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Chapter 291: The battle in the north is not over yet, who can rival the heroes in the world?

In order to show that he had no hostility, Qu Bei not only dismounted and faced Lu Bu's army alone, but also ordered the guards around him to drop their weapons.

But when he saw that the Han army's charge showed no sign of stopping, he couldn't help but panic, but he still stood there, suppressing his fear.

When the two sides were only about a hundred meters apart, the Han army's charge speed suddenly slowed down and soon stopped, without even the formation being disrupted.

This scene left Qu Bei and the Xiongnu royal court soldiers behind him dumbfounded and shocked.

As we all know, the strength of cavalry lies in the momentum of the charge. It takes time to increase the speed of a cavalry team, but it also takes time to stop. An emergency stop will only result in people and horses falling off the ground.

The reason why the Xiongnu royal court army was able to stop so quickly was because they were moving at a constant speed and did not launch a charge.

But the Han army in front of them had already launched a charge and increased their speed, and they were able to make an emergency stop in such a short distance!

If it was a small cavalry unit, it would be fine, but the key point is that the cavalry in front of them had thousands of people, and they could actually make an emergency stop!

This riding skill is simply amazing!

Just as Qubei was shocked, he suddenly felt a black screen in front of his eyes. He looked up and saw a mighty general with a burly figure, wearing a purple gold crown and riding a red rabbit horse appeared in front of him, pointing an exaggerated halberd directly at his forehead.

This general is naturally Lu Bu!

He looked at Qu Bei coldly, staring at him with a deep murderous tone and asked: "Why don't you mount your horse and fight!"

He was just about to charge directly into the Xiongnu royal court army, but he saw that the other side suddenly stopped advancing, and the leading Xiongnu even dismounted and shouted something at him, so he ordered to stop the charge and see what tricks these Xiongnu people were going to play.

"Fly, General Fei!"

At this time, Qu Bei had come back to his senses. Looking at the Fang Tian Huaji that was so close to him, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva, put his right hand on his chest, and bowed meticulously.

"I am Qubei, the Left Wise King of the Xiongnu. I am not here to fight against General Fei, but to present Gao Gan's head!"

He repeated his intention.

The tone was also full of respect.

Lü Bu was shocked when he heard this. He put away his Fang Tian Hua Ji and raised his eyebrows and said, "Gao Gan's head? Did you kill Gao Gan?"

"Yes, General."

Qu Bei nodded, and then explained: "We know that Gao Gan is a remnant of the traitor Yuan Shao, and we also know that General Fei is hunting them down."

"So in order to show respect and support for the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, we, the Chanyu, have issued an order to send the Royal Court Army to kill all the rebels who have fled to the grasslands."

"Here are all their heads."

As Qubei spoke, he waved to the royal army behind him. Groups of soldiers dismounted from their horses, untied the heads from their waists and placed them on the ground.

Lu Bu saw the heads of Gao Gan and Guo Yuan inside at a glance.

"In order to wipe out these remnants of the traitors, many of our Royal Court soldiers were killed or injured, but it was all worth it because we are loyal to the Han Dynasty!"

"We completely follow the will of the Han Emperor!"

Qu Bei spoke with great confidence, sounding very righteous, and his tone and attitude were extremely sincere.

Although he was the Left Wise King of the Xiongnu, he did not dare to show the slightest disrespect to Lu Bu in front of him.

Not only because of Lu Bu's martial arts, but also because of Lu Bu's identity. He knew clearly that Lu Bu was the most trusted general of the Han Emperor!

"Loyal?"

Lu Bu withdrew his gaze from those heads and looked at Qu Bei, with a hint of bloodthirsty murderous intent in his eyes, "Do you really think that this general doesn't know what you did?"

"During the years when I was away, you Xiongnu people have invaded the pass and plundered many times, right? Is this what you call loyalty to the Han Dynasty?"

"say!"

Lu Bu's roar was like thunder, which frightened Qu Bei so much that his body trembled. Even the Hun warriors in the back couldn't help but take a few steps back.

Facing Lu Bu's murderous gaze, Qu Bei could only bend his body lower and said with a stiff face: "It is the fault of the royal court for not controlling the tribes well."

"But please believe me, General Fei, we have absolutely no intention of becoming an enemy of the Han Dynasty."

"And to express our apologies, we will return all the looted property and Han people from those tribes to Yecheng after a while."

"In addition, our Chanyu will send his offspring to Yecheng as hostages to show his loyalty to the Han Dynasty."

Hearing this answer, Lu Bu stared at Qu Bei for a long time before he put away his murderous intent and snorted coldly, "I'll trust you for once."

"If you don't return the things, then I will go and get them myself, but I don't know how many people will die by then."

"So you'd better tell the truth."

