Chapter 248 Daling Royal Court
After a brief rest, the army launched another attack that afternoon.

They ran for more than a hundred miles and attacked at night.

Thousands of cavalrymen turned into a storm and swept through the banners of the Ombu, Chahar and Dosor clans one after another.

In just four days, they turned the flag areas of four large tribes into ruins.

But at the same time, news of their attacks on major banner areas spread.

Settlements large and small fell into panic, and became nervous and fearful.

As panic spreads, the power of defense increases.

Whether these settlements are well-prepared or not makes a big difference to Yang Zhengshan and his team.

Without defense, their attack is unexpected; with defense, their attack becomes a strong attack.

Although this will not stop them, it will slow down their efficiency and speed of clearing out the enemies.

Therefore, after wiping out the Dosol clan, Yang Zhengshan and his men slowed down the pace of their attack and moved forward in a more steady and cautious manner.

"Next, we have to guard against Fushan City. Once the news reaches Fushan City, Fushan City will definitely send troops to pursue us!"

During the break, Zhou Lan, Wang Bin and Yang Zhengshan got together to discuss.

"I will find time to keep an eye on Fushan City!" Zhou Lan said.

Yang Zhengshan thought about it and nodded slightly, "Let's see how many troops they will send out first. If it's a small number, then we'll have to fight hard. If it's a large number, then we can only run away!"

After several attacks, they also lost a lot of soldiers. Currently, they have only a little over 5,000 soldiers left. Compared with the results they have achieved, less than 2,000 casualties are already very good.

However, facing the nearly 100,000 troops of Fushan City, their limited force seemed somewhat insignificant.

If Fushan City sends out 10,000 troops, they can still fight hard. If it sends out 20,000 troops, they may be able to think of a way and have a chance of winning.

But if we send out 30,000 or 40,000 troops, they will have no choice but to run away!

Wang Bin nodded and said, "Where should we go next?"

Yang Zhengshan looked at the simple map on the ground. He didn't know much about the situation in Chongshan Town to the north of Fushan City. The map was extremely crude. Except for the four banner areas, the locations of other settlements were very inaccurate. As for the terrain, there were also large deviations.

"To this side!"

He pointed to the northwest, where the terrain was a little more complicated, with many hills and forests, and hid and fled with them.

As for the settlements of the Hu people, there are also several there.

"There are some small settlements over there!" Wang Bin frowned. He felt that they should continue to expand their victory and attack those medium-sized settlements as soon as possible.

"Our next focus is to guard against pursuit from Fushan City, rather than expanding the results of the battle!" Yang Zhengshan explained.

Greed is the original sin.

At this time, Yang Zhengshan felt that it would be better to be safe. Before confirming the movements of Fushan City, they should be as careful as possible.

"That's right!" Zhou Lan nodded in agreement. Wang Bin thought about it and agreed with Yang Zhengshan's idea.

At the same time, news of the destruction of the four major banners reached Fushan City one after another.

The first news that reached Fushan City was the destruction of Gorqin Banner. In fact, it was already the third day after the destruction of Gorqin Banner.

When the news reached Fushan City, the entire city was shocked.

The people within the Gorqin clan were outraged, and many wanted to lead troops to seek revenge, but the top leaders of the Gorqin clan suppressed them.

The reason is simple. To the Gorqin clan today, the importance of Fushan City far exceeds that of the banner area.

They could not put Fushan City in danger just to avenge the flag area.

Of course, this does not mean that they will allow the enemies who attacked the banner to go unchallenged. The top leaders of the Gorqin clan want to ask Omubu, Chahar and Duosol to send troops to pursue and suppress them.

However, the leaders of the three tribes, namely, Omubu, Chahar and Dosol, refused.

By now, the situation inside Fushan City is no longer the same as before. The Gorqin clan can no longer control the other three clans, and there are constant open and covert struggles among the various parties.

This is also one of the reasons why they were unable to come up with a complete plan to deal with Liang Chu's army outside the city.

The top leaders of the four clans had a fierce argument in the royal hall, and then left in a bad mood.

But the next day, news came that the banners of Omubu and Chahar had been destroyed, and everyone became anxious.

Emubu and Chahar are different from Gorqin. Gorqin's focus has shifted to Fushan City, but they have not. Everything they have is still within the banner.

Now that their lair has been raided, how can they not be anxious?

In the royal palace, Mengtemu, the leader of the Gorqin clan and the king of the Daling Dynasty, sat high on the throne.

Mengtemu is already in his sixties, with white hair and beard and an old face, but he exudes an aura of majesty that makes people dare not look directly at him.

Speaking of Mengtemu, he can definitely be called a legendary figure.

Twenty-six years ago, in the Battle of Black Cloud Mountain, the entire East China Sea Hu tribe suffered heavy losses and was severely damaged. The Gorqin clan was no exception. Even the leader of the flag died in the battle at the foot of Black Cloud Mountain.

It was at that time that Mengtemu inherited the position of leader of the banner.

He took over a broken Gorqin clan, with a sharp decline in the number of able-bodied men in the clan, a shortage of labor, and many other clans coveting Gorqin's wealth. Under such circumstances, Meng Temu showed strong means and led a group of remnants to successively destroy three medium-sized clans that provoked Gorqin, once again establishing Gorqin's status as one of the seven major clans.

