New Commanderies and the Imperial Capital

The Fubo soon set off again. Since their target had already been exposed, as long as Modun was not a fool, he would surely strengthen the watch over the lake at his new strongholds. Any future sneak attack would be much harder to pull off.

Thinking of this, Big Mouse simply ordered them to advance at full speed. This time, they abandoned their previous sneaky tactics and instead took advantage of waterborne transportation and the sailboat's speed to play a game of timing with Modun.

Just as Modun reached the second stronghold, the Fubo also appeared by the lakeshore. After another barrage of ultra-long-range cannon fire, Modun was so frightened that he did not even enter the settlement. He fled straight into the depths of the grasslands.

After two consecutive sneak attacks, Modun had also figured out what the Han Tribe was planning. They intended to rely on their advantage in ships and weapons to wipe out all his strongholds one by one.

Once Modun came to his senses, he stopped going to the other strongholds. Instead, he sent his personal guards to them to bring out the herders and livestock, while he hid deep in the grasslands to evade the Han Tribe's attacks.

On the other side, three days after Modun's lair was raided, Blood Butcher led ten thousand elite cavalry from the Han Tribe, twenty thousand herder cavalry who had just switched sides, and Suritu's three thousand cavalry—a mighty army of thirty-three thousand men—toward Modun's lair.

Before they even reached their destination, however, they encountered many of Modun's routed soldiers along the way.

Blood Butcher barely had to lift a finger. When many of the routed troops saw the Han Tribe's overwhelming numbers, they chose to surrender at the first opportunity. Some tried their luck and attempted to