Genghis Khan Temujin is a legendary figure, the territory of the Yuan Dynasty he laid down is the most extensive of China's dynasties, the south reached Iran, the west to Europe, the north almost occupied most of present-day Russia, the powerful Mongol Iron Horse under the leadership of Temujin in the southern conquest of the northern war has few opponents. But what is surprising is that Temujin was only a small leader at first, and even his own people could not be saved.
Tribes that were once hostile to Temujin had banded together to abduct a large number of women from Temujin's tribe, including Temujin's wife, Po Erti, and since then Temujin has embarked on a long road of revenge, only at first Temujin won less than many losses, until the Battle of the Thirteen Wings was reversed.
The Battle of the Thirteen Wings was a battle fought by Temujin against Zamuhe, when Zamujin organized men and horses to plunder Temujin's horse team, but the leader was shot by Temujin, and Zamujin was very dissatisfied with his self-esteem, so he started the war.
At the beginning of the war, Temujin had only 30,000 men, but instead of rallying these 30,000 men to fight against Zamuhe's army, he divided the few thirty thousand into thirteen armies and attacked Zamuhe's base camp from different directions.
In fact, his tactics were not wrong, but after all, the number of people was too small, thirty thousand people were divided into thirteen roads, each road was less than three thousand people, and although the action was light, the actual number was very insufficient, which led to his defeat.
However, it is not a problem of the tactics themselves but the improper use of the tactics of Temujin, the most successful case of this kind of cavalry light raid is the battle of Sima mistakenly destroying Bashu, that battle Sima mistakenly divided the number of troops no less than Temujin's thirteen roads, but the reason why he won was because the cavalry was lightly armed with the intention of raiding.
What's more, the mountains and valleys of the Bashu Land are not suitable for large-scale overall combat, but the Battle of the Thirteen Wings is not so, Temujin is not a sneak attack but a resistance, and grassland combat is not suitable for light troops to attack, so the failure of this battle Temujin is also a necessary factor.
However, Saion lost his horse and knew the misfortune. After the victory, Zamuhe did not appease the army to gather the prisoners, but put the hostages he captured in seven large cauldrons and cooked them, which caused panic among his generals in a very cruel way, which also made the leaders of other tribes very dissatisfied.
Temujin, on the other hand, treated the captured soldiers kindly, and the wounded soldiers appeased them, winning the hearts of the people, and also making the tribes dissatisfied with Zamuhe turn against Temujin, so that Temujin's team grew larger, and eventually he also defeated Zamuhe to unify the steppe.