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But judging from Wei Tingyu and Ren Ruyi's calm demeanor, Duke Chu knew that they must have a backup plan and a high chance of winning.
So now, our western desert is just a pawn, and we have to make use of it!
These people and horses on the grasslands have never been afraid of death! As long as it brings greater benefits to the tribes to come, they are willing to sacrifice half their population!
Moreover, all those who came out this time were young and strong men from the western part of the desert; the women and children did not go to war, so the tribe's future hope still exists.
As long as one can demonstrate their value to Wei Tingyu now, when he reigns supreme in the future, there will surely be a piece of land in western Shaanxi that can sustain its survival.
The Duke of Chu has now made up his mind to tie the entire tribe to Wei Tingyu's war chariot!
“Alright!” Wei Tingyu nodded, raised his hand, and gestured for the Duke of Chu to stand up.
Only after receiving permission did the old man slowly stand up! He then followed Wei Tingyu with a half-bent back, looking utterly obsequious.
This scene shocked all the ministers present!
Many of them also began to consider whether they should quickly kneel down and beg Wei Tingyu.
After all, the Duke of Chu treated him with such respect, so this person must be extraordinary. In a way, this has provided them with a way out!
"The entire tribe is willing to be wiped out?" Emperor An, Li Jun, was shocked when he saw the promise that Duke Chu had just made to Wei Tingyu.
"You all say I'm crazy, but I think Duke Chu is the one who's crazy!" But right now his madness was even more severe, and his brain was almost unable to think clearly about why Duke Chu would do such a thing. He just burst into loud laughter under Ren Ruyi's control.
"Hahaha! You've all gone mad! You've all gone mad! Only I am sober! Hahahaha!"
However, he stopped abruptly after shouting a few times, because his gaze had already turned to the plain in front of the city gate!
After such a long period of time, the troops from the central and western parts of the desert arrived at the city gates almost simultaneously.
Only then did everyone realize that the leader of the western desert was none other than the daughter of the Duke of Chu, Princess Chuyue!
Of course! Wei Tingyu had already sent his two female Golden Shadow Guards out of the city last night to protect Chuyue. After all, this was her first time on the battlefield, and he was afraid that the girl might get excited and forget to protect herself.
The forces of the Western Desert were one step ahead! When Chu Yue led five thousand Western Desert cavalrymen past the city walls, she looked up at the crowd above!
Of course, Wei Tingyu, who was wearing a jade fox mask, was the direction his eyes were always fixed on!
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Chapter 204 Taking Control of Anguo! Duke Chu Regent!
Wei Tingyu gently raised his left hand, making a slashing gesture. Chu Yue, the female general who was new to the battlefield, immediately accepted the order, turned her horse around, and led five thousand tribal cavalry from the western part of the desert to meet the central part of the desert!
These are all the able-bodied men in their tribe! They are also all of Chuyue's trump cards!
Now we're going to bet everything on it!
The 10,000 troops from the central part of the desert were now only a few hundred paces from the city gate. Seeing the troops from the western part of the desert charging towards them, they roared and drew their swords to meet them.
These cavalrymen of the grasslands are like this when they fight: two tribes that were allies yesterday can be mortal enemies today! They show no mercy when facing their opponents!
Soon, under the watchful eyes of the crowd on the city wall, the two cavalry forces clashed at lightning speed.
In an instant, the plains outside Andu City were filled with the sounds of swords clashing and shouts of battle!
The two female Golden Shadow Guards who had been guarding Chuyue also unleashed their sword energy slashes from a distance the moment the two sides clashed, instantly taking the lives of more than a dozen people from the Sand Central Tribe.
However, the difference in numbers between the two sides was still too great, and before long, the forces from the western part of the desert were gradually surrounded by the forces from the central part.
Once nomadic cavalry gets bogged down in close combat, they lose their mobility and become no different from infantry in battle!
