Chapter 1025 Competition in the Fengwu Army!
Late night on August 27th, Wulan Grassland
Under the cover of the pitch-black night and the whistling wind, tens of thousands of elite cavalrymen walked into a hidden mountain range...
Even though these soldiers had started marching in the morning and walked seventy or eighty miles a day, and everyone was very tired, but at this moment, under the order of the leader, they were still well-trained and set up camps and deployed sentries in an orderly manner to guard against any possible accidents!

The reason why they were able to do this was because they were the most elite Tiger Division of the Golden Horde!

At this time, in the center of the valley, the Golden Horde Khan Eshidoyan was sitting on a stone, feeling the warmth of the campfire, and his subordinates beside him handed him the broth that had just been cooked.

After the failure of the last march south, not only did Asdogan's prestige plummet, but he also encountered a crisis of trust within the Golden Horde. Many people no longer supported him, and many even demanded that he take responsibility for the defeat and give up the throne!

But fortunately, at the most critical moment, Master Hu still stood on his side, and Esidogan condescended to personally find another big man of the Khanate, Asu. After paying a huge price, he finally reconciled with Asu, which temporarily stabilized the internal situation of the Golden Horde!

Although he had secured his throne temporarily, Asdogan still did not relax at all. He knew that the losses from this defeat were too great. Half of the wealth accumulated by the Golden Horde over more than ten years was gone. This defeat might take the Golden Horde decades to recover...
As the person primarily responsible for this defeat, if he was not the Khan, if he did not have the support of the Tiger Division, then he, Asdogan, would probably have been beheaded by his angry tribesmen by now!
But even so, as the Great Khan, it would be difficult for him to restore his pre-war reputation. If the leader of the Khanate established by nomadic peoples does not have sufficient power and prestige, then the various tribes of the Khanate will inevitably become alienated and eventually lead to division!

This is also what Asdog is worried about. He cannot watch the Khanate founded by his father Huodu fall into decline in his hands!

So after stabilizing his position as Khan, Asdogan began to consider how to restore his own prestige and make all the forces within the Khanate unite closely around him.

However, what made Asdog helpless was that the impact of this war was too great. Although he was still the Great Khan, some people in the Khanate had already turned away from him. Some people began to not take his words seriously and no longer had respect for him in their hearts. What he instructed was also disobeyed by others!

If such a thing had happened before heading south, Asdogan would not waste any words and would directly order all these people to be torn into pieces and their families and clansmen to be reduced to slaves, so that everyone could see the price of offending him···························

However, things are different now. Although it has only been a few months, Eskimo has painfully realized that he is no longer the Great Khan of the Golden Horde!
If he continues to do as he did before, the temporary peace within the Khanate will be broken and the flames of civil war will be ignited on the Kipchak steppe!
Therefore, for the peace of the Khanate, Asdogan kept the matter in mind, swallowed his anger, and began to learn to swallow his anger and endure what ordinary people could not endure!
Before, Asdogan never regretted his decision to go south. He just felt annoyed that he did not do well enough. But at this moment, he began to regret having decided to go south against everyone's opinion!
Thinking of this, Asdogan's heart was filled with bitterness. He was full of high spirits at that time and thought that he must "invite" Marshal Ye back to the Khanate this time he went south and let Ye Mingsheng hunt in the grasslands in the north!
However, he never expected that not only did he fail to "invite" Ye Mingsheng over, but he ended up in such a situation. If he had not made this choice and did not want to interfere in the situation in the Central Plains, then he might still be the Khan in the Khanate who has the final say and is not offended by anyone!

Asdogan could only sigh that there was no regret medicine in this world, but if he could really start over, he would most likely continue to choose this path, and then avoid the mistakes he had made before, and try his best to achieve his goal of letting Ye Mingsheng hunt in the northern grasslands...
Just when Esidogan wanted to lie dormant for a while and lick his wounds silently like a wild beast, seven days ago Esidogan received a letter that surprised him immensely!

