The Successors of Genghis Khan - Robert Bedrosian's Armenian ...

THE SUCCESSORS OF GENGHIS KHAN
dispatched him at the head of a fully equipped army. But he ordered
Yobuqur not to go. He interceded on his behalf and said: "We have
come to render service. Let our dependents remain here and let us go,
for we are familiar with the conditions of that country and army. It
may be that, thanks to the Qa'an's fortune, we shall avenge that incident."
The Qa'an honored Yobuqur also and spoke kindly to him; and
they all set out together.
Meanwhile, Du'a, his mind set at rest with the defeat of the [Qa'an's]
army, was moving at a slow pace, intending to proceed to his own
ordos and then to send troops to the posts and areas of Ananda, Ajiqii,
and Chiibei, who are in the region of Qara-Qocha, and whom he
hoped to attack, defeat, and put to flight. At the time when the army
was spread out on the banks of a large river, which they were about
to cross, Yobuqur, Ulus-Buqa, and Dorduqa suddenly appeared and
attacked Du'a and his army. They killed many, and many were
drowned. Although they tried, they were unable to get hold of Korgiiz,
but they captured Du'a's son-in-law, called ,22 and returned
victorious and triumphant. The Qa'an received them kindly and showed
them favor. The emirs then thought of releasing Du'a's son-in-law
in the hope that he for his part might send back the Qa'an's son-in-law.
In those same few days ambassadors arrived from Du'a bearing the
following message: "We have done something and have been punished
for it. Now Korgiiz is with us and Du'a's son-in-law is with you."
Korgiiz too had sent a noker along with them with this message: "I
am safe but have no nokers and am without food and sustenance.
Send two or three nokers and something for me." They dispatched four
of his emirs with an abundant supply of goods in the company of
Du'a's son-in-law. Before they arrived they had killed Korgiiz. They
excused themselves by saying that they were sending him to Qaidu
and that he died on the way.