ABSTRACT
[265] After spending the winter [there], Chinggis Qahan said: ‘Let us ride out against the Tangqut 631 people.’ He counted [his men] afresh, and, in the autumn of the Year of the Dog, 632 rode out against the Tangqut people. From among his ladies, he chose Yisüi-qatun to accompany him. On the way, [in the course of] the winter, while riding his Josotu-boro, 633 he hunted numerous wild horses in Arbuqa. 634 [Once], as the wild horses charged by, Josotuboro shied and Chinggis Qahan fell. His flesh hurt, so tents were pitched at Cho’orqat, 635 where they spent the night. The next morning, Yisüi-qatun said: ‘Princes and lords, [you must] talk together. The Qahan has passed the night hot [with fever].’ After the princes and lords had assembled, Tolun-cherbi of the Qongqotads made the following suggestion: The Tangqut people have
solid cities
and established camps.
