“Before that, I will kill the traitor Hailan Jiabo first!”

Chagan Uli’s angry shouts echoed in the big tent.

At this moment, he had already received the news that Hailanhak was leading his troops to retreat, and he also realized that the decisive battle had arrived.

“Everyone obey my orders, set out now and kill Hailan Jiabo first!” He looked around at everyone and shouted angrily.

“Yes, Khan!”

Now, those who follow Chagan Wuli are all his relatives, and they will certainly not disobey Chagan Wuli’s orders in the slightest.

Moreover, they thought that they could take advantage of this opportunity to make some contributions so that they could gain a firm foothold among the Northern Barbarians in the future.

Soon, the entire army was ready and set out at Hu Yanhuan’s command.

At this moment, Hailan Jiabo was still struggling in the dream that support would come.

At this time, they seemed to have become accustomed to this life of hiding.

Everyone no longer had their previous complaints, and this period of time also made Hailan Jiabo less worried.

Sometimes he thought it would be nice if he could live like this forever.

Just as this thought came to his mind, there came a burst of dense horse hooves sounds like war drums outside the tent.

Hailan Jiabo was very familiar with this voice, which instantly awakened the nightmare in his heart.

“Someone, retreat quickly!” He quickly grabbed the weapon beside him and shouted loudly.

But he forgot that now is different from the past. In the past, they had more people and more power, and they could send spies far away, so they had more time to react.

But now, there are only a few of them, and when they hear the sound of horse hooves, it is already too late!

The next moment, the sound of charging and killing suddenly rang out, echoing all around, as if there were enemies on all sides.

Before he could come to his senses, he saw a flash of cold light suddenly pass through the tent, and then the entire tent was blown away.

“Hilan Jiabo!”

Chagan Wuli’s stern shout rang out, and the person he least wanted to see appeared in front of him.

“This……”

Hailan Jiabo took a deep breath, looked around, and was immediately frightened.

Everywhere he looked, there were cavalrymen, and the men under his command had already been captured.

Chagan Wuli didn’t want to say much to Hailan Jiabo, the traitor, “This is what you deserve!”

As soon as he finished speaking, a cold light suddenly pierced through his chest, and Hailan Jiabo fell down.

After seeing Hailan Jiabo’s death, the generals also shook their weapons and shouted that they were invincible.

Looking at the people who were so excited and full of victorious fighting spirit, Chagan Uli smiled in his heart.

He turned around and took one last glance at Hailan Jiabo, then said in a loud voice: “My fellow soldiers, now that the rebels are attacking, our Northern Barbarians are in a life-or-death situation. The time for a decisive battle has come!”

“Everyone, follow me into battle and kill the enemy. Let our blood be shed on the land of Changshengtian!”

……

At the same time, in Hu Yanhuan’s tent, an intensive mobilization was underway.

The brazier in the tent was burning brightly. In the light of the fire, Hu Yanhuan, dressed in military uniform, sat in the main seat with eyes as sharp as an eagle.

Behind him hung a huge grassland map, on which the movements of various tribes and the rebel army were marked.

Hu Yanhuan’s fingers slid gently across the sand table on the table, and his fingertips passed a place marked “Hai Lan Ranch” and finally stopped there.

“Reliable news has arrived – Lin Zhongyun’s army has entered Hailan Ranch!” His voice was not loud, but it was like a stone falling into a calm lake, causing ripples in the tent.

Upon hearing this, all the generals in the tent raised their heads, their eyes showing tension and excitement. They knew that this battle would determine the future of the grassland.

“Our time has come!”

Hu Yanhuan slowly stood up from his chair and looked down at the sand table in front of him. His eyes fell on the position of the rebels, and a slight sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth, but there was a deep solemnity hidden in that smile. After the defeats in Yangzhou and Hanzhou, he could no longer allow himself to make any mistakes.

“From Yangzhou to Hanzhou, and then to the grassland today…” He raised his head slowly, his eyes sweeping over everyone in the tent, “Yangzhou can be defeated, Hanzhou can be defeated, but we must not lose this grassland!”

These words exploded in the tent like thunder.

