Transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms as Lu Bu: I Have a Pseudo-Apocalypse System

It was the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, early morning.

The Western Sea King's Residence.

This is a fortified village built of adobe and wood, the royal court of King Zuo Dulu. The village is not large, only a few miles in circumference, but it houses thousands of tents, making it the core area for the various tribes of the Western Sea to spend the winter.

Xubu Guli stood on the stockade wall, gazing eastward with a furrowed brow.

Last night, news came from the east: a camp had been attacked, resulting in heavy casualties.

Who is it? The Han army? Impossible, Lü Bu is attacking Yanqi and Kucha, and the scouts haven't reported the Han army moving north. Then who is it?

Just then, a cloud of dust suddenly rose in the distance!

Countless cavalrymen surged in from the east, their banners waving and their weapons like a forest!

Xubu Guli's expression changed drastically, and he hissed, "Enemy attack! Quickly, close the gates! Sound the horns!"

The bugle sounded, and the village was thrown into chaos. Women cried out, children screamed, and men ran in all directions, searching for weapons.

But that cavalry came too fast!

In the blink of an eye, they had rushed to the front of the village!

The first general, with disheveled hair and a ferocious face, was none other than Yufuluo!

He reined in his horse, looked up at the stockade wall, and burst into laughter: "Xubu Guli, you didn't expect this, did you? It wasn't the Han army that killed you, it was me, Yufuluo! Yufuluo, the Chanyu of the Southern Xiongnu!"

Xubu Guli's face turned deathly pale, and he hissed, "Yufuluo! You, how did you come from the east?"

Yufuluo sneered, "You only focus on the Western Regions, assuming the Han army will march north. But you've forgotten that the Southern Xiongnu still exist in the northern deserts! My Southern Xiongnu cavalry know this route to the north far better than you do!"

Xu Bugu Li's mind went completely blank.

Yes, how could he forget? The Southern Xiongnu have been driven to the Ordos region by the Xianbei in recent years, but their homeland was originally in the northern desert! They know this route better than the Northern Xiongnu!

"Charge in!" Yufuluo brandished his longsword. "Slaughter all the Northern Xiongnu bastards and avenge our fallen people!"

Two thousand Southern Xiongnu cavalry surged toward the gate like a tidal wave!

The gate was not very sturdy to begin with, and it collapsed with a crash when hundreds of riders pulled it with ropes!

The Southern Xiongnu cavalry swarmed in!

Inside the village, a massacre began.

Young and strong men were hacked to death on the spot, the elderly were killed with a single blow, and even teenagers who were faster than a car wheel were mercilessly killed.

A northern Xiongnu herdsman knelt and begged for mercy, but was killed by a southern Xiongnu cavalryman with a single blow: "When you killed our people, did you spare anyone?"

One of the boys tried to escape, but was caught and slashed down with a knife.

An old man knelt down and begged for mercy, but was beheaded with a single blow.

Blood flowed like a river throughout the entire Western Sea Royal Palace.

……

Xubu Guli, with dozens of personal guards, fought his way out through the west gate.

He glanced back and saw flames shooting into the sky and thick smoke billowing from the royal residence. The shouts of battle and screams of agony could still be clearly heard even after running for miles.

"Leader, where do we run to?" a guard asked in a trembling voice.

Xubu Guli gritted his teeth: "Go west, to the Chanyu's court, quickly!"

Dozens of riders hurriedly headed west, disappearing into the vast snowfield.

……

The battle ended in the afternoon.

Yufuluo rode his horse through the royal residence, looking at the corpses scattered on the ground, his face expressionless.

A centurion stepped forward and reported: "Chanyu, the count is complete. In this battle, we killed over 500 able-bodied men and over 1,000 old and weak Xiongnu. We captured over 2,000 women and seized over 80,000 head of cattle, sheep and horses."

Yufuluo nodded: "Where are the able-bodied men from each tribe? Wasn't it said there were tens of thousands of Xiongnu people in the Western Sea?"

The commander said, "Reporting to the Chanyu, the various tribes of the Western Sea are scattered in different places, and only a portion of them have gathered at the royal residence. The rest of the tribes have probably already fled upon hearing the news."

