Can I get to the other side?

In order to show that he had no hostility, Qubei not only dismounted his horse and faced Lu Bu's army in front of him alone, but even ordered the surrounding guards 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 holding back his fear.

When the distance between the two sides was less than a hundred meters, the Han army's charging speed slowed down sharply and soon stopped, without even the slightest disorganization in their formation.

This scene made Qu Bei and the Hun royal court troops behind him stunned and shocked.

As we all know, the strength of the cavalry lies in the power of the charge. It takes time for the cavalry team to increase its speed, but it also takes time to stop. An emergency stop will only make people fall on their backs.

The reason why the Xiongnu Royal Court Army was able to stop so quickly was because they kept advancing 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. They were actually able to complete an emergency stop in such a short distance!

If it is a small cavalry team, that's it. At the critical moment, there are thousands of cavalrymen, and they can actually make an emergency stop!

This riding skill is simply amazing!

Just when Qubei was shocked, he suddenly felt his eyes go dark. He looked up and saw a mighty general with a tall body, a purple gold crown on his head, and a red rabbit horse on his crotch. He used an exaggerated shape with an The big halberd was pointed directly between his eyebrows.

This general is naturally Lu Bu!

He looked at Qubei coldly, stared 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 this group of Huns from the royal court, but saw that the opponent suddenly stopped advancing, and the leading Huns dismounted and shouted something to him, so he ordered to stop charging and take a look at this group of Huns. What tricks do people want to play?

"F-General Fei!"

At this time, Qubei had come back to his senses. Looking at Fang Tian Huaji who was very close at hand, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva, put his right hand on his chest, and bent down to salute meticulously.

"I am the Xiongnu Zuoxian King Qubei. I am not here to be an enemy of the flying general, but to offer the head of a high-ranking official!"

He repeated his intention again.

The tone was also full of respect.

Lu Bu was shocked when he heard this. He put away Fang Tian's painted halberd, raised his eyebrows and said, "The head of a high official? Did you kill the high official?"

"Yes, Flying General."

Qubei nodded, and then explained: "We know that Gao Gan is the remnant of the traitor Yuan Shao, and we also know that the flying general is chasing them."

"So in order to show our respect and support for the Emperor of Han Dynasty, our Shanyu ordered to send Wang Tingjun to kill all the rebels who fled into the prairie."

"All their heads are here."

As he spoke, Qubei waved to the royal soldiers behind him. Groups of soldiers dismounted, untied their 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 kill these remnants of traitors, our Wang Ting Army lost many soldiers, but it was all worth it because we are loyal to the great Han!"

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

Qubei said with vigour, sounding very upright and awe-inspiring, and his tone and attitude were extremely sincere and sincere.

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

Not only because of Lu Bu's military power, 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 eyes from the heads and looked at Qubei, a trace of bloodthirsty murderous intent flashed in his eyes, "Do you really think that this general doesn't know what you are doing?"

"In the past few years when I have been away, the Huns have invaded the country a lot, right? Is this what you call being loyal to the Han?"

"say!"

Lu Bu's violent shout was like thunder. Qubei was so frightened that his body trembled. Even the Hun warriors behind him couldn't help but take a few steps back.

Facing Lu Bu's murderous gaze, Qubei could only bend his body lower, and said bravely: "It's the royal court's fault for not restraining the various tribes."

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

"And to express our apology, after a period of time, we will return all the property and Han people plundered by those tribes to Yecheng."

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

After hearing this answer, Lu Bu stared at Qubei for a long time, then he concealed the murderous intention in his heart and coldly snorted: "Let me believe you just once."

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

"So you'd better tell the truth."

Lu Bu didn't have the slightest fondness for the Huns, and he didn't care whether the Huns in front of him were King Zuoxian or Shan Yu, and he didn't speak politely at all.

"Flying General, please don't worry!"

Qubei felt a chill in his heart and said quickly.

Then he saluted Lu Bu again, and then he didn't dare to stay any longer, turned around and left with a group of Wang Tingjun.

Looking at the Huns royal army leaving in a mighty manner, Wei Yue couldn't help but stepped forward and said: "General, are you really not going to catch up and kill them all?"

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

The grudges between the Han and the Huns were forged hundreds of years ago. The two generals Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were so majestic when they severely inflicted heavy losses on the Huns and sealed the wolf in Xu.

So much so that as long as he is a general, he will want to kill the Huns when he sees them. This is 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, this group of Huns did not take the initiative to attack, and even helped kill Gao Gan and others.

When the other party didn't send back the things he promised to send, it wouldn't be too late to kill him, and he wouldn't be in a hurry.

"Take the head of the high official and bury the rest on the spot."

Lu Bu gave an order.

Although these people are all remnants of rebels, they are still Han people after all. It would be a shame to die at the hands of the Huns. Let them rest in peace.

After finishing all this, Lu Bu led his army back to Jiuyuan County. At this time, the Wuyuan County governor on the city wall and many people were already staring at it.

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

What is going on?

After Lu Bu returned to the city, the Wuyuan County Sheriff approached him and asked cautiously: "Mr. Wen, what are those Xiongnu troops here for? Why did they... retreat without a fight?"

The other party was very aggressive when they came. I thought there would be a big battle, but who knew that they just talked for a while and then left. This is not like the Huns' style at all.

"Come here to give someone a head."

Lu Bu patted the head hanging on the horse and seemed a little unhappy, "They knew that I was chasing Yuan Shao for rebelling, so they specially sent the heads of Gao Gan and others."

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

Wuyuan County Sheriff's eyelids jumped when he heard this.

