""This man named Zalandin was originally the prince of Khwarezm in the Western Region. The Sultan of Khwarezm at that time was a man named Mokomo, who was also Zalandin's father.
You must have heard of Khwarezm, right? Subotai glanced at Zhang Han and asked.
"I heard it."
Naturally, Khwarezm Zhanghan knew that it was a previous dynasty in Central Asia.
He also knew that this dynasty was originally a satellite state of Xiliao established by Yelu Dashi, and then slowly accumulated strength and finally broke away from the control of Xiliao. At its peak, its territory included the subsequent Afghanistan and Iranian plateaus, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, making it a veritable Central Asian power. Its territory extends to Kazakhstan in the north, Xinjiang in the east, Pakistan in the south, and Turkey and Iraq in the west.
Does the location of this country seem familiar to you? It is located at the choke point of the Silk Road between the East and the West.
It is precisely because of being in such a key position that Khwarezm's monopoly on East-West trade made the country's business quite prosperous. Zhang Han's impression of him is that he has strong soldiers and horses, a vast territory, and he is rich and willful.
Seeing that Zhang Han knew about this Khwarezm, Subotai continued to tell: "When Mongolia was just unified, the Jin Kingdom was still the number one enemy of Mongolia. It still had to fight the Jin Dynasty people in the east for a long time, so the Great Khan had no intention of the west at that time. What thoughts. But the accident still happened..."
At this point, although Subutai's tone was relatively calm, Zhang Han could still keenly hear the trace of anger in his tone.
“In the beginning, the Great Khan sent a caravan of hundreds of people to the west for the sake of friendship and with a friendly attitude, hoping to bring us some profits and favor from Western countries.
But... what people didn't expect was that without doing anything wrong, our caravan was brutally massacred by this Khwarazmian, a local official who coveted our wealth. Only a few people desperately escaped and came back to report the news.
When the news that the caravan was massacred by the other party spread back to the Khan Court, it caused an uproar among the senior officials! We all felt extremely angry and humiliated, and everyone unanimously shouted that we should severely punish these scoundrels and avenge the innocent dead members of our tribe! But... the Khan stopped everyone. "
A look of admiration appeared on Subotai's face. "The Great Khan deserves to be the king blessed by heaven! Although he was so angry that he gritted his teeth after hearing the news, the anger did not go to his head.
After the Great Khan regained his senses, he warned us: When the wolves are fighting for the position of the alpha wolf, even if they have the upper hand, they will not provoke other male wolves. In the same way, we are at war with the Kingdom of Jin and it is not appropriate to provoke new enemies for ourselves. "
After persuading everyone, the Great Khan wrote a personal letter to the Sultan of Khwarezm. The content of the letter is roughly as follows: I, Genghis Khan-Temujin, as the child of Changshengtian, have integrated all the Mongolian tribes and established the Great Mongolia.
I originally sent a caravan to your country to trade with a friendly attitude, but unexpectedly, I was killed and robbed by your governor. Ben Khan was furious after hearing the shocking news. I should have launched an army to attack, but for the sake of the friendship between the two countries, I gave up the war. I hope you, Sultan, can give me an explanation.
Afterwards, the Great Khan sent an envoy to Khwarezm, carrying his own handwritten letter to meet the other party's Sultan Mokomo.
But we did not expect that the Sultan of Khwarezm could be so arrogant. The other party seemed to have never heard of Genghis Khan's reputation. Not only was he unwilling to hand over the criminals, but he even killed the envoy we sent this time.
When the news came back, we were all shocked by the stupidity of the Sultan's behavior. He even dared to kill our Mongolian envoy. After being shocked, everyone became extremely angry.
This is no longer a provocation, this is a declaration of war!
This incident brought great shame to the great Genghis Khan. After solving the troubles in the east, he immediately sent troops to the west.
During the Western Expedition, we first defeated the Western Liao Kingdom between us with overwhelming force, and then marched all the way westward to Khwarazm. I won’t tell you the specific battle, because we captured and destroyed the new capital of Khwarezm, Samarkand, and the important town of Yulong Jiechi in less than a year.
Unfortunately, the arrogant and arrogant Sultan Mokomo slipped away. Later I heard that he led the remaining troops to a small island and died for unknown reasons. But before he died, he passed his sultanate to his son Zalandin.
After Zalandin succeeded to the throne of Sultan, he preached everywhere that he would drive Mongolia away from the territory of Khwarezm. But after receiving the news, Dahan just smiled and didn't care at all.
Because none of us believe that this new Sultan Zalandin can cause any trouble when he loses his subjects and has no prestige...
Unfortunately, the world is always full of surprises, and soon this young man named Zalandin gave us a big surprise!
This man actually gathered a remnant army of nearly 100,000 people in a very short period of time, and with this remnant army, the refugees almost completely wiped out a thousand-man cavalry force near Balu Bay. This is incredible!
The Great Khan was shocked when he learned the news. In order to prevent Zalandin from growing bigger, he immediately sent Shi Yanhu Tuhu and 30,000 fine cavalry to suppress Zalandin's rebellion.
Thirty thousand elite cavalry faced off against a hundred thousand rabble. This battle, which was overwhelming at first sight, failed again! "
When Zhang Han said this, he saw Subotai's face was full of sadness. When the wind blew on his gray beard, he didn't notice it and continued to preach;
“When only a few hundred people escaped back, I clearly remember that the Great Khan was so shocked that he could not speak, and his mouth was opened wide and did not close for a long time.
