The Young and Vigorous Eighth Prince

As for the situation in Dayan, they no longer cared about it. After all, they had already suffered a great defeat and were seriously injured, and they were temporarily unable to fight against Dayan.

The gathering of the army was a temporary deterrent, as they were afraid that Dayan would take advantage of the victory and pursue the enemy directly into the grassland.

Now, Ji Keli knew that his guess was correct, so he felt relieved to call back the troops, leaving only 20,000 people to guard the border.

Just after the Northern Mongolian army was called back, Chu Chengfeng in the left pass of Hezhou Pass received the news that the Northern Mongolian army was calling back for support!

Chu Chengfeng had a strange expression on his face at this time. He looked at the grassland in front of him and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, I don't know whether to say that you are a scheming monster or that you are extremely wise. It is just as you said. Northern Mongolia has withdrawn its troops! They are too busy to take care of themselves! Now, it is time for us to send troops! Don't worry, with the map you gave me, I will live up to your expectations and will definitely cause chaos in Northern Mongolia!"

As he murmured, he quickly mobilized his soldiers. There were now 150,000 troops at Hezhou Pass. He decided to send 80,000 troops to attack the Northern Mongolian grasslands in four directions.

This was also the plan that Jiang Fan discussed with him before he left. Once the troops confronting Northern Mongolia were transferred away, that would be the opportunity for him to send troops.

At that time, the Northern Mongolian grasslands were in chaos, if not a big mess. If he didn't have a map, he would never dare to go so deep into the grasslands.

But now, he has the map that Jiang Fan got from Dora Yue'er. What else is there to worry about?

However, even with this map, Jiang Fan told Chu Chengfeng not to believe everything about it.

After all, Jiang Fan didn't know whether Dora Yue'er would do something naughty. You must be on guard against others!

In this way, Chu Chengfeng personally led an army of 80,000 to attack Northern Mongolia. The 20,000 Northern Mongolian troops confronting on the border were quickly eliminated by Chu Chengfeng, and he took the opportunity to go deep into the grassland.

On the other side, Jiang Fan and Dora Yue'er continued to move forward in the Kurdish Mountains. Compared with the blizzard area at the beginning, the weather here was still very bad and the mountains were covered with snow, but relatively speaking, the road was much easier to walk on.

The place they were going to this time was another tribe near the middle section of the Kurdish Mountains, the Kutai tribe, which had a population of about 50,000.

It is one of the larger medium-sized tribes in the entire Northern Mongolian grassland, and they are also loyal to Dora Yue'er's father.

If she could get their support, she could even contact many tribes through them, and Dora Yue'er wouldn't have to do anything herself.

It was five days later when the group arrived at the Kutai tribe. There was a long river under the Kurdish Mountains, which was divided into several sections. The front section was called the Loku River, and the middle section was called the Kutai River.

The Kutai tribe is named after the Kutai River. Their tribe lives in the mountains. Looking down from the Kurdish Mountains, you can see magnificent tents.

In front of the tent, on the banks of the Kutai River, is a stretch of fields with tender green seedlings. The main agricultural crop in northern Mongolia is barley.

It was evening at this time. Dora Yue'er looked at the Kutai tribe below, her eyes flickering with hesitation.

There is an essential difference between the Kutai tribe and the Luoku tribe. The Luoku tribe is absolutely loyal to the former King of Northern Mongolia. It is for this reason that Dora Yue'er dared to meet them alone.

But the Kutai tribe was a little different. Although the tribal leader was also very loyal to the former King of Northern Mongolia, the Kutai tribe refused to send troops in Dora Yue'er's previous battle of Jinzhou.

The Roku tribe sent out 6,000 troops, and even though all 6,000 troops were lost, Rokus did not mention the matter after seeing Dora Yue'er.

Even Rokuhan, who was accompanying them, never mentioned to Dora Yue'er that she was responsible for the annihilation of 6,000 people from the Roku tribe!

This matter is actually helpless. After all, as long as there is war, there will definitely be death.

If they blame the chief commander for the deaths of soldiers in their tribe, then they are not worthy of being called Northern Mongolian warriors.

"Are you worried that the Kutai tribe will pledge allegiance to Jikeli?" Jiang Fan saw Dora Yue'er's worry and said lightly beside her.

"The Kutai tribe doesn't have a good relationship with Jikeli. He has not pledged allegiance to the princess, but it may not be easy for him to pledge allegiance to the princess. Chief Kutai is a man who seeks stability. Unless it is absolutely necessary, the warriors of his tribe will not go out to fight casually."

"Even if they encounter a war, they would rather let their tribesmen starve than to exchange food for the safety of their soldiers."

Rokuhan spoke up at this time. His voice was a little heavy. It was also full of complex,

Jiang Fan frowned when he heard this.

The leader of the Kutai tribe was a very good person, very capable of leading, and not fond of war. He was very caring towards the people of the tribe.

He would rather let the tribe members starve than let the men of the tribe die. The Kutai tribe was lucky to have such a leader.

In fact, the Northern Mongolian grassland is composed of various tribes. It is better to say that it is an alliance rather than a royal court. When the tribes go to war, most of them will allocate troops according to the size of the tribe.

Of course, after a battle, the spoils and supplies will be distributed according to the number of people contributed by each side.

Some tribes would send more troops in order to get more spoils.

However, most of the time, each tribe sent people according to the number of people allocated.

If you don't want to send people, then send supplies, such as food, weapons, war horses, etc. Use these things to reduce the number of soldiers.

But since Ji Keli came to power, this apportionment system has almost become a mere formality. He wants to send troops from a certain tribe and send a certain number of troops. The tribe must obey unconditionally, otherwise, the tribal leader may be killed or even the tribe may be destroyed!

After Jikeli's iron-blooded approach wiped out several disobedient small tribes, many tribes had no choice but to obey.

In the recent battle between Northern Mongolia and Dayan, the Luoku tribe did not need to send out 5,000 troops.

But in order to weaken the power of the Roku tribe, Jikeli assigned an additional 4,000 people to the original 1,000 people of the Roku tribe.

He even ordered his son to use these 5,000 people as cannon fodder and kill them.

Otherwise, the Tande tribe would not dare to attack the Roku tribe and force the Roku tribe to leave the place where they have lived for generations.

"In this war between Northern Mongolia and Dayan, have the Kutai tribe been recruited for military service?!" Jiang Fan looked at Luo Kuhan and asked.

Dora Yue'er has been imprisoned in the capital by him for some time and doesn't know much about this war, but Luo Kuhan should know about it!

"Yes... 5,000 people have been mobilized..." Upon hearing this, Luo Kuhan looked at Jiang Fan and nodded.

"Although Ji Keli forcibly conscripted 5,000 people, fortunately, the Kutai tribe lost only more than 1,000 of the 5,000 people. The conflict between Kudor and Ji Keli has not yet reached the point where it cannot be reconciled."

"If you want to use this to persuade Kudor, I'm afraid you will fail. Moreover, if Kudor kidnaps the princess in order to gain merit, then we will be in trouble!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Fan met Rokuhan's serious gaze.