"Badun, bastard, I must avenge today's revenge!" Mu Lihu said angrily.

Today's battle ended in complete defeat for him, and the reason was that a few words before the battle shook the morale of his cavalry.

Not long after the battle began, the mixed Liaodong cavalry was pressed and beaten by the elite Liaoxi cavalry, and the Liaodong cavalry lost several hundred people in a few rounds.

So under the crushing of strength and the shaking of his heart, nearly half of the cavalry directly defected.

These people had just been incorporated by Mu Lihu, but they were afraid of his strength and were coerced into joining his army. It's a pity that Badun is stronger than him, so they chose to betray him without hesitation.

In this way, the battle of this day can be counted as a chase after Mu Lihu.

Along the way, under the consumption of arrows, the army of Mulihu suffered casualties. Finally, after the sky was getting dark, Bunton stopped the pursuit, and Mulihu was able to have a respite.

However, because of the escape, the army threw away all the food, belongings, and other things they had looted, as well as the things they had brought, and now everyone was tired and hungry after a day of running.

The cold wind on the prairie at night was bitterly cold, and everyone sat around to keep warm after raising a bonfire, but this did not compensate for the mental and physical torture caused by the fiasco and hunger.

Then the ranger returned, shivering from the cold and his face was blue, but his eyes were full of excitement.

"My lord, the little one found a tribe ten miles away in the east, and they seemed to be feasting, very lively!"

Everyone is in good spirits, and if there is a tribe, it means that there is food, a dome, and a woman! These can warm their cold and wounded hearts at this moment.

Mu Lihu was also excited, as one of the chiefs of the tribe who went south with Qiu Liju, he naturally knew very well that the tribes on the Liaodong grassland were basically going south now.

Their camps were very empty, and even if they were leading the remnants of the army, they couldn't stop them at all.

"Heading east!" Mu Lihu immediately ordered.

……

Now in enemy territory, Zhang Hao ordered that he could accept food from the tribal herdsmen, but he could not drink alcohol. And those widows who have lost their husbands, if the Wuhuan cavalry under their command wants to, they can wait until they are brought back to the Great Wall to do things.

The temptation of wine and women was still not as harsh as military law for the Han cavalry. However, for the Wuhuan cavalry, they have not yet adapted to the constraints of military law, so Zhang Hao specially ordered to control these people.

Today, it is also very tiring to look around for the steppe tribes, and it is rare to find one, and it is very morale-boosting to sit down and have a full meal of meat.

It's just that when everyone wants to rest after they are full, things still take the initiative to find themselves.

"Adult, the little one already smells the aroma of barbecue, it's so fragrant!" One of Mulihu's cronies said intoxicatedly.

The others also heard the sound of deep breathing, and the grunts of hunger in their stomachs for a while also came and went.

Mu Lihu couldn't help it, he hadn't eaten anything this day: "Rush in and kill everyone except the women!" ”

The sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded, waking up the entire tribe under the night sky. And the chanting and constant shouting of killing also reminded everyone that this was the enemy attacking.

Zhang Hao did not slack off, and immediately ordered: "All the Han soldiers go to the gate of the camp to form a formation to prevent the cavalry from entering the camp. All the righteous men mounted their horses and crushed the invading enemy. ”

These Han troops were originally infantry under Zhang Hao, and in order to gather numbers and training, they rode on horses and became cavalry. As infantry assembled, they were much faster than they were mounted.

When he saw the figure of the person under his command, who was no less than his own, he felt very strange, how could there be so many people in this tribe in front of him.

When he saw their outfits clearly, he was immediately shocked: "How could the Han army be here, aren't they just hiding in the Great Wall!" ”

There was no time for him to think about the problem, and the charging cavalry had already collided with the Han army that was waiting for him.

Because Mulihu's army had fled for a whole day, both men and horses were very tired at the moment, and their speed could not catch up with one-tenth of the normal run, so they were naturally easily blocked by the Han army.

At this time, the assembled Wuhuan Yicong also began to attack the invading cavalry. With only one charge, they were able to completely crush the exhausted cavalry.

Many people were completely desperate and directly laid down their arms and surrendered. Others tried to escape, but they were quickly caught up and captured.

It didn't take long for the battle to start and it was completely over, and Mu Lihu, who was tied up with five flowers, was pressed in front of Zhang Hao.

One of the guides immediately recognized it and reported to Zhang Hao: "General, this person knows a little, he is one of the chiefs of the tribe who went south, and he was sent out by Qiu Liju to recapture the livestock captured by the general, and he never went back after that, it turned out that he fled back to the grassland." ”

Zhang Hao also remembered that the Wuhuan cavalry who was scared away by him that day turned out to be led by the person in front of him. He didn't go back to Qiu Liju to grass, but ran back to the grassland, and it seemed that he was also an ambitious guy.

"General? Could it be that you are Zhang Hao? Mu Lihu asked suspiciously.

"That's right, I'm Zhang Hao, I didn't expect you, the chief of Wuhuan, to know me."