Lu Bu had no good feelings towards the Huns at all. He didn't care whether the Hun in front of him was Zuo Xian Wang or Chanyu, and he spoke without any politeness.

"Please rest assured, General Fei!"

Qu Bei felt a chill in his heart and spoke quickly.

Then he saluted Lu Bu again, and not daring to stay any longer, he turned around and left with the royal court army.

Looking at the Xiongnu Wangting army leaving in a mighty force, Wei Yue couldn't help but step forward and ask, "General, are you really not going to chase them and kill them all?"

"This is the main force of the Xiongnu army. If we can destroy them here, not only will we inflict heavy damage on the Xiongnu, but it will also be a great achievement!"

The grudges and feuds between the Han people and the Huns were formed hundreds of years ago. At that time, the two generals Wei Qing and Huo Qubing inflicted heavy damage on the Huns and conquered the Wolf's Lair. How majestic they were.

To the extent that any general would want to kill the Huns when he saw them. This was an impulse hidden in his blood.

"Let's talk about it later."

Lu Bu shook his head and did not agree to Wei Yue's proposal. After all, these Huns did not take the initiative to attack, and they also helped kill Gao Gan and others.

When the other party fails to return the things he promised to send, it will not be too late for him to kill him, and there is no need to rush.

"Take the heads of the high-ranking officials with you, and bury the rest on the spot."

Lu Bu gave an order.

Although these people are all remnants of the rebels, they are Han people after all. It is somewhat shameful for them to die at the hands of the Huns. Let us just let them rest in peace.

After finishing all this, Lu Bu led his army back to Jiuyuan County. At this time, the Wuyuan County Magistrate and many people on the city wall were stunned.

They only saw Lu Bu saying something to the leading Hun, and then the latter ran away with his army in shame.

what is happening?
When Lu Bu returned to the city, the governor of Wuyuan County went to meet him and asked carefully, "Lord Wen, what are those Xiongnu troops here for? Why did they retreat without a fight?"

When the other party came, they were very aggressive and we thought there would be a big battle, but who would have thought that they just talked for a while and then left. This is totally not the style of the Huns.

"Come here to get your head."

Lu Bu patted the head hanging on the horse, seeming a little unhappy, "They know that I have been chasing Yuan Shao's rebels here, so they specially sent the heads of Gao Gan and others here."

"It's a pity that they didn't come here to cause trouble, otherwise there would be a reason to keep them all here. It's such a waste of military merit."

The Wuyuan County Magistrate's eyelids twitched when he heard this.

They are the Xiongnu royal army, not a group of pigs. Is it so easy to kill them all?

But for some reason, he felt that such arrogant words were very reasonable when they came out of Lu Bu's mouth.

"Is this the most powerful general in the world?" "No wonder His Majesty trusts him so much..."

The governor of Wuyuan County thought to himself that he had deeply witnessed the great reputation of Lu Bu, and he did not believe that the group of Huns were really so easy to deal with.

What does it mean that he came all the way here to deliver the heads of Yuan Shao's remnants? It means that he knew about Lu Bu's intentions, so he hurried over to distance himself from him!

Putting all these thoughts aside, the governor of Wuyuan County smiled at Lu Bu and said, "Lord Wen, since the Xiongnu have retreated, let's go back and continue the banquet."

"No."

Although Lu Bu was tempted, he hesitated for a moment and rejected the proposal, saying: "I came here to pursue Gao Gan and to recover Wuyuan County."

"Now that both tasks are completed, I need to rush back as soon as possible. Let's wait until next time I come back for the banquet."

He has already become the center of attention after returning home in glory this time, and he cannot continue to delay important matters as he is still needed in Jinyang City to take charge.

It would be bad if Ma Chao took the opportunity to attack.

After saying this, Lu Bu said goodbye to the elders and folks of Lujia Village... no, Fengxian Village, and then led his army to leave Jiuyuan County.

From now on, I don’t know when I can return home again.

……

Jinyang City.

Now the city of Jinyang has been completely captured. The Han army has entered it, taken over the entire city, and incorporated the remaining troops in it.

There were originally about 30,000 defenders in the city. Many of them were killed or wounded during the siege, and a group of them were taken away by high-ranking officials, but there were still many left.

Since the soldiers in the city had already lost their fighting spirit, they surrendered without much resistance, and the takeover of the city was extremely smooth.

Repairs to the city walls destroyed by catapults have now begun.

At this point, the north was unified and returned to Han territory.

Liu Xie can now truly shout out: "Sitting in the north, the war is not over yet, who can rival the heroes of the world?"

During this period, Cui Lin also came over.

He told Sima Yi and others the reasons why Ma Chao refused to go to Yecheng and the information he had obtained from the Xiliang army.

