Chapter 924: Total Annihilation
Xiao Zheng and the others were stunned when they heard this. Jin Yun even blurted out, "Is Hu Yanmin crazy?"
Now that Beiling was badly defeated, the royal army abandoned the imperial city and went into the grassland to meet the enemy. It was only by relying on the thirteen scattered tribes to launch surprise attacks and set up ambushes that they were able to stop the Wei attack.
At this time, Huyan Min did not think of winning them over and trying to tie these scattered tribes to his warships, promising them huge profits to make them loyal to him. Instead, he was thinking of killing people with a borrowed knife to eliminate dissidents. Didn't he think that once the thirteen scattered tribes suffered heavy casualties, without their selfless dedication, no one in the entire Beiling would be able to stop the Wei offensive.
By then, Beiling will really have no power to turn the tide.
Is Hu Yanmin crazy? Is he actually seeking his own death?
Although Xiao Yan was somewhat surprised, he immediately understood Hu Yanmin's intentions. "Is he worried that the Beiling royal court is weak now, and the Thirteen Tribes will overstep their authority, making it difficult for him to maintain his position as Khan?"
Mu Feng nodded. "Your Majesty is right. My family's head learned from Hu Baoxian that the Thirteen Scattered Tribes had previously had dealings with the Zong Yu Tribe and Ji Rongqing. Hu Yanmin might be worried that they would support the Zong Yu Tribe in seizing the throne, so he wanted to strike first."
"The morale of the Beiling army is unstable right now. Although we have temporarily stopped the Wei offensive, if we can't return to our respective tribes before autumn to raise livestock and store winter food, tens of thousands of Beiling people may starve to death when winter arrives."
"Hu Yanmin was desperate and wanted to take the risk to kill two birds with one stone, but he didn't expect the news to leak out so suddenly. Right now, the Beiling camp is in chaos. The thirteen scattered tribes have killed many people from the royal court, and those scattered tribes have also begun to retreat."
"The head of the family asked me to deliver a message to Your Majesty. Hu Baoxian has agreed to bring the thirteen scattered tribes to submit to the Wei Dynasty. Your Majesty can send troops immediately."
Xiao Zheng slapped the sword at his waist and said, "That's great. Finally, we don't have to stay in this damn place anymore, Your Majesty?" He looked up at Xiao Yan, waiting for his decision.
The other people in the tent also looked at the leader with excitement.
Xiao Yan said decisively: "Okay, organize the troops immediately."
"Hang Li, gather all the cavalry, 40,000 of them as a vanguard, and follow me to attack the Beiling army."
"Brother, you and Deputy General Tao Yun will each lead 20,000 troops to form a flanking formation on both sides to coordinate our attack. Jinyun, you and Luo Ying will lead the remaining troops to guard the camp and stay behind to provide support. Beware of a surprise attack from Beiling."
Although he trusted Gu Helian and believed that since he dared to let them take action, he must have some confidence, but Xiao Yan would never act with all his might.
Even if there is no risk of error, he will leave himself a way out, both to prevent accidents and to prevent the thirteen scattered tribes from cooperating with them on the surface and coaxing them out of the camp, but then secretly attacking the camp.
After all, if they can do this kind of show and set up a trap, the people of Beiling may not be afraid to do it either.
The expressions of everyone present were tense.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
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The Beiling army was already demoralized, and once the thirteen scattered tribes rebelled, the Wangting army was directly stabbed in the back and suffered a crushing defeat in an instant.
Hu Yanmin went from being in disbelief at first to fleeing in haste. His head was still buzzing as he led thousands of people away from the battlefield in a mess. He never expected that the situation he had stabilized with great difficulty would change so suddenly. Before he even took action, the thirteen scattered tribes rebelled.
Not only did they turn around and attack the people of the royal court, they even defected to the Great Wei to lead the way for the Emperor of Wei and his men, almost annihilating the entire royal court army.
The night sky on the grassland was full of stars, and the overgrown grass obscured the figures of Hu Yanmin and his companions.
A group of people fled from the battlefield with wounds all over their bodies. They finally found a place to stay, but they didn't dare to make a fire or grill meat. They could only eat raw prey to fill their stomachs. They even didn't dare to speak too loudly, for fear of attracting the pursuit of the Wei army.
Hu Yanmin took a big bite of raw meat, and as the smell of blood flowed between his teeth, he looked up and saw Wu Ya, who was injured and being bandaged.
He suddenly dropped the things in his hand, strode over, grabbed Wu Ya's arm, pulled her up, and slapped her hard in the face.
Bang!!
Wu Ya was beaten and fell to the ground, with the maidservant beside her blocking her way.
"Khan, what are you doing?"
"What am I doing? I want to ask her what she wants to do!"
Hu Yanmin glared at Wu Ya fiercely, lowering his voice as he spoke, "Did I ever tell you to be wary of Ji Rongqing? Did I ever tell you that bastard had ill intentions towards Beiling? I thought you had some sense, even though you admired that pretty boy. Yet, you actually told him about the plan to deal with the Thirteen Scattered Tribes?!"
Wu Ya's lips were bleeding as she whispered, "It's not Rong Qing..."
"Who else could it be if not him?!"
Hu Yanmin gritted his teeth and said, "I only told you about the plan to deal with the Thirteen Scattered Tribes. I didn't even tell my deputy generals. But the news leaked out not long after you returned."
"The Thirteen Tribes were all fine before, but suddenly they rebelled. Hu Baoxian and his men even defected to the Wei Dynasty. We were all caught off guard and nearly died, but he, that Ji Rongqing, took advantage of the chaos and ran away with so many people!"
If Ji Rongqing hadn't known that those people would turn against each other and hadn't known about the Thirteen Scattered Sects, how could he have prepared in advance?!
The place where Wu Ya was hit just now was swollen. Her face turned pale when she heard Hu Yanmin's words. She remembered that when the chaos broke out before, she immediately led people back to the tent to protect Ji Rongqing and ordered people to take him away first, but the tent was already empty.
Ji Rongqing, Chunsheng, and all the people who served Ji Rongqing were gone.
Hu Yanmin said sternly, "It's all because of you, you idiot. Your head is full of love. If you hadn't protected Ji Rongqing and kept him here, how would he have had the chance to instigate Hu Baoxian and the others to turn against us!"
The maid from the princess's mansion stood in front of Wuya, looking up and urgently defending herself, "King Khan, you can't blame the princess entirely. It was you who decided what happened to the Thirteen Tribes. It was you who angered them by wanting to harm them."
"The princess advised you before, but you insisted on your own way. If you had comforted the Thirteen Tribes when they came looking for you after hearing the news, instead of trying to kill them, Hu Baoxian and the others wouldn't have rebelled directly..."
Bang!
Hu Yanmin kicked the maidservant and said angrily, "Slave, do you have the right to speak here?"
"Who do you think you are? How dare you accuse this king?!"
The maid screamed in pain, but Huyan Min was still not satisfied. He stepped on the maid's hand again, drew out his scimitar and wanted to chop her, but he didn't expect to feel pain the next moment. It turned out that Wu Ya had grabbed a piece of broken wood and stabbed it into his neck.
As blood splattered everywhere, Huyan Min cried out in pain and wanted to swing his knife to chop Wu Ya.
After Wu Ya dodged flexibly, a dagger had already pierced Hu Yanmin's shoulder. The huge force caused the scimitar in his hand to fall to the ground in pain. Wu Ya suddenly pulled out the dagger and the next moment it was across his neck.
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