Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 1124 1119 [The Fall of Mongolia]

The Tatar tribe, which was settled by Yue Fei on the east side of Hulunbuir Lake, was led by a chief named Zhu Shizhong.

Original name: Temujin Uge!
Historically, it was because Yesugei captured this man that he named his son Temujin, and thus the great Genghis Khan was born.

"Da da da da..."

The sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer. The leader dismounted and knelt on one knee in front of Zhu Shizhong: "The Mongols are coming. There are a lot of them!"

Zhu Shizhong put his hand on the hilt of the knife: "As expected by Yue Duhu, the time has come for us to avenge the old Khan!"

In this time and space, it was Temujin Wuge's father who was killed by Kublai Khan during the expansion of the Mongolian tribes. Then Temujin Wuge led the remnants of his tribe south to join Yue Fei and changed his name to Zhu Shizhong.

Zhu Shizhong organized the evacuation of women, children and livestock according to the plan, and he led his troops to provide cover.

After retreating less than two miles, they began to abandon livestock and other supplies.

More and more supplies were abandoned, and cattle and sheep were scattered everywhere, showing how panic-stricken the escape was.

Kublai Khan led 20,000 cavalrymen in pursuit, and the chiefs of various tribes slowed down and sent people to gather the cattle and sheep.

Oqinbaerhei ran to Hebula Khan and asked, "Father Khan, are you still chasing? All the tribes have stopped."

Hebula Khan frowned and said, "Leave 50 weak soldiers in each tribe to collect the livestock and retreat eastward with the livestock. The rest of the warriors will continue the pursuit with me. Don't cause chaos because of fighting over the livestock. Take them back and I will distribute them uniformly."

He ordered An Bahai to attack from the north to attract Yue Fei to the north for rescue, but he could not be sure whether Yue Fei had left.

Therefore, Kublai Khan originally did not dare to pursue too deep, but the Tatars' behavior of abandoning livestock made him believe that Yue Fei's main force had really left.

Ahead were the women and children of the Tatar tribe. If they were killed or abducted, the remaining Tatars would be completely exterminated.

Rushing in the front were the troops led by the fourth son, Hutula.

Following closely behind were the troops of his eldest son, Oqinbaerhehe.

As the eldest son of Kublai Khan, Oqinbaerhehe selected warriors from the conquered tribes and added more than a thousand elite Mongolian warriors as a foundation to establish his own tribe - the Jurqi tribe!
When the Zhuerqi tribe was first established, there were only more than 2,000 soldiers, but they were all elite soldiers selected from the best. Moreover, 100% of them were armored.

After more than ten years of development, the population of the Zhuerqi tribe has increased and the rate of armor wearing has decreased, but it is still the most capable among the Mongolian tribes.

Historically, even though Genghis Khan was elected as the Great Khan of Mongolia, the Jurchen tribe, relying on their strength, still ignored him and even stabbed him in the back and attacked Temujin's old camp.

"Right ahead, right ahead. Blow the horn!"

Hutula saw the Tatar cavalry and blew the horn to inform the friendly forces behind him.

This is the Mongols' old nest, so they are naturally familiar with the terrain.

The second son, Baertan Baatur, Genghis Khan's grandfather, had led his troops to encircle the enemy from the south. Genghis Khan's father, Yesugei, who was still a brave young man, was also in this army.

Zhu Shizhong pretended to be terrified and led his troops to flee further west, even leaving behind a large number of the elderly, the weak, women and children.

This action made the Mongols more convinced that Yue Fei had already headed north.

They no longer cared about anything and sped up their horses to pursue the enemy, intending to leave only a small number of troops to capture women and children, while more troops continued to chase and kill the Tatar cavalry.

The women and children were also frightened and fled on horseback, but the horses they rode were relatively inferior, and some were even draft horses used to haul tents.

The Mongolian army continued to accelerate their pursuit and gradually caught up with some women and children.

Most of the grassland here is flat, but the terrain in front and on the side is slightly raised. There was a sound of horse hooves, and thousands of Ming cavalry suddenly appeared behind the raised grassland.

First I saw the flag, then the raised spear, then the cavalryman's helmet, and then the head of the warhorse.

