Usurpation of Mongolia: My father-in-law is Genghis Khan

Chapter 27: Killing Taiyang Khan in Battle and Capturing Jamukha Alive

Jamukha said, "I'm afraid he is the son-in-law of my brother Temujin, whose name is Zhao Shuo."

At the beginning, Temujin and Jamukha fought a decisive battle at Khoyitian. At the critical moment of the battle, Temujin was surrounded and shot in the chest by Jebe's arrow, causing him to bleed profusely.

At the critical moment, it was Zhao Shuo who led his troops and fought desperately to break through the siege and rescue Temujin from the siege.

Jamuka certainly had a deep impression of this warrior wearing gold-painted iron armor who extinguished his hope of unifying the eastern grasslands.

But he didn't expect that Zhao Shuo had grown so fast and now had a heavy cavalry under his command.

Jamuka was now too lazy to even describe Zhao Shuo in exaggerated terms.

is it necessary?

Whether it was Temujin, Hasar, or the four Mongolian mastiffs, they all paled in comparison to Zhao Shuo.

Even a blind man can see that Zhao Shuo's fighting power is the best in Mongolia!

"Is that Zhao Shuo who killed Wang Han in a battle?"

Taiyang Khan had also heard of Zhao Shuo's reputation and was even more frightened. He hurriedly urged, "Then let's leave quickly. If we're too late, we might really be captured by Zhao Shuo."

However, where can we go?
Zhao Shuo came too fast!
Although heavy cavalry is usually not as fast as light cavalry, the horses carefully selected by Zhao Shuo make up for this shortcoming.

It happened so quickly that in the blink of an eye, Zhao Shuo was less than 150 steps away from Naiman Khan.

The golden crown on Naiman Khan’s head is simply the best target!

"die!"

The bow is drawn like a full moon, and the arrow is shot like a shooting star!
An arrow shot towards Taiyanghan!

"die!"

Whoosh whoosh!
Zhao Shuo's attendants, including Hedaheiba Atuer, followed closely behind and fired seven heavy arrows at Taiyang Khan.

"Protect the Khan!"

Dozens of giant shields were quickly erected, surrounding Taiyang Khan and blocking the eight deadly arrows.

However, this also restricted the escape of Taiyang Khan.

"Black Knights, listen to my orders! Protect my flanks!"

At Zhao Shuo's command, with a loud bang, he led the Black Cavalry directly into the main camp of Taiyang Khan's army!
"kill!"

"Go to hell!"

"oops!"

Puff puff!
For a moment, the sounds of soldiers being knocked away by war horses, the dull thud of maces hitting leather armor, the sharp sound of ring knives scratching through heavy armor, the crisp sound of arrows being bounced off iron armor, and even the shouts of killing, the screams of soldiers, and the wails of war horses were completely intertwined.

It's so loud and deafening!
In a short time, Taiyanghan's main camp was torn into pieces.

Zhao Shuo's eyes were fixed on Taiyang Han's golden crown, and the two sides were getting closer and closer.

After killing a few more of Taiyang Khan's guards, there was no one within three feet around Taiyang Khan.

Zhao Shuo pointed his saber forward and asked, "Are you the Sun Khan?"

Looking at Zhao Shuo, who was covered in blood, Taiyang was sweating profusely and stammered, "It's...it's me, please, Prince Consort Zhao Shuo..."

Whoosh!
Before Taiyang Khan could even finish his plea for mercy, he was beheaded by Zhao Shuo!

Then, Zhao Shuo ignored Taiyang Khan's head and looked directly at Jamukha who was not far away. He pointed his saber forward and said coldly, "Jamukha, you can't leave!"

If Jamukha could recognize Zhao Shuo only by his iconic gold-painted iron armor, then Zhao Shuo could recognize Jamukha even if he turned into ashes.

It was simple, Temujin and Jamuka had fought repeatedly, and Jamuka might not have known some of Temujin's generals. But how could Zhao Shuo not have known the enemy's commander, Jamuka, a hero as famous as Temujin!
"Yes, I can't leave." Jamukha shook his head with a wry smile, jumped off his horse, and threw his dagger, longbow, and quiver on the ground.

He was also unlucky. Just now, when Taiyang Khan asked him who the brave general was, he could have escaped by simply running away.

But the cavalry under Zhao Shuo performed so well that Zhamuhe was only delayed for a moment before Zhao Shuo charged forward.

Then, if he escaped at such a critical moment, did he really think that Taiyang Khan’s guards would not enforce military law?

Now Zhao Shuo has killed Taiyang Khan in battle formation and has him under his watch.

Jamuka understood that if he tried to run away, it would be a meaningless resistance, so he simply accepted defeat and surrendered.

As soon as Taiyang Khan died and Jamukha surrendered, this battle that determined the ownership of the entire grassland came to an end.

The Naiman prince Qu Chulü, with thousands of defeated soldiers, quickly left the battlefield and fled to the west.

The leader of the Merkits, Tokhto'a, also quickly fled to the west - he and Temujin had a grudge over each other for stealing his wife, and he absolutely did not dare to be Temujin's prisoner.

The rest of the people did not have so many concerns. Most of the remaining Naimans and Temujin's uncle Daritai chose to surrender directly.

Of course, Temujin’s mind was not on Hudatai at all now.

"Zhamuha, my Anda!"

Facing Jamuka who was tied up and sent into the central military tent, Temujin did not show any condescending attitude.

He first waved his hand, signaling all the guards in the tent to retreat.

Then, he untied Jamukha with his own hands and said:

"Zhamuha Anda, although you left me a few years ago, you are still my auspicious Anda."

"Whenever my life was at stake, you still cared deeply about me. When I was fighting Wang Han, you sent someone to tell me what you and Wang Han had said, reminding me to be on guard against Wang Han."

"When I was fighting the Naimans, you used metaphors to criticize and intimidate them. This is still your credit."

"Come on, let's be anda again and forget all the unpleasant things in the past."

Jamukha shook his head and said, "Back then, we were sworn brothers on the Hoerhunahei grasslands. We herded horses and sheep together, and hunted together. We had endless things to talk about during the day, and shared the same blanket at night."

"But then we separated."

"Now, although you are willing to continue to be my brother-in-law, I took the initiative to separate from you and became your enemy when I was your brother-in-law before."

"Now that you have pacified the entire grassland, what good will it do me to be your friend again? Besides..."

"What?" Temujin asked.

Jamukha smiled slightly and said, "I believe that what you just said came from the heart. However, if you really let me go, I'm afraid I will still have trouble sleeping at night after a long time."

"Hey!"

Temujin sighed deeply and said, "It seems, Jamukha Anda, you still don't submit to me, Temujin!"

Jamukha raised his neck slightly and said proudly, "Now I understand, I really don't accept you."

"In terms of talent alone, I, Jamukha, still believe that I am not inferior to you, Temujin!"

"But I lost my parents when I was young, I have no brothers, my wife is a gossip, and I have no friends to rely on."

"And what about you, Anda?"

"You have a wise mother who gave birth to a hero like you, capable brothers, trustworthy friends, a virtuous wife, and even your son-in-law is a great hero of the time."

(End of this chapter)