Chapter 75 Shenhe bloody battle

Zalandin quickly completed the defense, and set up an "arc" defense with ships a hundred meters away from the Shen River. Behind the ships were archers, and behind the archers were cavalry.The boat hugs the river at both ends, with the river bank as the moon string, Er Mingmieli is in charge of the left wing, Timur Mieli is in charge of the right wing, and he himself is in charge of the middle.From a physical point of view, the arc will disperse the force of the force point, which has good impact resistance; the soldiers in the formation stand with their backs against the water, and can also have the effect of "surviving after being trapped in a dead place".

Seeing this kind of formation, Genghis Khan also set out to address the problem and attacked Zalanding's left, center and right in three directions. He wanted to break through Zalanding's formation with absolute superiority, and then counter-surrounded and wiped out. Before the battle, Genghis Khan told his commanders that he had a lot to say to Zalandin if he wanted to capture him alive.Zalandin told his commanders that there was a seven-meter-high cliff behind him, and he would surely die if he jumped off hastily. There was only one way to survive, and that was to break through Genghis Khan's encirclement and meet outside the circle.

Genghis Khan's three-way army was approaching Zalandin's army, and the three semicircular formations joined together to form a curved bow arc and surrounded them. If viewed from a height, the banks of the Shen River looked like bowstrings running through both ends. To Genghis Khan's great surprise, Zalandin, who was at a disadvantage in numbers, did not take a defensive position. Before the two sides fought hand-to-hand, Zalandin suddenly ordered an attack.His arc-shaped battle formation was pushed over like a crooked tide, and stuck tightly to the formation of Genghis Khan's regiment.

Zalandin was full of fighting spirit, like a blind beast, rushing and biting in the middle, and the Mongolian army in the middle was forced to back again and again by him.But he obviously made a fatal mistake. His number was small, and when he expanded outwards in an arc formation, the density became smaller and smaller, and the left wing of Eomingmieli immediately became empty. The Mongols are best at finding the weak points of the enemy. Immediately ramp up efforts to attack the weaknesses they find.It was too late for Er Ming Mie Li to make amends, and the Mongols broke through the line. He tried to turn around and escape, but there was no way out. Soon, the uncle of the country died under the random arrows of the Mongols.

As soon as the left wing was lost, Zalandin panicked, and he hurriedly shrunk his formation.At this time, he made another mistake in his busy schedule. The order to shrink the formation was not given to the commander, but to all the officers and soldiers. As soon as the order came out, everyone in the regiment retreated quickly and disorderly.Everyone trampled on each other, and the banks of the Shen River almost became hell. During the chaotic and miserable retreat, the Mongolian Corps seized the opportunity and rushed to Zalandin's right wing. Although Timur mie Li struggled to support, but the number of people and morale were limited, he was finally defeated, but he himself was very lucky. Find a gap in the chaotic army and escape.

The national hero of Khwarazm, like most national heroes, had a tragic end.Days after escaping from the banks of the Shen River, Timur Mieli put down his weapon, picked it up, and became a devout Muslim. He fled to Syria, where he remembered the past.Many years later, Khwarazmo was already ruled by the Mongols. He missed his homeland and returned to his hometown.In the city of Kuzen, which won him glory back then, he wanted to meet the local Mongolian leader, hoping to be forgiven.At this time, Hedan, the son of Wokuotai, the leader of the Great Mongolian Kingdom, did not have a broad mind, so he was tied up and shot to death with an arrow at the end.

After Timur escaped from Mieli, only Zalandin was left to fight bravely. He led the most elite 700 troops in the world at that time to resist Genghis Khan's tens of thousands of troops.Once, the besieging Mongolian army was pushed back more than ten meters. Observing Zalandin from a high place, Genghis Khan couldn't help admiring: "It's unbelievable that the father of the dog has a tiger cub." He turned to Chagatai and Okuotai and said, "My son should do the same!" At that time, no one's son wanted to be Zalandin, because he was besieged and attacked by the Mongols, and the scope of activities became smaller and smaller, and the number of people became smaller and smaller.He was soberly aware that today was his death day, but he didn't understand why those Mongols didn't kill him.A light shot into his mind, and he suddenly realized: Genghis Khan wanted to capture me alive, humiliate me, and humiliate my empire!

