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The result of these skirmishes was, however, greatly to exasperate both parties, and to lead them to prepare in earnest for open war. A council called. Mankerule. Debates. Temujin made general-in-chief. He distributes rewards. Reward of the two slaves. His reasons. Organization of the army. Mode of attack. The two armies. The baggage. Meeting of the two armies. The battle. Vang Khan defeated.
Temujin's victory. Preparations for open war. Temujin makes alliances. Turkili. Solemn league and covenant. Bitter water. Recollection of the ceremony. Temujin's strength. His letter to Vang Khan. Effect of the letter. Sankum's anger. Great accessions to Temujin's army. Mongolistan. Final attempt at negotiation. Sankum's answer. Skirmishes. Temujin's stratagem succeeded admirably.
Then, however, another great battle was fought, and again Temujin was victorious. Erkekara was killed or driven away in his turn. Karakorom was retaken, and Vang Khan entered it in triumph at the head of his troops, and was once more established on his throne. Of course, the rank and influence of Temujin at his court was now higher than ever before.
In the mean time, while these events had been occurring in the country of the Naymans, whither Vang Khan had fled, Temujin was carrying all before him in the country of Vang Khan. His victory in the battle was complete; and it must have been a very great battle, if any reliance is to be placed on the accounts given of the number slain, which it was said amounted to forty thousand.
His old enemies, Sankum and Yemuka, had disappeared. Yemuka, who had been, after all, the leading spirit in the opposition to Temujin, still held a body of armed men together, consisting of all the troops that he had been able to rally after the battle, but it was not known exactly where he had gone. The other relatives and friends of Vang Khan went over to Temujin's side without any delay.
As for Hakon Vang, he strutted along the beach like a turkey-cock, whenever he thought of his glorious descent from the Vikings those daring pirates that stole thrones and kingdoms, and mixed their red Norse blood in the veins of all the royal families of Europe. The delighted pride of this small band made them an object of envy to all the rest of the school.
A son of Temujin was to be married to a daughter of Vang Khan, and a son of Vang Khan to a daughter of Temujin. This new compact did not, however, last long.
The name of this chieftain was Vang Khan. As this Vang Khan figures somewhat conspicuously in the subsequent history of Temujin, a full account of him will be given in the next chapter. All that is necessary to say here is, that the intention of the captors of Purta, in sending her to him as a present, was that he should make her his wife.
Things, however, seem to have gone on very quietly for a time, or at least without any open outbreak in the court. During this time Vang Khan was, as usual with such princes, frequently engaged in wars with the neighboring hordes. In these wars he relied a great deal on Temujin.
The different historians through whom we derive our information in respect to the life and adventures of Genghis Khan have related the transactions which occurred after this open outbreak between Temujin and Vang Khan somewhat differently.
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