The person who wrote this letter to him was his mortal enemy, and in the letter this person provided him with a crazy plan!

Asdogan was shocked by this plan. He knew what it meant, so despite the great risks, the gambling nature in Asdogan was still aroused by this plan. He felt the opportunity and the victory from this plan!

Once he completes this plan, he will surely win respect again within the Khanate after winning the victory, and what he lost on the battlefield will surely be won back on the battlefield!
How can you succeed without taking some risks?

So after careful consideration, Asdogan decided to come with the last elite Tiger Division of the Golden Horde. There were three Tiger Divisions in total in the Golden Horde. The last time he went south, Asdogan took two of them away, and the remaining Tiger Division stayed in the capital, Lesa.

When the Robe troops invaded the Western Elunchin steppe, because the Khanate of the Qincha was short of troops, a part of the Tiger Division that stayed in the capital city of Lesa was also dispatched to the Western Elunchin steppe to resist the Robe people.

However, compared to the two Tiger Divisions that were crippled by the Fengwu Army in the war to the south, the main force of this remaining Tiger Division was still relatively intact.·····························
Therefore, this Tiger Division became the choice of Eskimos for this adventure. Because of the failure of the previous raid on the Fengwu Army, Eskimos realized that there were spies of the Fengwu Army lurking inside the Golden Horde, and there might be more than one of these Fengwu Army spies!
Originally, Asdogan had planned to start eliminating these spies immediately after returning to the Khanate, but because the defeat had such a huge impact on the internal situation of the Golden Horde, Asdogan had to put the matter of eliminating the spies aside for the time being and try to stabilize the internal situation of the Khanate to keep his position as Khan!

After Aisiduo had secured his throne as Khan, when he wanted to push forward the work of eliminating internal spies, the progress was not smooth. He only dug up some insignificant small fish and didn't catch any big fish!
The emergence of the opportunity also forced Astoan to postpone his plan to eliminate the internal spies. In order to avoid attracting attention and prevent the news from leaking out, Astoan began to mobilize troops in batches under the pretext of hunting.

Asdogan is well aware of the consequences of failure this time, and he is not willing to live in humiliation in the world!
Therefore, in this operation, Asdogan is ready to die if he fails. If he fails, he will not live in disgrace. He will die on the battlefield like a Kipchak warrior...

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Jingchu, Tanzhou

The huge city gate slowly opened, and tens of thousands of Zhennan Army soldiers slowly walked out of the city gate with confusion about their future. Surrounded by the crowd, Xu Zhaojie looked at the city gate with a complicated expression.

It was unexpected that he had annihilated the Fifth Army and won a great victory more than a month ago, and he was so glorious when he captured Tanzhou. However, in less than a month, he ended up in such a situation!

After taking a last look at Tanzhou reluctantly, Xu Zhaojie turned around and led his troops southward. Xu Zhaojie hoped that this would not be his last appearance in Tanzhou, but unfortunately, he did not even know whether he would still be alive in a few days. The situation of the Zhennan Army leaving the city was immediately noticed by Song Xiang, the scout leader of the First Division, who was observing with a telescope outside Tanzhou City. Song Xiang immediately ordered his men:

"Go back and tell the general that the Zhennan Army has marched south in full force, carrying a lot of luggage and supplies. It is estimated that they can't travel more than 60 miles a day!"

"Yes!"

After sending people out to report the news, Song Xiang and his men continued to follow the Zhennan Army, carefully observing the movements of Xu Zhaojie's troops.

Five hours later, Ma Zhongjun, the general of the First Division who was already at the front line, also received a report from the scouts.

Ma Zhongjun was also excited when he got the news, he was waiting for this opportunity. If Xu Zhaojie and his 30,000 men were guarding the city, he might not have the chance to annihilate them. But if they were fighting outside the city, even though he was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, Ma Zhongjun was 100% confident of victory...
Thinking about the information reported by the scouts, Ma Zhongjun's eyes quickly locked onto a coordinate called Wuyangling on the sand table, and his eyes became deep!

