I, Chinggis Qan by Kim Nathaniel H.C

Author:Kim, Nathaniel H.C. [Kim, Nathaniel H.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781462837816
Publisher: Xlibris US
Published: 2008-05-30T00:00:00+00:00

The scouts Chagadai sent out returned two days later with good news. They located Megujin and his Tatars following the Ulja River for the Uldza Valley. I smiled to myself. What a wily bastard, all right. The Uldza Valley was long and narrow with a feeder stream running down the middle. The floor of the valley sloped up toward the head, which was covered by a lust forest of juniper, pine, and poplar. The layout of the valley allowed it to be easily defended by whoever occupied it. But what was not readily known was what existed at the top of the valley conveniently hidden – an exit out of the valley. The Chin general would think he had Megujin trapped when in fact it would allow Megujin to either escape or use it to trap the enemy from behind. I doubted the Tatar leader would trap himself and could only assume he knew of this exit. What Megujin certainly could not know is that it could also be a trap. The scouts estimated the size of the camp at about seven thousand with a little less than half of those warriors. They had seen no sign of the Chin general or his army. That bit of news brought a moment’s consternation to me. Were we being set up? The Altan Qan doing what Qasar had stated earlier – trying to start another conflict among the savages of the steppe? It was a wrinkle that hadn’t occurred to me and left me anxious. I told the scouts they were to rest for the remainder of the day, but at first light the next morning, I wished them to go back out and find the Chin general and his forces. I had to know if the general really existed, or this was nothing more than a Chin ruse.

Just after noon, the messenger Qasar sent to To’oril Qan returned. The Kereit Qan would be arriving in two days. He was delighted I had invited him to partake in this action, and I’m sure wondered himself why the Altan Qan had not sought him out first with this problem. Then near sunset, the messenger I dispatched to Saca Beki returned as well. He delivered the message to Saca personally, and the Jurkin agreed to join us as soon as he could get his men together. Two days at the most. The news pleased me. The intervening years had bleached the memory of our troubles that day at the Onan River. It left me hopeful and in a good mood. Perhaps after all this time, my fortune had finally begun to change.

While we awaited the arrival of To’oril and Saca, we used the time to prepare our weapons, clean them after years of disuse. Sabers, axes, spears were sharpened, breastplates mended, and new ones made. Arrows were produced in large quantities with ash and juniper from the surrounding forests. A plan was formulated along with a contingency plan as well this time. The ayil

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