Since ancient times, the success or failure of countless heroes and heroes has been in two words: self-confidence and pride.

Although there is only one word difference between the two, how many people's fates are very different because of this word difference.

Even if everyone knows in their hearts that this self-confidence is pride, but how many people in the world can grasp this degree?

Just like the current old King Huainan.

"Your Majesty, now that we have reached the point where we can't do anything, let's withdraw!"

On a battlefield outside the ancestral tomb of Emperor Yu, Guo Li's horizontal sword blocked the attack of a grassland cavalry, and then he said loudly to the old King Huainan who was protected by himself.

"yes, it's too late if you don't leave!"

Huang Budo also cut down a steppe cavalry who charged towards him with a single sword.

"No, you can't retreat yet!"

The old King Huainan was pale, gritted his teeth and said.

"But the king, your Huainan Wang's personal guards have almost died in battle, and the city guard camp can't stand it!"

Guo Li saw that the old Huainan King was still unwilling to retreat, and he urged anxiously.

"Wait until the generals of these steppe barbarians are already coming towards us, as long as they get closer, we can let them know the power of the thunder."

The old Huainan King watched more and more grassland cavalry gather around him, but he showed a resolute look on his face.

"But we only have one thunderbolt left, and even if they surround us closely, we may not be able to kill many people!"

Huang Budo reminded with annoyance.

"As long as we can blow up the few people they lead, these steppe barbarians will inevitably collapse, and then it will be our chance to counterattack!"

The old Huainan King still insisted on his own ideas.

He believed that he had fought several great battles with the steppe people in the northern frontier in his youth, because he was confident that he could defeat these steppe barbarians.

"But these steppe barbarians have already suffered losses before, and their pretending to be attacked before shows that they have already taken precautions!"

Guo Li was so anxious that beads of sweat kept oozing from his head.

Previously, after Li Yi and the others left, Guo Li and Huang Budo returned to the old King Huainan with a few thunderbolts given by Li Yi.

Then they reported the plan for the second raid that they had discussed with Li Yi and others to the old King Huainan.

And the old Huainan King also agrees with this plan.

He then decided to lead the raid himself.

At that time, Huang Budo and Guo Li both felt that this matter was inappropriate.

After all, the old King Huainan is now old, and such a battle is too dangerous for him.

But the old King Huainan, who thought that he had been a horse all his life, did not care.

In his opinion, his combat experience is enough to make up for other deficiencies.

The crowd could not resist him, so they had to obey his orders.

So they went directly to the rear of the grassland army under the leadership of the old Huainan king.

And when they rushed out of the woods, everyone found that a group of generals of the grassland army were hiding at the gate of Emperor Yu's ancestral tomb.

Seeing this situation, the old Huainan king didn't say a word, and directly ordered everyone to throw a thunderbolt at the other party.

In the eyes of the old King Huainan, if he waited for his people to rush up, these grassland barbarians would probably scatter in a hurry.

But at that time, Guo Li objected to this.

Because in Guo Li's opinion, there is really something wrong with these grassland generals in front of him.

Although the armor worn by these steppe generals was more ornate and elaborate than that of other steppe cavalry.

But Guo Li always felt that they lacked a special temperament.

However, what kind of temperament Guo Li can't say clearly.

But for Guo Li's objection, the old king of Huainan didn't care.

In his opinion, these guys in front of him are the generals of the steppe army, and if they hesitate for a moment, they are likely to give these generals of the steppe cavalry a chance to escape.

Therefore, he directly ordered to ignite the thunder and then blow up these steppe generals.

At that time, Huang Budo also happened to have a thunderbolt in his hand, and out of his trust in Guo Li on weekdays, Huang Budo finally did not throw out the thunderbolt in his hand.

It is precisely because of this that the last thunder was preserved for everyone.

When a few thunderbolts were thrown into the grassland army, they continued to explode, causing heavy casualties to those so-called grassland generals.

The old King Huainan was overjoyed by this.

Immediately, he gave the order to all the guards of the king of Huainan and the soldiers of the city guard battalion to attack.

So everyone drew their weapons and killed in the direction where the steppe generals were.

In their opinion, those scattered steppe generals still have what to look like as generals.

At this time, these steppe generals were nothing more than their exploits in the eyes of everyone.

Therefore, in this state of excitement, everyone did not hesitate to rush towards the steppe generals.

