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

"withdraw!"

Maodun's eyes widened in fury; he was being killed right in front of him?

Can anyone tell him what happened?!

He originally had an army of 400,000 besieging the Han emperor, eating hotpot, singing songs, holding Lady Que, watching the snow, and happily about to capture the emperor of the Central Plains.

Suddenly, a monster appeared, and 10,000 men broke through the encirclement of his 400,000-strong army.

After the retreat, the layers of city walls were like paper. Before they even knew what was happening, they were being attacked right in front of them. Someone must be cheating!

The Eternal Heaven is above, someone's cheating! How can they play without being banned?

Previously, surrounded by a large army, they could only watch helplessly as Maodun fled. Now that he's right in front of them, can a cooked duck still fly away?

Not only Wei Ping, but also Fan Kuai and Zhou Bo stared intently at Modu. This was no ordinary Xiongnu Chanyu; this was a title, a fief, and the riches and honors to be enjoyed by his descendants!

Unfortunately, they could never beat Wei Ping.

They had no choice but to turn their attention to the top Xiongnu nobles, such as the Left Wise King, the Right Wise King, and the Xiutu King.

Seeing that Wei Ping was about to reach him, Maodun hurriedly took out his whistling arrow and shot it behind him.

Reflexively, his guards all drew their bows and fired behind them.

These arrows certainly wouldn't have hurt Wei Ping, but many of the Xiongnu nobles behind Modu suffered, with many being shot off their horses.

On the contrary, these people hindered Wei Ping's attack speed.

Seeing that Maodun was about to run away, Wei Ping also took out his bow and arrow and shot at Maodun's horse.

A single arrow to the throat.

Maodun fell off his horse.

His personal guards surrounded Maodun, looking at Wei Ping with a death-defying resolve.

Their families are in Maodun's hands; if Maodun dies, their whole family will die too.

Only by dying here can their families have a chance to live.

Unfortunately, their obstruction did nothing to hinder Wei Ping, who easily rushed to Maodun's side and captured him.

"Modu Chanyu has been captured; those who surrender will not be killed!"

Upon seeing Maodun captured alive, many Xiongnu soldiers threw down their weapons and surrendered.

They were familiar with this too: Li Mu, Qin Kai, King Wuling of Zhao, Meng Tian... during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.

This wasn't the first or second time they had been defeated by the Central Plains.

Anyway, the people of the Central Plains care about their reputation. As long as they submit and you say some nice things, they will be released and they can even get a few days of free food.

The capture operation did not end until evening.

Due to the restrictions imposed by Yanmen City, tens of thousands of soldiers were captured, and tens of thousands more were trampled to death.

Wei Ping was ultimately alone; even without him, the Xiongnu would still draw their swords.

The Han army numbered only tens of thousands, which was insufficient to capture all the Xiongnu people.

Ultimately, over 200,000 Xiongnu cavalrymen fled back to the grasslands.

At the victory celebration in the evening, looking at the disheveled Maodun in front of him, Liu Bang's resentment at being trapped at Baideng suddenly surged up.

"So it was you who dared to collude with King Han Xin to ambush me?!"

Liu Bang poured the wine from his cup onto Maodun's head. Maodun was never a polite person; he was just a rogue emperor.

"Take him out, tie him to Mount Bai, and let him freeze to death!"

Seeing Maodun being dragged away, Liu Bang felt completely relieved.

He walked up to Wei Ping, took out a scroll of imperial edict, and handed it to Wei Ping.

"General, this is your reward for this battle: you are hereby granted the title of Marquis Che, Marquis of Pingcheng, with a fief of 8000 households."

"Is the general satisfied?"

Liu Bang chuckled and placed his hand on Wei Ping's shoulder, but his gaze remained subtly fixed on Wei Ping's eyes.

He wanted to see if Wei Ping and Han Xin were the same kind of people.

If so, then...

"Thank you for your reward, Your Majesty. My contribution was but a small one; how can I compare to the founding heroes?"

Wei Ping was "truly apprehensive" and repeatedly declined.

"Throughout history, there has been no greater merit than serving the emperor or saving him from peril."

"The next best option is to capture the king and destroy the country."

"If the general has rendered meritorious service in rescuing the emperor and capturing the king, how could he not receive such treatment!"

"Zhou Bo, tell me, is he worthy of the title of Marquis of Pingcheng?"

Liu Bang was very satisfied with Wei Ping's performance; he was a man who understood the bigger picture and knew when to advance and retreat.

"Yes, yes, yes."

After this battle, Zhou Bo was completely subdued by Wei Ping.

"Fan Kuai, what about you?"

"Clothes!"

Fan Kuai laughed heartily and raised a toast to Wei Pingyao, expressing his admiration for someone with such exceptional martial prowess.

"Come, let us all raise a toast to Marquis Pingcheng."

That night, many people got drunk and passed out.

Wei Ping instructed his attendants to take everyone to their rooms to rest, while he went alone to the city gate to arrange for defense.

After arranging the defenses, he stayed alone at the city gate facing the grassland, his consciousness sinking into his mind.

At this moment, the gourd was undergoing a creation-of-the-world event. Just as he was officially enfeoffed as a Marquis, a huge amount of fortune was collected by the gourd, creating a world of a hundred acres in size within it. A natural fountain sat in the very center of the world, bringing a touch of life to the entire small world.

The Annals of Emperor Gaozu (from the Book of Han)

In the sixth year of Emperor Gaozu's reign, the Xiongnu attacked King Xin of Han at Mayi, and Xin then conspired with them to rebel in Taiyuan. Bai Tumanqiu and Wang Huang established Zhao Li, a former general of Zhao, as king in rebellion, and Emperor Gaozu personally went to attack them. It was freezing cold, and two or three out of ten soldiers lost fingers, so they reached Pingcheng. The Xiongnu besieged Pingcheng, which Emperor Gaozu considered a great humiliation.

Fortunately, he had the fierce general Yue Ping, whose strength was greater than a thousand pounds. He killed dozens of Xiongnu generals in battle, caught an arrow with his bare hands, and threw it dozens of steps away, hitting the enemy right between the eyebrows. In one battle, he beheaded more than a thousand people and defeated 400,000 with ten thousand. He was brave and invincible, and the Xiongnu feared him like a tiger.

Emperor Gaozu said: "If there is no peace, I will die."

After the war, Wei Ping led his troops to attack Yanmen. The city gate was one meter thick and weighed over a thousand kilograms.

Ping cleaved them with a single halberd strike, and the Xiongnu scattered and fled. One or two out of ten of them trampled each other to death. Ping captured the Xiongnu Chanyu at Yanmen.

Emperor Gaozu exclaimed: "The bravery of Yu is second to none throughout history; the bravery of Ping is first to none throughout history!"

Later generations praised it in a song: "Ten times the troops, crush them; twenty times the troops, overwhelm them; thirty times the troops, win; forty times the troops, no doubt; fifty times the troops, the advantage is mine."

From then on, the Xiongnu would turn pale at the mere mention of Ping's name; when children cried, they would be frightened and told: "Han Ping is coming," and then they would stop crying.

After the war, he was granted the title of Marquis Che, with a fief of eight thousand households, but Ping was ashamed and refused to accept it.

Emperor Gaozu asked the generals with a smile, "Are you convinced?"

Marquis Jiang and Marquis Wu replied: We are both convinced!

All the generals were convinced and accepted the offer, granting him the fief of Pingcheng.

After the banquet, the emperor and his generals were all drunk, but Ping remained unfazed by the thousand cups, and arranged the defenses flawlessly.