Su Shen's 50,000 cavalrymen will not be afraid even if they face Chen Chu's 200,000 troops.
The dispatch of 50,000 people this time was largely to show off and intimidate, and the possibility of head-on confrontation was extremely small.
After all, the tribes under the fourth princess are also the Sushen tribe. There is no deep hatred between them, let alone ethnic disputes, so how can they really fight with them.
Hanle walked out of the tent with the command talisman in hand, a happy smile on his face.
In the competition that day, although he was not physically humiliated by the four princesses, his soul was humiliated by them. Every time he thought about it after that, his teeth itched with hatred.
She looked at the leaders coming towards her and said, "Get your troops in order and set off tomorrow!"
Wuyan tribe.
More than 20 tribal leaders who were temporarily under Wanyan Yan gathered together, feeling worried or fearful, and people were panic-stricken.
"The third prince has ordered Hanle to summon 50,000 troops..."
"Fourth Princess, what should we do?"
"The old Khan is dead, and the eldest prince is also dead. Otherwise, we should surrender. We are all of the same race. The third prince should not do anything to us..."
"After the surrender, will our life be better after the surrender? Is it still the same as before?"
"Fourth Princess, please speak..."
…
Wan Yanyan sat at the top, watching everyone's argument, and said: "Every tribe has withdrawn a hundred miles in advance. I will make my own arrangements for the rest."
The troops pressing down on the territory and letting the tribesmen who have no fighting ability take temporary shelter will indeed eliminate some risks. Even if something happens to the fourth princess, they will still have room to turn around when facing the third prince's army.
At this time, it is not a wise choice to directly invest in the third prince.
The army went out to war, how could they return without bloodshed? If they were used as an example to boost morale and killed as a warning to others, who would they ask to reason?
On the other side, Tang Ning was sitting in the tent, looking at Xiao Jue holding a roasted leg of lamb and asking, "Where's Lu Ya?"
Three months ago, he was avoiding the leg of lamb, but now he ate it with gusto, which showed that he was a heartless guy who never remembered his lesson.
Xiao Jue, who hadn't eaten roasted lamb leg for a long time, put it down and said, "I let her stay in Fengzhou."
They had always been inseparable, but they actually separated at this time. Tangning looked at him and asked, "Is she pregnant?"
Xiao Jue's old face turned red, and he changed the subject: "Have you captured that little wild horse?"
He didn't deny it, but indirectly admitted it. Tang Ning shook her head. He came to the grassland to complete his mission and for world peace. A beast like Xiao Jue actually came to give birth to children.
"Beast." Tangning looked at him, not hiding the contempt in her eyes.
Xiao Jue asked: "So did you capture the fourth princess?"
Tangning coughed lightly and said, "I got it..."
…
The third prince sent an army of 50,000 to force the fourth princess to surrender. Many of her tribes had already withdrawn a hundred miles away, and no one knew what was going on ahead.
But if you think about it for a moment, you will know that the ending of the princess will not be very good. Fifty thousand versus ten thousand, what is the outcome? Do you still need to think about it?
On the vast prairie, several Qingqi were galloping wildly.
Scouts are an important unit on the battlefield. They usually go ahead with the army. Their main task is to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, detect the number and movement of the enemy's troops, and whether there are any ambush, etc...
Although they knew very well how many soldiers and horses the fourth princess had and how powerful they were, as scouts, they still could not be careless.
The terrain on the grassland is not complicated. There are woods, valleys, and water sources everywhere. They also know in their hearts that the fourth princess only has ten thousand people. Even if they ambush, they cannot reverse the situation.
The four scouts came to a forest and were about to drive their horses forward. Suddenly, a "whoosh" and "whoosh" sound broke through the air from a certain direction. The horses under them were shot and killed, and the four of them were caught off guard.
He rolled off his horse and before he could react, he was pinned to the ground by a figure emerging from the forest.
"Caught four more."
"These prairie people are quite careful..."
"Stop talking nonsense, go to the grassy slope and block it..."
…
The four scouts were tied up tightly and stuffed in their mouths. They looked at the Han people emerging from the forest with extremely frightened expressions.
It's fifty miles to the west from here.
Another group of scouts were walking on the grassland. One of them laughed and said: "The four princesses only have ten thousand people. Commander Hanle doesn't need to send any scouts. He can just send a large army to the Wuyan tribe to capture them..."
The leader glanced at him and said, "Be careful whatever you say that's stupid. Ten thousand people can't defeat fifty thousand people. It's still very easy to kill us..."
The man looked around, drove his horse up the grassy slope, and said, "How can there be an ambush here? There are at most a few hundred people ambush ahead..."
"Ah, we've been discovered..." As soon as he finished speaking, a voice came from under the grass slope.
The scout's expression changed drastically, and he asked in surprise: "Who is it?"
The three people under the grass slope were about to escape, but they were surrounded by dozens of cavalry who came out from behind the grass slope.
One hundred miles behind.
Fifty thousand troops marched slowly on the grassland.
The Sushen tribes were originally scattered all over the grassland. After the Wanyan tribe unified the Sushen tribes, in order to unify the management, the tribes slowly moved to a centralized area. From the beginning of the army gathering, to rushing to the four princesses of the Wuyan tribe.
It only takes three days.
Hanle rode on his horse and turned around and asked, "Have any spies come back?"
The leader shook his head and said, "No one has come back since half a day ago."
A trace of suspicion appeared on Hanle's face. The dozen or so groups of spies he sent out were supposed to come back and report every two hours. If no one came back for half a day, it was extremely abnormal.
He calmly said in a low voice: "What's going on? Is there an accident?"
The leader drove his horse forward and said, "This is already the place of the Fourth Princess. Maybe the spies were too close and were caught by the Fourth Princess's people."
The army was not marching very fast. Without the scouts, it was equivalent to having no eyes and no idea of what was going on ahead. This situation made Hanler feel a little uncertain. He tightened his horse's reins and asked, "There won't be an ambush ahead, right?"
"
The leader looked forward and said with a smile: "Commander Hanle, let's see if there is any place for an ambush here. Behind the mountain in front, there can be an ambush of up to 10,000 people. We have 50,000 people. Even the Fourth Princess's people are all here."
What's the use of lying in wait there..."
As he finished speaking, the ground beneath his feet suddenly shook.
Hanler's expression changed and he loudly said: "There is an ambush!"
He waved his hand and said: "The whole army is on alert!"
The leader looked ahead and said in surprise: "Does the fourth princess really want to confront us head-on?"
Fifty thousand people versus ten thousand people, Hanle was still confident. There were grassy slopes ahead one after another, and the shadow of the enemy could not be seen clearly, but the shaking of the ground under his feet showed that a large number of cavalry were approaching from the front.
Hanle was riding on the horse and felt the vibrations on the ground getting bigger and bigger. A look of surprise appeared on his face and he murmured: "This sound is wrong..."
He was born and grew up in the grassland, so he naturally knows what it's like for Qingqi to gallop on the grassland. Let alone ten thousand, even fifty thousand Qingqi, the sound they make is not so dull, and the magnitude of the ground vibration is not so large...
He looked up and saw a line on the grassy slope in front of him. Under the sunlight, it gave off a dazzling light that made people unable to open their eyes.
