Chapter 925 Victory
"Khan!"
"King Khan!!"
Everyone around was horrified and drew their weapons, some even shouting at Wu Ya.
"Princess, what are you doing?!"
Hu Yanmin hadn't expected Wu Ya to suddenly attack him. Blood flowed from the spot on the back of his neck where the broken wood had pierced him. The pain nearly made him faint. The sharp blade across his neck filled him with rage. "Wu Ya, how dare you hurt me? You're so bold..."
Hmm—
Before he could finish his words, Hu Yanmin's voice suddenly cut off. Wu Ya grabbed the wound on his shoulder with her left hand, and the dagger across his neck was already stained with blood.
Wu Ya said in a cold voice, "Why wouldn't I dare to hurt you? Do you think you're still the Khan, that you still sit high in the royal court with all the people submitting to you like before? Now you're just like me, a stray dog on the run, being chased by the Wei!"
"You!" Hu Yanmin's eyes were bloodshot.
Wu Ya's eyes were filled with mockery. "What do you mean by 'me'? I wrongly believed that Ji Rongqing was wrong, but how could you be any better? If it weren't for your ambition, greed, selfishness, and repeated promotion of Xiahou Ling to suppress other tribes, how could a Southern Qi native like him have such power in Beiling?"
"When my father Khan died, the civil unrest in Beiling was caused by him. He and Shi Yulin, due to personal vendettas, disrupted Beiling and nearly destroyed several major tribes. Afterwards, you seized the throne of Khan. Although I was dissatisfied, I never considered using external forces to deal with Beiling."
"Whether I argue with you or fight with you is our Beiling's own business. But you, knowing full well that Xiahou Ling is cunning and treacherous, knowing that he is using Beiling for his own benefit, knowing that he is not a good minister, yet you still use him for your own selfish purposes."
"Do you know that during this southern expedition against Wei, at the Battle of Luoyan Pass, if he hadn't deserted the battlefield, cowardly and causing disarray in the army, our Beiling wouldn't have been completely defeated!!"
Wu Ya gripped the dagger so hard that her knuckles turned white, and she spoke with even more resentment.
"It was you who wanted to eliminate the Thirteen Tribes. It was you who feared their power would threaten your position as Khan. You couldn't tolerate them, so they rebelled against you. So, now you want to put all the blame on me?"
"Hu Yanmin, who do you think you are?!"
Hu Yanmin opened his mouth to yell at Wu Ya after hearing what was said, to rebuke her for insubordination, to argue that it was Ji Rongqing who leaked the news, but before he could open his mouth, Wu Ya suddenly raised her hand.
The sharp dagger instantly cut across Huyan Min's neck. As blood splattered everywhere, Huyan Min widened his eyes and fell to the ground with a bang.
He tilted his head back and stared at Wu Ya, making a wheezing sound in his throat.
"Wuya...you..."
Puff!
Wu Ya turned the dagger in her hand and pierced directly into Hu Yanmin's heart. He was still gasping for breath, but his eyes widened and he died.
The night wind is cool and the grass and trees are growing tall.
Wu Ya stood in the night, her face stained with blood, her eyes cold and without a trace of warmth.
"I remember there's a saying in the Wei Dynasty: a king dies for the country. Now that Beiling has been destroyed, Hu Yanmin, as the Khan, should be buried with the country."
She looked up at the people around her who were either frightened or wary.
"As the Princess of Beiling, I, Wuya, mistakenly trusted Ji Rongqing, who brought this disaster upon Beiling. I should have died like Hu Yanmin to avenge my father and the other officers and men of Beiling. But now Ji Rongqing is at large, and the culprit who brought disaster to Beiling is still alive. I do not wish to die in this way."
"After the Thirteen Scattered Tribes submit to the Great Wei, the Wei Dynasty will certainly not exterminate all the grassland tribes. Although the Beiling Royal Court has been destroyed, there may still be a chance for restoration. I swear by the ancestors of the Zongyu tribe and by the spirit of my father Khan in heaven that once I have captured and killed Ji Rongqing, leaving the three major tribes with a chance of survival, I will die as an atonement for my mistakes today."
