txolops Chapter 30 Duel of Generals
Chapter 30 Duel of Generals
The Mongol army surrounded Zhongxingfu, but did not launch an attack for a long time.
The Western Xia royal family knew that the Mongols intended to besiege the area without attacking.
The Western Xia royal family would not sit idly by and wait for their doom.
On the second day of the siege, outside the Zhenwu Gate of the Western Xia capital, a Western Xia general went out of the city alone and challenged the Mongol army, demanding that the Mongol generals come out to fight.
This act of challenging an enemy general single-handedly is called "duel between generals," and it has existed since ancient times and is not unusual.
However, the Western Xia is currently besieged, and they are sending generals out to fight each other. Is it because they want to salvage some dignity?
Genghis Khan was also a hero of his time. Seeing how brave the enemy was, he immediately sent his generals to fight and personally went to the front lines to watch the battle.
This Western Xia general was dressed in a set of black armor, rode a black warhorse, and held a black spear in his hand.
He was tall, but his movements were very agile and nimble.
Genghis Khan sent out a general who was also a tall warrior, but he was pierced by the enemy's spear and fell from his horse after only two or three rounds.
Immediately, the Western Xia general casually stabbed and killed the Mongol general.
In the midst of battle, the Mongols had already launched a war of annihilation, yet it was clearly unrealistic to expect the other side to show mercy.
Genghis Khan was furious and immediately dispatched another general.
The second Mongol general fought for several more rounds, but was still defeated and killed.
With two generals killed in succession, Genghis Khan was losing face!
He immediately said, "There are still people willing to fight!"
None of the generals in the audience responded.
Genghis Khan still held the belief that "a great reward will surely bring forth brave men," and he directly declared, "Whoever can capture this man will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of gold and appointed as a commander of ten thousand!"
After the second Mongol general was defeated and killed, the Western Xia general rode his horse toward the Mongol army.
He stepped to the front lines and arrogantly declared, "Mongol barbarians, my Great Xia negotiated peace with you Mongols, yet you launched a surprise attack! You treacherous bastards! Today, I, Wei Ming Xiong Lie, will challenge your Mongol generals one-on-one! Come at me if you dare! I'm not afraid of a tag-team battle!"
Genghis Khan looked at the general beside him and asked, "Weiming Xionglie? Who is this? I've never heard of him before."
The general beside him was also bewildered and replied, "Your Majesty, I do not know either."
Genghis Khan angrily retorted, "If you don't know, then go and investigate!"
"yes!"
The general slunk away.
Seeing that no one in the Mongol army dared to step forward to fight, Wei Ming Xiong Lie shouted loudly, "Temujin, I've heard you're the eagle of the steppe! People from the northern deserts speak of you as something divine! If you can't find anyone to fight me, why don't you step forward yourself! Let me see what Genghis Khan of the Mongols is capable of!"
"Father Khan, let me lead men to capture him." These were Chagatai's first words upon arriving.
Seeing a group of men about to charge forward, Wei Mingxionglie shouted, "Temujin, can't you Mongols send anyone else? You actually want to attack us all at once? How shameless!"
The enemy consists of only Wei Mingxionglie; as long as the army is mobilized, capturing him will be a piece of cake.
But we're in a "battle of generals" now. If we attack as a group, it won't sound good to our reputation.
Genghis Khan's face turned ashen. He was a hero of the grasslands, and in his youth, he had carved out a bloody path with his iron fist.
He has never been afraid of going it alone.
However, he is now quite old. If he were ten years younger, he would probably have to take the stage himself.
Genghis Khan looked at his son Chagatai beside him and said, "Go!"
Chagatai quickly said, "Soldiers, follow me..."
Genghis Khan quickly stopped him: "I told you to go alone!"
Chagatai was taken aback for a moment, then asked, "Father Khan, you want me to fight him one-on-one?"
Genghis Khan glared at him and roared, "The enemy comes to challenge us alone! Does the Mongol Empire not even have the courage to fight? Go! Don't embarrass me!"
If Chagatai were in his early twenties and still full of enthusiasm, he would have gone without hesitation.
However, after holding a high position for a long time, his health deteriorated significantly.
However, Chagatai did not have the courage to resist Genghis Khan's orders.
"drive!"
Chagatai kicked the horse's belly, picked up his scimitar, and stepped forward.
Upon seeing the newcomer, Wei Mingxionglie noticed that his attire and demeanor differed from those of the other generals, and asked, "Who are you?"
Now that he was on the battlefield, Chagatai's confidence rose, and he declared, "I am Chagatai, son of Genghis Khan. You Xia brats, take this!"
Chagatai charged straight in; his martial prowess wasn't outstanding, but it wasn't bad either.
His first move was a direct strike aimed at Yukihiro's face, but unfortunately, it was blocked by the opponent.
Immediately, relying on his superb horsemanship, he circled around to Weiming Xionglie's back, preparing to stab him in the back.
Wei Mingxionglie, wielding his spear, spun around and interrupted Chagatai's attack.
The two men's weapons clashed, and Chagatai's hand went numb from the impact.
"How can this person be so strong!" Chagatai knew he was no match for him after just one exchange.
Wei Mingxionglie exclaimed, "Not bad! I wonder how much of your father Temujin's talent you've inherited!"
Chagatai was beaten so badly he couldn't speak.
In the following rounds, he could only defend passively and was in a very sorry state.
Wei Mingxiong's face, however, was filled with a mocking expression. He suddenly thrust out his spear, and Chagatai, unable to dodge in time, fell off his horse.
Wei Mingxiong quickly turned his horse around, its hooves raised high, and pointed his black spear at Chagatai, ready to thrust it down.
"clang!"
Just then, an arrow flew from a distance.
Wei Mingxiong turned his spear around and, with a spin, blocked the arrow.
In this episode, the opportunity to kill Chagatai was missed.
Chagatai quickly mounted his horse and fled back.
Wei Mingxiong looked up and saw Genghis Khan holding a bow; it was he who had shot that arrow.
Intervening when two sides are fighting is unsportsmanlike, but Chagatai is, after all, Genghis Khan's son!
Genghis Khan couldn't just stand by and watch his son die!
If you lack class, so be it!
Once the city falls, we'll slaughter all the Western Xia people, and then nobody will know about this!
Seeing Genghis Khan's attack, Wei Mingxionglie was neither angry nor sarcastic. Instead, he said, "Truly worthy of being called Genghis Khan! Such archery skills are nothing short of divine!"
It wasn't that Wei Mingxiong wanted to praise Genghis Khan, but at this moment, he was more than 150 paces away from Genghis Khan, and the fact that the other party could hit the target so accurately was truly amazing.
Although Genghis Khan was praised, his complexion worsened.
He ordered in a deep voice: "Pass down the order: whoever can single-handedly kill Wei Mingxionglie will be rewarded with 20,000 taels of gold and command 20,000 cavalry!"
Genghis Khan raised the reward standards again, although it was just doubling the previous reward. But you have to know that the Mongol prince only commanded three 10,000-man units, and Genghis Khan himself only had six 10,000-man units.
To receive this reward is truly a meteoric rise!
However, obtaining this reward is not easy.
Within the Mongol army, everyone was discussing the matter.
With several generals falling one after another, who else can kill this fierce and powerful warrior?
"The Grand Marshal has arrived!"
Suddenly someone in the army shouted, and Guo Liqing was seen riding his little red horse late at night!