After Qiu Liju's death, the rest of the matter became much simpler. With the continuous slaughter, the Wuhuan people who were still alive knew that they would die, and had completely given up resistance.

Zhang Hao didn't really kill all these people, his approach has always been to only punish the evil leader, and the accomplice can reduce the crime by one degree, and he doesn't have to die but needs to pay the price of response.

Up to now, Zhang Hao's approach to prisoners has been either labor reform or conquest with the army.

The last of the invading Wuhuan cavalry was also wiped out here, and this time a total of 70,000 Wuhuan cavalry was wiped out.

In this battle, more than 40,000 Wuhuan people were annihilated, some of them took nearly 25,000 prisoners because they thought they were killing each other, and some of the Wuhuan cavalry fled. 25,000 cattle and sheep and nearly 17,000 horses were seized.

The price paid by Pingzhou for this is also very heavy. None of the tens of thousands of people in Wangping were spared, the people around Liaoyang also suffered thousands of casualties, and the Han army in Pingzhou also lost nearly 10,000 people before and after.

Such a result is already very brilliant for Zhang Hao, but he is still very dissatisfied. As he said before, it is up to him to decide when the truce will be held, and this war is far from over.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Zhang Hao led people back to the camp. When he returned to the camp, the burned Wuhuan camp had also been cleaned up.

All the captives were now working hard to rebuild the ruined city of Wangping.

The older Han Dynasty soldier said that he would be able to eat after working for another hour, and that he would choose the hardest working man to give him food.

This gave great encouragement to the captives, especially those who were originally slaves. In order to be fed, none of them were lazy.

As soon as Zhang Hao returned, he gathered everyone and conveyed the next order to them.

"Yan Senjun and Du Senjun, I am very relieved that the two of you are responsible for this post-war matter. Tian Jian, Wang He, you leave 5,000 soldiers, bring the rest of the soldiers back to Xiangping, and let Fang Changshi and Mi Beijia be responsible for the dismissal. ”

Yan Zhong asked, "General, what are you doing here?" ”

Zhang Hao said casually: "It's nothing, I just want to train these 5,000 soldiers into cavalry, plus 5,000 Wuhuan cavalry, and I will lead the Great Wall to find trouble with the Wuhuan people." ”

Du Ping was taken aback, and hurriedly persuaded: "General, since the invasion of Wuhuan has been quelled now, you should first ask the imperial court to see what the imperial court will do next." At worst, you should also lead your troops to Youzhou to quell the rebellion, instead of going north to fight the Wuhuan people. ”

Zhang Hao thought for a while and said to Du Ping: "It's okay to ask the imperial court, and now you can write a war report to the imperial court." However, there is no rush to rescue Youzhou, and there are also cavalry from Liaoxi Wuhuan to help you in Youzhou.

I think we can first besiege Wei to rescue Zhao, attack the Wuhuan tribe and force it to retreat. At that time, only Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun were left, two rebels, and it was easy for the court to be destroyed. ”

Since the generals have said so, the others have no objections.

There were a lot of captured war horses, enough to build a cavalry of 10,000 people, and with the food needed by 10,000 people for a month, Zhang Hao set off directly to the north.

……

After killing nearly a thousand horses, Mulihu finally returned to his tribe.

Upon his return, he immediately declared the crushing defeat of Chuliju in the south, and sent them all into a state of war.

After resting for a few days, Mu Lihu brazenly led his troops to attack one of the Wuhuan tribes closest to him.

Because the tribal chief led two-thirds of the tribe's young men southward to raid the Han Dynasty, the tribe was powerless under the attack of Muli Lake.

After some of the men who had the courage to resist the invasion stood up and were killed, the entire tribe surrendered and prostrate under the hooves of the horses in Muli Lake.

Then, one tribe after another was swallowed up by Muli Lake. This immediately attracted the attention of the Wuhuan tribe who stayed in Liaoxi.

Badun is the adopted slave of Qiu Liju, and now he has just become an adult, and he is a rare warrior in the tribe, and he has won the trust of Qiu Liju, and every time Qiu Liju goes on an expedition, he will let him stay in the tribe.