"Do you have any opinions on this?"
The maidservant beside Wu Ya was the first to kneel down: "I am willing to follow the princess, kill the thief Ji, and reclaim Beiling."
The remaining members of Zong Yu's tribe also knelt down immediately and said, "We are willing to follow the princess, kill the thief Ji, and recover Beiling."
The other people around looked at each other in confusion. They were already panicking and didn't know where to go. The pursuit by the Wei Dynasty made them even more unsure of what to do in the future. If Wu Ya dared to kill Hu Yanmin in the past, it would definitely cause chaos in the army, but now, they needed someone with independent ideas and decisiveness to lead them forward.
Those people looked at Hu Yanmin lying lifeless on the ground, then looked at Wu Ya with a cold expression under the moonlight, and after hesitating for a moment, they knelt down as well.
"We are willing to follow the princess, kill the thief Ji, and recover Beiling."
Wu Ya looked at the sparse crowd and said calmly, "Rest for half an hour and then go to Mengdun."
"Princess, aren't we going back to the Imperial City?"
"No."
They fled all the way towards the imperial city. Huyan Min was still thinking that after escaping back to the imperial city, he could use the power of the city to temporarily stop the Wei army and take away the treasures in the imperial city so that he would have the capital to make a comeback in the future. But the people of Wei also thought so.
Now the Wei army is heading straight for the imperial city. Instead of continuing forward, they might as well take a detour to Mengdun. Mengdun is a tribe west of the grassland. Although it does not border the Wei Dynasty, there are continuous mountains to the south. The most important thing is that the mother of the Mengdun tribe leader was once saved by her mother. Very few people know about this, and the people of Mengdun will help them cover up their tracks.
"Go to Mengdun first, then enter Xisui Mountain, and leave Beiling that way."
Wu Ya ordered people to dig a deep pit and bury Hu Yanmin's body. After cleaning up the blood around it, she looked up at the starry sky.
Only by leaving Beiling can they get rid of the people of Wei, and only by saving her life can she go find Ji Rongqing.
Wait until she finds him.
She would definitely skin him alive, tear out his tendons, cut him into pieces, and make him beg for death!
…
The climate in the grassland changes greatly. At noon, the sun is so hot that it hurts your skin, and at night, the cold wind blows.
After Xiao Yan defeated the Beiling army, he learned that Hu Yanmin was fleeing north with the remaining troops, so he led his troops in pursuit.
On May 19, the thirteen scattered tribes of Beiling surrendered with their troops. The Wei army defeated the remaining troops of the Beiling royal court. The Beiling Khan Huyan Min fled after the defeat.
On May 27, the Wei army arrived at the Beiling Imperial City. The defenders of the imperial city resisted for less than half a day and were defeated. Except for those who died in the battle, the remaining elders of the royal court of Beiling opened the city gates and surrendered to the Wei Dynasty.
On the sixth day of June, Emperor Xiao Yan of Wei ordered the vanguard generals Xiao Zheng and Hang Li to lead troops to wipe out the other tribes in Beiling that were unwilling to surrender. Wherever the Wei army went, there were people who submitted.
In just over a month, all the tribes in Beiling surrendered to the Wei Dynasty, and half a month later they all arrived at the Beiling Imperial City to discuss surrender.
…
"Your Majesty, the people from the various tribes of Beiling will be arriving in the next two days."
When Jinyun came in to deliver the message, Xiao Yan was playing chess with Shi Changan.
After taking down Beiling Imperial City, Xiao Yan ordered people to bring Shi Chang'an over. No one knew whether it was because his old vengeance had been avenged or because he had fulfilled his long-held wish, but Shi Chang'an was no longer as sharp as before. His expression was exceptionally peaceful under his white hair.
Shi Changan paused and asked, "Your Majesty, how do you plan to resettle the tribes of Beiling?"
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