The Three Kingdoms: My Wife is a Great and Good Teacher

The number of more than a thousand Hu soldiers was not small, but they were in a state of collapse and had no organization at all. They all fled in a straight line.

Liu Zhaoqing directly ordered Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun to lead two hundred cavalrymen each, and they rode fast horses to encircle all the Hu people fleeing.

This tactic worked very quickly. Before a moment had passed, the fleeing Hu soldiers discovered that not only was the terrifying Han warrior chasing them from behind, but the woods on the left were also full of Han soldiers.

This is not the end yet, even the hills on the right are full of Han cavalry.

The Hu soldiers who wanted to break out from the left and right were directly killed by the highly qualified Yellow Turban Cavalry. Even if there were brave and powerful men who wanted to break out from the side by relying on their bravery, they would only be greeted by the spears and halberds of Zhao Yun or Zhang Liao.

Facing this extraordinary person, an "alien special attack extraordinary person", no matter how brave the aliens were, they would be split in half by just one blow, and die a horrible death.

Before long, two or three hundred of the more than a thousand Hu soldiers were killed.

The remaining less than 700 soldiers were chased forward like lambs, unable to break out from the two sides.

And the one behind is even more terrifying, because he is the Marquis of Changping of the Han Dynasty.

Just like that, as the Han soldiers on the left and right sides gathered together, the only ray of hope ahead was blocked by the Han soldiers' cavalry.

"Disarm without killing!"

After surrounding these Hu soldiers, Liu Zhaoqing immediately shouted.

Then he signaled to Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun in the distance, asking them to show their strength immediately in order to intimidate these Hu people.

We must quickly crush the confidence and resistance of these Hu people, otherwise we will only have 800 cavalrymen to surround the remaining 700 Hu people. If the other side unites and tries to break through, it will be difficult to deal with them.

Liu Zhaoqing might lose more than a dozen precious soldiers, which would naturally be a huge loss.

Zhao Yun rode on the white dragon, with the white dragon lifting its front hooves. Zhao Yun held the spear and directly used one third of the God-given power in his body.

He swung his spear and swept it forward like a crescent moon. The white gust of wind brought about by the spear directly tore a three-meter-wide crack in the ground in front of him, causing the Hu soldiers to stop their idea of ​​breaking through head-on.

Zhang Liao jumped up on his horse and leaped into the encirclement of the Hu people in the crack. He waved the crescent halberd in his hand, and a ray of purple light emanated from his pupils. In an instant, the Hu people felt a strong oppressive force from him.

"Surrender your weapons and I will not kill you." Zhang Liao's innate potential, "The barbarians are afraid of me", allows her to directly increase her overall abilities by 100% when facing alien races. The oppression brought by her words and actions is even much greater than that of the King of Wuhuan.

Under the intimidation of their two right-hand men, the Hu people completely gave up the idea of ​​breaking out and escaping. They dismounted from their horses, threw away their weapons, knelt down and bowed their heads.

There were also a small number of people who refused to believe in the evil or did not want to be captured and wanted to break out, but after Zhang Liao struck with two halberds and killed about twenty of them, these Hu people recalled the rumors of the Battle of Wuhuan Mountain and immediately dared not move.

The large number of barbarian people who bowed their heads were chanting something, but Liu Zhaoqing could not quite understand it.

Then he asked someone among the cavalry who knew the Hu language to translate and found out that these people were Wuhuan people. The words they were muttering roughly meant "Han lord, please spare my lives" and "The Han killer god has returned to the northern border."

After hearing this translation, quite a number of the eight hundred Yellow Turban riders burst into laughter.

The scene of the Hu people begging for mercy really made them feel very happy.

Being able to come to this place with Liu Zhaoqing and Generals Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao to witness this scene, the eight hundred Yellow Turban Cavalry suddenly felt that they possessed an unstoppable force.

However, as a leader, Liu Zhaoqing is still very rational.

