan Yongji is also preparing for Genghis Khan's next attack, but his preparations are very difficult. Not only are most areas in Inner Mongolia, Hebei, and Shanxi now in rubble, but even the suburbs of Zhongdu are dilapidated by Genghis Khan.Seeing that it was impossible to recover in a short time, Wanyan Yongji couldn't help being furious.What made him even more furious was that in Liaodong, the land of dragon ascension of his ancestors, the rest of the Khitan began to jump up and down, trying to escape. The Kingdom of Jin's destruction of Khitan was a long-lost glory for the Kingdom of Jin, and it became a distant nightmare for the Khitan people.When the weather calmed down, the Khitan people regarded themselves as members of the Jin Kingdom, but when the storm came, the ambitious Khitan people remembered the shame of their ancestors, so they waved their arms and raised the banner of rebelling against the Jin Kingdom.

Among these people, the greatest genius was Yeluliuge.Yelu Liuge was a Khitan nobleman. In fact, when he was born, the Khitan had perished for a long time. He should belong to the Jin people, not the Khitan people.Due to his outstanding talent, Brother Yeluliu became a thousand householder on the northern border of the Kingdom of Jin at a young age.In the eyes of his subordinates, Chief Yelu is an elusive person. He often falls into deep thought and then sighs deeply.After Genghis Khan went to war against the Kingdom of Jin and was stationed at Longhutai in Changping, Wanyan Yongji worried that the Khitans in the territory would take advantage of the situation and make trouble, so he ordered that every Khitan household be housed between two Jurchen households.Brother Yeluliu believed that this method of maintaining stability was an insult to dignity, so he led his family members to Long'an (now Nong'an County, Jilin Province) to raise troops and vowed to restore the glory of Khitan.

Wanyan Yongji was furious at Yeluliuge's rebellion, and ordered the local army to kill him.Brother Yeluliu easily repelled the bandit suppressing army, and joined forces with another Khitan remnant, Ye. His momentum suddenly grew, and he claimed that there were 100,000 people. This was bragging, and soon he showed his feet. In November 1211, he was chased and intercepted by an army from the Kingdom of Jin, and was forced to flee westward.On the way to escape, he met a sweeping regiment of Genghis Khan. The commander of the regiment stopped Yeluliuge and asked him which part he belonged to.

Brother Yeluliu replied: "I am the Khitan Corps, and I want to join the Mongolian Kingdom." The commander of Genghis Khan said happily: "I am the general of the Mongolian Kingdom. Are you willing to serve Genghis Khan?" Yeluliuge said: "Of course, Genghis Khan is now in full swing, and even the golden dog is afraid of him. It is my blessing to be able to climb into such a big country." So the two got off their horses and swore to the sky. After Genghis Khan got the great news, he was overjoyed. From then on, he supported Yeluliu no matter the cost, and let him cause all kinds of troubles in Liaodong, the hometown of Jin Kingdom. In the spring of 1212, the Kingdom of Jin had been dizzy by Yeluliu, who was strongly supported by Genghis Khan.

In the autumn of 1212, Genghis Khan believed that the time was right to attack gold again, so he swore to his master and attacked gold again.The way of dispatching troops this time was quite different from the previous one. Genghis Khan's troops split up and broke into the territory of the Kingdom of Jin from the route of the first attack. Wanyan Yongji was in a state of anxiety, wandering around the palace.The Prime Minister Ao Tunxiang wrote: "Although the defense of Xijing is not as good as that of the central capital, but the city is high and thick, and it can stand for three months. Give me an elite team. The defenders and I will attack from north to south. Genghis Khan will never return."

Ao Tunxiang made his fortune on the front line of Henan and Shaanxi, that is to say, he stood out in the battle with the Southern Song Dynasty.As you know, the army of the Southern Song Dynasty was weak and incompetent, fearing gold like a tiger, so it is not difficult to achieve a record on this kind of battlefield, and it can also be inferred from this that Ao Tunxiang's military capabilities. Wanyan Yongji recognized Ao Tunxiang's talents and suggestions very much, so he ordered him to lead a corps to relieve the siege of Xijing.Until the time when Ao Tunxiang left Zhongdu City, the inside of the Kingdom of Jin did not know the extent of the war in Xijing.

