The battle went much smoother than expected. Xia Houyuan led a group of troops and broke into the Huns' royal court under the cover of night, but encountered little obstruction along the way.
Although there were a few soldiers keeping watch at the entrance of the royal court, they were not many in number and looked relatively lazy. Xia Houyuan ordered the archers to shoot a few arrows from a distance, and after killing those soldiers, there were no longer any guards at the entrance of the royal court.
After that, Xia Houyuan and others drove straight in, which was really an unobstructed passage.
He lit the torch he had brought with him and threw it wherever the tents were densely packed, followed by miserable howls.
Unprepared, suddenly attacked, or in the dead of night, how could it not cause large-scale panic? Not to mention that the Huns in the royal court are not all Hun soldiers, most of them are just ordinary Huns
They are just herdsmen or nobles with status. Even specially trained sergeants will encounter all kinds of unpredictable bad situations when they are attacked at night, let alone these ordinary people. Their lives are suddenly threatened in their sleep.
It was impossible to keep them calm. As a result, shouting, running, and fleeing Huns abounded, and the order of the entire Hun royal court collapsed in an instant.
What's even more terrible is that at this critical moment, the Xiongnu Chanyu was having internal strife with King Zuo Xian, and stabbed King Zuo Xian to death with his own hands.
As the most brave general of the Xiongnu, Liu Bao, the Xian King of Zuo, has great prestige among the Xiongnu soldiers and generals. At this time, some Xiongnu generals are trying hard to rectify their troops and face the enemy. If these generals know that Liu Bao is dead, then
The courage they finally built up might dissipate in an instant.
"Where are the personal guards? Where are my personal guards?" Hu Chuquan was not very clear about the situation outside. After he killed Liu Bao, he didn't know how many enemies were outside. He only saw the flames in the royal court and thought
The situation had reached an extremely critical stage. At the moment, he ignored the responsibility of the Xiongnu Chanyu and summoned his personal guards with great shouts.
Of course, by this time Liu Bao's body had been hidden under the bed by Hu Chuquan. He also knew that Liu Bao's body could not be seen by too many people at the moment.
"Quickly, protect me and evacuate the royal court!" Huchuquan shouted after Shanyu's guards finally gathered.
After hearing this, everyone was stunned.
Although no one in the guard would expect that the Xiongnu Chanyu would suddenly become energetic and command them to step forward and kill the enemy heroically. But in their hearts, the most that Huchuquan could do was for them to protect him to the death. But unexpectedly, Huchuquan was
The order that came out of Chu Quan's mouth was to let him escort him to escape from the royal court.
If Chanyu escapes from the royal court, then although the Xiongnu clan cannot be said to be at the end of their rope, they are not far away.
"You can't do it alone!" The leader of the guard, of course, knew very well what impact Huchuquan's escape by himself would have at this time, and he immediately advised him loudly.
"Why not! If I don't run away now, why don't I wait for these Han people to rush over and kill me?" Hu Chuquan glared and scolded.
"Chanyu, the number of enemies should not be large. Now we are just caught off guard, so we are panicking. When everyone calms down and fights together, we will be able to retreat the enemy. Shanyu must not abandon the people at this time!" The leader of the guard tried to persuade him!
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"You fart!" Hu Chuquan just wanted to save his own life, but when he saw that his men did not listen to orders, he became even more impatient, "The enemy has few people? How could such a situation be caused by such a small number of people? How could such a situation be caused by such a small number of people?" Did the royal court burn down like this? We still have to wait for everyone to calm down. I think they have all been killed before they calm down!"
"Chanyu, I also think that you can't just leave like this." Although King Youxian usually looked at Huchuquan with his head in front of him, he also knew very well at this moment that if Huchuquan left at this time, what would happen to him? The consequences could be disastrous.
If he were to face Huchuquan alone now, he might not dare to disobey Huchuquan's advice. After all, the body temperature of Liu Bao's body has not cooled down yet. But Huchuquan's guards are all here. , I understand that he would not kill the Xiongnu King Youxian in front of so many people. Out of this consideration, Qubei still expressed his advice.
"Khan Yu, King Zuo Xian is brave and good at fighting. He will be able to defeat the enemy later. I hope Shan Yu won't be too impatient." This guard leader had good intentions. Liu Bao was well-known in the royal court, so he named Liu Bao. I said it just to make Huchuquan feel at ease.
But he would never have thought that Liu Bao, whom he mentioned just now, had been killed by Hu Chuquan not long ago. After hearing Liu Bao's name, Hu Chuquan became even more irritable and almost flew into a rage. , just draw the sword and kill someone.
"I'll leave as soon as I say! I'm Shanyu! You must obey orders!"
In the end, Shanyu's guards reluctantly took Huchuquan and slipped away from the north, fleeing to tribes further away.
Although the Chanyu's escape was very secretive, how could he hide it from all the other Huns?
As soon as this news spread, it would definitely add insult to injury, and in an instant the remaining fighting spirit of the Huns was wiped out.
Cao Jun's cavalry kept galloping around and killing people in the royal court. Even Xia Houyuan and others found it a bit strange. Logically speaking, it had been so long, and even if the Huns reacted slowly, they should have counterattacked.
But until now, Cao's army has been carrying out massacres unilaterally. Apart from occasional sporadic attacks, there has been no large-scale counterattack by the Huns.
Xia Houyuan's original plan was to take his troops and leave immediately after finishing his battle, but the smoothness of the battle was far beyond his expectation. From the looks of it, there seemed to be no need to run away in a hurry.
If that's the case, then just keep killing. After all, the people you're killing are all Huns, so there won't be anything that you can't bear to do.