The atmosphere in the tent suddenly became tense, and everyone felt the unquestionable and oppressive tone in the general’s words.

Some young generals even trembled slightly and held their breath involuntarily.

And those veterans who had experienced the battlefield could not help but feel a sense of solemnity in their hearts.

They knew that every word Hu Yanhuan said at this moment contained an unshakable determination.

Hu Yanhuan’s eyes swept coldly over everyone present, as if he wanted to engrave the expressions of every general into his heart.

He knew that this battle not only concerned the fate of the grassland, but was also a last-ditch battle for Hu Yanhuan.

He could still attribute the defeat of Yangzhou to the unfavorable terrain, and the loss of Hanzhou to the cunning of the enemy.

However, the grassland is his foundation and the area on which his Huyan family depends for survival.

“If the grassland is defeated, my reputation as the Great Khan will no longer exist. If the Northern Barbarians are defeated, the entire grassland will no longer belong to us!”

He didn’t say this out loud, but he knew clearly that everyone present understood this in their hearts.

“Send the order!”

Hu Yanhuan waved his hand fiercely, and said with a resounding and decisive tone: “All tribes gather at the eastern border of the grassland!
Today we must destroy Li Zhongwu and wipe out most of the rebel forces. Within three days, we must wipe out all the rebel forces on the grassland!
We will strike them head-on with the force of thunder!”

All the generals responded in unison, and the sound made the whole tent tremble slightly.

However, Hu Yanhuan’s eyes were still fixed on the fire, his expression remained stern.

Only he himself knew that at this moment his heart was like a charcoal fire in a brazier, burning more and more fiercely.

After everyone left, Hu Yanhuan called someone in with an expressionless face.

“Pass this letter to General Hu Yanzhong and tell them to take action immediately!”

“Yes, General!” The man didn’t ask a single question and immediately left the camp on his horse.

……

Highland Ranch, outside the border.

The once vast green sea has become a mess, with corpses and traces of trampling by cavalry scattered all over the ground.

This is the front line that the Hailan tribe has been defending, but now the army has withdrawn, leaving behind only devastation.

“Your Highness, should we wait for news from the front line before advancing?” The deputy general beside him asked Lin Zhongyun hesitantly.

He didn’t understand why the usually cautious prince suddenly became so reckless and led his troops deep into the enemy’s territory before everything was explored clearly.

As His Highness has previously analyzed, the risks of doing so are simply too great.

If we are not careful, it is very likely that the rebel army will be completely wiped out.

But Lin Zhongyun did not answer him, but turned his head to look at the baggage train behind him.

Then he took a deep breath and said calmly: “Time waits for no one, we must march immediately!”

“Along the way, we must kill gods and Buddhas when we meet them!”

……

Wolf Division Camp!

“General, we can take action now!”

He rushed to the center of the tent and handed the letter to Yelu Cangqi with both hands, with a somewhat anxious look on his face.

Yelu Cangqi slowly raised his head, his deep eyes were like the stars in the cold night, without any ripples.

He took the letter and slowly unfolded it, but paused for a moment on the first line of the letter. His eyes were like a knife, scanning the contents of the letter word by word.

“Oh?”

He murmured in a low voice, the sound like the cold wind rolling out of his throat.

Then, he slammed the letter on the table, raised his head and shouted, “Come here, pass on my order – everyone immediately abandons all light and heavy luggage, only takes one meal of dry food, and sets out in casual clothes!”

His words were so powerful that they instantly broke the silence of the camp. The soldiers outside the tent heard the order and immediately began to move. The entire camp became busy in just a few breaths. The soldiers were in tacit understanding, throwing away unnecessary bags and carrying their weapons firmly behind their backs, as if the wolves that had been sleeping for a long time were opening their sharp eyes.

However, at this moment, Hu Yanzhong did not follow the others out of the tent. Instead, he turned around and bowed to Yelu Cangqi and said:

“But, General, we have to deal with some spies before that.”

Before he finished speaking, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and his voice was very low, but the solemn and murderous intention made people’s hearts tighten.

