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

Such a scene was merely a microcosm of the battlefield.

Although the Mongol army was slightly outnumbered, they were extremely fierce, completely overwhelming the Western Xia scouts.

They seemed to have transformed into death-summoning specters, effortlessly claiming the lives of the Western Xia scouts with flashes of swords and blades.

These five hundred Western Xia scouts had no chance against Subutai's two hundred personal guards.

"This won't do! We can't hold on! These Mongol barbarians are too accurate with their arrows!"

With successive cries of agony, the five hundred Western Xia scouts were encircled and annihilated by the two hundred Mongol elites, with not a single one escaping.

Such a victory was indeed gratifying.

Subutai certainly thought so. When attending the post-battle summary meeting, the smugness on his face was obvious even to the blind.

After the decisive battle at Naiman, Temujin patrolled the camps at night and discovered that Zhao Shuo's troops were holding a post-battle summary meeting. Temujin felt that this method was excellent and ordered it to be promoted throughout the entire army.

Not only that, but if Temujin was nearby, a post-battle summary meeting for the entire army would be convened, and all the nobles nearby would have to attend.

"In this battle, our army seized four hundred and twenty-seven warhorses. We beheaded one hundred and twenty-seven enemies and captured three hundred and seventy-six. Not a single Western Xia scout escaped our encirclement. Our own losses were only two killed and seven wounded, a resounding victory," Subutai proudly reported the results of the battle.

"Good, Subutai did well!"

"These results are too brilliant. Two hundred men encircling and annihilating five hundred, no one would believe it if you said it!"

"The main thing is that the Western Xia people are too weak, and we Mongols are too strong. They're just unlucky, haha!"

"Subutai fought this battle well. Even if it were five hundred pigs instead of five hundred Western Xia people, it wouldn't be so easy to prevent them from escaping."

"That's natural. Subutai is one of the most outstanding generals in our Mongol army!"

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People discussed and praised this battle.

In the past, Subutai would not have cared about the achievements of a few hundred men.

However, it had been too long since he had achieved any military merit, and although this battle was small, it was indeed fought beautifully. The more Subutai heard these words, the happier he became.

However, at this moment, Zhao Shuo's voice rang out in the golden tent.

"Although Subutai's achievements in this battle are indeed brilliant, we must not underestimate the Xia people because of this."

As Zhao Shuo spoke, the eyes of everyone in the tent focused on him.

Zhao Shuo continued, "The Xia Kingdom has stood firm for nearly two hundred years against the Song, Jin, and even the Liao Dynasty, which previously ruled the Central Plains. They must have something to rely on."

"For example, has everyone noticed that many of our soldiers' weapons were cut off by the Xia Kingdom's sharp swords in this battle? This alone shows that Western Xia's weapons are much more advanced than ours."

Afterwards, Zhao Shuo looked at Temujin and said, "Father Khan, I have taken some of our army's broken weapons and the Xia Kingdom's longswords, and ordered Suhe to hold them, and he is now waiting outside the tent."

Temujin nodded seriously and waved his hand, "Let him bring them in and take a look."

The guards in the golden tent immediately went to inform Suhe.

Before long, Suhe walked into the tent, carrying two broken ring-pommel swords, a spear that had been cut in half, and three Xia Kingdom swords.

The captain of the guards, Yeke Ne'uren, took them and placed them in front of Temujin.

Temujin looked carefully. The broken edges of the ring-pommel swords and the spear were neat and smooth, indicating that they had not only been cut off today but had also been cut off easily.

Looking at the Xia Kingdom sword, it was three chi and three cun long, and the blade was covered with intricate forged patterns. The blade was like water, with a cold light shining, giving people the impression that it was exceptionally sharp at first glance.

Temujin nodded and said, "This Xia Kingdom's longsword is indeed much stronger than our weapons. Let others take a look as well."

"Yes."