In the following twenty years, Mengtemu worked hard to govern his own tribe, while forming alliances with other tribes to check and balance each other, and at the same time shifted the focus of the Gorqin clan to Fushan City.

It was also because of the restoration of Shancheng that the Gorqin family got the opportunity to develop rapidly.

Although Fushan City is not a big city, its relatively safe environment and fixed location make it the economic and trade center of the Hu people in Donghai.

Tribes big and small would come to Fushan City to trade, and Mengtemu made a lot of wealth for the Gorqin family by relying on this.

With wealth, the living conditions within the clan improved, young men grew up, and the Gorqin clan's strength was restored.

With the strength, Mengtemu formed alliances and united the seven large tribes again.

The previous invasion of the Darong border was a plan he made to demonstrate his ability and strength to the major clans.

The first time they invaded the border of Dayong, they won a great victory and plundered a large amount of wealth from Dayong, which established his status and prestige among the Hu people in Donghai.

When he led the Donghai Hu tribe to defeat Zhang Shouwang's army outside Fushan City, his prestige among the Donghai Hu tribe reached its peak. He used this opportunity to establish the Daling Dynasty and proclaimed himself king.

But then he faced Liang Chu and was defeated at Chongshan Pass.

A great defeat destroyed the prestige he had accumulated over the years. In addition, as he grew older, the major clans no longer treated him with the same respect as before.

Until now, he has been unable to control the major tribes.

At this time, Mengtemu sat high on the throne, overlooking the ministers below with a very deep gaze.

Among the ministers, standing in the front were the three flag leaders of Omubu, Chahar and Duosol.

Bao Alang, the leader of the Omubu Banner, was thin, handsome, and had a unique air of elegance. From the outside, he did not look like a Hu person, but more like a scholar from Darong.

The leader of the Chahar Banner, Suo Chang'e, was broad-shouldered and fat-faced, and looked particularly fierce.

Gulhaci, the leader of the Dosor clan, is a little old man with short stature, hunched back, and white hair and beard. He is nearly ten years older than Mengtemu and is now nearly seventy years old.

"Mengtemu, are you going to send troops or not? If you don't dare to send troops, we, Dosol, will send troops ourselves!"

In the hall, Suo Chang'e's loud voice was heard. He called Mengtemu by his name directly without any awe for the king.

However, he was also the loudest voice against Mengtemu's dispatch of troops yesterday.

Yesterday Mengtemu asked them to send troops, but they made excuses. Today they are asking Mengtemu to send troops again.

One can imagine Mengtemu's mood at this time. He wished he could kill these capricious villains.

But he couldn't. Not only could he not kill them, he also had to rely on them.

"We Gorqin can send out troops, but not all of them. We can only send 5,000!"

"The same goes for you. You can only send out 5,000 troops!"

"no!"

As soon as Mengtemu finished speaking, Gulhaci said slowly: "We, Dosol, will send out 10,000 troops! We also need to protect the flag land!"

Up to now, they have not received any news about the attack on the Dosor banner, but Gulhaci understands that since the other party has already attacked the other three banners, they will definitely not let their banner go.

So the most anxious person at this time was Gulhaci, who was eager to mobilize the army back to the banner.

"Senior Gulhaci, don't forget that there are Liang Chu's troops outside the city. The flag land is important, and Fushan City is also important. We can't give up Fushan City because of the flag land!" Mengtemu suppressed his anxiety and said calmly.

Although the focus of other tribes is no longer on Fushan City, they all understand that if they cannot defend Fushan City, they will no longer have any chance of winning and will be driven to the cold snowfield by Darong.

This is why they are still willing to stand here.

Gulhazi raised his head and looked directly at Meng Temu with his cloudy eyes, "I understand the importance of restoring Shancheng, but you also need to understand the worries in my heart!"

He is older than Mengtemu and has a higher generation than Mengtemu. Although Mengtemu is a king, his prestige in the entire Donghai Hu tribe is not low.

At this time, he called himself an old man, which was really giving face to Mengtemu.

Meng Temu couldn't help but curse in his heart, "I knew this old guy was the most difficult to deal with!"

Although the irritable Suo Chang'e has a loud voice, he is the easiest to appease. As long as you give him money or things, he will be willing to do things.

The introverted Bao Alang is the most cautious. Perhaps he has the most thoughts in his mind, but his caution makes him restrained in doing anything and makes it impossible for him to accomplish anything.

Gulhaci looks old and foolish, but in fact this old man is the most difficult to deal with. He takes advantage of his seniority and makes Mengtemu feel suffocated sometimes.

"Bao Alang, what do you think?" Mengtemu couldn't target Gulhaci, so he could only look at Bao Alang who didn't say a word.

Bao Alang looked at Gulhazi and said, "Dosol can send out 10,000 troops, and we will send out 5,000!"

Meng Temu was a little disappointed, but he still said: "That's it, send troops now!"

Things have come to this, there is no point in arguing any further, and it will only put me at odds with them. It is better to just agree directly.

But this also means that he has given in again.

Afterwards, everyone dispersed and gathered their troops to pursue and suppress the Dayong army that attacked the banner area.

(End of this chapter)