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

Chapter 50 Hua Zheng is pregnant, attack Xixia!

Subuchi was holding the armor made of tendons and feathers.

"This thing... is too light." Although Shuchi was drunk, he still considered Zhao Shuo's face and carefully chose his words: "Is it useful?"

"Of course it works. If you don't believe me, let's try it outside the tent."

"Okay, then I'm going to broaden my horizons."

As they were talking, Zhao Shuo, Hua Zheng and Shuchi walked out of the tent.

He ordered his men to set up a target a hundred steps away and put the tendon and feather armor on the target.

Subuchi took his longbow and used only 50% of his strength.

when!
The eagle feather arrow was easily deflected by the tendon and feather armor.

Zhao Shuo knew that Jochi was trying to avoid embarrassment, so he said, "Jochi, are you still hungry, or are you afraid of embarrassing me? Go ahead and shoot with all your might, so you can see the majesty of my tendon and feather armor."

"Then I really tried my best."

Whoosh!
The bow is opened like the full moon, and the arrow is like a shooting star.

pat!

The second eagle feather arrow hit the tendon and feather root armor and fell to the ground.

"I just don't believe it." Jochi ordered, "Come here, bring the tendon and feather armor on the target."

"Yes."

The soldiers who were waiting there went to get the tendons, feathers and armor.

After receiving it, Subuchi examined it carefully and said, "The second arrow wasn't completely ineffective. It just didn't penetrate the armor."

Hua Zheng smiled and said, "Brother, what do you think of this tendon and feather armor?"

"Of course it's a good thing," said Subuchi. "How can armor that can't even be penetrated by my full-strength attack not be a good thing? The most important thing is that this thing is light!"

Subuchi looked left and right and couldn't let go of this tendon and feather armor.

Later, he put on the tendon and feather armor directly, but he felt that it was much lighter and more flexible than other armors, and there was no sluggishness in his movements.

Subuchi said excitedly, "Great stuff, this is absolutely great stuff. This armor is so light and yet has such strong defense. If my warriors had worn this armor, I wonder how much trouble it would have saved us when we conquered the people in the forest."

Zhao Shuo said, "Actually, this armor has another great advantage: it's cheap. Not only is it cheap, but it's only cheap on the grasslands. It's much more expensive elsewhere."

"How do you say this?"

"The raw materials for this tendon and feather armor are the tendons of cattle, horses, and sheep, combined with the feathers of birds of prey and wild geese. These things may not be a big deal on our grasslands, but in other areas, they are definitely not cheap."

"Good good!"

Subuchi nodded repeatedly and said, "Now, I have made a great contribution to subdue the people in the forest, and Ashoanda has made a treasured armor for you. It is a double blessing for us."

Zhao Shuo shook his head slightly and said, "No, it's three happy events."

"Why? Another happy event?"

Zhao Shuo pouted towards Hua Zheng and said with a smile, "Hua Zheng is pregnant."

real or fake?

Subutai was surprised and happy, and looked at Hua Zheng.

Hua Zheng nodded slightly and said, "It's true. I just confirmed it yesterday and haven't had time to tell anyone yet."

"That's great! Father Khan will be so happy if he knows about this."

Of course, Temujin would be very happy. It's strange to say, Temujin had so many grown sons and daughters, but now, Jochi had a son, Ogedei, Chagatai, Tolui, and several princesses, but now he had no children at all.

Hua Zheng also had a faint smile on her fair face. She touched her belly, glanced at Shuchi and said, "When the baby is born, big brother, as the eldest uncle, you must give a generous gift."

"No need to explain, sister," Subuchi said generously, "All the spoils I seized during this attack on Western Xia are from the child in your belly!"

The people of the forest were strong fighters, and Temujin wanted to use them as his base. Jochi used both kindness and force to subjugate the people of the forest, but in fact, there was not much spoils. Besides, the people of the forest were poorer than the people of the grassland. Even if Jochi really wanted to rob them, he would not be able to get anything good.

