Chapter 200 The King

"Then, let's fight."

Everything in the world came to a halt at these words. The guards Shulido and others who were fighting to the death just now, as well as the people under Yelu Huago, all stopped fighting at this moment.

Then, everyone was stunned to hear a "bang" sound as the arrow broke through the air due to the bowstring being pulled too tight.

In the crowd, Yelu Huage, who had just reacted, did not hesitate at all and rushed towards Shuliduo immediately without caring about anything.

However, in his sight, he only saw the armor-piercing cone of a feather arrow tearing through the rain and fog fiercely, and then penetrating through countless fine raindrops like a hot knife through butter, and suddenly came towards him.

Suddenly, before he could even make any move, he felt a sharp pain on his face, and then all he could see was a sea of ​​blood in front of his eyes.

"puff."

The huge gravity pressed Yelu Huago's burly body backwards and rolled twice on the ground. He held the arrow that had penetrated his eye socket on his face with his hands and suddenly let out a deafening scream.

But the screams did not last long. The next moment, several arrows came flying through the air like a string of beads and penetrated his armor one after another.

This time, Yelu Huage just twitched twice and didn't move anymore.

Before he lost consciousness, all he could think about was, "How many stones does the bow used by the southerners have..."

Among the crowd of heavily armored men, Yelu Yaoguang stared blankly at the tall figure and the arrows that were shot out in succession. He was stunned.

In fact, not only him, but also those under Yelu Huage's command, all held their breath at this moment.

The so-called heavy rain makes the bow extremely vulnerable to obstruction by the rain. Not only will the bow force be reduced, but the shooting range will also be affected and the accuracy will be greatly reduced.

But it was just that string of arrows that passed through the battlefield of more than ten feet, accurately and violently, directly in front of them, and openly shot to death their arrogant, tyrannical, and almost-fulfilled-wish-fulfillment Khan Hua Ge...

What kind of magical skills and what kind of magical power?
Countless people opened their eyes to look, but all they could see was their arrogant Khan Hua Ge, with blood gushing out of his mouth, splashing a foot high, and then he lay motionless, as if he was dead beyond death.

Everyone in the field was shocked. A group of cavalrymen were easily killed by the sisters Qingguo and Qingcheng, and they were already a little panicked.

At the foot of the hill, through the rain curtain several feet away, Shuliduo was also staring closely at Xiao Yan, who was almost a divine archer.

Her face was as cold as ice, with the hilt of the knife clenched in her hand, but her pearly teeth were biting her lower lip tightly, which was a rare sight. In the glance just now, she actually revealed a rare daughter's attitude for a moment.

She could sense that Xiao Yan was also looking at her.

However, their eyes suddenly met at a great distance, and she quickly separated them, no longer meeting Xiao Yan's gaze. Then she pursed her lips slightly, and the majesty returned to her eyes.

But even so, her heart was still beating violently. Looking at the burly corpse lying on the ground in the distance with several feather arrows piercing its body, she finally felt the fear of surviving a disaster.

In the silence, hundreds of heavily armored cavalrymen gradually put down their lances and stood still. Everyone's eyes were on Xiao Yan, who was standing in front of the large group of knights.

Of course Xiao Yan didn't say much. He smiled and put on the bronze mask. He picked up the fine lance beside the saddle and pointed it forward.

The next moment, dull horn sounds rang out one after another, and thousands of heavy cavalry rolled over the hill and rumbled past.

During this period, the remaining remnants of Yelu Huago had already begun to flee northward on horseback. They were all light cavalry, and although they were frightened, some of them still dragged Yelu Huago's body onto their horses.

However, at the same time, they looked around in panic, and saw layers of trumpet sounds coming from the rain and fog in the distance. Looking closely, they saw two black cavalry troops breaking through the rain and fog, and were also galloping northward.

Even a fool knows that these southern cavalry are trying to cut off their retreat!
Everyone's face changed. The general of the royal court who had just dragged Yelu Huago's body onto the horse's back shook his hands, pushed the body off the horse, stabbed the horse's belly with spurs, and started to flee northward for his life.

The layers of heavy cavalry behind them were advancing steadily, like a black storm, with their lances held high, rolling over the grassland, heading straight to the north in an unstoppable manner.

……

"Mother!"

In an instant, there were only a few hundred riders left on the entire grassland. Qingguoshang was still scratching the back of his head. When he looked back, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Nephew!"

She and her sister Qingcheng went to greet them happily, but saw a man beside Yelu Yaoguang riding his horse forward calmly, standing between the two sides, and then bowed slightly to Shuliduo on horseback.

"I am Li Mang, following the orders of General Xiao, to protect the queen."

Shuliduo's eyes moved slightly. She glanced at Yelu Yaoguang, but did not go over to meet him immediately. Instead, she nodded slightly to Li Mang and said politely, "General Li, there is no need to be so polite. I have met General Li several times before and I have a good impression of him."

Li Mang had a solemn expression on his face. He first looked at the two stunningly beautiful sisters. The two girls seemed to not understand the situation clearly and walked around him and got together with Yelu Yaoguang.

