After a while of raining arrows, there was a sudden bright light outside the tent. Countless horses pulling burning carts rushed in and directly set the entire tent on fire.

Shihu rushed over quickly, pulled back the arrow not far away, and handed it to Liu Sheng: "Master, this is our Dayu's arrow. Could it be that reinforcements from the northern border have arrived?"

Liu Sheng shook his head: "The northern border is very far away from here, it's impossible for them to get here so quickly."

"Then who will come to save us?" Shihu was confused.

Liu Sheng did not answer, because that man had already rushed in with 30,000 cavalrymen. There was a very mismatched murderous aura on his delicate face. He killed one by one with his sword, like a living Shura, as if he wanted to overturn the entire tent.

"Let's go." Liu Sheng pulled a horse and carried Ye Qingwan on it. Then he jumped on it and shouted to the other soldiers who followed him to fight: "Soldiers, retreat outside the tent."

When everyone heard the military order, they immediately mounted their horses and evacuated.

Liu Sheng was riding his horse out and just passed by King Xiang who was riding his horse rushing in. King Xiang gave him a very proud smile, as if to say, see, you still have to rely on me.

When Liu Sheng's men had almost retreated, King Xiang ordered them to retreat. Although they were caught off guard and a little flustered, they might not be able to win if they really fought to the death.

Moreover, the people of the grassland have always been soldiers. If they knew that their tent was attacked, they would put down their bowls, draw their swords and rush out.

Therefore, when fighting with the grassland people, you can only launch a surprise attack, you cannot fight a protracted battle, it is always a good idea to fight and then run away.

As expected, they had just retreated not far when the tribesmen from the surrounding areas began to come towards the tent. Unfortunately, King Xiang and his men had already run far away, and if they continued to chase them, they would reach Hu Li's territory.

Even the former Great Khan Yanli did not dare to lead his troops deep into Hu Li's territory easily, let alone Xiao Ning. Who can guarantee that Hu Li will not join forces with King Xiang and others to catch the turtle in the jar?

Prince Xiang and his men soon caught up with Liu Sheng, who had stopped to take a short rest. Shi Hu took advantage of the rest time to count the number of people and came back to report: "Master, there are a total of 5,000 people, of which about 3,500 are slightly injured and can ride horses, and 1,500 are seriously injured and need to be led by someone."

"Okay, take good care of the wounded and don't leave any Dayu soldiers behind." After Liu Sheng gave the order, Shihu went to do it immediately.

In fact, Liu Sheng himself was also seriously injured. Nine thousand people suddenly attacked an enemy of forty or fifty thousand people. Almost everyone was fighting one against five. How could it not be tragic?

Section 129

Ning Shaoqing was keeping watch behind, fearing that Xiao Ning would bring his men to chase after them.

Ye Qingwan helped him apply medicine and bandage his wound. Prince Xiang got off his horse, walked over and squatted beside him, teasing, "Master Liu has always been elegant and graceful, but it's rare for him to be so embarrassed."

Liu Sheng smiled and did not respond to his question. Instead, he asked him, "Why did His Royal Highness Prince Xiang return?"

King Xiang simply sat down, grabbed the water bag and drank a sip: "Heart blood **."

Even if he didn't say it, Liu Sheng guessed that he must have heard Ye Qingwan's complaints, which was why he led his troops back to provide support.

What Liu Sheng didn't expect was that he could come back. After all, this was probably his only chance to kill all three of them at once.

As long as he did nothing and followed the imperial edict and headed south, his three biggest concerns would be eliminated.

Moreover, judging from his previous behavior of helping Tuoba Xiong become the Great Khan, he and Queen Dowager Xiao Ning had obviously reached some kind of agreement. He helped Tuoba Xiong become the Great Khan, and Xiao Ning helped him ascend the throne.

King Xiang noticed Liu Sheng's gaze and said with disdain, "Don't look at me like that. I like to win, but I'm not a fool. Xiao Ning's current behavior clearly shows that he wants to annex Dayu. When the nest is overturned, how can the eggs remain intact? I can't just sit back and watch."

No matter how he and Lao Jiu fight, they are still brothers and are still a family when they close the door.

Xiao Ning, an outsider, wants to get a piece of the pie?

Dream on.

Liu Sheng smiled but said nothing. He was still the King Xiang he knew. Although he was brave and aggressive, he was never vague when it came to national justice.

King Xiang handed the water bag to Ye Qingwan: "Don't worry, this is just a minor injury, he won't die, drink some water."

"I'm not thirsty, you drink it." Ye Qingwan bandaged the last wound. The combination of new and old wounds must have been painful.

Liu Sheng stood up, took the water bag from his horse and put it in her hand: "Why are you back?"

Ye Qingwan took the drink and gulped down several mouthfuls. She was exhausted and thirsty after running all night. “My father and his men have already made it out of the encirclement. I came back with Qingqing to check on the situation.”

King Xiang:?

Aren't you not thirsty? I see you are very thirsty.

I looked at my water bag and suddenly realized, so you are disgusted with the water I have drunk?

Women are just pretentious.

So he handed his water bag to Liu Sheng, but Liu Sheng said politely: "I'm not thirsty, Your Highness, drink it yourself."

After Ye Qingwan finished drinking, Liu Sheng took the water bag and took a few sips.

King Xiang: ...

Two hypocritical ghosts!

Not wanting to bother with them, he stood up and checked on the wounded. Just then the scout ahead came back to report that everything was fine, so he reorganized and set off again.

Xiao Ning will definitely not let this matter go peacefully. He will probably quickly gather all the tribes on the grassland and launch an attack on the northern border.

At this time, King Xiang should have stayed, but he was worried about the south. Although the small countries on the southern border were arrogant before, they had never attacked cities and plundered land blatantly. This sudden attack was not simple.

Therefore, he couldn't afford to lose sight of one thing while focusing on the other. He might end up defeating Xiao Ning only to be attacked from the south and reach his doorstep.

"The Northern Frontier is in the hands of you and the Prime Minister. I must rush to the South immediately without any further delay."

After King Xiang finished speaking, he ordered his men to transfer 10,000 soldiers and leave them to Liu Sheng. Then he took the remaining 20,000 soldiers and rushed away.

There were more wounded on Liu Sheng's side, so in order to take them into consideration, he walked slowly. When they passed by Hu Li's territory, Hu Li did not make things difficult for them.

Hu Li's goal is to unify the grassland, and Dayu is not his goal for the time being. Moreover, Dayu and Yazhang have obviously broken up now, so he will not get involved in this mess.

As soon as they left Juli's territory, reinforcements from the northern border arrived, and the prime minister personally led people to rescue them.

"Master Liu, you have worked hard. Come into the city and have a good rest for a few days." After the Prime Minister said this, he had people settle them down. He then wrote a memorial with his own hands, first asking for rewards and posthumous titles for the dead soldiers, and ensuring that their families could live a stable life.

Then he revealed Caoyuan's wolfish ambitions, using the excuse of marriage with Dayu to implement his conspiracy to annex Dayu.

But he kept silent about Xiao Ning's identity. To the emperor, the Xibe people were not just a small country that he had destroyed, but a stain on his life that he had hidden for decades and dared not tell anyone.

Once he finds out that the descendants of the Xibe people have had contact with anyone, he will be in a state of panic all day long, suspecting that the secret has been leaked. In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, he will kill all those who may know the secret.

The stability of the country and the peace and prosperity of the people are nothing compared to his secret.

On Xiao Ning's side, in just a few days he assembled more than half of the grassland tribes, nearly 600,000 people, and marched towards the northern border in a mighty force.