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Chapter 6: Now, What Now
Please treat them to a meal, which is both hospitality and almsgiving for Qin Sword and his people, but the upcoming grand feast will be just a gesture of gratitude for Buddhism.
During this period, the iron cavalry of the Jin Dynasty was like a dark cloud looming over the various tribes on the grasslands.
The Jin Dynasty was established and ruled by the Jurchen people, who lived in the region of the White Mountains and Black Waters. They were truly a fishing and hunting people, engaged in long-term struggles and battles with wild beasts, particularly excelling in equestrian archery. Such living conditions cultivated the indomitable national spirit of the Jurchen people and their military wisdom, which was as powerful as thunder and as forceful as a storm.
Historical records show that the traditional equestrian archery and coordinated heavy cavalry charges of the Jurchen cavalry were well-coordinated. In battle, they would form groups of fifty, with the first twenty heavily armored and armed with spears, and the remaining thirty lightly armed with bows and arrows. Whenever they encountered the enemy, two skilled riders would leap out to observe the enemy formation and then charge from the front, back, left, or right to attack. Within a hundred paces, a volley of arrows would be released, causing a great number of casualties among the enemy.
At its peak, the Jin Dynasty occupied half of China, from north of the Huai River to the Heilongjiang River (in other words, from the southern part of Henan province northward to Heilongjiang province). The various Mongolian tribes in the north were a major threat to the Jin Dynasty.
In order to deal with Mongolia (referred to as "Tatars" according to the Jin Dynasty at the time), in addition to provoking disputes among various departments such as the Kereyid tribe, Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tatler department, Naiman tribe, and Mongolia, the Jin Dynasty also implemented a very inhumane and brutal method of confrontation: "jian ding."
The so-called "jian ding" refers to regularly sending troops to sweep Mongolia, killing the population of the Mongolian Plateau and weakening the power of the Mongolian people.
- Every one or three to five years, the Jin Dynasty would send elite troops to sweep through Mongolia, killing all the young and middle-aged Mongolian people and taking their children as slaves, leading to severe ethnic hatred.
In order to completely disintegrate the Mongolian people and prevent them from forming a unified power, the Jin Dynasty constantly incited the Tatar people who were loyal to them and the southern Tatars to attack other tribes, such as Genghis Khan who was exhausted by the Tatars in his early years.
Mongolia The tribes are brave and good at fighting, but due to their lack of unity, they frequently fight each other, which has led to them being constantly oppressed by the Jin Dynasty.
Genghis Khan's ancestor Alp Arslan has been dedicated to resisting the brutal rule of the Jin Dynasty.
Mongolia The previous Khan of the tribe was unable to resolve a dispute with the Tatar tribe due to a shaman's allegiance issue. In order to stop the conflict, the newly appointed Alp Arslan personally escorted the bride to the Tatar tribe for a marriage alliance in 1146, accompanied by a few followers and the former Khan's eldest son. However, they were ambushed on the way by Tatar people led by Temujin keresig, who then handed them over to the Jin Dynasty. The cruel Emperor Xizong of the Jin Dynasty brutally nailed Alp Arslan to a wooden donkey.
In 1162, Alp Arslan's descendant Ye Suge launched a revenge war against the Tatar department, capturing Temujin keresig of that tribe. This event later contributed to the rise of Genghis Khan and the origin of his name.
Jin Dynasty I never expected that his methods not only failed to completely subdue the Mongolian people, but instead accelerated the unification of the Mongolia tribes.
The balance of tribes across the entire Mongolian Plateau was repeatedly disrupted by their "reductions," and their cruel policies fueled immense hatred of the Jin Dynasty among the Mongolian people (for example, Genghis Khan's ancestor Onbaji was nailed to death, which fueled Genghis Khan's drive for revenge against the Jin Dynasty).
Due to the special power, in the early days, Mongolia had more defeats than victories in their resistance against the Jin Dynasty. But today, with the help of Qin Sword, they have won against the Begging for recognition or appreciation tribe!
For the Mongolian people, they don't know how those headless, legless, tailless, small-bodied things like yurt can run so fast and make such loud noises. They also don't know how those things can make hundreds of Jin soldiers in heavy armor fall in a very short time!
But they knew that they had won this battle only with the help of these people.
That's all that matters.
The roaring bonfire was lit, and the men began to sing with a long and melodious voice. Men dressed in Mongolian robes, belts, and boots offered horse milk wine while singing and dancing. A whole lamb was presented, and a member of the tribe specially tasked with cutting the meat served them. Less than 24 hours ago, they were still guarding the northwest border, and now, in the blink of an eye, they were hundreds of miles away, traveling back in time over 800 years!
The wine did not intoxicate, but Qin Sword and the soldiers did not know what was happening.
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