Chapter 1102: Slaughter

"Kill!"

As dust billowed and the Tusman Cavalry charged over, Chen Hu likewise let out a loud shout.

Under Chen Hu's command, the Gun Cavalry also charged toward the Tusman Cavalry.

The cavalry of both sides rapidly closed the distance, engaging in battle on the Grassland to the west of the valley entrance.

Following the established tactics, the Gun Cavalry charged forward, merely brandishing their Cavalry Sabers to exchange blows with the Tusman Cavalry for a while, before immediately feigning defeat and fleeing while reining in their horses.

Seeing this, the Tusman Cavalry pursued relentlessly.

They had no suspicions whatsoever regarding the rout of the Dasong cavalry.

Because the Tusman Cavalry were all wearing light armor, while the Dasong cavalry were all dressed in thin military uniforms.

Clearly, the Dasong cavalry were at a disadvantage in fighting them, so it was only natural for the Dasong cavalry to be defeated and retreat.

"Pursue!"

As more and more Dasong cavalry turned and headed east, the Tusman Cavalry commanders issued orders one after another.

With their confidence greatly boosted, the Tusman Cavalry were all in high spirits, howling as they gave chase.

Seeing the Tusman Cavalry take the bait, Chen Hu gave a cold, grim smile and immediately followed the cavalry eastward.

The Tusman Cavalry pursued them relentlessly from behind.

On one hand, they wanted to seize the opportunity to annihilate this group of Dasong cavalry, and on the other, they were anxious to rush to Wumu City to provide support.

After all, since Dasong cavalry had appeared here, it was highly likely that Wumu City had come under attack by the Dasong army.

"This is what they call 'in war, there is no deceit too great'."

As the numerous cavalry passed through the valley floor, Bai Shang, who was lying in ambush in the woods of the valley, could not help but chuckle.

At this moment, he felt a sense of relief in his heart.

Without the Tusman Cavalry, they would easily annihilate the Tusman Infantry that would arrive shortly.

"Prepare for battle!" Putting away his laughter, Bai Shang said another sentence, while simultaneously having the messenger relay his orders.

Then, he watched the west of the valley like a tiger stalking its prey.

Half an hour after the Tusman Cavalry had all passed through, the Tusman Infantry arrived slowly.

However, Bai Shang did not immediately order an attack, but waited until the tail end of the Tusman Infantry had fully entered the ambush circle before issuing the command.

"Fire!"

At the order, the Central Army soldiers lying in ambush in the woods opened fire instantly.

The Atai Mountain Valley was neither narrow nor wide.

The passage between the woods on both sides was only about one li wide.

The Tusman soldiers in the valley were completely within the firing range of the ambushing troops on both sides.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

"Da, da, da..."

Qin-series rifles and machine guns simultaneously spat out bullets, flying toward the Tusman soldiers in the valley.

The dense rain of bullets caused the Tusman soldiers to fall in swathes, like wheat being harvested.

"Ambush, there's an ambush!"

Suddenly attacked, the Tusman soldiers were thrown into a panic, and many Tusman cavalrymen began to shout.

Yet their warnings appeared completely useless in the face of the Dasong army's overwhelming firepower.

Many Tusman soldiers were shot dead before they could even react.

Even those who did react still did not know how to counterattack.

Because the enemy was simply out of range of their flintlocks.

The Tusman artillerymen did think of finding a suitable place to set up field artillery to bombard the woods on both sides.

But as soon as these artillerymen made a move, they were attacked, and the artillerymen fell one by one.

As it turned out, Bai Shang had arranged sharpshooters on the high ground of the valley.

These sharpshooters were specifically responsible for picking off the commanders and artillerymen in the Tusman army.

Even the only artillerymen capable of counterattacking were unable to carry out their actions.

With commanders being shot dead one after another amidst the chaos, the Tusman soldiers became increasingly disorganized.

They bumped into each other in the valley like headless flies.

"Charge into the woods, you cowards!" Seeing the main army fall into chaos, Grand Duke Obuli, who was commanding the relief army, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

But no matter how he urged them, his commanders and soldiers acted as if they were deaf, completely failing to execute his orders.

Because to them, the flashes of fire in the woods were the call of the Grim Reaper.

And the soldiers on the outer edges suffered even more grievous casualties.

Charging into the woods was undoubtedly suicide.

"Bastards, I will kill you cowardly bastards..." Obuli continued to shout.

But his words came to an abrupt end; his body slowly tilted from the horse's back and fell heavily to the ground.

On his forehead, a red blood hole continuously gushed blood.

Even in death, he had never imagined that he, one of the Tusman Eight Grand Dukes, would be killed during a support mission.

Once Obuli died, the entire Tusman army fell into even greater chaos.

Not a single commander or soldier thought about annihilating the ambushing Dasong army.

They knew clearly that they were simply incapable of doing so.

The speed at which the Dasong army's firearms harvested lives was astonishing.

In just a short amount of time, they had suffered over thirty thousand casualties, and this number was still rising rapidly.

At the same time.

Having already passed through the valley and pursued for over ten li, the Tusman Cavalry realized something was wrong when the sound of gunfire came from the valley.

But by the time they wanted to turn back, it was already too late.

Seeing the Tusman Cavalry turn around, the Gun Cavalry who were still "fleeing" in front immediately turned their horses around.

They hung their Cavalry Sabers on the horses' bellies and picked up their horse rifles, which had been wrapped in green grass.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..."

The turning Tusman Cavalry exposed their backs to the sight of the Gun Cavalry, making them targets for the Gun Cavalry.

The Tusman Cavalry clearly had not expected the Dasong Cavalry to be playing the pig to eat the tiger.

One by one, the cavalrymen were shot dead; the other soldiers were stunned at first, then reacted and turned back to charge at the Dasong Cavalry again.

But wearing light Armor, they were fragile in the face of the horse rifles.

The Metal Bullets easily penetrated their light Armor and shot into their bodies.

Amidst bursts of gunfire, the Tusman Cavalry kept falling on the road of their charge.

What made them even more desperate was that, at some unknown time, two groups of Dasong Cavalry had come from their north and south sides, forming a pincer movement against them.

Because the Dasong Cavalry wore no Armor, their speed was very fast.

Before they had entered the valley, the Dasong Cavalry had already completed their encirclement.

The Tusman Cavalry in the encirclement were attacked from all directions; like peeling an onion, the outer cavalrymen kept dying, and their numbers became fewer and fewer.

And what made them desperate was that they were completely unable to counter the counterattack of the Dasong Gun Cavalry.

They could only watch helplessly and wait for death.

Two hours later, the Grassland was left with a field of Tusman Cavalry corpses.

The Gun Cavalry were already twice the number of the enemy, and their combat strength was far more formidable.

The result of the battle was destined to be a one-sided massacre.

Having dealt with the Tusman Cavalry, Chen Hu led his troops toward the valley.

When they arrived at the valley, they discovered that the battle here had also ended.

The entire valley was filled with the corpses of Tusman soldiers.

The Central Army soldiers had already come out of the woods and were detaining the captured Tusman soldiers.

Clearly, the battle here had been just as easy as theirs.

"Immediately report the battle situation here to the General-in-Chief," Chen Hu said to the officer beside him.

Having cleaned up the Tusman reinforcements, the fighting at Tianshan came to an end.

The next stage would be to advance into Zhongtu.

Their Western Regions Protectorate would expand its protectorate range to a very distant place.

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