Chapter 996: Triumph

Tubo Plateau.

The snow here is very deep, the wind is howling, and the goose-feather-like snowflakes are constantly whipping the Ashur cavalry.

The air is thin, and coupled with the fatigue and fear of the past few days, cavalrymen continue to die on the road.

At this time, other cavalrymen will rush forward, strip the dead soldier's clothes, kill his warhorse, drink the horse's blood, and cut the horse's meat.

This is how they survived the pursuit of the Dasong cavalry and escaped triumphantly.

But they also paid a heavy price for it.

In addition to the more than 70,000 cavalrymen killed by the Dasong cavalry, they died more than 20,000 people on the road, and only 30,000 cavalrymen were left.

And the long march has only begun, and I am afraid that less than 20,000 cavalrymen will be able to return to Sacheng in the end.

"My king, horse blood." A wolf record caught up with Ashur with a wooden bowl.

The bright red horse blood was still emitting white steam.

Because he lost a leg, Ashur's body was not as good as before. In the cold weather, his old injury was even more painful. Naturally, he could not eat raw horse meat and cold snow like other northern Di soldiers.

So, he had been drinking horse blood during this period.

Holding the reins, Ashur drank the horse blood.

The red blood flowed down the corners of his mouth, making his iron-blue face look more hideous and terrifying.

Looking back to the south, his eyes seemed to be burning with flames.

"King Yan, I will definitely survive and will definitely come back. No matter what the price, I will destroy you and your Dasong together." Ashur almost bit his teeth to pieces.

He secretly swore that he would contact the British when he returned to Sacheng.

Even if he was enslaved by the British, he would win the full support of the British.

He believed that the British would definitely need him.

After all, he could control the huge Tibetan Plateau and clamp down on Dasong in the west for the British.

As long as he relied on the British, he would have a chance to defeat the King of Yan together with the British.

As for Ulanba, he was too lazy to care about his life or death, nor whether he would surrender to the Northern Di people.

From beginning to end, he only recognized Timothy, not him.

After his brother, there was no more Khan in the Northern Di, and he would not obey orders again.

Unless Ulanba proved his ability to him and brought the Northern Di people on the grassland to survive.

In that case, he would be qualified to let him serve him.

Otherwise, he would never sacrifice his troops again just because he was his second uncle.

After returning from the Western Regions, he had sacrificed too much for his brother.

Now, he had to act according to his plan.

While Ashur was thinking about it.

Ulanba was fleeing north in a panic. He and his cavalry did not dare to stop for a moment, fearing that they would be caught up by the Dasong cavalry.

At this moment, Ulanba seemed to have a feeling, stopped, and looked towards the direction of Tubo.

He knew very well that his second uncle had never recognized him.

At this moment, he even hoped that he would die in the hands of the Dasong cavalry, so as not to affect his succession to the position of the Khan of Beidi.

The most important thing is that Ashur has a natural distrust of the Russians. He prefers to believe the British, which has made him dissatisfied for a long time.

When his father Khan was alive, he could suppress Ashur. Now if Ashur forces Beidi to fall to Britain, what should he do?

After all, in his plan, Beidi can only be close to the Russian country, and he never stops dreaming of returning to St. Petersburg.

"My king, hurry up." A wolf recorder came to Ulanba, "Beidi is now leaderless, and we need my king to inherit the Khan's throne and lead our Beidi to continue fighting against the Dasong people."

Ulanba nodded and urged his horse to go north.

When he returned to the Khan's court, he was going to find Negov.

The current Beidi was weak and unable to fight against the King of Yan.

If possible, he was willing to lead Beidi to join the Russian country and become a part of the Russian country.

The Cossacks, who are now an important force in the Russian army, were once nomads on the Western grasslands.

It was after they were conquered that they joined the Russian state.

There are many such tribes in the Russian state.

Therefore, he thought it was not a rare thing for Beidi to join the Russian state.

After joining the Russian state, the Russian state had the responsibility to protect Beidi, and Beidi could get a chance to breathe and rise again.

Thinking of this, he became more determined in his thoughts and disappeared in the white grassland.

…

At the same time.

After giving up the pursuit, Chen Hu and Zhong Fang all went to Yongzhou.

After two or three days of trekking, the two arrived in Yongcheng one after another.

At this time, Ma Han, Bai Shang, Huo An, Di Ying and other generals had already arrived in Yongcheng.

Seeing Chen Hu and Zhong Fang coming back, they were relieved.

Pulling them to ask about the pursuit of Ashur and Ulanba.

Knowing that Ashur and Ulanba had escaped, everyone showed a look of pity.

"Okay, okay, it doesn't matter if two small fish escaped. If they can catch Mule Hongzhen, they will have done a great deed." Chang Wei put his hands behind his back, looking relaxed.

Relatively speaking, Ashur and Ulanba are more familiar with the roads on the grassland, so it is normal that they can't catch up.

Besides, they also lost time because of catching Mule Hongzhen.

Otherwise, these two people would not be able to escape.

"The general is good to Chen Hu. If I lost him, I would at least scold him." Bai Shang leaned against the wall and ate melon seeds, laughing.

Chang Wei glared at him, "You don't even look at your age. Chen Hu is only in his early twenties, but he can lead troops alone and capture Muller Hongzhen. When you were twenty years old and fought with me, you wet your pants."

"Hahaha..." The generals laughed at him.

Bai Shang lost his temper. Seeing Di Ying was also laughing, he kicked him on the butt and shouted, "If I can't bully Chen Hu, I can't bully you!"

Di Ying was squatting on the ground basking in the sun and fell to the ground.

He got up and rushed towards Bai Shang like a leopard, shouting, "Bai Shang, you are bullying too much. General Yang Zhen owes you a favor, but I don't. Today, I will settle the matter of cleaning the battlefield with you."

Bai Shang laughed, nimbly dodged Di Ying's pounce, and ran away. The two kept chasing each other.

Other generals were not willing to be lonely and stood aside and shouted.

Chang Wei was too lazy to pay attention to them. After the war, generals and soldiers needed to relax and let them make trouble.

He just called Chen Hu aside and asked about the enemy annihilation during the pursuit.

"The cavalry led by Ashur and Ulanba together would not exceed 50,000 people, but unfortunately, when chasing their cavalry, they could not chase their infantry, so the infantry escaped back to the grassland." Chen Hu said.

Chang Wei smiled and said, "You are wrong. It is freezing cold and there is no supply. It is impossible for them to return alive. The Beidi soldiers are not stupid. After they were left behind, some of the infantry fled, and some turned back and surrendered to us."