"Don't kill me, don't kill me, I surrender..."

"Master Jun, I surrender too, I surrender..."

"...."

"...."

A group of cavalry chased hundreds of defeated soldiers from King Taihe's tribe, and these defeated soldiers directly chose to kneel down and surrender.

Their courage has been broken.

A captain immediately ordered people to organize the prisoners, and then ordered the infantry to begin escorting them.

Afterwards, the army continued to attack and chased the defeated army.

One day later.

The vast team of prisoners, totaling more than 30,000 people, were escorted by infantry towards the Nanling King's City.

During this period, not all soldiers in the Taihe King's Department were weak.

There were also people who organized defenses, but they were no match for Dafeng's elite.

Two days later.

The army stopped chasing.

Some defeated soldiers in the mountains and fields had no food or water for two days and two nights, and were starving. Some even surrendered on their own initiative after seeing the escorting team of prisoners.

Ma Yuanfeng led the generals to pursue King Taihe. Although the momentum was huge, strangely he never made a fatal move and allowed King Taihe to return to his royal city.

"Well done, General Ma. We have completed half of His Majesty's order..."

A big man in armor rode forward and said with a smile.

This person is none other than Ma Yuanfeng's good friend and today's Jin Yiwei Qianhu, Pei Guangqing.

The two of them have become close friends.

In the past, Ma Yuanfeng was just an ordinary general under the King of Jin.

Pei Guangqing is just a small banner official of Jinyiwei.

Nowadays, the status of the two people has naturally improved, and they are not what they used to be.

"Um."

"I won't chase you for now."

"Let's go back first."

Ma Yuanfeng smiled slightly and gave the order to retreat.

The Dafeng army was powerful, but it had to obey the emperor's orders.

According to Guo Tianyi's intention, the Tu people in the Yunchuan Road area must be convinced.

Instead of attacking forcefully.

After being chased by the Han army for two days and two nights, King Taihe's defeated army finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This time, only one out of ten of their troops could return to the royal city.

Think back to when a hundred thousand troops went out to fight.

How majestic is that?

But, to this day.

In addition to the tens of thousands of people who were captured, and the tens of thousands of people who were missing, only more than 10,000 people returned to the royal city.

These more than 10,000 people are still the "elite" among the "elite".

Along the way.

Vast teams of captives can be seen everywhere.

Each of these captured soldiers of King Taihe were dejected.

He is far less domineering than before.

Originally, they were worried about whether they would be mistreated after becoming prisoners.

But now, they found that the attitude of the Han army was extremely good.

Not only did he take care of their food, but he also didn’t speak harshly to them or humiliate them...

The logistics troops have already set up military camps outside the Nanling King's City.

When Ma Yuanfeng and other generals returned to the royal city, the King of Nanling was already waiting here with his civil and military officials.

Prime Minister Gongyang is also back.

The King of Nanling naturally knew who the leader was this time.

"General Ma, on behalf of all the people, I would like to thank you..."

When King Nanling saw Ma Yuanfeng and others, he immediately came forward to greet them warmly.

"Your Majesty, you're welcome." Ma Yuanfeng dismounted quickly, then clasped his fists toward the north and said, "Your Majesty, it's His Majesty you want to thank. How can I, Ma, be so virtuous as to accept your gratitude?"

"Yes, yes."

"General Ma, you are talking about..."

The King of Nanling smiled awkwardly and quickly knelt down with a plop facing the north. The other ministers, officials and soldiers also knelt down.

"I would like to express my gratitude to Your Majesty for His grace. Long live my Emperor! Long live my Emperor..."

"I would like to express my gratitude to Your Majesty for His grace. Long live my Emperor! Long live my Emperor..."

"..."

After kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times, the King of Nanling stood up, enthusiastically took Ma Yuanfeng's hand and invited him into the city.

There are tens of thousands of people in the royal city.

People lined the streets one after another, holding flowers in their hands, to welcome Master Wang.

To the people in the territory of King Nanling, King Taihe was the devil.

They burned, killed and looted all the way, committing all kinds of evil.

The Han army is the heavenly army that saves them.

The cheers were endless.

Ma Yuanfeng, Pei Guangqing and others responded with smiles.

Everyone walked all the way from the east city gate to the palace. King Nanling had already prepared a banquet to welcome the generals.

It's said to be the palace.

In fact, it is a little larger than the government offices in prefecture cities in the Central Plains region.

It's a bit more luxurious than the average county government office.

The food is just average.

In the Unkawa-do area, it is considered luxurious.

"General Ma, I would like to offer you another drink..."

"Easy to say, easy to say."

Ma Yuanfeng raised his wine glass, unable to resist the enthusiasm of King Nanling, and drank it down in one gulp.

"General, have you caught up with King Taihe?" King Nanling rubbed his hands and looked at Ma Yuanfeng and asked.

Hearing this, Ma Yuanfeng and Pei Guangqing looked at each other and saw the smile in each other's eyes.

"Your Majesty, King Taihe had more than 10,000 soldiers who swore to protect him to the death, but he was allowed to escape..." Ma Yuanfeng responded with a slight smile.

Kill King Taihe?

Absolutely impossible.

The order issued by the emperor was for them to build momentum.

Moreover, if we want to regain the territory of Yunchuan Road, we must be justified.

The people of the Tu ethnic group are not highly educated. If they were to attack King Taihe's royal city directly, the nature of the attack would be different.

"This..." The King of Nanling hesitated for a moment and said regretfully, "General Ma, King Taihe's crimes are heinous. For the sake of the people who died in vain, please send troops to annihilate King Taihe. In this case, I will definitely die.

Be loyal to the imperial court."

King Nanling was most concerned about the life and death of King Taihe.

Among the three kings of Yunchuan Road, he is the least powerful and closest to the court's territory.

Starting from his grandfather's generation, they have been the court's licking dogs.

In history, whether it was the previous dynasty or the current Dafeng dynasty, the imperial court intervened more than once to mediate conflicts between him and the other two princes.
To be continued...