When Temujin was young, he married Dexue Chan's daughter, Polthe. During a war, she was taken captive by the enemy, and by the time Temujin set up an ambush to rescue her, she was nine months pregnant. Faced with this situation, Temujin was filled with anger and doubt. Unexpectedly, Balti smiled and said to him, "Khan, you should be happy, this is our first child." Why did Temujin hesitate, why did he become so calm, and how did this episode affect Genghis Khan?
Temujin's rough life
The Mongolian steppes once lived a boy named Temujin, who was born into a poor nomadic family. Since childhood, he has shown extraordinary courage and wisdom, and was given the name "Temujin" by his father, which means "steel sincerity".
At the age of nine, Temujin traveled with his father to a distant tribe to meet his future bride. On the way, they met the leader of the tribe of Deshechan, who praised Temujin's wisdom and lofty ideals. Dexue Chan offered to marry his daughter Lother to Temujin, and the two decided to marry each other.
Who would have thought that not long after, in a tribal conflict, Temujin's father was tragically killed. The mother and son were helpless and had to be displaced. It wasn't until Temujin was 18 years old that he had the opportunity to return to his homeland and begin to fight to regain his rightful position.
At this time, Temujin remembered the agreement he had made with Dexue Chan nine years earlier. He went to visit his father-in-law and told him about the hardships he had suffered over the years. Dexue Chan was deeply moved and readily agreed to marry Temujin as his wife. With the support of his father-in-law, Temujin soon reunited his tribe.
Although their married life was once happy, the clouds of war soon enveloped them again. During one battle, in order to protect her, Temujin's men placed her in a carriage and left her temporarily. Unexpectedly, on the way back, the carriage was hijacked by the enemy's Taiyi Chi Vulti tribe.
In this way, she was taken captive by the enemy, and a long encounter began. As a fierce woman, she would rather endure humiliation than submit to the mercy of her enemies. For nine months, she held out in the enemy camp and waited for her husband's rescue.
The captivity of Polthel
The flames of war are raging, and the smoke of gunpowder is everywhere. Placed on a carriage, Balti left the tribe for a while, ready to return after the fighting had subsided. Who would have expected that fate would play a cruel joke on her.
On the way back, the carriage was ambushed by the Taiyi Chi Vulti tribe. The guards who escorted her were all killed in the fierce battle, and she watched helplessly as she was captured alive by the enemy's generals. When the general saw the face of the child, he was immediately moved and decided to take her back to the tribe.
In this way, Polti was taken captive by the enemy, and a long encounter began. As the wife of a Mongolian nobleman, she was fierce by nature and would rather die than give in. At the moment of her captivity, she once thought about committing suicide to prevent future troubles, but in the end she chose to survive.
The people of the Taiyi Chiwuti tribe humiliated her in every way, but she endured it. Some ridiculed her as an "abandoned wife" and some punched and kicked her, but she never fought back and never gave in. She knows that only by living can she have hope of seeing the light of day again.
Day after day, he endured humiliation in the enemy camp. She always remembered the teachings of her husband Temujin and supported herself with tenacious perseverance. When the enemy saw that she was so strong, they had to admire her tenacity.
Just when she thought she was about to run out, a shocking news came—she was pregnant! As a captive, her body had already suffered great damage, and pregnancy was a heavy blow to her.
But instead of giving up, she sees the child as her hope and pillar. She began to protect herself more carefully, hoping that one day she would be reunited with her husband and give birth to the child safely.
In this way, nine months of years were spent in torment. Her belly was bulging day by day, and the enemy was no longer rough on her. For nine months, she persevered, waiting for Temujin's rescue.
The process of rescuing Badti
The news of Polti's captivity soon reached Temujin's ears, and he was furious and immediately began to prepare for a rescue operation. But he also knew that he had been taken captive to the Taiyi Chi Wuti tribe, where there were so many people that it was too reckless to go and save people on his own.
As a result, Temujin began to secretly contact other tribes in the steppe, hoping to gather more forces. He first sent people to probe the defenses of the Taiyi Chiwuti tribe and learn more about the enemy's disposition. At the same time, he also offered an olive branch to other nearby tribes, hoping to form an alliance against the Taiyi Chi Wuti.
After months of hard work, Temujin finally gathered enough men. He convened a military meeting and carefully laid out the battle plan. It was decided that Temujin himself would first lead a cavalry force to attack the Taiyi Chi Vulti from the front to attract the enemy's main force, while the armies of other tribes would flank and cut off the enemy's rear.
When everything was ready, Temujin himself led the army to march. Approaching the camp of Taiyichi Wuti, he deliberately slowed down his march and attracted the attention of the enemy. Sure enough, the main force of Tai Yi Chi Wu Ti soon followed, and the two sides encountered each other in an open area.
Although Temujin's cavalry was slightly smaller, it was extremely high-quality, and after encountering the enemy's main force, it did not retreat, but went back and forth and was equally strong. While the two sides were in the midst of fierce fighting, Temujin's other allies suddenly attacked from the flank, completely encircling Taiyichi's army.
After a hard battle, Taiyi's army was finally crushed, and the camp was captured. Temujin immediately ordered a search for the whereabouts of Polti. Soon after, he found her in a tent, and when he saw that she was pregnant, Temujin was stunned.
The relief of Polti and the growth of Genghis Khan
Seeing her nine months pregnant, Temujin was shocked. He had mixed feelings in his heart, including sympathy for her child, anger at her humiliation, and doubts about the child's background.
Just as Temujin was deep in thought, Polti spoke. She smiled and said to her husband, "Khan, you should be happy, this is our first child." ＂
Temujin was speechless for a moment, he never thought that such a situation would happen. After nine months of suffering, he was deeply ashamed that he could still be so calm.
"I know you have a lot of doubts in your mind right now, but trust me, you are the father of this child. After being taken captive, I would rather endure humiliation than submit to the enemy. I've been waiting for your rescue, and now you're finally here. ＂
Hearing his wife's sincere explanation, Temujin's heart suddenly brightened. He realized how much his suspicion had hurt him, and he slapped himself hard as a punishment.
Seeing this, she gently stroked her husband's cheek and comforted, "Everything will be fine, just like our tribe and like our first child." ＂
In this way, Temujin completely dispelled his doubts and accepted the child calmly. He personally named the child Jochi, which means "hard" and "brave". From then on, Polti became Temujin's favorite wife, and Jochi became his favorite son.
This episode not only made Temujin awe of his resolute character, but also made him realize the importance of his wife to him. Since then, he has cherished her even more and regarded her as his most solid support.
At the same time, the complete success of this rescue operation also allowed Temujin to make a name for himself in the grassland. Soon, more and more tribes began to defect to him, and his strength grew. Eventually, with his extraordinary resourcefulness and unparalleled courage, Temujin unified the entire Mongolian plateau and was revered as "Genghis Khan".