According to the news, the chief who continued to annex other tribes in Liaodong was named Mulihu, and Badun remembered that this person must have followed his uncle south to raid the Han Dynasty.

It occurred to him that since his uncle Qiu Liju sat on the throne of the Khan, no tribe had dared to do so blatantly, because it was tantamount to challenging the throne of the Khan.

But now Mu Lihu not only returned to the grassland during the war, but also did this kind of thing unscrupulously, there is only one reason, the war in the south is not going well or has failed, he secretly ran back to the grassland, wanting to take the opportunity to expand his strength, so as to fight against his uncle and against Liaoxi Wuhuan.

As the second khan of Chuliju after his death in history, Bunton now has the most basic vision of a leader.

Something like Mulihu is definitely not allowed to happen, and if you want to challenge the Khan's authority, you must pay a price.

The reason why Liaoxi Wuhuan can suppress all the Wuhuan tribes is that the strength of the Wuhuan headquarters in Liaoxi is strong, her population is close to 100,000, and she has an establishment of 30,000 horsemen.

Compared with other large tribes named after the border counties of the Han Dynasty, a single western Liaoxi tribe is worth three other large tribes. Therefore, as a chieftain, Chuliju was enshrined as a khan.

When Qiu Liju went south, he only took away one of the ten thousand horsemen in the tribe. At this moment, there are still two ten thousand horses left in the tribe, since Mu Lihu is so unscrupulous, Na Badun decided to lead a team of ten thousand horses to teach him a good lesson.

The two cavalry teams met on the vast grassland more than 400 miles north of what is now Changli County.

There are nearly 9,000 cavalry under the command of Bundun, and Mulihu has expanded to 8,000 cavalry through continuous merger, and the strength of the two sides is almost the same.

"Mu Lihu, you traitor! The Khan is still fighting in the south, and you are running back alone, and you have annexed so many tribes that followed the Khan, you have not only offended these tribesmen, offended the Khan, but also offended the gods, and the heavens will definitely punish you! ”

Ratun's words made the cavalry under the command of Mu Lihu begin to waver, almost half of his men were from other tribes, and it had only been long since they were annexed. Although he surrendered to Muli Lake, he still remembers his original tribe.

Mu Lihu naturally would not stand idly by, otherwise the army's morale would be shaken, and there would be no need to fight this battle, so he also spoke out to fight back.

"Qiu Liju is a vain khan! He led so many of our men and horses to the south, but he was defeated, and was attacked by the Han army on the temporary pasture, taking away all the livestock, at this moment the army should have run out of food, defeated by the Han army, Qiu Liju may have died in the army, this is God's punishment for him! ”

After hearing this, he was shocked, if this was the case, his uncle was indeed in danger at the moment. It's just that before the battle, you must not panic because of this.

"If that's what you say, then why did you run back when the army was in crisis? You don't confess to yourself, you admit that you are a traitor. You traitor really wants to take advantage of the presence of the army to annex these weakly defended tribes in order to expand your own strength. ”

Mu Lihu is angry, it is a fact that he escaped from the battle, no matter what, as long as he grasps this point, he is a coward in front of his subordinates after all.

And cowards are the most despicable in the grassland, and the grassland people worship warriors and advocate force, and naturally they will dislike the opposite.

couldn't say any more, Mu Lihu roared angrily: "It's useless to say more, Qiu Liju has no ability to lead Wuhuan, and only those who are chosen by God are qualified to hold the position of Khan, Erlang, kill with me!" ”

Of course, Badun knows the basic principle of the supremacy of force, as Mu Lihu said, it is useless to talk too much, everything should be decided by whose fist is bigger and who is reasonable.

"Warriors, kill this traitor!"

The entire thousand-mile grassland became a battlefield for a while.

……

It is winter, and the steppe tribes at this time do not live in a fixed place like in spring and summer, and live in pursuit of water and grass. They all return to their fixed place to spend the winter every winter.

And the nomads who have settled down, it is not so difficult to find them.

This time, Zhang Hao went north to counterattack, bringing with him the Wuhuan people who had been captured before, basically including all the Wuhuan tribes north of Liaodong, and let them serve as guides.

