XIV. Battle of the Thirteenth Wing 3

After defeating the Tatars and the Mirbegs, Temujin incorporated the two tribes into the Mongols, greatly increasing Temujin's power. The middle-aged soldiers who had all fallen were gathered, and an army of nearly 30,000 people was also gathered. In the lower reaches of the Tilulian River, Dataran Bal was the main force, and attacked the thirteen allied forces of Zamuhe.

Temujin knew that although the number of the Mongol army was no worse than that of the Thirteen Coalition Army, the Tatar and the Mir Beggars had just been incorporated into the Mongol and were not reliable, and the Mongol beggars such as the main ones also had evil intentions. And his descendants were also very tired after two fierce battles against the Tatar tribe and the Mi'er beggar tribe, so they must have no good result in fighting hard with Zamuhe, but tried their best to delay the time until all the people moved to the Zhelie Valley.

Therefore, Temujin divided his army of 30,000 into thirteen wings, each wing was made of wooden fences and earth to form a simple parapet, which corresponded to each other, and with the main beggar as the first wing, his main force was divided into the second to tenth wings, and the men and horses of the other vassal tribes were divided into the last three wings. When the wings are attacked, all the nearby wings will rush to help.

On the second day after Temujin had set up the thirteen wings, Zamuhe's thirteen allied forces went to kill the lord of Dadarambal.

Seeing that Temujin had already laid out the thirteen wings, he put on a purely defensive posture. Zamuhe laughed, thinking that Temujin had been timid. Immediately dispatched the Ulu Uti and Huhu Ti tribes, known as the "sons of the god of war", as the vanguard to launch an attack on Temujin.

The men and horses of the Ulu-Uti and the Hurhu Ti tribes, led by their chiefs, the Lords of the Gang and the Fear, launched a fierce attack on the first flank of the Mongol army. The command of the first wing was the withdrawal of the main beggar and the Tai out, and ordered the soldiers to meet the battle with bows and arrows within the improvised walls, thus opening the curtain of a new round of war on the steppe.

But the impact of the Ulu Uti Department and the Huhu Ti Department is really worthy of the title of "the descendants of the god of war", the simple wall and this can not block the impact of their cavalry, less than a moment of effort, the Ulu Vulti and the cavalry of the Huti Department broke through the wall, into the first wing, the two sides showed a hand-to-hand white-knuckle battle, but under the attack of the advance of the thirteen coalition forces, the main beggars fell one after another, and the first wing of the Mongol army soon collapsed. The remnants of the beggars who escaped from the first wing of the Mongol army were scattered among the other wings of the Mongol army.

Seeing the victory in the first battle, Zamuhe couldn't help but rejoice in his heart, and immediately ordered an attack on the second flank of the Mongol army. This time, the two armies were divided into left and right, rolled up two clouds of smoke and dust, and rushed towards the second flank of the Mongol army.

The second flank of the Mongol army was garrisoned by Temujin with Borshu, Borhu, Jebe and Subutai and 5,000 Mongol troops, which were the strongest of the thirteen wings of the Mongol army. The defeat of the first wing so quickly was actually in Temujin's plan, and he originally hoped to use the hands of the thirteen allied forces to teach the master a lesson, so when Zamuhe attacked the first wing, he only provided symbolic assistance, and did not do his best at all.

The second flank was actually the first barrier of the Mongol army, and it was also the strongest wing. Therefore, the defeat of the first wing is actually nothing, holding the second wing is the key to this war, once the second wing is lost, then the Mongol army is not far from rout.

Temujin drew his sword and shouted: "All the warriors are guarded in the wings, and those who retreat will not be spared." ”

For a while, the Mongol arrows rained down, and before the enemy could reach the wing, many people were shot off their horses. The thirteen allied forces felt that the resistance of the Mongol army was much stronger than that of the first flank. However, after all, the thirteen coalition forces were numerous, and although they suffered some casualties, they still attacked the edge of the wall and broke through several large openings in the wall, but the Mongol army commanded by Borshu and Subutai to resist with all their might, and still blocked the men and horses of the thirteen coalition forces outside the wall. The two sides surrounded the wall and launched a fierce battle. Jebe and Borhu stood by Temujin's side, protecting him every step of the way.

At this time, the leader of the Ulu Vulti tribe saw the nine-strong white banner in the wings, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately said loudly: "Temujin is inside, kill it and capture Temujin alive, capture Temujin alive." ”

Dozens of cavalry troops worked together, "bang", and pushed the wall open a big hole, the master took the lead, the cavalry of the Ulu-Wuti department swarmed through the gap, and rushed straight to Temujin, the Mongol army seemed to be a little unable to resist, and Borshu and Subutai were entangled by the busy and Kuti army, and could not pull out to rescue.

