Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

But the next moment, Liu Bei and Li Ji couldn't help but look at each other and burst into laughter.

After laughing, even though Liu Bei was wearing armor and his body was no longer the same as before, and his status was no longer the same as before, he still put his hand on Li Ji's shoulder and spoke, just like he did at the beginning of Daxing Mountain.

"Then it seems that in order to verify my swordsmanship, I must spar with many prime ministers who are equally matched with the fierce generals of the time."

"Are you, Your Majesty, looking for an excuse to teach your subjects a lesson?" Li Ji asked in return.

Liu Bei spoke in a pretentiously stern tone.

"Who made the Prime Minister know that Luoyang is in danger, but still insisted on putting himself in danger? This matter must be punished, and must be punished severely, so that he will never forget it for the rest of his life."

"How about changing it to a drinking penalty? I'm afraid that my swordsmanship is too amazing and I might accidentally hit the king, which would make the king unwilling to practice swordsmanship from then on." Li Ji said with a smile.

"You... you are so good Zikun... you are not afraid of being punished with drinking? Do you think you can drink more than me?"

"Please allow me to be disrespectful, but Your Majesty's drinking capacity...really needs to be improved."

"You...are bold!"

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For a moment, Liu Bei and Li Ji got together and chatted and laughed in a relaxed manner, as if they were not on a battlefield.

For Liu Bei, ensuring Li Ji's safety naturally made him feel relieved.

As for Li Ji, he understood that the overall situation had been decided, and what remained was only the question of whether the results were fruitful or there were some omissions.

However, the net had already been completely cast down, and there was no point in Li Ji worrying about it anymore, so he naturally relaxed.

It was during the long-awaited reunion of Liu Bei and Li Ji, chatting and laughing, that the last spark raised by the Huns was completely extinguished.

Under the attack of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the White Horse Volunteers, the besieged Huns didn't even have a chance to escape.

More than half of the Huns were killed on the spot, and the remaining ones surrendered directly due to complete morale collapse.

Soon, Yu Furuo and Liu Bao, father and son, were picked up by Ma Chao and Xu Chu respectively and thrown in front of Liu Bei and Li Ji.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister, the Xiongnu Chanyu Yufuluo and his son have been captured."

At this moment, Yu Furuo was shaking like a sieve, but Liu Bao still held his head high, with a look of unconvinced. He even spoke with disdain before Liu Bei could even open his mouth.

"What is there for father to be afraid of? You are the Great Khan recognized by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. What right do they have to punish you?"

Yu Fuluo felt a chill run down his spine as he spoke in panic, "Rebellious... rebellious son, stop talking."

Liu Bao sneered disdainfully and spoke while looking directly at Liu Bei.

"Humph, how cowardly! Father, do you really think they dare to kill us? Once they kill us, the Qiang people will be the only powerful people in Liangzhou, and they will no longer be able to use the Xiongnu to control the Xianbei people on the grassland."

"Now that things have come to this, no matter what we do, you and I will be imprisoned until death for the rest of our lives, and another Luan Ti will be appointed as Chanyu."

Upon hearing this, Li Ji looked at Liu Bao with a hint of surprise and amusement in his eyes.

Surprisingly, Liu Bao was not like an ordinary Hun and was quite familiar with the Han court's usual practices.

According to common sense, it would not be easy to kill Yu Fuluo and Liu Bao, and the Southern Xiongnu also played a role in restraining the Hu people in the grassland.

Therefore, placing the captured Yu Furuo and Liu Bao under house arrest and controlling the Southern Xiongnu to check and balance the other Hu tribes was indeed a common political style in the imperial court.

Even in Liu Bao's few words, there seemed to be some metaphors with deeper meanings, which were to highlight the importance of the Southern Xiongnu to the Han Dynasty in guarding against the Hu people on the grassland, and then to secretly plead for the Southern Xiongnu.

"Interesting, but not simple. Knowing the danger of the Southern Xiongnu, he deliberately used words to provoke the Han Dynasty to let the Southern Xiongnu go and also to win the support of the Han Dynasty? It's a nice idea."

