Chapter 11 two

The Kipchak Department left without saying goodbye, causing great panic among its allied forces.The Mongolian army took full advantage of this favorable situation and launched an attack on the two camps of Axie and Caucasus.Axie and the Caucasus army, whose morale was unstable, were about to collapse at the first touch, and fled back to the base camp in a hurry.The Mongolian army did not kill them all. Instead, according to the established plan, they dispatched light cavalry, escorted gifts, and caught up with the Kipchak Department, which was evacuating at night, at the border of Oros. Seeing that Batu really delivered the other half of the gift as promised, Jiadiyan was very happy in his heart.When they met each other, Batu and Ghadiyan had a few simple words of courtesy, and then proposed to cooperate again: Ghadiyan handed over the Merkis under his protection, and the Mongolian army would defeat the Ashe army and the Caucasus army this time. All trophies of , will be presented to Jadiyan.When Jiadiyan heard that the Mongolian army asked him to hand over the remnants of Merki, he was furious and reprimanded Batu for his lack of faith and justice.

Batu smiled slightly and said: "The leader's words are wrong. The Merqi people were the main target of our army's long-distance attack, how can we give up easily! But our army never wants to be an enemy of the leader of Jiadiyan. I can guarantee that as long as Jiadiyan If the leader of Diyan handed over the Merkis, our army will definitely be the leader and your relatives. However, the Merkis and our Mongols have a deep hatred, and if they cannot be wiped out, we will not be able to explain to our Zuhan. Chief Ghadiyan, you are a person who understands the general situation. We have had another pleasant cooperation. I believe you will choose to continue to cooperate with us this time. In fact, why do you bother for those capricious Merbegs? People, and become enemies with our Mongolian army, and even die together?"

"Bah! Good boy, you still dare to teach me a lesson! Well, I, Jiadiyan, will tell you today, don't push yourself too hard! Hand over Meerqi, and you will never think about it in this life!" Batu still looked at Gadiyan with a smile: "Then, I'm sorry, I have to offend you." Jia Diyan drew the knife in his hand, and slashed at Batu without any further explanation: "Good boy, eat me first!" Batu nimbly dodged Gadiyan's saber, and returned to the front with his horse.Subotai, Jebe, Wulianghetai, and Meng Ge immediately ordered the Mongolian army to rush into the Kipchak army in four directions.The two armies fought fiercely, and the Mongolian army went straight to the middle. The more they fought, the more courageous they became. Gadiyan was defeated and was forced to flee into the territory of Oros.

Ghadiyan was forced to send someone to ask his son-in-law for help. At that time, the territory of Oros was divided by many principalities.Years ago, Jadiyan betrothed the most beautiful of his own daughters to the most powerful of these duchies, Grand Duke Harix.For the sake of in-laws, Grand Duke Harix called the princes of the principalities to discuss the matter of resisting the Mongolian army. , if the Kipchak people are pushed to the Mongols, it will only strengthen the power of the Mongols, and at that time, the Uros principalities are bound to fight against the Mongols on their own land.For the current plan, it is better to fight the Mongols in the Chincha Grassland and keep them out of the country.

Harix persuaded some of the grand dukes, and quickly assembled the forces of the three principalities: Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Galicia, a total of 80,000 troops, sent troops to the Kipchak grassland. Jebe and Subodei had no intention of making enemies with the armies of the Uros principalities, so they sent ten envoys to the three principalities respectively, expressing that they had no intention of invading Uros, but were only ordered to pursue the enemy Merkis and cover the Merkis. The Kipchak people of the Erqi people, they hope that the three grand princes will not trust the Kipchak people's instigation, they might as well unite with the Mongols and take the opportunity to get rid of the Kipchak people who have harmed Oros for many years.

Although the envoys tried their best to tell the benefits and harms again and again, the Grand Dukes of the Three Kingdoms remained unmoved. Not only that, they also killed eight envoys, beat the other two envoys, and sent them back with bruises.Jebe and Subutai were furious.Since ancient times, the two countries did not kill the envoys when they fought each other. The Grand Duke of Ulos either killed or humiliated the Mongolian envoys. It seems that it is impossible not to fight.Once upon a time, Sha Wang got burned because he killed the envoy for no reason. I don't want the Uros coalition forces to repeat the same mistakes today.

