Tetsubetsu, formerly known as Jebetsu, is the name given to him by Genghis Khan, meaning: "arrow" of Mongolia.
Tetsubetsu was originally a betsube, but was later conquered by the Taechi Wubu. In Temujin's important battle to unify Mongolia, the Battle of Kouyoda, Tetsubetsu, as an opponent, wounded Temujin's white-billed yellow horse with an arrow, but Tetsubetsu was eventually captured by Temujin. Tetsubetsu himself confessed to shooting Temujin's beloved horse and expressed his willingness to go to the soup for Temujin. Temujin admired the hero so much that he took Tetsubetsu in and renamed him.
Battle of Koyita
In the process of destroying the Tatar and Kriebu tribes, Zhebetsu fought bravely to kill the enemy and repeatedly performed qigong, and the Mongols called him and the four people of Leru, Subutai and Kublai: Duo'erbian Nabaosi (獒, that is, the "Mongolian Four Mastiffs"). When Temujin formed the Cowardly Xue Army, Tetsubetsu became an important member of it.
Tetsubetsu
After defeating the Sun Khan of the Naimanbu, Temujin unified Mongolia and officially established the Mongol State. Tetsubetsu was killed from a ten-household chief all the way to a thousand-household chief. After that, Tetsubetsu and Temujin, together, began the mongol conquest of the outside world.
The Mongols first launched a counter-offensive against the Jin Dynasty, posing a serious threat to the Jin Dynasty's Zhongdu and Tokyo areas. The Mongols were cunning in their fighting, their purpose was to plunder, to feed the war with war, and to move quickly and come and go like the wind, they could not catch him at all. The Jin Dynasty was originally also a nation on horseback, but after gradual farming, its combat style has undergone great changes, changing to position warfare and defensive warfare. Most of the Jin Dynasty's attention was focused on the Southern Song Dynasty, so it was caught off guard by the Mongols.
Situation map of Mongolia
Subsequently, Temujin decided to shift his focus to the more desirable Silk Road, so he left Muhuali, one of the "Four Horses of the Mongols", to lead the attack on Jin, while he himself took the main force on the westward expedition.
Tetsubetsu also began his first and only expedition to the west.
Mongolia's first target was the Western Liao in western Mongolia. Xiliao was originally from the Yerushalayim family, but was later usurped by prince Naiman, who had fled there for refuge. Zhebei led his army to kill Qu Chulu and took advantage of the situation to seize the entire Western Liao.
Mongol conquest of the Western Liao
Mongolia's second goal was the hub of the Silk Roads, the Khwarazm State. Temujin appointed Tetsubetsu as a vanguard, crossed the Syr Darya River and attacked the Jade Dragon Jechi Castle in Khwarazm, where they slaughtered 1.2 million people in seven days. He then marched south to attack the city of Buhua (present-day Bukhara, Uzbekistan). The place names of the Mongol Expedition to the West are very unfamiliar, so you must combine the map to see. As shown in the figure:
Map of the Western Expedition of Mongolia
The Mongol soldiers, commanding no more, alarmed the Khwarazm Mosha in Samarkand (present-day Samarkand, Uzbekistan), mahama, who absconded.
Tetsubetsu Tetsubetsu and Subutai divided their forces to pursue Mahama until they chased Mahama to a small island in the Sea of Kandagishi (present-day Caspian Sea).
Subsequently, Tetsubetsu and Subutai converged, and the two continued westward. They led their armies to plunder the ishiks of Azuma (present-day Iraq), Argyll Byzant (present-day Azerbaijan), and Guerdu (present-day Georgia). He then crossed the Taehwa Ridge (present-day Caucasus) and defeated the Arans and Chincha. The Chincha brought in the People of Choros (present-day Russia), and Tebetsu and Subutai defeated the combined forces of chincha and Choros at Mali Upoli on the Arigi River. He then attacked the kingdom of Briar on the Ri River (present-day Volga) to the east, and finally along the KōdaGis Sea, raiding back Khwarazm along the way.
The Mongols had planned to continue westward and conquer more distant west, but muhuali's death affected the situation in the mongols' eastern battlefield, and Temujin ordered the various departments to return to the Mongolian steppe.
This is the end of this frenzied looting, looting and slaughter. However, the nightmare of waiting for the Westerners is not over, and the second western expedition of the Mongols will make a comeback!
A showdown between Mongol knights and Eastern European knights
However, Tetsubetsu never had another chance, because he died on the way back to the army. The end of his life, like his sins, remained forever in this bloody land!
(Continues tomorrow)
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