100 Surprise Attacks on the Black Forest (Part I)
Yang Yan guessed correctly, of course Temujin did not believe Wang Han's oath, but the goal of paralyzing Wang Han and making Wang Han relax his vigilance was achieved. And in order to further reassure Wang Han, he then sent an envoy to Wenduer Mountain with valuable gifts to Wang Han to express his respect for Wang Han and congratulate the two sides on their reconciliation. And secretly, he is actively contacting other departments, gathering people and horses, and preparing to launch a sudden fatal blow to Wang Han.
For some time, good news came one after another, first of all, under the active persuasion of Temujin's father-in-law, Dexue Chan, the richest tribe in the steppe, the Ongirati tribe, also decided to take refuge in Temujin's side.
The Ongirati tribe was also one of the tribes that joined the "Red Bank Alliance" of the Zamuhe organization and fought with Zamuhe in the Battle of Koyitian, and became enemies of the Mongols. However, this tribe was not known for its military force in the steppe, and their best thing was to do business, and at least half of the caravans that traveled to and from the steppe had dealings with the Ongirati, and because of this, the Ongirati tribe became the richest tribe in the steppe.
Temujin's father-in-law, Dexue Chan, was just an old man in the Ongjirati tribe, and when he married his daughter to Temujin, he paid a large amount of dowry, which became the initial capital of Temujin to revitalize the Mongol tribe. Therefore, the submission of the Ongirati tribe not only completely restored the vitality of the Mongol department, but also surpassed the past in economic strength.
And more importantly, the continuous and generous acceptance of the Huolusi and Ongjirati tribes, which had previously been enemies of him, also greatly increased Temujin's reputation in the grassland, so many small tribes that had previously attached to Wang Han, and even former enemies, defected to Temujin's command.
At the same time, three other Uighur merchants, Hassan, Zafar, and Dariman Hajib, thought Temujin was a strange commodity and defected to the Mongols. They were no match for Ali's caravans, all of whom had been doing business on the steppe for more than ten years, had a very wide network of contacts and relationships, and were good at management, and under the enthusiastic solicitation of the three of them, merchants from all over the steppe gathered in the Mongolian department, and sent a steady stream of sophisticated weapons, armor, gold and iron, and goods to Temujin's camp. It also made the combat effectiveness of the Mongolian army rise rapidly.
Just a few days later, another important figure came to the Mongolian tribe with his people with his head bowed and a face full of shame. He was the original betrayal of Temujin's own uncle Talitai, who had defected to Wang Han.
At that time, Tie Xuanzhen's two uncles, Altai and Talitai, and Temujin's cousin, Altai's son Kucha'er, was dissatisfied with Temujin's system of distributing the spoils of war according to military merit, so he was instigated by Zamuhe, betrayed Temujin, and defected to Wang Khan with thousands of tribesmen and subordinates. But in the Kereh tribe, Wang Han did not believe in them, and Sankun looked down on them. Therefore, these three people lived very poorly in the Kereh tribe, but they betrayed Temujin in Yijing, and could not return to the Mongolian department, and there was no other place to go, so they could only endure in the Kereh tribe for the time being.
After the Battle of the Red Willow Forest, Za Luhe betrayed Wang Han and defected to the Naiman Tribe. And the three of them were all introduced by Za Xuan to the Kerebu, so life is even more difficult. Later, Za Shuhe sent people to encourage the three of them, and after the battle of the Red Willow Forest, the Kereh Department was also greatly injured, and launched a rebellion in secret, killed Wang Han, seized the power of the Kereh Ministry, and said that Zisi would respond to the three people.
After hearing this, the three of them were also moved, and immediately began to actively plan. However, Wang Han is also an old fox on the grassland, and he is a good master of conspiracy, and the actions of the three of them can be hidden from him. As soon as they realized that something was wrong, they immediately preempted the attack, so their rebellion ended in complete failure.
After the failure of the rebellion, Altai and Kucha'er continued to follow Zamuhe and defected to Naiman, while Talitai finally saw the general trend of the steppe and saw that Temujin had forgiven the Horu and Ongirati tribes, so they also hoped for his forgiveness, and led their men back to Temujin's side.
Although Temujin did not believe in his uncle's loyalty, after all, he was deeply related by blood, and as long as he knew that he could maintain his current strength in the future, he would not easily betray him. At the same time, under the current circumstances, accepting one more person who defected from the Kereh tribe would weaken one more of Wang Han's power. Based on these considerations, Temujin told Talitai that as long as he submitted to the Mongols, he could abandon his former grievances.
And the return of Talitai also brought Temujin details of the Kereh Division. In the battle of Hongliulin, although the Kereb Department won the battle, the loss of men and horses reached nearly 20,000, and the vitality of the economy was greatly injured. Moreover, with the betrayal of Zamuhe, Dehei Alu, Altai and Kucha'er and others, Wang Han's power has been further weakened, and it can be said that now is the weakest moment for the Kerebu Yijing. Temujin therefore realized that the conditions were ripe for an army to counterattack the Kree, and that he was now just waiting for an opportunity.