At this point, the western part of the desert was already at a significant disadvantage. Even though two female Golden Shadow Guards were desperately hacking and slashing on the battlefield, reaping the heads of the enemy, the number of casualties on both sides was rising alternately at roughly the same rate.
At this rate, when the forces in western Saudi Arabia are exhausted, there will still be four or five thousand men left in central Saudi Arabia!
Upon witnessing this scene, Duke Chu clenched his fists in tension. After all, these were the young and strong men of his tribe, and his daughter was also surrounded on the battlefield!
When Emperor An saw this, his eyes lit up with pride.
"What trap?! In the end, won't all the people from the western desert die first?!" he shouted excitedly, "Then it'll be your turn!"
However, Wei Tingyu didn't say anything. He simply took out a light whistle from his pocket, put it in his mouth, and blew it with a "beep".
Then, right afterward, from the woods next to the plain where the two tribes were fighting, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly came!
A large number of heavy cavalrymen dressed in black armor suddenly rushed out of the forest without warning! And as soon as they stepped onto the plain, their warhorses charged and maneuvered desperately, heading straight for the positions of the two tribes.
Duke Chu was a seasoned veteran of many battles. Upon seeing these suddenly appearing heavily armored cavalry, he roughly estimated that there were about two thousand of them!
He turned to look at Wei Tingyu in shock, only to see that the other man had a completely calm expression on his face, and immediately understood.
So this was Wei Tingyu's backup plan?! Two thousand heavily armored cavalry?! When did he hide these cavalrymen in the woods outside Andu?
At this moment, Emperor An and his other ministers stared blankly at this new force that had suddenly appeared on the battlefield.
Because Wei Tingyu's Xuanjia Army was entirely covered in heavy black armor, the sound of their horses' hooves striking the ground was much heavier than that of nomadic light cavalry.
The momentum of these two thousand heavy cavalrymen running was already comparable to that of the ten thousand light cavalrymen from the central desert region.
At this moment, the cavalrymen from the central desert who were fighting and killing the western desert troops also noticed that this suddenly appearing army was charging towards them.
However, their troops were unable to pick up speed due to the close combat and were unable to evade! Apart from a few scattered riders who managed to escape to the side, the remaining tribal troops gathered together were directly charged into the Xuanjia Army.
For these cavalrymen who lacked mobility, the Xuanjia Army, with its full-force charge, raised its long spears and cut through one side of the encirclement as easily as chopping vegetables!
The soldiers in the western part of the desert, who were struggling to hold on, saw that the suddenly appearing Xuanjia Army was actually fighting against the central part of the desert just like them. They immediately knew that this was reinforcements, and their morale was greatly boosted!
"It's over!" In fact, given how the situation on the battlefield had developed, those who understood military affairs could already predict the final outcome.
Duke Chu let out a soft sigh of relief and took a deep breath. Only then did he realize that his legs were actually feeling a little weak!
He had to admit that the sudden appearance of the Xuanjia Army was quite a shock, as they managed to break through the encirclement formed by so many men in one go.
After the two sides mingled together, the heavily armored Xuanjia Army instantly killed the tribal cavalry of the Sand Central Region in close combat!
After all, one side is heavily armored while the other is simply wearing leather armor, and some tribesmen don't even have leather armor! Under such a devastating attack, the casualty ratio might be even more exaggerated than one to ten!
Soon, the tribal cavalry of western Sand began to collapse! After all, their men fell one by one under the swords of the Xuanjia Army, but even if they risked their lives, they could hardly exchange them for a single injury.
This terrifying exchange ratio caused their morale to plummet instantly.
It started from the outer perimeter, with the tribal forces in the central desert constantly fleeing in droves, and the numbers kept increasing, showing no signs of stopping.
Soon, the battle quickly turned into a major rout of the Shazhong tribe's army. The remaining Shazhong tribesmen fled to their own territories in a panic. Wei Tingyu roughly estimated that there were still about four or five thousand Shazhong tribe cavalrymen who had fled the battlefield at this time.
