Three Kingdoms: I will return it ten thousand times, my lord, I will never keep it for myself

Three days later.

Xu Chu led the people outside Yanmen Pass back to the inside of the pass.

Liu Yao directly took out silver to comfort everyone, and built temporary houses for them and provided them with food.

He also promised them that there would be no tax outside the pass next year, and the people outside the pass immediately knelt down and kowtowed to express their gratitude.

When it was almost dusk.

When Liu Yao and Zhang Liao were patrolling the city defense, sporadic Wuhuan cavalry appeared on the northern horizon.

These people were all Wuhuan scouts.

After a while, a large number of Wuhuan cavalry appeared outside the city with great momentum. The dust raised by the horses' hooves covered the sky and the sun, making the defenders on the pass feel a little scared.

Outside the city, in the Wuhuan camp, Qiu Liju listened to the report from his subordinates and frowned.

"The Han army burned almost all the food outside the pass, and even the grassland was not spared. I'm afraid that our light cavalry will not be able to hold out for too long this time."

The general on the side looked at the majestic pass in the distance and said disdainfully: "This time, we are led by the Chanyu, and we are carrying elite troops. I heard that this time, the old emperor sent a young scholar to guard the city. They are just a group of cowardly sheep!"

Qiuliju nodded.

"I heard that Liu Yao was sent to Bingzhou because of his outstanding performance in the Yellow Turban Rebellion. The Yellow Turban Rebellion was just an uprising of peasants at the bottom of the Han Dynasty. Killing a few peasants is not a big deal. I think this person is as weak and incompetent as the previous guarding general!"

"How about this, send an envoy out. As long as the other side is willing to open the city and surrender, this Chanyu can spare his life and give him a piece of grassland to ensure his prosperity and wealth!"

The generals were immediately dissatisfied.

"Great Chanyu, our Wuhuan warriors can easily break through Yanmen Pass! Why bother to recruit a yellow-mouthed boy? Just give an order! I, Kabul! I am willing to be the vanguard! Capture Liu Yao and present him to the Great Chanyu!"

Qiuliju shook his head and said: "You must remember that the life of each of us Wuhuan people cannot be wasted casually. The number of our Wuhuan people is too different from that of the Han people. If we can have a surrendered general, let his troops die for us, and we can enjoy the fruits of their labor, wouldn't it be better?"

Soon it was night, and at this time, there was a lot of fire in the Wuhuan tent and into the Wuhuan camp, giving people a feeling that the Wuhuan were still continuing to increase their troops.

Xizhong, who was in Guan, looked at the outside of the city with contempt.

"You are deceiving yourself. These Wuhuan people have only learned the basics. There are too many flaws in this bluff."

"You want to scare us with this method? It's wishful thinking."

A soldier ran up to the city wall and reported:

"General! There is a Wuhuan envoy asking for an audience under the city!"

"Wuhuan envoy? Humph, this great Khan can't sit still, let him in."

Liu Yao waved his hand casually. He planned to meet this person on the city wall to see what tricks the other party was playing.

Soon, a wretched-looking Wuhuan envoy walked up to the city wall with several servants.

"My name is..."

When the envoy was about to introduce himself in stumbling Chinese, Liu Yao waved his hand directly.

"I don't want to know your name, tell me what you mean?"

"Our Great Chanyu is at the gate of the city, why don't you choose to surrender? The main thing is that General Liu surrenders this pass, and he will be rich and prosperous!"

Liu Yao immediately sneered and said, "Haha, it's impolite not to return the favor. Since the envoy is here, I can't let you go back empty-handed!"

"Then I will give you a few heads of the Great Chanyu as a return gift!"

At this point, Liu Yao showed a grim smile, pulled out the horizontal sword from his waist, and swung the sword to cut the Wuhuan envoy.

The Wuhuan envoy couldn't understand until his death that the Han people in front of him didn't abide by the rules. What about the saying that when two countries are at war, they don't kill the visitors! ?

The servants behind the envoy hurriedly shouted: "Two countries are at war and don't kill the visitors! General, spare my life!!"

"My rules! That's the rule! Kill them and throw them off the tower!"

"The Wuhuan people want to start a war! Then let's fight!"

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Inside the Wuhuan tent

Qiu Liju stared at the severed head. He was immediately furious.

"Asshole! Liu Yao! This Chanyu will make your head into a wine glass! Drink ten cups!"

"Tomorrow morning! The war will begin immediately!"

The next morning.

Beep! Beep! ...

In the Wuhuan camp, the continuous sound of horns quickly spread across the entire plain. After hearing the horn sound, the various Wuhuan tribes ordered their troops to begin to assemble.

Soon, tens of thousands of troops gathered in front of Yanmen Pass.

Everyone heard last night that Liu Yao killed the Great Chanyu's envoy. As the saying goes, you have to look at the master before beating the dog.People, they can't wait to lead troops to rush to Yanmen Pass and plunder food and grass!

Qiu Liju rode on a horse and shouted loudly:

"Kabul! I order you to be the vanguard! Lead 30,000 troops! Capture this city!"

"Warriors! After capturing this city! Kill as much as you can! Plunder at will!"

Soon Xu Chu and Liu Yao saw that the sabers in the distance kept flashing cold light, and the murderous aura was soaring.

"Humph! Come on! No matter how many you come today! I will make you return in defeat!"

At this moment, 10,000 crossbowmen and 5,000 heavy armored soldiers had already arrived at the designated position, and the Shenbi crossbow was ready to go.

The Shenbi crossbow equipped by the crossbowmen has a mechanism inside, but it can be fired by one person, with a maximum range of more than 350 meters, and can penetrate heavy armor. The normal range of normal archers is about 150 meters, and the gap between the two sides is not a little bit.

Woo! ! ! ! !

As the attack horn was blown, the Wuhuan people who had been preparing for a long time roared and charged towards Yanmen Pass.

"Bowmen! Shoot!!!"

With the order from Yanmen Pass, the rain of arrows covering the sky and the sun poured down instantly, and some Wuhuan soldiers were pierced before they even had time to raise their shields.

"Damn it! What are the archers for! Shoot these Han people to death!"

Kabul ordered the archers to fight back immediately, but their arrows did not even hit the city gate tower, and all stuck in the open space in front of Yanmen Pass.

"Why can the bows and crossbows of this group of Han soldiers shoot so far!? Push forward! Let the archers fight back!"

Then a large number of infantrymen holding shields began to gather into a shield formation to cover the archers.

For a while, the long-range firepower of both sides began to compete on the battlefield.

But the Han army had a great advantage. They were standing high and could see far, and their range was far beyond that of the Wuhuan archers.

In less than a moment, the Wuhuan suffered heavy casualties, and the archers were so suppressed that they dared not even raise their heads.

Kabul stood in front of the formation and was furious, waving his saber and constantly executing the deserters who had just retreated.

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