Chapter 22 one

By 1235, Wo Kuotai had basically completed the important task of expanding the territory in accordance with the edict of his father Khan. In Central Asia, after the Mongolian army wiped out the remaining restoration forces headed by Khwarizimo Zalandin, they continued to march towards Guerzhi and other places; The east and south sides of the country were basically stable. However, there are worries in joy. During this period, the Kipchak, Oros, Burial and other countries that had surrendered originally took advantage of the weaker Mongolian army and rebelled, posing a great threat to Mongolia's rule in these countries.According to Batu's battle report, Wo Kuotai Khan judged the situation and decided to send 100,000 troops to expedition to Europe. It was called the second western expedition of the Mongolian army in history, also known as Batu's western expedition.

Due to the long distance and arduous tasks, in order to ensure the strongest combat effectiveness, the Western Expeditionary Army was designated as the "Eldest Son Expeditionary Army", which was composed of the armies of the four kings, and the commanders of each army were the eldest sons and grandsons of the kings.Because Batu was the heir to the throne of Jochi and had led an expedition to Woluosi, Okuotai appointed him as the supreme commander of the Western Expeditionary Army and the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, and the veteran Subutai was the deputy commander to assist Batu in presiding over the general military affairs.

At the same time, according to the needs, the battle order was divided into four: the first army was the Batu army belonging to the Jochi lineage, Batu himself served as the commander, and Orduo, Bie Erge, and Xiban led the army to follow.The second army is the Buri Army belonging to the Chagatai faction. Buri is the commander-in-chief, and his uncle Beidar leads the army to follow it.Buli is the eldest grandson of Chagatai. Chagatai loved him very much and raised his grandson himself.The third army is the Guiyou Army belonging to the Wo Kuotai Department, and Guiyou is the commander.The fourth army is the Mengge Army belonging to the Tow Thunder Department, and Mengge is the commander.

In the autumn of 1236, after the Western Expeditionary Army assembled in the grasslands of the lower reaches of the Volga River, Batu held the first combat meeting to study the combat plan.Subotai believed that the troops should first be divided to attack Burial and Kipchak, so as to remove the obstacles on the two wings, and then they can concentrate on attacking Uros.Batu adopted Subotai's suggestion.At the battle meeting, Batu still asked Subotai to elaborate on the battle plan. The kings had no objection, and decided to divide the troops into two groups. The army attacked the Kipchak Department.

Separating the Guiyou Army and the Bili Army was a plan proposed by Meng Ge and Batu after secret negotiations. Gui Yousu and Buli have a close friendship, the two are domineering and rebellious, and Badu feels a headache for them.However, Meng Ge felt that Buli's bravery in battle could still be used. In addition, Buli's uncle Beidar was a rare general.As for Guiyou, Mengge was the adopted son of Okuotai Khan and grew up with Guiyou.Before departure, Wokuotai Khan specially summoned Mengge and Guiyou, and told Guiyou to discuss with Mengge more when marching and fighting.Guiyou is still a bit afraid of his father, and he also has a bit of a heart to give in to Meng Ge.Meng Ge felt that he could master Guiyou, so he offered to let Guiyou cooperate with him, make use of his strengths and avoid his weaknesses. In this way, it can not only ensure the smooth implementation of the battle plan, but also reduce many internal resistances.

Of course, Meng Ge's move was more for Batu's consideration.Guiyou is extremely jealous of Batu, and Meng Ge worries that Guiyou will destroy Batu's arrangement out of revenge. The strength of the Burial Army is weaker than that of the Kipchak Department.A long time ago, Burial was divided into east and west, and the eastern part was Volga Burial. At the end of the fifth century, a part was separated, crossing the Dnieper River to the west and establishing a country, which is now Poland.The rest are connected to Oros in the west and Qincha in the south, which is the barrier to the east of Oros.The Chincha is a Turkic nomadic tribe, occupying the Manichi lowlands, the Black Sea lowlands, the fertile areas in the lower reaches of the Don River, the Volga River, and the Ural River, thousands of miles of plains, nomadic life, no cities, and the Eastern Roman Empire, Hungary, Oros, Burial, and Kangli are neighbors and serve as the southern barrier of Oros.The Qincha arms are all cavalry, good at mobile warfare, and can be regarded as the opponent of the Mongolian army.