After ordering his men to collect and drive these Hu people's weapons and horses together, Liu Zhaoqing looked at these Hu people and fell into confusion.

"Although I gained great fame in the battle of Wuhuan Mountain, it shouldn't have reached the point where the Hu people would run away as soon as they saw me, right?"

While Liu Zhaoqing was mumbling, Zhang Liao also came to his side: "The main thing is... they all seem to know the benefactor."

Zhang Liao glanced at these Hu people. These people were obviously not the members of the united tribe that Lu Xi wanted to control. They had never seen Liu Zhaoqing but they knew Liu Zhaoqing and ran away when they saw him for the first time.

This seems a bit abnormal no matter how you look at it.

It was very simple to find out the reason. Liu Zhaoqing immediately signaled Zhao Yun to find a cowardly person among the Hu people and then pull him out for questioning.

I don’t know if it was because of good luck, but Zhao Yun caught a relatively thin Wuhuan man at a glance and put a gun to his neck.

Liu Zhaoqing then asked questions to the Wuhuan man, and the Yellow Turban rider who could speak Wuhuan language translated it, and the Wuhuan man answered nervously.

After a few visits, Liu Zhaoqing also had a general understanding of the situation of this group of Wuhuan people.

It turned out that not all of these Wuhuan soldiers were soldiers. Many of them were just ordinary herdsmen who were forced to take up their sabers and ride on their horses only because of the conscription by the Wuhuan royal court.

The reason why they were so afraid of Liu Zhaoqing was indeed because they had heard of Liu Zhaoqing's deeds. More importantly, the king of the Wuhuan royal court, Qiuliju, had issued a notice that if they met Liu Zhaoqing again in the future, they should not fight him, but protect themselves and report the news back to the royal court.

Later, Liu Zhaoqing asked again: Why did the Wuhuan royal court recruit these ordinary herdsmen who were generally not that old? According to his understanding, although the Wuhuan were not large, the royal court army could at least gather more than 20,000 regular soldiers and horses.

The Wuhuan Hu people also answered that this was because the Wang Ting army was no longer in the Wuhuan territory, but had gone to the Xianbei.

This also explains why they are so afraid of Liu Zhaoqing, because they have absolutely no reason to fight Liu Zhaoqing to the death.

At the same time, Liu Zhaoqing also understood that he had made the right choice.

"Although they are both descendants of the Donghu, the Xianbei and Wuhuan have not always been in harmony. We defeated them in front of the Wuhuan Holy Mountain, and it seems reasonable for them to choose to unite with the Xianbei." Liu Zhaoqing said softly.

"However... based on Lu Xi's previous performance, the Wuhuan royal court may have come out in full force... not to participate in the Xianbei main force's attack on Changping, but to go... to find the Holy Spirit."

When Liu Zhaoqing thought of this, he raised his eyebrows unconsciously.

If this is true, then he is not the only one who wants to take advantage of the fact that the main force of the Xianbei is away from their nest and then "steal home".

The current king of the Wuhuan royal court is Qiuliju.

In Liu Zhaoqing's memory, Qiu Liju seemed to be a powerful leader of the Hu people, otherwise he would not have been able to appease his subordinates and not immediately avenge Liu Zhaoqing's surprise attack.

In this war, not only did Liu Zhaoqing have obstructions from the princes of Hebei, but the Xianbei side also had villains like the Wuhuan, who were of the same origin but different ethnicity, and who wanted to get a piece of the pie.

Liu Zhaoqing still didn't know what Qiuliju was planning to do with his army in the Mobei hinterland, but no matter what, Liu Zhaoqing had to grasp his whereabouts first.

But first, Liu Zhaoqing had to face a problem: what to do with the remaining less than 700 Hu captives?

Kill them all? That's one solution, but it seems a bit wasteful.

Liu Zhaoqing was thinking seriously, and suddenly he thought of someone.

Considering the information he had just extracted from the Hu people, Liu Zhaoqing felt that he could "go with the flow".

