Chapter 98, Blood debt and blood compensation

The lonely smoke in the desert is straight, and the sun sets in the long river is round.

The brilliance of the rising sun spreads the earth. Looking around, on the endless grassland, iron cavalry in black clothes and black armor lined up in a long queue, endless.

Budugen's base camp is located deep in the northern grasslands and is very close to Langjuxu Mountain.

After three days of long-distance raid, under the guidance of the old caravan sent by Mi Zhu, the Han cavalry had entered Budugen's territory.

However, no figure was seen on the boundless grassland. Liu Bei had no choice but to order the entire army to stop and rest on the spot.

The summer is hot and everyone is sweating profusely.

Zhang Fei strode to the old man, grabbed the other person's collar and said in a deep voice: "Did you remember the wrong way?"

If an ordinary person had seen this guy's fierce appearance, he would have been scared to the ground, but the old man had no expression on his face.

The old man said calmly: "I have been walking this road for a lifetime and will never make any mistakes."

Zhang Fei wanted to ask again, but someone pulled his ears away from behind.

Liu Bei angrily scolded: "Don't be unreasonable to the old man, otherwise he will be engaged in military law."

Zhang Fei smiled dryly and said, "Brother, am I in a hurry!"

"Quickly apologize to the old man?"

"Sir, I was wrong. You have a lot of them, so don't be as familiar with me."

Zhang Fei obeyed the rules.

The old man shook his head and said, "I am grateful to the general, so how can I blame you?"

Everyone was puzzled, only Liu Bei and Guo Jia knew the inside story.

Twenty years ago, the old man's family of more than a dozen people died in the southern invasion of the Xianbei people, but he survived the disaster by hunting outside. Over the years, he has walked this road countless times, just to wait one day to guide the way forward when the Han army was in the northern expedition, but to fulfill his wish to revenge.

This is also the reason why Mi Zhu chose to let him lead the way.

His fate was very unfortunate, but he was lucky enough to wait for this opportunity, and his blood debt was only paid for blood.

At this time, Guan Yu and others also surrounded him with sadness on their faces. What they were most worried about was not that they could not defeat the Xianbei people, but that they were lost on the vast grassland. This result was too frustrating.

Guo Jia pondered: "I believe that the old man's judgment is only related to the life and death of the three armies. I hope the old man will think about it again, why did this situation occur?"

The old man thought for a while and replied, "There is only one possibility."

"But it's okay."

"The Xianbei people migrated."

The biggest difference between nomadic peoples and Han peoples is that they have no fixed place to live and choose a plump pasture to settle down, so they will not stay in the same place all the time. This is also the reason why the Southern Xiongnu royal courts look less prosperous than the Han people's county towns.

Guo Jia's eyes were fixed, and then he asked: "May the old man judge the direction of the migration of the Xianbei people?"

"able!"

The old man nodded without hesitation. Obviously, he had done a lot of homework over the years for revenge.

Liu Bei sighed: "If we can't find where the Xianbei people go, our army will be in a dilemma."

Only by personal experience can you realize how difficult it was for the champion Hou Fenglang Juxu. The first problem you have to face is not whether you can defeat the enemy, but whether you can find him.

How vast is the desert?

Guo Jia said seriously: "There is no turning back when the arrow is drawn. This battle can only advance and not retreat. Otherwise, the prestige that the lord finally established will be destroyed."

Guan Yu frowned and said, "How to solve the problem of food and grass?"

"Then let's slaughter horses for food. If you are right, we have no way out."

Liu Bei showed his decisive side at this time, which was the courage that a generation of heroes should have.

Only five thousand cavalrymen were fighting this time, but they were the first-class elite in the Bingzhou army, and they adopted the tactic of one man and two horses. However, slaughtering war horses as military rations was the last choice and would not be used until the last moment.

So he began to follow the old man's advice and began to send people to observe the changes in the grassland, the feces of cattle and sheep, and other signs.

From early morning to ten days old, the old man gave an answer.

"The Xianbei people must have moved north. If something goes wrong, please give me a message to kill my old man's head and apologize!"

Liu Bei shook his head and said with a smile: "The old man has said that this battle is not a matter of duty. If you can't find it, it will only prove that God will not help me."

Then he looked at Guan Yu and others.

"The whole army immediately heads north."

"I will obey the order!"

With a command, the entire army began to continue to move north.

Guo Jia also boarded the carriage and continued to follow the footsteps of the army.

At this time, Xiao Zhan suddenly said.

"Sir, we won't be unable to find Xianbei people, are we?"

Guo Jia was stunned and then smiled and said, "It's best not to say what you said in front of the generals, otherwise they will definitely take your head to sacrifice to the flag."

This is not an exaggeration. Now the whole army is breathing a sigh of relief, and there is a ball of fire in its heart. Such sarcastic words are the easiest to ignite that fire.

Such a diligent groom is hard to find, so he doesn't want the other party to give him a head for free.

Xiao Zhan swallowed hard and said with a bitter face: "Sir, you won't ignore me, right?"

"Although I am a military advisor, I cannot stand against the three armies. If you want to live longer, don't talk nonsense in the army."

"I know I'm wrong."

So, Xiao Zhan never said anything along the way, showing a strong desire to survive.

In the evening, Liu Bei thought he was trying hard again and was about to order the horses to slaughter for food, but saw Zhang Liao hurriedly riding his horse.

"Lord, found it!"

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The Southern Xiongnu royal court.

After the day-long offensive and defensive battle, this not-so-magnificent city was already full of holes and was shaking. The corpses were everywhere on the top and bottom of the city, and blood was pouring on.

"Why haven't the Han army come yet? Are they really not afraid of losing their prestige and making people all over the world laugh at it?"

Yu Fuluo's emotions became more and more irritable, and the Xianbei people's offensive became more and more fierce day by day. If this continues, they will sooner or later lose.

A general walked out of the line and said in a deep voice: "The Great Shanyu, the Han army is afraid that they don't plan to come to save us."

Since we learned that the civil strife was probably driven by the Han people, many people have no hope for this matter.

Since you want to destroy, how can you save it?

At this time, another general stood up.

"Great Shanyu, order to attack. I, the Hun warriors, would rather die in the battlefield than live so depressedly!"

"Yes, Da Shanyu, let's go to war."

"Fight with these slaves."

More and more people expressed their support, and they had obviously endured it to the extreme. After all, many years ago, the Xianbei people were just one of the many tribes they governed, and they were like slaves.

Now this slave dares to ride on his master's neck to act as a mighty man. This contrast is really unbearable.

Yu Fuluo said in a deep voice: "But have you ever thought about it? How likely are we to win?"

"Although death in battle is over, I feel comfortable walking, the Great Huns will be erased from the grassland!"

"Wait a little longer, wait a little longer... Could it be!!!"

Yu Fuluo suddenly thought of something and raised his head in disbelief.

"What a great plan!"

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!