In fact, Genghis Khan was helpless under the walls of Xijing.Originally, he attacked Jinxijing this time to use this place as a base to destroy the Jin Kingdom, so he came prepared.In addition to the twenty thousand troops, he also brought an engineering force of several thousand people.At the same time, a partial division was ordered to attack Dexing County (now Zhuolu, Hebei Province) to contain the enemy's reinforcements.To his great disappointment, the siege equipment manufactured by the engineering troops under the city of Xijing could not realize his ideal.According to the engineering troops, the city wall of Xijing leans outward, which is extremely unfavorable for siege.

Genghis Khan was very annoyed and beheaded several engineers in a row, but the massacre could not solve the problem.Just when he looked at the city and sighed, and was in the embarrassing situation of "neither to attack nor to leave", news came that Ao Tunxiang's reinforcements were coming. Genghis Khan was overjoyed and said: "If we can't defeat Xijing, we should wipe out Autunxiang! How many people have come?" The intelligence personnel replied: "30,000 people." Genghis Khan applauded: "Great!" The generals asked, Genghis Khan said: "Let a small army lure them to the ambush circle set up and wipe them out."

The ambush circle was set up at Migukou, 20 miles southeast of Xijing City. The terrain is dangerous, with two peaks piercing into the sky, and a gap under the peak, which only allows one person and one horse to pass through.Genghis Khan was worried that the defenders of Xijing and Ao Tunxiang would attack him, so he left five hundred households behind the city, and at the same time left 10,000 war horses. Immediately erecting dummy made of branches and grass, they wandered around the city every day.He led the main force to quickly rush to Migukou, and after setting up an ambush, he ordered a small force to meet Aotunxiang. Ao Tunxiang came lightly.He is riding a tall horse unique to Hebei. Although the autumn wind is already cool, he is still shaking a goose feather fan with Zhuge Liang's logo in his hand.Just when he was pretentious, the vanguard officer rushed to report that the Mongolian army was found ahead. Ao Tunxiang asked nervously, "How many people?" The vanguard officer replied: "There are three hundred people." Ao Tunxiang gently shook his fan, and reprimanded the vanguard officer in a majestic tone: "You bastard, three hundred people scared you like this, and ordered the large army to attack me!" Ao Tunxiang's 30,000 horses are by no means a small number. After forming a formation and attacking at the same time, it has a shocking effect.Soon, the vanguard officer sent someone to report that more than half of the Mongols were killed or injured, and the rest were fleeing with their tails between their legs. Ao Tunxiang shook his goose feather fan lightly, pretending to think, after thinking for a long time, he uttered a word: "Chasing!" The military adviser reminded him: "Let's go to relieve the siege of Xijing, or go to Xijing as soon as possible. Besides, the Mongols are cunning, maybe this is to lure soldiers." Ao Tunxiang nodded and said, "I am the most broad-minded person, and you can understand if you listen to it. What you said is not unreasonable, but, may I ask, where did the Mongols go?" The vanguard officer replied: "Northwest." Ao Tunxiang said proudly: "The direction we are going to Xijing is also in the northwest. There is no conflict between chasing them and going to Xijing. So, hurry up and chase them. I will capture them alive, skin them, and stretch their tendons." From this we can see that Ao Tunxiang is a person full of imagination.His troops were also imaginative, and they pursued at an astonishing speed. Ao Tunxiang's 30,000 horses gradually opened up the distance, and the vanguard troops pursued to the mouth of Migu and passed Genghis Khan's ambush circle before the follow-up troops arrived one after another. Ao Tunxiang was out of breath on the horse, and asked the forward officer who was rushing forward: "Have you caught up?" Answer: "They run faster than rabbits, but they should be able to catch up after passing the mouth of Migu." Ao Tunxiang waved his hand: "Yes." The military adviser shouted loudly: "Be careful, once the Mongols set up an