It was precisely because he understood this that Li Ji's eyes were somewhat amused. This was because Liu Bao probably didn't know Liu Bei very well...

The next moment, just as Li Ji expected, Liu Bei, who was already furious at the Huns, was completely exhausted of his patience by Liu Bao's few words, and simply waved his hand.

"Why did you drag such a filthy thing here to dirty my eyes? Drag it away and chop it up."

"Here."

Xu Chu immediately took the order, and in the eyes of Yu Furuo and Liu Bao who were horrified and puzzled, he immediately took the Tiger Guards to drag Yu Furuo and Liu Bao out.

"No, no, no, King of Han, please spare my life! King of Han, please spare my life..."

Yu Furuo begged for mercy again and again, but he failed to make Xu Chu hesitate for even a moment with the sword in his hand.

As the head of Yufuluo, the Khan of the Xiongnu, fell to the ground, blood gushed out, and the head even rolled on the ground for several times before stopping in front of Liu Bao.

His eyes were wide open, filled with fear...

At this moment, Liu Bao, who had been acting quite arrogant, had his psychological defenses completely collapsed. Realizing that he might have made things worse, he struggled desperately.

While Xu Chu was walking towards him with a sword in his hand, Liu Bao burst out with great brute force and kowtowed repeatedly in the direction of Liu Bei.

"King of Han, please don't kill me. My name is Liu Bao. I am also the descendant of Emperor Gaozu. We are family. I can make the Xiongnu serve the King of Han. Han..."

The next moment, Xu Chu swung the sword in his hand.

Liu Bao's head also fell to the ground, and even circled a few times in front of Yufuluo's head.

From beginning to end, there was no hesitation in Liu Bei's eyes. Instead, he spoke with a bit more disgust at the end.

"How dare such a filthy thing take the surname Liu and claim to be the descendant of our great ancestor?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. After this battle, the Xiongnu will surely perish. The country is unified and the world wants to prosper. Ji also wants to build more highways and canals, and he is in urgent need of labor. It's just right to borrow these Hu people."

Li Ji's words made Liu Bei, who originally wanted to execute all the surrendering Huns on the spot, pause. He nodded and responded.

"Yes, as Zikun always said, we should make the best use of everything. So let's keep these captives in custody for the time being."

Immediately, Li Ji made some arrangements in an orderly manner, including detaining prisoners, cleaning up the battlefield, settling the people, extinguishing the remaining fire, etc.

Just when many people were being arranged to come back to help put out the remaining fire, in front of many people's witnesses, they suddenly saw golden light emitting from a burned-down house.

Liu Bei, who was originally planning to have a detailed chat with Li Ji, came along at Li Ji's suggestion, and then sent people to dig up the burned down houses to look for the source of the golden light.

Under the witness of Liu Bei, Li Ji and a group of civilians and soldiers, as the wreckage of the house was cleared away, they saw that the source of the golden light was located in a dry well below.

When Li Ji ordered Sun Ce to jump into the dry well himself, a moment later, Sun Ce climbed out holding an imperial seal. He walked to Liu Bei with an excited look, knelt down and presented the treasure, saying.

"Your Majesty, I found something at the bottom of a dry well. On the front of the object is engraved 'Received the Mandate from Heaven and Live Long and Prosper'. One corner is missing and has been patched with gold. It looks like the Imperial Seal."

A national jade seal? !
For a moment, cries of surprise were heard from all sides, and countless soldiers and civilians stared with wide eyes at the thing that Sun Ce was holding high and presenting to Liu Bei.

Even Liu Bei was so shocked that he stood there in a daze, unable to react when looking at the imperial seal in front of him.

Subconsciously, Liu Bei turned his head to look at Li Ji, but Li Ji knelt down on one knee first and shouted.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"It must be that the heavens were moved, knowing that Your Majesty would unify the country and revive the Han Dynasty today, and that is why they used the golden light to guide the jade seal back to the Han Dynasty!" (End of this chapter)