"Yes," Li Guang nodded, "My lord, rest assured, my intention is also higher than knocking down a wheel; all those involved should be executed."
Behind them came the screams of the Huns.
Many of the Xiongnu people were so frightened that they trembled all over and knelt down with a thud.
"Spare us."
“Take whatever you want, as long as you spare our cattle and sheep.”
"We just hope you can spare me."
Looking at the Huns kneeling on the ground begging for mercy, Jiang Tian coldly snorted: "What right do you have to ask me to spare you? Slaughter them all without leaving a single one alive."
Qin Hongyu led her men to retrieve several hundred sets of clothing worn by the Xiongnu people.
"Sisters, put on your clothes. The Huns have been wiped out, and your revenge has been achieved."
At that moment, some of the girls burst into tears.
Suddenly, a girl roared, picked up a curved knife from the ground, and slashed it at her own neck.
"Snap..." Qin Hongyu reacted quickly, kicking the curved knife out of the girl's hand. "What are you doing? As the saying goes, it's better to live a wretched life than to die a good death."
“My whole family was killed by the Xiongnu. They raped me and my sister. My sister was raped to death by them. What’s the point of me living in this world?”
"Then let's take revenge on them." Jiang Tian said coldly, riding on his tall horse. "It's too easy to die. Once you're dead, you have nothing left."
The woman stood there, stunned, unsure of what to do.
"Qin Hongyu, give her the knife."
"yes……"
Qin Hongyu picked up the scimitar she had kicked away from the ground and threw it to the woman. "Come with us and find the Xiongnu to avenge our grievances."
"Li Guang, take the people and head straight for the Xiongnu royal court."
"promise……"
"Take up your weapons and take back everything you've lost." Li Guang looked at the dazed people.
The people walked up to Li Guang and knelt down one by one, saying, "General, we don't want to go with you. We just want to go home."
"General, these Huns are too brutal. If we oppose them, we will only face death."
"We don't want to die, General. Please spare us. We just want to get back as soon as possible."
Li Guang was furious when he heard this: "You think you can go back? The reason you were slaughtered at will is because you are all a disorganized bunch."
"You will survive? It's a thousand miles from here to Daxia. The Xiongnu you encounter along the way will let you go."
Jiang Tian roared at Li Guang: "Why are you being polite to a bunch of dying people?"
Take them away directly, don't give them any friendly treatment.
They feared the Xiongnu because the Xiongnu could easily take their lives.
They dared to defy us because we rescued them without expecting anything in return.
Upon hearing this, Li Guang nodded repeatedly: "Follow us and work for us. You have no other choice but to be beheaded.
The people fell silent instantly.
"Walk……"
Li Guang and his men took everything they could from the grassland tribe.
Destroy everything along the way that you can't take with you, burn it all.
We must not leave anything for the Xiongnu.
...
The tribe of the Left Wise King of the Xiongnu.
"Left Wise King, something terrible has happened!" A dozen scout cavalrymen rushed to the Left Wise King's golden-roofed tent.
"What's going on? Why are you in such a panic? Has the Great Khan made any move?"
“No,” the dozen or so scout cavalrymen mounted their horses and knelt on one knee. “Ziglin’s tribe has been destroyed.”
Everyone was killed, and all of them had their heads cut off.
The heads of a man and a woman are hanging from a tree.
The cattle, sheep, and horses were all stolen, and the fodder was burned.
"Who did this?" The Left Wise King was greatly surprised.
"have no idea."
“Your Majesty,” a commander stepped forward, “on this grassland, besides the Great Chanyu, who else can threaten us?”
Upon hearing this, the Left Wise King nodded: "The Great Chanyu has long been dissatisfied with our tribe; he wants to weaken our power."
Since he's ruthless, then don't blame us for being unjust.
"Let all officers of the rank of centurion and above come to my tent for a meeting. There is an old saying among the people of Daxia: 'Strike first to gain the upper hand, and strike later to be controlled.'"
We must strike first and take the initiative, otherwise we will be utterly destroyed.
"promise……"
...
Li Guang's scout cavalry charged into the army camp.
"Report..."
"My lord, General Li, our reconnaissance has discovered that a large number of Xiongnu cavalry are heading towards the Xiongnu royal court."
How many people are on the other side?
"Seventy or eighty thousand men, each with three or four warhorses. They were also herding sheep."
Li Guang was puzzled: "My lord, what are they doing?"
"Never mind what they're doing, just wipe them out first." Jiang Tian said without hesitation, "Since they're heading towards the Xiongnu royal court, let's wipe them all out in one fell swoop."
"Have the scout cavalrymen that Li Guang sent to the Xiongnu royal court returned?"
"Not yet, but I estimate it will be soon."
Jiang Tian stepped out of the military camp tent: "I wonder where Huo Qubing went?"
Huo Qubing's military tactics were unpredictable; whatever his scouts could discover, Huo Qubing could also discover.
"Li Guang, take all the fire oil with you. Leave 500 cavalrymen to escort the people and Princess Xue'er. The rest of you, follow me straight to the Xiongnu royal court."
"promise……"
Half an hour later.
The large army marched straight towards the Xiongnu royal court.
The main force had barely left when the cavalry that had gone to scout the Xiongnu royal court returned.
As someone who had traveled from another time, Jiang Tian knew the approximate location of the Xiongnu royal court.
In this way, these scout cavalrymen had a clear target to use.
They quickly located the Xiongnu royal court.
"Reporting to the lord, reporting to the general." A dozen fully armed scout cavalrymen dismounted.
"We have discovered a troop heading towards the Xiongnu royal court, where the Xiongnu royal court is assembling its army."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Tian immediately became interested.
"These two armies together should number over 100,000, right?"
The scout cavalrymen nodded repeatedly.
"However, sir, I suspect the two groups are not trying to merge into one place; they are attacking each other."
Jiang Tian laughed when he heard that.
The Xiongnu were all brave and fierce people.
If two groups are fighting to the death, they will reap the rewards from behind.
This is interesting to think about.
"Are you sure that the two of them were fighting side by side?"
The dozen or so scout cavalrymen all nodded repeatedly.
“We can be pretty sure,” said scout Yu Dayou. “The sound of war horns has come from the Xiongnu royal court. These horns are for war, not for any celebration.”
"Warriors!" Li Guang roared behind him, "We must strike while the iron is hot and take their lives!"
"Li Guang, we need to speed up our march. If we can destroy the Xiongnu royal court in this battle, we will return in triumph."
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