He must not let Genghis Khan's conspiracy succeed, since the surrounding Mongols will not hit him hard, then he has no choice but to take advantage of it and kill him.With all his strength, he slashed at the Mongolian soldiers who rushed forward to capture him alive with his big knife. Several times, he cut off the top of the opponent's head, splitting it in two. The enemy's blood soaked him. At some point, he had hallucinations. The speed of the oncoming enemy gradually slowed down, like a slow motion. Like Pao Ding, he had enough time to analyze the enemy's body structure and analyze where it came from. Only by cutting the knife can the enemy die quickly without wasting the blade.The sky also became scarlet, the water in the Shen River was still, and everything on the battlefield slowed down. He saw his own head being chopped into the sky by the enemy's knife, and the blood from the chest was like a fountain, rushing straight into the sky.The neighing of the war horse was like an ancient sound, echoing wave after wave in his ears.

At some point, he suddenly woke up from that hallucination.A voice from outside said to him: "Not only can you not let Genghis Khan be captured alive, but you can't die, the greater the power, the greater the responsibility, and there are unfinished business waiting for you to complete." Hearing this sentence, he was full of strength again.He rushed forward violently, the horse was exhausted, he had to gasp for breath every time he took a step, he leaned forward on the horse, as if he was dragging the horse forward.Under his frenzied impact, the Mongol retreated dozens of steps.In this gap, Zalandin turned his horse's head, galloped backwards, and then jumped off the horse to replace it with another horse that had not exhausted its energy.

Genghis Khan saw Zalandin's actions from a high place, and immediately shouted: "He is going to jump into the river, stop him!" The Mongolian soldiers were ordered to rush to Zalandin, but it was too late. Zalandin had thrown away his armor, held the sword in his hand, yanked his horse's buttocks, and flew towards the six-meter-high cliff.The horse neighed, and its four hooves lifted off the ground, drawing a bright light in the air and shooting into the surging turbid waves. Genghis Khan covered his mouth with one hand in amazement, pointed at the ups and downs of Zalandin in the river, and said excitedly: "It's like giving birth to a child!"

