Chapter 966: Yin Mountain

"What is this?"

"I've never seen it before; His Highness Yan Wang looks just like he's flying while sitting on it."

"It must be a new gadget produced by the Workshop. Inquire about it immediately; business is coming."

"..."

Zhao Xu rode the Bicycle, speeding along the cement roads of Yancheng.

The flat road allowed the wheels of the Bicycle to move without the slightest sense of resistance.

When Zhao Xu appeared on the street, he immediately became the focus of everyone's gaze.

On the street, the crowd discussed it animatedly, wearing expressions of astonishment.

The children were even more delighted, jumping and hopping, clamoring for their parents to buy one for them.

The merchants, meanwhile, caught the scent of a business opportunity; the shrewd ones immediately sent people to inquire.

Zhao Xu did not stop to explain, heading straight back to the Prince's Mansion.

Because tomorrow, he would have the Newspaper publish an introduction to the Bicycle.

It would also serve as a pre-launch promotion for the new product.

Upon arriving at the Prince's Mansion, the Bicycle naturally caused another sensation.

Zhao Xu deliberately rode it to show off in front of Yang Susu, making Yang Susu feel so excited that she clamored to learn.

And so, for the duration of the afternoon, Zhao Xu became a Bicycle instructor.

After teaching Yang Susu, he incidentally taught Feng'er and Luan'er as well.

Yang Susu came from a military family and was soft on the outside but firm on the inside; Feng'er had a fiery temperament, and both of them mastered it very quickly.

Luan'er was timid and learned very slowly.

However, the teaching process was not dull; Zhao Xu took the opportunity to play quite a few tricks, provoking endless coquettish scolding from the three of them.

By evening, a north wind suddenly howled, dark clouds gathered, and after a while, goose-feather snowflakes began to fall, and the temperature dropped sharply by several degrees.

Watching the snowflakes dancing like wild dragons in the wind, Zhao Xu frowned slightly.

At this rate, it was a certainty that certain sections of the Jin River would freeze over this year.

And this indeed provided the Northern Di with the best opportunity for an offensive.

Yin Mountain.

This place was only a little over six hundred kilometers away from Yancheng.

At this moment, it was already covered in thick layers of snow, to the point where it blended in with the white of the Northern Di encampments.

Viewed from afar, one could not even detect the existence of the tents.

"This is the heavens helping us Northern Di as well." In front of a large tent in the center, Mule Hongzhen let the snowflakes fall upon him, his eyes filled with joy.

Ashuer stood by his side, his gaze fixed toward the direction of the Jin River, a cruel smile playing on the corners of his mouth.

This time, according to the Coalition's unified plan, they were to launch their offensive in unison on the sixteenth.

But due to the poor transmission of information, they could not communicate with the Western Lands Allied Forces in time.

Afterward, they would fight independently according to their own plan.

However, he firmly believed one thing: the war in the south must have already begun.

Thus, they only needed to focus on the war in the North Territory.

"That's right. If it can stay cold for ten days or half a month, the Jin River will freeze into a thick layer of ice, and the army moving south will no longer be a problem," Ashuer said. "This time, we must fight our way to Yancheng and tear Yan Wang to pieces."

Mule Hongzhen nodded and glanced at Ashuer's empty trouser leg. "The Song People are only fit to be slaves to us Northern Di. That dog king, Yan Wang, broke one of your legs; when we capture him, I will surely peel his skin off and then tear him limb from limb to avenge you!"

For this encirclement, he had personally led the campaign again, bringing ten Northern Di royal tents.

Ashuer had also supplemented this with his own four royal tents and had conscripted a batch of serf soldiers.

It was these serf soldiers who were making a show of force at Songyang Pass.

He had also drawn a batch of Northern Di herdsmen from various royal tents.

These Northern Di herdsmen, including old men and women, were feigning attacks in the directions of Ningjin Dusi and Xiao Pass, respectively, to disguise themselves as Northern Di royal tents.

In reality, he and Ashuer had concentrated all their heavy forces at Yin Mountain, opposite the Hetao Plain.

They were prepared to concentrate an absolute superiority of forces to tear open a gap in the northern part of Great Song.

Only once this gap was opened would the northern part of Great Song fall into complete chaos.

To deal with them, Yan Wang would be forced to divert forces from the south to provide reinforcements.

By then, the West Earth Alliance could take the opportunity to invade the south of Great Song with the armies of Jiaozhi, Piaoman, and other nations.

Afterward, they would cross the Jiujiang to launch a pincer attack from the north and south, ultimately annihilating Yan Wang completely.

According to the agreement, after occupying Great Song, they would divide the rule between north and south along the Jiujiang.

Although the Northern Di's dream had once been to occupy the entirety of Great Song.

But given the current situation, they would be satisfied even if they could only occupy the north.

"Many thanks, Brother. This time, we will surely be able to do it." Ashuer gripped Mule Hongzhen's hand, his eyes bloodshot. "Just wait a few more days, just a few more days, and my Northern Di Iron Cavalry will be able to cross the river and head south!"

Mule Hongzhen nodded solemnly.

He had already issued a death order: in this battle, the entire Northern Di army was only permitted to advance, never to retreat.

At the same time, he divided the soldiers into squads of thirty.

In every squad, if even one person fled, the entire squad would be executed.

This forced the soldiers in the squad to supervise one another.

To avoid being executed themselves, as long as someone in the squad fled, the other soldiers would immediately kill the deserter.

As the two were speaking, a Ross officer walked over.

He was none other than Niegofu, the Colonel commanding the Ross army this time.

Thirty thousand Ross troops were currently stationed together with them.

Wulanba accompanied Niegofu by his side.

During this short time, he had been learning the Ross language and was now able to serve as a qualified translator.

"Our Ross army likes the cold winter best—in this cold winter, no one can defeat us," Niegofu said with a relaxed expression.

The massive military force assembled by Mule Hongzhen and Ashuer made him feel at ease, believing that victory in this encirclement campaign was within reach.

"I hope your words come true, Colonel Niegofu," Mule Hongzhen laughed.

Right now, he liked hearing words about victory the most.

At the same time, he was also very grateful to Ross.

It was precisely under the training of Ross officers that they had mastered more techniques, and they had also obtained excellent muskets and Artillery from Ross.

Together with the muskets and Artillery provided by Britain, they had formed an Infantry force of 36,000 men armed with Rifled Muskets, as well as an Artillery unit possessing 72 pieces of Field Artillery.

As for the other Infantry equipped with Flintlock, their numbers accounted for 60 percent of the total Infantry.

Infantry still holding swords and bows accounted for only a small minority.

And all of this had almost completely transformed the Northern Di.

It was also for this reason that he was more convinced than ever that he could achieve final victory.

After all, in addition to the formidable Infantry, the iron cavalry of the Northern Di remained as invincible as a blade.

"Then let the three of us work together to defeat Great Song, capture the Yan Wang of Great Song, and make him pay the price for his stupidity," Niegofu shouted.

They had already extended an olive branch to Yan Wang; as long as Yan Wang agreed to their demands, they would not cooperate with the British.

But Yan Wang had chosen to refuse.

To him, this was naturally the other party being unappreciative.

Since that was the case, they would use guns and cannons to teach Yan Wang how to behave.

However, once he led the Ross army into Yancheng, he would no longer discuss things amicably with Yan Wang.

By then, what Yan Wang would face would be a guillotine.

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