"This place is not far from Beiping. Zilong, take 200 cavalrymen to escort these disarmed Hu people to the southern border and hand them over to Gongsun Zan."

"The warhorse and weapons will also be sent along with it."

"Ah?" Zhao Yun didn't understand for a moment why Liu Zhaoqing chose to do such a "gift-giving" behavior at this time.

"By the way." Liu Zhaoqing said to Zhao Yun, "Also tell Gongsun Zan to inform Liu Yu of my trip north in two days."

After Liu Zhaoqing finished speaking, he saw that Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun looked puzzled, because he had said before that surprise attacks must be bold but careful, and the fewer people who know about it, the better.

So Liu Zhaoqing also explained: "Two days later, if nothing unexpected happens, we will have found the Xianbei royal court and even the Holy Spirit. If the main force of the Xianbei has not discovered it by then, even if they know the news, they will not be able to stop us."

"And even if there are foreign accomplices among the princes of Hebei, spreading this news to the main Xianbei forces besieging Changping at that time will make them wary and worried, thus lifting the siege of Changping."

Naturally, both generals had heard of the principle of besieging Wei to save Zhao. In terms of tactical execution, Liu Zhaoqing had always refused to be rigid and always responded flexibly.

"However, Zilong, remember to tell Gongsun Zan that although her White Horse Volunteers and her subordinates are quite capable, she should not come north to support me alone."

Zhao Yun was slightly stunned when she heard this. She thought that Liu Zhaoqing's other purpose in asking her to find Gongsun Zan was to hint that she should go north to support him if she had the strength to do so.

Seeing her dazed, Liu Zhaoqing asked her questions, and Zhao Yun honestly expressed his inner thoughts.

Liu Zhaoqing smiled: "Indeed, there is such a purpose, but the 'hint' is not to Gongsun Zan."

After listening to this, Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun pondered for a moment, then immediately raised their heads and guessed:

"Could it be that... the Lord wants Gongsun Zan to bring the news to those princes in Hebei?"

After nodding, Liu Zhaoqing picked up the water bag beside the saddle, opened it and took a sip before saying, "Qiuliju is trying to fish in troubled waters, and the Xianbei Chanyu Tan Shihuai is not a mediocre ruler. Our surprise attack this time may not be as simple as we thought."

"The Wuhuan royal court has already sent nearly 20,000 men to the heartland of the Xianbei, not to mention the other dangers they may encounter. Although I believe that our 800 cavalrymen are unparalleled in bravery, we cannot just rush in without considering the situation."

"So, we have to find some bottom-line measures ourselves to prevent the worst from happening."

Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao nodded thoughtfully after hearing this. A big gamble does not mean acting recklessly. Liu Zhaoqing was indeed right to do so.

However, both of them were somewhat...unconvinced about the person Liu Zhaoqing had chosen.

"Although Zilong and Wenyuan may say that we can't rely on those villains, but..." Just when the two were about to raise questions, Liu Zhaoqing saw through their thoughts and spoke in advance.

Then he smiled and shook his head: "But I'm not counting on those idiots."

"As we can see from the previous Yellow River Rebellion, there are countless outstanding people in Hebei who have great ideals." Liu Zhaoqing looked at the azure sky.

"I don't believe that those heroic people in Hebei who have great righteousness in their hearts will remain silent after knowing what we have done."

"We are making history, and what we do will bring countless benefits to the entire Hebei Province."

"We deserve them to overcome all obstacles and help us achieve great things."

The united army of the Hebei princes went out in the name of attacking the false emperor. Although the princes were villains, their subordinates were different.

For example, Han Fu had righteous men like Tian Feng from Hebei under his command, and the other princes also had people with righteous hearts under their command.

What Liu Zhaoqing and his men did was far more important to Hebei and even to the entire Han Dynasty than defeating the false emperor.

Therefore, while he is still far away from Youzhou, after realizing the possible conspiracy, Liu Zhaoqing wants to make good use of this great righteousness as his backup measure.