The battle plan was established, and the two Mongolian armies, under the command of Subotai and Mengge, divided their troops and advanced into Burial and Chincha.Soon, the good news came that the Subotai army made an emergency landing on the Burial people in several battles, and Batu led the main force to station in its capital, Burial City.The other army, under the leadership of Meng Ge, worked step by step. After several months, the peripheral forces of the Kipchak Department were basically wiped out, and the army was assembled on the east bank of the Volga River, ready to cross the river.At this time, it was already the spring of the following year, and Batu decided to attack with a heavy fist, turning from Buliar to attack Kipchak.

On the west bank of the Volga River, the main force of the Kipchak is ready.Meng Ge ordered the army to slaughter a large number of cattle and sheep, peel off the whole skin, blow it into a raft, and then use wooden poles to make oars.Another vanguard force of 2,000 people was organized, equipped with 100 boats, each carrying saddles, luggage, and horse feed that could be fed for three days, and the horses were connected by reins to follow the boat.When everything was ready, Meng Ge accompanied Batu to inspect the position. A fast horse came galloping, and it turned out to be the messenger of Ogedai Khan.In addition to bringing the Great Khan's commendation order to the kings and generals, the messenger also brought a letter from Lan Rong to Batu.

Not long ago, the commander-in-chief of the Central Route Army on the Mongolian Central Plains battlefield died of illness on the front line of Jinghu.Batu heard the bad news during the expedition and was unable to go to condolences in person. He could only send envoys to express condolences to the Great Khan and the wives of the Kuochu on behalf of the kings and generals of the Western Expeditionary Army.At the same time, he wrote a letter to Lan Rong, tactfully expressing his deepest feelings to this unfortunate but strong woman.He hoped that Lan Rong would wait for him—maybe a year, maybe two years—after he initially pacified Qinchao and Wuluosi, he would propose marriage to the Great Khan and ask the Great Khan to allow him to marry Lan Rong as his wife.These days, despite the hectic battles, he is still looking forward to Lan Rong's reply.

At this moment, the letter was in Batu's hands, but Batu suddenly felt that the letter was very heavy, very heavy.When he slowly tore open the envelope, he accidentally tore off a corner of the letter inside. Lan Rong's handwriting is still delicate and dignified, without any mess. Accompany me, the memories of the past accompany me, I think, these are enough. Will turn into blue smoke with me, at that time, the blessings for you will be engraved into my soul. Batu read the letter twice and remained silent. "What did Sister Lan Rong say?" Meng Ge asked with concern. Batu handed the letter to Meng Ge, and Meng Ge glanced at it hastily, and then returned the letter to Batu.

