Title: Djenzis Kahn info found, why not place it with
a few comments on it? After all it is some
little truth that from all figures in 
history I look most like
Djenzis (as far as I
know it now).

 

Second title: And for you I caught the blue footed cranes with the ashen plumage...

  

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Posted 29 October 2003

  

Yes, lets be real. From all people in history I look the most like Djenzis Kahn. Just a few details; The soldiers of the Kahn paid him to serve in his army, I have the concept of WarTax and indeed I expect (professional) soldiers to pay this Tax.
But there is more, only very seldom I feel jealous but when I read how Djenzis died I just felt jealous. It's more or less like this:

One day the Kahn felt from his horse and he was just dead. He was buried by a small group of men (lets say 8 men or so). After that these men were killed to keep the exact place of the grave secret, this was done by 150 soldiers.
After that and because a secret is a secret, the 150 soldiers were killed too.

And the last did it to me, I was only jealous. Just jealous.
Of course there are differences too, I am always busy of 'minimizing casualties' and stuff like that. But I can be ruthless in case this is needed, I even have a saying for that and it goes like this:

I am friendly as long as possible but I can be ruthless if needed. 

Now you can enjoy the quotes:

  

Djenzis Kahn info.

And Jenghiz Khan crushed their armies near Lake Buyur. Later, he would allude this event to the Wang-khan: 

"Like a falcon I flew upon the mountain and crossed Lake Buyur; for you I caught the blue- footed cranes with the ashen plumage, that is, the Dorben and the Tatars; passing then to Lake Kolo, I once more caught blue-footed cranes for you: the Qatakin, the Salji'ut, and the Qongirat." 

Comment: We see clearly with clarity that Djenzis liked to turn stuff into art too. Just like I do. 

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Around 1175 AD, Temujin approached Togrul, the man his father had helped, with a gift of sables he had acquired through the marriage to Borte. Togrul, remembering the help of Temujin's father, welcomed Temujin and the two became friends. Togrul was Temujin's first powerful ally, although Temujin would clearly be a vassal. Shortly after this meeting, Temujin and his camp were surprised by a Markit raid, and only by leaving his new wife for prisoner could he make his escape. Temujin secured the help of another Mongol chief of his own age named Jamuqa of the Jajirat tribe and Togrul to get his wife back. The three together beat the Markit near the Bu'ura and rescued the captive. Borte was restored to her honored place in the household, and Temujin never examined the question of whether or not their first son Jochi, was in fact his or that of one of the Markit abductors, Chilgerboko. Nevertheless, this unspoken doubt about Jochi's birth may well have been the factor that prevented the head of the 'senior branch' from playing a major part in the affairs of the Jenghiz-Khanite successions. 

Comment: The same source says that Djenzes was born in or around 1167 AD, so while Djenzis was only 8 or 9 years of age he robbed his stolen wife back...  
After the fun the serious stuff; I would never take this out on a child like Jochi too and I too would never abandon a wife because this or that happened to her. 

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Jenghiz Khan now turned his full wrath on the Tatars for murdering his father. He massacred the Tatars in around 1202, discouraged private looting, and for himself, took two beautiful Tatar women, Yesui and Yesugan. Three Mongol princes - Altan, Quchar, and Daritai, flouted the order to not plunder, but had their booty taken from them. 

Comment: Another strong correlation between the two mindsets is found; discipline into soldiers (or operatives) is important to me too. For example when a cell deliberate bombs a school (with children) than other cells will kill the cell who did that, because for no matter how many bombs I will recite for this is still supposed to be a War On Terror.
But my dear readers, don't forget that I can be ruthless in case this is needed. After all the last big plane work emerged just 3 hours after I just had 'ordered' for 300 bodies. Don't forget this please.

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You may be wondering how these tribes could be defeated, yet continue to strive, or ally and yet the next year be completely separate forces. Well, the Mongols were an extremely flexible, nomadic people who lived in felt or woolen tents known as gur and travelled to and fro all over Mongolia, depending on the season and weather. Their battles were not the typical European stand and shoot affairs, and were conducted almost entirely on horseback in guerrilla warfare tactics. The battles were swift, and the losses were usually not bad enough to wipe out a whole tribe. Thus, a battle that saw the routing of a tribe, might see them only lose minimal amounts of troops. Jenghiz Khan was able to excel in this type of warfare, and while his enemies would break apart at season changes, he always managed to keep his alliances together, and thus, almost always had a powerful camp on hand. 

Comment: This too is a characteristic that is important, in modern day language 'I have to keep the number of cells growing, only growing'. And at the same time the volume must be guided by the best of brains & mindsets there are right now. So only the best of soldiers, the best of cyber warriors and so on and so on.
But what do I mean with 'the best'? Each operative has to decide for themselves if they want to enter the story yes or no. 
It's my job to make a so called 'good common factor' that explains why Afghan soldiers like to be in cells just like their US counterparts are willing to form cells...
But the transformation of warfare will not fall from the skies and only the very first 'baby steps' are placed after two full years, but I'm still not dead so I'll just proceed & you have to act when you can and when needed!

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Many scholars believe that because of the superstitious fears and laws enacted by Jenghiz Khan, the Mongolia of that day was one of the most peaceful and lawful societies in history. These laws were kept in place even when Mongolia stretched from China to Persia, and resulted in a society where one could travel from Bangkok to Alexandria without need of an armed escort. 

Comment: Indeed this looks like what I have in mind with the future and with the transformation of warfare and stuff like that. But again, what timescale is realistic? I just don't have a clue, as any organization adviser can tell you; the larger an 'organization' is and the longer certain habits are into it, the more difficult it is to change the overall (the uniform) behavior. 
So what timescale does apply to changing warfare? A full 300 years (my first estimate) or just 30 years or even much less like 3 years from now? 
All I can say at the end of these quotes is do it! Give me and give the story what it needs & act harsh the moment it counts.

Thanks for your attention, sincerely yours,

 

TheShakerOfNations.

 

  

  

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Ok ok, a little extra at the end to close this interesting file. While I in practice look a lot more like Djenzis (he killed one of his (half) brothers while my nightmares only vaporized the day after my mother died & no comments on this but you mustn't worry because I didn't kill her (she faded herself into insignificance), the one I admire much more is Alexander the Great.

To me Alexander is some ideal I just never will reach, but may be some day you will find me suddenly back in the frontier and will I be the one jumping at first in the 'city' under attack... 

Again, thanks for your attention.

 

 

 

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