That is classic! It really does seem like something out of a Monty Python skit. I have to laugh just thinking about how his army must have to wheel him into battle tied on a cart or some such. I think that the T'ien Ch'i in your world now have a new metaphor for bad luck: Cai-shen.
-'That poor sod must have the luck of Cai-shen!'
Ichirou