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

Chapter 59: Traditional Mongolian Warfare and New Tactics
Seeing the Xia army withdraw from the battle and converge in one direction, the Mongolian army was agile and swift, quickly forming small groups of ten or so men. Some blocked the front, while others pursued and killed them from behind. As the bowstrings rang, countless Xixia light cavalrymen lost their lives in vain.

That's not the worst.

Seeing this, Hasar understood who was the commander of these light cavalry.

He was wearing double iron armor and was accompanied by forty attendants. He shot his arrows accurately and fought with his swords and spears, which were covered in blood. He broke through seven interceptions of the Xia army's light cavalry and came close to Tuoba Tao.

Although Tuoba Tao had some martial arts skills, he was no match for a talented warrior like Hasar. After just a few moves, he was defeated by Hasar.

"go to hell!"

With a loud shout from Hasar, the spear in his hand shot out like lightning and hit Tuoba Tao right in the heart!
As expected, in the history without Zhao Shuo, Khasar had fought countless great battles and even had his eyes on Temujin's Khanship. This man was truly sharp and brave in battle, easily seizing the opportunity to kill the general in front of the battle!

"Back off! Back off!"

Li Chengzhen had been closely following the battlefield. Seeing Tuoba Tao's death, he quickly gave the order to retreat.

These cavalry were the foundation of the Western Xia. If they were all destroyed, they would completely lose the initiative in facing the Mongols and would have to defend themselves. So seeing that the situation was not good, Li Chengzhen immediately ordered the cavalry to retreat.

Only 10,000 light cavalry were sent out, but less than 8,000 returned.

Hasar's subordinates also suffered more than 300 casualties, but the grassland warriors were accustomed to life and death, and were brave and bloodthirsty, so their fighting spirit became even higher.

"Attack the enemy's infantry formation!"

Seeing that the Xixia army was frightened and could only retreat to defend, Hasar sneered and issued a new attack order.

The Xixia reinforcements originally had a capture force of about 50,000, but about 4,000 of them were wiped out by Subutai and Zhao Shuo, leaving only 46,000.

Among these 46,000 captured soldiers, there were 10,000 light cavalry and 36,000 infantry.

Now, after destroying two thousand cavalry, Hasar set his sights on the 36,000 infantry.

Of these 36,000 infantrymen, 30,000 were deployed in battle formation at the front, ready for battle. The remaining 6,000 elite soldiers, along with 3,000 Iron Harriers and 500 of the King of Yue's private soldiers, served as the army's overall reserve, protecting Li Chengzhen in the rear.

In this way, you can attack when you advance, and you can defend when you retreat.

And Hasar also realized that the seemingly large number of Western Xia infantry formations were actually not that scary.

Whether it is their equipment, morale or eyes, their "sheep" nature can be seen.

Therefore, Hasar directly issued an order to charge, using 3,000 elite Mongolian cavalry to attack the 30,000-strong infantry formation of the Western Xia!
Rumble!
The Mongolian army's fighting style changed again.

The teams were divided into 270 groups of about ten people, and then into 90 groups of three.

Each group first sent out a team to gallop towards the Xixia army. When they were a hundred steps away, they suddenly turned and ran close to the Xixia infantry formation, firing four arrows in a row before returning to their starting point.

As they turned back, the second team attacked again. After the second team came the third team, and after the third team came the first team... and so on, the Xixia army was under continuous attack from ninety positions.

The point is not to attack, the point is to test.

In less than half an hour, part of the Western Xia infantry formation had become disorganized.

It's now!

"Gugui!" (Break the formation)

With a loud shout from Hasar, he led all the troops in his group and rushed towards the Western Xia infantry formation, which had the most disorganized formation.

"Gugui!"

Hasar's troops responded loudly in unison and galloped towards Hasar to join them.

In the blink of an eye, more than two hundred riders had gathered around Hasar.

He took the lead, leading more than 200 cavalrymen, and broke a gap in the infantry formation of the Western Xia army, with the rest of his subordinates following closely behind.

They broke through the Western Xia infantry formation and passed through it directly!

"Come again!"

After breaking through the Western Xia infantry formation, Hasar did not stop, but led his troops to charge towards the Western Xia formation again.