"So, will those heroes...come to support us... just because we are going to kill the Holy Spirit?" Zhang Liao asked.

Liu Zhaoqing did not give a direct answer, but looked into her eyes.

Zhang Liao saw his own fair face in Liu Zhaoqing's dark eyes.

At one moment, she understood that she herself was the best answer.

Previously, a letter to recruit British soldiers could make Zhang Liao excited and take the initiative to go to Pingyuan for support.

If the things they are doing now were to be made public, how could they not get support from righteous people?

Seeing that Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun understood without him saying anything more, Liu Zhaoqing nodded with relief.

Then he looked at the grassland in the distance where there were no cattle or sheep and said, "It just so happens that we have been running for a long time and need to rest for a while. Zilong, we will wait for you to come back here."

Zhao Yun bowed and accepted the order, then immediately organized his troops and drove the more than a thousand Hu people towards the south.

After about an hour and a half, Liu Zhaoqing and others, who had rested for a while, saw Zhao Yun returning from the south, and the 200 cavalrymen he led.

Zhao Yun completed the task perfectly and told Liu Zhaoqing. Gongsun Zan was also greatly surprised after hearing what Liu Zhaoqing was going to do, and took the initiative to agree to lead troops to find Liu Yu in two days.

The captives and soldiers presented by Liu Zhaoqing also made her promise to Zhao Yun on the spot that she could send another team of soldiers to go north with Liu Zhaoqing.

But then Zhao Yun rejected her suggestion using the reason Liu Zhaoqing told her. Gongsun Zan also knew that her strength was not enough, so she just sighed and promised that the news would not leak out. She would prepare some things secretly, and then cooperate with Liu Yu in two days to help Liu Zhaoqing's plan to the fullest.

After listening, Liu Zhaoqing nodded. Although Gongsun Zan looked like a playboy, he was still full of passion and ambition.

The reason why he chose to contact Gongsun Zan at this time was to give him captives as gifts and ask him to help him with his plans.

The reason is that Liu Zhaoqing and his men are not far from Youzhou now, so they can still communicate with Gongsun Zan in Youzhou and ask her to help them complete a certain strategy.

Otherwise, once they penetrate deep into the Xianbei, there will be no way to take any remedial measures.

"Tan Shihuai, Qiu Liju..."

Liu Zhaoqing murmured the two names softly, then shook his head.

No matter what conspiracy the Xianbei and Wuhuan had, he had now done what he could and could no longer hesitate.

"Keep going north!"

After Liu Zhaoqing mounted his horse, he commanded his troops and continued to head north with Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun.

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Along the grassland, the eight hundred Yellow Turban cavalry led by Liu Zhaoqing were charging very quickly.

As it was getting close to night, I suddenly saw a tiny black dot in the distance on the vast grassland.

Could that be... the Qiuliju tribe?

After being slightly surprised, he ordered his troops to stop immediately, and then asked the extremely powerful Zhao Yun to look at the service of the people in the distance.

Based on Zhao Yun's description, Liu Zhaoqing confirmed that it was the Wuhuan army.

In other words, I found the Wuhuan royal court's troops without deliberately looking for them... It seems like I'm quite lucky.

However, now is not the time to lament about our luck.

Liu Zhaoqing asked Zhao Yun: "They seem to have stopped? Can you see what they are doing?"

"It seems to be... fighting with a beast." Zhao Yun said with a frown.

"Beast? What beast?" Liu Zhaoqing asked, and then he found that Zhang Liao next to him seemed a little strange.

Zhang Liao covered his chest with his hands and stared into the distance with trembling eyes.

"Wenyuan?"

Just when Liu Zhaoqing wondered what happened to Zhang Liao suddenly, Zhao Yun next to him also saw Zhang Liao's appearance.

Then he immediately asked, "Is Wenyuan's heart beating wildly, as if... something is about to come out?"