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Chapter 886: The Death of Shanyu

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Two days later, Liu Jing led the Han army to escort more than 20,000 Xiongnu prisoners captured in two battles and arrived in Gaonu County. Zhao Yun also led his army back to Gaonu County, where 100,000 Han troops gathered.

Although Huchuquan's army escaped by chance, the Han army still won the final victory of the Han-Hungary War. The two Huns who had occupied the Central Plains for decades have been all annihilated, and the Han army finally recovered the lost territory that had been lost for decades.

When the army met, the hundred thousand soldiers were filled with joy. Liu Jing ordered the killing of sheep and cattle to reward the army. At night, several bonfires were lit on the vast field. Ten thousand soldiers drank and ate meat around the bonfire, laughing and singing and dancing, celebrating the victory of this month-long war.

A circle of tables was placed in a huge tent covering an acre of land, filled with golden roasted beef and mutton, and pots of the best mellow milk wine. Yu generals and counselors gathered in a tent to celebrate their victory with King Liu Jing of Han. In the middle of the tent, two tall and fat strong men wrestled sumo to the play amid the drums, which attracted bursts of laughter from everyone.

At this time, Jia Xu turned sideways and whispered to Liu Jing: "Your Highness, let me say a few words."

Liu Jing nodded and gave a wink to the guards beside him. The guard immediately asked the two strong men to retreat. At this time, Liu Jing stood up, and the tent suddenly became quiet, with more than one pair of eyes staring at His Highness the King of Han.

Liu Jing raised his ear cup and whispered: "Although we won the final victory in this battle, we also paid the price of more than 10,000 soldiers' deaths. As we celebrate our victory, we should not forget the soldiers who were sleeping under this land, so I suggest that our first glass of wine should be dedicated to them."

After saying that, Liu Jing slowly poured the wine on the ground, and everyone also stood up and followed Liu Jing toast the wine to the soldiers who were sleeping underground.

Liu Jing filled another glass of wine and whispered to everyone: "I will toast this second glass of wine and the soldiers who celebrated outside the tent. Without your sacrifice, there would be no victory today. Come and drink this glass."

Liu Jing drank it all, and everyone drank the wine in his hands. At this time, Liu Jing filled the first glass of wine and continued: "This glass of wine is to all the villagers and officials in the Han Dynasty. It is them who donated grain, money and people and efforts to ensure our logistics stability. Everyone, for today's victory, we drink this glass."

Everyone drank it all again, and then Liu Jing smiled at everyone and said, "Let's have fun tonight and I'll stop drunk."

The drums sounded again, and the Liss continued to wrestle sumo again. Everyone sat down, chatted and laughed, drank and ate meat, and spent this joyful night

Liu Jing was toasted by everyone, and drank dozens of cups. He was drunk and didn't know how long he slept, but finally woke up. He sat up slowly, feeling his mouth and tongue dry, his headache was split, and there was no light in his tent, and it was pitch black all around him.

"Come"

He shouted softly, and a personal guard rushed in quickly and bowed, "Please give me instructions."

“When is it?”

"It's just after the fifth update and it's not dawn yet."

Liu Jing nodded, "Pour me a cup of tea."

The guard quickly brought Liu Jing a cup of hot tea. Liu Jing drank the tea, put on his clothes and walked out of the big tent. The snow had stopped. The night sky was particularly clear, with stars everywhere, and the light was bright, but the air was also particularly cold. Liu Jing exhaled a long breath of white breath, and the cold wind made him wake up immediately.

At this time, Liu Jing saw a gray figure standing next to a large tent in front of him. Under the reflection of the snow light, he recognized it as Jia Xu. Liu Jing smiled and walked towards Jia Xu in the creaking snow.

"Can't the military teacher fall asleep?" Liu Jing walked up and asked with a smile.

Jia Xu shook his head and smiled, "I'm older and I'm less sleeping. I'm like this every day. I get up at the fifth day and get used to it. Why is Your Highness so early today?"

Liu Jing walked up to him and sighed: "I used to be up at the fourth update of the martial arts practice. I haven't been able to do it in the past few years. I don't have to wake up until Chenshi. Today is special because I drank too much last night."

"Is Your Highness better now?" Jia Xu asked with concern.

"It's much better now, thank you for your concern."

At this time, Liu Jing remembered something and asked again: "Does the military advisor think it will snow recently?"

Jia Xu looked back at him and smiled faintly, "Your Highness refers to the matter of the Huns and Khanyu."

Liu Jing nodded and sighed: "I don't know if my decision is correct, so I'm worried that I'll think it simple and eventually become a hatred for the enemy."

"Your Highness has not been simple to think about it. Letting Daman go back is a wonderful move, which may trigger a fight between the Huns. Huchuquan will not be able to go back for a while. When he returns, two Shanyu will appear on the grassland. One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, and internal strife in the Huns will inevitably break out."

"What if Hu Chuquan can't go back," Liu Jing asked with a smile.

"If he can't go back, many people will be jealous of the Shanyu position. I think the internal strife will be more intense."

Speaking of this, Jia Xu laughed knowingly, "It seems that Your Highness doesn't want him to go back."

"Of course I don't want him to go back, otherwise I wouldn't have tried every means to hold him back. I hope this heavy snow will make him repeat the mistakes of Liu Qubei."

"If this is the case, I think your Highness will definitely get what he wants."

Jia Xu looked at the northern night sky with his hands behind his back and smiled: "There is a proverb on the grassland that heavy snow is continuous in October, and autumn grass is not enough to worry about heartbreak. That is to say, as long as snow falls early, it will definitely end. This is just the first snow. I believe the second heavy snow is coming soon."

The proverb that Jia Xu said was not wrong. The first heavy snow only stopped for two days, and the second heavy snow came as scheduled. First, the wind became heavier and heavier, rolling the snow on the ground into the sky. Soon, a long white thick cloud appeared at the end of the northern sky, slowly rising and expanding, gradually covering the sky. The white clouds also became black as ink, covering the sky in black, as if the end of the world was coming.
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