Ch.306Side Story (5)

I was in shock for a while, unable to come to my senses.

Perhaps that’s why I found myself, as if entranced, entering the community site for a game called “Battle for World Domination: Hundred Flowers Blooming.”

Once inside, I discovered countless posts about swimsuit Yesugei.

-Clearing Sugei’s room was nothing special.

-She’s got big boobs. Let’s have a drink.

-Still, she’s actually weaker than Awakened Yesugei.

The community ghosts were evaluating the in-game Yesugei.

Amid all this, I noticed a particularly interesting post.

-Does everyone know about Yesugei before playing the game?

I doubt anyone knows about Yesugei’s hidden trait “Immunity to All Poisons.”

As everyone knows, the Poison Valley Dungeon drops epic weapons, but the basic attacks from mobs there are poison-based, making it hard to endure.

On top of that, they inflict percentage-based poison damage on the lead tank, melting them instantly.

But Yesugei is different.

He has a hidden trait called “Immunity to All Poisons” that makes him immune to all poison attribute attacks.

That’s why people place DPS Yesugei at the front when running 3-star Poison Valley Dungeons.

I know you’ll think Yesugei is an amazing damage-tank, but you might wonder if “Immunity to All Poisons” is too much.

So let me explain further.

In his youth, Yesugei lived as a delinquent and once collapsed after being poisoned by Tatars.

But somehow, as if blessed by the gods, he was treated by Bandak and survived.

The poison must have stimulated his temporal lobe because he suddenly became a different person.

You might think Munglig created the muscle philosophy, but actually Yesugei created it first and corrupted Munglig.

Later, Elunka was corrupted the same way.

Anyway, after Yesugei created the muscle philosophy, all of Mongolia became fitness freaks, walking around like tanks.

I think everyone knows what happened after that.

-I want to be squeezed by Elunka’s thighs.

ㄴ Me too2222

-Please summarize in 3 lines.

ㄴ Yesugei has hidden trait “Immunity to All Poisons,” use him as damage-tank.

ㄴ But Awakened Yesugei isn’t available…

ㄴ This guaranteed pickup Swimsuit Yesugei is decent too.

-Spent 3 trucks worth of money and only got one card. Is this probability correct?

ㄴ I got it on my first pull, is that good?

-To add, Yesugei was more like a general than a commander. Look at the Battle of Yahoreng, he was insane.

ㄴ Single-handedly wiping out Jin heavy cavalry?

ㄴ Changing the course of a river to launch a water attack against Western Xia seems crazy too.

ㄴ The grenade failed that time~

ㄴ Found someone who couldn’t pull Yesugei.

-He’s a tsundere character in the game, but wasn’t he a notorious mass murderer in actual history?

ㄴ There used to be a country called Song Dynasty south of the Yangtze River.

ㄴ They had over 100 million people, and they all died?

ㄴ Yeah, they were thoroughly killed. I heard corpses piled up like mountains.

ㄴ Makes Temujin’s kill count look cute in comparison.

-Just copied from Wiki ㅉㅉ

ㄴ This is a bot. Block everyone who can see these comments.

-If this was posted on the Mongolian server, would they curse you out?

ㄴ Well, they worship him like a god there.

The posts and comments were quite spicy, as expected from a gaming community.

Anyway, reading these posts gave me a rough understanding of how later generations evaluated Yesugei.

“Seems they view him as a great figure who achieved remarkable feats but was close to being a mass murderer.”

I said this while leaning back in my chair.

Honestly, I had secretly hoped for a more positive evaluation.

Contrary to my expectations, the Goryeo people’s assessment was very objective.

That made sense since Yesugei wasn’t a hero of Goryeo but of the Ulus.

Of course, he was the father of Belgutei, the founder of the Goryeo-Liaodong Federation, but he was still clearly a foreigner.

Given this, even this level of evaluation could be considered quite favorable.

Again, Goryeo was essentially a vassal state of the Ulus at that time.

Being a subjugated nation, it was difficult to show goodwill toward the Ulus or figures from there.

Even considering that, this level of evaluation was satisfactory.

“It’s like modern Koreans positively evaluating Japanese shogun figures like Oda Nobunaga or Tokugawa Ieyasu.”

Now that I roughly understood how Goryeo people thought of me, I became curious about how Mongolians viewed me.

So I searched for a wiki about myself in Mongolian.

“Yesugei Borjigid Kiyat… wait… it’s 10 pages long?”

It wasn’t even an academic paper, yet the wiki page was 10 pages long.

Additionally, it was filled with links to related people, wars, events, and more.

This level of content was comparable to wikis about Admiral Yi Sun-sin or King Sejong in Korea.

“Incredible… I wonder if I can read all of this today.”

With this thought, I slowly scrolled down the wiki.

* * *

Overview.

Yesugei Borjigid Kiyat was the ruler of the Yeke Mongol Ulus in the late 11th century and the first Khagan of the Mongol Empire, which conquered numerous countries.

