10-29-2006, 09:30 AM
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Getting Medieval on your ass
Location: 13th century Europe
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Originally Posted by Ch'i
(Can't find his name)
Badass: This single guy stood his ground against Ghengis Khan and his army. He took out Khan's horse with a javelin/bow. Khan was so amazed by the man's bravery that he made him a general.
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Is this the guy you're thinking of?
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Jebe (哲别) or Jebei Noyan(d. 1225) was one of the greatest generals of Genghis Khan. His clan was Besud, which belonged to the Taichud tribe, which was at the time of Genghis Khan under Targudai Khiriltug's leadership. He was one of Genghis Khan's legendary "dogs of war".
When Genghis Khan attacked this tribe, Jebe was said, according to "The Secret History of Mongols" (one of the prime sources related to the life of Genghis Khan and his followers) to have shot Genghis Khan's right cheek during the battle. After Genghis Khan defeated his tribe, brought before him, he voluntarily confessed that he shot Genghis Khan, and further said, that "if Genghis Khan desired to kill him, it was his choice, but if he would let him live, he would serve Genghis Khan loyally". Genghis Khan, in his own usual custom, who valued highly honesty and loyalty in his soldiers in the traditions of nomadic chivalry, pardoned him and praised him on this account, and on this occasion, gave him a new name "Jebe", which means arrow in Mongolian. Jebe was not his birth-given name (Zurgadai), but a nickname based on this occasion.
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