Chapter 96 four

Boyan also reported Naiyan's change. In order to prevent the kings of the East and West from attacking Lingbei, Kublai Khan sent troops to the south. Deploying defenses on the front line, waiting for the opportunity to defeat is the tendency of Yan rebels to hide from the west. Naiyan tried to open up Lingbei from east to west and occupy the "fundamental land of the country".But at the beginning of the rebellion, its strategic intention and offensive direction were controlled by the imperial court, so the fate of waiting for Naiyan can be imagined. On the ninth day of May in the twenty-fourth year of Zhiyuan (1287), Emperor Kublai Khan, who was already 73 years old, rode an elephant chariot in person and entered Daxing'an Mountains with lightning speed.

The army came out of the Yutian Gate in the palace city of Shangdu, Boyan, Yuxi Timur, and An Tong gathered in the elephant chariot.Kublai Khan said to the three of them: "According to my analysis, Yan's attack on the west was blocked, and he will surely turn around and return to the east. From now on, the Marshal's Mansion will be established to conquer the capital. I will serve as the marshal of the capital and Boyan's deputy to coordinate the central forces and The unity of the military and government orders of the Lingbei Army." He also said to Boyan: "Aiqing is going to Harahelin, and he has full authority to mobilize and deploy the central army."

"Your Majesty's kindness, I dare not resign! I ask Yuxi Timur to be the former commander of the army, and lead the 20,000 Mongolian troops to march in different ways. After succeeding, take advantage of the victory to cross the Halaha River and seize Naiyan's position." "allow!" Yuxi Timur was overjoyed and glanced at An Tong triumphantly.An Tong was amused in his heart, but deliberately put on a serious look. Nai Yan was a baptized Nestorian, and all rebel flags were embroidered with a cross as a symbol.At the beginning of the rebellion of the kings in the Northwest, Naiyan was originally on the side of Kublai Khan.However, after all, Naiyan is a person with deep-rooted old living habits and ways of thinking. He likes to plunder and extract endlessly.Therefore, for Kublai Khan's adoption of Han law and the establishment of a set of corresponding systems and laws, he not only regarded it as a constraint, but also deeply disgusted it.

However, the arrogant Naiyan never dreamed that Emperor Kublai Khan, who was old and suffering from severe wind disease, would gather tens of thousands of troops so quickly to attack his camp. On June 3rd, Kublai Khan's army rushed to the land of Saerdulu (now Huduke, Shaertu Lenghuduk, southeast of Hulun Lake), and the 60,000 cavalry under Naiyan forced Xiangyu to fight.Subsequently, the rebels aggressively surrounded the Yuan army. At that time, it was the long rainy season in Daxing'an Mountains, and the Yuan army was exhausted from the long-distance attack. In addition, the Yuan army was at a disadvantage in number and lacked food in the army. Therefore, the two armies fought, each winning or losing.Kublai Khan was not afraid in the face of danger, and still rode an elephant chariot to battle.Because the rebels were shooting fiercely, Kublai Khan ordered the whole army to stay on their own and not to fight again, so as to confuse the rebels.

At night, the heavy rain stopped for a while.Yuxi Timur took the lead and led three hundred strong men armed with artillery and swords to sneak into the Naiyan barracks where he fell asleep after drinking.For a while, the sound of cannons was loud, and the sound of swords and swords fighting was sonorous and deafening.The rebels, who were already suspicious, were terrified when they heard the sound of artillery and shouts of killing.Suddenly, the strong wind picked up, the night and the stars moved, all the camps were on fire, the rebels hacked and killed each other, and the whole army was defeated.Yuxi Timur's army took advantage of the victory to pursue and kill them. At dawn, they joined Antong who had defeated the rebel king Hadan Tulugan. The two soldiers joined together and surrounded Naiyan's army tent.

Naiyan was sleeping with his concubine when he suddenly heard the sound of cannons, and hurriedly put on his clothes to supervise the battle.In the light of the fire, I saw Kublai Khan personally leading the cowardly Xue army and the Han army to line up on a hill with Han law.Kublai Khan sat upright on a large wooden building, which was pulled by four elephants. On the upper floor stood the Sun and Moon Emperor Banner, whose height can be seen everywhere.All of them formed a line of 30,000 people, and each cavalry was accompanied by one more man holding a spear, and the whole infantry team formed in the same way.

When it was preached, the war between the two armies broke out.The tribes on both sides fought with bows, crossbows, bones, swords and spears, and artillery.Both sides shot arrows to cover the sky, like a torrential rain.In an instant, the cavalry on both sides fell off their horses and many died, and the corpses were scattered all over the field.The battle lasted from Yinshi to noon, and the rebels were defeated. Naiyan fled in embarrassment to Yingshan Mountain, the triangle where the Har River and Nuomur River meet on the west side of Daxing'an Mountains.The mountain is located at the transportation hub linking the east and west sides of Daxing'an Mountains.

Yuxi Timur was ordered to lead the main force of the Mongolian army to follow and pursue.The two armies faced each other at Youying Mountain. Yuxi Timur rode up first, fell into battle, and the rebels collapsed.Naiyan fled in a hurry with his beloved concubine in his hand, and was chased and captured by the cavalry of the Yuan army to the land where the gates were lost.Kublai Khan decreed that he should be executed according to the Mongolian Da Zhasa, and his body should be discarded in Laohahe. The so-called execution according to the Mongolian Dazhasa refers to a "no bleeding" method of death.The victim was tied up and wrapped in a felt blanket, then repeatedly dragged and thrown by the wrestlers, and died of being shaken.After Naiyan was executed, Yuxi Timur led the army back to the Harha River and swept the Hulunbuir Grassland.After the victory, the Yuan army crossed the Mengke Mountain at the northern end of the Great Khingan Mountains to the east, and pursued the remnants of Naiyan to Nenjiang.

When Kublai Khan captured and killed Nai Yanyue and slowly marched eastward through the Daxing'an Mountains, Boyan, the deputy marshal of the conquest of Mobei, led his army day and night, and then crossed the Liaoshui River and entered Yizhou. It is Yan Yu's party that cuts the level.At this point, the flames of the rebellion that had been burning for more than a month were all extinguished, and the rebellion of King Zong Naiyan was put down.