Muqali had served Genghis' enemy (serving as a slave or Nak for Genghis' rival, the aunt of his father of the Jurchen clan) in his early days but had been captured.
Genghis had rewarded the defiant Mukhali for his integrity and wisdom, and afterwards was a loyal companion.
During the coronation of Genghis Khan, Muqali had been given the command of the Third Tumen and control over the Eastern mingghans.
In 1211, he participates in the Battle of the Badger Mouth, the decisive battle in the first stage of the Mongol–Jin War.
The commander of the Jin Dynasty army has made a tactical mistake in not attacking the Mongols at the first opportunity.
Instead, the Jin commander had sent a messenger, Ming-Tan, to the Mongol side, who had promptly defected and told the Mongols that the Jin army was waiting on the other side of the pass.
At this engagement, fought at Badger Pass, the Mongols massacre thousands of Jin troops in the first decisive battle of the Mongol Conquest and what is perhaps the most important victory in the entire history of the Mongol Empire.
The battle has destroyed the core troops of the Jin and paved a way for Mongol conquest.
While Genghis heads southward, …
