At the beginning of February in the fifth year of the Great Song Dynasty (1175), the severe cold on the grassland was still there, and the ice and snow had not yet melted, Temujin dispatched 50,000 Mongol troops to conquer the barbarians. nbE。 After learning of this news, the leader of the Tongyin Wanggu tribe, Ara, also personally led 10,000 horses to reinforce the Mongol army.

The Mongol armies led by the two of them were launched one after another, flowing up the Tilulian River, and marching westward. The army passed through the area of the Upper Klulian River, entered the valley of the Shangtu Wura River, and then entered the Orkhon River valley and the eastern branch of the Hangai Mountain Range, and successfully reached the field of retreat in the eastern part of Hangai Mountain, where it was the border of Naiman.

The Naiban tribe never dreamed that the Mongol army would come in Kaichun, and the number of troops stationed on the border was small, and when they saw the Mongol army, they did not dare to engage in battle, so they quickly retreated and sent a letter to Tayang Khan. And Don't and Kublai obeyed Temujin's orders, and did not chase after them, but set up camp on the spot, waiting for Temujin's brigade to arrive one after another.

Originally, Wang Gubu refused to form an alliance with Naiman to deal with the Mongol army, so that Kekxue Wuza Wurahei had a great headache. And now, as soon as the Mongol army violated the routine of the steppe in autumn, it sent a large army to attack Nabarian at the beginning of spring, and the army came to the city. After receiving the news, Kekexue Wusa Wurahei couldn't help but be taken aback, and hurried to see Tayang Khan.

Tayang Khan, who first declared war on the Mongols, seemed to have completely forgotten that the war had begun, and remained in his palace in the hot spring area at the foot of the Altai Mountains, where he either drank and had fun with Guerbesi every day, or went hunting and playing, without a trace of nervousness before the war. Moreover, he was also indifferent to Wangubu's refusal to form an alliance with Naiman and instead turned to the side of the Mongols. He always believed that it would be easy to defeat Temujin with Naman's powerful forces alone, and it didn't matter whether there was help from the Wangu tribe or not.

Therefore, when Kekxue Wusa Wurahei reported to him that the Mongol army had reached the foot of Hangai Mountain, Tayang Khan was in the palace drinking and having fun with Gulbesi. After hearing this news, Tayang Khan was not surprised at all, and decided to immediately collect all the armies of the Naiban tribes, and also gathered and moved to the area of Hangai Mountain, where he fought a decisive battle with the Mongol army, and tried to complete his work and defeat the Mongol army in one battle.

Gu'er Besi was also very excited when she heard this, snuggled up to Tayang Khan's side, sent the golden cup in her hand to Tayang Khan's mouth, and said with a smile: "Brave Great Khan, this time I want to go to Hangai Mountain with you." ”

Tayang Khan put his arm around Gu'er's slender waist with one hand, held his wrist holding the golden cup with the other, took a sip of wine, and said, "My beauty, there is a battlefield!" What are you going to do? ”

Gulbes smiled: "I want to see with my own eyes how your subordinates captured the Mongolian Khan Temujin alive who was covered in stinky sweat." ”

Tayang Khan laughed and said: "Oh, how can it not work, his stinky sweat will smoke you, I think you still have to stay here to take a hot spring, wait for me to catch Temujin, wash it and show it to you." ”

Gu'er Besi's body was pressed against Tayang Khan, and said, "No, I must go this time." Don't you want me to be by your side all the time? ”

Tayang Khan was moved by her again, and said, "Okay, okay! Beauty, if you can be by my side at all times, I will naturally be very happy. Actually, I don't want to be separated from you for a moment. Since you insist on going, come with me! But you can't be disgusted by the stench of the Mongols! ”

At this time, Kekexue Wusa Wurahei really couldn't help but say, "Great Khan, Kedun, what are you going to say?" Do you think this war is child's play? Or is it a game? ”

Tayang Khan looked unhappy and said, "Kexue Wusa Wurahei, are you really old, are you worthy of such a heart for the Mongols?" Alright, alright, you go and prepare the men and horses to go on the expedition, don't be wordy here. ”

Kekexue Wusa Wurahei sighed, turned around and walked out of the tent, with only one thought in his heart: this time it was really over.

Due to the sudden dispatch of the Mongol army, Naiman was unprepared, but Kexue Wusa Wurahei did his best, and finally gathered all the men and horses of Naiman in the fastest time, with a total number of more than 100,000 people, all gathered in Hangai Mountain. The commander is naturally Kekexue Wusa Wurahei, the deputy marshal is the son of Tayang Khan, and the generals who accompany the army are Huoli Subiechi, Kutuyang, Tata Tonga and others. Zamuhe also gathered a group of troops against the Temujin Mongol alliance, totaling nearly 20,000 people, and also gathered with the Naiban army at the foot of the Hangai Mountains.

Kexue Wusa Wurahei was still very cautious, and ordered the generals Huoli Subechi and Kutuyang to lead 10,000 horses and garrison them at the foot of the mountain, and the rest of the army was all stationed on Hangai Mountain. The 20,000 horses led by Zamuhe, but Kexue Wusa Wurahei did not dare to fully trust them, so he ordered him to be stationed at the foot of the northern side of Hangai Mountain. Tayang Khan also took Gu'er Bisi and set up the palace tent on Hangai Mountain.

