Chapter 472: The Determination of the Northern Di

Latest website: "Great Khan, please allow me to lead two hundred thousand troops to the Ningjin Dusi and slaughter the Yan Wang's forces to the last man!"

Tiemuta stood up, grinding his teeth.

The Yan Wang had rescued the Emperor of Great Song from Xian City, causing their scheme to incite internal chaos in Great Song to fail completely.

Now, he had sent troops deep into the heart of the Ningjin Dusi to raid their cities.

According to the cavalry, the Curved Blade Royal Tent had not only had a county town captured by the Yan Wang's forces, with countless cattle and sheep lost, but their iron mine and horse farm had also been attacked.

More importantly, this force of the Yan Wang that had penetrated deep into the Ningjin Dusi was elusive, just like the cavalry attacking the Black Iron Royal Tent, leaving no trace to be found.

By the time the Curved Blade Royal Tent's cavalry arrived, the next day they would appear in a different place.

They had even once wandered near Jin City.

Although the number of the Yan Wang's troops was small, just like the usual Autumn Hunt in Yanzhou, the destruction was immense.

The Curved Blade Royal Tent could be said to have suffered heavy losses.

Meanwhile, the Copper Bull Royal Tent had already retreated to defend Ning City, and although the Yan Wang's forces were advancing slowly, they were still constantly closing in on Ning City.

Because the Curved Blade Royal Tent was suffering from the Yan Wang's harassment, it could not provide support to the Copper Bull Royal Tent.

Although he believed Lamu could handle the current situation.

To him, the Yan Wang was an unfathomable person who always took unconventional paths.

If Lamu were to be deceived, the Ningjin Dusi would be in danger.

Especially Jin City, where the Northern Di's current Artillery Workshop was located.

Besides that, many of the Northern Di's armor, swords, and blades were now also manufactured in Jin City.

After all, Jin City was very close to the Anxiantiekuang.

Now that there was already a problem with the Anxiantiekuang, if Jin City also had problems, their southward expedition this time would result in more losses than gains.

Mule Hongzhen did not speak, only frowning in deep thought.

At this moment, another troop of cavalry arrived outside the camp.

A cavalryman entered the Khan Tent,

knelt on one knee, and said, "Great Khan, the Ross people from the Extreme North are provoking us again, claiming we captured their Missionary and demanding we hand them over, otherwise they will launch a war."

The Northern Di generals in the Khan Tent all revealed grave expressions upon hearing this.

The army of these Ross people was in no way inferior to the Yan Wang's forces.

Moreover, the Cossack cavalry under their command were as fierce as the Northern Di cavalry.

If it were not for the fact that the capital of the Ross state was ten thousand miles away from them.

He feared this Ross state would become an even more troublesome enemy than the Yan Wang.

However, even though the Ross state currently only had seven or eight thousand troops near Yasak City in the Northern Di's Extreme North.

Relying on the city for defense and frequently harassing the small tribes that had submitted to the Northern Di still gave them a headache.

"Tiemuta, I need you to go see the Emperor of Great Song once more." Mule Hongzhen's eyes were sinister, as if he had made a decision.

Then he beckoned Tiemuta to come over and whispered some words into his ear.

Tiemuta nodded repeatedly, "Great Khan is wise. We should concentrate all our energy on dealing with the Yan Wang. This war has once again proven that as long as the Yan Wang is dead, Great Song will not be a match for our Northern Di."

Mule Hongzhen nodded lightly; although he was unwilling, he had to admit one fact.

The plan for this southward expedition had failed.

Although they had been like a hot knife through butter in the west, dealing the Northern Expeditionary Army a crushing defeat, they had suffered a great loss in the east.

Combining the two, their victory or defeat against Great Song this time was a toss-up.

And the one who caused all of this was that damned Yan Wang.

For now, breaking into Wuguan and destroying Great Song could not be achieved in the short term.

He had to return to reinforce the Ningjin Dusi and also rescue Wulanba.

Furthermore, the situation in the Extreme North had flared up again, tying his hands and feet.

Because of all these things, he could only temporarily change his strategy toward Great Song.