"I also followed Qiu Liju, and General Zhang's name is naturally thunderous in our army." Mu Lihu said flatteringly, "Now that I have been defeated by the general, it is a great honor. ”

Zhang Hao laughed: "Hehehe, since you yourself took the initiative to admit that you are my enemy, it is not good to keep you." Someone ...... coming."

"General, slow!" Mu Lihu was a little flustered, and he was going to kill himself if he didn't agree, which was too unreasonable.

"Although I have been an enemy of the general, I am also my own master. And at that time, I could not recapture the livestock, and I already knew that Qiu Liju would be defeated, so I returned to the grassland at the expense of being a traitor, because I didn't want to be the enemy of the general. ”

"And how did you end up in my hands now?" Zhang Hao asked with a smile.

"This is an accident, if I knew that the general was here, even if I starved to death, I would not come to offend the general."

"Oh, then you can tell me, why are you leading troops to attack this tribe so late?"

Mu Lihu sighed sadly and helplessly: "Alas~ It's hard to say." Because I escaped and returned to the grasslands, everyone else regarded me as a cowardly traitor. When Qiu Liju heard about me from Zi Badun, he led his cavalry to attack me.

During the day to-day I fought him a hundred miles west of here, but he was defeated and I fled in a hurry. Food, tents, and so on were discarded along the way. At night, when I was tired, cold and hungry, the rangers came to report that there was a tribal camp here, so they had to lead their troops to attack. ”

"In that case, it makes sense." Zhang Hao nodded in agreement, but suddenly changed his words, "It's just that if I hadn't been here tonight, for food and supplies, wouldn't all the people in this tribe have been killed by you?" ”

"This, this, how can this ......?"

"Let me ask you, I came across several destroyed tribal camps after I went north, did you do this?" Zhang Hao asked suddenly.

Mu Lihu wanted to quibble: "What am I doing doing this kind of thing?" ”

Zhang Hao sneered and sneered: "I heard that this time you went south, and all the tribes in Liaodong requisitioned Qingzhuang. Now that the strength of the various ministries is empty, and you have led the army to flee back, it is not you who did it, and who did it. ”

Mu Lihu was speechless, and it didn't take long for him to admit: "Yes, it was indeed all done by me, but so what, the grassland is already the jungle, if I don't take advantage of their lack of strength to swallow them, there will be others who will do the same." ”

The guides who had destroyed the tribes gritted their teeth and looked at Mu Lihu, wanting to cut him with a thousand knives. It is indeed an immutable law on the grassland, but as a party with weak meat, it is not so comfortable in my heart.

But now they are just slaves under Zhang Hao, without the permission of their masters, no matter how much they hate in their hearts, they can't make a decision.

"So, that's why Badon sent troops to attack you?" Zhang Hao asked.

After Mu Lihu admitted it, the momentum of the whole person changed a lot, and he seemed to have more confidence in his heart: "That's right, Liaoxi Wuhuan, as the most powerful of all Wuhuan tribes, will not allow other tribes to annex each other, and finally form a big tribe that can compete with it." Now that I have such thoughts, it is natural to strangle me as soon as possible. ”

"You betrayed Qiu Liju and wanted to challenge him, then his nephew will naturally not let you go."

Mu Lihu looked directly at Zhang Hao, and said, "General Zhang, since you are here now, it means that Qiu Liju has been defeated, right?" ”

Zhang Hao directly admitted: "Yes, Qiu Liju has been defeated and killed, and his head is now on his way to Luoyang." ”

Mu Lihu was taken aback, Qiu Liju was actually dead, and he thought that he would be wiped out at most, and then fled back to Liaoxi in a hurry.

Then there was ecstasy on his face, Qiu Liju was dead, Liaoxi Wuhuan, and even the entire Wuhuan tribe were leaderless, this was a great opportunity.

"General, listen to me, even if Qiu Liju is dead now, Liaoxi Wuhuan is still overwhelming other tribes, and the loss of this defeat is only one 10,000 cavalry in their tribe, and they still have an establishment of 50,000 cavalry, so it is still the headquarters of Wuhuan Khan."

Mu Lihu deliberately exaggerated the strength of Wuhuan in Liaoxi, and he then said demagoguously: "With your wisdom and martial arts, you must know that if Wuhuan still maintains a dominant situation, and soon regains its strength, it will go south again, which will be a hardship for the people of the Han Dynasty."

But now there is an opportunity, all the tribes in Liaodong have no leader, and I am the only one who has escaped back, as long as the general helps me merge all the tribes in Liaodong, then with my strength, it will be enough to compete with Liaoxi Wuhuan. At that time, the general does not have to worry about border troubles, and the people of Youzhou and Pingzhou can also live and work in peace and contentment. ”

After speaking, he looked at Zhang Hao with a look of hope on his face.

After listening to Mu Lihu's tirade, Zhang Hao couldn't laugh or cry. This kind of strategy to split Wuhuan and create contradictions turned out to be suggested by a Wuhuan person.

It's funny to say that he is here to help the herdsmen of Wuhuan resist the attack, and Mulihu looks like he is thinking about himself and the people of the Han Dynasty.

Thinking about it, Zhang Hao gradually laughed: "Hahaha~ This suggestion of yours is really good. ”

"General Xie......"

"But I refuse."