The number and scale of this great battle surpassed that of any other war on the grassland, and the atmosphere of the great war gradually condensed like a cumulonimbus cloud in front of Hangai Mountain.

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In fact, Temujin's brigade had already joined the forward troops of Zhebetsu and Kublai at the foot of Hangai Mountain more than ten days before the arrival of the Naiban army. Two days later, Wangu's men and horses also arrived on the battlefield, joined the Mongol army, and expressed their willingness to accept Temujin's dispatch. The reason why Temujin did not attack immediately was because he wanted to wait for the Naman's army to gather so that he could defeat the enemy together.

But after the Naiman army gathered, Temujin couldn't help but be surprised, this time the Naiban army was as many as 100,000, although he had long known that the Naiban army was vast and the population was large, but he still did not expect that this time the Naiban would dispatch such a huge army. It was also the largest battle Temujin had ever fought since he became Mongol Khan, both to the enemy and to himself. Seeing the swords and guns set up like a dense forest all over Hangai Mountain, even the battle-hardened Mongolian generals around him became solemn.

As much as possible, Temujin did not lose confidence in victory because of the strength of the enemy army, but he also knew that this battle must not be underestimated, so after checking the movements of the barbarian army, he immediately returned to the account and gathered the generals to discuss the plan of attack.

Temujin began by saying, "I remember my mother once warned me that a poisonous snake, though it is small, is enough to kill it if it bites it. Therefore, we must not be negligent because the stubborn enemy is small, and it is better to act cautiously in the face of the enemy, not to mention that our present enemy is the barbarism of the people of the country, so we must not take it lightly. In this battle, we must not shrink back and sit idly by; We must not be careless and blindly underestimate the enemy, so how to fight this battle, please express your opinions. ”

For a while, all the generals present whispered, but no one spoke, and even Mu Huali, who had always been resourceful, frowned, obviously thinking hard about how to break the enemy. Because it was the first time for the Mongol generals to encounter such a large enemy army, they couldn't help but be cautious, and they didn't dare to say it easily.

Among the generals, only Yang Yan and Zhao Yueru had a relaxed face, because they had experienced a lot of the scale of hundreds of thousands of troops, and in their opinion, the 100,000 army was too common, and there was nothing surprising about it.

Temujin's gaze couldn't help but look at Yang Yan again, obviously wanting to hear his opinion.

When Yang Yan saw it, he also smiled slightly, and said: "Temujin Khan, the soldiers are expensive but not expensive, although the number of barbarian troops is large, but just now I saw that their formation is uneven, and the men and horses are disorganized, which shows that either they lack training at ordinary times, or the people and horses are gathered in a hurry, and it is difficult to unify the deployment for a while." Although the Mongol army was small in number, it was well-trained and forbidden, so although Naiban had more than 100,000 troops, it was not difficult to break. ”

As soon as he opened his speech, the Mongolian generals also stopped talking and quietly listened to him. Temujin said: "I don't know what kind of trick Yang Juma has, can he defeat the Naiban army?" ”

Yang Yan said: "It's so clever that I can't talk about it, but now it's the barbarian army garrison on the mountain, occupying all the dangerous places, and the Mongolian army is garrisoning under the mountain, and the geographical advantage is lost, if the battle is now, it will definitely be unfavorable to the Mongolian army." Therefore, the top priority is to lure the Naiban army down from the mountain, fight with the Mongol army at the bottom of the mountain, and then gather elite men and horses to defeat the Naiban army in one fell swoop, and then win the battle. ”

Mu Huali nodded: "This strategy is good, but what is the way to deceive him and lure the enemy army down the mountain?" Naiman's commander Kekexue Wusa Wurahei is a person who has experienced a hundred battles and often uses soldiers, and it may not be easy to let him be fooled. ”

Yang Yan smiled slightly, and said: "I am not as familiar with the situation of Naiman as the generals, General Mu Huali said that this Kexue Wusa Wurahei has experienced a hundred battles, and it may not be bad to use troops often, but the supreme commander of the Naiman army is not him, but Tayang Khan!" I heard that Tayang Khan was a mediocre and incompetent person, but he was also self-righteous and arrogant. Therefore, in the first battle tomorrow, the Great Khan might as well deliberately show weakness in order to be arrogant. If you are arrogant, you will be careless, and Tayang Khan will mistakenly think that the Mongol army is vulnerable, and will definitely send a large army to camp down the mountain in order to take the initiative to attack. Then the Great Khan again set up doubts and bluffs, and Tayang Khan had never experienced a battle array, so he would inevitably panic and hesitate. At that time, the Great Khan will gather elite men and horses again, and pull out the enemy's outposts one by one to defeat the enemy's spirit. When the barbarian army saw this, it was bound to be panicked and chaotic, and the Great Khan could take advantage of the chaos to attack it and approach the enemy army, and he could win a great victory. ”

Temujin laughed and said, "Good strategy, good strategy." Tomorrow we must follow the plan. ”

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