The Mongolian soldiers were about to shoot arrows into the river, but Genghis Khan stopped him and said, "This is a hero, he cannot die under random arrows." Zalandin saved himself with bravery and determination to restore the country.He swam across the middle of the river with difficulty, boarded the cliff, stood on the bank like a giant dragon out of water, and looked across. Looking at Genghis Khan, he suddenly howled loudly triumphantly, then shook his sword in the air, made a threatening gesture, and then let his horse dodge into the bushes and disappeared. Genghis Khan felt lost and sighed.Just as he sighed, the Mongolian soldiers executed the prisoners on the spot.Someone brought Zalandin's lovely son to Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan took a look and said, "We must cut the weeds and root them out." There were screams and blood on the banks of the Shenhe River. After this battle, Khwarazimo completely destroyed the country. After Zalanding ran to Xindu, although he was still against the Mongols, he was never able to gather a team to fight against the Mongols again. An army of people to contend with. In 1231, Zalandin was doomed and killed by the Mongols who had been chasing him for many years. The battle on the banks of the Shen River completely destroyed Khwarazmo's vitality.But Genghis Khan is still worried about Zalandin. In his words, this man is highly skilled and courageous. Given a chance, he can make waves and kill grass and roots like executing his son. Chagatai asked cautiously: "Aren't you captured alive?" Genghis Khan thought for a while, shook his head, and said, "Cut the grass and roots." The two generals crossed the Shen River and searched for Zalanding along the east bank of the Shen River.But after dozens of days of searching, there was no trace of Zalandin.Since the two generals had entered a new country, of course they couldn't return empty-handed, so they found a city called Mu'ertan and stormed it for several days without gaining anything.When spring came, the Mongols couldn't stand the local hot climate, so they retreated angrily. In the spring of 1222, Genghis Khan issued an order to mop up the remnants of Khwarazmo in the Shenhe River. This sweep was far more benevolent than the Khorasan sweep. First, the remaining strength of Khwarazmo in the Shenhe River Basin was weak, and secondly, their internal strife continued. , Adopting the model of revenge for the enemy cleared the obstacles for Genghis Khan, so in July 1222, Genghis Khan easily leveled the Shen River Basin. Genghis Khan was very happy with his victory over Khwarazmo, and he held a grand banquet to reward the soldiers.He then excitedly taught his sons about leadership.He said that leadership is self-control, especially the control of pride, which is harder than taming a wild lion, and the control of anger, which is harder than defeating the best wrestler.Genghis Khan stared at his sons and said word by word: "If you cannot control your pride and complacency, you cannot lead others." Wang Yangming, the originator of the study of mind, said that "arrogance" is a serious illness in life, and one person who is arrogant can never do anything.Genghis Khan warned his sons, don't be self-righteous, think that you are the strongest and the most intelligent, there are people beyond others, and there is a sky beyond the sky, no matter how high the mountain is, animals will trample it.When animals climb to the top of a mountain, they are taller than the mountain. The reason why people are proud is because someone is inferior to him.But a really smart person will always have this kind of awareness: any person, even if he is as humble as a dust, will turn himself into a master if his luck changes from time to time.A Chinese proverb says that there is still a day to clarify the Yellow River, so how can people not be proud?Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, don't underestimate people who are not as good as you. Suddenly one day, maybe tomorrow, they will stand taller than you. Genghis Khan has never been proud and complacent in his life. More facts tell us that he has always walked on eggshells and treated anyone and everything with extreme caution.Although he believed that he was Changshengtian's agent in the world, that was self-confidence, not pride.Only those who are confident can achieve great things without being proud. He emphasized to his sons the importance of vision, purpose, and planning: "Without vision, one cannot dominate one's own life, let alone the lives of others. One cannot chase after material comforts and luxuries. Once you have With rich food, good horses and beautiful women, it is easy to forget your dreams and goals, and if you do, you are almost a slave, and you will lose everything." Now that Genghis Khan has completely conquered the Khwarazm Empire, what should be the next dream and goal? He said: "We want to conquer Xindu!" This is an ambitious goal that is even more ambitious than conquering Khwarazmo. Although Xindu was not as powerful as Khwarazmo at that time, it was a mysterious place with a vast territory.The purpose of conquest is conquest itself, Genghis Khan said. It is said that a few days after he said this, during a hunt, his soldiers suddenly saw a monster tens of feet high, shaped like a deer, but with a horse's tail and a horn on its head.Just when they were terrified, the monster said in authentic Mongolian: "Tell your master to leave early, otherwise there will be a catastrophe." Genghis Khan asked Yelu Chucai.Yelu Chucai replied: "This is an auspicious beast named 'Jiaduan'. It can speak four languages. It likes to live and hates to kill. It is sent by Changshengtian to notify you to go back to the grassland. I hope you can obey the heart of heaven and use the lives of all people." Genghis Khan was silent, Xindu was right in front of him, but the hot weather was also around him. Due to the humid climate in Xindu area, the bows and arrows of the Mongolian Corps began to become weak, and the accuracy of their hits was greatly reduced. The arrows shot were blown by the wind. Catkins.These obstacles were beyond Genghis Khan's ability to overcome, so in July 1222, he returned to Samarkand. Many people noticed that Genghis Khan, who did not say a word, was ready to return home. In the summer resort on the outskirts of Samarkand, Genghis Khan had a long conversation with an old but immortal priest from the Central Plains.This Taoist priest is Qiu Chuji, whose name is Changchun Zhenren, and he is very famous. In fact, this is not the first time the two have met. From Qiu Chuji's point of view, the meeting between the two can be described as exhausting.Qiu Chuji's story of meeting Genghis Khan from thousands of miles away is enough to overshadow Tang Xuanzang's Westward Journey.