But just when they were about to harvest those grassland generals, the grassland generals who had originally scattered and fled suddenly gave up their escape and turned around and surrounded the old Huainan King and them.

When everyone saw this, they immediately realized that something was wrong.

In fact, if they could organize a breakthrough at this time, the steppe army might not be able to trap them.

However, the overconfident old Huainan King felt that the number of these surrounding grassland generals was very small, and they did not flee but surrounded him, and these people were simply looking for death.

So the old King Huainan once again ordered everyone not to panic.

At the same time, he also told the Huainan Wang's personal guards and the soldiers of the city guard camp that this was a good opportunity for them to make contributions.

So, under the encouragement of the old King Huainan, everyone boosted their morale and fought with these grassland generals who fought back.

But they didn't know that this moment was the beginning of their death.

Just when the old King Huainan was inspiring everyone to fight bravely to kill the enemy, Guo Li suddenly found that there were thousands of cavalry charging towards them on the battlefield in the distance.

And the leader of this cavalry was the steppe general who was shot by the Miyi people.

According to Yu Zhenlei's introduction before, they also learned that the grassland general with the arrow in his body was Wan Qi Yuele, the younger brother of Xianbei Khan.

Based on the current situation, it is speculated that the younger brother of this Xianbei Khan is likely to be the current Xianbei Khan now.

In the face of Wan Qi Yuele's charge, the old Huainan King not only did not panic, but his eyes were burning and he looked eager to try.

Because he knew very well that in this battle, as long as they killed that Wan Qi Yuele, the frontal battlefield of the grassland army would inevitably be affected.

At the same time, the morale of the steppe army will inevitably be greatly hit, and the morale of their side will inevitably be like a rainbow.

Therefore, the old king of Huainan didn't even think about it, so he made up his mind to fight.

And the reason why he has such courage is because of the thunder in Huang Budo's hand.

He felt that even if his side couldn't defeat the opponent's 1,000 cavalry, they could use this thunderbolt to surprise and directly blow up this 10,000 Yue Yue Le into flying ashes.

But as these steppe cavalry continued to approach, everyone found that Wan Qiyuele, who was the commander, and a group of real grassland generals stopped their horses a few hundred meters away from them.

This completely disrupted the old Huainan King's plan.

"The king, these steppe barbarians have clearly guessed our thoughts, they have already been attacked once before, so they have already eaten a trench and grown wise."

Guo Li's tone was getting more and more anxious.

"Yes, your majesty, let's hurry up! If we don't break through, we really won't have a chance. ”

This time, even Lu He, the commander of the city guard battalion, began to urge the old Huainan king.

"But if we retreat to those on the frontal battlefield, I'm afraid there will be no hope."

Although the old Huainan King has always been dissatisfied with some of the vassal kings of Zongzheng Temple, these people belong to the same Mu family as him after all.

Therefore, he still has some unbearable feelings in his heart.

What's more critical is that if the combined forces of Zongzheng Temple and the Tiger Guard Army are really wiped out by the grassland army, then it will be difficult for Jinling City to resist the attack of the grassland army.

At that time, Emperor Shengheng will inevitably use this as an excuse to reduce all the feudal fiefs and private military lands belonging to Zongzheng Temple.

This is unacceptable to the old Huainan King who vowed to revive the Beiyu lineage.

"When is it now, you still think about it so much, before Mu Junhe said that the Qingjia army in Zongzheng Temple's hand is very strong, and the prince's tiger guard army is also not to be underestimated."

Guo Li saw that the old King Huainan was still hesitating, so he simply told everyone the news that Mu Junhe had told everyone before.

In fact, I have also heard of the old Huainan King of the Qingjia Army of Zongzheng Temple, but I still don't know much about the real strength of this mysterious Qingjia Army.

"If these two armies are really strong, why are they still being pressed and beaten by the grassland army?"

Lu He asked a little puzzled.

"Humph! This is not simple, the reason why they will be pressed and beaten by the grassland army, on the one hand, they are preparing to paralyze the grassland army, let them relax their vigilance, and then take advantage of the situation to counterattack, on the other hand, although Zongzheng Temple and Shi Wensheng have joined forces, they are still on guard against each other, they are waiting for the other party to strike first. ”

Guo Li saw that the situation was urgent, and he didn't think about it so much, he directly made it clear why.

Everyone frowned when they heard this, but they all gritted their teeth.

"When is this time, they are still wary of each other!"

