7 The Final Showdown

Chapter 6 The Final Showdown Temujin was warned by a shepherd of the planned sneak attack. His party scattered and Toghril's men gave chase. Eventually, Temujin and nineteen of his men arrived on the muddy shores of Lake Baljuna. They came from nine

铁木真接到牧羊人的警告，准备发动偷袭。 他的队伍散开了，托格里尔的人追了上去。 最终，铁木真和他的19名手下到达了巴尔珠那湖泥泞的岸边。 他们来自九

different tribes. They included Christians, Buddhists, and Muslims. Some, like Temujin, worshipped the Eternal Blue Sky. The men were low on food. When a wild horse appeared, the men took it as a positive sign. Temujin's brother, Khasar, captured and killed the horse, and the men ate it. They drank muddy water from the lake and pledged their eternal allegiance to Temujin. They would not be defeated so easily.

不同的部落。他们包括基督教徒、佛教徒和穆斯林。 有些人，比如铁木真，崇拜永恒的蓝天。 这些人食物不足。当一匹野马出现时，人们认为这是一个积极的迹象。 铁木真的兄弟哈萨（Khasar）捕获并杀死了这匹马，人们吃了它。 他们喝了湖中的浑水，宣誓永远效忠铁木真。 他们不会那么容易被打败。

Temujin sent messengers to tell his soldiers to march toward Toghril's troops. Horse stations were established all along the route. When Temujin and his men left Lake Baljuna, they rode their horses as fast as they could. When their horses tired, fresh horses were waiting for them at the horse stations. Temujin called this the "lightning advance," because of how quickly he and his men traveled. Toghril, thinking Temujin was days away, did

铁木真派使者告诉他的士兵向托格里尔的军队进军。 沿途都建立了驿站。 当铁木真和他的部下离开巴尔珠那湖时，他们以最快的速度骑上马。 当他们的马累了，新的马就在马站等着他们。 铁木真称这是“闪电推进”，因为他和他的人走得非常快。 托格里尔以为铁木真几天后就会回来，就这么做了

not expect the attack so soon. Victory was swift for Temujin. Toghril tried to escape and was killed. Temujin continued on to the western steppe. There he would fight the Naiman tribe—who had allied with Jamuka—for control of the entire steppe. Temujin was greatly outnumbered. The night before the battle, Temujin told each of his men to light five fires. This would make his army appear much larger than it really was. Before sunrise, he ordered some of his men to attack in small groups in a "tumbleweed formation." Squads quietly approached the enemy, then spread out and shot arrows from different positions. Before the enemy could fire back, Temujin's men scattered again. This confused the enemy.

没想到袭击这么快就来了。 铁木真很快就取得了胜利。 托格里尔试图逃跑，结果被杀。 铁木真继续向西部草原进发。 在那里，他将与与贾穆卡结盟的奈曼部落作战，争夺整个草原的控制权。 铁木真寡不敌众。 开战前一晚，铁木真让手下每人点五堆火。 这将使他的军队看起来比实际规模大得多。 在日出之前，他命令他的一些人以“风滚草编队”为小组进行攻击。 小队悄悄接近敌人，然后分散开来，从不同的位置射箭。 敌人还没来得及还击，铁木真的人又散开了。 这使敌人迷惑了。

When daylight broke, Temujin's soldiers formed lines of men standing side by side. The first line of men shot arrows at the Naiman troops, then made way for the next line of men with another round of arrows. This was called the "lake formation," because the men were like the waves of a lake—as soon as one line of soldiers disappeared, another stepped forward to take their place. In response, the Naiman spread their defense into a long, thin line. Now, Temujin reorganized his troops into the triangle-shaped "chisel formation," which penetrated deep into the

天亮的时候，铁木真的士兵排成一行并排站着。 第一行人向奈曼军队射箭，然后用另一轮箭为下一行人让路。 这被称为“湖泊阵型”，因为这些人就像湖中的波浪——一排士兵一消失，另一排就会挺身而出，接替他们的位置。 作为回应，奈曼人将他们的防线展开成一条又长又细的防线。 现在，铁木真将他的部队重新整编成三角形的“凿子阵型”，深入到秦岭

enemy lines. The Naiman had been outsmarted and outfought. On one moonless night, many tried to escape. Without the moonlight, they could not see and fell into a deep gorge. The few remaining Naiman soldiers were defeated the next morning. Jamuka and a small band of his followers escaped to the forest. For a year, they wandered, hunting and eating wild animals, just like Temujin had as a boy. Eventually, Jamuka's men grew tired and turned him in. For their disloyalty, Temujin had them executed.

敌人的线。奈曼人在智慧和战斗上都被打败了。 在一个没有月亮的夜晚，许多人试图逃跑。 没有月光，他们什么也看不见，掉进了一个很深的峡谷。 第二天早上，剩下的几名奈曼士兵被打败了。 贾穆卡和他的一小群追随者逃到了森林里。 他们流浪了一年，打猎，吃野生动物，就像铁木真小时候一样。 最终，贾穆卡的手下厌倦了，把他交给了警方。 因为他们的不忠，铁木真将他们处死。