(a)

The famous battle that followed the Battle of Entu was the Battle of Sulong.

This battle began with Sun Haocheng's unexpected encounter with the enemy on the shore of Sulong Lake.

Sun Haocheng's troops faced an enemy army several times their size, and after sending a message asking for reinforcements, they went all out, stubbornly sniped for 48 hours, and held on, and finally waited for you to lead the army to arrive.

The arrival of your troops reversed the numerical superiority of the enemy forces on the battlefield, and the powerful firepower of the Han army's crossbows and quick bows smashed the massive and magnificent charge of the enemy army, and the Han army swept the entire battlefield with a divided charge.

The battle continued into the night, and the Han army drove the enemy off Sulong Lake with their sabers alof.

(b)

The cavalry battles in Entu and Sulong fully reflected the important difference between the cavalry of the new army of the Northern Han Dynasty and the traditional cavalry.

The cavalry of the New Army of the Northern Han Dynasty paid attention to the development of powerful long-range weapons, the coordination of multiple arms, and the operational characteristics of having a high degree of tactical organizational ability, and completely defeated the tradition of the steppe cavalry that only focused on individual combat capabilities.

The scene of the Han army suppressing the enemy's traditional desperate charge with powerful long-range attack weapons has been painted into countless paintings of various ethnic groups.

Just as you promised Liu Yan in the main hall of Wuyingdian when you met in Dongcheng back then, when the development of cavalry was far behind that of the grassland tribes, it only took you a few years to make up for the disadvantages of the Han army's individual combat ability with extremely sophisticated equipment, highly coordinated operations, and flexible tactical actions, making the traditional cavalry of the grassland tribes very pale and powerless in front of the new army of the Northern Han Dynasty, unable to resist the Han army's vertical and horizontal gallop and pressing step by step.

The three strategies of Dongcheng, by this moment, have all been realized and have become a living reality.

At that time, the consensus of the armies of various countries in East Asia was that one Han cavalry may not be able to win one steppe cavalry, but three Han cavalry will definitely be able to draw with three steppe cavalry, a hundred Han cavalry will definitely be able to defeat a hundred steppe cavalry, and a thousand Han cavalry will most likely defeat an enemy army several times their own in one fell swoop.

If the Han cavalry has a numerical advantage, the outcome of the battle is decided, and the opponent is only stubbornly resisting.

With your cavalry corps establishing a clear advantage in grassland warfare, someone in the imperial court suggested to Liu Shen that after driving the Beji people to Mobei, the dynasty should instead turn to war against the Rong ancestors and the Tubo people, sweep away all the tribes in the grassland, and unify most of the grassland areas under Liu Shen's rule in one fell swoop.

Liu Shen is actually a little tempted by this suggestion. However, he abides by the promise made when he met with Jinfeng Village, and he takes your opinion as the final opinion on matters related to the army, and has no opinions that contradict you.

He did not approve such movements, but left them all.

He plans to show you these pieces again at the next meeting and interview, and listen to your views before making a decision.

(c)

The voice of this suggestion in the royal court of Yunzhou in the Northern Han Dynasty was transmitted to all ethnic groups and tribes on the grassland through various channels.

Both the Rong ancestors and the Tibetan people were worried about it.

Today's Han cavalry is already the most powerful military force in East Asia, and its combat capability is so strong that it is no longer the same as when you led a small team across the grasslands. If it is said that when you entered the grassland for the second time, crossed the territory of the Beji people and crossed the Danba Desert, you were already able to cause considerable military troubles and military losses to the Rong ancestors and the Tubo people, then if you make up your mind today, after defeating the Beji people, lead the huge cavalry of the Northern Han New Army, and turn your head to point the sword at the Rong ancestors and the Tubo people, these two ethnic groups will almost undoubtedly face annihilation.

As a result, all kinds of coping strategies came alive in the grassland.

The Beji people seized this opportunity and sent envoys to the two clans to lobby, hoping to put aside their previous animosities and unite to resist the threat of the Northern Han cavalry under the current situation of the great enemy.

The Rongxian and Tubo tribes themselves were also considering the possibility of joining forces to resist the threat of the Northern Han and resist the exclusion of the Beji. The two clans have suffered many losses in the perennial dragon and tiger battles with the Beji people, and they feel that the Beji people are untrustworthy and cruel and cunning, even if the enemy is current, they are by no means the object of cooperation with confidence. Cooperate with the Beji people, and there is a possibility of being stabbed in the back at any time. Besides, if you form an alliance with the Beji people, it means that you will take the initiative to stand in the position of being the enemy of Liu Shen, and you can only swear to stand with the Han people from now on. The two clans feel that the relationship between the two clans and Liu Shen has not yet reached this point for the time being. The consensus between the two clans was that instead of complicating the situation by involving the Begi, it would be better for the two clans to form an alliance on our own and attract more small clans from the surrounding area to participate, so that the effect would not be too far from that of an alliance with the Begi, and it would be safer.

The Xibei people, who also had a history of warfare with the Han army and a history of friendly trade, participated in the joint and horizontal diplomacy of various forces on the grassland, and some kept watching from the wall, and did not offend either side.

The windfall of the Sibel people stimulated more caravans from surrounding countries and ethnic groups to venture deep into the steppe in order to make a profit.

Some of these tribes planned to join the Northern Han New Army and assist the Northern Han New Army in seeking territorial and economic interests in the grassland, so that they could get a piece of the winner's scraps in the process of major reorganization of the grassland forces, and protect themselves from falling into the intricate wars of several major tribes and becoming innocent and weak victims.

The participation of various political and commercial forces has made various forces on the grassland more active, and the situation has developed more rapidly.

All the people are looking at the direction in which direction the royal flag of Yunzhou will flutter. All the tribes were waiting for Liu Shen to make up his mind whether to expand the scale of the war in the grassland and launch a large-scale decisive battle between the Han people and the entire grassland ethnic groups.

In the steppe region, Liu Shen's political decisions were in fact more influential and important than the king of Ulindenmu Khan in Beji, and became a powerful monarch who decided the fate of the steppe. The momentum of the Great Khan of the Prairie is already faintly about to come out!

This is exactly the political ideal that the old Han King dreamed of realizing, but could not really realize.

You have fulfilled your promise to Liu Shen on the wall of Yantang Pass.

You have succeeded in removing the sword that hangs over the heads of the Han people in the northern steppes.

You're even more successful!

Now it's the other way around. You have done it, and the scimitar of the Northern Han cavalry will be hung high above the heads of all the tribes of the steppe with thunder.

The era when the tribes of the steppe looked at the eyes of the Ulinden Mukhan of the Beji people, and before they knew it, they were gone forever.