Speaking of the Northern Mongolians, many people will think of a generation of Genghis Khan. He was an excellent commander in history, an outstanding military expert, under his leadership of the Mongol Iron Horse Expedition to the West, unified the desert north, and established the Great Mongol Empire.
On this basis, his grandson Kublai Khan established the vast Yuan Dynasty, the largest dynasty in Chinese history. However, the later rulers of the Yuan Dynasty gradually became unable to run a great empire, coupled with the humiliation of the Han by the Mongols, which led to the demise of the Yuan Dynasty in a number of uprisings, becoming a short and brilliant dynasty in the long river of history.
In the late Yuan uprising, Zhu Yuanzhang was one of them. In the eightieth year after the founding of the country, the Wangubu of northern Mongolia gave birth to a strange woman who would change the fate of the entire steppe. Her name was Manduhai, and she was also the mother of Mongolian Zhongxing, who would later be famous throughout the steppe.
First, talented, fateful
After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the defeat of the Mongols to the north, and the return to the steppe, various tribes killed each other and coveted the Central Plains. In order to consolidate its rule, the Ming Dynasty provoked from it, causing the Mongol tribes to be torn apart.
The Manchu Sea, which is unknown in the history of the Han People, is an eternity that cannot be erased in the history of the Mongols, and it is also a belief engraved in their hearts. Because under the leadership of Manduhai, the shattered Mongol tribes achieved the only unification.
When she was not yet married, her name was Manduhai, a Mongolian Wangubu, and her father was the Mongolian minister Timur. Timur was very fond of this daughter, and under his careful teaching, Manduhai learned wen and martial arts from an early age, and Wen Tao was proficient in all kinds of martial arts.
As a member of the Wanggubu who had been married to the "Golden Family" for generations, she married Mandu Gul Khan (also translated as Manduru) at the age of fourteen, becoming his second wife, and giving birth to two daughters after marriage. Mandu Gul Khan died four years after becoming a Great Khan, and Mandu Hai, who could have lived happily and peacefully, became a widow.
According to the succession system of the Mongol tribes at that time, it was necessary to be the heir of the "Golden Family" to inherit the position of Great Khan. However, Mandu Gul Khan was childless under his knees, and the position of Great Khan was vacant, and for a time all those who had the ability to inherit the position of Great Khan jumped out.
In order to prevent the Mongol unrest, which led to the opportunity for those who coveted the tribe, after the death of Mandu Gul Khan, Mandu Hai inherited the direct subordinates and wealth of the Great Khan. According to the custom of the steppe to accept marriage, Manduhai must marry the next Great Khan, so manduhai's choice is particularly important.
Under the perseverance and threat of many people, Manduhai did not compromise, in order to ensure the internal stability of Mongolia and the inheritance of the "Golden Family" bloodline, finally found the direct descendant of the "Golden Family" Batu Mengke.
According to different Mongolian historical records, some say that the difference between the two is twenty-eight years old, and some say that the difference is ten years, but there is no doubt that from the generational point, Mandu hai is Batu Monk's great-uncle and grandmother.
The tribesmen were puzzled by Manduhai's decision, as Batumunk's father, Brokuljinong, was a fierce rival of Mandu Gul Khan. However, for Mongolia, which was in turmoil at that time and had the Ming Dynasty fanning the flames externally, the choice of ManduHai was undoubtedly correct.
In the big picture, instead of having a person with a foreign surname rule the Mongol headquarters, the succession of Batumunk, the only legitimate heir to the Khanship of the "Golden Family", can be recognized by tribes other than the Mongol headquarters, and it is more convenient to maintain the long-term rule of the Mongol headquarters.
Personally, Manduhai is intelligent and resourceful, has talents that are not inferior to men, and she is bent on exercising her ambitions, and marrying a young and ignorant husband will help her control the Mongol ministries and fulfill her ideals.
Second, a brave and warlike woman
After marrying Batu Monk, Mandu Hai did everything in his power to help Batumunk become the new Great Khan, with the honorific title of "Dayan Khan". The Great Khan was young, and Manduhai's political and military talents had been reflected since childhood, and he deserved to take on the responsibility of the Great Khan.
First of all, what she did was attack the Veyrat tribe. The Verat tribe has always been incompatible with the Mongols, often provoking incidents for no reason, resulting in the Mongolian ministry not being able to live in peace. In order to defend the dominance of the Mongols, the Veyrat clan had to be dealt with.
In the process of fighting with Wei Lat, both sides suffered heavy casualties and rivers of blood, and Manduhai also put him in a quiver to protect him in order to ensure her husband's safety. In the process of killing the enemy, the helmet was cut off and did not stop the iron horse she rushed to continue to move forward. Although Weyrat was several times more numerous than himself, Manduhai was not timid, personally leading his generals out of the siege and successfully conquering Weyrat.
Shortly thereafter, Manduhai led an army to recruit the Taishi of Jiaslan, who had killed Dayan Khan's father. Master Jia Silan was cautious, and Mandu Hai had to send one of his ministers to investigate the tent first, followed by himself. When Garthland discovered that there were people sneaking around the tent, he immediately dispatched his troops, and when garthland was in a panic, the mandu sea marshal took down the tribe of garthland in one fell swoop.
Manduhai and Dayan Khan finally avenged their father, and they were very happy. At the same time, it is one step closer to the great cause of the unification of the Mongol tribes. Mandu Hai took advantage of the victory to pursue and attack the last tribe that did not submit to the Mongols, the Wallachians.
At that time, the leader of the Wallachian tribe was named Yismain, and the "megalithic cannon" invented by him was so powerful that the Wallachian tribe, which relied on this secret weapon, became a major problem for Manduhai. Manduhai calmly analyzed the situation, and when Yismain relaxed his vigilance, the headquarters would surround Yismain's Wallachian department. The sudden siege caught Sima by surprise, and because of the large number of allied troops, he was unable to fight back, so he had to flee with his wife.
During these years of conquest, Manduhai got along well with her husband, who was more than a teenager younger than himself, and bore him seven sons and a daughter. Unfortunately, successive births led to the deterioration of Manduhai's physical function, and Manduhai, who once soared on horseback, eventually died in the process of conquest of Sima Yin.
Batu Munch inherited Manduhai's legacy, and in order to avoid disturbing the hearts and minds of the army, did not announce Manduhai's death to the public. The battle ended three years later with the death of Simain, and the Mongol headquarters was a great success. After that, Mongolia basically achieved great unification and reached Zhongxing, and Manduhai became one of the most respected leaders of the Mongol Ministry.
Dayan Khan did not live up to the expectations of Manduhai, and after his death, the situation of Mongol unification was well inherited and maintained by him, although there were occasional internal struggles, but it was already a peaceful era compared to the past.
Third, the shining stars on the grassland
Manduhai was a very remarkable and excellent Mongol, under the eyes of the tribes, with her young husband on a crusade to the west, invincible, like the god of war incarnation, whose courage and wisdom were incomparable to ordinary people.
Manduhai was a woman of multiple identities, a soldier who led the army to kill the enemy in the swordless battlefield, a wise and wise leader in the eyes of the Mongol tribesmen, a sympathetic and reliable wife in front of her young husband, and a gentle and powerful mother in front of her young children.
4. Summary
As the wife of the Golden Family, Manduhai is known as the "female version of Genghis Khan", and her achievements can be said to be unprecedented, even much higher than that of individual chiefs. The Mongolian chronicle Siraguj praised her as "a good lady full of wisdom and cleverness", and her legend still circulates among the people.