The fact that they were able to hold out until half of their soldiers were killed or wounded before retreating is enough to prove that the soldiers in the central desert region were quite brave.
However, facing the scattered and fleeing people of the Central Sandy Land, Wei Tingyu felt somewhat helpless. After all, nomadic tribes had always possessed this advantage.
It's very difficult to launch a war of annihilation against them!
Once these warriors sensed danger, they would immediately turn tail and flee. After scattering, they would regroup within the tribe's territory and then return to plunder once more.
The Central Plains dynasties often suffered heavy losses as a result! Although they won more battles than they lost in battles against nomadic peoples, even the greatest victories could not fundamentally weaken their opponents' strength. And once defeated, they would be fiercely attacked by the enemy's cavalry, ultimately leading to the annihilation of their entire army.
But today, Wei Tingyu has prepared the same pursuit tactics for them!
As the tribesmen of the central desert fled into the distance, a thousand elite level six rangers suddenly emerged from the bushes on their other side.
These elite soldiers were skilled in swordsmanship. They did not rush into close combat, but maintained a certain distance, chasing and firing arrows as they followed the fleeing enemy.
The warriors in the central desert were already terrified, and now that they saw these rangers, they dared not put up any resistance and simply fled into the distance.
By exposing their backs and sides to the enemy, they actually made it easier for the Rangers to aim and fire.
With wave after wave of arrows raining down, the fleeing warriors of the Sand Central region fell from their horses one after another.
Wei Tingyu's cavalry pursued them until they almost disappeared off the horizon before gradually withdrawing.
The number of warriors from the central desert tribes who escaped back is probably less than a thousand!
After losing nearly 90% of its young and able-bodied men, the Central Sand Tribe will never recover and will become a target of bullying by other tribes.
Those who had been bullied by them in the past would naturally not let this opportunity pass! As the saying goes, cause and effect are cyclical, and retribution is inevitable!
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Apart from leaving a portion of his troops to clean up the battlefield, Wei Tingyu's forces quickly entered the city and swiftly seized control of all of Andu's key transportation points, armories, granaries, and government offices!
As for the troops in western Saudi Arabia, they camped outside the city and did not enter it.
"Your subject Chuyue greets Master!" Princess Chuyue, dressed in military attire, strode up the city wall, knelt on one knee before Wei Tingyu, and clasped her hands in salute.
At this moment, she appeared as a general, and therefore did not refer to herself as a concubine.
"Get up!" Wei Tingyu smiled and nodded, gesturing for Chuyue to rise.
"Father!" Chu Yue stood up and bowed to Duke Chu, saying, "I haven't disappointed you, have I?"
"Good, good, good!" Duke Chu was overjoyed. His daughter had done a great service today, so he was naturally very happy.
Of course, at this moment, he was completely subservient to Wei Tingyu! Not to mention how fierce his Xuanjia Army was, even the Duke of Chu admitted that he was far inferior to Wei Tingyu in terms of cunning.
It should be noted that the Rangers who finally appeared to pursue the defeated Sand Central Army had been lying in ambush along the way for a long time, and they managed to deceive the Sand Central Army without making a sound.
And they lay in wait until the very last moment before striking out to reap the kills!
Imagine if I were on the opposite side of Wei Tingyu, then the fate of the central part of the desert today would be the same as the fate of the western part of the desert! It might even be more tragic!
The Duke of Chu shuddered at the thought, but deep down he felt that his choice was absolutely right.
"No... I don't believe it! I don't believe it!" Emperor An finally came to his senses from the shock. The army of his mother tribe, the Shazhong tribe, which he had placed high hopes on, was almost completely wiped out before it even reached the city gate.
From now on, the central region of Shazhong could no longer be his support, and he had offended all the ministers of Andu! At this moment, Emperor Andu's mind became much clearer, and he also foresaw his fate.