Gu Lun Wu Gu Khan looked at Zhou Xu with a pale face. He wanted to say something, but gave up dejectedly.
Since ancient times, there is nothing to say about the success of the king and the defeat of the bandit. If you lose, you will lose. Even if you are unwilling and full of resentment, you still lose. At this moment, he actually doubted his former general Dudakula.
Only Sijie Khan looked at the less than ten thousand Youzhou cavalry revealed in the daytime, and quickly understood that the torches all over the mountains and fields last night were probably fake.
Zhou Manzi didn't have that many people at all.
He cheated!
Sijie Khan was filled with hatred and anger. He looked around.
Hun, Pugu, Abusi, Qimi, Sijie, Gulunwugu, Huiyi, Beyegu, the eight tribes on the grassland, seven alliances, excluding Qimi, excluding Huiyi, and six khans, Only three remain.
Pugu Khan was shot to death with an arrow on the spot, Abusi Khan was beheaded, and now his head is placed next to him, and Beyegu Khan was even worse. He was trampled by heavy armored cavalry, and now he is the only one left. The Khan of the Hun tribe, the ancient Khan of Gulunwu, and hundreds of incompetent prisoners.
Zhou Xu glanced around and felt a little pity: "The head is gone."
The Khan of the Hun tribe shivered and looked at Zhou Xu who was approaching in fear.
Zhou Xu looked at the prisoners who only had more than 300 people left.
In the distance, corpses littered the fields and rivers of blood flowed.
The sun shone brightly, and it snowed heavily all night long.
"Which of you wants to live?" Zhou Xuxiao asked.
After the three khans heard this, their first reaction was that Zhou Manzi was lying again. Gulunwugu Khan did not speak, Sijie Khan looked at Zhou Manzi angrily, and only the Hun tribe's khan hesitated.
"Very good, it's just you." Zhou Xu pointed at the Khan of the Hun tribe.
The other two khans looked at each other and were about to speak when Zhou Xu pulled out the scimitar from his waist and put it on his neck and turned it slightly, not wanting to listen to anything they said.
The two heads were placed in front of Hun Khan, facing him.
"Do you want to live?" Zhou Xu asked condescendingly.
The Hun tribe Khan nodded repeatedly, not even caring about the dirt on the grass. With his hands tied behind his back, he knelt on the ground and kissed Zhou Xu's bloody boots. He was so scared that he couldn't speak, and his face was covered with tears.
"Very well, then do one thing for me."
Zhou Xu patted his head.
Like taking a picture of something.
Eyes cold.
Chapter 91
"Idiot! Idiot! They are as stupid as pigs and dogs! They are a bunch of idiots! They are helpless and have less courage than a three-year-old child!"
"A bunch of eggless pigs, dogs, and cowards. Victory is imminent. Are they crazy? They actually ran away! They ran away!"
Back in Yi City, the old king was cursing. He was extremely excited, his face was red, his eyes were red, his fingers were trembling, his fat body was walking up and down on the high platform, his face was twisted, and he almost wanted to vomit blood. .
The eldest prince looked at his furious father and stepped forward cautiously: "Father, the khans have left with their men. What should we..." do?
The old king turned around, slapped his eldest son hard on the face, and roared: "Why don't you hurry up and take the people to chase him!"
“Get on your fastest horse, catch them, and beg them to come back.”
Suzilakun's cheek muscles twitched, and he still couldn't believe it. He had the same idea as the old king, are those khans crazy? It was already snowing, and those Youzhou cavalrymen were about to be unable to hold on any longer. They actually took advantage of their drunkenness and led their men away in the night.
It's like teasing them.
Tumi'er also realized the seriousness of the matter. She followed her elder brother and couldn't figure out why the khans did this.
"It's still snowing outside. Their traces must have been covered by last night's heavy snow. Father, where can I find them?" The eldest prince was slapped with stars in his eyes, and his cheeks quickly became red and swollen. He lowered his head and covered his head. He cast his resentful eyes, but his tone was extremely anxious.
The old king suppressed his anger and couldn't help but kicked his eldest son hard, knocking him to the ground as a useless thing.
He turned around and pressed his hand on the white stone on the city wall. His words seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth: "Surilakun, what do you think we should do now?"
There are only one thousand Turkic cavalry left. Without the 20,000 cavalry from other tribes, how can he fight with Youzhou and use his troops to return to Yicheng? The old king thought of the Youzhou Cavalry and had no confidence that he could defeat them.
