Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I was born and raised in Cumania. At the age of twenty-one, I was already recruited into the Cuman military. The Mongols were invading our territory again, and we needed to act quickly. Today, at battle site, we fought alongside the Kiev and Galich groups. However, all of us together were still severely outnumbered. I remember watching as the enormous wave of Mongols flooded in on their horses, shooting arrows everywhere. Those who did not die or manage to escape while they could, were captured by the Mongols. Unfortunately, I was one of those people. We were brought into their territory and forced to walk miles, until we stopped at one of their yurt camps. With the spirit of war and hope fresh in many of the
... read more