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

When the Iron Falcons were about 30 paces away, the Flying Eagle Army's knights drew their armor-piercing arrows from their quivers.

These arrows had much thinner and longer heads than ordinary arrows, resembling small, three-edged military spikes.

The Flying Eagle Army nocked the armor-piercing arrows and drew their Qing bows to their full extent!

The Iron Falcons' 'wart' armor was indeed precious armor, the most advanced cold-forged armor of this era.

However, the Qing bow was a powerful bow that surpassed this era, and the distance was so close!

"Shoot!"

Swish, swish, swish!

With a command from Hairige, a thousand "short spears" equipped with armor-piercing arrows shot towards the Iron Falcons!

Puff, puff, puff!

A series of explosions erupted!

These sounds contained both the clang of metal and muffled thuds!

In an instant, two to three hundred Iron Falcon cavalrymen were either dead or wounded, filling the air with miserable cries!

The Iron Falcons' commander, Yeli Qiong, revealed a look of shock and disbelief.

He never imagined that the Mongols' bows could penetrate their 'wart' armor!

This was the most advanced heavy armor of their Western Xia!

These Mongols were clearly holding bows, not crossbows, so how could their power be so great!

Yeli Qiong was both bewildered and chilled to the bone!

Losing two to three hundred riders at once was something he had never dared to imagine before.

His Iron Falcons only numbered three thousand in total. At this rate, how long could they last?

"Release the arrows! Quickly release the arrows!"

"Shoot them to death!"

Swish, swish, swish!

Faced with heavy casualties, without waiting for Yeli Qiong's order, the Iron Falcons reined in their warhorses and angrily fired back at the Flying Eagle Army.

However, the Flying Eagle Army's sinew and feather armor was not to be trifled with. Its lightweight nature made the Flying Eagle Army's movements more convenient. They could dodge flexibly or deflect the arrows with their weapons.

Moreover, the sinew and feather armor had super strong defense, making it difficult for the Western Xia people's bows and arm strength to penetrate it at once.

Even if they were shot through and hit, in most cases, the injury was very light.

This time, the Iron Falcons were prepared, and the number of deaths and injuries was reduced to less than two hundred.

However, what about the Flying Eagle Army's casualties? They didn't even reach fifty, and most of them were only injured, not killed!

The Flying Eagle Army could shoot through the Iron Falcons' 'wart' armor, but the Iron Falcons couldn't shoot through the Flying Eagle Army's sinew and feather armor. What was the point of shooting back?

"Charge! Fight them!"

Yeli Qiong was extremely frustrated and issued an order to continue the attack.

However, what frustrated him even more was that the Flying Eagle Army turned their horses and ran.

Not only did they run, but they also maintained a distance of about twenty to thirty paces from the Iron Falcons, constantly looking back, drawing their bows, and releasing arrows!

Swish, swish, swish!

Swish, swish, swish!

Although the accuracy and power of these Qing bows were not as good while galloping, the distance was close, and they could still inflict damage on the Iron Falcons.

Although the Iron Falcons also drew their bows and released arrows, using arrows was not their main combat method. Moreover, their bows and arrows were ordinary, and even at a distance of twenty to thirty paces, the damage to the sinew and feather armor was still not high.

"Damn it! Damn it!"

Yeli Qiong screamed strangely, almost driven mad!

He had already seen that the Flying Eagle Army's armor was many times lighter than the Iron Falcons' armor. Coupled with their superb horsemanship, maintaining a distance of twenty to thirty paces from the Iron Falcons was not too difficult.

The current scene was simply the Iron Falcons being beaten without being able to fight back. They couldn't shoot as well, couldn't catch up, couldn't hit them, and couldn't run away. It was really too frustrating.

A thousand light cavalrymen were actually playing the Western Xia's trump card Iron Falcons in the palm of their hands! Was there any justice in this world?

"Damn Zhao Shuo! I really don't know where he got such insidious methods. Too despicable! Too shameless!"

Now, Yeli Qiong had forgotten that he had just thought Zhao Shuo's use of troops was nothing more than that. Instead, he believed that Zhao Shuo was a despicable and shameless master of military strategy who would use any means to achieve victory!

Only when the enemy had been mostly killed by bows and arrows and their spirits had collapsed did they engage in close combat with the European knights. The famous European knights had become the Mongol army's living targets, and they had drunk their hatred in many key battles.

The Mongol army's conquest of Western Xia would definitely lead to a confrontation with the Iron Falcons.

Iron Falcons? Sinew and feather armor?

Wasn't this a coincidence?

Zhao Shuo immediately thought of the Mangudai tactics in historical records. He also selected a thousand of his best horsemen to form the Flying Eagle Army, and Hairige conducted about half a year of rigorous training.

Now, it was finally time to reap the rewards!

"This is the power of the Flying Eagle Army? It's really amazing! A thousand Flying Eagle Army soldiers have rendered the three thousand Iron Falcons powerless. Haha!"

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Of course, Zhao Shuo had already secretly reported the situation of the Flying Eagle Army to Temujin. However, knowing was one thing, seeing with one's own eyes was another, and the actual combat effect was another. Seeing how useful the Flying Eagle Army was, Temujin laughed loudly.

Jochi said with a sense of pride, "Zhao Shuo is our Mongol's number one warrior. The soldiers he carefully trains are naturally not simple."

Tolui said with excitement, "The Iron Pagoda of the Jin Dynasty should be similar to the Iron Falcons of Western Xia. Since the Flying Eagle Army can solve the Iron Falcons, we will be sure to win when we attack the Jin Dynasty in the future."

Chagatai, without smiling, shook his head solemnly and said, "You can't say that. The population of the Jin Dynasty is a hundred times ours, and the military strength is ten times ours. Even without the Iron Pagoda, they are still our strong enemy. But..."

Speaking of this, a rare smile finally appeared on his face, and he said, "Having a way to deal with the Jin Dynasty's Iron Pagoda can be considered to have removed a worry."

"I'm afraid it won't be that easy. The Jin Dynasty is vast, who knows where the Iron Pagoda will appear? Will the Flying Eagle Army be able to catch up?" Ogodei said with some concern, "Zhao Shuo bought up all the feathers of the geese and raptors in the hands of the herders, is it for the precious armor on the Flying Eagle Army? How many of these precious armors does he have now? Besides equipping the Flying Eagle Army, are there any left over?"

"There really aren't any left over now."

Jochi was more familiar with the sinew and feather armor and explained carefully, "This precious armor is called sinew and feather armor, and one of the main raw materials is the feathers of geese and raptors. Originally, it was thought that it would be very easy to obtain on the grassland.

But in fact, only eighteen tail feathers of a goose are available, and the amount of feathers required for the sinew and feather armor is too large. Zhao Shuo sent people to search the entire grassland, and only made a thousand sets of sinew and feather armor."

Temujin was in a good mood, waved his hand and said, "That's okay. If there are not enough feathers, we can collect them slowly. We are not attacking the Jin Dynasty immediately anyway, and there is plenty of time."

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While watching the Spring Festival Gala, I coded the third chapter.

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