Lu Heqi's face turned red, and he wanted to slaughter both sides.

And among all the people, only the old King Huainan looked as usual.

Because compared to others, he has a deeper understanding of the rift between Zongzheng Temple and the imperial court.

At the same time, he actually knew very well that no matter how much the imperial court and Zongzheng Temple were wary of each other and calculated each other, they would not stop.

But he didn't expect that Mu Xiayan and Shi Wensheng really couldn't let go of the little calculations in their hearts at this critical moment of life and death.

"Withdraw! I underestimated the cunning of these steppe barbarians before, but I hope they didn't underestimate the combat effectiveness of these steppe barbarians! ”

The old king of Huainan then said something dejectedly, and then took the lead and ran wildly in the direction they came.

Seeing this, the others also quickly evacuated with the old Huainan King.

"Give me chase! Gotta get these damn guys back, I'm going to take these people's heads and pile them up tonight. ”

Seeing that the old Huainan King was about to escape, Wan Qi Yuele, who led the cavalry to surround them, commanded angrily.

To say that the current Wan Qi Yuele can be described as angry.

Since he followed Mu Hua and Li Falcon to attack the three counties in the northern border of the Dayu Dynasty, they have been smooth sailing, and it can even be said that they are like a bamboo.

Unexpectedly, when they were about to kill all these defenders in Jinling City, they were suddenly attacked by a cavalry team of thirty people.

And as a Xianbei Khan, he was even shot with an arrow from behind.

If it weren't for the desperate protection of his subordinate generals at that time, maybe he would have been shot by the other party at this time.

He was resentful that he almost capsized in the gutter.

So when Muhua told him that these cowards would continue to attack them, he vowed to kill them all.

Then he ordered all the grassland generals to take off their armor and hand it over to those ordinary cavalrymen, so that they could stand outside the ancestral tomb of Emperor Yu as bait instead of him.

Originally, Wan Qi Yuele thought that when these cowards didn't dare to come and attack when they saw that there were so many people on their side, things were really as Mu Hua Li Falcon had predicted.

After seeing an army of two or three thousand people suddenly rushing out of the woods in the distance, Wan Qiyue was not surprised.

Because in his opinion, from the moment this army of Dayu rushed out of the woods, they were already fish on his own chopping block.

Originally, he planned to rush over and completely kill the other party as soon as these Dayu troops appeared, but then he thought of Mu Hua Li Falcon's instructions: If you want to completely annihilate the other party, you must be patient.

And then the actions of this Dayu army made Wan Qi Yuele completely frightened into a cold sweat.

He had heard Murong Tongwei and Muhua Li Falcon talk about the power of thunder before.

At the time, he was unimpressed.

In his opinion, the most powerful things in the world are their sons and daughters on the grassland.

It was the whistling horses under their crotches and the sharp blades in their hands.

But when he heard the loud explosion and saw the steppe cavalry that had been torn apart by the thunderstorm, his idea was completely overturned.

At this time, he was extremely glad that he had obeyed Muhua Li Falcon's instructions.

Later, when they confirmed that all the opponent's thunderbolts had been used up and the opponent began to charge, he led more than 1,000 steppe cavalry to surround and kill.

"Lord Khan, please rest assured, none of these damn Dayu cowards will be able to escape, and I will personally build this Jingguan for you tonight."

A Xianbei general said proudly.

"Good! Then I'm here waiting for your good news! ”

Wan Qiyue nodded with satisfaction, and then gave the general an encouraging look.

And the steppe general immediately beat his chest with one hand, and then immediately turned his horse's head and killed them in the direction where the old Huainan King and the king were located.

When the old Huainan King and the others heard the sound of horses' hooves behind them getting closer and closer, they didn't have much fear of their whereabouts.

Because they have reached the edge of the woods.

Although the forests had been burned by fire, most of the trees in the forests had been burned.

However, there are still quite a few trees that are still standing.

And these trees were the biggest obstacle for the cavalry.

"Don't worry, everyone, as long as we enter the woods, these steppe barbarians will not be our opponents!"

Old King Huainan was terrified when he saw that all the city guards and soldiers behind him were terrified, and he immediately grabbed the reins of his horse and encouraged everyone.

All the soldiers were overjoyed when they heard the words of the old Huainan King.

Like drowning people grasping at a life-saving straw, they quickened their pace and ran wildly towards the woods.