ambush here, we will die!" Ao Tunxiang beat his fan desperately, and said: "The fleeing enemy is right in front of you, you are disturbing the morale of the army, chase me!" Surrounded by 30,000 people, they squeezed into the mouth of Migu, squeezed into Genghis Khan's ambush circle, and squeezed into the gate of hell. We still can't figure out why so many generals are easy to lure and ambush the enemy on the battlefield.I'm afraid there is only one reason that can explain it, and that is the obsession with ghosts. As soon as Autunxiang's 30,000 horses entered the ambush circle, Genghis Khan's men rushed up.Outside the mouth of Migu is an endless plain, which is the place where Mongolian cavalry are best at killing the enemy. Genghis Khan’s regiment still uses the tactics of breaking through the middle, rushing towards the central army of Aotunxiang. After only one round of attack, the Chinese army of Aotunxiang was destroyed. , the whole array was in chaos, the Mongolian cavalry launched an immediate massacre, Ao Tunxiang threw the goose feather fan, turned around and ran away with his horse.He ran so fast that the Mongolian army failed to catch up, but all the 30,000 horses he brought were wiped out.The great dream came to naught, and Ao Tunxiang ran back to Zhongdu in a hurry. What awaited him was not a severe trial, but Wanyan Yongji's stupefied and the sighs of all courtiers. Although Genghis Khan wiped out Jin's reinforcements, it did not help Jin Xijing's progress.He returned to Jinxijing City and continued to launch meaningless siege warfare. The commander of Xijing City Defense defended the city loyally and methodically without any flaws.Half a month after Genghis Khan launched his onslaught, Mo Nian Zhongzhong suddenly found Genghis Khan's command post, which was within the effective range of bows and arrows.He gathered all the archers in the city calmly, pointed out to them where Genghis Khan was, and then launched intensive and powerful shots that lasted for ten minutes. Arrows fell like rain, and Genghis Khan was shining brightly. A stray arrow hit him. Fortunately, he didn't hurt his vitals, but this was enough to give him a reason to withdraw his troops from Xijing City.When retreating, the Mongolian corps was cautious, very worried that Ma Mian's loyalty would take advantage of the situation and go out of the city to attack.However, there was no movement in Xijing City, not even celebratory shouts. Genghis Khan's sad exit under the city of Xijing made him realize the difficulty of attacking the city.He said to people: "Since I led the army, I have experienced countless battles, countless successes, and encountered difficulties, but there has never been a difficulty like today. I can't see a way to solve it." It doesn't mean there is no way.Genghis Khan pondered for several days, and finally slapped his head and shouted: "I thought about it, the city of the Golden Empire is not indestructible. The key lies in us!" He summed up only one failure experience: the personnel of the engineer battalion were unqualified, or in other words, all the engineers had not yet met his requirements.In fact, the problem lies with Genghis Khan and his army. When Genghis Khan and his corps selected craftsmen in the occupied areas of the Kingdom of Jin, it gave people the impression that they were hungry.Because at this time, the Mongols had turned on the button to massacre the city, killing all but the beauties and craftsmen, so many women pretended to be beauties, and many men pretended to be craftsmen.The Mongols have an aesthetic vision, and many ugly women have failed, but they are very stupid in identifying the skills of craftsmen. Therefore, as long as someone says that he is a craftsman, he will be pardoned.Occasionally, the Mongols would make a test, but those who claimed to be craftsmen could pass the test by making a few simple sawing movements.As expected, some fake craftsmen were mixed in the Mongolian engineering battalion. Of course, the equipment they made could not be qualified. Just when Genghis Khan was worried, Yeluliu sent a large number of outstanding craftsmen from Liaodong, which made Genghis Khan overjoyed.At the same time, Brother Yeluliu also sent a proposal for Genghis Khan to attack Tokyo (now Liaoyang, Liaoning) in the Kingdom of Jin.