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

Indeed, the Xia reinforcements had already been defeated, and the Mongol army had been besieging Oloh Hai City for over forty days; it should have fallen by now.

The next day, the autumn sky was clear and refreshing, the azure sky making Oloh Hai City appear especially desolate.

Thump!

Thump!

Thump-thump!

A series of muffled thuds broke the silence of the early morning. Broken armor, tattered flags, and torn tents were thrown one after another below the walls of Oloh Hai City. Before long, these remnants formed a small hill, emitting a strong stench of blood and burnt matter.

Immediately following, a red-faced man in iron armor strode forward.

He held a gruesome head in his hand, followed by a dozen soldiers, stopping an arrow's flight away from Oloh Hai City.

The red-faced man stood tall and shouted loudly: "Are there any living souls on the city walls? I am Tang Niu, a commander of a hundred from the Mongol Balu Battalion! By the decree of Genghis Khan and the order of Prince Consort Zhao Shuo, I have words for your city defender!"

This Tang Niu was the first to speak up for Zhao Shuo when Zhao Shuo was lecturing the Xia captives. He had some authority among the captives and was later promoted to commander of a hundred. Zhao Shuo thought Tang Niu had good eloquence, so he simply had him deliver the final ultimatum to Oloh Hai City.

"Wait there!" A cold, hard response came from the city walls.

Before long, an old Xia general, along with dozens of armored soldiers, appeared on the walls of Oloh Hai City, and said in a deep voice: "This old man is Xi Bi Zhuo, the city defender of Oloh Hai City. Tang Niu, what do you have to say?"

"Xi Bi Zhuo, the sixty thousand strong army led by Li Chengzhen has already been completely annihilated by my Mongol iron cavalry! These armors, tents, and flags below the city are proof of his defeat! And this head—"

Tang Niu shook the gruesome head in his hand, "Li Chengzhen's deputy commander, Ye Huo Huaiyuan, has been decapitated!"

Xi Bi Zhuo's eyes narrowed slightly, but he still sneered: "So what? Tang Niu, did Temujin and Zhao Shuo send you here just to show off your might?"

"Naturally, it's not just that." Tang Niu's tone changed, carrying a hint of persuasion, "Oloh Hai City has been besieged for over forty days, and is already on its last legs. Now that even the reinforcements from the outside are gone, its destruction is a foregone conclusion. Genghis Khan, in the name of the Eternal Sky, is willing to give you one last quarter of an hour to consider. Open the city and surrender, and Genghis Khan can guarantee your lives. If you stubbornly cling to your delusions—"

His voice suddenly turned cold, "After the city falls, only craftsmen, young women, and children below the wheel can live! As for the rest, kill without mercy!"

"Haha, is Temujin trying to intimidate this old man?" Xi Bi Zhuo, old but vigorous, raised his gray eyebrows slightly and said: "Go back and tell Temujin and Zhao Shuo that if they want Oloh Hai City, they can send their own troops to take it. Don't waste your breath, it only makes this old man look down on you."

Tang Niu's face darkened, and a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes: "You stubborn old fool, you'll regret this!"

With that, he stopped talking and turned to leave with his men.

In Xi Bi Zhuo's mind, although after forty days of trebuchet warfare, the large stones in the city had been used up, and even the roof beams had been dismantled, the trebuchets were already unusable. However, there were still twenty thousand soldiers in the city.

How many people did the prairie barbarians have?

He didn't believe that Temujin would be willing to expend his precious prairie warriors in a brutal, bloody, and not-so-skillful siege. As long as Temujin couldn't withstand the huge casualties, he would definitely retreat.

So what if the reinforcements failed? The final victory would surely belong to him, Xi Bi Zhuo! He would be the hero who saved all of Xia!

But in Tang Niu's view, there were only four thousand regular soldiers in Oloh Hai City. After forty days of siege warfare, how many could still be left? The rest were just useless auxiliary soldiers.

And in the Balu Battalion, all were the most elite infantry of Xia—those who were not elite enough had already been buried alive by the Mongols.

The final victory would surely belong to the Balu Battalion!

In short, both sides held extremely strong confidence in the final victory, waiting for the moment of revelation!

A quarter of an hour later.

More than ten thousand tall and sturdy soldiers lined up under Oloh Hai City. They wore no armor, each person only equipped with a round shield in their left hand and a scimitar in their right.

Various siege weapons were fully prepared, including scaling ladders, battering rams, siege towers, and mantlets.

A general in gold-lacquered iron armor was galloping back and forth in front of the formation, encouraging morale in Chinese. A Han Chinese was translating his words to the Tanguts beside him.

"In this attack on Oloh Hai City, the Balu Battalion will receive 10% of all spoils! Whether it's wealth or beauties, you'll get it! All get 10%!"

"I will not be stingy with your lives in any way; the only ones who will cherish your lives now are yourselves!"

"Conquering Oloh Hai City, killing the enemies before you, is your only chance of survival! It is your only way to obtain wealth and beauties! It is the only place where your glory lies!"

… …

With Zhao Shuo's repeated words, the soldiers' morale grew higher and higher.

"Long live! Long live!"

"Long live the Balu Battalion!"

"Conquer Oloh Hai City, and there will be money and women!"

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The soldiers cheered, their morale soaring.

"This... this is... our Xia's Captive Army! Devils! The Mongols are a bunch of devils! They have turned our Xia prisoners of war into their sharpest claws!"

An expert knows what's what with just one move.

Xi Bi Zhuo, on the city wall, listening to the shouts of the Balu Battalion and watching the familiar formation of the Balu Battalion, couldn't help but shrink his pupils and gasp.

Sure enough.

The Balu Battalion soldiers began their most familiar action—they all bent down, squatted down, and used leather ropes to make the final reinforcement of their combat boots.

That was the Captive Army's tried-and-true tactical action—tightly binding the combat boots with leather ropes three times, which could not only prevent them from accidentally falling off during combat, but also ensure that they would not slip when climbing the ladder due to the ladder being stained with blood.

The Captive Army was originally designed for field battles and sieges.

In terms of siege warfare, they were the experts trained by Xia with countless people's hard-earned money.

Now, it's all been taken advantage of by the Mongols!

At this moment, a feeling of grief and despair surged into Xi Bi Zhuo's heart.

However, none of his emotions could affect reality in the slightest.

Rumble rumble rumble ~

The brutal siege finally began!

The first to show their power were the trebuchets of both sides. The number of trebuchets in Oloh Hai City was limited, and the reserves of stone bullets were also stretched, so after a few symbolic counterattacks, they were completely silenced. The Mongol army's trebuchets, however, were relentless, and boulders rained down on the city walls, instantly covering the rammed earth wall with hideous cracks.

Immediately following, the first wave of the Balu Battalion's attack began.