"Your Majesty, they've arrived!"

Just as the Left Wise King was frowning in thought, the group slowly appeared in the Xiongnu people's sight.

The Left Wise King looked up and saw that the army was not very large, which puzzled him.

"Let's go take a look...!"

Seeing that there weren't many Xianbei cavalry, the Left Wise King led his personal guards forward to meet them.

"Are you under the command of the Left Wise King?"

Upon approaching, a Xianbei man was the first to speak and ask a question.

The Left Wise King replied, "I am indeed Xie Zhiyu!!"

"So it was the Left Wise King himself! My apologies!!"

As they spoke, the Xianbei man bowed to the Left Wise King, his words extremely polite.

"No need for formalities! What are they doing here...?"

The Left Wise King nodded, then looked at the disheveled women at the back of the procession, his doubts growing even stronger.

There were originally nearly 10,000 women, how come there are only a little over 1,000?

"Your Majesty, you are unaware of this, but these women were discovered by our men within the sheepfold of the Jie people..."

The Xianbei man sighed and, with a heavy expression, recounted the women's experiences to Xie Zhiyu.

"Wh...what?! They...they actually dared to...!"

Upon hearing the Xianbei people's account, Xie Zhiyu felt a tightness in his chest, and his whole body swayed, almost falling off his horse.

"Ugh! Those damned Jie people!"

Looking at his miserable kinsmen, the Left Wise King roared in anger. His face was contorted with rage, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably, clearly enraged to the extreme.

Soon, the women were taken back to the Xiongnu camp.

Upon learning of the women's fate and the fact that over nine thousand of their own people had been eaten, the Xiongnu soldiers were filled with rage.

"revenge!!"

"Kill them all!!"

In an instant, the roars of the Xiongnu soldiers echoed all around, and even the small animals hiding in the open fields scattered and fled.

Then Xie Zhiyu looked at the Xianbei cavalry and said in a deep voice, "Thank you for returning my people. Go back and tell your chieftain to withdraw his troops immediately."

All the wealth, cattle, and sheep belong to him, but those Jie people must stay. I will kill them all, leaving no one alive. They must not be allowed to return to the Han Dynasty alive!

Seeing that the Left Wise King and the Xiongnu soldiers had lost their minds, the Xianbei leader was greatly alarmed.

"Your Excellency, the Left Wise King, please hear me out!!"

Fearing that the Xiongnu might take the opportunity to attack his troops, the Xianbei man unconsciously used honorifics when speaking.

"Speak quickly what you have to say!!"

Xie Zhi looked at the Xianbei man with impatience.

If it weren't for the fact that they were sending their people back to their own tribe, he wouldn't have bothered talking to these Xianbei people, and he certainly wouldn't have mentioned that Tan Shihuai had valuables.

The Xianbei leader trembled and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Lord Tanshihuai was also furious after learning of the Jie people's evil deeds. He has already ordered people to feed those Jie people sterile herbs from the grasslands."

"Your Majesty knows that my tribe is living in poverty and urgently needs those Jie people to exchange for some grain and salt. I hope Your Majesty can have mercy on us!"

Although their 20,000 Xianbei troops were not afraid of the Xiongnu people in front of them, they were, after all, escorting a large number of slaves and supplies. If a war broke out, the losses would be too great.

"Hmph, at least Tan Shihuai is a man..."

Upon learning of Tan Shihuai's actions, Xie Zhi's emotions calmed down considerably.

He has no shortage of resources now, and his priority is to develop his tribe as soon as possible. Unless absolutely necessary, he does not want to have a direct conflict with the Xianbei people at this time.

Seeing that Xie Zhiyu's attitude had softened, the Xianbei leader felt a sense of relief.

Remembering Han Sui's instructions, the Xianbei leader bowed to Xie Zhiyu once again.

"Your Majesty, in this campaign against the Jie people, there are also 20,000 troops under Qiangqu's command, who are currently escorting the Jie people towards Juyan..."

As they were talking, the Xianbei leader fell silent.

Xie Zhiyu glanced at the other party: "Alright, I understand. Go back and tell your Chanyu to slow down!"

"Yes!! Then I'll take my leave!"

The Xianbei leader was overjoyed. He bowed to Xie Zhiyu behind his back and then quickly left with his men.

Watching the departing Xianbei people, Xie Zhiyu immediately turned to look at the guards beside him.

"Send men to escort those women safely to the old Chanyu, so he can see for himself what a foolish decision he has made..."

"Yes, Your Majesty!!"

The guard nodded heavily, then quickly ran towards the rear of the army formation.

Then Xie Zhiyu turned to look at the army behind him, drew his scimitar with a "clang," and roared:

"Warriors, those traitors are now escorting those hateful Jie people south. They have betrayed the Sirius God and the grasslands. What do you say we should do?"

"kill!"

"kill!!"

"kill!!!"

Xie Zhiyu raised his scimitar and roared, "Avenge my people! Slay the traitors in my own home!"

"Revenge!! Slay the traitors!!"

Forty thousand Xiongnu soldiers simultaneously drew their weapons and shouted angrily.

"Set off!!"

At Xie Zhiyu's command, the enraged Xiongnu cavalry shouted and chased after Yufuluo's troops.

On the other side, after a day's march, Lü Bu finally led the remaining eight thousand-plus Xiongnu soldiers to catch up with Yufuluo's army.

"General Lü, what's going on...? Where are the Jie people and tribal leaders?"

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