Desert Eagle Suletan Khan

Chapter 3 Where is the glory of our ancestors now?

"God of Immortality! Why do you let the descendants of Yabu Ganmergan suffer such humiliation?"

After the arrogant Erqin Batur left, Nomudale looked up to the sky and roared. Just now, he resisted the urge to kill someone and clenched his fists tightly in his sleeves, so that his palms were red.

Oirat is composed of the two words "Wei" (Mongolian: forest, forest) and "Alat" (Mongolian: common people), which means the common people in the forest. The Oirat Mongols were a tribal alliance developed from the people in the woods, and the Huite tribe was the early leader of the alliance.

Huite means "North" in Mongolian. Once upon a time, his ancestor Kudu Hebiqi led the people in the woods from the north of Oirat to fight Genghis Khan. After the defeat, he led his troops to surrender. Genghis Khan enfeoffed eight thousand households to his son Chagatai. Therefore, the Huite tribe was called "Naiman Ming'an Huite" by the Mongolian tribes, which means "Eight thousand Huite". Later, the word Huite became a general term for the descendants of Chagatai and Ogedai and their tribes.

The reason why the ancestor of Nomdale, Kudu Hebiqi, refused to surrender to Genghis Khan at first was out of ancestor worship for the ancestor Yabu Ganmergan.

Legend has it that when East and West Mongolia were split, a man named Ikemin'an was fishing on the river and caught a boy, so he named the boy after Ikemingan and named him "Yabu Ganmergan". ". "Yabgan" means walking, and "Mergan" (Mergan) means hero. When he grew up, this child really deserved the title of "Hero on Foot". His body was so strong that no horse could carry it, so he had to walk. He was also brave and resourceful, and established the Huite tribe, which later led to the Huite tribe. The tribe moved from Eastern Mongolia to the place where people lived in the woods north of Oirat, and became the leader of the tribes.

Our ancestors were so heroic, so it would be shameful for them to be subordinate to others all of a sudden. However, he still lost in the end, and there was no shame in it, because his opponent was Temujin, the conqueror of the world.

After surrendering, he was brave and good at fighting and led the people in the forest to make many military exploits. Genghis Khan married his daughter Princess Tulagan and granddaughter Princess Huolei to his two sons respectively, and divided the Oirat part into four thousand households and placed them under his jurisdiction. Another of his daughters married Mongolian Khan Guyuk and took the title of Queen Mother after Guyuk's death. The two granddaughters were married to Tolei's sons Alibuge and Xulegu respectively. For a time, the power of the Ikemingan family was overwhelming.

However, the good times did not last long. When Ali Bu Ge raised an army to oppose Kublai Khan and proclaimed Khan, the Huite tribe led Oirat Mongolia, who was close to him, to join Ali Bu Ge's army. He was defeated by Kublai Khan and was naturally ignored by the Yuan Dynasty royal family. The power declined greatly.

After the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Yuan Dynasty, wars continued between the Tatars (Eastern Mongolia) and Oirat Mongolia (Oirat Mongolia), headed by the descendants of the Yuan Dynasty. As an early leader of Oirat, the Huite tribe participated in a series of wars and became even weaker during the wars. In the middle of the 16th century, Ada Khan led the Eastern Mongolian army to kill the leader of the Huite tribe, Maniming Antu, kidnapped his wife and two sons, and occupied the old land of Oirat, forcing the Huite tribe to leave Harakhor Forest. However, the Huite tribe did not surrender, and its leader Erselebeqa killed Ordos Hutai Jibuyan Batur in the war against the Tatars.

In the wars with the Eastern Mongolian tribes, most of the time, the Oirat Mongols were actually at a disadvantage. The Huite tribe suffered particularly serious losses and gradually lost their status as leader of the Oirat alliance.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, under the military pressure of Eastern Mongolia, the Oirat Mongolian tribes had to move westward to Xinjiang and Central Asia, and gradually evolved into the four tribes of Heshuote, Torgut, Junggar and Durbot. Most. The strength of these four tribes continues to grow, but the Huite tribe, the former leader of the Oirat alliance, is declining day by day, and has to rely on the Dulbert tribe to survive.

Restoring the glory of our ancestors has always been Nomudale's dream. He was in his twenties when he was full of energy and wanted to make achievements. Unexpectedly, Erqin Batur's provocation today poured cold water on his dream, making him understand his own weakness and humbleness. Mongolians respect the strong, you are weak and have no dignity.

In anger, Nomdale sang a tragic song: "The majestic and beautiful Hala and Linhe, dotted with various treasures. The summer camp of Huite's ancestors, my Orkhon grassland, the yellow grassland."

The sad singing alarmed Subude in the tent, and the beautiful Henji came to her husband with a big belly. No one knows her husband better than his wife, and she is the only one who understands his ambitions best. There was no comfort or persuasion, just the singing of the Mongolians, "You are the sharp sword in your hand, you are the shining eagle on your head. Oh, my Mergan (warrior)! Yuledus Grassland, by You Stationed and guarded; my property and life depend on your protection day and night. Oh, my Mergan! The fetus in your belly has not yet been born, and your will cannot be killed. My Mergan, you will return to Hara Khor Forest, in the yellow Herding horses singing loudly on the grassland"

The cheerful singing dispelled the gloom in their hearts. The two people looked at each other and smiled, holding hands and walking into the big tent.

There was a warm stove in the tent, milk tea was steaming on the table, and pastries such as mixed sugar cakes, dense pastries, suet dumplings, and Mongolian fruit strips were spread all over the table. There are also Subud’s favorite raisins, which were bought from Yarkand in the south by Nomudale’s order.

"Taiji, why are you sad?" the virtuous wife asked her husband gently.

"Just now, Dulbert's Erqin Batur sent an order from Dadaiji, asking me to bring a thousand warriors to meet on the Ob grassland. This man is really rude and dares to enter my big tent with a riding whip. !”

After hearing this, Subude frowned, "Datai Ji has always been knowledgeable and polite, and strict with his subordinates. Without his acquiescence, Elinqin Batur would not dare to do this. Unless~"

"Unless what?"

"Unless Dadaiji deliberately ordered him to test your loyalty."

After listening to his wife's words, Nomudale took a long breath and said, "You are right, it is indeed a temptation. In recent years, the Dulbert people have become more and more powerful, and the royal court of Dadaiji has continued to move north. , is getting further and further away from us. He was worried that we would be disobedient because of the long distance, so he asked the boy to deliberately provoke and test my reaction. Fortunately, I held back and did not get angry."

"Taiji, a few days ago, Taiji wanted you to lead his troops to move north to the Talbahatai area, but you refused on the grounds that there were already several tribes there and there was not enough pasture. Now he is angry with you. If you are suspicious, why not move north to Talbahatai to reassure Dadai Ji?" The kind-hearted Subude wanted to calm down the matter.

"Hmph! After going to Tarbahatai, under the eyes of others, and looking up to everyone, our Huite tribe has really become a vassal of the Duerbot people. It is better to have Yuledus, which is next to Duer to the north. The Bot people are surrounded by the Dzungars and Heshuotes to the east and southeast, and the Kazakhs and Yarkands to the west and south. We can deal with various forces. No matter who wants to annex us, they will throw a rat-like weapon at them." , Nomudale flatly refused. Although he was young, he was extremely knowledgeable.

"Then you quickly select a thousand warriors to join Da Taiji to avoid his suspicion."

"No," Nomudale laughed, "We can't bring warriors, we have to bring a thousand old and weak men, so that Dadaiji can really feel at ease."

(End of this chapter)