The officer trembled: "This subordinate understands!"
"Go."
The officer left in haste, and the sound of his horse's hooves quickly disappeared into the wind and snow.
Zhao Muyun sat back down by the campfire and said to Li Si, "Tell the brothers in the guard battalion to set off in half an hour. I need to get to Puzhou before dawn."
"The Grand Commander isn't resting?" Li Si asked in surprise.
"I can't sleep." Zhao Muyun closed his eyes to rest. "There are probably quite a few people in Xijing City who won't be able to sleep tonight. I need to go back early and give them... some reassurance."
The flickering campfire cast his long shadow, which swayed against the mottled walls of the dilapidated temple like a lurking beast.
Right now!
In the Western Regions, outside the city of Loulan.
Murong Chunhua led two thousand light cavalry, like a sharp dagger, repeatedly flanking the Northern Di army.
Their tactics were extremely cunning—they never clashed head-on with the main force of the Northern Barbarians, but instead targeted their weak points.
After a successful attack, he immediately fled far away. When the Northern Di cavalry caught up, he retaliated with bows and crossbows, fighting and retreating simultaneously.
Ugh was so enraged by this shameless fighting style that he flew into a rage.
He originally had an army of 40,000, which, if fought openly in a fair battle, would have been enough to easily crush this Yin army cavalry.
But at this moment, he had to divide his forces to besiege the city and also guard against the city's defenders launching an attack. With his forces scattered, he was instead led by the nose by Murong Chunhua.
"Your Majesty! The left wing supply battalion has been attacked again! More than ten grain carts have been lost!" A centurion rode up on horseback, his face covered in blood.
"Useless!" Wuhan lashed the centurion's face with his whip. "Five thousand men couldn't even hold off a supply battalion?!"
"Those Yin army cavalry are too cunning. They suddenly attacked from behind the sand dunes, and we..."
"Shut up!" Wuhan roared. "Order Batu on the right wing to lead five thousand cavalry in pursuit! Sweep these flies to death, no matter the cost!"
"yes!"
Once the order was given, a cavalry unit was dispatched from the right wing of the Northern Di army to pursue Murong Chunhua's forces.
Murong Chunhua saw this scene from horseback and a cold smile curled at the corner of her lips.
"Order to retreat to the southeast and lure them away from the main battlefield."
"General, the southeast is a quicksand area..." the lieutenant reminded him.
“I know.” A glint flashed in Murong Chunhua’s eyes. “We need to let them chase after them.”
Two thousand Yin army cavalrymen turned around and sped towards a group of undulating sand dunes in the southeast.
Behind them, five thousand Northern Di cavalrymen pursued relentlessly.
The two sides engaged in a chase in the desert.
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