Upon hearing this, Yelu Cangqi’s eyes flickered slightly, and then a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. He slowly stood up, his hand on the long sword at his waist, and said in a low and cold tone: “Oh? Interesting… It seems that some people still don’t know that the territory of the Wolf Division is not a place they can set foot in at will.”

Outside the tent, the fire in the camp seemed particularly dazzling at this moment, like the eyes of a lone wolf in the wilderness, flashing coldly in the night.

At the same time, not far from the Wolf Division camp, Zhao Dingan and several followers were carefully crossing a dense woodland.

They were dressed in plain clothes, obviously to conceal their identities. Zhao Dingan lowered his head to observe the terrain along the way, and raised his hand from time to time to signal the people behind him to be careful.

“Lord Zhao, something seems to be wrong in this area.” An attendant whispered, with a hint of uneasiness in his tone.

Zhao Dingan frowned slightly, and his eyes swept around vigilantly, and whispered: “Something is wrong? This place is still far from the pasture, how could there be an enemy ambush? Don’t worry too much, be careful.”

However, he didn’t know that at this moment in the night above his head, several cold eyes were staring at them.

“The target has entered the circle.”

In a hidden bush, Huyan Zhong was lying on the ground, whispering to the scout beside him.

His voice was extremely low, but it carried an excitement and murderous intent that was difficult to conceal.

“Everyone listen up, wait for me to give the signal and take them down in one fell swoop!” Huyan Zhong’s face was solemn, his eyes like a hawk fixed on the figures of Zhao Dingan and others not far away.

After waiting for a few minutes, seeing that the time was ripe, Huyan Zhong gave a decisive order.

At this time, the sky was still dim.

……

A few hours later.

On the vast grassland, the hurriedly fleeing figures of Yuan Jingxin and Li Zhongwu appeared extremely clear under the bright sunlight.

Yuan Jingxin rode hard and followed behind Yuan Jingxin. He stepped forward and said, “General, what do you think happened to Hu Yanhuan? He suddenly surrounded us before dawn?”

Li Zhongwu turned his head to look at Hu Yanhuan who was chasing closely behind him. His eyes were not as panicked as Hu Yanhuan’s. Instead, they were full of calmness as if he had the overall situation in control.

Seeing that Li Zhongwu ignored him, Yuan Jingxin continued, “But fortunately, we have already contacted His Highness before this!”

As he spoke, he looked back and saw Hu Yanhuan getting closer and closer. His expression suddenly became ferocious: “Damn it, when I pacify this place in the future, I will definitely find a batch of excellent war horses!”

At this moment, Li Zhongwu suddenly changed direction and started running towards the high slope in the distance.

While leading the charge and running wildly, he shouted, “Brothers, we can’t escape now, let’s fight to the death!” “Ah?” Yuan Jingxin was stunned for a moment, but under the coercion of the crowd, he had no choice but to follow behind him.

But before they ran for long, they suddenly heard a heavy breathing sound from the front.

In the distance, a dark shadow suddenly appeared on the horizon.

Unlike ordinary cavalry, the group of cavalry in front of them was not as tall as the ordinary cavalry, or their mounts were a little strange.

But at this moment, no matter what strangeness this mount had, it was undoubtedly their enemy.

“To the right!” Li Zhongwu adjusted the direction immediately without any hesitation.

Yuan Jingxin changed direction and found that the people chasing them had changed from Hu Yanhuan’s group to two groups.

Now, they only have two directions to escape. If they can’t escape, they will be unable to escape even if they have wings.

However, what he was worried about was coming. Not long after they turned around, they saw another group of people rushing towards them.

Although the distance is far, the word “sea” on the opposite flag can still be clearly seen.

“Oh no, we are surrounded now!” Such a scene immediately made him anxious.

But Li Zhongwuhai remained calm. He took one last look around and looked at the hillside in the distance. “Let’s go uphill. This is a desperate battle!”

“Hahaha!”

Hu Yanhuan looked at Li Zhongwu and others with satisfaction as they ran into walls everywhere like headless flies, and he felt very satisfied.

This was exactly the result he wanted. This time he had mobilized the troops of Hailanhak, Yelu Cangqi and the Han army to form a three-sided attack.

