Chapter 980: Madness

"Send some men to take the warhorses back; this time, we will truly cut off the Northern Di supply line."

Chen Hu's breath turned into white mist in the cold winter, and as he watched the Northern Di warhorses being rounded up by the gun cavalry, he revealed a smile.

After the great battle, the warhorses abandoned by the Northern Di cavalry were naturally their spoils of war.

They would not abandon the injured and dead warhorses either; using them to improve the soldiers' meals was also quite good.

Responding with an "Understood," Zhong Fang pointed to three commanders, left five thousand cavalry for them, and had them escort the warhorses to Yongcheng.

Afterward, the gun cavalry continued to set out northward, heading toward the Yin Mountain region.

If the Northern Di herdsmen were transporting supplies to the battlefield, then the Yin Mountain region would be their only path.

While the gun cavalry headed for Yin Mountain, the routed cavalry returned to the Northern Di camp in Lingwu County.

Arriving before the camp, Gebu reined in his horse and stopped, hesitating to enter.

At this moment, he was in a sorry state; the felt hat on his head had been lost during the flight, and his arm was injured and wrapped in a cloth strip.

Behind him, the cavalrymen were all dejected, like defeated roosters.

Among them, thirty percent of the cavalry were injured, and some were even on the verge of death.

Lamu and Gebu had set out with three people in high spirits, but returning in this state also stunned the Northern Di soldiers and commanders in the camp.

Someone immediately went to the Khan Court to report.

Before long, Mule Hongzhen, Wulanba, and Niegofu walked out.

Seeing Gebu and the cavalry behind him, Mule Hongzhen's expression was so gloomy it could drip water.

Wulanba wore an expression of disbelief, while Niegofu looked suspicious and uncertain.

"Khan!" Gebu dismounted and crawled on his knees to the feet of Mule Hongzhen, "Khan, we lost, lost completely. I have no face to face the Khan, and I return this time only to personally beg the Khan for punishment."

Having said that, Gebu drew the dagger from his waist and stabbed it toward his own chest.

"Bastard!" Mule Hongzhen cursed and kicked Gebu over to the ground.

He kept a cold face,

his voice trembling, "What exactly happened? Where are Lamu and Datan? Before you explain it clearly, do you think you can just die if you want to?"

Gebu lay on the ground wailing, and then told the story of how the three of them caught up to the Da Song cavalry, fought a bitter battle with them, and were ultimately defeated.

Upon hearing this, the expressions of Mule Hongzhen and the other two became increasingly ugly, and in the end, they all wore a trace of terror, simply unable to believe their ears.

They were unwilling to believe that the Da Song iron cavalry, which had traversed the world, were as vulnerable as clay chickens and pottery dogs before the Da Song cavalry.

These were their Northern Di cavalry, their final pride!

If even the cavalry were vulnerable before the Da Song army, how could they fight this war?

"Excuses, these must be excuses, it is because you are incompetent!" Mule Hongzhen shouted as if he were crazy.

He pointed at Gebu and the Northern Di remnants behind him, "Someone, drag these incompetent fools out and behead them all."

Wulanba wanted to stop him upon hearing this, but Niegofu nudged him and whispered in his ear, "The Khan is stabilizing the morale of the army; if he admits this fact, the hearts of the people will be in chaos."

Wulanba was stunned for a moment, then slowly nodded.

Receiving Mule Hongzhen's order, the Northern Di soldiers in the camp took Gebu and the other remnants away.

Although over twenty thousand Northern Di cavalry escaped the encirclement this time, only about six thousand returned with Gebu.

The remaining Northern Di cavalry had scattered in panic and did not return with Gebu.

Before long, bursts of gunfire rang out; Mule Hongzhen's expression did not change, but a surge of wild rage welled up in the depths of his eyes.

"You all follow us!" Mule Hongzhen said to Bamudan, Wulanba, and the others.

The group gathered in the Khan Tent, and Mule Hongzhen said, "No one is allowed to spread what Gebu said, otherwise I will not spare him."

Bamudan and the others looked at each other with grave expressions and slowly nodded.

Mule Hongzhen nodded and continued: "You all know that we Northern Di have no way back. This time, even our cavalry has been defeated by the Da Song cavalry, and our only advantage has been lost. If we cannot take this opportunity to wipe out Yan Wang, the Northern Di will be doomed forever. You can imagine the scene of Da Song cavalry appearing on the Grassland, unstoppable."

When his words were spoken, the tent was deathly silent.

None of them dared to imagine such a day would come.

In the past, relying on the Northern Di cavalry, the Grassland was their most stable rear.

Due to the existence of the Northern Di cavalry, the Da Song cavalry could not penetrate deep into the Grassland, disturb their pastures, or slaughter the Northern Di people under their royal tents.

But now, everything had changed.

The battlefield scene described by Gebu was too terrifying.

Da Song cavalry who could flexibly fire muskets while on horseback—this simply exceeded their imagination.

Did this not mean that the Northern Di cavalry were suffering the same situation as the infantry?

"Khan, after the Da Song cavalry wins, they will inevitably continue to move north, and our supply line is in danger. If this problem cannot be solved, our supplies will not last within a month," Niegofu said at this time.

Under these circumstances, only he dared to speak up.

After all, his status in the Northern Di was special.

Hearing this, Mule Hongzhen lowered his head and laughed.

Raising his head, he laughed somewhat maniacally, "No, our grain and grass are very sufficient. The most important thing now is to launch an attack on the trenches of Lingwu County, charging at all costs."

"Then what about the grain and grass?" Niegofu was confused.

Mule Hongzhen said, "When the cattle and sheep are eaten, eat the warhorses; when the warhorses are eaten, there are still the soldiers who died on the battlefield! In such cold weather, they will not rot."

Seeing Niegofu was somewhat surprised, he mocked, "When you Ross people invaded the Extreme North, you also lacked grain and grass at one time. I remember you once even had a nickname, Man-Eater..."

"This is indeed a way," Niegofu felt a sense of emptiness in his heart upon hearing this and immediately said.

Bamudan, Wulanba, and the others naturally had no objections.

For the sake of victory, they could spare no cost; this was nothing at all.

However, Wulanba had some misgivings about eating warhorses, so he said: "Great Khan, if we eat the warhorses, what will our cavalry do?"

"Since they cannot defeat the Da Song cavalry on the battlefield, let them ride the horses and charge at the trenches of Lingwu County; the dead warhorses can always be eaten," Mule Hongzhen said.

Wulanba understood; this time his father was staking everything to take Lingwu County, and he would use every means necessary.

"As for the remaining Cavalry, dispatch another fifty thousand to Yin Mountain. If the Great Song Cavalry are truly as Gebu described, withdraw immediately and join the operation to attack Lingwu County," Mule Hongzhen issued another order.

"Yes, Khan!" the crowd replied.

Following this, Mule Hongzhen came outside the camp and looked toward the city of Lingwu County.

Clenching his fists tightly, he drew his Curved Blade and pointed it at Lingwu County, "Even if my Northern Di must fight to the last man, we will carve out a path, let Great Song perish in this hunt, and let Yan Wang die!"

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