The historically famous battle of the Galga River (the Kalka River, a tributary of the North Donets River, which flows into the Don River) kicked off. The three principalities sent 80,000 troops, and Gadiyan sent 20,000 troops, a total of 100,000 troops.One hundred thousand against twenty thousand, the strength of the two sides in the decisive battle can be said to be very different.Subotai and Jebe held an emergency military meeting overnight and determined a preliminary combat plan.The next day, the Mongolian vanguard led by Batu and Wulianghetai made a tentative attack on the coalition forces. During the battle, Wulianghetai was hit by the enemy's cold arrow on the shoulder. Order to retreat.Ghadiyan was eager to take revenge, and without waiting to join forces with other principalities, he and his son-in-law Harix commanded the troops to cross the Dnieper River first, and pursued the Mongolian army all the way.Subutai, Jebe fought and retreated. At the same time, they dispatched Batu, Wulianghetai, and Mengge to lead 1,000 men each to harass the enemy army along the way. At the same time, they did not confront the enemy head-on. .

The general of the coalition army, General Zhu Li, has experienced many battles and has rich experience. Seeing that the Mongolian army has retreated without chaos in the past few days, he persuaded Harix and Gadiyan to be careful.He said: "Judging from the pursuit of the past few days, the Mongolian army has always advanced and retreated at a certain speed. This is an army with well-trained soldiers and a brave and resourceful commander. Although their number is far smaller than our army, they may be ours. His powerful enemy, the Grand Duke must not take it lightly." Harris didn't think so, and laughed back.Seeing that he couldn't persuade Harix and Gadiyan, Zhuli looked up to the sky and sighed: "Zhuzi is not enough to be clever. I think I, Zhuli, have been fighting in the south and north for many years, and I have never seen such an army with such proficient riding skills and amazing shooting skills. Tens of thousands of people will fall into the hands of the Mongolian army sooner or later."

Harix turned a deaf ear and still ordered the army to continue chasing the Mongolian army. For nine days, the two sides continued non-stop.The army led by Gadiyan and Harix pushed the armies of the other two duchies farther and farther. When they caught up with the Mongolian army on the banks of the Galga River, they were already exhausted. This day was May 28, 1223.After discussing with Khadiyan, they divided into north and south armies and set up camp along the banks of the Galga River. Jebe sent Batu to lead 6,000 cavalry to attack the Kipchak position in disguise, and soon pretended to retreat. The Northern Route Army crossed the Galga River first, but fell into the snare set by the Mongolian Army.Jebe, Subotai sent Batu, Wulianghetai, and Mengge led 10,000 people to serve as the right wing, and went straight to the Kipchak army camp, while the second general led the left wing troops to cut off the Kipchak army's retreat.How could the Qincha Army resist the fierce offensive of the Mongolian army, and retreated across the board.Harix urgently sent reinforcements from the South Route Army, but the defeated Kipchak Army smashed the battle formation into disarray. Jebe and Subotai took advantage of the momentum and crossed the Galga River to attack the various units of the Uros coalition army. win.Gadiyan led the remnants of the defeated generals back to their main camp on the Chincha Grassland.

During the battle, the Oros Allied Forces lost more than 70,000 soldiers and seventy nobles died in battle. Under the strong offensive of the Mongolian Army, the Grand Duke of the Oros Allied Forces was forced to surrender. Jebe and Subotai had no intention of being enemies of the principalities of Oros.After the Grand Duke had descended, they led the army down the Galga River and entered Kangli by way.The leader of the Kangli tribe raised his troops to fight, and surrendered after being defeated.Considering that the expeditionary force had taught the Kipchak a lesson, annihilated the Merkis, and successfully completed the tasks assigned to them by Genghis Khan, the second general had the idea of ​​returning to the division.Fighting alone away from the main force for a long time, the worry of being alone and helpless permeated the entire barracks. The fatigue of the expedition and the sentiment of homesickness and war weariness even affected Jebe and Subotai themselves.But before receiving Genghis Khan's order to return to the army, the second general, Batu and others were also a little at a loss about the next move.

