A thousand-year-old family begins with one fighting against ten thousand.

Although the Left Wise King wanted to escape, he had to lead his army to stop the advance of the Han army.

If his army were to escape, the resulting chain reaction would be unacceptable to him; the entire Western Xiongnu might even perish as a result.

After two months of continuous fighting, the entire Western Xiongnu had relaxed their vigilance. With its defeat, the unprepared Xiongnu army encountered the well-prepared Han army.

It was practically a declaration of the Western Xiongnu's annihilation. He had to hold out until the Western Xiongnu in the rear reacted and prepared for war.

The Left Wise King drew his scimitar, slashed his face, and licked the blood off the blade.

The pain in his cheek brought him back to his composure. He began to boost the morale of his men, preparing to risk their lives to wear down the Han army here, giving the Western Xiongnu time to create an encampment or retreat.

The fearless Left Wise King did indeed halt the Han army's advance, holding them off for a full half-day.

In that half-day, the Xiongnu successfully assembled a large army.

However, the Xiongnu were already severely weakened by successive defeats, and now tens of thousands of elite troops under the Left Wise King had been wiped out, further damaging their strength.

Some members of the Xiongnu royal family have already expressed their intention to flee.

As fellow Xiongnu, they naturally established contact with the Northern Xiongnu early on. The Northern Xiongnu were able to survive in the far north, in the frozen wasteland, partly due to the support they received from the Western Xiongnu.

Seeing that the situation was not good, he thought about running away as fast as he could.

When Ren Youliu thought about it, he realized that a cunning rabbit has three burrows, and he couldn't place all his hopes on defeating the Han Dynasty.

Even if the Han Dynasty were to win this battle, its homeland would not be severely damaged; at most, the vassal states would suffer a major blow.

They could resume the war after a period of rest, but they could not withstand the devastation of a second war.

"I will lead the army to stay behind, while you, Right Wise King, will lead your people to retreat and join up with the Northern Xiongnu."

Yu Liu Shan Yu spoke to the Right Wise King.

"promise."

Yuliu Chanyu led the Xiongnu army in a fighting retreat, using their last remaining territory to buy enough time for the Right Wise King to withdraw.

Until one day, a blood-covered Hun soldier stormed into the king's tent.

"Chanyu, the Han army has laid an ambush on our retreat route further north. The Han army has ambushed us with 30,000 elite cavalry, and our tribe has suffered heavy losses."

"Please, Chanyu, send reinforcements immediately. If you are too late, I fear..."

Before he could finish speaking, the soldier collapsed to the ground and went to meet their eternal heaven.

"King Zuo Guli, King You Guli, send troops to their aid immediately!"

Yuliu Chanyu once again divided a portion of his already small army, sending the Left Guli King and the Right Guli King to lead them north to rescue the Right Wise King.

Wei Liang immediately noticed the changes in the Xiongnu army opposite him. A smile appeared on his lips as he realized what had happened.

He began to command his army to launch a full-scale attack, seizing this excellent opportunity to annihilate the Xiongnu in this very place.

In the war last year, they had already lost a large number of young men and women, and then the Han army, intentionally or unintentionally, wiped out the Left Wise King.

When the Right Wise King retreated north, he took another army with him. Now, the Left and Right Guli Kings' armies have been dispatched north to provide relief.

The Western Xiongnu were in dire straits, and what was even more alarming was that their predicament was discovered by the Han army.

The Han army prepared to take advantage of his illness and launch a full-scale attack.

Even at night, they fought by torchlight, and no matter how exhausted the troops were, they never retreated to rest.

After three days and three nights of fierce fighting, the Xiongnu army was almost completely wiped out.

Dou Xian held off the reinforcements of the Left and Right Guli Kings in the north, while the Right Wise King had already been eliminated by him.

The fact that Dou Xian was granted the title of Marquis of Champion is enough to demonstrate his talent in military affairs.

Even with only 3 elite cavalry, they could still annihilate twice the number of enemy troops, and after annihilating twice the number of enemy troops, they could still hold back several times the number of enemy troops.

"Reinforcements have arrived! Brothers, charge!"

Looking into the distance, Dou Xian saw the dragon flag fluttering high. Exhausted from the continuous battles, a surge of strength welled up in his body. He casually beheaded a Xiongnu soldier and shouted loudly to the soldiers behind him.

The soldiers looked in the direction of the sound and, sure enough, saw the southern army approaching. Their morale soared.

Conversely, the morale of the Xiongnu plummeted.

The arrival of the Han army meant that Youliu Chanyu in the south had been completely annihilated.

The Western Xiongnu are finished.

They didn't even have a chance to escape to the far north, the desolate wilderness.

With all hope gone, some Xiongnu soldiers threw down their weapons and knelt on the ground; they no longer wanted to fight.

Other Xiongnu soldiers slit their own throats with their scimitars.

Only a very small number of soldiers were still fighting the Han army on the entire battlefield.

These soldiers were quickly wiped out by Dou Xian and Wei Liang.

Looking at Dou Xian, who seemed to have crawled out of a pile of corpses, Wei Liang disregarded the blood all over his body and gave him a military salute.

"General, you deserve the greatest credit for this campaign to annihilate the Western Xiongnu. I will personally petition His Majesty for your commendation."

Dou Xian quickly waved his hand, "The destruction of the Western Xiongnu was all thanks to Marquis Wu'an. It was Marquis Wu'an who led the army to continuously annihilate the Western Xiongnu. I only acted at the last moment and do not deserve the greatest credit."

"I said you should take the position, and you should take it. If you hadn't cut off the Xiongnu's rear, first destroying the Right Wise King's tribe, and then holding back the Left and Right Guli Kings' tribes, the Xiongnu might have escaped."

"To achieve such a feat with an army of 3, you are no less capable than those famous generals in history."

Wei Liang sighed, saying that even he wouldn't dare say he could do better than Dou Xian.

"General, you flatter me."

Marquis Wu'an, as the leader of the Wei family's military lineage, was the idol of almost all military generals in the entire Han Dynasty.

Dou Xian was extremely excited to be praised by his idol in person, and his heart was filled with boundless pride.

He patted Dou Xian on the shoulder and said, "If you have time, you can go to the Prince Zhongwu's Mansion. There are several military books left by the First Ancestor there that you can study."

"I'll let you know when we get back to Beijing."

Upon hearing Wei Liang's words, Dou Xian became even more excited. That was a military treatise left behind by the King of Zhongwu, which was considered the most powerful military strategy by the people of the Han Dynasty.

Even "The Art of War" and "Six Secret Teachings" are far inferior.

Wei Liang actually allowed him to look through it, and it wasn't a copy from the Marquis of Wu'an's residence, but the original from the Prince of Zhongwu's residence.

Dou Xian simply couldn't resist this temptation.

"Thank you, Lord Marquis."

Dou Xian bowed deeply to Wei Liang.