After traveling for most of the day, the tribes they encountered were still the same as before. The Left Wise King became even more certain of his guess: the Southern Xiongnu must have received the news, fortified their walls and cleared the fields, lured them deep into the territory, and then annihilated them in one fell swoop.

Just as the Left Wise King gave the order to retreat, a thunderous sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from afar.

Upon receiving the plea for help, the Southern Xiongnu Chanyu immediately dispatched his second son, Huchuquan, to gather 6,000 cavalrymen to provide assistance.

Meanwhile, the scouts sent by Yufuluo galloped all the way and finally encountered Huchuquan's reinforcements. After informing them of the situation, Huchuquan immediately changed course and headed northeast.

"Retreat! Retreat now!"

When Zuo Xianwang saw Huchuquan's cavalry, he became even more certain of his guess that someone must have betrayed them.

Under the leadership of the Left Wise King, the Northern Xiongnu cavalry began a hasty retreat.

Seeing this, Huchuquan urged his soldiers to speed up the pursuit. He had encountered several tribes that had been plundered along the way, and he believed that it must have been done by the group of Northern Xiongnu people in front of him.

The Northern Xiongnu had just turned their horses around and retreated when Yufuluo, who had been pursuing them all along, finally arrived. He had originally intended to delay and wait for reinforcements to arrive, but seeing the Northern Xiongnu's panicked retreat, he realized that his brother's reinforcements were chasing them.

"Warriors, reinforcements have arrived! Charge!"

Then Yufuluo led his remaining two thousand cavalrymen toward the Left Wise King.

"Don't get entangled with them! Speed ​​up and retreat!"

Upon seeing Yufuluo charging towards him, the Left Wise King did not choose to fight him, but instead changed direction and continued to flee.

Thus, the Left Wise King and his men fled for half a day, until nightfall, before finally shaking off the brothers Yufuluo and Huchuquan. According to the count, they had lost nearly a thousand men during their escape. Upon hearing of such heavy casualties, the Left Wise King felt dizzy and almost fainted.

He led eight thousand men here with great enthusiasm, but lost almost half of them without gaining anything. If he were to return like this, he would be severely injured, even if he didn't die.