Genghis Khan's grandfather, father, and two uncles were coming around here and ran directly into Yue Fei's ambush.

Caught off guard, the Mongolian cavalry was defeated and fled.

Hebula Khan urgently mobilized troops and sent his eldest, third and fourth sons to rescue Yue Fei and besiege him from two sides. He also sent his sixth son to lead troops to the southeast to attack Yue Fei from the other side.

At this moment, Zhu Shizhong, who had been fleeing, also led the Tatar cavalry to fight back.

Yue Fei's troops advanced too fast and rushed out before being surrounded by the Mongolian army. Two thousand cavalrymen attacked the enemy troops on the side, and another three thousand cavalrymen rushed to the rear of Kublai Khan, so Kublai Khan had to lead his troops to fight.

Further north, a total of more than 5,000 Tanggu cavalrymen were rushing to the battlefield. They were also ambushes arranged by Yue Fei, but due to poor terrain conditions, they had to ambush six or seven miles away.

Seeing the chaos in the rear and the damned Tatars coming, the fourth brother Hutula sent someone to tell his eldest brother that he wanted his eldest brother to surround and kill Yue Fei, and that he was closest to the Tatar cavalry, so he would deal with the Tatars first and then go to help.

Zhu Shizhong shouted that he wanted to avenge his father's death, but when the real fight came, he was just a nobody.

When he saw Hutura turning around and counterattacking, he immediately blew the horn and flew north, not engaging in battle with the Mongols at all. He only wanted to preserve his strength while helping Yue Fei disperse some of the enemy's forces.

Hutula was furious when he saw this. While speeding up his pursuit, he blew the horn and asked his elder brother to send troops to intercept the enemy.

A thousand elite Zhuerqi Mongols were quickly divided and sent to the northwest to block the advance of Zhu Shizhong's troops. These guys rode the best war horses of the Mongolian tribe and rushed at full speed.

Zhu Shizhong was so frightened that he led his troops to flee.

However, there were also hundreds of Tatar cavalrymen who were bitten and chased by the most elite Mongolian cavalry. It is estimated that few of them could escape. Zhu Shizhong's heart was bleeding. All his troops were the remnants of the Tatars. Although the population had recovered a little in recent years, it was still a very weak force.

One less dead, one less!

As Hutula was chasing too closely, Zhu Shizhong fled to the northwest at full speed, even leaving behind the women and children of his own tribe. In a blink of an eye, he abandoned Yue Fei and fled away from the main battlefield.

This is no longer a normal way of restraining the enemy, but a way to preserve strength - deserting the battlefield!
In order to prevent the Linhuang Protectorate from becoming a warlord, generals such as Wang Gui had been transferred away, leaving only Xu Qing, Yue Fei's old partner, under his command.

At this moment, Xu Qing led 2,000 cavalrymen to defeat the sixth son Hedan who was outflanking him. Xu Qing did not pursue him for long, but turned back and rushed towards the third son Hutuheitu Mongolian who was trying to encircle Yue Fei.

At this time, the eldest and seventh brothers also led their troops to rush over, and Xu Qing had to face an army five times larger than his own. Moreover, he had to create conditions for Yue Fei to win, and he could not just break out and escape.

The plan was originally well-made, but because Zhu Shizhong fled from the battlefield, Xu Qing's cavalry was in danger.

Xu Qing had no choice but to charge forward in waves. Almost every cavalryman under his command was shot by three or four arrows, and they were entirely protected by the medium-sized cotton armor on their bodies.

Ming cavalrymen kept falling, and in a blink of an eye, more than seventy people were killed. The Mongolian cavalrymen fought like crazy.

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves came from the north. It was the ambush troops of the Tanggu tribe six or seven miles away rushing to the battlefield.

If the Tanggu cavalry attacked from the north, the Mongolian army would be completely defeated. Oqinbaerhehe quickly sent elite troops to block the attack, which instantly reduced the pressure on Xu Qing's troops.

While the battle was going on in the northern battlefield, there was a sudden cheer from Yue Fei's side, and the outcome of the battle with Kubula Khan had already been decided.