His eyes jumped, and he didn't know how to stop it, so he hesitated for a moment and said, "We also followed General Xiao to rush here. General Xiao knew that the queen had suffered a lot in breaking out to the south overnight, so he ordered me to escort the queen back to Gubeikou..."

"It's okay. I still have my generals in the north." Shuliduo turned his horse's head and looked at the shadows of the heavy cavalry that were almost invisible. He said coldly: "I also want to follow General Xiao to the north as soon as possible."

Li Mang did not insist, so he gave orders to several generals and asked them to command the remaining light cavalry to come over and then move aside.

"Marshal Xiao knows that the Queen is worried about the safety of Prince Yaoguang, so he ordered me to escort him to see the Queen as soon as possible. Please rest assured, Queen."

Shuliduo had no idea what the word "peace of mind" meant, but up to now, she didn't have many thoughts. She just breathed a sigh of relief and waved to Yelu Yaoguang who was wearing a bamboo hat.

"Mother!"

Yelu Yaoguang was a man who valued feelings. Besides, he had been imprisoned by Yelu Lage for more than half a year, and his eyes were already red when he just recognized the beautiful woman. When Shulido called him, he jumped off his horse, ran forward a few steps, took off his hat, and knelt down in the heavy rain.

Of course, from beginning to end, Li Mang had been reining in his horse not far away. Although he turned his back, there was still a hint of surveillance in his eyes.

Shuliduo sighed, feeling relieved but also mixed emotions. She dismounted and patted her youngest son on the head, forcing a smile and saying, "I'm glad you're alright. The only thing I've been worried about this past year has been my son's safety..."

Yelu Yaoguang's nose was sore, but he still looked brave, raised his head and said, "Mother, I also want to follow Uncle Xiao to fight and defeat Second Uncle!"

Shuliduo was stunned and whispered subconsciously: "Uncle Xiao?"

"Yes, it was Uncle Xiao. He was the one who saved me from my second uncle. He is my father's brother and is as brave as my father. I admire him very much."

"..."

Shuliduo glanced at Li Mang and a few bad guys not far away, his eyes flickered, and he stood up: "Let's go, follow mother back to the royal court."

"I knew that Uncle Xiao would be able to fight back to the royal court for my father!"

Yelu Yaoguang proudly faced north with a yearning look on his face. He clenched his fist and said, "Only people like Uncle Xiao who fight Uncle Second in an upright manner are true heroes!"

Shuliduo naturally did not comment, but just climbed over the mountain and mounted his horse with a calm expression.

Qingguo caught up and said, "Sister-in-law, didn't Shili Qixiang say that General Xiao and my elder brother..."

The queen calmly interrupted her and said, "The information collected by Shili Qixiang is inaccurate. If it was true as she said, why would General Xiao bring Yao Guang to me?"

When she said this, she glanced at Yelu Yaoguang who was climbing onto his horse behind her. It was obvious that the latter did not hear the specific conversation.

"Is that so." Qingguo suddenly realized, and after thinking about it, she realized that this was indeed the truth, so she pulled Qingcheng aside and whispered to him for a while.

Shuliduo just lowered his eyes silently, glanced at the Tang sword that he almost used to commit suicide, and thought of Xiao Yan's appearance just now as if he had descended like a god, and also thought of the four words "then, let's fight".

When this thought came to her mind, she remembered what Yelu Yaoguang said.

For a moment, the queen was in an extremely irritable mood.

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Walking northward along the grassland, passing by corpses along the way, you can see a light cavalry of about 7,000 to 8,000 people rapidly moving southward.

During this time, a general shouted to Yelu Lage: "Your Majesty, another forty miles will be the area controlled by the southerners of Gubeikou. Should we be more careful?"

"I have already found out that the Yan territory in the south is in the midst of civil strife and they are too busy to deal with the chaos. How can there be any danger? Moreover, I have nearly 10,000 brave men under my command who come and go like the wind. What can the southerners use to fight me?"

Yelu Lage was riding a fine horse that was rare even on the grassland. It made him look very tall, and he usually took good care of it. But at this moment, he was so impatient that he kept whipping the horse hard, just to increase its speed to the maximum.

But the horse under his crotch ran fast, but the speed of the army behind him could only maintain a certain speed. He said that the southerners could not go north, but he was still worried about accidents. After all, Shuliduo's unexpected breakout, as if he didn't care about Yelu Yaoguang's life or death, obviously had some news, so he had to be on guard and didn't want to easily leave his army.

He pointed to the south, spat loudly, and cursed: "Today, even if the southerners really come to attack us, I will definitely capture Shuliduo! Whoever can capture Shuliduo first, I will let him join the royal family! Even if it is the royal court's pasture, I will let him choose!"

The generals around him all froze and squeezed their horses hard, as if they were going to lead the team to escape.

At this time, a rider came from the south, shouting from afar.

"Your Majesty, Huago Khan has already tracked down the Queen!"

Everyone was shocked.

Yelu Lage was overjoyed, almost bursting with joy, and even forgot about the fact that Yelu Hua Ge had let Shuliduo escape. He just laughed and said, "Good! Good! Good! This bastard Hua Ge, I really didn't misjudge him!"

