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

“Charge! Kill!”

“Break through Oluhai City!”

“Death to those who retreat, life to those who advance!”

“The first to ascend will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver and two beautiful women!”

Bang!

A ladder wrapped in three layers of wet rawhide slammed heavily against the city wall, its bronze hooks precisely latching onto the crenellations. Balu Battalion soldiers held shields in their left hands to protect their heads, while their right hands gripped their sabers, stabbing them into the cracks in the wall, nimbly climbing upwards like apes.

Boom!

A battering ram pushed by thirty men slammed fiercely into the city gate, the iron-clad giant timber shaking the city walls with each impact, as if the entire city were trembling.

… …

The Balu Battalion's attack was extremely methodical, putting immense pressure on the defenders from the very beginning of the battle.

“Boiling water! Quickly pour boiling water!”

“Prepare the molten gold! Prepare the molten gold!”

“Push the forked poles! Quickly push away the ladders!”

“Don't stop firing arrows! Keep shooting!”

… …

Xi Bi Zhuo's hair stood on end as he tensely commanded the defenders.

He continuously fired arrows from his bow, successively killing seven or eight Balu Battalion soldiers who had approached the city head, and personally led a suicide squad to drive back fifty enemies who had climbed onto the city wall.

The siege warfare, lasting only half an hour, made the old general Xi Bi Zhuo feel as if half a year had passed. Finally, the first wave of the Balu Battalion's attack was repelled, with only thirteen or fourteen hundred of the two thousand attackers retreating.

However, just as Xi Bi Zhuo and the defenders thought they could catch their breath, the Mongols began to punish the retreating Balu Battalion soldiers.

The Balu Battalion soldiers who had retreated back to their starting point re-formed their ranks, and military law officers led a team of armored soldiers into the ranks, quickly dragging out more than two hundred people. These people were beheaded on the spot, and nearly three hundred heads were hung high, the bloody scene serving as both a harsh announcement of the Balu Battalion's military law and a stern warning to the remaining soldiers.

“They… how dare they? These are all elite warriors!” Xi Bi Zhuo stared at this scene in disbelief, his heart filled with shock and anger.

However, in the eyes of the Mongols, these Western Xia prisoners were merely expendable. Allowing them to live was already a great favor. Their only mission was to serve as cannon fodder, paving the way for the Mongol army. Resistance meant certain death; victory was their only way out.

“Second team, go!”

More than a thousand Balu Battalion soldiers who had retreated were given a brief opportunity to rest. However, a new round of attack had already begun—another team of two thousand men rushed towards Oluhai City!

Following closely behind, the third and fourth teams successively joined the battle.

Fifth team… no, there was no fifth team anymore.

The fourth team's all-out attack became the last straw that broke Oluhai City.

Before long, what was breached was not the walls of Oluhai City, but the city gate.

… …

The iron-clad gate of Oluhai City finally cracked under the fierce battering of the ram. This crack instantly became a meat grinder for both sides, with blood and flesh flying everywhere in a tragic scene. The Balu Battalion paid the price of twenty-seven brave warriors to finally control this crack and took the opportunity to completely open the city gate.

“Balu Battalion, listen to my orders, attack with all your strength! Break Oluhai City!” With Zhao Shuo's command, the bugle call for the general attack resounded through the sky.

… …

“Charge! Kill! Break Oluhai City!”

“The city is broken! The city is broken!”

“Massacre the city! Massacre the city!”

“Kill all the men, leave none alive!”

“Gather the women together, let's all have some fun!”

… …

The fierce siege warfare that lasted the entire morning placed immense psychological pressure on the Balu Battalion.

Finally, the city was broken, and the time to vent had arrived. The Balu Battalion's soldiers, like bloodthirsty wolves, charged towards Oluhai City!

“I am the sinner of Oluhai City!”

On the city wall, Xi Bi Zhuo witnessed all of this, filled with grief and indignation. He let out a long howl towards the sky and leaped from the three-zhang high city wall.

He knew that with the war reaching this point, even without Temujin's order to massacre the city, these bloodthirsty Balu Battalion soldiers would never spare any man in the city. And the fate of the women would perhaps be even more tragic than death.

Oluhai City was about to become a living hell!

As Xi Bi Zhuo jumped from the city wall, he still carried disbelief in his heart before his death. He did not understand how these barbarian tribes from the grasslands could do this. At the end of his life, he realized that these Mongols might be different from all the grassland peoples of the past.

On the other side, in the Mongol camp, on the watchtower.

“This… is it really that useful?” Hasar stared wide-eyed, watching the distant battlefield in disbelief.

“The Balu Battalion is truly remarkable!” Zhebie's voice was filled with undisguised excitement.

“Brother-in-law A Shuo's suggestion is simply a stroke of genius!” Tuolei's eyes were full of admiration.

“If I had known this, I shouldn't have killed so many Western Xia prisoners of war back then! It would have been best to keep five thousand more, no, ten thousand!” Subutai stamped his feet in regret, as if he had missed a great opportunity.

… …

At this moment, countless Mongol nobles watching the battle were dumbfounded, their hearts surging with complex emotions.

The fierce siege warfare just now had already shocked them beyond measure. If it were replaced by warriors from the grasslands, it would probably be difficult to have such a performance—after all, the grassland sons were good at riding and shooting, not this kind of bloody siege warfare. What's more, even on the most stringent battlefield, the Mongols would never use such cold and ruthless military law to drive them like they treated the Balu Battalion soldiers. How precious was the life of a grassland warrior, how could it be so easily spilled under the city walls?

However, it was this Balu Battalion, composed of Western Xia surrendered soldiers, that forcibly tore open the defense line of Oluhai City with almost crazy bravery. Without them, how many grassland warriors would the Mongol army have to sacrifice to capture this strong city? And how much time would it take?

And now, the Balu Battalion had taken this impregnable city in such a clean and decisive manner!

If some people had doubts about Zhao Shuo's proposal to form the Balu Battalion before, then at this moment, all doubts had vanished. No one doubted the value of this army anymore, and no one questioned Zhao Shuo's vision and foresight.

At this moment, the Mongol nobles watching the battle had only one thought in their minds: Zhao Shuo's proposal was truly a stroke of genius! The Balu Battalion will surely become a sharp weapon for the Mongols to conquer the world!