Chapter 65 Mahamo's Weakness

Mahamu said that Mahamo had difficult chores to deal with, at least two of them.The first is religious and political issues.Khwarazmo was in the Islamic world, but Mahamo somehow had a conflict with the Islamic religious leader Caliph Nasir, which caused Mohamo a lot of headaches.The second trouble facing Mahamo is his mother, Tuerhan.Bald Erhan was extremely domineering because he had made a lot of efforts when he was fighting for the world at Mahamo. He not only vigorously cultivated his own power, but also pointed fingers at Mahamo.The Kangli forces in the military and political circles of Khwarazmo were cultivated by her personally.She did not live in Samarkand with Mahamo, but in Yulong Jiechi, the old capital of Khwarizm (now Kunya-Urgench, Turkmenistan).In other words, Mahamo's greatest enemy is not the Caliph, nor Genghis Khan, but Tuerhan.

After sending away Genghis Khan's envoy, Mahamo first solved the first problem: the caliphate.He assembled his troops in Samarkand and decided to conquer Baoda (now Baghdad, Iraq) himself. At this time, Genghis Khan sent an envoy to tell him: "I want to use force against Xiliao, please don't interfere." Momo laughed and said: "This is your business, let's go and do it. Because I also have very important things, haha!" Genghis Khan's attack on Xiliao went smoothly.Mahamo's expedition to report to the city was unlucky.Many of his forward troops froze to death in the snowstorms in the mountains of Iran because they did not carry warm clothing.This was not a small loss. When he withdrew his troops back home, he was attacked by the Kurds, the remnants of the Seljuk Dynasty.Mahamo raised his head and asked Allah, "Are you angry?"

Allah did not answer him, so he remained silent, thinking about the future of the empire on his way home.So he thought that Genghis Khan was attacking Xiliao. With so much land in Xiliao, he and Xiliao were neighbors, so they should be divided up with Genghis Khan.Therefore, he sent fast horses back to the country first, assembled a large army, and prepared to take advantage of the fire to rob Xiliao.To his great horror, Samarkand sent news that the Mongols had controlled the entire territory of Xiliao, and a large-scale army was advancing towards the Kangli area, claiming to be chasing the remnants of Mierqi.

Mohamed was astonished and said, "I never imagined that Genghis Khan's troops were so powerful and destroyed a great empire in such a short period of time. Hearing is worse than seeing. I think I will meet them." Momo did what he said, and led the elite Kangli corps of the empire to stop the Mongolian corps along the Syr Darya River.In the lower reaches of the Syr Darya, he collided head-on with the Mongolian corps that was chasing the remnants of Xiliao. Subotai, the commander of the Mongolian Corps, was moving forward courageously, chasing happily, when the scouts suddenly reported that a large and neat corps appeared in front of him, which surprised him.When he learned that it was Khwarazmo's army, he immediately sent someone to say to Mahamo, "We are chasing the Mierqi people, and we have gained a lot. We can offer all the spoils with both hands, hoping to make a way out. "

Momo sneered and said, "What you're talking about is nonsense. Why did you pursue the remnants of Mi'erqi, why did you pursue it on my territory in Kangli? You're crossing the line, hurry back the same way." Subotai screamed wildly, and replied, "How did you know we were going to Kangli? You came here before we arrived in Kangli, which means that you came here on purpose to find trouble." Mahamo replied again: "Don't talk nonsense, you have two choices, one, keep the spoils and go back the same way; two, fight with us." Subotai said: "We Genghis Khan forbid me to fight with you."

Momo became furious: "Genghis Khan ordered you not to beat me, but Allah ordered me to beat you. I will destroy you barbarians in return for Allah's blessing to me." Subotai was faced with a choice at this time, either to fight Mahamo, but this violated Genghis Khan's order; but if he did not fight, he would not be able to pursue Mierqiren.In the end, he felt that eliminating the Mierqi people was the most important thing, so he agreed to Mahamo's request. Mahamo adopted his traditional formation and commanded the central army himself. His son Zalandin was on the right wing. Subotai could tell at a glance that Mahamo's central army was the main force, and the right wing should not be underestimated. Only the left wing was weak. can attack.When the horn sounded, Subutai's partial division went straight to Mahamo's central army, attracting Mahamo's attention, and he himself led the main force to use the fast ability of the Mongolian cavalry to attack Mahamo's left wing.Mahamo's left wing was defeated before he had time to react, and Mahamo hurriedly dispatched a central army to rescue the left wing, which was just right.After defeating Mahamo's left wing, his main force passed through the chaotic battlefield, circled behind Mahamo's central army, and launched fierce interspersed attacks.Mahamo's army was in chaos, and he himself fled to his son's right flank in a hurry. Fortunately, his son Zalandin was a hero, and quickly mobilized mobile troops to stop the strong offensive of the Subotai Corps in time.

