Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 148: Hu Wu Ren, Han Dao Chang

Three or four miles away from the Xiongnu royal court, more than 2,600 Hu cavalrymen and 1,200 Han cavalrymen were fighting fiercely together. There were also hundreds of Xiongnu Khan's personal guards wearing iron armor.

The sounds of arrows and bows shooting and shouts of killing were heard, as both sides wanted to annihilate the enemy here.

The south wind blew up sand and dust, greatly affecting the accuracy of bows and arrows. Seeing this, the Huns had no choice but to draw their swords and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Han cavalry.

The sound of weapons clashing echoed throughout the plains, and the tribes that went out to fight were torn apart in the battle.

The Huns were horrified to find that behind the Han cavalry, there were cavalrymen wearing armor, with only their eyes exposed and holding long spears.

As long as they were entangled by the enemy's light cavalry and the heavy cavalry followed, the cavalry of their tribe would be killed and collapsed.

The ground was stained with blood and corpses were everywhere. Although they were outnumbered, the cavalry was unable to break through.

People were constantly stabbed and fell off their horses, and screams were heard everywhere.

Even the most elite royal guards were beaten back step by step, with more than half of them killed or wounded.

Some of the Hun nobles who fought against them wanted to escape. Fighting to the death even though they knew they could not win was not their style.

Moreover, the herdsmen behind were also scattered. If they didn't gather the cattle and sheep and escape, they would really die in Hanoi County if their logistics were cut off.

While there are still some people who can fight and hold back the Han cavalry, it is better to quickly go around to the south and then escape to the west.

The headman, captain and centurion of a certain Xiongnu tribe looked at each other with flickering eyes.

While other tribes were rushing forward to fight again, he took the opportunity to turn around and flee south with his fellow tribesmen.

"Dong dong..." Taking advantage of the approaching dusk, he rushed out of the fighting team like a gust of wind, threw away his heavy loads and quickly disappeared in the distance.

Seeing this, some of the tribes that were still fighting desperately could not help but curse in the Hun language.

Some people cursed and followed suit and rode their horses towards the south. Now there were enemy cavalry to the west and infantry to the east.

The north is too close to the Qinshui River, and only the south has enough distance to escape along the river.

The two armies charged again, and the Huns, seeing that the situation was hopeless, scattered in panic. Most of them ran south, while a small number went east to inform Chanyu Yufuluo that the Huns had been defeated and had to retreat quickly.

Taishi Ci sent one-third of his cavalry to continue the pursuit southward, while he led the remaining soldiers eastward to attack the Xiongnu royal court and the envoy to join them.

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Yu Fuluo's infantry was at a disadvantage in the battle with Liu Bei, and the tribesmen had to retreat on horseback. He also retreated two miles, but he did not expect that the Han people would come to pursue him on pack horses, and he did not expect that there would be more pursuers after him.

Liu Bei personally led 200 cavalrymen from the Ruichong Camp, holding a horse lance, to chase and kill the Xiongnu Chanyu, with Zhang Fei and Dian Wei guarding him on his left and right.

Yu Fuluo stopped and prepared to ambush the pursuing Han soldiers, but he did not expect that Liu Bei would go around the side and directly defeat the ambush of the Xiongnu tribe, and then head towards the Chanyu's flag.

"kill!"

"Kill!"

"Whoever captures and kills the Xiongnu Chanyu will be rewarded with 500 gold coins! Whoever captures his arms, legs, or feet will be rewarded with 100 gold coins! Whoever captures his head will be rewarded with 300 gold coins!"

The knights shouted as they rode their horses.

Yu Fuluo's scalp tingled after hearing this.

The knights of the Rui Chong Camp ignored the Huns' arrows and rushed forward to engage in hand-to-hand combat, drawing blood from the blades of their spears. The tribes that went to stop them were defeated in a moment.

The nobles of the Xiongnu royal court were shocked and took the Great Khan, abandoning other tribes and quickly fled westward, while Liu Bei led his army in hot pursuit.

As soon as the Chanyu's flags flew away, the scene instantly became chaotic. Chaos, complete chaos. Even though some tribes had not yet received the news that the Han cavalry were charging towards the west, it was difficult for them to maintain their morale.

It was already dark and the sounds of Han people shouting and killing could be heard everywhere. Nearly 10,000 combat soldiers and auxiliary soldiers, all holding weapons, rushed over madly.

Wang Ting was nowhere to be seen, and there was no point in fighting. They all fled in all directions. Yu Fuluo never dreamed that the one chasing him was Liu Bei. Seeing the enemy's cavalry general wearing armor and holding a spear, he stabbed his personal guards to death with a simple blow, which made him even more afraid, and he whipped his whip to speed up.

