Meanwhile, news of Sheli's defeat had already reached the rear of the Northern Wuhuan's encampment.

Upon hearing this news, everyone remaining was thrown into a panic. Of the 6,500 men who went out, they were all wiped out by the enemy.

Shefu, who was responsible for staying behind, was also completely lost. As for avenging his father, he hadn't even thought about it. More than 6,000 people were gone after that. How could he, with only 500 men, take revenge?

Shefu looked at Li Ru with a panicked expression and asked urgently, "Mr. Li, what should we do?"

"Sigh~"

Li Ru closed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and then said, "The best course of action for you now is to return to the tribe as soon as possible, inherit the position of chief, and then recruit able-bodied men to defend against the upcoming attacks from the Southern Wuhuan and the Han army!"

Wang Ming also stepped forward and said, "Wen You is right. Now that all the tribal chiefs have disappeared without a trace, Young Master can take this opportunity to bring their tribes under his command!"

"But... if we just leave like this, it's like opening a passage into our territory for them. What will happen to those dozens of tribes? If those traitors get their hands on them, it will only strengthen their power!"

Thinking of the dozen or so tribes and tens of thousands of people not far behind him, Shefu hesitated for a moment.

Li Ru narrowed his eyes slightly, then said, "Then we can only learn from the Han people's scorched earth strategy!"

"Scorched earth strategy...?"

She Fu was taken aback for a moment.

"good!!"

Li Ru nodded and then said, "Take all the able-bodied men in the tribe who can be taken away. As for the women, children, and the elderly, those burdens can stay. If they want to take them back to raise, then give them to them! Kill and burn all the cattle, sheep, and livestock. We can't take them with us, and we absolutely cannot leave them behind!"

"This...isn't doing this...going too far? What if word gets out..." She Fu stared wide-eyed at Li Ru, stammering as she spoke.

He never expected that Li Ru, who looked so scholarly, could come up with such a vicious plan. It wasn't out of kindness, but because he was worried that if the matter were to be exposed, it would be very detrimental to him.

Li Ru chuckled lightly, "Young master can frame the Xianbei people..."

"Well..."

Upon hearing Li Ru's words, Shefu was somewhat tempted. The Northern Wuhuan had a long-standing feud with the Xianbei, and he wouldn't mind making use of it.

"Alright! Let's do as Mr. Li says. We can't take those things with us, so even if we have to destroy them, we absolutely cannot leave them to those traitors!"

After a moment of deliberation, Shefu finally gritted his teeth and made a decision.

Just then, a scout suddenly rushed in, looking flustered.

The scout cried out in a panic, "My lord...it's terrible!! Those traitors, with over two thousand men, are coming to attack!!"

"What?! Where did they go?!"

The scout reported, "They are only twenty li away from our army."

"So fast??"

Shefu was immediately terrified, his face drained of color. Without further hesitation, he cried out, "Retreat! Retreat quickly!!"

Soon, Shefu led five hundred soldiers and fled in panic, abandoning the camp.

At Li Ru's suggestion, all the baggage, except for the men and horses, was left in the camp to hinder Qiu Liju and Nanlou's pursuit.

Soon, Nanlou and Qiuliju's men rushed to the empty camp.

Upon seeing the supplies abandoned by the Shefu in the camp, all the Nanwuhuan soldiers rushed forward.

The two groups that had been fighting side by side suddenly became hostile to each other, neither willing to take less than their share. In their struggle to grab more, some even resorted to violence, and the scene quickly descended into chaos.

More than an hour later, Nanlou and Qiuliju finally managed to quell the chaos.

After leaving some men to guard the area, Nanlou, Qiuliju, and others continued to lead their group northward. Now that Shefu had fled, dozens of tribes at the southern end of the Northern Wuhuan were right in front of them, and they naturally planned to take the opportunity to plunder them.

Meanwhile, Shefu, Li Ru, and others, after fleeing all the way, arrived at a tribe of the Northern Wuhuan.

Upon learning of Shefu's identity, the people of the tribe led them in without any suspicion.

After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Shefu, in the name of the Wuhuan leader, summoned more than a hundred young men from the tribe and incorporated them into his personal guard. Being a leader's personal guard was a coveted position, so the more than a hundred young men happily followed Shefu away from the tribe, leaving behind only a group of old, weak, women and children.

That night, a group of about a hundred cavalrymen dressed as Xianbei charged into the tribe, set fire to all their houses and sheepfolds, killed dozens of people, and then left.

All that remained were the cries of the survivors and the towering flames.

The next day, Nanlou and Qiuliju arrived at the tribe and saw the tribe reduced to ashes, as well as the women and children who were still sobbing. The air was filled with the smell of burnt animal carcasses.

"What happened? Who did this?"

The tragic scene in the tribe shocked Qiuliju and Nanlou.

"They are... Xianbei people!!"

A surviving woman looked at Qiu Liju and Nanlou and stammered.

"Xianbei people?"

Qiu Liju and Nanlou were slightly taken aback. This place was at least a thousand miles away from the Xianbei people. How could they have come all this way to rob them without them noticing?

Furthermore, if it was a robbery, what's the point of destroying all the livestock instead of taking them with you?

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