That night, the two sides ceased their troops.Mahamo drew up the next day's battle plan with lingering fear, but Subotai didn't give him this chance. On that night, he ordered people to light countless bonfires in the camp, bluffing, taking advantage of the martial law of Mahamo's entire army. During the night attack, Subotai led the corps to leave quietly, went up the Syr Darya River, and continued to pursue Mierqiren.It was not until dawn the next day that someone discovered that the Mongolian army had disappeared out of thin air.Mahamo sighed for a long time, and said to his son: "I have encountered many great enemies, but I have never encountered such a fierce and cunning army. They will be our strong enemies."

His son Zalandin was calm, confident, and extraordinary. He said disapprovingly: "Father, you worry too much. They just succeeded by luck this time. If there is a next time, I will definitely wipe them out." Mohamo didn't worry too much, he always felt that sooner or later he would fight against this unfathomable Genghis Khan, whom he had never met before, but he didn't expect that it would come so soon. After Subotai wiped out the remnants of Mierqi and returned to the grassland, he reported Mahamo's impolite behavior to Genghis Khan.Genghis Khan asked Subotai how his troops were, and Subotai replied, "It's very strong. If I hadn't won by a surprise, I'm afraid it would be very difficult to retreat unscathed."

Genghis Khan pondered, and said: "Khwarizimo has strong national strength, strong military power, and prosperous business. For the time being, we should do business with them. Moreover, Mahamo also agreed to do business." It was precisely because of this good wish that Genghis Khan sent a business group of 500 people composed of Muslims to Khwarazmo with countless gold, silver, silk and other items.They need to exchange for Khwarazmi's treasures, such as chain armor, steel helmets, steel shields and Arabian scimitars.Most of these 500 people are Khwarazmo merchants, as well as extinct Xiliao people, so they are very familiar with Khwarazmo.When they reached the border town of Edala (now Shymkent, Kazakhstan), the border town to the east of Khwarazmo, the guard Yi Nale stopped them.

Yinal Chuhei is a clansman of Mahmo's powerful mother, Tuerhan, who belongs to the royal relatives and is a filthy person.In the caravan, a man from Khwarizim knew him very well, so he took the initiative to say hello to him, but this man had not returned to his motherland for several years. He did not know that Yi Nale had been crowned king at this time, so he still called him the old man. official position.Yi Nale immediately felt that his cheap self-esteem was violated, tied up the compatriots who greeted him, and beat him with fifty lashes.This person immediately came to suppress Yinale Chuhei as a Mongolian special envoy, and Yinale Chuhei roared like thunder. At the same time, he found that the goods brought by these people were very attractive, so he imprisoned everyone and embezzled half of the goods , sent the other half to Mahamo.

