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Jalaloddin, it is said, had only thirty thousand men at his command, while Genghis Khan was at the head of an army of three hundred thousand. The numbers in both cases are probably greatly exaggerated, but the proportion may perhaps be true.
These men told him that about six miles farther down the stream there was a body of about four thousand men who had made their escape in a similar manner. On assembling these men, Jalaloddin found himself once more at the head of a considerable force.
The very worst possible treatment, she said, that she could receive from the Monguls would be more agreeable to her than the greatest favors from the hand of Jalaloddin. The ground of this extreme animosity which she felt toward Jalaloddin was not any personal animosity to him; it arose simply from an ancient and long-continued dislike and hatred which she had borne against his mother!
This was a small force, it is true, compared with the numbers of the enemy; but it was sufficient, if well managed, to enable the prince to undertake operations of considerable importance, and Jalaloddin began to feel somewhat encouraged again. With his twenty thousand men he gained one or two victories too, which encouraged him still more.
When he reached the bank of the river, the horse found the current so rapid and the agitation of the water so great that he was very unwilling to advance; but Jalaloddin spurred him in. Indeed, there was no time to be lost; for scarcely had he reached the shore when Genghis Khan himself, and a party of Monguls, appeared in view, advancing to seize him.
Genghis Khan followed him, and it was in this way that, after a time, both the armies reached the banks of the Indus, on the borders of India. Jalaloddin, being closely pursued, took his position in a narrow defile near the bank of the river, and here a great battle was fought among the rocks and precipices.
Cause of her hatred of Jalaloddin. The siege of the fortress. The governor's hopes. Want of rain. Great suffering. The queen made captive. Cruel treatment of the queen-mother.
Jalaloddin determined to follow this advice, and, after a brief period of repose at the castle, he again took the field. He made great exertions, and finally succeeded in getting together about twenty thousand men.
He overran nearly all of Persia, went entirely around the Caspian Sea, and even approached the confines of India. In this expedition toward India he was in pursuit of Jalaloddin. Immediately after the death of his father, Jalaloddin had done all in his power to raise an army and carry on the war against Genghis Khan.
She deserved her sufferings, it is true; but Genghis Khan was none the less guilty, on that account, for treating her so cruelly. Continued conquests. Efforts of Jalaloddin. Jalaloddin becomes discouraged. The governor's advice. Renewed exertions. Stratagem. Fictitious soldiers. Quarrel about a horse. Disaffection. Jalaloddin's forces divided. Great battle in the defile.
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