Straight man of steel

Chapter 216 The High Priest of the Huns

Wei Qing looked back at Zhang Yuan and asked with some puzzlement.

"We should get rid of the Huns here as soon as possible, you must know that we have left Yanmen County for two days.

In case of an accident in Mayi County, it would be too late to rush back. "

Wei Qing still wanted to go back to Yanmen to stop the remaining deserters of the Huns, but now he seemed a little impatient.

Zhang Yuan thought for a while, then put back his thoughts.

"Okay, kill them all.

But I think it is better to take the old man back. "

Wei Qing nodded and ordered to the soldiers of the Qimen Army around him.

"Except for the old Hun who was the leader in the middle, all the rest were killed."

Xue Ren imitated the appearance of the Huns, screamed strangely, and rushed over, brandishing the ring-shou knife.

Some Xiongnu women also rushed towards the soldiers of the Qimen Army with weapons in their hands. Some women even hurt some soldiers of the Qimen Army while struggling to die.

The rest of the Huns finally formed a circle, and the old man was at the bottom. The old man was surrounded by Hun children. He looked like he was only seven or eight years old at most. Soldiers fought and lost their lives.

The high priest of the Huns has never seen the Huns slaughtered by the Han people since he was born. The experience of this night has made his inner world always on the verge of collapse.

He couldn't stop chanting some prayers, hoping that the God of Kunlun, who had always protected the Huns, would appear to save them.

But it may be that their god is too far away from here, the prayer of the high priest failed to work, and the women on the periphery were quickly killed by the soldiers of the Qimen army.

More than 2000 soldiers of the Han army, all covered in blood, walked slowly towards the Hun children.

Some Qimen soldiers couldn't bear it anymore.

Seeing the soldiers walking slowly, Wei Qing immediately shouted.

"Don't be soft-hearted. Think about these Huns who will be able to take up arms and go to the territory of the Han Dynasty to slaughter our people in a few years. Think about the humiliation we have suffered over the years. This battle will cut the root."

Wei Qing was too cold-blooded in the first battle tonight, not at all as gentle as usual.

Knowing that what Wei Qing said was true, everyone's hearts became hardened, and they began to want to fight.

When the high priest saw that the butcher knife was going to be wielded on the children, he stopped praying and stood up from the ground. Compared with the crying and screaming children around him, the high priest was like a giant. .

"Let go of these children and capture me back alive, you will get more credit than killing these children."

Wei Qing remembered what Zhang Yuan said before, and immediately waved his hand to make the whole army stop.

Then Wei Qing and Zhang Yuan rode to the front and looked at the old Xiongnu whose face was wrinkled and whose beard and hair were thick but gray.

"What is your identity that can be more important than a thousand heads of the Huns?
Since the 24th, the Huns have been in charge of each tribe. There are more than [-] cavalry under the command of the Xiongnu Da Shanyu's military officials, and the few are thousands of cavalry.

Since I entered Longcheng, this general has seen that your tribe has less than a thousand horses and only three to four thousand people capable of fighting. If you are a mature man, you are at best a thousand leader in the Xiongnu. "

The high priest of the Huns did not expect that the general of Han in front of him knew so much about the military system of the Huns, but these are not important now.

"What the general said is true, but the general never thought that I would be able to take charge of a clan with my old age, and be able to graze cattle in and out of Dragon City. How can a meager thousand chief be able to match that."

A light flashed in Wei Qing's eyes, and he asked the old man.

"Tell me, what is your identity?"

The high priest of the Xiongnu straightened his waist and said to Wei Qing.

"I am the high priest of the Xiongnu. The general said that if you captured me alive and brought me back to the Han Kingdom, wouldn't I get more credit than if you carried the heads of more than a thousand Xiongnu children?"

After Wei Qing and Zhang Yuan heard this, they were overjoyed. They didn't expect to catch a big guy in this trip.

Zhang Yuan didn't know exactly what the status of the high priest was among the Huns, but he also knew that in ancient times, the status of each of these bluffers was absolutely impossible to be so low.

"Okay, this general promises you not to kill these children, but you have to be obedient."

The Hun High Priest nodded and walked out from among the children.

"I know how to do it."

After picking up the big fish, Wei Qing didn't care about the children of the Huns. In his opinion, whether or not to kill these children was no longer important.

Besides, whether these children can survive in the future is another matter. The surrounding area is shrouded in fire, and the grassland is full of wolves. Wei Qing has no plan to leave food for these Huns.

"Li Jian, lead people to drive away all the cattle and sheep that are still alive here, and throw all the dead ones into the fire and burn them to ashes."

Wei Qing asked Li Jian to guard the high priest of the Xiongnu.

"Here."

Li Jian clasped his fists in agreement and went down to clean the battlefield.

Zhang Yuan accompanied Wei Qing outside Longcheng and waited for the army to clean up the battlefield, his heart throbbed for a moment.

"General, since you asked Li Jian to bring all the cattle and sheep with you, you probably won't go deep into the grassland to go to the Huns' royal court in Langjuxu Mountain."

Wei Qing nodded and said.

"Yanmen County has always worried me, and I can't make fun of the lives of the soldiers.

Our army is too small, not to mention encountering the main force of the Huns, even if we encounter a tribe under the command of a general of the Huns, we will not be able to fight.

This trip has captured the heads of [-] Xiongnu thieves, and our battle losses are less than a hundred. This military exploit is enough to make the rest of the army bow their heads. "

The high priest of the Xiongnu on one side heard that Wei Qing and Zhang Yuan had even sent their minds to Langjuxu Mountain two thousand miles away, and their perception of the Han army completely changed.

Hearing Wei Qing's words, Zhang Yuan didn't even think about what happened to Fang Ye Tan that day, now he can go back to Chang'an safely, and just lie down at home with peace of mind.

"I think we should not go back directly from Yanmen County, but take a longer detour from the direction of Dai County."

Wei Qing nodded, he didn't want to continue fighting anymore.

"Well, as you say, bringing these cattle and sheep and extra horses will definitely slow us down.

It would be a little troublesome if you encountered Huns cavalry who had escaped from Mayi on the way home. "

Hearing this, the high priest of the Xiongnu subconsciously asked Wei Qing.

"You just said that the army of my Huns who went to Mayi in Yanmen County will flee back?"

Zhang Yuan winked at Wei Qing, and Wei Qing immediately understood.

"Up to now, this general will let you live a little more clearly.

The Mayi side is a trap set by my big man, just waiting for you Huns to jump into it.

I am afraid that the military minister will never come back. "

(End of this chapter)