At this moment, Ghazal suddenly came to Temujin's tent and reported to him that Wang Han had sent people to see Ghazal and threatened him with his wife and children who had been captured, and wanted Ghazal to leave Mongolia and serve him.
After listening to Ghazal's words, Temujin suddenly perked up, he had been waiting for the news, and now Wang Han was finally about to fall into his trap.
Temujin immediately summoned the generals to the account, and invited Yang Yan and Zhao Yueru to participate in the meeting, and at the same time ordered the arrows to keep a close watch around his tent to prevent news from being revealed. When he explained his battle plan to the generals: take advantage of this opportunity to let Hesar go to Wang Han to trick him into letting down his guard. Then the Mongol army and horses disguised themselves as troops led by Hesar and suddenly attacked Wang Han's camp, which also caught him by surprise, thus defeating the Kereh tribe in one fell swoop.
After Zhao Yuehe heard Temujin's plan, although he didn't say anything on the surface, he couldn't help but be surprised in his heart, it was exactly the same as Yang Yan expected. A tribal chief who can't read big characters can actually come up with a plan that is deeply in line with the essence of [Sun Tzu's Art of War], and it seems that he can't despise this tribal chief.
After thinking about it, the other generals also thought that this plan was very good and could be carried out. So Temujin immediately began to arrange.
First of all, he sent two messengers, Heli Utar and Chakhur Erhan, to spread to Wang Han in the name of Hasa'er that his wife and daughter were in Wang Han's hands, and that his brother Temujin had already become suspicious of him, and he had abandoned him with the scriptures. Now that he is desperate, as long as Wang Han can ignore his past suspicions, he is willing to lead his subordinates to join Wang Han.
and instructed the two of them to return as soon as they received Wang Han's reply. Then Tie Shuzhen and Hesar led the master to pull the gang, Borshu, Mu Huali, Subutai, Jebe five generals and three thousand elite Mongolian warriors to set off. Hide in the place of Alhelgoji in the lower reaches of the Krulian River, and wait for the secret envoy to return, and immediately kill the black forest.
Then he was supported by other generals such as Zhejiao, Kublai, Chilaowen, Borhu, and Bald, as well as Temujin's three sons, Jochi, Chagatai, and Ogedai.
At the request of Yang Yan, he and Zhao Yueru also led the cavalry of the Song army, and set off as the vanguard with Tie Shuzhen.
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The two of them, Heli Utar and Chahuerhan, came to the Black Forest and relayed to Wang Han the willingness of Hesar to surrender. Wang Han couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and his heart was very happy.
In the first battle of Hongliulin, although the Kereh Department was victorious, it was still defeated, and there were betrayals by Zamuhe, Dehei Alu, Altai and Kucha'er, etc., which was even more painful. If Temujin sends troops to attack the Black Forest again, I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with.
Although the messenger sent by Temujin did not dispel Wang Han's fears, he certainly did not believe that Temujin really wanted to reconcile with him. However, from Temujin's move, it can be judged that he suffered heavy losses in the battle of Hongliulin, and Temujin estimated that he would not be any better, so he had to make peace with himself in order to regain time to accumulate strength. Therefore, Wang Han also pretended to be distressed, and expressed his willingness to reconcile with Temujin.
And after the turmoil of war and betrayal, the Kerebu also needed time to recover, so Wang Han turned his brain to the captured Hesar's wife and children. He may not be sure that he will be able to use his wife and children to threaten Hesar, but doing so can at least create some rifts between the Temujin brothers, weaken the enemy, and is also a way to strengthen himself.
After receiving the message from Heli Wutar and Chahu Erhan, Wang Han was convinced of Hesar's surrender. Immediately he said to them, "Go back and tell Hezar, that I will welcome him as I welcome my son who has traveled far away." Please dispel all worries, and we will be a family from now on. I will make a feast for him in my golden tent, and I will wash away the dust. ”
After that, Wang Han ordered someone to take a horn of a ox, cut one of his middle fingers with a knife, and dripped some blood into the horn, and ordered his confidant Yibal Erjian, as the special envoy of the covenant, to take the horn of the ox with the blood, and go to see Hesar with the two of them, Ghuri Utar and Cha Ur Han. Ask them to give it to Hazar as a token of their oath.
Ironically, not long ago, he had made a covenant with Temujin in the same way.
The three of them left the Black Forest together and headed in the direction of the predetermined Alhelgogi. There was nothing wrong all the way, but when he was about to approach the Mongolian military camp, Yibal Erjian looked up and looked ahead, but found that the situation was wrong.