Starting from the barren Mongolian steppes, he established the largest single empire in human history and conquered the Old World in the 13th century, greatly influencing subsequent world history.

Later, after his son Temujin conquered France (Bulanso Gurun) and rebuilt the Roman Empire, he bestowed upon Yesugei the title “King of the World” and the posthumous name “Taejo.”

Titles.

After unifying the Khamag Mongol through Bokh, Yesugei proclaimed himself “Gurkhan,” meaning “King of the Entire World.”

Although the Mongolian steppes were vast, considering powerful neighboring states like the Jin Dynasty, Song Dynasty, and Western Liao, the title “King of the Entire World” seemed somewhat excessive.

However, seeing how Yesugei quickly conquered Western Xia with Song Dynasty support and then conquered Western Liao, it’s clear this title wasn’t excessive at all.

In modern Mongolian, “gur” means “world.” There are many theories about this etymology, but considering that Toghrul Khan’s uncle, Yesugei’s anda, also claimed the title Gurkhan, it appears to have been a common title.

It seems to reflect the Mongolian perspective that viewed the steppe as the entire world.

Life.

As the leader of the Obokh Kiyat, one of the Mongolian tribes, he appears to have held considerable power. Yesugei, the clan leader of the Borjigid Kiyat, was born to father Bartan Baitur and mother Suchikil Ujin.

He seems to have had five siblings and was born as the third son. When Yesugei was born, the Baitur family had been frequently warring with the Tatars while helping the nearby Onggirat tribe.

During this time, he appears to have acted as a kind of mercenary captain, leading an Arbat (ten-man unit) to frequently raid the Tatar tribe.

Munglig, the leader of the Kheshig, was also part of this Arbat.

The Arbat led by Yesugei achieved great military accomplishments, which caught the attention of Toghrul Khan of the Kereit tribe, who hired him.

Employed by Toghrul Khan, Yesugei single-handedly inflicted great damage on the Tatar tribe, impressing Toghrul Khan so much that they made the Karatun oath (anda oath).

Having become close with Toghrul, Yesugei made great contributions in eliminating Gurkhan, Toghrul’s uncle who coveted the throne.

In return, Toghrul later provided significant help when Yesugei subdued other tribes through Bokh and unified the Khamag Mongol.

Separately, his life before being poisoned by the Tatars appears to have been dissolute.

He saw Ho’elun, a woman from the Onggirat’s Olqunud clan, traveling to her wedding with her husband-to-be Yeke Chiledu of the Merkit tribe, and abducted her (…)

He even made her his wife and impregnated her, and the son born from this union was Temujin.

Later, Yesugei and Ho’elun fell deeply in love (the abduction romance was real), and they later gave birth to Khasar, who would become the ancestor of Japan’s Tenno imperial family, and Temulun, who would become Jamukha’s wife.

For the next 10 years, he continued to win victories against the Tatars, and his reputation grew daily.

Due to his growing fame, other tribal leaders of the Khamag Mongol began to envy him.

As discontent grew among the Tatars and other Khamag Mongol tribal leaders, Yesugei arranged for Temujin to marry Borte, daughter of Dei-Sechen Khan.

Following the tradition of the time, he left Temujin there and returned home.

On his way back, Yesugei stayed in a Tatar village, concealing his identity.

However, the Tatars recognized him and poisoned his food, causing him to fall critically ill.

Rather than blaming Yesugei for staying in a Tatar village despite knowing what it was, this incident reveals the Tatars’ vile behavior in violating the steppe law of not harming and welcoming guests.

If they had refused him from the beginning, Yesugei’s anger might not have been so severe. As a result, when Yesugei later unified the Khamag Mongol, he attacked the Tatars first.

Returning to the main story, the poisoned Yesugei was on the brink of death.

Fortunately, a passing monk named Bandak treated him, and he was able to recover safely.

Although Yesugei possessed excellent tactical abilities and leadership, it seems the tribe had been entirely dependent on his individual capabilities.

This became evident when, as soon as he was poisoned, the envious tribal leaders plundered the Obokh Kiyat tribe’s members and livestock.

Because of this, Yesugei devoted all his energy to punishing them as soon as he regained consciousness.

In any case, Yesugei, who recovered with Bandak’s help, became completely different.

This is why some historians have argued that Yesugei might have become a different person after this turning point.

However, this is clearly the opinion of only some historians, as many historians and relevant experts believe he simply changed after facing a life-threatening situation.

“That hits close to home…”

Reading the wiki, I was speechless at such an accurate observation.

In reality, this was exactly when I had possessed Yesugei’s body.

“Still, I’m glad it went unnoticed.”

I sighed as I said this.

Then I looked at my phone.

The first section of his life story had just ended.

“And now it begins.”

The life section alone was over 13 pages.

From here on would begin the story not of Yesugei, but my story—the story of the Lord of the Four Seas.