After learning of the defeat of the Zhennan Army in Anqing, Ma Zhongjun had already concluded that Xu Zhaojie would definitely withdraw his troops, so he led his troops out of Hanyang in advance, thinking that as long as Xu Zhaojie led his troops to leave Tanzhou, he would immediately lead his troops to chase him and give him a big fight!
And this Wuyangling is the place where Ma Zhongjun expected the two sides to fight. He will lead his troops to catch up with Xu Zhaojie's troops here. At present, everything is going according to Ma Zhongjun's expectations!
The only thing that caught Ma Zhongjun's attention was that Xu Zhaojie actually carried a lot of luggage and supplies, which made Ma Zhongjun a little confused as to why Xu Zhaojie did this.

Logically speaking, after the Battle of Anqing, Xu Zhaojie, who knew that his old nest was about to be destroyed, should have been like an ant on the hot pan, wishing he could grow wings and fly back to Shouchun. So in order to return as soon as possible, he should abandon his baggage and supplies. Only in this way could he travel more than 80 miles a day and get back to Shouchun within seven days!
And now he is traveling with luggage and supplies. Is he very confident in Shouchun's defense, or is he playing some tricks?

Thinking of this, Ma Zhongjun couldn't help but recall the argument between him and Ye Pengchao a few days ago. Ye Pengchao was cautious and fearful of Xu Zhaojie...

Although Ma Zhongjun showed disapproval at the time, saying that Ye Pengchao was trying to boost others' morale and destroy his own prestige, Ma Zhongjun did not dare to underestimate Xu Zhaojie in his heart!
Just when Ma Zhongjun was thinking whether there was a trick, his deputy Guan Fei said loudly:

"General, the brothers are ready to go. Xu Zhaojie runs very fast. If we delay any longer, I'm afraid he will escape!"

Guan Fei's words also disrupted Ma Zhongjun's thoughts. He raised his head and looked around at his subordinates in the tent, only to see that everyone in the tent was looking at him expectantly.

Obviously, everyone at this moment was ready to go, waiting impatiently for Ma Zhongjun's order!

Ma Zhongjun was very clear about the wishes of the soldiers. Their First Division was known as the main force of the Fengwu Army, the ace of aces. They entered the pass to fight Youyan, attacked Hebei, Henan, Qi and Lu, and even in the subsequent Battle of Huainan, their First Division was the vanguard of the Fengwu Army, charging in the front!

However, their First Division seems to be a little quiet recently. They have not achieved any significant results while stationed in Kangyin for a long time!
The Second Division and the Third Division, which are also the ace troops of the Fengwu Army, made countless meritorious deeds in the Western Expedition. For a time, they even overshadowed the First Division. If it was at other times, it would be fine, but now the word has spread in the Fengwu Army that the Marshal will soon begin to be conferred titles...

Nowadays, although everyone says that they want to save the people, rescue the masses from dire straits, and support the imperial court, in fact, everyone is thinking about business. Even if they tie their heads to their belts and roll around in a sea of ​​blood, what they are ultimately seeking is not wealth and glory, but glory and honor?
As the soldiers of the First Division, who claim to be the best in the Fengwu Army, are naturally unwilling to fall behind, so they all want to kill Xu Zhaojie, the old rival of the Fengwu Army, and accumulate enough merits for themselves so that they can climb up better and win more rewards!

Thinking of this, Ma Zhongjun didn't think too much, and just waved his hand and said:
"Action! This time our First Division will chop off Xu Zhaojie's head and present it to the Marshal, so that our colleagues in the army will know that our First Division's swords are still rusty!"

Seeing that Ma Zhongjun had finally given the order, the generals of the First Division in the camp became excited and started shouting.

"General, rest assured. We will not let Xu Zhaojie get away. I have already prepared the wooden box for his head!"

“These remnants of the Zhennan Army are the achievements of our First Division. The Second and Third Divisions are a bunch of bastards. Don’t even think about keeping pace with our First Division in this lifetime…”

(End of this chapter)