In 1224, Genghis Khan marched from Hezhong, and summoned Jebe and Subotai to lead his army back east.Soon, the messenger arrived and sent an order to the expeditionary army, and the whole army rejoiced after hearing the news.Subodei let out a long breath, even the victory did not make him so comfortable. "Finally we can go back." He said to Jebe easily. Jebe smiled slightly, his face very ugly. "Zhebie, what are you..." Su Butai stepped forward to hold Jebe's hand, and then hastily withdrew it.Jebe's palms were as hot as a red-hot soldering iron. "Recently, I feel unwell, maybe I'm sick." Jebe said lightly. Subotai urgently asked the doctor accompanying the army to diagnose and treat Jebe, and the army began to move slowly. Not only did Jebe's condition not improve, but it became worse day by day.Lan Rong was so worried that she brought soup and medicine every day, and served her father at the sick bed.Subutai, Batu, Wulianghetai, and Meng Ge came to visit Jebie every day, especially Subutai, lest Zhebie might have something bad or wrong.After fighting side by side for many years, Jebe and Subotai have already forged a deep friendship. They trust each other and have a heart-to-heart relationship. It is because of their tacit cooperation that they have created military miracles one after another.Subotai even asked himself time and time again, after several years of arduous battles, Jebie, do you really want to see the Mongolian grasslands that haunt your dreams? Jebe was terminally ill, but his mind was still clear.Waking up from a coma once, he grabbed Subotai who was sitting next to him and looked down at him anxiously, and calmly confided his heart song for the last time: "Subotai, I'm afraid I won't be able to see the grassland of my hometown. When I come here I didn't think the road was so long, but when I went back, I felt it had no end. In fact, I wanted to see the grassland again, and go hunting on Buerhan Mountain. I missed Da Khan even more. Twenty-three years ago, I never Forget that sinful arrow shot from my hand, every time I think of it, I regret it." Back then, Jebe shot Genghis Khan in the neck with an arrow during the Kuoyitian War when Genghis Khan unified Mongolia, causing Genghis Khan to be in danger and almost missed death.However, when the battle was over, Jebe surrendered to Genghis Khan.He didn't hide that he was the one who shot Genghis Khan. It was precisely because of his frankness that Genghis Khan didn't make any calculations, but put him at the left and right and entrusted him with important tasks.In order to repay Genghis Khan's kindness, Jebe fought for 23 years without stopping and created many military miracles. He himself became the eternally victorious general in Mongolian history. "At that time, everyone was their own master. How did the Great Khan ever care about your fault? He always trusted you." "I know. The Khan gave me everything and I can't give anything back. My biggest regret is not being able to play under him from now on." "No! Don't say such things. As long as you rest in peace, you will recover." Subotai couldn't hide his pain any longer, and turned his face away worryingly. Batu, Wulianghetai, and Mengge also came to visit Jebe, and they stayed with Jebe for a long time that day.It was late at night, and Jebe retreated from the crowd, and he still wanted to say something to Batu and Lan Rong alone. Batu held Jebe's hand extended to him. This hand was not as hot as before, but was sweaty and cold. The face that had been gray since he fell ill also showed an abnormal expression. Ruddy and angry, an ominous premonition gripped Batu's heart so tightly that he couldn't even force himself to smile. "My lord..." "Yes, I am." "Lan Rong..." "Abba..." "My lord, can I ask you something?" "You say." "I only have one daughter, Lan Rong, and I want you to take care of her for me." "I will. Definitely." "No, Dad, I don't want to hear you say that, don't!" "Daughter, don't interrupt Abba, let Abba finish talking. Little prince, you are the only person I think and hope to entrust Lan Rong to. Let her be your sister and take care of her, okay? Wait until she gets married At that time, please ask the little prince to send her to marry as her natal brother." Batu and Lan Rong looked at each other silently, Lan Rong's eyes were red and swollen from crying, and there were tears full of deep nostalgia. "Please rest assured, Lan Rong will be my younger sister from now on." Batu held Jebe's hand even more tightly, and solemnly promised. A gratified smile appeared on Jebe's face, and he stared at his daughter for a long time.Lan Rong's heart seemed to be severely beaten by something, and the feeling of helplessness facing death alone appeared again.She knew that her father did this not only for her sake, but also to repay the kindness of the Great Khan to his father and daughter for the last time.However, at this moment, she would rather her father never say anything more. "Hearing you say that, I'm relieved. Four years ago, the third prince of Wokuotai proposed to the Great Khan at a banquet, hoping to get his beloved son from Lan Rong. The Great Khan agreed, and said: At that time, he would personally preside