“Now let me see how you run!”

He sneered and then shouted, “Everyone follow me, they have no way to escape!”

At the same time, Lin Zhongyun on the high slope was also equally excited.

“Huyanhuan, Chagan Wuli, this should be the best place for you to be buried!”

Lin Zhongyun spoke slowly, his voice low and cold. There was no hesitation in his tone, as if he was stating an outcome that had already been predetermined.

When the generals around him heard these words, shock and admiration appeared in their eyes. Standing next to Lin Zhongyun, they could truly feel the suffocating majesty from him.

“Someone, pour the kerosene down and hang some kerosene on both sides. Follow me!” he shouted immediately.

As soon as the words fell, the kerosene that had been prepared in advance was opened and rolled down the slope.

The black liquid poured down the high slope like a winding venomous snake, and the greasy smell instantly spread.

“This time, I will turn this vast grassland into a vast scorched earth!”

He waved his hand violently, his voice filled with an almost ferocious determination.

His expression looked unusually grim in the light of the fire, and his eyes were burning with madness.

He knew that his enemies were not only Hu Yanhuan and Chagan Uli, but also the wildness and pride of the entire grassland.

And he will completely destroy it all with fire and blood.

“ignition!”

Lin Zhongyun shouted loudly, raised his hand high, and then swung it down fiercely.

A soldier quickly lit the torch in his hand and threw it towards the kerosene down the slope.

There was a muffled “bang” sound, and a tongue of fire instantly rose into the air, spreading rapidly along the trajectory of the kerosene.

The flame was like a roaring beast, devouring the night with its fangs and claws, accompanied by the hissing sound of burning.

The entire slope below was ablaze with red, and the fire made the sky look like burning blood-red clouds.

The heat of the flames made it almost impossible to breathe. The soldiers were so shocked by the sudden fire that they forgot to move for a moment, until Lin Zhongyun’s cold voice sounded again: “Hang kerosene on both sides! Follow me!”

The soldiers finally reacted and quickly lifted the kerosene cans on both sides and hung them on both sides of the carriage.

Tongues of flame burned all the way along the slope, like two fire dragons heading to hell, reflecting Lin Zhongyun’s cold and arrogant face.

“Everyone, follow me!”

Lin Zhongyun gave the order and jumped on his horse. His warhorse was completely black and had long been covered with a layer of fireproof cloth.

Fire-resistant cloth, as the name suggests, will not burn immediately even if it encounters fire.

Not only them, but Li Zhongwu and others were also notified by him early in the morning.

This, the fire burns thousands of miles,

It was a great gift he gave to the Northern Barbarians.

Seeing the flames rising into the sky and burning towards him, Li Zhongwu immediately ordered his men to pull out the fire-proof cloth from under their seats and cover the warhorse with it.

The flames on the high slope burned more and more fiercely, as if the entire grassland was about to be swallowed up.

Under the heat waves, the air inexplicably became extremely agitated.

All this happened in a flash, and by the time Hu Yanhuan saw the flames dancing on the green grass, it was already too late.

The wind helps the fire. The wind helps the fire. The fire borrows the power of the wind.

The biting cold wind from the grassland, like an invisible giant hand, pushed the flames further into the sky.

The raging flames rolled up thick smoke, and the strong smell of kerosene mixed with the scent of burnt grass and trees raged in the night.

The flames spread along the ramp, and wherever they passed, the black kerosene spread like poison, igniting everything that could burn.

“boom–“

With a deafening bang, the fire suddenly exploded, and the flames rose several feet high, like a dancing fire dragon, circling between the high slopes and the grassland, reflecting the sky as blood-red.

Tongues of flame raged and danced wildly in the wind, leaving only a sea of ​​​​burning fire on the green grassland.

“what–!!!”

Desperate wails rang out from the sea of ​​fire, tearing the silence of the night.

The warriors on the grassland waved their arms to try to put out the flames on their bodies while screaming miserably.

Their armor was burned red, and their flesh made a harsh “sizzling” sound in the flames, turning into charcoal-like black.

