6 Temujin’s Tribe, Temujin’s Rules

Chapter 5 Temujin's Tribe, Temujin's Rules For centuries, steppe warfare revolved around one thing: looting. One tribe attacked another, and if the victims fled, the battle was over and the victors took all the losers' belongings. In 1202, at the request of Toghril, forty-year-old Temujin returned to fight the Tatars. Before

几个世纪以来，草原战争都围绕着一件事展开：抢劫。 一个部落攻击另一个部落，如果受害者逃跑，战斗就结束了，胜利者拿走了失败者的所有财物。 1202年，在托格里尔的请求下，40岁的铁木真重返战场与鞑靼人作战。 之前

the battle, Temujin made some new rules: First, the battle would go on until the enemy was defeated once and for all. Second, any looted property would go directly to Temujin. As leader, he would divide the goods as he saw fit. Finally, Temujin decreed that if a man died in battle, his family would receive his fair share of the loot. Steppe life had never been fair, and these new laws were revolutionary. Still, some men did not like the new rules and deserted Temujin to join Jamuka. Those who stayed were all the more loyal. Had these laws been in place when Temujin was a boy, his family might never have been abandoned by their tribe. Temujin led his Mongol army into battle and this time defeated the Tatars for good. Temujin distributed the winnings evenly, gaining the trust and respect of his people.

在战斗中，铁木真制定了一些新规则：第一，战斗将一直进行下去，直到敌人被彻底击败。 第二，任何被掠夺的财产都将直接归铁木真所有。 作为领袖，他会按自己认为合适的方式分配财产。 最后，铁木真颁布法令，如果一个人在战斗中牺牲，他的家人将得到他应得的战利品。 草原上的生活从来就不公平，这些新法律是革命性的。 尽管如此，还是有一些人不喜欢新规定，抛弃了铁木真，加入了Jamuka。 留下来的人更加忠诚。 如果这些法律在铁木真还是个孩子的时候就存在，他的家人可能永远不会被部落抛弃。 铁木真率领他的蒙古军队投入战斗，这次彻底击败了鞑靼人。 铁木真将奖金平均分配，赢得了人民的信任和尊重。

However, this new method of warfare presented Temujin with a problem. Because he did not allow the Tatars to flee, he now had thousands of new captives. If he let them live, they would grow stronger, and they would be at war again in a few years.

然而，这种新的作战方法给铁木真带来了一个问题。 因为他没有让鞑靼人逃跑，他现在有了成千上万的新俘虏。 如果他让他们活着，他们就会变得更强大，几年后他们就会再次开战。

Temujin and the tribal leaders decided to execute any Tatar male taller than the axle of a wheel. Every Tatar man, and many Tatar boys, would be killed. Everyone else would become part of the Mongol tribe. It was a brutal decision. The Tatars were all Mongols now. Temujin had to make sure all members of his tribe obeyed him, and only him. To do this, he reorganized his army. He formed squads of ten soldiers each. The soldiers in a squad came from different tribes but fought together as brothers. They were forbidden from leaving behind their comrades in battle. The oldest man in each

铁木真和部落首领决定处死任何比轮轴还高的鞑靼人。 每个鞑靼人，还有许多鞑靼男孩，都会被杀死。 其他所有人都将成为蒙古部落的一部分。 这是一个残酷的决定。现在鞑靼人都是蒙古人了。 铁木真必须确保部落的所有成员都服从他，而且只有他一个人。 为此，他重组了军队。 他组建了十人一班的小队。 一个小队的士兵来自不同的部落，但像兄弟一样并肩作战。 他们被禁止在战斗中丢下战友。 都是最老的人

squad was the leader. Ten squads formed a company of one hundred soldiers. Ten companies formed a battalion of a thousand men. Company and battalion leaders were selected by the soldiers. Finally, ten companies formed a tumen of ten thousand soldiers. Temujin personally selected the leader of each tumen.

班长是班长。十个班组成一个一百人的连。 十个连组成一个千人营。 连长和营长由士兵选出。 最后，十个连组成了一个一万士兵的联队。 铁木真亲自挑选每个图门的首领。

Now, when Temujin gave an order, it traveled easily from the top down. Temujin had absorbed many thousands of people into his tribe. Now he proposed to Toghril that his first son, Jochi, marry Toghril's daughter. Toghril was an old man by now. Some said Temujin wished to bring the Kereyid under his command once Toghril died. At first, Toghril refused Temujin's offer. Then, perhaps fearful of Temujin's response, he reconsidered. After all, Temujin commanded an

现在，当铁木真下命令时，它很容易从上到下传播。 铁木真吸收了成千上万的人加入他的部落。 现在他向托格里尔求婚，让他的第一个儿子乔奇娶托格里尔的女儿。 托格里尔现在已经是个老人了。 有人说，一旦托格里尔死了，铁木真希望将凯里伊德置于他的指挥之下。 起初，托格里尔拒绝了铁木真的提议。 然后，也许是害怕铁木真的反应，他重新考虑了一下。 毕竟，铁木真指挥了一个