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

The only major diplomatic incident, interestingly enough, was related to the Jin Dynasty.

That year was turbulent for both the Jin and Southern Song dynasties.

In October of the previous year, the Southern Song finally and completely acknowledged their defeat to the Jin, secretly agreeing to the most difficult condition of the peace treaty: the assassination of Grand Councilor Han Tuozhou.

A month after secretly reaching the peace agreement, Han Tuozhou was seized by soldiers dispatched by Palace Commander Xia Zhen during court and killed in the Jade Ford Garden.

By September of the following year, the Song and Jin officially reached the "Jiading Peace Treaty": the Southern Song's annual tribute to the Jin was increased to 300,000 taels of silver and 300,000 bolts of silk. In addition, the Jin Dynasty received a one-time payment of three million taels of silver for military expenses. The Song Emperor's address to the Jin Emperor changed from 'Uncle' to 'Elder Uncle'.

The Jin Dynasty seemed to have achieved a resurgence, reaching its peak.

However, less than two months later, the Jin Emperor Wanyan Jing was on his deathbed.

His year and a half of 'labor' had resulted in two concubines becoming pregnant, but one was only three months along, and the other five months. Neither child had been born yet. The fetuses in their wombs obviously could not inherit the throne, and Wanyan Jing faced the embarrassing situation of having no son to succeed him.

Ultimately, Wanyan Jing, under the persuasion of his trusted aides Grand Councilor Wanyan Kuang, beloved concubine Li Shi'er, and Chief Eunuch Li Xinxi, decided to pass the throne to his own uncle, Wanyan Yongji.

In early November, Wanyan Jing passed away, and Wanyan Yongji officially succeeded his nephew as the new emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty.

The new Jin Emperor's ascension to the throne naturally had to be announced to Temujin, who ruled the entire Mongol Empire.

After all, Temujin was still nominally the Jin Dynasty's 'Zha Wu Tie Hu Li'.

However, Temujin had previously visited Jingzhou to pay tribute to the Jin Dynasty and had met Wanyan Yongji when he was still Prince Wei, and he knew what kind of person Wanyan Yongji was.

When Temujin heard that Wanyan Yongji had become the Jin Emperor, he immediately revealed a look of disdain and said to the Jin envoy the famous words: 'I thought the emperors of the Central Plains were made of heavenly stuff, but even this kind of mediocrity can become one?'

Meaning: I thought the Jin Emperor was some amazing person, but it turns out to be Wanyan Yongji, this good-for-nothing!

Temujin cursing the emperor in front of the envoy was almost like pointing at Wanyan Yongji's nose and cursing him.

Would you say this diplomatic incident was serious or not?

Wanyan Yongji was so angry that he immediately broke off relations with the Mongols.

Afterward, both countries began secretly preparing their troops and preparing for a possible war.

…

On the Hulunbuir grasslands, Zhao Shuo continued his military review.

Since breaking off relations with the Jin Dynasty, Temujin had ordered everyone to be ready to go to war with the Jin at any time.

Zhao Shuo's military review was precisely for this purpose.

"Begin."

On the five-zhang-high wooden platform, Zhao Shuo and Hua Zheng stood side by side, giving the order.

Rumble~~

The first to appear were the eight hundred Black Riders.

"Charge!"

With a loud shout from Hedahe Batu'er, the Black Rider soldiers simultaneously lowered their iron masks. The metallic buzzing of eight hundred scale armors rubbing against each other almost sounded at the same time, and the ground suddenly trembled.

They started with a slow jog, then quickly accelerated, becoming a unified and unstoppable black torrent!

"Shoot!"

Swish swish swish!

At a distance of one hundred paces, each Black Flag Army warrior fired seven crossbow bolts, a total of five thousand six hundred bolts, almost simultaneously!

This sudden and overwhelming rain of arrows was the Black Riders' first strike against the enemy.

Then, while charging, the Black Riders drew their Qing Dynasty war bows.

"Arrows!"