They rolled and struggled, trying to escape from this hell, but the kerosene was everywhere and there was no way to survive once they were touched by the fire.

Some soldiers were even so desperate that they dropped their weapons and pounced on the snow on the ground, trying to extinguish the flames with cold snow water.

However, the power of kerosene was far beyond their imagination. Even after rolling into the snow, the flames still tightly wrapped around them, devouring their lives.

“Soldiers, don’t panic, follow me – ahem!”

Hu Yanhuan’s voice came from the thick smoke and flames. His face was blackened by smoke and his voice was hoarse and rapid.

He waved the battle flag soaked in kerosene in his hand, trying to rally the scattered soldiers.

His warhorse neighed and stamped its feet, but its mane had been ignited by sparks and it looked frightened and anxious.

“Retreat! Retreat immediately——”

Hu Yanhuan shouted orders loudly, he wanted to regroup the troops. However, facing this overwhelming sea of ​​fire, who could remain calm?

The soldiers had already panicked and fled in all directions. Some even bumped into each other in fear, fell into the flames, screamed, and were swallowed by the flames.

“Khan, Khan! There is a path over here…ah!”

A guard beside him was about to report when he was hit by a flying flame and fell to the ground instantly.

His body twisted and struggled in the flames, eventually turning into a ball of charcoal.

A hint of shock and fear appeared in Hu Yanhuan’s eyes, and his hands trembled slightly, but his strong will allowed him to suppress the panic in his heart.

He tightly grasped the sword of his personal guard beside him, gritted his teeth and shouted: “No one is allowed to retreat! Follow me and kill them!”

However, who would listen to his orders? The flames surrounded everyone, like a huge invisible cage, imprisoning all the living. Hu Yanhuan knew that this battle was completely out of control.

In the midst of this raging flame, suddenly—

Amid the raging flames, a blurry black shadow slowly emerged.

The shadow was just a tiny dot at first, but soon became clearer and clearer.

It’s not just one shadow, but dozens of shadows…even hundreds of shadows!

These shadows were like ghosts returning from the depths of hell, stepping on the firelight and gradually revealing their true faces.

“That is……”

Hu Yanhuan’s gaze fixed and his pupils shrank slightly.

He saw clearly that those shadows were actually the rebel cavalry riding on war horses!
Their armor was dyed a blinding blood red by the firelight, and the figures on horseback were like war gods bathed in fire, emitting a suffocating sense of oppression.

“Boom——”

The deafening sound of horse hooves rang out, and in the firelight, Lin Zhongyun, who was leading the way, was finally completely revealed in the flames.

He was wearing armor, with his sword held high, and his horse neighed as he came through the fire, like a Shura reborn from the fire.

His eyes were cold with a hint of madness, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, as if everything was under control.

“Hu Yanhuan, your doomsday has come!” Lin Zhongyun roared, his voice rolling like thunder, shaking in the sea of ​​fire.

His voice pierced through the wailing of the soldiers and the neighing of the horses, carrying a powerful aura that no one else could do better than him.

And just in the distance, Chagan Uli felt very uncomfortable watching the scene in front of him!

“Sweat!”

A guard rushed forward and pulled him back from his shock. “The enemy is coming! Retreat quickly–“

Chagan Uli came back to his senses, his face looking extremely sad.

He knew that Lin Zhongyun’s empire would be established in the flames, on the northern barbarians.

This fire and the rebels coming in the flames had scared them away, and it was too late…

……

Three months later!

Hanzhou was the capital of the former Daqian Dynasty.

He stepped out on the flames, defeated the Northern Barbarians in one day, and cleared the grassland within three days. Thus, a generation of Northern Barbarians was destroyed.

Such stories have spread throughout the streets and alleys, and the whole of Kyoto is in jubilation.

In addition to the fact that the Northern Barbarians were destroyed, the more important thing is that today is the day when Lin Zhongyun ascended the throne and pacified the world.

According to historical records, Taizu established his dynasty in the midst of blazing flames, pacified the nine provinces, swept across the eight wildernesses, and wiped out the northern barbarians, so the country was named – Yan!

(End of this chapter)