When besieging Xian City, the Emperor of Great Song had sent people to negotiate peace with him several times.

This allowed him to see the cowardly personality of the Emperor of Great Song clearly.

Since Great Song wanted to negotiate peace, they would negotiate peace.

Just like the conditions the Emperor of Great Song proposed for the third time: ceding Qinzhou and Yongzhou, an annual tribute of five million taels, and some other conditions.

However, in this peace negotiation, he would not include the Yan Wang.

He and the Yan Wang would fight to the death.

"Order the forces of Xiliang and Ma Jin to continue besieging Xian City, have one Royal Tent rush to support the Ningjin Dusi, and the remaining main force will immediately head south to Wuguan," Mule Hongzhen said loudly.

He knew that since the Emperor of Great Song had escaped danger, he would certainly no longer be as humble as he was at Xian City.

Therefore, he wanted to make Zhao Heng fearful again, forcing the Emperor of Great Song to accept the peace conditions.

If the Yan Wang wanted to take the Ningjin Dusi, he would take Wuguan.

Adding another Royal Tent to the Ningjin Dusi should be enough to deal with the Yan Wang.

Although the Yan Wang's Infantry were fierce, his cavalry was a weakness.

With a lone army deep in the Ningjin Dusi, three Royal Tents and one hundred and fifty thousand cavalry would make the Yan Wang retreat in the face of difficulties.

And his attack on Wuguan would make the Emperor Zhao Heng lose sleep.

Wuguan was the final pass for the Northern Di to enter the Central Plains.

Once this was broken, he, Zhao Heng, could forget about living comfortably as an emperor in Jinling.

Of course, he did not truly intend to take Wuguan; he knew well that it was impossible to take it in a day or two.

But when attacking, he would have the Northern Di forces exert their full strength to put pressure on Great Song.

If he remembered correctly, Wuguan was within the sphere of influence of the Dou Family, one of the Eight Great Clans of Da Song.

At that time, the Dou Family would also exert pressure on Zhao Heng.

Thinking of this, he sneered, "Yan Wang, this move of yours was well played, but you have successfully angered me; now, I acknowledge that you are qualified to be my opponent."

Looking toward the direction of Yanzhou, a frost seemed to condense in the depths of his eyes, "Next, you will endure my endless fury; all who have been my opponents have died, and your fate will be the same as theirs."

Tiemuta was just preparing to leave when he suddenly noticed his father's deep and terrifying gaze.

This made him recall a battle from the Northern Di's western expedition fifteen years ago.

At that time, there was a small country in the Western Regions called Shuangyue.

The king of the small country, Wu, refused to submit to the Northern Di and led the Shuangyue army to defeat the Northern Di's offensives several times.

The Wu of that time was just as high-spirited as Yan Wang is now.

After losing nearly an entire royal tent's worth of troops, his father's gaze had been just as it was today.

Later, his father married off his youngest sister, known as the Flower of the Grassland and the number one Beauty of the Grassland, to a wealthy merchant over fifty years old in the Wu Kingdom.

They worked from the inside and out to destroy the Wu Kingdom.

Thinking of this, he looked toward a skull in the corner.

That was made from the head of Wu, and it was now his father's chamber pot.

"Great Khan, I shall go now." Tiemuta bowed and turned to leave.

It was clear that his father was recalling the pain of the setbacks encountered during the Wu Kingdom campaign.

Because of that incident, his aunt never spoke another word to his father again.

And after conquering the Wu Kingdom, his father killed that merchant, even though his aunt was already pregnant at the time.

"Yan Wang, to make Great Khan temporarily change his strategy of moving south to focus entirely on dealing with you, you can be considered to have some ability, but your head is not worthy of being Great Khan's chamber pot; when the time comes, I will request that Great Khan let me use it as my chamber pot." Tiemuta sneered repeatedly.

He knew deeply that this time, his Great Khan was serious.

Previously, to the Northern Di, Yan Wang was merely a freak of Da Song.

This time, they truly realized that Yan Wang was dangerous.

From now on, they would spare no means to eradicate him.