After the White Horde was occupied, a telegram was also sent to the capital.
At the same time, Mu Yunyan appointed Zhang Le to guard the White Horde, leaving two cavalry divisions to garrison the area.
The remaining four cavalry divisions were all transferred north.
After these four cavalry divisions were transferred north, they joined forces with Li Zhenyuan's troops, forming a large force of ten cavalry divisions, and began their northward march.
The Golden Horde had the largest territory on the vast grasslands. Although its military strength was not large, its war potential was enormous.
Most importantly, the Golden Horde had several vassal states with blond hair and blue eyes in the area west of the Ural Mountains.
Now that they were determined to destroy the Golden Horde, they naturally wanted to eradicate it completely.
Therefore, Li Zhenyuan also adopted the same set of tactics that Zhang Le used in the White Horde.
Ten cavalry divisions, organized by regiment, marched side by side across the vast grassland, like a huge net spread across the grassland, sweeping in from all directions!
Rumble!
Rumble!
The massive army launched a fierce and powerful offensive!
The cavalry army seemed poised to crush the entire Golden Horde, and the vast grasslands were filled with the sounds of gunfire from the massive army.
The Golden Horde was situated on a vast grassland with sparse forests, while further north, the forests were dense, and in winter it was a snow-covered wonderland.
The temperature here is extremely low, so the population is not large.
Although its territory was vast, larger than the combined khanates of the steppes, the Samanid Khanate, the Black Horde, and the White Horde, its population was not large.
And cities, even fewer.
Scattered towns, situated at river crossings, became towns because of the convenient access roads.
However, the cities here are quite different from those of the Samanid Khanate and the Black Horde.
The fortresses here are mostly built of trees and covered with mud. Compared to the stone and brick walls, they are quite rudimentary.
Even more rudimentary were the garrison troops in these cities.
Each small town had only a few hundred garrison soldiers. Their task was to ensure the safety of road traffic, and it was also through these garrison soldiers that the Golden Horde maintained its rule over the local Tungusic people on the vast grasslands.
Even in some large regional cities, there are only a few thousand people.
This number of troops is simply not enough to fill the gaps in the teeth of a large army of cavalry!
Therefore, Li Zhenyuan's ten cavalry divisions, rather than being divided into forty routes by regiments, were more like battalions and companies that swept across the entire Golden Horde!
For some small strongholds, a company of soldiers is more than enough!
Moreover, they can even capture several strongholds in a single day!
After the Golden Horde's main force of 50,000 men perished in the Black Horde, there were hardly any large armies left within the Golden Horde's territory.
Apart from the garrison troops stationed in various locations to maintain defense, the main force numbered only slightly over 100,000.
However, the vast majority of these 100,000-plus people were stationed in the Golden Horde to protect the safety of the Great Khan of the Golden Horde.
Therefore, the large army scattered across the vast grasslands of the Golden Horde moved as if it were in an empty land.
Even the newly formed 20th Cavalry Division, in just six days, advanced hundreds of miles into the heart of the Golden Horde, capturing dozens of strongholds in succession.
These outposts ranged in size from a few dozen people to around a thousand.
Faced with the fierce attack of the 20th Cavalry Division, they couldn't even put up a basic resistance and were quickly and completely lost.
It was absolutely devastating!
In six consecutive days of offensive, the 20th Cavalry Division achieved fruitful results. They captured a large number of prisoners, and after interrogation, gained a deeper understanding of the situation within the Golden Horde.
In particular, they learned that most of the strongholds along the route of their 20th Cavalry Division's advance were like those they had captured in the past few days.
Upon hearing this news, Xu Huibing, commander of the 20th Cavalry Division, decided to dismantle all nine battalions under his command and sweep across the area in company-sized units.
Meanwhile, the other main battalions of the division provide protection in the middle, and can provide timely support in case of danger or tough challenges.
For the 20th Cavalry Division, although the recruits were newly expanded, most of them came from Liaodong and Dongning and were quite familiar with mountain warfare.
Don't underestimate each small squad, which only has a company of about a hundred soldiers. Even if they face a city defended by hundreds or thousands of people, they are not afraid at all.
With its sweeping advance, the 20th Cavalry Division accelerated even further.
In just three days, the 20th Cavalry Division had advanced to the outskirts of Tomsk.
Tomsk was an important city in the eastern part of the Golden Horde, and a key transportation hub connecting the Golden Horde's capital, the Golden Horde City, with its eastern outposts.
More than 10,000 people are stationed in Tomsk.
This is also the most powerful force among the eastern garrison troops of the entire Golden Horde.
In just a few days, the 20th Cavalry Division captured dozens of cities, and its army advanced directly towards Tomsk.
Upon arriving at the outskirts of Tomsk, Division Commander Xu Huibing immediately consolidated his forces and proceeded with caution.
After all, Tomsk has a population of over 10,000.
After gathering two regiments of troops, Xu Huibing also commanded the 20th Cavalry Division to launch an attack on Tomsk.
The cluster grenades, bundled together, were thrown towards the not-so-tall city wall.
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