After a moment's thought, Yufuluo said, "Send men out in all directions to pursue them! Chase as many as you can. Don't force those you can't catch. We've already made a huge profit on this trip."

The centurion clasped his hands in a fist salute: "Yes!"

Yufuluo then said, "Pass down the order: each soldier shall be rewarded with a woman, ten sheep, and two horses. The remaining spoils of war shall be registered and presented to the King of Jin."

"yes!"

Hufro looked westward, a slight smile appearing on his lips.

The Prince of Jin asked him to perform meritorious service to avenge his father, and he did just that.

This battle not only avenged their defeat but also resulted in the capture of numerous cattle, sheep, and horses, as well as over two thousand women. Bringing them back to the Ordos region would further strengthen the Southern Xiongnu's power.

Xubu Guli, you may flee, but what good will it do to flee to the Chanyu's court? Once the King of Jin has free time, he will destroy your Northern Xiongnu Chanyu's court sooner or later!

……

When the news spread, the various Xiongnu tribes north of Jinwei Mountain were terrified.

The scattered Northern Xiongnu tribes were terrified when they heard the news that the royal palace had been breached and thousands of people had been killed.

Some tribes immediately abandoned their tents and the elderly and weak, taking only the able-bodied men and their cattle and sheep, and fled westward in panic.

Some tribes hesitated, and by the time they wanted to flee, the Southern Xiongnu cavalry had already arrived.

Some tribes attempted to resist, but were utterly annihilated.

In just a few days, dozens of tribes, large and small, along the western coast of the sea either fled or perished, with less than one in ten surviving.

The once-prosperous remnants of the Northern Xiongnu around Jinwei Mountain were thus wiped out.

This fertile land became the territory of the Southern Xiongnu, which in turn was the territory of the Han court.

……

On the third day of the first month of the seventh year of Chuping (196 AD), the Wusun royal court was located in Chigu City.

The Great Kunmi Dieyan sat on the throne covered with golden wolf skin, his face gloomy.

Inside the hall, more than ten high-ranking officials, including Right Grand General Huyanjie, Assistant State Marquis Zhuanqu, and Xihou Commandant, sat on either side. Ulan Beg, who had just returned from the south, was reporting on the situation at Wensu.

"After Lü Bu led four thousand elite Han cavalry to Wensu, this humble general dared not act rashly and temporarily withdrew to Weitou to await Your Majesty's decision."

After Ulanboke finished speaking, Dieyanhu remained silent for a long time before slowly saying, "Did you all hear that? Kucha has surrendered, and Weitou, Wensu, and Gumo have all submitted to the Han court. Lü Bu's army is already at our doorstep. What are your thoughts?"

Right Grand General Huyanjie spoke first: "Your Majesty, I believe that we should not go to war with the Han court."

Die Yanhu looked at him: "Why?"

Hu Yanjie said, "I have thoroughly investigated Lü Bu's background these past few days. This man indeed possesses supernatural abilities; he can conjure objects out of thin air, build stone platforms, and set up catapults on platforms dozens of feet high to bombard the city. The defending troops couldn't even lift their heads. The 20,000-strong army of Wulei City in Kucha fell in a single day. With such fighting power, how can we possibly stop them?"

Marquis Zhuanqu, the Assistant State Governor, frowned and said, "Right Grand General Qiequ is boosting the morale of others while diminishing our own. We, the Wusun, have 100,000 archers; are we afraid of his few thousand Han soldiers?"

Hu Yanjie shook his head: "One hundred thousand archers? Marquis Fuguo, you know how many elite soldiers we have capable of fighting. Those herdsmen, they graze their livestock in peacetime and become soldiers in wartime. Their weapons are rudimentary, their armor incomplete. How many of them can truly fight?"

He paused, then continued, "Lu Bu's several thousand men were truly elite cavalry, fully armored! It's said that his personal guard, men and horses alike, were clad in iron armor, and when they charged, even the Xiongnu cavalry couldn't withstand them. Kebineng's tens of thousands of elite Xianbei cavalry were defeated in a single battle. Xubu Danghe's seven thousand Xiongnu cavalry were also wiped out in a single day. How much stronger are our cavalry compared to the Xianbei and the Xiongnu?"

Zhuanqu was speechless.