For a moment, Meng Ge seemed to be talking to Batu, and also seemed to be talking to himself: "Oh, I really don't understand why such a good woman, Lan Rong, has such a hard life!" Batu was speechless. "What are you going to do?" "What else can I do but respect her choice?" Meng Ge sighed silently. "Okay, let's not talk about this for now." Badu folded the letter carefully, and put the envelope together with the girdle on the horse's back. "Tomorrow, will the built wooden boat be enough?" "No problem, enough. The wooden boat carried the vanguard troops to pass first, and the military horses followed the boat. If there is no accident, the follow-up troops will all cross the river within three days. The Qincha Department was originally the same as us, good at field battles. If they use familiar The terrain is circling with us, and we are afraid that we really can't do anything about them. But Gadiyan chose positional warfare, which is his own death." "Nevertheless, I am thinking that tomorrow, when our vanguard approaches the west bank, they will definitely block us with arrows. This must be guarded against." "The first batch of people who crossed the river I selected were one-in-a-million archers. I also asked the craftsmen to design a fixed shield for the bow of the boat. We had an absolute advantage in shooting against the Kipchak." "Very good. Tell the soldiers that once the ship hits the sandy bottom of the west bank, they must immediately abandon the ship to catch the swimming horses and attack the enemy on horseback. In this way, the enemy's first position will definitely be broken. If the enemy breaks into the second In the second position, don't rush to pursue it, just do a feint attack, wait until all the follow-up troops have crossed the river, and then attack with all your strength. For the Qincha Department, success or failure depends on it!" "Everything has been arranged properly, please wait for my good news, Commander-in-Chief." "be careful!" "I will, don't worry." Batu's eyes passed through the night and turned to the opposite side of the river bank, where there were still many people.Tomorrow is a battle of life and death, Jia Diyan may not be able to sleep peacefully, right? Meng Ge stood side by side with Batu, as if he could feel an indescribable weight passing from Batu's heart to his. I am an ominous woman... How could this be? Only the last drop of wine was left, slowly, slowly, dripping into the glass. Jiadiyan was full of melancholy. In the temporary hut, he shook the tin pot in his hand vigorously, and threw it out angrily while cursing. The tin pot hit the door of the thatched shed, making a bang.Following the sound, a burly figure appeared at the door. Jiadiyan didn't recognize who it was for a while. The wine was full of sorrow, and Gadiyan, who had always had a lot of wine, was actually drunk. The past is like a cloud of smoke, and it does not know when it evaporates into a scorching air current, dragging Jia Diyan into it.Jiadiyan didn't want to struggle at all, and let the air flow spin him up and down, rolling him around.In a trance, he remembered the scene of the fierce battle with the Mongolian army, and thought of his daughter Bingji. As soon as the Mongol army began to besiege Burial, Ghadiyan sent his beloved daughter to Oros's half-sister.Just as Gadiyan expected, in just a few days, Buriar was defeated and surrendered, and the Mongolian army turned to attack the Kipchak Department with all its strength.Gadiyan resisted the enemy along the river bank, thinking that he could last for a while, but Batu and Mengge didn't give him a chance to breathe. Before the reinforcements from Oros arrived, they forcibly crossed the river and broke through the camp.Most of his 60,000 soldiers were annihilated or surrendered. Only he and Hutan led less than 20,000 people to flee westward and hid in the dense forest on the west bank of the Volga River, temporarily avoiding the sharp edge of the Mongolian army. Since hiding in the depths of the dense forest, Jiadiyan also tried to cheer up and think about the fate of the inspection department and the next move. However, his brain seemed to be rusty and had lost the ability to function.In desperation, he thought of a jug of fruit wine that he had hidden in the jewelry box before the breakout, and suddenly felt like a treasure, so he took away his wife Nataja with an excuse, and drank it alone. "Leader." The person who came bent over picked up the jug, put it on his nose and smelled it, with a look of contempt on his face, he threw the jug outside the door. The fog in front of him dissipated a little, and Gadiyan recognized the person coming. "Hutan, is that you?" "It's me, chief. You're drunk." "I'm not drunk. Why