"Great Chanyu, quickly move south. The cavalry fighting ahead has been defeated, and the Han cavalry is coming to attack us. Quickly move south, I will stop the pursuers."

The sound of hurried horse hooves came from the west. The royal guards, less than a hundred in number, ran back and hurriedly spoke to Yu Fuluo.

Yufuluo had never expected to encounter the Xiongnu's most elite cavalry here. If he had not transferred his elite troops to the west to meet the enemy, he would not have been defeated so easily.

Thinking that he had become a lost dog, Yu Fuluo could not help but angrily rebuke: "You are the elite cavalry of the royal court, wearing the best armor and leading 2,600 people to fight, can't you stop the enemy cavalry?"

"Great Chanyu, we can't stop them! The Han army has heavy cavalry. If we don't leave quickly, we won't be able to escape once they catch up with us."

The royal guards tried to persuade him with dry lips that if it weren't for the fact that Chanyu treated them well, they would have fled with him long ago.

Upon hearing this, Yu Fuluo said nothing more and without further ado with his guards, he galloped southward on his horse, and all the Xiongnu nobles followed him.

The royal guards rode forward and engaged in combat with the Ruichong camp.

Seeing the Xiongnu flags running further and further away, Liu Bei shouted to Zhang Fei: "Yide is in your hands."

He took Dian Wei and the hundred cavalrymen to bypass them and chased after them again.

Along the way, he encountered the Xiongnu nobles who put up a stubborn resistance and counterattacked, but he struck them head-on and killed them all, some dead and some injured.

Seeing that the number of soldiers in the Xiongnu royal court was decreasing, only dozens of people were left and they fled along the river.

Even though Liu Bei saw that his horse was panting, he did not stop and chased for more than ten miles.

Relying on his good eyesight, Yufuluo sent people several times to impersonate the Chanyu and escape to other places, but they were always seen through.

After running for a few more miles, the knights' good horses could no longer hold on, but the dozen figures in front were still running forward.

Liu Bei frowned, worried that the Xiongnu Chanyu might escape at night. He had worked hard to prepare a table of food, and it would be really annoying if the main course ran away.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss..." Suddenly, a high and long cry of pain from a horse was heard in the front. The last dozen people in the Xiongnu royal court were tripped to the ground. The horses tried to get up several times but failed.

The Hun man riding on his horse flew into the air and crashed heavily into the ground, and couldn't help but cry out in pain.

Liu Bei was afraid that there might be foreign objects on the ground, so he ordered his cavalry to slowly surround it. Sure enough, they saw that the ground was full of potholes and the horses' hooves could easily get stuck and break.

The Ruichong Camp had captured all the Huns, especially Dian Wei, who broke the arm of a middle-aged Hu man wearing a golden eagle crown behind his back and brought him to Liu Bei's horse.

Yu Fuluo was trembling all over, his teeth were chattering, and he endured the excruciating pain of the brute twisting his arm, without saying a word.

Liu Bei was riding on his horse, thinking that the person he had captured should be the real Chanyu. He smiled and asked from a high position, "Yufuluo, are you convinced by this battle?"

Yu Fuluo looked up in astonishment and said, "You are Liu Bei?!"

Liu Bei did not comment, but instead said with emotion: "Since Emperor Gaozu, so many years have passed, and the descendants of the Liu family have once again defeated the Xiongnu Chanyu and captured him with their own hands. They destroyed the enemy's flags and stepped on the intestines and waded through the blood of the Huns."

"Since the Chuping years, you have led the Xiongnu to wreak havoc on the capital, burning, killing, looting and committing all kinds of crimes. Even if Yuan Shao, Zhang Yang, or even the emperor were to be lenient with you, I would not be lenient with the Xiongnu tribes that are harming the Han people."

"Today I am leading the army to finally avenge the Han people. Lord Dian, take these people down and kill them. Bring their heads back to the barracks. In a few days I will take them to Luoyang to offer sacrifices to the ancestral temple and the innocent people."

Yu Fuluo wanted to beg for mercy, but seeing that Liu Bei was extremely determined, he had to close his eyes and let Dian Wei drag him aside.

Dozens of miserable screams came and went quickly.

However, Dian Wei held up the wrapped head and excitedly asked Liu Bei, "Sir, I got the head of the Chanyu, so I should get three hundred gold, right?"

Liu Bei suddenly remembered and turned around to find that Yu Fuluo's hands and feet were also missing. The soldiers were smiling foolishly and wrapping the chopped and bleeding human tissue with cloth, as if they were wrapping some treasure, and it seemed that they wanted to share the reward equally among everyone.

Liu Bei was speechless for a moment, and said firmly: "Yes, yes, yes, all!"

(End of this chapter)