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

Chapter 31: The sharpness of the Qing bow and heavy arrow

Although Taiyang Khan was defeated by Temujin, his brother Buyilu still built a royal court at the foot of Mount Ulutap.

Tuohetuo'a led the Merkits to seek refuge with Buyilu, but was turned away, and was naturally furious.

His eldest son, Hudu, echoed, "Buyilu is not only a coward, but also a complete fool. He doesn't even consider that now on the grassland, he and Temujin are the only two major forces left. Even if we hadn't surrendered, would Temujin have let him go?"

"What's the point of saying all this?" Chila Wen, the second son of Tuohetuo'a, sighed and said, "Let's think about how to deal with Zhao Shuo."

"How to deal with it? Use our bows and arrows!"

The one who said this was Tuohetuo's fourth son, named Huletuhanmer.

This man is the bravest warrior of the Merkit tribe. Not only is he brave and good at fighting, but he also has amazing archery skills.

Historically, Khulukhan Merr escaped capture by Temujin's army several times due to his outstanding martial arts skills. It was not until thirteen years later that Jochi captured Khulukhan Merr in the steppes of Lake Balkhash (in what is now Kazakhstan).

Jochi had long heard of Hulutuhan Mer's exceptional archery skills and ordered him to demonstrate them on the spot. Hulutuhan Mer's first shot hit the bull's eye, and then he shot another arrow that hit the feathers of the previous arrow. His skill was truly amazing.

Jochi was amazed by his archery skills, so he sent an envoy to Temujin to ask him to spare Khulugtuhan Mer's life.

Of course, Temujin would never agree.

What? Your mother, Jochi, was insulted by the Merkits, and then she gave birth to you.

You're even taking the initiative to plead for the remnants of the Merkits? Doesn't your life story become even more unclear?

So he severely reprimanded Jochi and ordered that Hulutuhan Mer be killed.

No matter what, Huletuhan Mer now has full confidence in his archery skills.

He said, "Zhao Shuo has brought about five thousand soldiers and horses, and we have four to five thousand in our mountain stronghold. In terms of martial arts, I, Hulutuhan Merr, am not afraid of Zhao Shuo! We are on the top of the mountain, defending the dangerous position. If Zhao Shuo doesn't attack, then forget it. If he goes to the battlefield himself, I will kill him and let the world know that I, Hulutuhan Merr, am the bravest warrior on the grassland!"

"Good son, you have ambition!" Tuohetuo'a's temper flared up, and he gritted his teeth and said, "If Zhao Shuo dares to come, we will kill him and cut off Temujin's arm!"

"Yes! Kill him! Let the Mongols know that we, the Merkits, are not to be trifled with!" Hudu also agreed with gritted teeth.

He had already received the news that the two beautiful wives were happily accepted by Hasar and Ogedei.

Now, only by killing Zhao Shuo can he alleviate his hatred of being cuckolded.

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At the same time, at the foot of Taihele Mountain.

"My dear Prince Consort, it's not easy to attack this Taihele stronghold!" Alia, the most beautiful woman in Naiman, said softly.

The pure and beautiful girl from a little over a month ago had now transformed into a charming and graceful woman. Her silky black hair, complemented by her snow-white skin, made her irresistibly attractive on the sheepskin couch at night. At this moment, she was dressed in an arrow-like outfit, with straight shoulders, a swan neck, a slender waist and long legs, like a newly blooming sarilang flower.

In addition, it must be pointed out that Alia is not just a beautiful vase to Zhao Shuo.

She was the daughter of a common nobleman of the Naiman people, who also had some followers. Zhao Shuo selected 300 of these strong and skilled warriors to supplement his own 5,000 households, making up for the warriors he had lost since the expedition.

Because of the relationship with Alia, the Naiman warriors regarded Zhao Shuo as the son-in-law of their tribe, quickly won over and formed a fighting force.

"Is it difficult to attack?" Zhao Shuo stroked Alia's long, smooth hair and smiled, "I don't think so."

In the eyes of the grassland people, the stronghold was impregnable, but in the eyes of Zhao Shuo, it was extremely simple.

In fact, let alone Zhao Shuo, even ordinary people in the Central Plains of that era would sneer at the crude stronghold built by the Merkits - a stronghold surrounded by wooden fences, with soldiers standing behind the wooden fences to defend it, which was far inferior to even a county town in the Central Plains.

Zhao Shuo then shouted loudly: "Someone come!"

"Here!" the attendant behind him answered loudly.

Zhao Shuo said: "Let Hedahei lead Atu'er's black cavalry to break this Hele stronghold for me. I will lead the main force and provide support from behind." "Yes!"

It didn't take long for the Black Cavalry to start climbing the mountain, with Zhao Shuo leading the main force to follow behind.

When they were two hundred and forty paces from the stronghold, they were already within range of the grassland archers. At Hedaheiba Atuer's command, the Black Cavalry began to put on their armor and then advance in a vigilant manner.

The Shanzhai didn't shoot any arrows.

"Bring them closer before you hit them!"

Although Huletuhan Mer was arrogant, he was no fool. He understood that facing such heavy armor, even a skilled archer with a heavy bow would find it difficult to inflict damage from a distance of a hundred steps.

He wanted to wait until these iron turtles were within sufficient range, and then he would fire arrows at them and give them a heavy concentrated fire!

Two hundred and forty steps!
Two hundred steps!
One hundred and fifty steps!

One hundred steps!

Eighty steps!
Should I wait until they get closer? Or should I shoot immediately? I don't know if Zhao Shuo is inside these turtle shells.
Huletuhanmer was a little hesitant.

However, it was at this moment that the Black Cavalry suddenly stopped.

"put!"

Following Hedaheiba Atuer's order, 220 Qing Dynasty bows suddenly fired!

"what!"

A heavy arrow hit a Merkit warrior right in the face, smashing his entire face to pieces!

"oops!"

With a howl of agony, only half of a Merkit warrior's neck was left!

"Save...save me!"

A Merkit warrior was shot by an arrow and his entire right arm fell off!
There are even scarier ones.

Hedahei shot an arrow from Atuer, which directly nailed a Merkit warrior to the ground!
"Eternal Heaven, what kind of weapon is this? This... How is this possible?"

Huletuhanmer, who was extremely arrogant just now, let out a cry of surprise!
This is of course the power of the Qing Dynasty war bow.

Compared to the longbows of this era, the Qing Dynasty war bows had larger and longer tips at both ends, and were curved in opposite directions. This allowed them to be pulled with less force under the action of leverage, making the bow more powerful.

This thing is really huge. The entire bow is almost as tall as a person, and even the heavy arrows used are one meter long.

The arrows are even more terrifying. Except for the special armor-piercing arrows, the arrowheads are not needle-shaped or cone-shaped, but are made into a crescent shape in order to pursue lethality.

Is this still a bow and arrow?

Those heavy arrows were like crescent shovels flying across the sky!

Those war bows are simply small shovels!

It was precisely because of this that when the Qing Dynasty rose up, it was invincible and unstoppable in field battles.

Of course, the key to war has never been weapons but people. With the gradual decline of the Eight Banners, by the Kangxi and Qianlong eras, no one in the Eight Banners Army could pull such a heavy bow, and they could only use the Solon soldiers from the bitter cold to fill the void.

Now, Zhao Shuo has the best warriors of this era under his command!

Now is also the time for the Qing Dynasty's war bows to show their power!

(End of this chapter)