did you throw away my flagon?" "Leader, I have prepared a table of food and wine, and I would like to invite you to come and enjoy it with me." "I won't go unless you pick up my wine jug." Gadiyan suddenly lost his temper like a child, and Hutan walked quickly to his side. "Okay, okay. Let's go, chief." Hutan almost picked up Jadiyan from the ground and put him on his arms.Jiadiyan's whole body was as soft as a pool of mud, and he was staggered and dragged out of the hut by Hutan. Khutan also lived in a hut, not far from Jadiyan.As soon as Jiadiyan came to the thatched shed, he smelled a fragrance. "What?" He swallowed subconsciously. "I bought some wild game, please come over for a drink." Since retreating to the dense forest, Gadiyan hasn't had a decent meal, let alone meat.Although drunk, his spirits were lifted, and he pushed the door and walked in impatiently. From nowhere, Hutan found a small table with a pot of stewed mutton on it.Jiadiyan was not polite at all, and sat down at the table, grabbed a meaty bone, and gnawed it voraciously. Hutan looked at him with a smile and filled a bowl of wine for him. What a fine wine. Jiadiyan picked up the wine bowl and drank it upside down in one gulp.Then, smacking his lips, he reached for a piece of fat that had fallen off the bone. Jiadiyan greedily sucked the oil on his hands, his eyes occasionally passed over Hutan's face, suddenly felt something strange, and stopped sucking. What's wrong? Gadiyan blinked hard.Hutan still had a smile on his face. By the way, it is a smile.Since the Mongolian Western Expeditionary Army attacked the Kipchak Department, Gadiyan hadn't seen a smile on Hutan's face. "you……" "Eat more, I'll accompany you. This mutton is very fragrant." "There are sheep in the woods?" "There's sheep. There's wine." "where?" "Drink another bowl of wine, I'll tell you." Jiadiyan involuntarily took the wine bowl and drank it down. "Where? Where?" "There must be game in the woods. But, the wine, my people brought it back from outside the forest." "Outside the forest?" "That's right. Chief, this is your fault. Don't you know that we are now surrounded by the Mongolian army?" "What did you say?" Jia Diyan was shocked, and the wine was half sober immediately. "The Mongols surrounded our hiding place just as my men retrieved the wine from outside the forest. It must be about an hour now, and we are finished." "You're kidding?" "No! Everything I say is true." "You lied! If... why..." Jiadiyan wanted to roar, but the words that came out of his throat were hoarse and weak. "You want to say, if the Mongols really surrounded our forest, why didn't they attack? Because I won't let them. I asked them to give me two hours to prepare." "You...don't let me?" "Yeah, I want to make some preparations." "Ready?" Gadiyan seemed completely confused, staring blankly at Hutan with red eyes. "You and I are master and servant, no matter what, I have to do my best to see you off, shall I?" Hu Tan raised his head and laughed loudly. Jiadiyan gradually understood something, and stretched his hands to his waist. However, his hand was empty.Only the scabbard of the precious sword that never leaves his body is still hanging on his body. "What, do you need a knife? The meat is so badly stewed, you should be able to chew it? It seems that you are really old and your teeth are not working well." Hutan continued to laugh at Jiadiyan without any scruples . "What do you want to do?" "When the Mongolian army broke through our camp, I suggested that you surrender and then make a long-term plan. You just refused. Now, the 20,000 of us have no way to go to the sky and no way to go to the earth. I can't just watch you continue Our brothers who have followed you for many years were buried one by one, so I discussed with the Mongols without telling you, as long as I surrender, they will keep their promise and spare my life." "Despicable! You scumbag!" "No one but you thinks I'm despicable. I endured humiliation and saved my brothers, and it's too late for them to thank me. But you're right, I'm despicable. I've been with you for so many years and have been Being restrained by you, I longed to replace you one day." "Are you going to kill me?" "If I don't kill you, how can I be the leader of the Qincha Department." "It's a pity that I'm blind and always treat you as a brother." "You must regret that you didn't listen to your Mrs. Nataja's advice earlier. Be careful with me, right? It's too late, too late, women's words are sometimes believable." "Bastard! I'll kill you right now!" Gadiyan jumped up and rushed towards Hutan.His anger caused him to explode with great strength. His hands had already stretched towards Hutan's neck, but his movements suddenly froze, his body