Chapter 981: Pursue the victory!

On Grey Wolf Ridge, the border between the Great Zhou and the Golden Horde, tens of thousands of Fengwu Army soldiers were fighting with the Golden Horde people. The shouts of killing were deafening and shook the earth!
"Kill! Kill all these Kipchak barbarians!"

"The Marshal has ordered that not a single Kipchak prisoner be left alive, and revenge be given to the people who died!"

"A reward of five ounces of silver is given for each Kipchak's head! It's time for brothers to make achievements and serve the Marshal with loyalty!"

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Five days ago, after Ye Mingsheng saw through Aisiduoan's trick of pretending to be Ping and escaping, he directly ordered the main force of the 13th Division in Dagu County to pursue the enemy.

Faced with the pursuit of the Fengwu Army, the demoralized Cumans could only fight and retreat. In this way, within five days, the two sides ran about 170 miles. Finally, the Fengwu Army caught up with the Cumans at Gray Wolf Ridge, the border between the two countries.

Although they successfully caught up with the enemy, in order to speed up the pursuit, many of the Fengwu troops were traveling light, and a large amount of artillery and supplies were left behind. Therefore, the firepower of the Fengwu Army was not as strong as before, and they could not effectively suppress the enemy with just muskets and tiger squat cannons.

Although the firepower advantage of the Fengwu Army was greatly weakened, the Cumans were also unwilling to return to their heyday. The continuous fierce fighting in Wugang Mountain completely consumed their fighting spirit and brought their military morale to the bottom.

Therefore, the two armies, which were not in the best condition, launched a bloody and fierce battle in the Gray Wolf Ridge, a land with a radius of only ten miles.

To be honest, in terms of individual combat capability, the soldiers of the 13th and 14th Divisions of the Fengwu Army are still not as good as the Cuman Tiger Division. However, with the blessing of factors such as pursuing victory and avenging the dead civilians, the morale and military spirit of the Fengwu Army soldiers are still very high···································
Although the Cumans were powerful, because of the previous setbacks and the fact that they were now so close to the grassland, the Cumans' soldiers seemed to have lost interest in fighting and desertions began to appear after a short while!
Asdogan, who was observing the battlefield situation with a telescope in hand, immediately became alert when he saw the deserter!
More than ten years of military experience made Asdogan realize that if the morale of his soldiers was not high, then the emergence of deserters would not be effectively prevented.

Then there will undoubtedly be more and more deserters, just like a thousand-mile dam being breached by an ant hole, and soon our side will be defeated!

Thinking of this, Asdoan's eyes became extremely cold, and he immediately gave an order to the captain of the personal guard, Balgen, beside him;
"Balgen, take your guards and kill all these deserters. Bring back their heads and let everyone know what the consequences of retreating are!"

When Asdoan said this, Balgen suddenly felt a chill in his heart, knowing that Asdoan was going to take ruthless action, and instinctively wanted to agree. However, before he opened his mouth, he seemed to have thought of something, and whispered to Asdoan in a low voice:
“Khan, it seems that Lord Aigak also escaped just now…”

Hearing this, Asdogan was a little bit unbelievable, and immediately looked at the captain of his personal guards. Under his serious gaze, Balgen nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Esidogan, who had already decided to kill, also hesitated. This Aigak was his aunt's youngest son, and had grown up with him as a playmate. After he became the Khan of Qincha, he had fewer and fewer friends around him.

And this Aijiak was one of the few friends who could still talk to him, and Esdogan cherished their friendship very much, so he felt very reluctant to kill his good friend.

Although Esidogan was still hesitant about whether to kill his good friend, time and the situation on the battlefield would not wait for him. In just a short moment, dozens of deserters appeared on the Cuman side!

As more Cuman soldiers saw that the Fengwu Army's offensive was becoming increasingly difficult to resist, and their superiors had no decisive measures to deal with deserters, they began to wonder whether to give up the fight and start running away.