over the wedding ceremony for Lan Rong and the little prince Kuochu. This is the special kindness of Da Khan and the third prince, and I really can't repay it. I have been fighting for many years, and I met Lan Rong's Eji died of illness, otherwise, their marriage may have been done long ago. Unfortunately, I am afraid that I will not see the profuse marriage for my Lan Rong. I hope you can fulfill this wish on my behalf, and send Lan Rong to me on my behalf. White tent ox cart." "it is good!" Jebe seemed tired and slowly closed his eyes.Batu and Lan Rong waited by Jebe's side. On this day, Jebe couldn't take another look at the Mongolian grassland he was deeply attached to. On the day of burial, the whole army mourned and wept.Throughout his life as a soldier, Jebe won the respect and love of the entire army with his wisdom, humility and bravery. However, his premature death left a permanent regret for the living. In summer, the Mongolian army led by Genghis Khan camped on the banks of the Irtysh River, waiting for the return of Jebe and Subotai.From summer to autumn, the cool breeze and long white clouds are waiting to welcome the warriors who have returned from the expedition.Genghis Khan was waiting in front of the tent early, looking forward to the expedition soldiers who had been away for three years, looking forward to his "Falcon" and his "Sharp Arrow". The expeditionary force slowly entered the camp, and the main camp was boiling.Hugs, laughter, tears, endless parting thoughts, endless reunion joy.Infected by this warm atmosphere, Genghis Khan searched for the two familiar figures with his eyes even more anxiously. Is it Subutai?Riding a black steed, with a heroic appearance, is urging the horse to gallop towards him.It's Subutai!Genghis Khan patted his horse and went up to meet him. When the horse's head collided, the two jumped off their horses at the same time. "Great Khan..." Genghis Khan hugged the long-distance love tightly without waiting for the speed or stage to salute. "Profusely sweating," Subotai stared at the old profusely sweating with mixed feelings after the excitement calmed down a bit, as if waking up from a dream, "Are you in good health?" "Okay. Okay. Subotai, where's Jebe? Why aren't you two together?" Subodei's unbearable sorrow could no longer be concealed: "Jebie...he..." As if falling into an ice cave suddenly, Genghis Khan appeared numb due to the severe pain in his heart.The noisy barracks suddenly fell silent.Jebe's coffin was slowly pushed among the surrounding crowd.Genghis Khan burst into tears.Is this Jebe?He was only forty-two years old, did he really leave in such a hurry?Didn't even have time to take a look at the grassland in my hometown?Genghis Khan lifted the coffin and wept bitterly. All the soldiers knelt down on the ground, surrounding Jebe's hearse, and there were mournful sounds. After a long time, Genghis Khan held back the pain and asked, "Did Jebe die in battle?" "No." Subotai replied with tears, "The God of War will always favor him. He was killed by a serious illness." Jebe was buried on the banks of the Irtysh River.The water of the Irtysh River slapped its banks sadly, as if mourning for the early death of a star.Genghis Khan personally sprinkled wine to pay homage to the heroic spirit.Cups of bitter wine soaked into the soil, for Jebe, for Boershu, for Mu Huali, for his grandson, son-in-law, for Hulan, and for all those soldiers who fell on the journey.Time is like water, time is ruthless, Xizheng shortens the distance between life and death, if there is no missing and no friendship, there will be no such sorrow and sigh. The army rested for a few days, and slowly returned east.Batu sent troops back to Yulong Jiechi to report the news of the expedition to his father, and he himself returned to the main camp of Mongolia with Zuhan.Perhaps because he had a premonition that it would be difficult for him to see Zu Khan again after this farewell, Batu cherished the days with Zu Khan very much.Genghis Khan was also reluctant to leave his grandson.Since the attack on Yulong Jiechi, Genghis Khan has never seen his eldest son Jochi again. Therefore, being able to spend time with his beloved grandson is a kind of consolation to Genghis Khan, who is already old and his energy and physical strength are not as good as before. On the way back to the teacher, Genghis Khan summoned the veteran Subotai alone.Subotai reported to Genghis Khan the detailed process of their expedition to the Kipchak grassland and the principalities of Oros.The Jebe and Subotai expeditions were fruitful. In the past three years, they swept the Caucasus Mountains from north to south, conquered 14 countries, destroyed more than 70 cities, and traveled more than 5,000 kilometers. At a very small price Achieved a brilliant record.Not only that, when Genghis Khan learned that his two grandsons, Batu and Mengge, and the young general Wuliang Hetai had performed well in the expedition, he couldn't help feeling relieved and proud. In fact, the information about European countries brought back by Subodei was far more important than the victory itself. This expedition set a precedent for Batu's conquest of Europe ten years later.