Chapter 98: A Complete Victory

As Yufuluo's corpse fell from his horse.

The remaining Xiongnu soldiers on the field were also slaughtered by the Bingzhou soldiers.

At this moment, the Bingzhou soldiers all looked toward Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao slowly stepped forward, looked at Yufuluo's corpse at his feet, and instructed the soldiers:

"Take his head, and bury his body with honors!"

"Understood!"

The soldiers nearby immediately responded upon hearing Zhang Liao's words.

"Leave two thousand men to clean up the battlefield; the rest, follow this General to the front exit to support the Military Advisor and the others."

Seeing that the enemy had been completely wiped out.

And not knowing the situation of Xi Zhicai and the others at the front.

Zhang Liao immediately gave the order to the army.

"Yes!"

Following Zhang Liao's order, after leaving two thousand men on the battlefield, the rest followed Zhang Liao and rushed toward Xi Zhicai's location.

At this time, the battle on Xi Zhicai's side had also ended.

Huchuquan and the more than ten thousand Xiongnu soldiers he led had been slaughtered by Xi Zhicai and the Bingzhou soldiers.

At this moment, Zhang Liao was leading a large force rushing toward this location.

"Military Advisor, the General is here!"

The scout on guard outside reported to Xi Zhicai after seeing Zhang Liao arrive.

"Oh, the General is quite fast, isn't he? Ending the battle so quickly and coming to support us!"

Hearing that Zhang Liao had arrived, Xi Zhicai didn't know if he was speaking to the scout or to himself.

"Take me to him quickly!"

After saying this to the scout, he went to find Zhang Liao.

"Hahaha, Military Advisor!"

Soon, Zhang Liao saw Xi Zhicai appear in his sight and immediately walked toward him happily.

"General, how is the battle situation?"

Seeing Zhang Liao, Xi Zhicai immediately asked about the battle situation.

"Hahaha, a great victory!"

Seeing Xi Zhicai asking about the battle, Zhang Liao also laughed loudly and happily.

"Tell me quickly, what are the battle losses? And what about Yufuluo?"

Hearing Zhang Liao's words, Xi Zhicai asked curiously.

Although he could guess that the battle situation might be unprecedented, he still wanted to confirm it first.

"Military Advisor, let's sit down and talk!"

Seeing Xi Zhicai's curious expression, Zhang Liao sat directly on a rock on the spot and then said to Xi Zhicai:

"Military Advisor, you don't know! This time, we have achieved an unprecedented great victory!"

After sitting down, Zhang Liao sighed to Xi Zhicai.

"General, you might as well just say it directly; I can still guess the result!"

Apparently, Xi Zhicai was not very satisfied with Zhang Liao's answer and immediately reminded him.

Seeing Xi Zhicai's manner, Zhang Liao stopped keeping him in suspense and said directly with a smile:

"Hahaha, in this great battle, our army did not lose a single man, and light injuries were no more than eighty or a hundred."

"Moreover, this General even killed the Xiongnu great general, Mu Shun."

"As for that Xiongnu Great Chanyu, Yufuluo, he committed suicide!"

Speaking of Yufuluo's suicide, Zhang Liao felt a bit of regret that he hadn't killed him with his own hands.

"Hahaha, good, good, good!"

"The battle situation here is similar to yours, and the Xiongnu cavalry commander, Huchuquan, was also killed."

Xi Zhicai was very happy about the battle situation on Zhang Liao's side, and then reported the battle situation on his side to Zhang Liao.

"Good!"

"Military Advisor, this time we have completely wiped out Yufuluo and his fifty-thousand-strong army; do you think we should take the three commanderies of Yunzhong in one fell swoop?"

Thinking that the main force and commanders of the Bingzhou Xiongnu had been completely wiped out, Zhang Liao wanted to take all nine commanderies of Bingzhou in one fell swoop.

"General, your idea coincides with mine; I also wanted to remind the General that now is the best time to take the three commanderies of Yunzhong!"

Xi Zhicai strongly agreed with Zhang Liao's idea; if they didn't send troops now, were they waiting for the Xiongnu to continue occupying the three commanderies of Yunzhong?

"Good, since you, Military Advisor, also agree with this matter, then we have decided; after cleaning up the battlefield, we will discuss this matter."

Seeing that Xi Zhicai also agreed to send troops, Zhang Liao was overjoyed, and the two immediately decided to send troops.

"Good, let's clean up the battlefield first, and such a great victory should also be reported to His Majesty as soon as possible!"

Xi Zhicai thought that such a great victory should also be made known to Liu Bian as soon as possible.

Hearing this, Zhang Liao also strongly agreed and immediately said to Xi Zhicai:

"The Military Advisor is absolutely right; then you write the battle report for His Majesty, and have the Shadow Guards send it directly; their speed is faster."

"Please rest assured, General!"

About an hour later, everyone finished cleaning up the battlefield, and the entire valley was buried with the fifty-thousand-strong Xiongnu army.

If this wasn't handled properly, and a plague broke out, that would be a big problem.

They had to be careful in dealing with it.

After burning the corpses of the fifty-thousand-strong Xiongnu army with a great fire, Zhang Liao led the army back to Tongguo City to rest.

On that very night, the Shadow Guards took Zhang Liao's battle report and sent it quickly to Liu Bian in Wuwei Commandery.

Three days later, Liu Bian, who was in Wuwei City, received Zhang Liao's battle report.

At this time, in the Prefectural Governor's Mansion in Guzang City, ever since Liu Bian arrived in the city, the Prefectural Governor's Mansion had become Liu Bian's temporary palace.

And at this time, everyone under Liu Bian's command was already waiting for Liu Bian in the main hall of the Prefectural Governor's Mansion.

Everyone didn't wait long before Liu Bian's figure appeared in the main hall.

After seeing Liu Bian arrive, everyone hurriedly saluted.

"We pay our respects to Your Majesty!"

After Liu Bian passed by everyone and sat down in the seat of honor, he said to everyone:

"My beloved ministers, please rise!"

"Everyone, sit down!"

After hearing Liu Bian's words, everyone thanked Liu Bian before daring to stand up.

"We thank Your Majesty!"

After everyone was seated, Liu Bian said to everyone:

"Today, I called you beloved ministers here because I received a battle report from Zhang Liao in Bingzhou!"

Having said this, Liu Bian paused and looked at everyone.

"Your Majesty, is it a report of victory from General Zhang Liao?"

Hearing this, Guo Jia, as the Grand Military Strategist, immediately asked.

"Fengxiao guessed correctly, but this battle report will give you all a big surprise!"

Seeing Guo Jia's guess, Liu Bian said happily, not forgetting to tease everyone.

"Oh, it seems this battle report is extraordinary!"

Seeing Liu Bian's manner, Guo Jia also said curiously.

As Liu Bian and Guo Jia's voices fell, Lü Bu and the others below also looked at Liu Bian curiously.

Seeing everyone's manner, Liu Bian stopped hiding it and said to everyone:

"I just received the battle report sent by Zhang Liao via the Shadow Guards; the report says they have already captured all six commanderies of Bingzhou."

"Moreover, they also killed the Southern Xiongnu Great Chanyu, Yufuluo, in a valley ten miles outside Tongguo City."

"Along with him, the fifty thousand Xiongnu cavalry led by Yufuluo, together with his cavalry commander Huchuquan and Mu Shun, were all buried in that place."

"This time, it can truly be said to have raised the heavenly might of our Great Han!" ===== CHAPTER 99 =====