If this happened a few more times, the Xixia infantry formation would not collapse on the spot. However, if the subsequent Mongolian troops continued to follow, the Xixia army would undoubtedly be defeated!
"Marshal, we can't fight like this anymore. The Mongolian army is too strong. Even if we get rid of these 3,000 people, they still have tens of thousands of troops!" Deputy Marshal Ye Huo Huaiyuan made a suggestion.

"No, now is not the time to retreat!"

Li Chengzhen knew the Mongolian army was powerful, but he never imagined it would be so strong. Only 3,000 men could defeat him. He regretted engaging in open battle with the Mongols.

But how could they possibly retreat now? A force of 50,000, primarily infantry. And the Mongols were all cavalry. If the Western Xia army retreated now, with the Mongols closing in from behind, what chance would these infantrymen have of escaping? Better to keep fighting.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Let Yeliqiong lead the Iron Harriers to charge the Mongol main camp. Isn't there a character 'Zhao' written on the main camp's banner? It must be Zhao Shuo, the Mongol prince consort, known as the bravest warrior on the grassland. Once Yeliqiong defeats Zhao Shuo, the Mongol army will no longer dare to underestimate us. We can then slowly withdraw after dark."

"Yes."

The cavalry was defeated and the infantry was incompetent. Li Chengzhen had no choice but to use his trump card, the Iron Harrier.

Not long after, Ye Liqiong led three thousand Iron Harriers and rushed towards Zhao Shuo's flag.

"Hmm? This is the Iron Harrier, right?"

Seeing the enemy's fully armored cavalry, how could Zhao Shuo not know that the Xixia people had sent out their best troops? He shouted loudly: "Hairiger!"

"exist!"

"Lead the Flying Eagle Army and test the strength of the Xixia Iron Harriers. If you win this battle, I will promote you to the rank of Captain!"

"Yes!" Hai Rige answered loudly.

He is only twenty years old this year, three years younger than Zhao Shuo. Zhao Shuo promoted him from a small soldier to the position of centurion in less than five years.

Honestly, in terms of military talent alone, this person wasn't necessarily any worse than Mu Huali. Not to mention the rank of a thousand-household commander, given time, he might even be able to become a ten-thousand-household commander.

However, it's useless. No matter how talented you are, it's completely useless.

Times are different.

Ever since Temujin had divided the rank of 95 hereditary thousand households, the limit for ordinary Mongolians had been the head of a hundred households. Only Zhao Shuo had the opportunity to sit at the position of a thousand households head.

What? Other imperial consorts also have two or more thousand households under their command?

That's not the case. Other princes-in-law have a large number of relatives. Why don't they arrange for one of their own relatives to be the head of a thousand households, but give it to an outsider?

Only Zhao Shuo, who had no relatives and an ordinary status, could get the position of a thousand-household head under him based on his talent.

Hai Rige naturally knew how lucky he was and how rare this opportunity was. He also understood how much Zhao Shuo had done for him.

My dear Prince Consort, just watch!
I won't let you down!

"Flying Eagle Army, follow me and attack!"

Following Hai Rige's order, a thousand Flying Eagle soldiers who had already put on tendon and feather armor moved.

They formed a fan-shaped formation and headed towards the three thousand Iron Harriers.

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"What? The Xia people's Iron Harriers are out? Let's go and see the might of Ashu's Flying Eagle Army!"

Zhao Shuo had already informed Temujin about the formation of the Flying Eagle Army. After learning that the Xixia Iron Harriers had been dispatched, Temujin quickly led Jochi, Ogedei, Chagatai, and Tolui to the watchtower that had been built.

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"Humph, I thought this Mongolian Zhao Shuo was very capable, but after seeing him today, he's nothing special."

Yeliqiong saw a group of light cavalrymen wearing strange feather armor coming towards him, as if they wanted to half-surround the three thousand Iron Harriers, and a disdainful sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Light cavalry confronting heavy cavalry, and even semi-encircling them? Isn't this a huge joke?
How did Zhao Shuo use his troops?
It seems that it is my turn to make a contribution today!
"Speed ​​up!"

Yeliqiong gave the order without hesitation.

Tie Yaozi began to speed up and galloped on his horse, and the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer.

One hundred steps!

Eighty steps!
Fifty steps!
At this distance, both sides had already tacitly slowed down. After all, if they didn't slow down, the immense impact of the horses on both sides would mean that even if the heavy cavalry collided with the light cavalry, both would perish.

But the problem is that the Flying Eagle Army not only slowed down, but also directly pulled the reins and picked up the bows behind them.

(End of this chapter)