"...Han Sui's death is definitely not as simple as Ma Chao said, and he refused to follow me back to Yecheng to receive the reward, which shows that he has something to hide!"

Cui Lin said with a serious look.

He had been testing Ma Chao that day. Although the reasons Ma Chao gave were perfect, he didn't believe them at all.

Because he also noticed the flaw in Ma Chao's words - that is, he concealed the fact that Tian Feng had already been in the Xiliang army camp.

"It seems that Ma Chao really has ulterior motives."

Chen Gong couldn't help but frown after hearing this and said, "I guess he most likely teamed up with Tian Feng to get rid of Han Sui first, then crossed the river and killed Tian Feng, and framed Han Sui for treason."

"And his ultimate goal is to control the Xiliang Army."

Everyone present is smart and already knows so many clues, so it is not difficult to deduce the truth of the matter.

Sima Yi sighed, "Your Majesty's decision to attack Bingzhou is truly far-sighted. If we keep delaying, it will definitely be too late to attack Bingzhou in the spring."

"Since there is no advantage in winter when the spring arrives, it will be very difficult to attack the city. Gao Gan is very likely to choose to join forces with Ma Chao again when he is forced into a desperate situation."

"By then... Jizhou will be in danger."

To be honest, he felt that it was a bit hasty to attack Bingzhou in winter, and he didn't quite believe that Ma Chao had any rebellious intentions, after all, his father and brothers were hostages in Yecheng.

But now it seems that this decision was extremely wise.

He could only admire Liu Xie's strong courage.

Zhang Liao asked, "Military Advisor, what should we do next? Should we strengthen the defense of Bingzhou?"

"Of course!"

Sima Yi nodded without hesitation and said, "We have to be on guard against Ma Chao. We need to station troops at major passes as soon as possible and lay a net of heaven and earth."

"If Ma Chao dares to attack us in winter, he will suffer heavy casualties!"

Regardless of whether Ma Chao is rebelling now or not, it is a foregone conclusion that he has the intention to rebel. Bingzhou cannot be lost and must be firmly defended.

Cui Lin looked around at the crowd and asked in confusion, "Where is Lord Wen? Why can't I see Lord Wen?"

Chen Gong sighed with a headache, "Ten days ago, we broke through Jinyang City, Gao Gan led some soldiers to escape, and Wen Gong led his troops to pursue him, and he has not returned yet."

It took so long to chase after the remnants of the army that he even suspected that Lu Bu was reluctant to leave Wuyuan County. If he had known this, he should not have agreed to let Lu Bu go after Gao Gan.

“I said I should go.”

Zhang Liao said sourly that whenever he thought of Lu Bu's glory when he returned home, he felt uncomfortable.

However, at this moment, Gao Shun walked into the governor's mansion and said in surprise: "Military advisor, military supervisor, the general is back! He also brought back Gao Gan's head!"

"what?!"

Sima Yi, Chen Gong, Zhang Liao and Cui Lin were all surprised. Before they could react, a hearty laugh spread into the hall.

"Hahaha! The general is back!"

Lu Bu walked into the hall with a red face, and asked everyone suspiciously: "I seemed to hear you discussing this general just now. Are you saying something bad about me?"

"Why did you take so long this time?" Chen Gong didn't give Lu Bu face, and said with a sullen face: "It took more than half a month! If Ma Chao knocks on the pass during these days, and the commander of the three armies is not here, what should we do?"

"When we return to Yecheng, I will report your dereliction of duty to His Majesty truthfully!"

Lü Bu was startled, and quickly apologized with a smile: "Gongtai, what are you talking about? Gao Gan is a cunning fellow, and it took us quite some time to capture him. How can you blame me?"

"And I didn't slack off. All their heads are here. All the remnants of Yuan's bandits have been killed!"

As Lu Bu spoke, he took out the heads of Gao Gan and others and showed them to Chen Gong and others, indicating that he was not lazy and was indeed working seriously.

"wrong!"

Zhang Liao was sharp-eyed. He carefully observed the wounds on the heads and said, "These cuts are not caused by our swords. They look like the cuts of the Huns' scimitars!"

Lu Bu was shocked and glared at Zhang Liao, gritting his teeth in anger.

You will die if you don't speak, right?
Upon hearing this, Chen Gong looked at Lu Bu with an inquiring look and asked, "General, what is going on?"

Lu Bu had no choice but to tell everyone what had happened.

When everyone heard this, they were deeply impressed by the great reputation that Lu Bu had earned among the Xiongnu.

……

At the same time, Liu Xie, who was in Yecheng, received news from Yizhou.

Something big happened on Liu Bei's side.

……

(PS: The protagonist unified the north, and the second volume ended. In the third volume, familiar Three Kingdoms characters, such as Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Wei Yan, etc., will appear one after another.)
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