Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Destruction of the Huns

In order to survive, the old hairy cavalry had to resist while quickly retreating out of the valley and began to rush along the mountains on both sides, most of them simply turned their horses' heads and rushed along the mountain road to the way they came.

Helian Nian knew that he could not force the old Mao soldiers too quickly, lest the dog jump over the wall in a hurry and increase the casualties of his soldiers, so after a burst of killing, he stopped and ordered the army to start searching the mountains on both sides. The army spread out for two or three miles, slowly advancing forward. Those who can shoot and kill, never rush forward, this is the tactic that Xuanqi taught Helian Nian, Helian Nian kept it in mind, and the 30,000 soldiers also formed such a habit, unhurriedly harvesting the lives of the old Maoren cavalry.

At noon the next day, the Xuanqi army finally met five or six thousand defeated and returned the old Mao cavalry, under the dense rain of arrows, the old Mao cavalry fell down one by one like cutting wheat, because these old Mao cavalry who had not rested for two days and two nights, and had not eaten a little food, even had no strength to pull the bowstring. With the arrival of Helian Nian's army, which was chasing behind, the one-sided slaughter began in full.

When Helian Lu was killed in battle and the news of the annihilation of the 300,000 army reached Mulun, Ivanov, who had been waiting for Helian Lu's return, was stunned. You must know that in order to invade the Xiongnu, Queen Elena gave Helian Lu 600,000 troops before and after, and of these 600,000 troops, only 70,000 cavalry are now left to defend Mulun, and the remaining 500,000 are almost all lost in the hands of the Juyanhai army.

As for the strength of the Juyanhai army, Ivanov knew that all the troops added up to less than 200,000, and the 100,000 people led by Xuan Qi were less than 100,000 people, and the price of less than 30,000 killed in the previous and later battles was exchanged for the annihilation of the 500,000 old Mao army, which made Ivanov have to be surprised, and he had to reconsider how to deal with the Juyanhai army in the future. Because in Ivanov's eyes, Helianhan's remaining cavalry of less than 70,000 could not stop the 550,000 army in his hands at all.

Ivanov has been waiting for Helian Lu to return, just because Queen Elena promised Helian Lu to let Helian Lu be the first to step into the royal court when she captured the Hun royal court. Now that Helian Lu was dead, Ivanov no longer hesitated and began to order the whole army to march towards the court of the Huns.

In addition to leaving 100,000 defenders and paying attention to guarding against the attack of the Juyanhai army, Ivanov personally led an army of 250,000 to rush across the Selenga River, and within seven days, he had successively taken Selenga, Zebulun, and Erdenet, and approached the Orkhon River. On the other hand, the army of 200,000 has already taken Sukhbaatar and approached Darkhan, as long as Darkhan is taken, the army will go straight down the Orkhon River, and it can meet Ivanov's army to cross the river and fully approach the Xiongnu royal court.

At the end of June, the entire defense line of the Orkhon River was lost, and Helian Han could only lead the remaining 50,000 cavalry to retreat to the royal court. In front of Ivanov's army, there was only a flat steppe, and there was no danger to defend along the way.

Helian Han sat on the sweat seat in a dejected manner, listening to one bad news after another, his expression was already numb. With the disappearance of his favorite Yan clan last night, Helian Han had no thoughts for a long time. Now that I think about it, it seems that the beginning of all these nightmares began when this beautiful Yan clan arrived.

Before the death of his father Khan, he accidentally saw this woman in the royal court, and after a night of joy, he fell hopelessly in love with this woman, and even did not hesitate to abolish the Doulu clan that had followed him for many years, just so that this woman could take the throne and be able to stay with him.

When his father Khan died, he had no intention of snatching the throne, but he was optimistic about his brother Helian Chu. But this beautiful woman kept encouraging herself to join the competition for the throne, and she also gave advice and came up with a lot of ideas. The final result was that he personally killed his royal brother Helian Chu and ascended to the throne of Khan. For this reason, Helian Han also deeply admired this beautiful woman and fell in love with it incomparably.

Helian Han began to regret that if he had fully supported Helian Chu's ascension to the throne, there would have been no fratricidal fighting between brothers, and the entire Xiongnu would not have died countless soldiers because of this, which led to the beginning of their demise. Helian Han even began to wonder if the sudden death of his father Khan was also because of this beautiful woman whose origin is still unknown? Helian Han was frightened into a cold sweat and soaked his clothes.

Looking at the army in front of him, which was ready to flee eastward, Helian Han let out a long sigh and rode his horse first. As the team drifted away, Helian Han looked back at the royal court, thinking to himself, I don't know if he will return to the place where he grew up in this life.

The people of the royal court, who were unwilling to become slaves of the country, looked at the dust raised by the Helian Han army in the distance, and they had already begun to evacuate the royal court and go south, because now, in addition to following the Helian Han army to flee eastward, the only thing left was the Juyanhai steppe.

In mid-July, Ivanov, who had not encountered any obstacles along the way, finally led a large army to storm the royal court. Looking at the empty royal court in front of him, Ivanov was excited, and he also began to feel a little uneasy. Because the places where their army passed, almost all of them were empty towns, and the army was not far away, although it took the Xiongnu, but the battle line was too long, and there was no way to supply in situ, relying on the continuous long-term supply in the country, it was not a long-term solution.

On the other hand, all the news reported that these Xiongnu people almost all entered the Juyanhai steppe. These Hun people, who live on horseback all year round, as long as they ride war horses, they will become cavalry who can participate in the war at any time, which will undoubtedly greatly increase the number of Juyanhai's army.

With only 100,000 troops, Mr. Bai, who was able to destroy Helian Lu's 500,000 army, now has so many Xiongnu people as his backing, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult for him to take Juyanhai.

Ivanov had to temporarily give up the pursuit of Helenhan, who fled eastward, and the attack on Juyanhai, while starting to recuperate, while asking Queen Yelena to gradually move a large number of old Mao people into the Xiongnu, because only when his own people can give him nearby support, he can also have the confidence to seize Juyanhai.