Chapter 33 Section VIII The Seventh Great Crusade and the Death of the Hero

This epic focuses on the seventh expedition.This time is very different from the previous six times. Not only is the scale large, but it is also a double contest of bravery and wisdom.The real enemy is Kongur of Callemac, but the direct confrontation is not Kongur, but his puppet Esan. The capital of the Ketai (Khitan) people is in Beginning, and the place ruled by Kongwuer is Kangkai, and the two are closely related.Kongwuer's father, Alaokai, was the ruler of Karmak who persecuted the Kirgiz. After being driven away by Manas, he fled to his son.Kongwuer always wants to avenge his father, and once sent someone to assassinate Manas, but the plot failed.In order to form an alliance with Aisan Khan, he provoked the relationship between the Ketai people and the Kirgiz people.After the real alliance, Kongwuer not only disrespected Aisan, but also increasingly exposed his ambition to encroach.His control and abuse of Aisan greatly hurt the self-esteem of the Ketai people.Kongwuer also often attacked the Ke and Ha tribes suddenly, plundering people as slaves, which made Manas feel that the expedition to Kangkay and Begin was imperative.

The Inner Seven Khans and the Outer Seven Khans, with Manas as the leader, discussed the expedition together.This was the highest military council at the time.The old man Bakai is one of the seven inner Khans, second only to Jakepu, and is the uncle of Manas.This expedition, was appointed commander in chief. Perhaps because of Bakaj's old age, or perhaps because of the successive victories, people have grown complacent.Along the way, although there was a lot of people, they were surprisingly scattered. Some left the team to hunt, some went to the river to fish, some played chess, and some played other games.Ahriman was very angry: "Manas the leopard, where are you? Don't tell me you're leading the army like this... let those who play chess throw away their pieces, and those who sleep quickly open their eyes!"

From Talas to Begin, the terrain is varied, and only Aliman is particularly familiar with it.The first road, over mountains and mountains, takes five months.The second road, the enemy is heavily guarded.The third road is very rough, you can't ride a horse, you can only walk.The fourth road has high mountains and dangerous roads, covered with clouds and mists.The fifth road is the Great Gobi. Bakay felt deeply that he was not up to the job, and suggested that Aliman should be appointed as the commander.The new commander-in-chief has rectified military discipline, with clear rewards and punishments, and the formation of the army is neat. As long as one person falls behind, he can be found.Even King Manas had to obey his arrangement, and be included in the ranks and roster like ordinary soldiers.Marching according to plan, no one can rest at will.Ahrimanbet always took the lead and won the war again and again.

Just after entering the station, Alimanbet and the warrior Chuwak successfully attacked Kongwuer's horse farm and won 90,000 horses in one go.In order to compete for the horses, the two sides started a hand-to-hand battle. Kongwuer fled, and the enemy's corpses piled up like a mountain, which opened the prelude to the expedition. Aisan Khan raised a Cyclops named Makaili, with eyes on his forehead, who rode a rhinoceros a thousand feet high.It can eat ten thousand donkeys at a time, as well as frogs, snakes and worms.He crossed the sea as if walking on flat ground, and moved like a mountain.This giant monster walked towards the Kirgiz people, and no one could subdue it, which made Ahriman very troubled.Finally decided to shoot One-Eyed, and sure enough, the troll fell into a coma and finally died.Obstacles have been removed, and the campaign has been going smoothly.

Ai San Khan has a group of anti-war factions.These people were in the positions of generals, and their sons were taken care of by the Kirgiz army in the wilderness by chance.When these teenagers returned home safely, they all unanimously persuaded their father not to fight against Manas.Ai Sanhan saw that there was a large army outside, and the powerful inside did not participate in the war, and Kongwuer did not show up in public, so he had to negotiate a peace.However, during the peace negotiation process, the confused Aisan Khan let go of Kirgiz's real enemy Kongwuer, leaving endless troubles.

However, in the peace talks, Ai Sanhan showed great concessions.As the chief representative of his own side, he presented gold and silver treasures and two beauties to the chief representative of the other party, one of which was his favorite, and the other was the daughter of a general.He is willing to give up his land in Tongxia, open the capital city Begin to the Kirgiz, and move himself to another place called Kantun.He also said that he was willing to hand over the crown for the sake of peace talks.This satisfied Manas and decided to leave Yuerbi to manage Begin.The army prepares the class teacher.

People are intoxicated in the carnival of victory! Except for Alimanbet, everyone from Manas down to the soldiers was paralyzed and lost their vigilance, only waiting to return to Taras.Unexpectedly, the absconding Kongwuer was not willing to stop there, dug a long, long tunnel without anyone noticing it, leading directly to Manas's camp, and sneaked into Manas's camp in one dark night . At this time, Manas was watching people playing games, when Kongwuer suddenly used a tomahawk soaked in poisonous juice to strike at the back of Manas' head.When Manas saw the flash of light, he felt itchy on the back of his head and could not sleep peacefully. He also found a tomahawk embedded in it, and the wound was so big that no one could pull out the tomahawk, and there was no cure for the ax wound in the barracks. good medicine.The generals decided to send the king back to Taras quietly.In order to confuse the enemy, Manas's half-brother Ser Ak pretended to be the king and sat on the throne temporarily.

Seeing that the enemy camp was calm and peaceful, Kongwuer almost suspected that he had misjudged the wrong person when he attacked.It wasn't long before I learned that Manas had returned.So he paid a lot of money to hire the most ferocious sharpshooter and sharpshooter named Shipuxuan Idar.This man hits the nail on the head, he is the brother of Alimanbet's classmate, and he is proficient in magic.He shoots the opponent's head and eyes exclusively, and those who are shot have no chance of surviving. Kongwuer summoned all the descendants, took Shi Puxuan Idar with him, and chased the team escorting Manas.The two sides fought fiercely for 15 days and nights. Five of the most important generals on the side of Manas were shot to death one after another. .

Ahriman urged Manas to return to Talas as soon as possible, but Manas actually never left the battlefield, which increased the commander's load.After Chuvak was hit by an arrow in the head, Alimanbet carried his body on his back, and at the moment when he was about to leap, a poisonous arrow hit his temple.He insisted on walking in front of Bakay, wanting to take a last look at the king. Unfortunately, before the injured Manas arrived, he had already closed his eyes and finished his heroic journey.The sad news spread throughout the barracks, and everyone was saddened.Manas immediately felt that his arm was broken, and it seemed that a fire had been extinguished.He died before his ambition was fulfilled, and Manas let out a cry of grief!

The hero of Manas is peerless, losing so many close comrades-in-arms at once is the biggest blow in his life, like a wingless eagle, unable to sing with one hand, and distraught.Under heavy injury, he took up the shotgun and beat the enemy like a colony of panicked ants.Before his death, he once commented on himself: "I am about to complete the mileage of my life, how can I estimate myself? I gathered more than 40 teenagers and trained them from young eagles to warriors. We all fought tenaciously and wiped out the enemy .I turned the suffering Kirgiz people from oppressed slaves into a powerful nation. Now all of this has disappeared. I will bid farewell to everyone, and I will die soon!"

He, like a bright light, went out in an instant!