Su Rilakun looked into the distance. The vast heavy snow covered everything, but the more white the place, the more conspicuous the black. He entered the watchtower and carefully observed the traces of the Youzhou Xuanjia cavalry on the opposite side.
The old king and the others followed closely behind.
Observed from the watchtower, the prisoners in ragged clothes are still in front. They are being driven forward and are being forced to rush back to Yicheng. The Xuanjia cavalry is behind them, and the large banner with the word "You" in red and black is fluttering. In the snow.
It is estimated that the other side took advantage of the darkness and started taking action last night.
It's snowing, and the flying snow is filling the air under the horses' hooves. There still seem to be so many people in the Youzhou Cavalry.
Did Zhou Xu and the others know that other Khans had taken people away? What would he do if he knew? I definitely won't watch the enemy slip away.
Suzilakun racked his brains to think, because this was related to the subsequent decision-making.
"Have the scouts from the front come back yet?" The old king called the captain of the guard and asked. If Zhou Xu already knew about this, and the old king was cruel, he would close the city gate and lock him up for a few months. He didn't believe it. It was freezing cold, but Zhou Xu could still lead his people to guard the city.
However, the old king still had a little fantasy in his heart. For example, if Zhou Xu came within the shooting range of the three-bow bed/crossbow, if he could kill Zhou Xu, then the whole country would celebrate.
"The Lord has not come back yet." The captain of the guard said.
Su Rilakun frowned. He always felt that the sudden departure of the Khans had something to do with Zhou Xu.
At this moment, a group of a hundred prairie cavalry fled from a distance to the foot of Huiyi City in chaos, but were blocked by the Tiebao Formation.
"Open the door!" The Khan of the Hun tribe got off his horse and shouted loudly at the pagoda knights in the iron formation. His face was covered with blood and his hands were shaking, as if something terrible had happened to him.
The old king stared at the sudden appearance of the Hun tribe Khan and his companions. He was overjoyed at first and then full of suspicion, because each of these hundreds of cavalry looked in a hurry, as if they were being chased by evil spirits. They were all covered in blood. At first glance, they could tell they had experienced something. A disastrous battle.
Surilakun also looked down at them.
After thinking for a while, he and the old king went downstairs to the city gate, but he did not open the door. Instead, he stood on the wall above the city gate and carefully observed the Hun tribe Khan who suddenly returned.
"Open the door, Zhou Manzi is coming after you." The Khan of the Hun tribe roared uncontrollably, and there was nothing false about the frightened look on his face. He shouted while looking back, as if he was scared to death.
"Didn't you go back? Why are you the only one back, and Zhou Manzi is chasing you? He seems to have a lot of cavalry." Su Rilakun asked slowly, staring closely at the Khan of the Hun tribe. .
"City Lord Meng, there is a reason why the other Khans and I left without saying goodbye last night. If you let me in and tell you, I will definitely tell you. Now let me in!" The Khan of the Hun tribe dismounted and pushed the pagoda that was blocking the way. Riding, he said loudly: "Not long after we left, we encountered the Youzhou Iron Cavalry. Zhou Manzi led the team himself and had already fought a battle with them. Now the other khans are in a stalemate with Zhou Xu and the others. The war situation is urgent. They asked me Come back and ask for help!”
Su Rilakun still didn't believe it: "How can so many of your cavalry be surrounded by Zhou Manzi so easily? Are you trying to trick us?"
"That's easy for you to say." The Hun tribe Khan's hands were shaking with anger, his face was as pale as paper, his eyes were full of fear, and he said angrily like crazy: "Do you know that Zhou Manzi has an army of three thousand men in his hands?" The heavy armored cavalry, plus the 3,000 elite cavalry from the Xuanjia Battalion, a total of 6,000 people, how can we resist it?!"
"City Lord Meng, if you send people to support now, most of the other Khan's subordinates can still survive. City Lord, please go to the rescue quickly and don't delay!" Khan of the Hun tribe was almost crazy with anxiety.
As soon as these words came out, the old king took a step back and looked at the Hun tribe Khan in horror.
Suzilakun calmed down, but still doubted the words of the Khan of the Hun tribe.
"You said that Zhou Manzi brought 3,000 elite black armored cavalry, so why didn't you see less Youzhou cavalry when you looked at it from the watchtower?"
"It must be Zhou Manzi's trick to confuse you! Su Rilakun, you must not fall into his trap. I saw with my own eyes that Zhou Manzi appeared in front of me with the Youzhou Black Armor Cavalry." The Khan of the Hun Tribe said loudly , as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
Suzilakun glanced at the old king.