Although he was very reluctant, seeing the battle situation on his side getting worse and worse, and the balance of victory gradually tilting towards the Fengwu Army, Asdogan, thinking about the consequences of failure, still made the difficult decision. He closed his eyes and nodded at Balgen...

After getting Estolan's consent, Balgen no longer hesitated and immediately led Estolan's personal guards to chase after him!

At this time, the commander of the Fengwu Army, Guo Zhiping, also noticed that some deserters from the Qipchaq Army had begun to appear. He was overjoyed and immediately ordered:
"Brothers, let's make more efforts. The enemy is already at the end of its strength. We need to take advantage of the situation to kill these Cuman dogs completely!"

For Guo Zhiping, the position of deputy chief of staff, although powerful, is very frustrating, and is far from being as carefree as when he was the commander of an army!

During his time in Yijing, he had always been thinking about returning to the field army. Even if it wasn't for him to return to the Third Army that he had founded, he would accept it!
But unfortunately, Ye Mingsheng seemed to have made up his mind to temper his temper, so Guo Zhiping never received the order to return to the field troops.

This time, Ye Mingsheng led his troops on a westward expedition and asked Guo Zhiping to follow the army. Guo Zhiping then saw a glimmer of hope, and with the surprise attack of Asdogan, Guo Zhiping finally got the opportunity to lead an army alone.

Guo Zhiping secretly made up his mind that he wanted to perform well in front of Ye Mingsheng this time so that Ye Mingsheng would keep him in the field army, instead of letting him continue to stay in the General Staff and be the very boring deputy chief····································
Although Guo Zhiping's performance in leading his troops to harass the Cumans was quite remarkable, Guo Zhiping felt that it was not good enough. He needed a real victory to impress Ye Mingsheng!

And now, the battle at Gray Wolf Ridge is undoubtedly the great victory that Guo Zhiping has been pursuing. Guo Zhiping is very excited at the thought of being able to completely defeat the Cuman Tiger Division here!
He knew what kind of existence the Cuman Tiger Division was. The fact that the general of the Great Zhou Dynasty had been able to fight the Cuman Hu family to a draw and not lose the upper hand would have made him famous all over the world!
Just like Yang Chongqing, the commander-in-chief of the imperial guards of the Luoan court, he became famous by repelling the attack of the Cuman Tiger Division and was regarded by the world as a famous general of the Great Zhou!
And now, if Guo can also defeat the Cuman Tiger Division, he will naturally become famous throughout the world and be praised by people!

Even if he could kill the Golden Horde Khan Asdogan here, he would have made great contributions to the Fengwu Army and would be remembered in history. Even a hundred years later, his deeds would be talked about by future generations! Whenever Guo Zhiping thought of this, he was overwhelmed with emotion and wanted to fight the enemy in person and chop off Asdogan's head with his own hands!
However, as the head coach, Guo Zhiping also kept his mission in mind, knowing that once he personally went into battle, he would be given special attention by the enemy. If anything happened to him, it would definitely affect the morale of the army!

Therefore, Guo Zhiping stayed in the central army to command the battle, suppressing his excitement and not daring to make any rash moves.
While Guo Zhiping was commanding the Fengwu Army to expand its advantage on the battlefield, Balgen also completed the task assigned by Esidogan, and returned to the front of the Cumans with dozens of bloody heads and shouted loudly:

"The Khan has issued an order! Anyone who retreats without permission will be killed! Let's fight the damn Fengwu Army!"

At the same time, Están's guards also became the Cumans' military law team and stood at the end of the Cumans' army!
Looking at the bloody heads on the ground and the cold scimitars of the military court, all the Cumans were startled. Soon, a sharp-eyed Cuman recognized that the head on the ground contained the Khan's good friend Aigak!

Everyone was shocked when they saw this, realizing that the Khan was serious this time. At this critical moment, in order to boost morale, Asdogan stood in front of the battle and shouted:

"Warriors of the Golden Horde! We have not failed yet! Deserters will not only be killed, but your souls will also be despised and your families will be implicated!"

"I am your Khan! I will fight with you here until the last moment! Fight with these Fengwu troops! As long as we win this battle, we can return to the Khanate with victory and glory! Your families will also be proud of you."

