The Young and Vigorous Eighth Prince

Jiang Fan and two thousand white-robed soldiers set up camp about fifty miles away from Hezhou Pass, so there was no need to worry about being discovered.

At nightfall, the people sent out to gather information had already returned, along with Chu Chengduan and Chu Chengren.

The people Jiang Fan sent went to Zuoguan, and of course they were looking for the five brothers of the Chu family. When they saw Jiang Fan, the brothers Chu Chengduan and Chu Chengren were delighted and enthusiastically went forward to hug Jiang Fan.

"Brother-in-law, you are finally here... We have been waiting for you for a long time!" Chu Chengduan said enthusiastically.

Seeing the expression on their third brother's face, Chu Chengxiong and Chu Chengrui were a little stunned.

You have to know that when my third brother left Jinzhou, he had a stern face, as if someone owed him tens of thousands of taels of silver.

His attitude seemed very abnormal, and the two brothers couldn't help but look at their fifth brother.

Chu Chengren saw his brothers looking at him, smiled, ignored the two brothers, and said to Jiang Fan: "Your Highness, this time it is thanks to your tactics, otherwise, my five brothers would be finished!"

Compared to his third brother, he was much more stable and did not address Jiang Fan as casually as Chu Chengduan did.

However, his words made Chu Chengxiong and Chu Chengrui understand why their third brother's attitude changed drastically.

"What happened!" Jiang Fan asked with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Chu Chengduan hurriedly said, "We saw the letter you sent us. Fortunately, you sent us the letter, otherwise, we would have been tricked by Mu Yuntian... He colluded with the Northern Mongolians..."

Chu Chengduan told Jiang Fan what happened not long ago.

When he finished speaking, Chu Chengxiong and Chu Chengrui were filled with anger, and their eyes were about to spit fire.

Chu Chengxiong was even more furious: "What a Mu Yuntian, he actually dared to harm my brother, he is looking for death!"

Jiang Fan looked at the Chu brothers in surprise. Although the information he sent was crucial, he really didn't expect the Chu brothers to be so awesome.

By taking advantage of the enemy's strategy, they destroyed more than 60,000 Northern Mongolian cavalry and captured nearly 20,000 people. They also seized countless war horses! Not to mention weapons!

In the battle to destroy the pass, Northern Mongolia did not gain any advantage but instead suffered heavy losses, with nearly 100,000 troops lost!

Jiang Fan thought that he might face huge difficulties when he came here, but he never expected that the Five Tigers of the Chu Family were so powerful! This saved him a lot of trouble.

Today, Northern Mongolia is no longer a big threat to Hezhou Pass.

"In fact, we were able to achieve such a good result thanks to my brother-in-law's spiked bamboo formation. You don't know that our soldiers waving bamboos and rushing down in a panic have become a nightmare for the Northern Mongolian cavalry!"

Chu Chengduan felt that he had not said enough and spoke excitedly.

He is still thinking about that battle, thinking about the soldiers waving spiky bamboo and defeating the Northern Mongolian cavalry.

Jiang Fan looked at the Chu brothers in astonishment and amusement. He really didn't know whether to say that these five brothers were fierce or strategic.

However, he was quite pleased that the five brothers had expanded the tactic of the spiked bamboo formation. But this tactic still had its disadvantages.

Their own losses would also be huge, but relatively speaking, they had a great advantage in this confrontation. Otherwise, it would be hard to say what the final outcome would be if the Northern Mongolian Iron Cavalry did not have the help of the thorny bamboo.

"Third brother, are you saying that there are about 100,000 Northern Mongolian cavalry left?" Jiang Fan asked Chu Chengduan at this time.

Chu Chengduan nodded and said, "The Northern Mongolian cavalry is less than 100,000. They fought very hard with Mu Yuntian and lost a lot of people. However, they still have 50,000 logistics infantry. The total force should be close to 150,000."

"Now, our left pass has about 80,000 troops, and we lost 13,000 to 14,000 men in that battle. As for the right pass, Mu Yuntian may still have about 70,000 troops. I don't know why, but Mu Yuntian and Ji Dongkeyou got really angry and started fighting in real life while acting!"

Speaking of this, Chu Chengduan's expression became a little strange.

Jiang Fan raised his lips when he heard this. The reason why both parties acted too much was probably because Ji Dongkeyou suffered a great loss and he probably felt that Mu Yuntian had deceived him. So, he got really angry!

It is estimated that Chu Chengfeng might have guessed this, but the third brother might be a little too straightforward and did not expect this.

Judging from the expressions of Chu Chengren and Chu Chengrui, the two brothers probably thought of it. They didn't say anything because they were afraid of embarrassing their third brother.

Jiang Fan ignored the changes in his brothers' expressions. He raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Third brother, fifth brother, do you want to deal with the remaining Northern Mongolian cavalry?"

As soon as he said this, the two brothers looked at Jiang Fan in astonishment. They thought they had heard it wrong!

Although Northern Mongolia now has only more than 90,000 cavalry, they still have 50,000 infantry, a total of 150,000 people!

How can we fight with them when we only have 80,000 people? As for the military strength of Youguan, they don't think about it.

Therefore, even if they now have all the cavalry at their disposal, they feel they have no chance of winning if they confront Northern Mongolia head-on or take the initiative to attack.

Even if they had thorny bamboo in their hands, it would be useless.

But the problem is that after the battle in front of Zuoguan, not even half of the thorny bamboos were left, and most of them were lost in that battle!

"Brother-in-law, I know you're powerful, but we don't have any thorny bamboos now. Besides, if we continue to attack, the enemy will be well-rested and we won't stand much chance of winning!"

Chu Chengduan was a little embarrassed to directly refute Jiang Fan, he said awkwardly.

After all, the reason why they were able to win before was entirely because they took advantage of their rest to lure the enemy into a trap and then win over the enemy's morale.

But now if they were to charge at someone's tent with a thorny bamboo stick, they would probably be in chaos before they even get into the tent. The thorny bamboo stick is a double-edged sword!

Hearing this, Jiang Fan just smiled faintly and said, "Third brother, it doesn't necessarily have to be bamboo... You should be able to beat the downed dog, right?"

"Kick the dog when it's down?!" Chu Chengduan and Chu Chengren looked at each other, not knowing what Jiang Fan meant. But Chu Chengxiong and Chu Chengrui looked proud and confident.

Jiang Fan said that he could destroy Northern Mongolia, so they believed that Jiang Fan could do it. After all, when they set out on the expedition, the army rushed to Huaining County for supplies.

There were not many other things, but there were nearly a hundred elm cannons and a lot of shells. As for bamboo mines and bombs, they were countless.

When Jiang Fan came here, he was already prepared for a big fight. He would first defeat Beimeng and make it no longer a threat before entering the Beimeng grassland.

Now, thanks to the help of Chu Chengfeng and others, the 200,000 cavalrymen of Beimeng were reduced to only 100,000. Although the other side still had 150,000 people, for Jiang Fan, destroying them was a piece of cake.

Even if we cannot completely wipe out the Northern Mongolian cavalry, we can at least repel them directly and make them no longer able to pose any threat to the Hezhou Pass.