Looking into He Lan's eyes, Ge Mo felt a sense of fear rise in his heart.
Even if He Lan wanted to execute him for disobeying military orders, there was nothing He Lan could do.
Seeing Gemo's discomfiture, He Lan shoved him to the ground and burst into laughter.
Although Gemo is of noble birth, there is still a gap in status between him and He Lan in the army.
So even though he knew He Lan was humiliating him, he was powerless to do anything about it.
However, for Gemo right now, the more important thing is to kill the five Han Chinese outside the door who dared to provoke him.
With this thought in mind, Gemo forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and said.
"Atla was defeated and killed because he underestimated the enemy and acted rashly."
"As long as we are careful, what do we have to fear from these few Han cavalrymen?"
He Lan looked at Ge Mo as if he were an idiot.
“Since they dared to provoke us outside the camp gate, they must have set a trap.”
"If I'm not mistaken, they must have set up an ambush somewhere to lure us in."
Upon hearing this, Gemo showed a disdainful expression.
"The Han soldiers in Fuling City number only a little over four thousand. Unless they abandon Fuling City, the maximum number of troops they can spare is no more than two thousand."
"With a mere two thousand men, as long as our army has ten thousand cavalrymen advancing together, these Han people will ultimately be nothing more than dead souls under our hooves."
"Any schemes or tricks are futile in the face of absolute power."
Upon seeing the disdain on Gemo's face, He Lan was immediately enraged.
"Are you more powerful than the Left Wise King?"
Upon hearing this, Gemo immediately denied it outright.
“I am naturally no match for the Left Wise King.”
He Lan slammed his fist on the table and roared.
"Even the Left Wise King suffered two defeats in two battles here, so how can you be so sure that you will win?"
He Lan's words left Ge Mo speechless.
Seeing that Gemo remained silent, He Lan softened his tone and spoke.
"This time, the Han people we are facing are cunning and cruel. Their commander is the son of the Duke of Dali, who killed the previous Khan ten years ago."
"If we can capture and kill this man, our future prospects before the Great Khan will be limitless."
Upon hearing this, Gemo's face showed a hint of surprise.
I never expected that the opposing team's commander would have such a distinguished background.
As a centurion, Gemo naturally had no right to know this information.
He Lan told Ge Mo this so that he would take his opponent seriously.
This is also an opportunity for He Lan. If he can kill Mu Zian, he can take another step forward.
A mere commander of ten thousand men could not satisfy his ambition.
Seeing the greedy look on Gemo's face, He Lan continued.
"Although this is a tremendous achievement, if we go too far, the Left Wise King will certainly not let us off the hook."
"Therefore, the key to this battle is to play it safe. If we can kill, we should kill; if we can't kill less, we should retreat immediately."
"At the very least, we must fulfill the task entrusted to us by the Left Wise King: to guard the rear of the army."
"These Han people will leave most of their troops to guard Fuling City."
"We have only about two thousand men available for combat, but we cannot let our guard down."
"But there's an old saying in the Central Plains: 'Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit.' Do you understand?"
He Lan's plan was simple: to mobilize the entire army and quickly, ruthlessly, accurately, and steadily wipe out this cavalry force scattered outside the city.
If ambushed, retreat immediately and do not linger in battle, but continue to maintain a stalemate.
Upon hearing this, Gemo immediately nodded, although he harbored some dissatisfaction with He Lan.
But for now, we must obey his orders.
As He Lan's order was relayed, the entire Xiongnu camp erupted in excitement once again.
Outside the Xiongnu camp gates, after several rounds of fighting, the Xiongnu corpses had piled up into a small mountain.
As the gates of the Xiongnu camp began to shake, Mu Zian and Luo Cheng exchanged a glance and immediately headed towards Xianma Beach according to their pre-arranged plan.
Led by He Lan, ten thousand Xiongnu cavalrymen charged forward, sweeping across the land like locusts, raising clouds of dust.
Mu Zi'an's personal bait preparation proved to be quite effective.
Five warhorses galloped past beneath the vast sky.
As Mu Zian passed through Fuling City, he looked up.
Although banners were fluttering on the city walls of Fuling, there were actually very few soldiers guarding the city.
He Lan had calculated everything correctly, and he knew that Mu Zian was just bait and there was definitely an ambush ahead.
However, according to He Lan's guess, the enemy's ambush force was no more than two thousand men.
Even if a 10,000-strong army were ambushed at the end, they could still withdraw calmly without suffering too many losses.
But if we could kill Mu Zi'an, that would be an incredible achievement. Low risk, high reward—who wouldn't do it? Only a fool would do that.
Unfortunately, He Lan had no idea about Mu Zi'an's madness.
No one could have imagined that Mu Zi'an would choose to abandon Fuling City for this ambush.
The visual impact of thousands of riders galloping during the day is quite stunning.
If you're going to act, you have to act convincingly.
Mu also subtly designed a few ambush scenarios during your pursuit.
The number of riders beside Mu Zian gradually increased from five to several hundred.
The larger the number of people, the bigger and clearer the target becomes in the eyes of the Xiongnu.
Moreover, after several pointless ambushes.
This made the Xiongnu people even more certain that the group of Han cavalry in front of them were nothing but clowns.
In this state of complete unconsciousness.
Mu Zian led his 10,000 Xiongnu cavalry to Xianmatan, a place about 50 miles from Fuling.
Xianma Beach is called a mudflat, but it is actually more like a dried-up riverbed.
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