Genghis Khan's fifth grandfather, Hulan, was beheaded by a lieutenant under Yue Fei, and Kubula Khan's headquarters was defeated by Yue Fei.

At this moment, Yue Fei personally led more than a thousand cavalrymen and pursued Kublai Khan relentlessly, and the remaining cavalrymen were sent back to rescue Xu Qing.

Up to now, Xu Qing's cavalry were trapped in a tight encirclement, and nearly two hundred of them had been killed.

These were all elite cavalrymen of the Ming Dynasty. Since the fall of the Jin Dynasty, there have never been so many deaths at one time. Even when Yue Fei was fighting against the Xixia Iron Harriers, there were not so many elite cavalrymen killed.

Zhu Shizhong, who fled from the battlefield, was doomed to fail. Not only would he be punished by military law, but even the remaining Tatar tribe would be disbanded and distributed!

Zhu Zhongming and Zhu Mingyi were so obedient. They followed Yue Fei's military orders and fought against An Bahai, resulting in heavy casualties.

The more you give, the more rewards you will receive from the court. If you are unwilling to give, just die.

However, with the defeat of Kubula Khan's headquarters, some Mongolian cavalry nearby who heard the news suddenly became passive and avoided fighting, with dozens or even hundreds of people leaving the battlefield.

After they arrived at the safe area, they did not choose to leave, but knelt down and waited to surrender to Yue Fei.

These are the tribes of various ethnic groups that were annexed by the Mongols. On the one hand, they were intimidated by the power of Kublai Khan, and on the other hand, they were worried about their relatives hiding in the mountains, so they continued to fight until now.

Now that Kublai Khan has been defeated, they naturally don't want to fight anymore.

There was no way to escape, as it had already snowed, and it would be difficult for them to survive the winter without supplies. They had to stay here and seek refuge with Yue Fei, then serve as Yue Fei's guide, heading to the mountainous areas where Mongolian women and children were hiding, obtaining supplies while finding their loved ones.

As soon as there was one, there was a second one. More and more tribes annexed by the Mongols left the battlefield regardless of anything and waited to surrender.

Even the most elite Jurqi tribe of the Mongols had a large number of cavalrymen fleeing despite orders, because half of the population of this tribe came from various tribes conquered by the Mongols.

It is normal on the grassland to surrender to the victor after being defeated.

If everyone fights to the death, how many men of the grassland will be left?
On the contrary, Toli, who had taken the remnants of his army to join the Mongols, fought bravely at this time, because he had killed more than 20 brothers and several uncles, and many of the uncles and brothers who were still alive fled to join the Ming Dynasty.

If he surrenders, he will surely die!

Xu Qing, who was trapped in the siege, relaxed instantly and quickly joined the reinforcements sent by Yue Fei to fight back. Genghis Khan's great grandfather had no time to escape and was beheaded by Xu Qing's personal soldiers.

Yue Fei was still leading his troops in pursuit and constantly defeating Kubula Khan's retreating troops.

After all, Hebula Khan was old and weak, and was chased by Yue Fei to the end. He gradually felt that he was exhausted. He wrapped the reins around his forearm, leaned on the horse's back, and tried his best to ensure that he would not fall off.

Suddenly, an arrow flew past his back and hit the back of his horse's neck.

Yue Fei shot an arrow while galloping, and soon shot the second arrow, this time hitting the horse's butt.

The warhorse was hit by two arrows in a row and finally went crazy, and suddenly lifted Kubula Khan up.

Kublai Khan was exhausted and his legs could not hold the horse's belly. As the reins were still entangled around his arms, he was dragged for a while after flying into the air and was stepped on the ankle by his own horse's hind hoof.

The Tanggu cavalry rushing from the north finally broke through the enemy blocking them because a large number of enemies fled, and joined Xu Qing for the final charge.

If they charged again, the Mongolian army would be completely defeated.

Yue Fei led his army to kill the last group of Kublai Khan's personal guards, then pulled the reins to slow down and stop.

Several Ming cavalrymen rushed over and surrounded Kubula Khan, who was lying in the snow with a broken ankle.

Capture the enemy chief alive.

(End of this chapter)