So, he talked about the spoils of attacking Western Xia.

That’s right, the Mongolian army is preparing to attack Western Xia for the second time!

Half a year ago, Temujin, Hunnan and Zhao Shuo decided to attack Western Xia.

Afterwards, Temujin summoned generals such as Zhao Shuo, Muhuali, Borshu, and Borhu, and discussed the details of the attack on Western Xia many times.

Jochi sent out his army to subdue the people of the forest, but he only mobilized about ten thousand soldiers and horses. The majority of the country's troops remained on the grasslands to prepare for battle and recuperate.

After Subuchi took over the people in the forest, the Mongol Empire immediately sent 30,000 troops, led by Temujin, to attack Western Xia for the second time!
If Temujin's first attack on Western Xia was just for fun, then his second attack on Western Xia had clear political and military purposes.

……

A month later, 30,000 Mongolian cavalry, led by Temujin himself, invaded the territory of Western Xia.

Among them, Zhao Shuo and Hasar led 8,000 troops, ready to serve as the spearhead of the entire army and strike a fatal blow to the Western Xia reinforcements. Temujin led 10,000 Keshig troops as the army's general reserve. Muqali, Jebe, Borshu, Borchu, and Jurchedai led a total of 12,000 troops, besieging the fortified city while also collecting food, fodder, and laborers for the entire army.

Twelve thousand people, don’t think it’s too few.

Entering the mountain peach bark bush
Arranged like a sea!
The Mongolian army only sent out 5,000 people, but they completely covered an area of ​​40 miles in radius.

The Xixia people had no idea about the specific situation of the Mongols. They only knew that the Mongols were attacking the city of Wulahai.

That’s right, it’s the city of Olahai.

The Mongolian army did not attack the cities of Lijisi and Qilingugusa as they did last time, but went straight to another border city - Olahai.

This city is located at the Langshan Pass in the southwest of Urad Rear Banner of Mongolia in later generations. In terms of geographical location, it is much more important than Bilijisi City and Qilingugusa.

Let me put it this way, after Temujin conquered the cities of Lijisi and Qilingugusa, Xixia still had countless dangerous passes to block the attack, which did not affect the nobles of Zhongxing Prefecture from continuing to enjoy wealth and prosperity.

But if the city of Wulahai was conquered by the Mongolian army, there would not be many dangerous passes ahead for Western Xia, and the nobles in Zhongxing Prefecture would probably not be able to sleep well.

When you kill a snake, you must hit it at the most vulnerable part!
Boom boom boom~~
The Mongolian army's catapults were roaring and launching a fierce attack on the city of Olahai.

Boom boom boom~~
The catapults of the Olahai City were not to be outdone and gave a strong counterattack to the Mongolian catapults.

Indeed, after the Mongol army's previous attacks on Lijisi and Qilingugusa, the Western Xia had learned their lesson and deployed catapults at the border cities. Furthermore, at the crucial pass of Oluhai, catapults were particularly numerous.

This is not easy to do.

The catapults on the city walls had the advantage of height and a longer range than the ones below. In a cannon-to-cannon battle, the Mongolian army was at a disadvantage, at least in the short term.

In this kind of siege warfare, the Mongolian army's advantage of being invincible in field battles was completely difficult to utilize.

It can be said that in the short term, the Mongolian army will have no chance of breaking through the city of Olahai.

However, having said that, the Mongols were not in a hurry to capture the city.

Why use a short weapon to attack a long one?
Temujin's real plan was to besiege the city and attack the reinforcements.

Yes, the last time the Mongols attacked the cities of Ligiz and Qilingugusa, the Xixia people were doomed.

However, this time, the city of Oluohai was so important that they would not fail to save it, right? As long as the Xixia reinforcements were defeated, even if the city of Oluohai was strong, it would surrender in despair because it had no outside reinforcements.

(End of this chapter)