Chapter 1101: Luring the Reinforcements

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Sporadic gunfire rang out from time to time; this was because hidden Tusman Infantry soldiers had been discovered.

After giving instructions to Bai Shang and the others, Chang Wei ordered them to return to their respective units.

Just then, a troop of Gun Cavalry suddenly arrived before them.

The leading cavalry commander dismounted, gave a military salute to Chang Wei, and then said, "Great General, we have discovered a large number of Tusman troops west of Atai Mountain in Wumu City. They have approximately 30,000 cavalry and 120,000 infantry, and are heading toward Wumu City."

"No wonder Yadehan did not flee, but instead remained in Wumu City to fight us to the death. So he was waiting for reinforcements to catch us in a pincer attack. It is a pity they miscalculated; we took this place in just a few days, and his reinforcements are now useless." Chang Wei's eyes narrowed.

Atai Mountain is about 200 li from Wumu City, and it takes cavalry only one day to make a round trip.

Thinking of this, he asked, "Has your Gun Cavalry been exposed?"

"No, Great General. They have not yet discovered us and are still marching normally. It is estimated that they will pass through the Atai Mountain Valley by the morning of the day after tomorrow," the cavalry commander said.

"Excellent." Chang Wei nodded.

According to their map, the Antai Mountain Valley is the only way to reach Wumu City.

Kelin had told him the same thing.

If that is the case, they can fully stage an ambush in the Atai Mountain Valley and annihilate this Tusman reinforcement force.

In this way, the death of Yadehan, coupled with the total destruction of the reinforcements, would be enough to shake the Tusman Empire.

By then, when they advance westward, the Tusman Empire will have to respond with all its might.

Thinking of this, he said to Bai Shang and the other two, "Go back and immediately take inventory of your ammunition, then hand all the ammunition over to Bai Shang's First Army."

After a pause, he continued, "Bai Shang, after you receive the ammunition, you must set out immediately and be sure to arrive at the Atai Mountain Valley before the morning of the day after tomorrow."

"Yes, Great General." Bai Shang acknowledged the order.

Their First Army was ranked first in forced marches during the regular military competitions.

Giving this mission to them was clearly the most appropriate choice.

Lv Chang and Huo An also understood this, so they said nothing and simply went back to cooperate.

After the three left, Chang Wei said to Chen Hu, "You are now to lead the Gun Cavalry to Atai Mountain immediately. You may send a small number of cavalry to lure the enemy that day, feigning defeat to draw their cavalry through the valley first, so as to prevent them from running away."

"Yes, Great General," Chen Hu replied.

Although the Great Song army was now fully equipped with Machine Guns, this did not mean that cavalry posed no threat to infantry at all.

If there were a large number of Tusman Cavalry in the valley during the ambush, it would still be somewhat dangerous for the infantry lying in ambush on both sides.

Rather than that, it would be better to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

They would first pretend to be prey, lure them away from the Tusman Infantry, and once they had passed through the valley, they would seal off their retreat and turn back to annihilate them.

Everyone departed.

Before long, Chen Hu's Gun Cavalry set out.

In this siege battle, their Gun Cavalry had basically been watching from the sidelines the whole time and had been very idle.

Now, they could be said to be full of energy.

Under Chen Hu's leadership, they headed rapidly toward Atai Mountain.

And Bai Shang's First Army, after obtaining sufficient ammunition, set out right behind them.

In the afternoon, Kelin also set out for Tongguan.

He and the Northern Di herdsmen were also responsible for the ammunition transport mission this time.

This time, in addition to their horse-drawn carriages, there were also over 30,000 camels captured as spoils of war.

Of the remaining Central Army soldiers, 3,000 went with Kelin to Tongguan to be responsible for protecting the transported supplies.

The rest waited in Wumu City for the arrival of the ammunition resupply.

Once the ammunition was replenished, they would continue their westward expedition.

The next morning.

Chen Hu arrived in the vicinity of Atai Mountain and rendezvoused with Xue Jian and Zhong Fang.

After deliberation, the three formulated a more in-depth plan.

"One of you will lie in ambush on the south side of Atai Mountain, and the other will lie in ambush on the north side. As soon as the Tusman Cavalry passes through the valley, you will immediately close in and wipe them all out," Chen Hu said.

"Yes, General," the two replied.

Chen Hu nodded.

He would personally execute the mission of feigning defeat this time.

Therefore, he said to the other commanders under his command, "During the engagement, you are not permitted to use Horse rifles without my order. First, draw your Cavalry Sabers to engage them in combat, and then feign defeat."

Judging from the information provided by the prisoners in Wumu City this time.

Most people in the Tusman Empire still refused to believe the intelligence related to the Great Song, thinking it was an exaggeration.

Therefore, when they brandished their Cavalry Sabers, the enemy would inevitably lower their guard.

Of course, it was entirely possible to take down this Tusman reinforcement force by force.

But that would inevitably result in more casualties, and more of the enemy would escape.

In order to achieve a better result, they chose to go to a little more trouble.

After giving these instructions, Chen Hu ordered his soldiers to rest and quietly wait for the arrival of the Tusman army.

The next morning, the soldiers of the Central Army First Army led by Bai Shang arrived.

Upon entering the valley, Bai Shang immediately ordered the soldiers to lie in ambush in the woods on both sides of the valley.

To carry out this ambush, they had traveled light the whole way, carrying no Artillery, only Qin-series Rifles and Hand Grenades.

However, for Bai Shang, this was more than enough to deal with the Tusman army, not to mention that Chen Hu's Gun Cavalry were all here to provide backup.

With everything prepared, Chen Hu led the Gun Cavalry westward.

Contrary to their expectations, they had clearly overestimated the marching speed of the Tusman army.

It was not until noon that the Tusman Cavalry arrived late, reaching the valley entrance on the west side.

At this moment, Chen Hu appeared right in front of the Tusman army according to the plan, as if they had suddenly encountered each other.

Seeing the Great Song Cavalry suddenly appear, the Tusman army stopped immediately.

After observing for a while, they discovered that Chen Hu only had over twenty thousand cavalry under his command, so the Tusman Cavalry marching on both sides of the infantry immediately rushed forward to form a battle line in front of the infantry.

"Draw sabers."

Just at this moment, Chen Hu gave the order, simultaneously drawing his Cavalry Saber and raising it high.

The other Gun Cavalry also drew their Cavalry Sabers one after another, holding them high.

A silver-bright expanse of Cavalry Sabers, under the illumination of the sunlight, emitted glints of golden light.

"Immediately crush this Great Song Cavalry; they are surely here to stop us from reaching Wumu City, and Grand Duke Yadehan is very likely under attack right now," a Tusman general shouted loudly when the Gun Cavalry drew their Cavalry Sabers.

After receiving the request for help from Yadehan, he had received orders to head to Wumu City.

Originally, he did not believe that the Great Song army would dare to attack Wumu City.

Now, although he found it unbelievable, seeing was believing after all.

Therefore, upon seeing the Great Song Cavalry draw their Cavalry Sabers, taking a stance as if to block them here, he immediately made this judgment.

At the same time, upon seeing the Great Song Cavalry draw their Cavalry Sabers, he did not detect anything unusual and was still very confident that he could defeat this Great Song Cavalry.

Under his command, the Tusman Cavalry quickly assembled.

Before long, the Tusman Warhorses neighed and launched an attack toward Chen Hu.

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