Chapter 476 Find the Gap

Qin Mo led his army away from the Syr Darya River and headed north along the Qirqik River towards the Kangju capital of Beitian.

Although Beitian City was the capital of Kangju, the Kangju people were a nomadic people who mostly grazed their livestock in the north during the hot season. Therefore, when the Northern Route Army of Daxia arrived at the old site of the Dayuan Protectorate and set up camp, the Rakshasa informed the King of Kangju, instructing him to gather the herdsmen cavalry to prepare for battle. The army had only been assembled a few days ago.

"Your Highness, the enemy's cavalry are becoming increasingly arrogant. Should I teach them a lesson? There's no need to use firearms; our longswords are still sharp."

"Let them see! The clearer they see, the better. Ideally, they should be able to count all our heads from beginning to end. If 100,000 men still don't dare to come and bite us when facing less than 20,000, then what's the point of these cowards fighting? I'll send you to Beitian City and make you the King of Kangju!"

"...I still prefer to be a high-ranking military commander!"

Lin Boming saw the increasing number of scouts and wanted to lead his men to drive them away, but Qin Mo rejected the idea. This time, he led a separate team as bait and set off first, without any intention of hiding anything; it was clearly a provocation.

The fact that the more than 10,000 troops of Da Yuan dared to venture deep into the interior of Kangju angered the Russians and the Hu people of the Western Regions. More and more cavalrymen began to gather around Da Yuan's army, scattering in all directions and adopting the posture of a wolf pack hunting.

In their eyes, they were the wolves, and the Da Yuan army was the prey.

But in the eyes of the generals, they were the hunters, while the cavalrymen were like rabbits that could run, jump, and be cooked into soup.

“Your Highness, we are about 100 li away from the city of Beitian, and to the east is the Chatkar Mountains. We are currently 30 li away from the riverside corridor we have our eye on.”

"Hmm! These people are getting impatient. Tell the brothers to speed things up and let these barbarians have a taste of sweetness before they enter the corridor."

The capital city of Kangju, Beitian, was located on the east bank of the Qirchik River. To its east lay the Chatkal and Kumara Mountains, branches of the Tian Shan Mountains. The most prosperous area of ​​the entire Kangju Kingdom was situated in this narrow corridor between the river and the mountains. The Dayuan Army was currently located within this corridor, which at its widest point was nearly a hundred li (approximately 50 kilometers) and at its narrowest point less than twenty li (approximately 10 kilometers).

Qin Mo's scouts had already learned basic map drawing, and after seeing a long, narrow riverside corridor stretching for dozens of miles, Qin Mo decided that this would be the main battlefield.

The nomadic cavalry saw that the Da Yuan army ignored them and only focused on marching forward with their heads down. They couldn't figure out the strength of the Da Yuan army for a while. They had sent scouts to explore the area for dozens of miles before and after, but they had not found any other troops of Da Xia. What was this isolated army up to?

“Yakufu, take some men and test these Easterners. See why they have such audacity to provoke us with only 20,000 men.”

"My lord, could they possibly have a powerful figure like the orcish high shaman?"

"We are all cavalrymen. Even if a Heavenly Realm expert from Great Xia comes, won't we run away?"

Duke Somov was the commander of the Rakshasa in Kangju. As a member of the Rakshasa royal family, he was not only qualified to become a high-level cultivator, but also learned various tactics and strategies from a young age. He was very cautious about the Great Xia army, which was most fond of using "schemes and tricks".

Yakup quickly selected a cavalry force of two thousand men, most of whom were local Hu cavalrymen, with only a few hundred Russians. The Hu cavalrymen were very obedient to Yakup's orders, and when they looked at the dozens of Russian cavalrymen beside Yakup, their eyes were full of fear and submission.

"Your Highness, the enemy is probably testing our strength. How should we respond?"

"Let's bring our cavalry out for a test! They've been training for so long, it's time to see them compete with these nomadic tribes and find out where we're lacking!"

"...Your Highness, our cavalry is no worse than any other cavalry, so what difference is there?"

Due to geographical reasons, the size of Da Yuan's cavalry is incomparable to that of Da Yuan's navy and infantry. Qin Mo's cavalry has always only numbered a few thousand. With the support of Da Yuan's nouveau riche nature, these few thousand men are top-notch in terms of both training and equipment. Now that Qin Mo says he wants them to find the gap, the cavalry commander Huo Enyu is very dissatisfied.

"The prince told you to find the gaps, so just find the gaps. Why waste words? Don't use the muskets, just drive them away!"

Veteran Wu Shengze gave Huo Enyu a good scolding. These young officials, who hadn't been tempered or refined, were all arrogant and didn't know who they were until they were taught a lesson.

Huo Enyu was angry after being scolded, and he led two thousand cavalrymen straight to the herdsmen cavalry. He wanted to vent his anger on these barbarians.

When Yakup saw the large army quickly deployed, he secretly admired it. Just by looking at the neatness of the army and the efficiency of its attack, he knew that it was a well-trained elite force, completely different from those "horsed infantry".

Looking at the equipment of the Da Yuan army, all of them were Arab horses, and the cavalry and horses were covered with thin iron armor, which made Yakpu envious of the Da Yuan army's luxury.

The two groups of cavalry quickly approached each other. The Hu cavalry split into two groups and circled around the Da Yuan cavalry from both sides, launching a barrage of mounted archery at the Da Yuan cavalry before continuing their charge towards the Da Yuan army's marching column.

"You're asking for it! We'll break into small groups and disperse them. If we disturb the prince, we'll be laughed to death by those infantrymen!"

Because Wu Shengze forbade the cavalry to use rifles, Huo Enyu had to divide the cavalry into many groups. Although this reduced the impact, it also limited the Hu cavalry's maneuverability. If they did not want to fight the Da Yuan cavalry to the death, they had no choice but to retreat.

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