Those were the Xiongnu Royal Court Army, and they weren’t just a bunch of pigs. Could it be that easy to kill them all?

But for some reason, when Lu Bu said such arrogant words, he felt very reasonable.

"Is this the best general in the world?"

"No wonder His Majesty is so trusting..."

The governor of Wuyuan secretly thought to himself that he was deeply aware of Lu Bu's great reputation. He didn't believe that those Huns were really that easy to get rid of.

What does it mean to come all the way to deliver the heads of Yuan Shao's remnant party? It means that they learned about Lu Bu's intention, so they came over quickly to clear up the relationship!

Putting all these thoughts away, Sheriff Wuyuan smiled at Lu Bu and said, "Mr. Wen, since the Huns have retreated, let's go back to the banquet."

"No."

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

"Now that both things have been completed, I need to rush back as soon as possible. The banquet should wait until the next time I come back."

He has already stolen the limelight this time when he returns to his hometown. He can no longer delay the official business. Jinyang City still needs him to return to take charge.

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

After finishing speaking, Lu Bu said goodbye to all the villagers in Lujia Village... no, Fengxian Village, and then led the army to leave Jiuyuan County.

I don't know when I will be able to return home again.

…

Jinyang City.

Now Jinyang City has been completely captured. The Han army entered it, took over the entire city, and incorporated the remaining troops inside.

The original garrison in the city was about 30,000 people. Many were killed and wounded during the attack, and some were taken away by senior 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 went extremely smoothly.

At present, repairs have begun on the city walls that were destroyed by catapults.

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

Now Liu Xie can really shout: "The war in the north is still ongoing. Who can compete with 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, as well as the information he had found out among the Xiliang army.

"... Han Sui's death is definitely not as simple as Ma Chao said, and his refusal to follow me back to Yecheng to receive the reward shows that he has something evil in his heart!"

Cui Lin said seriously.

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

Because he also noticed the flaw in Ma Chao's words - that is, he concealed the fact that Tian Feng had been in the Xiliang Army camp for a long time.

"It seems that Ma Chao really has different intentions."

After hearing this, Chen Gong couldn't help frowning and said: "I guess he most likely joined forces with Tian Feng to get rid of Han Sui, and then crossed the river and demolished the bridge to kill Tian Feng, and framed Han Sui for rebellion."

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

Everyone present is smart, and they already know so many clues. It is not difficult to deduce the truth of the matter.

Sima Yi sighed: "Your Majesty's decision to attack Bingzhou is really far-sighted. If it continues to be delayed, it will definitely be too late to attack Bingzhou after spring."

"There is no advantage in attacking a city after the beginning of spring as it does in winter. It will be very difficult to attack a city. And when forced to do so, senior officials will most likely choose to join forces with Ma Chao again."

"When the time comes...Jizhou will be in danger."

To be honest, he felt that attacking Bingzhou in winter was a little too hasty, and he didn't quite believe that Ma Chao was rebellious. After all, his father and brothers were in Yecheng as hostages.

But now it seems that this decision is extremely wise.

He could only admire Liu Xie's courage.

Zhang Liao asked: "Military advisor, what should we do next? Do we want to strengthen the defense of Bingzhou?"

"certainly!"

Sima Yi nodded without hesitation and said: "Ma Chao has to be on guard. He needs to station his troops and horses in the major passes as soon as possible and lay down a dragnet."

"If Ma Chao dares to take advantage of winter to knock on the gate, he will suffer heavy casualties!"

No matter whether Ma Chao is rebelling now or not, it is a sure thing that he is rebelling. There is no room for failure in Bingzhou and must be firmly guarded.

Cui Lin scanned the crowd and wondered, "Where is Mr. Wen? Why don't you see Mr. Wen?"

Chen Gong sighed with a headache: "We broke through Jinyang City ten days ago. Some of the soldiers and horses led by senior officials escaped. Duke Wen led the troops to pursue us, but he has not returned yet."

After chasing a remnant army for so long, he even suspected that Lu Bu was stuck in Wuyuan County and was reluctant to leave. If he had known better, he should not have agreed to let Lu Bu go after the high officials.

"I just said I should be allowed to go."

Zhang Liao said sourly, every time he thought of Lu Bu's glorious return home, he felt uncomfortable in his heart.

However, at this moment, Gao Shun walked into the prefect's mansion and said in surprise: "The military advisor, the 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 laughter spread into the lobby.

"Hahaha! This general is back!"

Lu Bu walked into the lobby with a red face and asked everyone suspiciously: "I just heard you discussing me, general. Are you saying something bad about me?"

"Why did your trip take so long?" Chen Gong didn't give Lu Bu face, so he said with a dark face: "It's been more than half a month since you left! If these Tianma Chao knocks at the gate and the generals of the three armies are not here, what will happen? ?”

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

Lu Bu was startled, and quickly apologized and said with a smile: "Where is Gongtai? This guy is cunning. It took a long time to capture him. How can you blame me?"

"And I'm not lazy. All their heads are here, and all the remnants of the Yuan thieves have been killed!"

Lu Bu said and showed the heads of senior officials and others to Chen Gong and others, indicating that he was not lazy and was indeed working seriously.

"wrong!"

Zhang Liao had sharp eyes. He carefully observed the wounds on the heads and said, "These cuts are not made by the swords in our army. They look like the cuts of the Huns' scimitars!"

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

If you don't speak, you will die, right?

Upon hearing this, Chen Gong looked at Lu Bu with questioning eyes and asked, "General, what is going on?"

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

When everyone heard this, they were greatly moved by Lu Bu's great reputation among the Xiongnu.

…

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

Something big happened with Liu Bei.

…

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