At the same time, he wrote to Mahamo, saying: "These people wearing merchant clothes are not merchants at all, but spies of Genghis Khan. They are arrogant and rude, causing commotion in the city. I sent someone to observe them secretly for many days. I found that they often ask the residents about things that have nothing to do with trade. What's more, they always threaten our people with a low voice, saying that something big will happen soon, and Khwarazm will shed blood like a river." It is not known whether this letter is the real situation, or a lie fabricated by Yi Nale out of Hei's desire for wealth.Among the five hundred merchants sent by Genghis Khan, there must have been officials and soldiers, which is inevitable in international politics.However, Yi Nale said that they caused a commotion in the city, which is obviously not true, because Genghis Khan never thought of going to war with Khwarazmo at that time. After Mohamo received the report letter from Yinale, he was so angry that his veins were exposed, and he ordered the Mongolian business group to be imprisoned.His generals and advisers all advised him to be cautious in this matter, and the Mongols are not easy to mess with. This sentence immediately reminded Mahamo of his defeat in the lower reaches of the Syr Darya some time ago, so he said furiously: "I wish Genghis Khan was also in that caravan, so that he could be chopped into pieces! Give me an order, Execute that business group, leaving no one behind!" His order came a little late, when Yi Nale Chuhei sent out the letter, he executed all the members of the business group, and only one escaped from the dungeon where he was imprisoned.The man galloped back to the Great Mongolia day and night, and told Genghis Khan the fate of the caravan members. Genghis Khan was first horrified, then suspicious.He didn't believe that Mahamo turned his back on what he said, and he didn't believe that Mahamo was so brainless that he would massacre his business group in the Great Mongolian Kingdom.Out of this mentality, he sent three envoys to Khwarazmo.The three envoys were all Muslims, two of them were Mongolians, and the other was a Khwarazmian named Bahela. According to Genghis Khan's exact instructions, as soon as the three envoys saw Mahamo, Bahela said in a serious tone: "I am ordered by Genghis Khan to remind you that last time our business group came to your country and suddenly disappeared. , I found out later that you were killed by you. You have clearly agreed to protect the other party’s businessman, why did you do this? You did such a thing that shames Allah, it’s really chilling!” Mahamo shouted: "You traitor, you are a Khwarazmian, you went to be a slave to the barbaric Mongols, and now you blame your monarch, your conscience is greatly broken!" Bahela glanced at the people present, including the most outstanding general in Khwarazmo, the top civil servant, and a monarch with a thick neck who was blushing with anger. The battle was huge, but he was not afraid, and continued to question: " Did you kill our mission?" Mohamo remembered the failure of the Syr Darya River, and the creepy Genghis Khan facial makeup described by Mahamu, suddenly his arrogance fell, and he said dejectedly: "It is my subordinate Yi Nale who made the decision without authorization, and has nothing to do with me. .” The civil servants and military generals were in an uproar, and Ba Hela sneered: "Then please hand over the murderer Yi Na Le Chu Hei, and let Genghis Khan deal with him. If you say 'no' halfway, then wait for the war. Presumably you I have also seen the power of the Mongolian Corps, as long as they look for the target, the spearhead will definitely penetrate the target!" What is the diplomacy of a strong country? This can be seen from the diplomatic rhetoric of Bahesar. It will never beat around the bush and give you two options. You have to choose one, either execute my order or fight. Bahela's tough words didn't annoy Mahamo, he didn't even look angry at all, but became pensive.He understands the truth that a strong country never gets angry with a messenger who plays tricks, and a strong country only needs to come up with one option. He is thinking about which one to choose, whether to hand over Yi Na Le Chu Hei, or to declare war on Genghis Khan. His generals were furious, and one of the five big and three thick generals kicked Bahela to the ground, and then kicked wildly, while kicking, he said to Mahamo: "My king, he is threatening us. Are we the ones under threat? You must know that Yinal is the nephew of your mother's mother, are you really going to hand over your mother's nephew to these barbarians?" All the generals roared: "Kill the traitorous son of a bitch!" The expressions of the other two Mongolian envoys changed drastically, but they did not dare to move. They could only watch Bahela rolling and screaming on the ground.Mohamo hated the chaos in the hall, so he waved his hand: "Stop!" He jumped up from the chair, walked in front of Bahela, gracefully lifted up the Mongolian envoy whose face was covered with blood, looked into his eyes, and said word by word: "Yinale is black, I don't want Hand it in. As for you..." He winked, and someone beside him was already gearing up. He jumped up and pulled off Bakhra's beard first. Bakhra screamed, "Everyone is a Muslim, so you can't pull your beard!" No one paid any attention to him, his beard was pulled off, a dagger was pressed to his neck, and with a touch, Bahela stared at him and died. After watching the bloody scene, Mahamo said to the two Mongolian envoys: "Go back and tell Genghis Khan, come if you want to fight!" The two Mongolian envoys were out of their wits and turned around to leave. Two generals came up and burned their beards. Muslims pay special attention to beards. The beard of a believer is the greatest humiliation to him. Two beardless Mongols ran back to the Mongolian grassland with their faces full of dirt, and reported the death of Bahesa and Mahamo's attitude to Genghis Khan in detail. Genghis Khan roared like a beast. He sprinkled sand on his head like crazy, rubbed his face with both hands, and tears came out of his eyes.Then, he rushed forward again, and started to run on the road unsteadily, and all the people present followed him.A stream of people quickly formed on the road, like a marathon.Genghis Khan ran to the horse post, untied the reins, jumped on the horse, and galloped forward.The others jumped on their horses and followed him in a swarm.This is a paradoxical scene, everyone is running, but no one knows why they are running. The person running behind asks the person running ahead, "Why are you running?" The person in front replied: "I don't know." The person in front asked the person in front, "Why are you running?" The person at the front replied: "I don't know." Genghis Khan ran all the way to Mount Kent and jumped off his horse on a raised mountain among pine trees. People saw him take off his hat, hang his belt around his neck, and "plop" to his knees.People close to him heard his sad and angry voice: "Changshengtian, you want to save the righteous and punish the sinners! The righteous people are my five-hundred-member business group, and the sinner is Mahamo. He killed my The merchant group also burned the beard of my envoy. Now, my neighbors don’t give me peace, so I can only fight for peace by myself. Changshengtian, under your instructions, I will go to war against Khwarazim. Kill them all, burn them all, rob them all!" After saying this, he issued an order to Yelu Chucai beside him: "I will stay here for seven days, and pray to Changshengtian to bless our crusade with success. Ask the guards to seal off the site." Seven days later, Genghis Khan walked down from Mount Kent refreshed, looked at his icy guards, and then at his comrades in arms, and said a word: "Send a challenge to Mahamo!" The letter of war was not difficult to write. Soon, his advisers sent a long letter of war to Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan said: "Read it!" A consultant began to read: "Longevity and Heaven established me as the khan of the world. I spent ten years accomplishing a cause that is beyond the reach of human beings. There has never been such an empire since the beginning of mankind. Changshengtian told me that I Its duty is to destroy the disobedient country and let its subjects howl in a pool of blood. As soon as my army arrives, wherever there is a country must bow down. You, Mahamo, dare to be rude to me, I will punish you You deal the most brutal blows..." Genghis Khan jumped down from the throne, snatched the book of war from the advisor, threw it into the fire, and said, "There's too much nonsense. I'll say it, but you write it!" The consultant picked up the pen and paper in fear, and Genghis Khan said word by word: "If you want to fight - fight!" More than a thousand years ago, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who stood shoulder to shoulder with Genghis Khan, had only a few words in the letter of war to the Xiongnu Shanyu: If you fight, come; eager to surrender). The two letters of war have the same purpose, and are majestic.