successfully reached the top, the Chechen fighters fortified themselves on it. Soon after, Mongol troops arrived and occupied the exit gorge. Not expecting an attack, the Mongols set up a camp. In the night however, the militia attacked the camp by raining down arrows, spears and rocks. This confused the Mongol troops, who began attacking each other, thinking the opposite enemy. Soon after, they retreated. The next day, the Mongols tried capturing the mountain, but suffered heavy losses, forcing them to retreat. This continued for a month. Then fall began, forcing the Mongols to flee the area because of the lack of supplies for their horses. Several mountains later, with the beginning of summer, the Mongols reappeared and besieged the mountain again. This cycle continued for 12 years, after which the Mongols had already taken the supplies of the Chechen fighters. The Mongols promised to negotiate peace with the militia if they descended from the mountain, which they agreed to. The nomads then treacherously killed them. This fate was only escaped by Idig as well as his followers, who continued to defend the mountain for a short time until managing to escape. This battle, despite being of legendary origin, corresponds to reports of Western travellers, such as Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, who reports that that the eastern Alans had defended a mountain for 12 years. Considering that his work was published in 1250, the siege began in 1238 and ended in 1250, which are the exact dates given in the legend. The insurgency and it's slow decline Ors' rule was opposed by the Sadoy and Peshkhoy clans, who resisted his regime. As a result, Ors invaded and drove the clans out of their land, forcing them to join Khour's counter campaign in the mountains. While on his campaigns to stabilize the region, Ors established the settlement Ela-Zh'aran-Korta ("Princely cross top", basically serving as the capital of Ors' regime), from which the clan Elistanzhoy descends today, that being, from Ors. After joining Khour's insurgency, the Sadoy and Peshkhoy clans became the military bulk of the resistance army. With his army, Khour especially raided Mongols fortresses stationes in the Ch'antiy-Orga gorge, southeastern Chechnya. Today, this area is called "Mokhtsura B'o t'eba'kkhiniy nek'", meaning "The street where Mokhtsur raised an army", although Khour's army raided several posts and fortresses located in mountain gorges. One of such raids found place in 1252, on