Chapter 1078: Orders

"Does Your Highness believe Wulanba will combine the strength of the entire tribe to stop our Great Song from continuing to advance into the Extreme North?" Chang Wei flipped through the document and frowned slightly.

"This possibility cannot be ruled out. Do not forget, Wulanba has already submitted to the Ross nation; he is no longer the Beidi that acted solely according to his own will in the past," Zhao Xu said indifferently.

Chang Wei nodded, unable to help but shake his head, "In that case, we are actually already at war with the Ross nation."

"That is exactly what it means." Zhao Xu looked toward the North, "Before receiving this news, I believed that in the face of Chen Hu's encirclement and suppression, the Beidi would inevitably choose to retreat north and would not clash head-on with Chen Hu's Gun Cavalry. But the situation is different now, so you must order the Central Army to prepare immediately to support Chen Hu at any time."

In truth, he believed Chen Hu's Gun Cavalry alone could resolve the Beidi.

After all, the Beidi were truly at the end of their rope now.

The destruction of the Silver Moon Royal Tent and the Black Iron Royal Tent was proof of this.

When the Gun Cavalry attacked these two royal tents, neither could even field twenty thousand cavalrymen.

Even those they did field were a bunch of the old, weak, sick, and disabled, urgently replenished during this period.

Even if they gathered all their forces, it would certainly not exceed two hundred thousand, and the quality of the soldiers was worrying.

It was just that the Gun Cavalry were skilled at dealing with cavalry.

If Wulanba engaged in positional warfare, the Gun Cavalry would find it a bit troublesome, as they lacked heavy weapons.

This was also the reason he had Chang Wei prepare.

"Your Majesty, this time let this humble general lead the expedition personally and sweep across the Beidi Khan Court!" Hearing Zhao Xu say to have the Central Army prepare, Chang Wei's eyes suddenly lit up.

Striking north against the Beidi and trampling the Khan Court was his lifelong aspiration.

Seeing Chang Wei's eager expression, Zhao Xu could not help but smile, "Good, I shall grant your request. Actually, I also wanted to lead the expedition myself, but for me, power generation at the Thermal Power Plant is more important than the Beidi."

No matter how determined or crazy the Ross nation and the Beidi appeared in the North, to him, it was nothing more than a mantis trying to block a chariot.

He believed that the Ross Emperor Nikolai would certainly realize this as well.

Yet, under such circumstances, he could not do nothing.

The only way was to rely on the Beidi and the Far East armies to continue fighting to the death with the Great Song, delaying the pace of the Great Song army's northward advance.

He knew very well that if the Ross nation did nothing in the Far East, the territories they had spent over a hundred years invading would all be wedding clothes made for others.

Resistance might fail, but at least it could buy him some time to prepare a response should the situation develop in a worse direction.

"Many thanks, Your Majesty." Chang Wei was overjoyed, his entire being suddenly invigorated.

"Remember to make this battle a beautiful one," Zhao Xu added a reminder.

Just as he had said to Chang Wei, he had originally wanted to lead the expedition himself.

But the construction progress of the Power Plant had proceeded exceptionally smoothly after the start of spring, and Li Wei had sworn that the construction period might be shortened by a month.

That is to say, in another twenty-plus days, the Great Song's first Thermal Power Plant would be able to officially generate electricity.

This time was clearly not enough for him to go out on a campaign.

Therefore, he decided to stay in Yancheng, waiting only for this historical event to arrive.

Responding with another "Yes," Chang Wei left happily.

Not long after, Zhao Xu also left Wuji Palace.

With Li Wei watching over the Thermal Power Plant, he had been focusing these days on the Weaponry Bureau and the Workshop District, having them complete the final preparations before power supply.

Once Yancheng was electrified, the workshops within the Weaponry Bureau and the Workshop District would have to transition from steam power to electrical energy.

As for the previous steam equipment, it would be transferred to remote western cities like Qinzhou and Yongzhou to improve local productivity levels.

In the future, once Thermal Power Plants were established in those places one after another, these steam devices would then be sold to the vassal states.

Valley...

The Grassland.

While Zhao Xu was ordering the Central Army to prepare for war, the cavalry led by Chen Hu was searching for the location of the Blood Wolf Royal Tent.

Ordering the cavalry to halt, Chen Hu looked at the remnants of the campfire, his brows slightly furrowed.

When he arrived at the location previously scouted, the Blood Wolf Royal Tent had already migrated in its entirety.

This was about what he had expected; beating the grass would inevitably startle the snake, which was unavoidable.

Afterward, they followed the clues for a long time and discovered that the Blood Wolf Royal Tent had initially fled westward.

But then it suddenly turned back, headed north, and then headed east, deliberately leading them in circles.

Regarding this, Chen Hu was also somewhat annoyed.

Although they had detailed maps of the Grassland, no matter what, the Beidi understood the Grassland better than they did.

However, the Beidi cavalry were ultimately a notch inferior to them on horseback, and their horses' stamina was gradually failing.

The campfire they left behind this time was still warm, indicating that the distance between them and the Blood Wolf Royal Tent cavalry had shrunk from three days previously to likely less than one day now.

Thinking of this, he ordered the pursuit to continue.

After searching for another two days, Chen Hu suddenly discovered that the Blood Wolf Royal Tent was heading straight north.

That direction seemed to be exactly the direction of the Khan Court.

After pursuing north for another half day, a large number of Blood Wolf Royal Tent herdsmen and cattle and sheep suddenly appeared before them.

Seeing them, these herdsmen were panic-stricken, driving the cattle and sheep continuously toward the north.

But not a single Beidi cavalryman came out to meet them in battle.

It seemed the Beidi cavalry had abandoned these Beidi herdsmen.

"Capture them all," Chen Hu ordered.

They needed to rescue the Great Song people caught among them, and also capture these Beidi people to make them assets of the Great Song.

Without the protection of the Beidi cavalry, the Beidi herdsmen naturally had no ability to resist the Great Song cavalry, just like cattle and sheep.

After a small-scale battle, killing some of the resisting Beidi, Chen Hu took control of the Blood Wolf Royal Tent.

"General, the captives say their Great King received an order from the Khan Court, so they abandoned them and headed for the Khan Court," a cavalry Captain stepped forward to report as the fighting ceased.

"An order from the Khan Court?" Chen Hu looked toward the North, lost in thought.

In his view, Wulanba spared no effort to abandon his own herdsmen and recall the Cavalry for only one purpose: to preserve his military strength.

"General Xue is here." Just as he was thinking this, a Cavalryman suddenly arrived before him and pointed toward the southeast.

Chen Hu looked over and saw a dark mass of Cavalry approaching their position; it was precisely the Gun Cavalry commanded by Xue Jian.

Before long, the two armies converged, and Xue Jian arrived before Chen Hu.

"General, the Black Iron Royal Tent has been taken by this subordinate. The remaining Cavalry fled to the north. When I headed toward the location of the Copper Bull Royal Tent, I discovered that the Copper Bull Royal Tent had migrated in the direction of the Beidi Khan Court. I did not expect to encounter the General here," Xue Jian said.

Chen Hu nodded; both his and Xue Jian's paths were directed toward the Beidi Khan Court, so it was not strange for them to meet again.

Therefore, he said, "Since that is the case, we shall head straight for the Beidi Khan Court to investigate and see what exactly has happened."

Having said this, he tightened the reins and headed north.

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