Swish swish swish~~

One can imagine that when the Black Riders, relying on their excellent defense, charged to this distance, all armor, including the Xixia scale armor, became like paper. It was enough for the Black Riders to fiercely shoot off the heads of the heavy infantry or heavy cavalry in front of them or directly nail them to the ground.

In other words, the enemy in the front row would definitely not survive!

"Gu Gui!"

With Hedahe Batu'er's third command, the soldiers raised their black iron maces.

This was the Black Riders' third strike.

In front of them were imaginary enemies composed of five thousand straw men wearing wooden armor.

The Black Riders surged like raging waves, and the iron maces fell like meteorites. The "armor-breaking king" directly smashed through the thick wooden helmets of the straw men. As the Black Riders galloped past, the entire wooden helmet straw man formation collapsed with a bang, as if it had experienced an irresistible cataclysmic storm.

"Black Riders!"

Zhao Shuo, deeply moved by what he saw, let out a loud roar from the platform.

"Here!"

The eight hundred Black Riders responded in unison, their voices unified, as if heaven and earth had trembled. Then, the warhorses stepped simultaneously, coming to a stop three zhang away from the platform like a whirlwind, and dismounted at the same time.

Eight hundred men were as one. Whether during the previous raid or when dismounting to form a formation, the ranks were not disturbed in the slightest.

"We are willing to die for the Prince Consort!"

The eight hundred warriors knelt on one knee, shouting in unison, their voices reaching the sky!

Success!

The newest novels are first published on Liu Jiu Shu Ba!

Zhao Shuo was overjoyed.

The legend of the Iron Pagoda is that "three men are linked together with leather ropes," which Zhao Shuo did not believe.

It was likely that the Iron Pagodas were neatly lined up, and thousands of people were as one. They were invincible, and the Song people, seeing their irresistible momentum, imagined that the Iron Pagodas were connected by "leather ropes."

In fact, what connected them was training, discipline, and glory!

The famous "wall charge" of later generations' cavalry was also the same principle.

Zhao Shuo was now certain that his Black Flag Army was definitely not inferior to Jin Wushu's Iron Pagodas of that year, and might even be better!

The second to appear was the Balu Camp, with a little over a thousand men.

Their armor was actually the same as the Black Riders, only the warhorses under their crotches were not armored.

They had more weapons.

The main weapons were iron hammers and heavy axes, and the secondary weapons were Qing bows, repeating crossbows, and shields.

When attacking enemy formations, their weapons were repeating crossbows, Qing bows, and heavy axes.

When defending or attacking enemy cities, they used repeating crossbows, shields, and iron hammers.

Facing enemy city walls and solid infantry formations, they would be very good offensive weapons. Facing the enemy's rampant attacks, they formed a formation to defend, becoming the most stable fulcrum of the entire army.

Attacking like fierce tigers, defending like solid rocks!

The third to appear was the Flying Eagle Army, with fifteen hundred men.

With the issuance of the order, the Flying Eagle Army moved instantly, their formation becoming flexible without losing its regularity.

Relying on their flexible tendon and feather root armor and long-term strict training, the Flying Eagle Army quickly formed eight different formations in cooperation with the warhorses.

They flexibly changed formations, quickly charging, dispersing, and then quickly encircling, like dancing steel dragons, their movements skilled and rapid. They were also like swift and fierce peregrine falcons, ready to strike from the air at any time and catch the red fox running wildly on the ground.

The Flying Eagle Army was almost a fully upgraded version of the most classic Mongol light cavalry. Whether it was attacking fortifications or fighting skirmishes, they were terrifyingly strong.

The fourth to appear was the Night Owl Guard.

The Night Owl Guard were warriors in the dark, daggers specializing in special missions, so they were more difficult to showcase.

However, for this exercise, Zhao Shuo specially had people build a maze out of wood and set up various traps and beasts inside.

With Ta'erhun's order, sixteen Night Owl teams entered the maze, as if melting into the sunlight, and even Zhao Shuo on the platform could not see their踪影.

Then, only the roars of wild beasts and the sounds of机关 were heard from inside the maze.

After about half a quarter of an hour, the first team had already flashed out like ghosts, raising the red flag in the center of the maze!