The wild beasts were fast, so they quickly left the Northern Di army behind.
The snowy night, with its pack of wild beasts, circled around and quickly disappeared into the snowy night.
After finding a sheltered spot, Xueye finally stopped, squatted down, and carefully licked her wound, her eyes glistening with tears as she looked at Gu Yuzhi.
Seeing it like this, Gu Yuzhi felt a pang of sadness in his heart.
He had only been in the northern desert for a few days when he met Xueye. They played together and learned martial arts together. If Xueye hadn't grown so big and restricted in Changzhou, the two of them would never have been separated.
He stepped forward and hugged Xueye's neck. Thinking of the scene when the wounded guards committed suicide without hesitation during their escape, he could no longer hold back his tears.
He was afraid of attracting pursuers, so even his crying was very suppressed and careful.
Mr. Huo quietly stayed by his side. The remaining guards bandaged up the wounds, and after they finished bandaging, they went to find tree branches to try to start a campfire.
After a long while, Gu Yuzhi finally calmed down and looked at Mr. Huo with red eyes: "Last time when we fought against the Northern Di army, you told me that we lost two guards. Were they...?"
The thought of suicide made Gu Yuzhi's lips involuntarily turn down, and he held back his tears.
Mr. Huo nodded solemnly.
His Adam's apple bobbed, his throat was sore, and it took him a while to continue: "Your Highness, I checked before we retreated, and we had burned most of the grain and fodder. They couldn't possibly have sent these things to the front lines."
Gu Yuzhi hummed in agreement: "But, but we haven't gotten their identification tags yet."
Mr. Huo said that the Northern Di people were cruel and tyrannical. Even though their guards committed suicide, the other side would not let their bodies go.
The thought that these guards from the capital would be buried in foreign lands forever, and that their bodies might even be abused, made Gu Yuzhi want to cry again.
He rubbed his eyes hard, trying to reassure himself, "I won't cry, I'm the little prince! I won't cry! I'm going to take them home! They're still waiting for me to take them home!"
Gu Yuzhi kept repeating the plan over and over, his eyes almost bloodshot, and his lips, already pursed, split open again.
Even so, he held back his tears and refused to let himself cry anymore.
Seeing him like this, Mr. Huo couldn't help but think of the time when he went to the battlefield at the age of ten, witnessing the ferocity of the Northern Di people and the deputy general who sacrificed himself to save him.
He was not as good as His Highness back then.
Mr. Huo finally couldn't hold back any longer. He stepped forward, put his arm around Gu Yuzhi, and gently patted his shoulder: "Your Highness, don't be sad. The soldiers died on the battlefield, protecting tens of thousands of people in our Sang Dynasty with their own flesh and blood. They died a worthy death!"
"We only had twenty-odd men and a hundred-odd wild beasts, but we annihilated at least five thousand enemy soldiers!"
If this gets back, they'll be proven to be reincarnations of war gods!
Mr. Huo curled his lips into a smile: "I've estimated that the other side has sent at least three thousand people to protect the grain this time, which means that the quantity of this batch of grain is larger than the previous one."
The Northern Di people always plundered from their side while fighting.
But if there is a traitor, the Khan of the Northern Di will certainly not prepare only a little this time, but will continuously escort supplies and want to fight a protracted war.
Mr. Huo didn't know how they had assembled such a large army of 100,000, nor did he understand why the Khan of the Northern Di would choose such an unfavorable time to attack. However, he knew that, judging from the number of people escorting them, this was likely their last batch of supplies!
The thought of the Northern Di people on the front lines running out of supplies and about to retreat without a fight brought a smile to Mr. Huo's face: "Those Northern Di people who survive will definitely return to their base camp."
He looked down at Gu Yuzhi, his gaze intense: "Your Highness, would you dare to take us on a big spree?"
Gu Yuzhi abruptly wiped his face: "What's big?"
Mr. Huo said in a deep voice: "Tonight, we will launch a surprise attack on the Northern Barbarian headquarters!"
The remaining few of them had all traveled a long distance and had experienced life-or-death battles; each of them was wounded.
To the Northern Di people, their retreat today was a hasty escape for their lives.
Or perhaps their goal was simply to burn the grain. As for the Northern Di's main base, these two-legged sheep of the Sang Dynasty wouldn't even dare to dream of it.
Mr. Huo intended to exploit the other party's contempt and lack of vigilance to launch an attack.
He took out a map and said, "The Northern Di people are a nomadic people. They don't have fixed houses and migrate every year with the grass, so what I mean is..."
He pointed to a place on the map and said, "This is the highest mountain range in the Northern Barbarians. We don't need to go down the mountain. We can explore here. Once we find the most luxurious tent, we can head straight for it."
Their original plan was to infiltrate and kill as many enemies as they could.
But they've only just arrived, and they've already lost more than half their men, with the remaining few all wounded.
Since waiting is not a good idea, it would be better to attack tonight. As long as we can capture the Khan of the Northern Barbarians, that will be enough.
Mr. Huo said in a low voice, "Does Your Highness still remember what Chief Secretary Xie said in his letter?"
Gu Yuzhi looked up blankly, his big eyes regaining some of their former cleverness: "Chief Secretary Xie said that the one leading the army to attack Quanzhou this time is the Northern Di Khan, Aliantel..."
Mr. Huo said, "According to our previous intelligence, although Alentel was in his prime, he only had one son born alive and well."
Therefore, Alenteler doted on his youngest son to an extreme degree, giving him the stars if he wanted them!
Mr. Huo paused for a moment and said, "Perhaps Alenteler's sudden military intervention is related to the fact that he only has one son."
It took Alentel many years of effort to end the fragmentation of the Northern Di.
Although his position as Great Khan was not very secure, the fact that he was able to sit on it at all showed that Alentel was a capable person.
But a capable person without a strong descendant meant that the glory of their Alentil tribe lasted only a short time.
Mr. Huo continued, "I don't know whether Alente valued the throne or his only son more, but I'd like to gamble on human nature!"
Mr. Huo leaned forward and whispered his plan. Gu Yuzhi nodded his head and finally smiled. "I'll have Black Kite deliver the message right away!"
Gu Yuzhi lowered his head and rubbed Xueye's head again, then pouted and said, "Xueye, tonight we're going to the Northern Barbarians' headquarters, and there's a good chance we won't be able to get back to the Northern Desert. Aren't you scared?"
Xueye stared intently at Gu Yuzhi with her green eyes, blinked, nudged him gently with her head, and let out two soft whimpers. Gu Yuzhi then giggled.
He turned and said, "Xueye said it's like me, it's not afraid!"
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