Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2471 The Military Genius Launches a Surprise Attack on the Dark Horse, Xiao Zhan Surrenders to Han and Offers Anshan as a Gift

With Han Xin personally leading the troops, and with two top-tier generals like Huang Feihu and Huang Tianhua, the Battle of Heimadu was bound to proceed without any surprises.

After the commander-in-chief, Li Zuosheng, was killed by Huang Tianhua with a fire dragon spear, the 8,000 Dongyi troops at Heima Ferry began to collapse uncontrollably.

Yelü Changsheng, a fierce general of the Eastern Yi, was not as invincible as his younger brother Yelü Changwu, but he was still one of the few masters of the Eastern Yi.

Although he had not yet reached the god level, he possessed the strength of the peak of the heaven level. After the death of his commander, Li Zuosheng, he did his best to maintain the situation and regroup the enemy army, which had begun to fall into chaos.

However, it was precisely because of this that he was targeted by Huang Feihu, a general of the Han army. Although Huang Feihu was injured, with the help of combination skills and the buffs from Han Xin's army-wide skills, he fought a bloody battle and finally succeeded in killing his opponent.

From then on, the battle at the ferry crossing spiraled out of control, and the remaining troops, led by generals Zou Dingguo and Zhang Housun, were ultimately defeated and forced to flee.

In this battle, Dongyi generals Liu Zhuo, Song Dali, Ma Zhiwen, Zhao Siwen, Wu Xiang, and others were killed.

Among them, Liu Zhuo, Song Dali, and others died under Huang Tianhua's hammer, while Ma Zhiwen perished under Huang Feihu's spear. As for Zhao Siwen, Wu Xiang, and others, they were personally killed by Han Xin.

After merging with the soul of a general, Han Xin's other abilities did not increase, but his martial prowess has grown to the level of a grandmaster over the years. He can easily deal with people like Zhao Siwen and Wu Xiang.

Of the 8,000 soldiers at the ferry crossing, nearly 3,000 died in battle that night, and the rest fled in all directions after their morale collapsed.

At the same time, after Han Xin successfully captured Heima Ferry, Hou Yi led the remaining troops back in the opposite direction at the fastest speed, and marched quickly to cross the river and join Han Xin.

Almost the next day, news of the defeat reached Yelü Abaoji.

"What is Li Zuosheng good for?"

"Eight thousand soldiers! I gave him a full eight thousand soldiers!"

"Is he a good-for-nothing? He lost Black Wind Ferry so easily, and couldn't even hold out until reinforcements arrived?" Yelü Abaoji was furious upon receiving the news.

That's a full eight thousand people, not eight thousand pigs. Given the situation at Heima Ferry, how could it be so easy for someone to steal it?
"Han Xin, how dare Han Xin do this?" After his anger subsided, Yelü Abaoji instinctively began to consider what kind of conspiracy Han Xin was plotting.

With his third line of defense intact, was he really not afraid of being cut off from his retreat if he crossed the river rashly?
However, another piece of bad news soon arrived for Yelü Abaoji.

Xiao Zhan, who was stationed in Anshan City, defected to the Han Dynasty. A large number of generals who opposed him, including Yelü Niela Shenzi, Yelü Yuzhi, and Yelü Huzhi, were summoned to the government office by Xiao Zhan under the pretext of discussing the defense of the city. They were all killed by axemen secretly arranged by Xiao Zhan, which became Xiao Zhan's pledge of allegiance to the Han army.

Xiao Zhan is a member of the Xiao clan of the Eastern Yi. Among the entire Eastern Yi, the Xiao family is second only to the Yelü family, which is the royal family, and is even above the five major families of the Eastern Yi.

Families like this are normally quite feared by royalty.

The situation was different for the Dongyi. The Yelü and Xiao families intermarried almost every generation, and not just one or two, but on a large scale. In particular, almost every queen of the Dongyi was a woman from the Xiao family, except in very rare cases.

Even Yelü Abaoji's current queen, Shulü Ping, is of the same bloodline as the Xiao family.

The original surname of the Xiao family should have been Shulu, but it was gradually influenced by the process of integration with the Central Plains and was changed to Xiao.

Under these circumstances, these two families are essentially one family rather than two separate families.

After all, apart from the surname, there is really not much difference in terms of bloodline. Most of the family members are a combination of the bloodlines of the Yelü and Xiao families.

Therefore, the Xiao family held a special position in the Eastern Yi region.

Yelü Abaoji had not previously considered that the Xiao family would run into trouble, not entirely because of the blood ties between the two families, but more because of considerations of self-interest.

Only when the Dongyi people still existed could the Xiao family have such a unique and advantageous position, and be able to share wealth and honor with the Yelü family.

If the Dongyi were gone, if the Yelü family were gone, how could the Xiao family have such a supreme position?
In Yelü Abaoji's mind, it seemed that for their own benefit, the Xiao family would not dare to take advantage of the Eastern Yi at this time.

However, it can only be said that Yelü Abaoji at this time may have realized that the people's hearts and minds in the Dongyi were in turmoil, but he did not really realize the extent to which the people's hearts and minds in the Dongyi were in turmoil.

One, far more serious than he imagined!

With the Han Dynasty's successive victories, the first two lines of defense fell one after another, although the addition of the Sun Kingdom restored morale.

However, Nurhaci's betrayal, especially in such a crucial location as Beiping Road, completely shattered the hopes of some fence-sitters within the Eastern Barbarians.

Xiao Zhan is one of the representatives of this group.

He did indeed come from the Xiao family, one of the most prestigious families in Dongyi, but even in such a large family, one cannot expect everyone to selflessly dedicate themselves to the family.

Xiao Zhan is one of them. If he dies, even if the family survives, what does it have to do with him?
On the other hand, if he survives, even if his family is destroyed, he can simply rebuild it!
A letter from Xiao Yunyao, the former Queen of Dongyi, became the final straw that broke the camel's back.

The larger the family, the more branches and lineages it has. Xiao Zhan belongs to Xiao Yunyao's lineage.

With Yelü Abaoji's ascension to the throne, the power of the Xiao family naturally shifted more towards Shulü Ping and Yelü Abaoji's trusted confidants, such as Xiao Dilu and Xiao Aguzhi, and his branch, as the former queen's, naturally lost its former status.

Now, Xiao Yunyao has contacted him again, even guaranteeing his status in the Han Dynasty after he abandons the darkness and joins the light. Under these circumstances, Xiao Zhan finally made up his mind to surrender.

Not to mention Yelü Niela, Yelü Yuzhi, and Yelü Huzhi, who all came from the Yelü family, even Xiao Pingjing, who was from the same clan, was dealt with mercilessly by Xiao Zhan after he had tested the other party's stance.