The first emperor of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 258 Defeat
But the tone of the war was set from the outset, and Temujin had to defend.

In fact, Temujin had deeper thoughts, which he never told anyone, including his most trusted generals and brothers.Temujin felt that there was no need to lose all his money for the outcome of a war.

At this time, Temujin had already realized that the war he was going to fight in the future was not limited to this one time. If he fought all his belongings here, even if he could defeat Jamuka, it would be a disastrous victory, and in the end, both sides would lose , Let other tribes pick up the cheap ones.I have to defeat more enemies in the future, the war in front of me is just one step, how can I stop here without taking a few steps?Therefore, he decided that it is not necessary to seek victory in this battle, but he must control the loss to a minimum.

Thinking of Tooril Khan's vulture-like eyes, Temujin would feel a thorn in his back.He could clearly see the other party's intentions.The reason why he supports himself as a sweater is only because of everyone's recommendation and his own strength, which can be his help to dominate the grassland.Once his own strength is lost in this war, then his turnaround is also foreseeable.

"One day, I will fight with Kreyid!" Temujin thought so, and looked at the various positions of his own army, and found that all the Gulayan had been ravaged by Jamuka's army to varying degrees, especially the As the pioneers, the few groups of people suffered a devastating blow, showing a tendency to collapse.

"It's time to retreat." Mu Huali whispered beside him.

Temujin nodded, raised his hand and waved it into the air, and the big white banner behind him began to retreat slowly. The trumpeter blew the horn, and the order to withdraw troops flew to all directions on the battlefield by sound.

As the order to withdraw troops was issued, Temujin found that the morale of the troops had miraculously recovered, and they acted vigorously.This doesn't look like a retreat, it's clearly a gesture of chasing the enemy.It can be said that he was happily carrying out his own orders.Infected by this emotion, Temujin also had a wonderful feeling in his heart:

"It seems that the result of the so-called defeat is not completely unacceptable." Temujin glanced towards the direction of the battlefield for the last time, then turned his horse's head and joined the retreating crowd.

After all the troops withdrew to the mouth of the Zhele Valley, Temujin immediately ordered the self-armies who were still in complete formation to deploy defenses at the mouth of the valley, and completely closed the mouth of the valley with the big trees cut down by the tribesmen who had retreated into the valley earlier, as a defensive barrier.Order other troops with large losses to rest and reorganize on the spot.The old and weak women of the tribe were also mobilized to treat the wounded soldiers.

To Temujin's relief, the troops directly under him hardly suffered any losses due to the full implementation of the predetermined war intentions, and the main generals were not even injured.

However, Zhu'erqi and other ministries who fought in the vanguard suffered heavy losses and were almost defeated.Among the generals, Altan, Dalitai, and Sacha were also slightly injured.This is also in line with the original purpose of using the hands of the enemy to cut off dissidents.These people thought that being a pioneer was both glorious and convenient for looting property, but they never expected that they would end up stealing chickens instead of losing rice.

However, even if these people understood it afterwards, they had nothing to say. Who made them make the oath of "we will be your vanguard when you go out to fight" when you were in Lihan?
The development of the incident was as expected. The swampy terrain limited the pursuit speed of Jamuka's army, so that it gave Temujin's army time to deploy their defenses calmly.When they chased to the mouth of Zhelie Valley, they were immediately blocked by Temujin's troops and became unable to move an inch.When Zamuhe's Chinese army arrived, they attacked for a few more days, but because of the narrow terrain of the valley entrance, the troops could not deploy. Every time they charged, they could only leave a batch of corpses on the slope in front of the valley entrance and die return.

"Tiemuzhen, you coward! If you have the ability, come out and compare yourself with real swords and guns! Why are you like a lamb that hasn't grown up, hiding and not daring to make a sound?" He was really angry, but the successive attack failures made him realize that this place is not suitable for continuing to attack, otherwise it would only increase the casualties, so he could only curse at Taniguchi, hoping that those people inside could not stand it anymore and could rush out to fight with himself Desperately.

However, Subotai, who was in charge of Taniguchi's defense, was not angry, but ordered his subordinates to ask loudly: "If you are brave, come over and attack us. Doesn't Jamuka like to attack? Could it be that his horse's hoof was caught by his wife's belt?" Are you stuck?"

The offensive and defensive sides fought back and forth for a long time like this, and they didn't stop scolding each other until after the sun went down.Seeing that this trick was ineffective, Jamuka resumed his attack on the valley the next day.It's a pity that for the Mongols who are not good at attacking fortifications, it is more difficult to cross this valley than ascend to the sky.

When the stalemate lasted for three days, Jamuka became extremely agitated.In order to intimidate the defenders in the valley, he ordered seventy cauldrons to be set up in the open space in front of the entrance of the valley, throwing all the prisoners caught in the battle a few days ago into them, cooking them alive in boiling water to make meat sauce, and then holding a public banquet edible.He also tied Chahe Anwua, the leader of the Niewubai tribe who was unfortunately captured in front of the battle, to the front of the battle and beheaded him. Then he tied his head to his own ponytail and dragged it back and forth until it became so pulpy that he couldn't see his original appearance. Let it go, the scene was once very bloody.

However, instead of frightening the Mongolian army, Jamuka's "masterpiece" on a whim aroused the anger of all the defenders. They all fought against the enemy and resisted even harder.

Moreover, Zamuhe did not notice that the leaders of the various ministries who he ordered to eat the meat sauce cooked by the captives were dissatisfied with this cruel act, and many of them even publicly showed disgust on their faces. The consequences of this disgust on him shortly thereafter and the windfall it brought to Temujin were beyond the expectation of both sides.

After all, although the other party is an enemy, everyone still has the most basic human nature in their hearts at this time. If even the most basic human nature is wiped out, then they cannot be called human beings.

With the failure of a series of tactics such as storming, insulting and intimidating, Jamuka's patience has also reached its limit.He felt that he had punched into the cotton sleeve so hard that he had nowhere to focus.Full of hope that with this battle, Temujin's plan to swallow Temujin in one fell swoop will eventually be declared aborted. Although he is not reconciled, he can only order the troops to retreat.

(End of this chapter)