froze in place, with a bewildered expression on his face. A machete was thrust into his chest impressively. Hu Tan held the handle of the knife in his hand, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth. "I didn't want to kill you so soon. I still have some things to say to you. However, since you are in a hurry to die, I have nothing to say. Don't worry, I will replace you as the inspectorate The new leader, fighting for a way out for the brothers." Hu Tan grinned grimly, and sent the scimitar inside.Jia Diyan let out a muffled grunt, and collapsed limply to the ground. Khutan looked down at Jadiyan.Jadiyan's eyes were wide open, dead.He must be unwilling to die like this, otherwise how could he die with regret? There was a slight knock outside the door. Hu Tan walked to the door vigilantly, opened it and looked outside.However, there was nothing, only the cold wind passing through the jungle, making a strange whistling sound. Hu Tan cursed and went back inside. With Gadiyan's body lying on the ground, Hutan wondered what to do with him.Suddenly, he remembered something, and dragged Jadiyan's body to the back of the hut, and threw it into a long-abandoned pit.Then, he drew his waist knife and hurriedly ran to Gadiyan's residence. Jadiyan's hut was empty.He was worried, walked out of the shed, searched around, but still couldn't find the person he was looking for.At this time, he saw a maid beside Mrs. Nataja walking towards the shed from another path, so he hurried into the shed and waited patiently. The maid pushed open the creaking wooden door, and something cold and hard pressed against her neck.She wanted to scream, but her voice was blocked back into her throat by Hutan's horrified eyes. "General... general, you... what are you going to do?" "I ask you, where's the lady?" "Husband... madam?" "Did you see the lady?" "No, I didn't see it." "Aren't you always with your wife? Where are you from?" "Ma'am...let...let me pick some...mushrooms and make soup for the chief." Only then did Hu Tan notice that there was a basket in the maid's arms, which was indeed half full of mushrooms.He pushed the maid away, and the maid staggered a few steps and fell to the ground. "General...you..." She looked up at Hutan, her face pale. "If you see Madam, tell her that the leader is with me." "Ah... ok, ok..." Hu Tan put away his waist knife, slammed the door and left. Fuck that stinking woman!She actually still has the time to cook some mushroom soup for her dead ghost husband, so let Jiadiyan go underground and drink it! "Boom! Boom! Boom!" Three trumpets sounded, which was the signal agreed between the Mongols and Kutan.There was only half an hour left, and after half an hour, Hu Tan had to lead his troops to surrender, otherwise, the Mongols would attack the 20,000 Kipchak soldiers in the forest. Hutan suddenly smiled, the smile was uglier than crying. Gadiyan probably didn't know until his death how the Mongols found their hiding place so quickly and followed one after another.The Mongols were attracted by him at Hutan.In order to show the sincerity of surrender, when Hutan sent people to contact the Mongols, he exposed their whereabouts to the Mongols. These days, Gadiyan, who has been devastated after the defeat, is like a trapped animal that has lost the ability to move, and even lost the courage to struggle to the death. He hides in his small straw hut every day, not caring about anything, but Ask, no one will receive except Mrs. Nataja. And this just gave Hutan the opportunity to take his place. In a short period of time, Hu Tan took advantage of the soldiers' reluctance to sit still and actively campaigned to win the support of most generals.On the contrary, Mrs. Nataja sensed Hutan's unusual behavior with a woman's unique and keen intuition. She repeatedly advised Gadiyan to be careful and beware of Hutan, but Gadiyan refused to listen.Just in case, Hutan murdered Jadiyan on the agreed day of surrender. Jiadiyan will not hinder him any more, but Hutan is not reconciled to not being able to remove Mrs. Nataja together. Where is this woman hiding? There is no time left, there is still much to do.He had to tell everyone that Ghadiyan committed suicide because he did not want to surrender to the Mongols.Even if someone doubts, facing the aggressive Mongolian army, everyone can only bury all doubts in their hearts.The only thing to hide is Batu.The reason why he didn't bring Jiadiyan's body to claim credit was because he knew Batu well.If this jealous commander of the Western Expedition knew that he had killed his master, he would definitely doubt his sincerity in surrendering. This is the most important thing. As for what to do after surrendering to the Mongols, he has already planned.