He no longer cared whether he could escape from the army or not. He exerted force on his crotch and was about to gallop out with his personal guards.

However, almost immediately after the rider reported the victory, everyone suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Even Yelu Lage sensitively pulled the reins to control the speed of the horse.

The next moment, the guard in front of him suddenly shouted, "Your Majesty, there are the sounds of horse hooves coming from the south!"

"This king is not deaf!"

Yelu Lage narrowed his eyes and asked suspiciously, "Brother Hua, is he so fast?"

But immediately, he heard something wrong from the sound of horse hooves.

It’s too much, too chaotic, and too urgent.

Even if they were in a hurry to chase Li Duo south, there would not be such a panic and disorder!
Behind him, there was already someone standing on horseback, wishing he could ride through the rain and fog to see what was in the south.

But almost subconsciously, Yelu Lage wanted to turn his horse around. A sense of crisis began to sound in his heart, making him completely forget what he had just said, "I must capture Shuliduo."

But before that, he still tried his best to look towards the south.

Just with this one glance, his expression suddenly changed, and without hesitation, he began to pat his horse to the north: "Retreat, retreat, retreat!"

On the grassland in the south, the sound of hooves was like thunder, and no one knew how many horses were running, galloping towards this direction!

In fact, there was no need for Yelu Lage to give the order, as everyone's expressions had already changed.

They were all grassland men who grew up on horseback, so how could they not recognize the strangeness in this? Even if the cavalry coming from the south were really Yelu Huage's troops, how could they be so large and so panicked?
But how could a large group of seven or eight thousand cavalrymen change direction so easily? Although the front group had stopped, there were still people riding horses a mile or two behind, not to mention that most of the people did not hear the order to retreat in the rain.

In the blink of an eye, several teams of cavalry finally rushed out in panic from the rain and fog in the south. At a glance, it was seen that these people were all lying on their horses, almost increasing their horse speed to the maximum.

But even so, these people's felt hats were tilted, and even the leather armor on their bodies had been thrown away, as if they just wanted to reduce a little weight.

At this moment, they and their horses were foaming at the mouth as they ran, not even daring to look back. When they looked up and saw such a large group of cavalry blocking the way ahead, they were so frightened that they turned around repeatedly, trying to go around them.

Behind them, large groups of black-armored cavalry were chasing them closely. Leading the way was a big man who was not wearing any armor. He held a large iron spear in his hand and rode his horse very fast. He pierced the last cavalryman of the royal court with one spear and then roared like thunder.

"You bastards, do you recognize your Grandfather Wang?"

Yelu Lage glared.

Brother Hua chased out six or seven hundred cavalrymen, but only a few dozen of them came back? These southern cavalrymen are also light cavalrymen, so how can they be so scary?

Thinking of this, he was determined to have a good fight. This was on the grassland, he was the king of the grassland, and he had tens of thousands of cavalrymen behind him. This southerner was so bold that he dared to go deep into the grassland to die!

However, immediately, a general shouted in fear from behind him: "Great, Great King!"

Yelu Lage was about to draw his sword when he glanced back and was immediately terrified.

But in the rain and fog, the southern cavalry who had been chasing first suddenly split up and began to circle around the two wings of the royal army.

Behind them, layers of heavy cavalry as big as hills formed a line and suddenly rushed out. The first row of heavy cavalry, their war horses were breathing out long white mist, which contrasted with the cold-gleaming horse lances, and was full of murderous intent.

The rider in the middle had a frightening bronze armor mask on his face and an aura of indifference all over his body. He just held his lance straight towards Yelu Lage and increased the speed of his horse.

Yelu Lage's scalp tingled, and he felt as if he was being stared at by the god of death. He no longer cared about Shulido, the King of the Grassland, or the tens of thousands of cavalrymen behind him.

He only knew that if he didn't run, he would be trampled to pieces by horses' hooves today!
So, this heroic King of Mobei turned around and ran away without saying a word.

He took full advantage of his horse, bypassed the army loyal to him, and was the first to run north.

Behind him, a one-sided massacre began.

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On this day, on the vast grassland.

Tens of thousands of cavalrymen from Mobei and the Central Plains chased, collided, and fought each other for hundreds of miles.

Several troops under Xiao Yan's command rode back and forth on different mounts. They intercepted, beheaded, and charged head-on, using cavalry battles on multiple battlefields to destroy the army of the Mobei royal court, forcing them to flee to the royal court in panic.

At this time, from April of the second year of Kaiping to March of the third year of Kaiping, Queen Shuliduo of Mobei, who had been away from the grassland for almost a whole year, repeated her title and immediately led nearly a hundred tribes, large and small, to move south to submit to her.

Faced with Abaoji's sworn brother Xiao Yan who suddenly and forcefully invaded the grassland, Yelu Lage sent several envoys to negotiate, asking to give up his title of king and be allowed a pasture to graze in exchange for Xiao Yan's withdrawal.

None of them allowed.

(End of this chapter)