Bor said to Temujin: "Brother Khan, it is too dangerous here, we are willing to fight to the death for you, but please retreat to the third flank first." ”

Temujin pushed him away and said, "There may be Temujin who died in battle, and there may be Temujin who lost battle, but there is no Temujin who left his warriors and fled alone. I'm here today with you. ”

At this time, Jebel said: "Bolhu, you protect the Great Khan, and I will resist them." As he spoke, he grabbed the war horse that sat down, galloped out, raised his hand and shot an arrow, shooting straight at the master.

The master dodged sharply on his horse, but the arrow came too quickly, and although he escaped the front door, he was shot in the left arm and head. The master screamed and fell off his horse. Fortunately, he was surrounded by his own soldiers, and he rescued him with all hands and feet. When the Ulu Wuti soldiers saw that the main general was hit by an arrow, they couldn't help but panic, and the offensive slowed down unconsciously.

Jebel bent his bow and shot the arrows like meteors with great speed, almost one arrow after another, almost without any interval in between. And every arrow will hit a Ulu-Uti soldier. In the blink of an eye, he had shot down more than a dozen people in a row. The soldiers of the Ulu-Vulti were also intimidated by this miraculous archery, and they couldn't help but be a little shocked.

Seeing this, Temujin immediately said to Bor: "You take the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to kill for a while." ”

Borhu led an army of 300 cavalry to charge out and fiercely attacked the Ulu-Uti army, and Jebe also lowered his bow and arrows, and swung his spear into the warband. The Ulu Vulti army had no main general, and at this time it was rustic and low, and it was able to resist the attack led by Borhu and Jebe, and they were defeated and retreated. The two not only blocked the gap again, but also took advantage of the momentum to fight out of their wings and stormed the army of the Kuti Division from the flank.

Seeing this, Zamuhe was furious, and immediately ordered his younger brother Qicha'er to lead an army to block Jebe and Borhu. Temujin saw clearly in the wings, and immediately ordered the trumpets to blow and summon them back to hold the gap. Taicha'er continued to attack early, but at this time, the Mongol army had stabilized its position and held it firmly in all directions, and the thirteen allied troops could not attack for a while.

Zamuhe was very anxious in his heart, and was about to give an order to increase the number of troops to attack, when the shouts of killing rose loudly in all directions, and it turned out that Mu Huali on the third wing, Hesar on the fourth wing, Chilaowen on the sixth wing, and Belgutai on the ninth wing all sent troops to rescue the second wing.

Zamuhe was taken aback, and hurriedly divided his troops and sent his generals to meet the Mongol army. At the same time, he ordered men to attack the other wings, so that the other wings did not have time to come to the aid of the second wing.

For a time, the people of the two sides fought in the east and west. The war horse trampled on the ground and raised the earth covered the sky, and the shouting of killing was mixed with the sound of horses' hooves, horns, and golden drums, which shook the earth. The two sides fought for most of the day, and although the thirteen allied armies broke through the seventh and tenth wings of the Mongol army, they never captured the second flank.

Overall, however, the two sides are still evenly matched. However, the Mongol army relied on guarding its wings to maintain the current situation, and it can be seen from this point that the strength of the Mongol army is still inferior to the thirteen coalition armies of Zamuhe.

At this time, Borshu returned to Temujin's side and said, "Great Khan, it's almost, I think it's time to retreat." ”

Temujin looked at the battlefield carefully for a while before he said, "It's okay, but don't mess around." ”

Borshu immediately ordered the retreat of the second flank to be covered by the third and fourth flanks, and then the third and fourth flanks by the fifth and sixth flanks. In this way, the Mongol army covered each other, fought and left, although they were retreating, but there was no confusion at all. When all the men and horses had withdrawn from the wing, Temujin led the men and horses of the second wing to meet the retreating men and horses halfway, so that Zamuhe was also invulnerable.

This battle lasted for a day, and under the command of Temujin, Borshu, Muhuali and others, the Mongol army finally retreated to the Bhurhan Mountains in an orderly manner, and all of them safely withdrew into the Zhelie Valley. Zhele and Shen Bai had already withdrawn all the people, tents, grain, livestock, and property into the valley, and set up an ambush at the mouth of the valley to meet Temujin and block the thirteen allied forces.

Zamuhe pursued to the mouth of the valley and saw that the Mongol army had troops here to meet him. Seeing that it was getting late, he couldn't see the terrain clearly, and he didn't dare to continue the pursuit. So he ordered to camp at the mouth of the valley, rest for the night, and wait until dawn to continue the attack.

Although the battle was fierce, the losses on both sides were not very large, and the Mongol army lost about less than 3,000 men and horses on this side, but it was mainly the main beggar troops of the first wing who suffered large losses, and the others were fine. The loss of the Zamuhe side was less than 2,000, and the losses of each division were relatively even, and more than 200 Mongol prisoners were captured. But neither side broke their bones.

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