Under Esidogan’s coercion and inducement, most of the Cuman soldiers felt that since they would be punished by military law if they deserted, and their families would be implicated, they might as well die in the battle with the Fengwu Army since they would die anyway...

Under the influence of this idea, the Cumans, who were already on the verge of collapse, once again burst out with powerful fighting power, and for a moment they actually turned the situation on the battlefield around.

Guo Zhiping was also deeply surprised by this, and at the same time he was very moved. It turned out that there is no false reputation. The Cuman Tiger Division is indeed a very tough opponent, and it is not so easy to defeat them!

After carefully observing the enemy, Guo Zhiping also found that the Cuman eagle flag representing Esidogan appeared at the forefront. He immediately judged that the Cuman Khan Esidogan had risked his life to appear on the battlefield in order to boost morale!
Thinking of this, Guo Zhiping made a prompt decision and ordered the Fengwu Army to concentrate all its efforts to attack where Estolan was. He believed that as long as Estolan was killed, they would be able to defeat the last glimmer of hope of the Cumans and win the final victory!

Although he had anticipated that the Fengwu Army would do their best to kill him as soon as he revealed his position, Asdogan had also prepared himself mentally for this.

But when the Fengwu Army really came to attack and faced with countless bullets, Esidogan also felt terrible pressure!

Seeing this, Balgen also quietly suggested to Esiduoan:
"Khan, please withdraw! I will find someone to replace you!"

After hearing this, Asdoan was a little hesitant. He knew that it would be very dangerous for him to stay on the battlefield. However, in order to boost morale, he had no other choice...
If I could retreat quietly and let a substitute take my place, that would naturally be the best!

However, on second thought, although having a substitute in charge could deceive the lower-level soldiers of the Fengwu Army and the Cumans, it would not be able to deceive the generals below.

If they were to see this trick of mine, they would certainly feel deceived and would not continue to lead their troops to fight. In this way, from top to bottom, the situation of the Cumans, which had just improved, would inevitably be destroyed!
Thinking of this, Asdogan shook his head and said to Balgen:
"Don't say any more. I will fight the Fengwu Army right here!"

As soon as Esidoan finished speaking, a few drops of rain began to fall from the sky, which was not clear to begin with.

Although the rain was not heavy, Esidoan became extremely ecstatic when he felt the raindrops falling on his face. He knew that it would be difficult for the Fengwu Army's firearms to be used in the rain!
After realizing this, Asdogan was immediately overjoyed and shouted loudly:
"God is raining down! God is going to help us defeat the Fengwu Army!"

"God is blessing us. We are immortal. Warriors of the Golden Horde, charge!"

Just when Esidogan was shouting the loudest and many Cuman soldiers were excited by his voice, a sharpshooter from the Flying Tiger Battalion of the Fengwu Army rushed to the front of the Cuman formation under the cover of his companions...
The sharpshooter silently took aim at the extremely excited Estolan, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Perhaps due to the influence of wind direction and raindrops, the arrow was originally aimed at Esidoan's chest and abdomen, but unfortunately it missed and hit Esidoan's thigh.

But this also caused Esidoan to fall to the ground. He saw that he was still shouting "God bless us, we are the immortal Khan" in the last second, but was knocked to the ground by the Fengwu Army in the next second. The situation of the Cumans, which had just improved, came to an abrupt end!

Although Asdogan knew the situation was urgent and he endured the pain and ignored the bullet-pierced thigh, he still stood up and shouted loudly, trying to let the Cuman soldiers continue to believe that God was blessing them. However, the scene just now was imprinted in the hearts of all the Cuman soldiers, and the military spirit and morale fell to the bottom again.

On the Fengwu Army side, Guo Zhiping also stepped up his attack, striving to defeat the opponent completely in one go. Time passed quickly. Although Asdogan still wanted to continue to resist stubbornly, in the face of the general trend, what he did was undoubtedly a mantis trying to stop a chariot...
(End of this chapter)