Yeke Ne'uren took the Xia Kingdom sword and the broken swords and spears and walked around the golden tent, showing them to the Mongol nobles. Everyone praised the sharpness of the Xia Kingdom sword.

Of course, they would praise it.

In this era, there was a saying in the Central Plains: Sichuan brocade, Liao saddles, Xia Kingdom swords, and Goryeo celadon were all the best in the world.

Xia Kingdom swords were the best swords in the world!

Zhao Shuo had been paying attention to Xia Kingdom swords for a long time through historical records.

It's just that Xia Kingdom swords were very expensive. When the Mongol army first attacked Western Xia, the city defenders were all garrison troops, who were only equipped with a small number of Xia Kingdom swords. Even if Zhao Shuo mentioned this matter, it was difficult to attract the attention of the Mongol high-level leaders.

Now, after destroying five hundred Western Xia scouts, more than two hundred Xia Kingdom swords were seized. It seemed that the proportion of Xia Kingdom swords equipped in the regular army of Western Xia was quite high, so Zhao Shuo raised this issue.

Finally, Zhao Shuo concluded: "From this, it can be seen that although our army won cleanly in this battle, we must not underestimate the Xia Kingdom because of this. War is dangerous, so we must be cautious."

Subutai, however, did not take Zhao Shuo's words seriously and said, "Isn't it common knowledge on the grasslands that our Mongol equipment is inferior to that of the Song, Jin, and Xia Kingdoms? What's so strange about that?"

"I believe that the bravery of our grassland warriors can completely make up for the lack of equipment."

"Hey, that's not how it works."

Before Zhao Shuo could speak, Muqali took the initiative to speak, saying, "I don't know what level these five hundred scouts were in the Xia Kingdom. However, your two hundred personal guards, Subutai, are one of the most elite forces in our Mongol army.

Therefore, the gap between our combat power and that of Western Xia is not as great as you think it is now. Whether the bravery of our soldiers can make up for the lack of equipment is still difficult to say."

"I... I..." Subutai was speechless.

It wasn't that he couldn't think of anything to refute, but that Zhao Shuo and Muqali were the only two among the Mongol high-level leaders who had risen to the position of chiliarch solely through military merit.

If they two reached an agreement, let alone Subutai, even Temujin would not easily refute them.

In the end, Subutai said unwillingly, "Okay, since Prince Consort Zhao Shuo and Chiliarch Muqali both believe that the combat power of the Western Xia army is still uncertain, why don't we just fight another battle?"

After a pause, he bowed slightly to Temujin and said, "The vanguard camp of the Western Xia army is about forty miles away from my camp. Please allow me, Great Khan, to lead two thousand soldiers tomorrow and destroy this three thousand-strong vanguard army of Western Xia!"

Temujin actually understood Subutai's thoughts very well.

However, after all, he had volunteered for the battle, and the morale of the army was available, so Temujin was unwilling to reject Subutai's face in public.

He looked at Zhao Shuo and said, "A'shuo, what do you say?"

Zhao Shuo pondered for a moment and said, "I think Subutai's proposal is feasible. However, to ensure everything is safe, let me lead two hundred Black Riders to observe the enemy formation for Subutai."

In other words, he was backing Subutai up.

Pride leads to failure.

Zhao Shuo's battlefield intuition, honed through hundreds of battles, told him that Subutai was likely to suffer a great loss this time.

If too many grassland warriors were lost because of Subutai, he would feel a little distressed.

After all, these people were all capable claws for pacifying the world and conquering Europe in the future.

"I'll go take a look too and help A'shuo advise him."

Muqali, as the Mongol war genius, also smelled a faint ominous aura.

Temujin nodded and said, "That's very good. Tomorrow, Subutai will lead his two thousand troops to annihilate the three thousand-strong vanguard army of Western Xia. A'shuo and Muqali will lead two hundred Black Riders to observe the enemy formation for Subutai from behind."

"Yes!"