Chapter 866

Han Xin laughed and said, "I don't know who he is either."

"But he doesn't look simple; he should be a big shot among the Xiongnu."

"Otherwise, why would so many people be guarding him?"

"At worst, he should at least be someone like a Chancellor."

"Whatever his identity is, it doesn't matter."

"The reason we captured him is just to trade him for some warhorses."

"Looking at his status, I reckon he's worth quite a few warhorses!"

Han Xin's words made everyone burst into laughter.

It was just like that; it didn't matter what the other party's identity was.

Their goal was simply to get warhorses.

As long as they encountered a Xiongnu with status, they would just capture him directly.

If they were lucky, they could even use him to trade for some warhorses.

Warhorses were strategic supplies; no one would complain about having too many.

While speaking, Han Xin patted the Xiongnu man in front of him.

He had probably just been knocked unconscious from the fall.

If he had died from the fall, it would be a devastating loss.

They were still counting on using him to trade for some warhorses.

However, they were on the run now and couldn't stop to check.

He had only felt for a pulse to confirm the man wasn't dead yet.

As for how badly he was injured, that remained unknown.

At this moment.

A scout rushed over from the back of the army.

"Deputy General Han, several hundred Xiongnu cavalry are following us from a distance behind."

"What should we do? Please give the order!"

Han Xin was taken aback when he heard this.

There were still people who didn't fear death following them?

The few hundred cavalry behind them were a small tail that needed to be cleared away.

Otherwise, more Xiongnu cavalry would definitely find them later.

"Sha Nu, take two thousand archers to cover the rear."

"Then rendezvous with us."

"Understood!"

Sha Nu accepted the order and left.

Two thousand cavalry were quickly split from the troop and turned back.

Han Xin looked at the scout.

"When can our other ten thousand cavalry rendezvous with us?"

He wanted to know when the separated cavalry would return.

"Reporting to Deputy General Han, Chou Fu, Xiao Wu, and the others will be back soon."

"They are not far to our left."

"They are currently circling around to rendezvous with us."

The scout replied loudly.

Han Xin nodded.

"Go and meet them."

"Tell them to split off one thousand cavalry to lead the way in front."

"The rest should rendezvous with us."

"There are still pursuers behind us now."

"If the road ahead gets blocked, that would be a huge problem."

"Understood!"

The scout acknowledged the order and charged out toward the left.

Half a stick of incense later.

Chou Fu returned with nine thousand cavalry, while Xiao Wu's remaining one thousand cavalry were in front scouting the path.

The twenty thousand cavalry were completely unscathed.

This battle had been quite interesting.

They had actually returned without a single scratch.

This exceeded the expectations of Chou Fu and the others.

This made everyone admire Han Xin's strategy even more.

According to their previous plan, charging and killing with the Xiongnu cavalry would have resulted in some losses.

But the Xiongnu cavalry had only been concerned with fleeing.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible for them to kidnap the Xiongnu leader without a single injury.

"Brother Han, what do we do now?"

Chou Fu glanced at the unconscious Xiongnu leader.

This mission had been unexpectedly simple.

Now, the remaining work seemed to be just retreating back to the Great Wall.

"What else can we do? First, shake off the tail following us."

"Then find a place to hide or head back first."

"As for later, we'll find a way to make them come and ransom the person."

"In any case, our goal is just to use this person to trade for some warhorses."

"Now is not the time to talk; let's leave here first."

Han Xin pondered for a moment before speaking loudly.

The surrounding generals, hearing Han Xin say this, didn't say anything more.

They all increased their efforts and began to gallop wildly.

One stick of incense later.

Sha Nu returned.

All two thousand archers had returned, not one missing.

However, their expressions didn't look very good.

"Deputy General Han, we failed."

"We didn't manage to intercept them."

Sha Nu looked dejected.

"Hm? What happened?"

Han Xin turned his head to look at Sha Nu.

Two thousand cavalry archers couldn't wipe out a few hundred Xiongnu cavalry?

How could that be possible?

"We are low on arrows."

Sha Nu patted the quiver on his back; there were indeed not many arrows left.

"Even if there aren't many arrows, two thousand cavalry wiping out a few hundred should be easy, right?"

"Did some accident happen?"

Han Xin didn't believe that those few hundred cavalry were a match for Sha Nu and the others.

Sha Nu looked at Han Xin with admiration; he really could guess everything.

"Those few hundred cavalry had already been wiped out by us."

"It's just that when we were about to return, a large number of Xiongnu cavalry appeared."

"We couldn't beat them, so we had to return quickly." ===== CHAPTER 868 =====