Chapter 1080: Besiegement

The Grassland.

The Central Army was in the midst of intensive mobilization.

Chen Hu and his party appeared in the vicinity of the Beidi Khan Court.

"General, the Beidi Khan Court has not relocated, and the forces of the other royal tents are all gathering toward the Khan Court." After returning, a cavalry squad responsible for reconnaissance reported the situation to Chen Hu.

Upon hearing this, Chen Hu exchanged a glance with Zhong Fang and sneered, "The Beidi are planning to fight us at the Khan Court."

"That explains why the other royal tents suddenly migrated toward the Khan Court," said Zhong Fang.

Logically, the Beidi royal tents existed to protect the Khan Court.

What they were supposed to do was engage the Dasong Gun Cavalry like the Silver Moon Royal Tent, or lead the Gun Cavalry in circles across the Grassland like the Blood Wolf Royal Tent.

Suddenly, they stopped entangling with the Gun Cavalry and instead headed toward the Khan Court; this was naturally very strange.

It was likely just as Chen Hu had judged.

"Moreover, they have dug vast trenches around the Khan Court, installed Artillery, and we were fired upon by their rifled muskets," the cavalry commander responsible for reconnaissance continued.

As he spoke, he opened his palm to reveal a conical lead bullet; although the craftsmanship was rougher than the conical bullets Dasong used to have, it was indeed a conical bullet used by rifled muskets.

In these days, chasing the Beidi north and south had made the Gun Cavalry very confident; they were no longer afraid of the Beidi cavalry, but had instead established a psychological advantage.

And this also made the actions of the Gun Cavalry much bolder than before.

The cavalry responsible for reconnaissance, in order to clearly understand the intelligence of the Beidi Khan Court, had once approached within about three hundred meters of the Beidi trench fortifications.

It could be called very bold.

It was precisely for this reason that they suffered the enemy's attack.

However, because of this, their understanding of the Beidi's deployment became much deeper.

Clearly, the current Beidi army was equipped with a large number of rifled muskets.

"The range and power of the horse rifle do not have much advantage in front of the rifled musket. If we attack rashly, even if we could win, I fear we would suffer heavy losses." Zhong Fang clenched his fists and looked at Chen Hu.

He was very annoyed; they had originally wanted to take the Beidi Khan Court relying solely on the strength of the Gun Cavalry.

Although this was the wish of their Gun Cavalry from top to bottom, there was no need to throw away the soldiers' lives for it.

At present, the Dasong army was already a mature army, and no general would ignore the casualties of the army for the sake of personal merit.

"We can only request the Army to cooperate," Chen Hu said with a calm expression.

Although he, like Zhong Fang, felt some frustration, the war in the Southern Region was not fought independently by the Army and the Navy, but was the result of the two forces cooperating with each other.

From now on, in Dasong's foreign wars, the situations where various armies cooperate with each other would become more and more frequent.

The entire Dasong army was a whole, not independent individuals.

Thinking of this, he felt relieved in his heart.

So he said to Zhong Fang again, "Fighting a hard-target battle is not what our cavalry is good at, so we will clear the way for the Army and control the other areas of the Grassland outside the Beidi Khan Court to wait for the arrival of the Army."

After a pause, he continued, "Now you send someone back to Tongguan to report the situation to the Defense Department."

"Yes, General." Zhong Fang responded.

Although they had a headache over the Beidi's trenches, for the Gun Cavalry, the Grassland was like water to fish.

With their strength, the current Grassland was nothing but the private domain of the Gun Cavalry and a forbidden zone for the Beidi cavalry.

Under their protection, the Dasong army could march safely on the Grassland.

Before long, Zhong Fang's men headed south.

For the next three days, they continued to linger around the Khan Court, monitoring every move of the Beidi.

On the fourth day, the Gun Cavalry led by Xue Jian also returned from the west and gathered with Chen Hu and Zhong Fang.

Seeing Chen Hu, Xue Jian immediately reported his battle situation from the west to Chen Hu.

"Tusman Cavalry?" Upon learning that Xue Jian had encountered Tusman Cavalry, Chen Hu frowned tightly.

Previously, they had only received intelligence that under the conspiracy of the Ross nation and Britain, the Beidi had ceded the Tianshan region to the Tusman Empire.

Now that Xue Jian and his party had encountered Tusman Cavalry and even fought a battle, this matter was confirmed.

"Let's not worry about them for now; let's finish off the Beidi first, then we will go and finish them off. Any stray cat or dog wants to come up and take a bite out of our Dasong, without even weighing their own worth," Chen Hu snorted angrily.

"That's right, when the time comes, not only will we make them spit out the Tianshan territory, but we will also tear them limb from limb," Xue Jian echoed, "Dasong is prosperous today, so we should revive the legacy of the Wu Dynasty."

More than a thousand years ago, the Central Plains dynasty also had an incomparably glorious period.

At that time, the Grassland under their feet and even the vast areas west of Tianshan were all territories of the Wu Dynasty.

Since then, no successive Central Plains dynasty had been able to reproduce the civil and military achievements of the Wu Dynasty, merely shrinking into the hinterland of the Central Plains.

And now, after their sinking, Dasong finally soared into the sky under the Emperor Zhao Xu.

Every general knew in their heart that an era even greater than the Wu Dynasty was coming.

This was the high-light era belonging to Dasong, and also the high-light era belonging to every general.

If not now, when should they build their careers and leave their names in history?

"Well said." Zhong Fang felt a surge of hot blood.

The three looked at each other and all laughed.

For the next few days, the three besieged the Khan Court from three directions while patrolling the Grassland.

Relying on the cattle and sheep they intercepted, they were quite leisurely and carefree.

On the seventh day, the cavalry they sent out returned, bringing intelligence from Tongguan.

"The Central Army has already gathered at Tongguan, and General-in-Chief Chang Wei will personally lead the expedition; they should have already set off by now," the cavalryman said to Chen Hu.

Chen Hu nodded, "With the General-in-Chief arriving in person, and leading the Central Army, the Beidi can only wait for death."

After saying this, he said to Xue Jian and Zhong Fang, "Have your cavalry strengthen patrols to prevent any Beidi cavalry from sneaking into the south and causing obstacles to the supply lines."

He said "obstacles" and not "threats," because he did not believe the Beidi cavalry could still cause any harm to the Dasong army, even if they were infantry.

Not to mention that the Central Army also had its own cavalry.

However, since the Grassland is now the territory of their Western Regions Protectorate, if the Central Army were to be attacked, it would be a slap in the face to their Western Regions Protectorate.

What face would he have left to govern the Western Regions Protectorate in the future?

"Rest assured, General, this subordinate will not let a single fly slip in," Xue Jian and Zhong Fang said in unison.

Having said that, the two turned and left to return to their respective armies to deploy their tasks.

Chen Hu watched them leave, cast his gaze toward the location of the Beidi Khan Court, and fell into deep thought.

For the past few days, he had been pondering one thing, which was that the Western Regions Protectorate should also establish an Army with limited numbers.

Otherwise, facing this situation would be a bit troublesome.

Taking advantage of the fact that General Chang Wei is leading the troops on a personal expedition, he wants to provide feedback on this matter.

Otherwise, when facing the Tusman Empire next, he fears they will face a similar situation.

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