As for why they are willing, it is mainly because of Zhang Hao's promise to them that when they return, they will bring their wives and children back together.

As natives of the grassland, they certainly know the rules of the grassland. His tribe followed the khan south, only to suffer heavy losses, most of his men were killed and wounded, and the rest were captured.

There are only the old and weak women and children and a small number of young and strong tribes, which in the eyes of others are a piece of fat that everyone will want to take a bite of. At that time, the young, the elderly, and children will be killed, and the women will be snatched away and humiliated.

Since the leader is dead, the youth of the tribe are dying in battle, and the tribe is dead in name, it is only natural to take this general who has defeated them back to receive everything.

Following a powerful leader is the law of survival in the grassland, this general is not only strong, but also willing to reunite them with his wife and children, so there is no reason not to be loyal to him.

When these guides took Zhang Hao to the nearest tribe, they found that they were late. All that remained of the tribe was the remains of the burnt fire, as well as many charred bones.

The guide, who belonged to this tribe, immediately knelt on the ground and hugged his head and cried. This also caused a little uneasiness to the other guides, who feared that they would be too late to return.

Zhang Hao looked at this scene and was also full of emotion, as a Han Chinese, he is now in a hostile relationship with these Wuhuan people, but he can't do it to the point of being indifferent to the tragic death of the enemy's ordinary people.

Although no snowflake is innocent during the avalanche, and these people who support their own soldiers to invade other countries should also be responsible for the war, but it is still too cruel to pay the price of death.

Zhang Hao shook his head vigorously, shaking off this kind of Holy Mother thought in the later generations, and his eyes became cold.

In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, due to climate reasons, lack of materials, natural and man-made disasters continued, and the relationship between people was life-and-death, not to mention between countries.

Now I only have responsibilities and obligations to the people under my rule, and I have no obligation to manage others. This is the most basic morality in troubled times.

"Since this place has been breached and destroyed, let's hurry to the next place." After speaking, Zhang Hao continued to walk forward.

The others followed, and the weeping and grieving man also stood up and followed.

Since a person is dead, then the only way to live is to continue to live well. In this respect, the people of the steppe are incomparably strong.

On this day, Zhang Hao, under the leadership of the guide, searched for four tribes in a row, but without exception, all of them were attacked and robbed of all the people and materials in the tribe.

It wasn't until late afternoon that they came to the sixth tribe, but thankfully no one had been here.

The tribal camp, which was originally filled with smoke and had a peaceful atmosphere, suddenly became very panicked and panicked.

The people inside had already discovered the cavalry of 10,000 people led by Zhang Hao, the old people, women, and children all hid in the dome and shivered, and the few young and strong people rode up to the war horses, ready to fight, looking like they were at home.

Everyone in the tribe knows that now that all the young and strong are out, the cavalry in front of them only needs half or even less people to completely destroy the entire tribe, and the so-called dodging resistance is just a struggle before death.

Of course, this is according to common sense, and it is obviously a misunderstanding at the moment.

The guide, who belonged to the tribe, ran over with a shout, and explained to the tribesmen, and fell to his knees and cried when he was sad, but quickly got back to his feet.

After his explanation, all the men, women, and children in the tribe came out, came to Zhang Hao, knelt down, and greeted him very respectfully.

"It's late today, the army will rest in this camp for the night, and set off tomorrow." Zhang Hao commanded.

So that evening, the tribe took out twenty oxen and two hundred sheep and held a bonfire feast for everyone. Zhang Hao, as the main general, naturally attracted much attention.

After the guide's exaggerated descriptions and descriptions, Zhang Hao is already a powerful warrior with great power in the hearts of all the people in this tribe. The mere fact that he could defeat their Khan had already made them stunned and thrown to the ground.

Sitting around the campfire, some of the women in the tribe looked at Zhang Hao with gold stars in their eyes.

Zhang Hao naturally doesn't look down on them, the woman on the grassland is not beautiful, no matter how beautiful she is.

However, Zheng Meng, who was sitting next to Zhang Hao, seemed to be more favored by women who had just learned that their husbands had died.

After all, intuitively speaking, Zheng Meng's tall and mighty body looks more secure than Zhang Hao, who is weak.