Usurping the Mongols: My Father-in-Law is Genghis Khan

The atmosphere inside Sutai's camp was in stark contrast to that of Li Chengzhen, the commander of Western Xia.

"My five hundred sets of 'pockmarked' armor, my one thousand 'God's Arm' crossbows!"

Li Chengzhen's heart was being twisted like a knife after receiving the news that the vanguard army had been completely annihilated. He almost spat out blood on the spot.

There was no other way; these pieces of equipment were just too precious.

To put it this way, among the nearly 60,000 troops under Li Chengzhen's command, only the three thousand 'Iron Falcons' were equipped with pockmarked armor, and only Li Chengzhen's private soldiers of the Prince of Yue's mansion were equipped with a thousand sets. The preciousness of the pockmarked armor was evident.

The same principle applied to the God's Arm crossbows. Western Xia's wealth was relative to the barren grasslands. Compared to the Song and Jin Dynasties, it was a standard small country with impoverished people.

Therefore, the God's Arm crossbow originated in Western Xia but made a huge name for itself in the Song Dynasty.

In fact, a thousand God's Arm crossbows were also extremely valuable strategic materials in Western Xia.

The loss of five hundred sets of pockmarked armor and one thousand God's Arm crossbows truly broke Li Chengzhen's heart.

He didn't even have time to grieve for the old general Han Dechang and his five sons, as well as the five hundred private soldiers of the Prince of Yue's mansion.

"Since the Mongolians' combat power is so strong, why don't we avoid the enemy's advance and carefully defend the city?" Vice Commander Yehuo Huaiyuan suggested.

Western Xia's original hypothetical enemies had always been the Jin and Song Dynasties, and they did not pay much attention to enemies from the grasslands.

Now that the Mongolian army was rushing straight down from the grasslands, Western Xia really didn't have many strong cities to resist the Mongolian army's advance.

Yehuo Huaiyuan said, "Then what does the commander mean?"

"Let's fight!" Li Chengzhen took a deep breath and said, "How many heavy cavalry can there be on the barren grasslands? As long as our Iron Falcons and Po Xi army are used properly, who will win is still unknown!"

The next day, the main force of Western Xia continued to advance.

Three days later, they set up camp outside the Mongolian alert range.

After resting for another three days, the 50,000 Western Xia troops left the camp, formed a neat battle formation, and advanced forward to attack.

The Western Xia reinforcements were going to fight in the field!

Genghis Khan was overjoyed after learning about this and immediately made arrangements: Mu Huali led five thousand soldiers to monitor the enemies in Woluo Hai City. It was imperative to prevent the enemy forces in Woluo Hai City from sending out a single soldier to disrupt this crucial battle.

Zhao Shuo and Hasar led eight thousand soldiers as the vanguard of the entire army to engage the enemy first.

Zhebie, Bo'ershu, Bo'erhu, and Sutaai led seven thousand soldiers to follow up.

Temujin, Jochi, Ogedai, and Chagatai led the Kheshig army of ten thousand as the general reserve of the entire army, ready to provide support at any time.

An hour later, nearly 80,000 troops from both sides lined up on the vast Western Xia plains.

One side was in clusters of three or five, scattered and boundless. Although there were only more than 20,000 people, their momentum was magnificent, seemingly completely covering the distant sky. They were naturally the Mongolian army that had just emerged from the grasslands.

The Western Xia army on the other side formed a stark contrast to the Mongolian army.

Their armor was bright, and their formation was neat. The left and right wings were light cavalry, ready to attack at any time. In the middle, the front were infantry, with large shields defending against arrows already raised, bows strung, sabers drawn, and spears like a forest. Behind them were heavy cavalry, ready to move out at any time to give the enemy a fatal blow.

The entire formation could be described as awe-inspiring and full of murderous intent!

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"The Western Xia formation... does have some tricks!" Hasar said, looking at the Western Xia army formation in front.

Zhao Shuo, who was holding the reins beside Hasar, smiled when he heard this.

He and Hasar were the vanguard of this battle and would be the first to face the Western Xia army led by Li Chengzhen head-on.

"What, Hasar, are you afraid?"

"Afraid?" Hasar retorted, "How is that possible! I'm only afraid that the Western Xia army is too weak to show off my skills! Zhao Shuo, let me have the first chance to charge into the formation, okay?"

Although he said so, Hasar did not take it lightly. The loss that Sutai suffered yesterday was still fresh in his mind, and he didn't want to be as embarrassed as Sutai and be reprimanded by his brother Temujin.

"Okay. However, you must be careful," Zhao Shuo nodded.

"Got it." Hasar narrowed his eyes slightly, "As long as the Iron Falcons don't come out, no matter how strong the Western Xia army is, in my eyes, they are just lambs to be slaughtered!"

Then, he raised his spear high and shouted sternly, "Soldiers, follow me to defeat the enemy!"

"Yes!"

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Rumble~~

Hasar's three thousand elite cavalry moved almost simultaneously.

Although there were only three thousand people, they formed a large encirclement in clusters of three or five. As they galloped, they had already surrounded the 50,000 Western Xia troops.

Li Chengzhen was furious when he saw this and said, "Damn it! Barbarians from the grasslands, do you really think there is no one in my Western Xia? Pass on my order to Tuoba Tao to drive these grassland barbarians away!"

"Yes, sir!"

The messenger took the order and left. Before long, the ten thousand light cavalry on the left and right wings of Western Xia were all dispatched.

At the beginning, it was still one-on-one fighting. After all, this was the common combat method between cavalry in this era.

Ten thousand Western Xia troops against three thousand Mongolian troops seemed to have a great numerical advantage on the surface. However, in actual combat, it was not at all like that.

Whether it was martial arts, archery, horsemanship, or experience, the Mongolian soldiers had a great advantage.

The Mongolian soldiers' arrows were really too accurate. Within a distance of fifty steps, they were almost unerring, directly targeting the vital points of the Western Xia soldiers.

The Mongolian soldiers' horsemanship was also too superb. Their agility on horseback made the Western Xia elite cavalry dumbfounded. The Mongolian soldiers' personal combat power was also much higher than that of the Western Xia people.

Of course, the biggest gap between the two sides was experience.

These Mongolian soldiers had experienced countless battles with mountains of corpses and seas of blood. But what about the Western Xia army?

Since the Xia-Jin War in 1122, when Western Xia was defeated and became a vassal to the Jin Dynasty, there had been no more wars. The Southern Song Dynasty had never had a war with Western Xia.

In other words, Western Xia had been at peace for more than eighty years. In terms of war experience, compared to the Mongolian army, the Western Xia army was simply a group of innocent children.

A mere three times the difference in numbers could absolutely not bridge these gaps that were like insurmountable chasms!

"Rally! All light cavalry, rally to me!"

Tuoba Tao, the commander of the Western Xia light cavalry, quickly issued an order to rally to him when he saw that the situation was not good. He planned to concentrate the light cavalry and use the advantage in numbers to break the encirclement of the Mongolian cavalry.

However, he didn't know that he was now facing the most terrifying cavalry of this era.