Otuken

Otuken
-Mongolia on the Path of Goodness-

He galloped across the boundless steppe on horseback, uncertain of where he came from or where he was going, but with the air of a knight who didn't care. Then he realized that arrows were flying over him. The enemy, having caught up with him, had surrounded him from right, left, and behind, firing arrow after arrow. Sometimes he bowed his head, sometimes lunged forward with his horse, and sometimes he clung to his horse's body, dangling left and right.
He was not riding the horse,
It was as if she was dancing with him.

For a while, he tried to escape across the endless steppe. But for some reason, he struggled, as if he had lost the ability to move, unable to move forward. Then, he saw a forest ahead and threw himself into it. A short time later, he arrived in front of a large tent amidst wolf-headed bricks. Others were with him. He jumped off his horse, and some entered the tent first. After a while, someone took his arm and led him into the tent. Once inside, the person who had taken his arm and the others sat down and knelt before the person sitting on his throne.
The person who took his arm leaned forward and whispered in his ear;

- Bilge Kagan, he said.

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