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

Although the Sun Khan was destroyed by Temujin, the Sun Khan's elder brother, Buyiruhe, still established a royal court at the foot of Wuluta Mountain.

Tuohuo Tuo led the Merkit people to seek refuge with Buyiruhe, but was turned away, naturally fueling his anger.

His eldest son, Hu Du, echoed, "Buyiruhe is not only a coward, but also a complete fool. Doesn't he realize that on the grasslands now, only he and Temujin remain as major forces? Even without our allegiance, can Temujin let him off?"

"What's the use of saying all this?" Tuohuo Tuo's second son, Chi Lawen, sighed and said, "Let's think about how to deal with Zhao Shuo."

"How to deal with him? With our bows and arrows!"

These words were spoken by Tuohuo Tuo's fourth son, named Huleduhan Meer.

This man was the number one warrior of the Merkit tribe, not only brave and skilled in battle, but also possessing a miraculous archery skill.

Historically, Huleduhan Meer, with his outstanding martial arts, repeatedly escaped the encirclement and suppression of the army sent by Temujin. It was not until thirteen years later that Shuchi captured Huleduhan Meer on the Balkhash Lake grassland (in modern-day Kazakhstan).

Shuchi had long heard of Huleduhan Meer's divine archery, and ordered him to perform on the spot. Huleduhan Meer hit the bullseye with one arrow, and then shot another arrow, hitting the feather of the previous arrow, which was truly miraculous.

Shuchi was amazed by his archery skills, and sent an envoy to Temujin, requesting to spare Huleduhan Meer's life.

Of course, Temujin would not agree.

What? Your mother was humiliated by the Merkit people, and that's why you were born.

And you are taking the initiative to intercede for the remnants of the Merkit people? Doesn't that make your background even more unclear?

Therefore, he sternly reprimanded Shuchi and ordered Huleduhan Meer to be killed.

In any case, the current Huleduhan Meer has full confidence in his archery skills.

He said, "Zhao Shuo has come with about five thousand soldiers, and we have four to five thousand people in our mountain stronghold. In terms of martial arts, I, Huleduhan Meer, am not afraid of Zhao Shuo! We are on the top of the mountain, defending the dangerous terrain. It's fine if Zhao Shuo doesn't attack. If he personally goes to the battlefield, I will kill him and let the world know that I, Huleduhan Meer, am the number one warrior of the grasslands!"

Now, only by killing Zhao Shuo can he slightly relieve his cuckoldry hatred.

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At the same time, at the foot of Taihele Mountain.

"Consort, this Taihele Mountain stronghold is not easy to attack!" Ariya, the most beautiful woman of the Naiman, said softly.

The pure and beautiful girl from more than a month ago has now become a charming woman. She has incredibly smooth black hair, matched with her snow-white skin, making her irresistible on the sheepskin couch at night. At this moment, she is wearing a suit of armor, with right-angled shoulders, a swan neck, a slender waist, and long legs, just like a newly blooming Sairang flower.

In addition, it must be stated that Ariya is not entirely a beautiful vase for Zhao Shuo.

She is the daughter of an ordinary Naiman nobleman, and that nobleman also has some tribesmen. Zhao Shuo selected three hundred strong and skilled warriors from them and added them to his five thousand households, making up for the warriors lost in this expedition.

With Ariya's relationship, those Naiman warriors regarded Zhao Shuo as their tribe's son-in-law, quickly gaining their allegiance and forming combat power.

"Not easy to attack?" Zhao Shuo stroked Ariya's smooth long hair and smiled, "I don't think so."

In the eyes of the grassland people, the seemingly impregnable mountain stronghold was extremely crude in Zhao Shuo's eyes.

In fact, not to mention Zhao Shuo, even ordinary people in the Central Plains of this era would sneer at the crude mountain stronghold built by the Merkit people—a mountain stronghold surrounded by wooden fences, with warriors standing behind the wooden fences to defend, which was far inferior to even a county town in the Central Plains.

Zhao Shuo then said loudly, "Someone!"

"Here!" The attendant behind him replied loudly.

Zhao Shuo said, "Let Heda Hei Ba A'tu'er's Black Cavalry break this Taihele Mountain stronghold for me. I will lead the main force and respond from behind."

"Yes!"

Before long, the Black Cavalry began to climb the mountain, and Zhao Shuo led his main force behind them.

At a distance of two hundred and forty steps from the mountain stronghold, they had already entered the range of the grassland's divine archers. With Heda Hei Ba A'tu'er's order, the Black Cavalry began to armor up and then advanced cautiously.

The mountain stronghold did not release any arrows.

"Let them get closer before attacking!"

Although Huleduhan Meer was arrogant, he was not a fool. He understood that facing such heavy armor, even excellent archers with heavy bows would find it difficult to inflict damage on them from beyond a hundred paces.

He wanted these iron turtles to enter sufficient range before unleashing a barrage of arrows and giving them a fierce concentrated fire!

Two hundred and forty steps!

Two hundred steps!

One hundred and fifty steps!

One hundred steps!

Eighty steps!

Should he wait for them to get closer? Or release the arrows immediately? He also didn't know if Zhao Shuo was inside these turtle shells.

Huleduhan Meer hesitated.

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However, it was at this moment that the Black Cavalry suddenly stopped.

"Release!"

With Heda Hei Ba A'tu'er's order, two hundred and twenty Qing Dynasty war bows suddenly fired!

"Ah!"

A heavy arrow hit a Merkit warrior's face squarely, directly smashing the entire face to pieces!

"Ouch!"

With a scream, only half of a Merkit warrior's neck remained!

"Save… save me!"

A Merkit warrior was hit by an arrow, and his entire right arm fell off!

There was even more horror.

Heda Hei Ba A'tu'er's arrow directly pinned a Merkit warrior to the ground!

"Eternal Heaven, what kind of weapon is this? This… how is this possible?"

Huleduhan Meer, who had been extremely arrogant just now, let out a cry of surprise!

This was, of course, the power of the Qing Dynasty war bow.

Compared to the longbows of this era, the Qing Dynasty war bow had larger and longer limbs at both ends, and they were bent in the opposite direction. This allowed for a stronger bow to be drawn with less force due to the leverage.

This thing was really too big, the entire bow was nearly as tall as a person, and even the heavy arrows used were up to one meter long.

The arrowheads were even more terrifying. In addition to the special armor-piercing arrows, the arrowheads were not needle-shaped or cone-shaped, but were made into a crescent shape in pursuit of lethality.

Was this still a bow and arrow?

Those heavy arrows were simply crescent shovels flying across the sky!

Those war bows were simply small catapults!

It was precisely because of this that the Qing Dynasty was able to be invincible when it started its army, and no one could stop it in the field.

Of course, the key to war has never been weapons but people. With the gradual decline of the Eight Banners, by the time of the Kangxi and Qianlong periods, no one in the Eight Banner army could pull such a heavy bow anymore, so they could only let Solun soldiers from the cold lands fill the ranks.

Now, Zhao Shuo has the best warriors of this era!

Now is the time for the Qing Dynasty war bow to show its power!