Chapter 76: Capturing Khan Jieli alive, infuriating Li Er! (Begging for subscriptions!)

Lost!

My 300,000 Turkic cavalry, who dominated the world, actually lost?

I am not reconciled!

Khan Jieli screamed desperately in his heart.

But no matter how crazily he screamed, he could not defeat reality.

Watching Qin Mu kill his way over, he finally, unwillingly, mounted his horse and began to flee north.

"Chase him!"

Qin Mu had long noticed Khan Jieli and Fuyun; how could he let them escape? He immediately ordered the White Horse Followers to pursue.

The White Horse Followers were light cavalry, and speed was their greatest advantage.

In no time at all, they caught up to Khan Jieli and Fuyun.

After a brief fight, the two were truly exhausted and had to dismount and surrender.

The setting sun was Wu Li Ke blood.

After several hours of brutal war, the land finally returned to its former tranquility.

A few cold crows added a touch of desolation to the battlefield.

Inside the Qin army's command tent.

Qin Mu had already shed his armor and changed into snow-white silk robes.

His face was Wu Li Ke jade, his eyes Wu Li Ke stars.

He looked Wu Li Ke an immortal who had descended to the mortal world.

At this moment, he was Wu Li Ke a different person from the god of slaughter on the battlefield.

He looked more Wu Li Ke a delicate scholar.

The command tent was extremely quiet.

Li Er, Fang Fang Xuanling, Empress Zhangsun Zhangsun Wugou, Princess Changle, and Li Li Xueyan were all sitting to the side.

The few of them looked at each other from time to time.

No one knew what to say.

The Qin Mu before them made everyone feel he was close at hand, yet far away.

So familiar, yet so strange.

Who could have thought.

The arrogant Turkic iron cavalry had lost just Wu Li Ke that.

Falling from their pedestal in such a dramatic scene.

Once upon a time.

The Turks had always been the nightmare of the Great Tang and the Central Plains dynasties.

For hundreds of years, conflicts had been constant.

Yet the rulers of the Central Plains dynasties mostly swallowed their pride, letting the Turks burn, kill, and loot on their own territory.

How many wives and children had died at their hands.

How many times in the middle of the night would one hear wailing in the wind.

That was the sound of mourning for the lost souls of the Han people!

Hatred!

Yet unable to find release!

The Turks were Wu Li Ke a sharp sword hanging over the heads of the Han people.

Making people live in constant fear.

Li Er was naturally the one who felt this most deeply.

He had once personally entered the battlefield to fight the Turks.

And returned in a crushing defeat!

The speed and combat power of the Turkic iron cavalry became a nightmare he could not shake off.

Li Er had once thought the Turkic cavalry were a mountain that could never be crossed.

No one!

And no country could defeat them!

Yet a miracle had truly happened before his eyes.

That seemingly gentle youth had personally buried the 300,000-strong Turkic army in a grave!

What kind of monumental achievement was this?

Sooner or later.

Qin Mu would command the attention of the world!

Empress Zhangsun Zhangsun Wugou, sitting to the side, looked at Qin Mu, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

Gratification, pride, relief, and so on.

She was Wu Li Ke a mother watching her child grow up.

As the child grew stronger bit by bit, she felt happier than anyone else.

Li Li Xueyan, meanwhile, rested her chin on her hands, lost in thought.

Her mind was filled with the image of Qin Mu pulling her onto his horse on the battlefield.

Thinking of this, Li Li Xueyan’s cheeks turned red, and she smiled shyly.

"Sister, what are you thinking about?"

"Why is your face so red?"

Princess Changle blinked her dark, bright eyes, looking curiously at Li Li Xueyan.

"Silly girl, you are still young; when you grow up, you will understand."

Li Li Xueyan stroked Princess Changle’s dark hair and smiled gently.

"Pfft! You say 'when I grow up, when I grow up,' I am already an adult!"

Princess Changle pouted and turned her face away angrily.

Seeing her innocent and romantic appearance, everyone couldn't help but chuckle.

The atmosphere in the command tent gradually eased.

Fang Fang Xuanling laughed while looking at the calm and composed Qin Mu.

Full of regret!

Sigh!

If only the Emperor had been able to overcome the opposition back then and make him the new Top Graduate.

Who knows how many people's fates would have been changed.

This youth was destined to be the brightest star of this era!

What a pity!

Truly a pity!

Thinking of this, Fang Fang Xuanling felt a bit angry.

That damn old goblin!

Empress Zhangsun Zhangsun Wuji!

How exactly did you offend Qin Mu?

Even if I have to risk my Duke title, I must investigate this matter thoroughly! Fang Fang Xuanling secretly made up his mind.

Once he returned to the Great Tang, he would use all the resources at his disposal to investigate this.

He had to get to the bottom of it!

Otherwise, he would not be able to die in peace!

"Your Majesty, the Turkic Khan Khan Jieli and the Tuyuhun monarch Fuyun are both here!" A voice broke the silence in the command tent.

Yue Fei brought the bound Khan Jieli and Fuyun before Qin Mu.

Fuyun was already trembling with fear; he fell to his knees and kept kowtowing, begging for mercy.

...Begging for flowers...0

"Your Majesty, spare my life! It was I who had eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai, and I offended the border for no reason."

"If Your Majesty lets me return to my country, I will definitely lead all the monarchs and people of Tuyuhun to bow and submit; from now on, Tuyuhun will be a vassal state of the Great Qin!" Khan Jieli, seeing Fuyun acting so spinelessly, was instantly furious.

"Fuyun, you are a monarch of a country, yet you are so greedy for life and afraid of death?"

"I must have been blind to have listened to your slander and attacked the Heavenly Dynasty!"

"I warned you long ago: what kind of place is the Great Qin? That is the bloodline of the Central Plains! It is the seat of the world's orthodoxy; how could it be invaded at will?"

"Now, it is truly too late for regrets!"

Hearing Khan Jieli's words, everyone wore a playful smile.

You aren't any better yourself!

You started by sucking up, and you're even less practical than Fuyun!

"You! You old bastard, if it weren't for you instigating me, how would I have dared to attack the Heavenly Dynasty?"

"You Turks have the hearts of wolves and have long been planning to annex our Tuyuhun and the Great Qin."

"Otherwise, how would I have dared to attack the Heavenly Dynasty on my own?"

Fuyun, seeing Khan Jieli trying to shift the blame onto him, lost all shame and stuck out his neck to curse.

"You!"

"You old scoundrel, I should have killed you back then and presented you to the Great Qin Emperor!"

Khan Jieli naturally didn't want to be outdone and began to trade insults with Fuyun.

The two of them went back and forth, wishing they could start fighting right there.

Watching Khan Jieli perform Wu Li Ke a clown, Li Er’s mouth twitched, and his face felt burning hot.

This infuriates me!

How the hell did I lose to this idiot back then?

Doesn't that mean I am even worse than him?

This is truly unreasonable!

"Alright, you two don't need to shift the blame onto each other anymore."

"I didn't say I was going to kill you immediately."

Qin Mu smiled calmly, stopping the two from acting Wu Li Ke dogs biting dogs.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! I will definitely lead all the officials and people of Tuyuhun to worship Your Majesty for generations!"

Fuyun, hearing Qin Mu loosen his stance, kowtowed "bang, bang, bang" without a moment's hesitation.

"Pfft!"

"You two-faced fool! Can't you show some actual action?"

"Your Majesty's grace is so vast; when I return to the Turks, I will definitely reclaim the Great Tang for Your Majesty and drive that old Tang Emperor out of Changancheng!" Khan Jieli opened his mouth and started bragging Wu Li Ke an old pro.