I remember that the scene was very chaotic. Someone suggested on the spot that the Great Khan must use all his troops to make Zalandin grow bigger. But what was unexpected was that not only was the Great Khan not angry this time, but after being surprised, he praised Zalandin. It was even issued in front of all the nobles;
Giving birth to a child should be like Zalandin’s emotion!
I remember that after this sentence reached the ears of the princes. It also caused a commotion, which made all the princes regard this Zalandin as their mortal enemy.
Later, we finally learned the specific details of this battle from the words of the soldiers who escaped;
The two sides still encountered each other near Balu Bay this time, but due to the uneven ground here, our army was in a canyon and the troops could not deploy, which restricted the cavalry's charging ability. Zalandin began to order his men to use bows and arrows, and kept shooting at us from a high position, which resulted in us being passively beaten and the entire army was annihilated. "
Hearing this, Zhang Han analyzed unhurriedly; "In addition to terrain factors, the failure of this battle is inseparable from the negligence of General Hutulu. In addition, under the calm command of Zalandin, It’s not surprising that the entire army of 30,000 elite troops was wiped out. Even if our army doubled in number, under such a disadvantage, we still can’t change the outcome of total annihilation, just like the battle between Qin and Zhao Changping in the history of the Central Plains.”
Subotai narrowed his eyes and smiled and said, "That's right. If you fall into the enemy's trap, you will naturally not be able to escape the end of destruction. Just like a tiger being attacked by a pack of wolves, it is already doomed to fail. You must take this as a warning in the future." Subotai said with a smile. Tai said while admonishing Zhang Han.
Facing Subotai's suggestion, Zhang Han immediately looked serious and nodded vigorously to express his understanding.
Looking at Zhang Han's notes, Su Bu Tai no longer grinds his teeth. With a hint of disdain on his face, he said mockingly, "This battle is the biggest defeat we suffered in the last Western Expedition. Under the influence of this great victory, the crowd of wallflowers who surrendered in Khwarezm seemed to have changed from Seeing hope in this lucky victory, they began to kill our general manager one after another, responding to Zalandin's opposition to our Mongolia. Haha...
But do these people think they can make a comeback with a lucky victory? I think they are just a bunch of stupid pigs.”
"Hahaha! Stupid pig?"
This was the first time Zhang Han heard Subotai swearing, and he laughed out loud.
He felt that Subotai's description was very apt, and he was indeed stupid enough, but such idiots have been climbing into the same pit for thousands of years. Why? Without him, it’s just about interests.
The sun in the sky has moved away from the top of the head and shifted several inches to the west. The temperature is not as hot as noon. A breeze blows from time to time, which makes the two people in the pergola feel cooler.
Subotai looked at the laughing Zhang Han, the corners of his eyes slightly curved, and a few wrinkles appeared deeper.
He slowly picked up the herbal tea at hand, opened the lid, took a few sips, put it down, and continued;
"What will happen to this group of rabble-rousers even if they are connected with each other? If we can destroy each other once, we can certainly destroy them a second time.
Things went quite smoothly. When the main force of our Mongolian cavalry arrived in Khwarezm, cleaned up a few rebel forces and slaughtered thousands of heads, they themselves started fighting among themselves. We were chased all the way to the Indus River by our Mongolian army, panicking like a bereaved dog. Even this time, Jalandin, the thorn-headed man, was forced to ride his horse on the cliff and jump into the river to die.
We thought this man must have been shattered to pieces, but unexpectedly a miracle happened again. This Zalandin is like an unkillable Xiaoqiang who is not dead at all! And successfully escaped to the other side of the river. "There was a hint of disbelief on Subotai's face.
"The great Genghis Khan Temujin rarely expressed admiration for people, especially his enemies. But the courage and courage of Zalandin, the last king, made him involuntarily admire him. Although we all admire Zalandin, a miraculous person. I admire you very much, but the enemy cannot let you go."
Subotai glanced at Zhang Han; "The Great Khan agrees with what you Han people said. When it comes to how to deal with the issue of escaping Zalandin, the Great Khan has a very firm attitude. He also quoted an ancient poem by you Han people: "The weeds are not removed by the roots. , the spring breeze blows and gives birth again! "
Zhang Han interrupted the other party's words directly, and explained to Subotai, "The original text is; "The wild fire cannot be burned out, but the spring breeze blows again." "The Great Khan has changed his mind like this!"
"Is that so? Maybe the Great Khan remembered it wrongly, or maybe he did it on purpose.
After our army returned eastward, Zalandin once again gathered hundreds of thousands of people, and they continued to attack the small forces around Tulu. When the news came back to the Khan's court, the great Genghis Khan had passed away.
The newly succeeded Ogodai Khan did not hesitate at all, and once again sent an army of 30,000 to prepare to eliminate Zalandin, who had repeatedly rebelled, in one fell swoop. The Immortal Heaven has favored this Zalandin three times, but this guy who has repeatedly performed miracles actually let him escape this time. .
But he never appeared again, and no one knows where he went. According to sporadic information we received, he ran into the mountains of northern Iran. As for life or death, only the Immortal God knows. . "