"Then why did you get us drunk and secretly leave Huiyi last night?" The old king would not give up until he understood this problem.
"That's because." The Hun tribe Khan's throat was about to smoke: "We thought you were secretly colluding with Zhou Manzi to take our heads."
The Khan of the Hun tribe sat on the ground in despair. Everything was as the devil said. Even the old king's reaction and questions were similar to what the man had guessed.
The Hun tribe Khan numbly stated their thoughts and plans.
From the start, they were wrong.
After the old king heard this, he spurted out a mouthful of blood. The captain of the guard quickly supported him. The old king asked him to see if his third son was in the city. When he learned that the third son and the third princess were not there, his face turned purple. For a moment, I almost lost my breath.
"You traitor! You are an obstacle!"
The eldest prince was slightly happy when he heard his father scolding his third brother.
"Let us in quickly!" The Hun tribe Khan under the city wall was still shouting.
The old king remembered the identity of the Khan of the Hun tribe, and when he was about to open the city gate, Surilakun suddenly stopped him.
"Let's wait for the scouts ahead to come back and find out whether the Youzhou cavalry ahead are just pretending to be confused."
If what the Khan of the Hun tribe said was true, then the Youzhou cavalry exposed at this moment must be empty of troops and it was just a bluff.
The old king frowned: "If what the Khan of the Hun tribe said is true, now is the time to save lives. Over time, might the other Khans be in a bad situation?" He almost said that they were going to die, so hurry up and save lives. The most important thing is to get the other cavalry back.
Su Rilakun smiled and said in a low voice: "We did not kill the other tribes' Khans. They were killed by Zhou Manzi who went too late. We occupied Huiyi City, and there were also three-bow beds/crossbows. Sharp weapons, even if Zhou Manzi has heavy armored cavalry, the heavy armored cavalry cannot withstand the freezing cold weather in winter. You also said that our side has the right time and place. As long as we defend it, Zhou Manzi and the others have no ladders and will definitely attack. If you don’t come up, when we release the news that Zhou Manzi has killed the khans of other tribes, do you think the people of the other tribes will be furious and unite to deal with Zhou Manzi?”
"As long as we hold Zhou Manzi down, those seeking revenge will naturally look for him."
"Wouldn't it be better if we sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight?"
"The final winner is still us."
The more Suzilakun thought about it, the more he felt that this plan was very clever.
After hearing this, the old king gradually relaxed his frown.
Hearing that the Khan of the Hun tribe under the city wall was still clamoring to open the door and let them in, he said he would wait until the scouts came back to find out the situation before making a decision.
As soon as the Khan of the Hun tribe heard this, he knew what the old king and Suzilakun were thinking. They were dragging their feet. Apart from concealing the number of people on the battlefield, the Khan of the Hun tribe was telling the truth. But now, Even if the old king and Suzilakun thought there were still survivors, they would not save them.
They just want them to die! They treated him like an outcast! Obviously at the beginning, it was the old king who eagerly recruited them, tempted them, and used them. If it weren't for him, he and the other khans would never have fallen to where they are now. An indescribable anger made them The Khan of the Hun tribe was trembling all over.
He heard it, and so did the hundreds of prisoners he brought back.
They were sitting in front of the Iron Bo Formation. Many of them were not from the Hun tribe, but also from other tribes. Thinking of their khan, they couldn't help but cry bitterly. They became more and more resentful towards the old king, but they felt resentful towards the Zhou Manzi who massacred them. But there is only deep fear, deep into the bones.
Especially, there is one person among them.
Jin Ben was wearing a tattered and bloodstained prairie cavalry armor. He was unkempt and his face was stained with blood. His appearance could not be seen clearly. He was sitting next to the Khan of the Hun tribe, with his waist hunched and his head lowered, like a A true prairie man.
The snow was falling heavily, and before the winter solstice, there was already some deep winter cold outside the Great Wall.
By noon, the scout finally returned.
Out of ten scouts, only three came back.
The old king placed a basket for the scouts to come up and immediately asked about the situation of the Youzhou cavalry.
"Reporting to the city lord, the number of Youzhou Xuanjia cavalry is much smaller than the previous two days. Many war horses are dragging branches behind their tails. As they move, the flying snow in the sky disturbs the view, creating the illusion that there are many people."
The old king and Suzilakun looked at each other.
