The three of these together from my video “the Mongol Conquest of Siberia and First Battle with the Khwarezmians.” I really liked how they all turned out.
The Tumed were one of the tribes of the forests of Siberia just north of Mongolia (known as hoi-yin irgen to the Mongols, literally 'forest peoples,') who were brought under Mongol rule between 1205-1210. Tribes of hunters and reindeer herders, the furs they brought south were valued by the Mongols, who life herding horses, sheep, goat, yak and camel on the open steppe separated them from the forest dwellers. Culturally distinct and resenting domination by the southerners, Chinggis Khan war in China against the Jurchen Jin from 1211-1215 kept him absent from the steppe, creating a situation ripe for revolt. Things were set off when one of Chinggis' lieutenants, Qorchi of the Ba'arin, traveled to the Tumed to take what Chinggis had promised: 30 women to take as wives. Qorchi had, during Chinggis' rise to power, had a vision predicting Chinggis Khan's eventual victory, and for this the Tumed women were to be his reward. When Qorchi traveled north to claim his thirty women, the Tumed erupted in fury, now led by the widow of the chief, Bodoqui Tarkhan. The Tumed were now in open revolt, and Qorchi was captured. An effort to get his release by the Oirat chief Quduqa Beki resulted in his own capture by the Tumed. Angered, Chinggis Khan sent an army north under the command of his longtime friend, Boroqul of the Hashin. As you might tell from the image, things did not go well for Boroqul. Unprepared for the thick forest, Boroqul rode ahead of his main force with two others, scouting the route. From the trees came Tumed scouts, who surrounded and killed him.
After the death of Boroqul of the Hashin, his long time friend, Chinggis Khan was so angered that he wanted to march an army himself against the Tumed. Mukhali and Bo'orchu talked Chinggis Khan out of it: if something happened to the Great Khan while fighting in Siberia, the fate of the Empire would be incredibly uncertain. The task fell to Dorbei Doqshin, the fierce chief of the Dorben Mongols. Taking greater care than Boroqul, he travelled through the forests of Siberia via deer trails, making their own roads when necessary, in order to avoid detection by the Tumed.
Boroqul's march through the deer trails of the Siberian forests succeeded in keeping his forces hidden from the eyes of the Tumed. The Tumed tribe was having a great feast when suddenly Mongol horsemen burst through the trees. As the Secret History of the Mongols says, the cavalry came through as if 'through the smoke holes of their tents.' It was a complete victory, and the Tumed were routed. The Tumed chieftainess Bodoqui Tarkhun was captured, and given as wife to the Oirat chief Quduqa Beki. The hapless Qorchi of the Ba'arin was given his thirty wives, (which had set off the revolt in the first place!). Chinggis Khan sacrificed 100 Tumed to the spirit of Boroqul, and took his fallen friend's children into his own care. The remainder of the Tumed people were dispersed as slaves, and Doorbei Doqshin and Chinggis' eldest son Jochi took the submission of the other forest tribes who had been in revolt, such as some of the Oirat and Kirghiz. To learn more about these conflicts, check out my video on this topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FJTnCCBcsE&feature=youtu.be
