Memoirs of the Heavenly Khan

Chapter 163 Fishing, He's a Professional
The autumn wind is blowing.

On the Hulao Road, military camps stand tall.

Ye City was important because controlling this city meant controlling Hebei Province. This was because the city was located in a fertile area on the eastern foothills of the Taihang Mountains, and could connect the north and south thanks to the surrounding natural water systems and man-made canals.

The grain stored in the Ye City granary was loaded onto grain ships, crossed the Yellow River, and transported to the military camps at the front.

Looking at the flags fluttering in the distance, Hou Jing felt uneasy.

However, he still arrived with a dozen or so riders.

"Commander, will our mission succeed?"

Hou Jing was uneasy, but he still readily agreed.

"Of course!"

As Hou Jing drew closer, he looked at the military camp before him and the soldiers and laborers bustling around it, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Still a familiar smell!
"These idiots in the Six Garrisons haven't changed at all over the years!"

Just as Hou Jing was sighing, another Xianbei man, who looked like a squad leader, noticed his dozen or so riders and shouted:

"Are they here to defect to us?"

Hou Jing shouted:
"Send out your military officers to see me?"

"who are you?"

"I am his father!"

After Hou Jing finished speaking, the group of Xianbei soldiers in front of the military camp were somewhat at a loss. Judging from their age, they didn't seem like they were old enough to be there.
However, the group did not dare to delay and hurriedly summoned the commander of the camp.

"Who the hell dares to mess with me!"

A Xianbei general dressed in a fur coat and wearing a bone chain stepped forward. He was already angry, but when he saw the newcomer, his anger intensified.

"Hou Gu, you damned Jie barbarian, how dare you come to see me!"

"Ah Lu Huan, why are you so angry? We're old friends after all!"

"An old friend?" Alu Huan's eyes were practically spitting fire. "When you helped that bastard Da Yeshuang seize our tribe's territory and drive us into the river, why didn't you call yourself an old friend?"

"That's all in the past!"

Alu Huan looked at Hou Jing, who was dressed in Han Chinese attire, and said with a somewhat condescending air:

"You can't get through. Now that His Majesty is in power, we've prospered along with him, and you want to pledge allegiance? No way! Let me tell you, you're being lenient with me. There are plenty of people lining up to kill you!"

Hou Jing paid no attention to these words.

"You've misunderstood. I'm not here to surrender."

"Then why have you come here?"

"Let me tell you, your wife is always talking about you!"

A Lu Huan's anger vanished, replaced by a hint of tenderness and longing on his face.

"How is she?"

“It’s great. Every time we’re in bed together, I talk about you when I’m tired.”

A surge of anger erupted, and Alu Huan roared:

"Kill him!"

After Alu Huan finished speaking, his advisors advised him:
"General, calm down. He's clearly trying to provoke you; there might be a trap."

Hou Jing, mounted on his horse, observed the situation and spoke again:
"Your daughter is quite good, just a bit too thin. She can't stay in bed for long before begging for mercy. It's your fault as her grandfather for not taking good care of her!"

"Kill him!"

Aru-kan drew his sword, but his advisors held him back.

"General, calm down!"

Hou Jing chuckled.

"Also, your mom is quite radiant!"

Aru-huan could no longer bear it, so he kicked his staff away and shouted.

"Men, chase after him! I'm going to skin him alive, chop him up, and feed him to the dogs!"

The army roared out, chasing after Hou Jing and his dozen or so riders.

On the hilltop, watching the smoke rise in the distance, Li Shuang frowned.

"Why is Hou Jing like this?"

Ang Gao glanced at the dust and smoke in the distance and said, "It won't work. They said the Six Garrisons hated him so much, how come they only managed to lure out a thousand or so cavalry?"

More than a thousand cavalrymen pursued them, and Li Shuang, seeing that the time was right, issued the military order.

More than 500 cavalrymen split into two groups and attacked from the left and right, cutting Alu Huan's more than 1,000 cavalrymen in half.

Upon seeing this, Hou Jing turned his horse around, looked at Alu Huan who seemed somewhat lost ahead, and licked his lips.

"Follow me and charge in to capture that bandit leader."

The two sides had chased each other to this point, and their warhorses were exhausted and no longer had the strength.

Alu Huan wanted to leave, but didn't know where to escape to; all he could see were enemy troops.

It still tastes just like that!

As Alu Huan was thinking this, he saw Hou Jing return.

"Hou Gu, even if I die, I'll drag you down with me!"

Alu Huan, enraged, charged towards Hou Jing, who was coming from the opposite direction. Both of them held long spears, ready to kill each other.

The warhorses neighed, and in the instant they passed each other, the outcome was decided.

Alu Huan fell from his warhorse, revealing a large, bloody hole in his body.

Hou Jing rode up on horseback, his body stained with blood, and whispered the last words he would ever hear in Alu Huan's ear.

"If a barbarian doesn't use his brain, he'll always be a barbarian. Remember that!"

After saying this, Hou Jing brandished his spear, cut off Alu Huan's head, caught it in his hand, and hung it on his horse's saddlebag.

He looked around; by this point, the battle was gradually moving towards victory.
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"Are you all idiots? Ohno Sō sent people to provoke us three times, and you chased after them three times, losing all three times!"

The successive defeats at the front lines, including the deaths of three generals, alarmed even Yuan Shen, who was still in Ye City at the time. He hurriedly dispatched General Peng Le to take charge of the battle.

Peng Le was brave and skilled in battle, especially in horsemanship and archery. He was one of the bravest soldiers in the entire Six Garrisons Army system.

"General, it's not that we're stupid, it's just that that Da Ye Shuang is too cunning."

"Da Ye Shuang is cunning my ass!" Peng Le snorted. "Who does Da Ye Shuang think he is? If he had met me back then, would he still be so arrogant?"

"The general is right. Fortunately, Da Yeshuang never makes things difficult for us brothers after winning a battle. He releases everyone and only takes back the warhorses, weapons, and armor. It's alright."

"Bullshit!" Peng Le cursed angrily, "His Majesty is furious when he finds out about this, and that's not all."

"So what should we do next?"

Peng Le looked at the group of people in the tent; many of them were prisoners who had been released.

"In short, we must hold the military camp and wait for His Majesty's army to arrive."

"But what if Ohno Sawa continues to send people to provoke us?"

Peng Le looked helpless after hearing this.

"How can you be so stupid? From today onwards, close the camp gates. No matter how he provokes us, we will not open the gates. What can he do?"

"The general is right!"

Just then, a soldier hurriedly ran over.

Seeing his expression, Peng Le smiled dismissively, as if he had everything under control.

"Has Ohno Sawa sent someone to provoke us again?"

The soldier nodded.

"No originality. Do you really think I'm as stupid as those three deadbeats, chasing after him after a little provocation?"

"But this time, Ohno Sawa came in person!"

"What did you say? Are you sure?!"

“Really, I know him! That year, he even gave our family a sheep.”

Peng Le was overjoyed upon hearing this.

"Excellent! Gather the troops and give chase! Capture Ohno Sou!"

"But what if there's an ambush?"

"What can a mere ambush do? I'm no different from those three fools!"

As everyone watched Peng Le's triumphant figure disappear into the distance, they thought to themselves: Why does that sound so familiar?
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(End of this chapter)