Chapter 598

Tadun and Zhang Yan, in the final analysis, could not be called heroes of the age.

With their courage, they could at most achieve the level of partitioning a region.

Moreover, don't look at how many people they have under their command.

But those who could truly offer strategies were few and far between.

One was a Wuhuan, the other was a mountain bandit leader; the high-quality talent they could attract naturally could not be many.

Therefore, hearing some of Yuan Shao and Ju Shou's remarks this time.

Zhang Yan and Tadun felt very shocked.

And they listened quite attentively.

Almost word for word throughout the whole process.

Seeing the expressions on their faces, like bumpkins, Yuan Shao and Ju Shou's vanity was satisfied as a result.

How should I put it?

Ever since Gu Yi joined Dong Zhuo's camp, Yuan Shao and Ju Shou had suffered blow after blow for so many years.

But now, in Tadun and Zhang Yan, they finally found their sense of presence.

This feeling, if placed in later generations, is called "showing off."

However.

Just when Yuan Shao and Ju Shou were showing off to their climax.

Yan Liang suddenly burst in from outside, looking flustered and intending to report some news to Yuan Shao.

Seeing this, Yuan Shao couldn't help but frown.

As one of the few remaining great generals under his command, Yan Liang was usually quite obedient to Yuan Shao.

But at this moment?

Yuan Shao was showing off to Tadun and Zhang Yan, yet Yan Liang chose this exact moment to enter; he was simply completely oblivious!

However.

Before Yuan Shao could reprimand him, Yan Liang spoke first:

"My lord, something terrible has happened."

"Gu Yi dispatched Lu Bu to lead ten thousand Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry deep into the Monan grasslands."

"That ten thousand Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, under Lu Bu's leadership, first burned the Xianbei Wang Ting."

"Afterward, they slaughtered hundreds of thousands of Xianbei!"

Before he could finish speaking, Ju Shou, standing beside Yuan Shao, hurriedly took over the conversation and asked:

"The Xianbei Wang Ting was destroyed; Budugen must be extremely furious."

"Did he go to find Lu Bu for revenge?"

For a moment, many thoughts arose in Ju Shou's mind.

Burning the Wang Ting and slaughtering hundreds of thousands of Xianbei—this was simply an attempt to completely exterminate the Xianbei!

With such great hatred, let alone Budugen, the Great Chanyu of the Xianbei, even other Xianbei tribesmen would likely not be able to endure this fury, right?

However.

As Ju Shou's words fell.

Yan Liang's face was filled with embarrassment.

After a moment, he said in an increasingly quiet voice:

"While Lu Bu and the ten thousand Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry were slaughtering the Xianbei tribesmen, Budugen was also attacked by Gu Yi's army over in Jiuyuan."

"The one hundred thousand Xianbei troops were almost completely wiped out."

"Although Budugen escaped the battlefield, he soon encountered Lu Bu on the Monan grasslands and was shot dead on the spot by Lu Bu."

Silence!

Inside the main camp, everyone including Yuan Shao, Ju Shou, Tadun, Zhang Yan, and others, all fell into a deathly silence!

What was the Xianbei?

It was one of the three major foreign groups in the north during the late Han period, possessing hundreds of thousands of tribesmen!

Even in the Wei and Jin periods, the Xianbei became the strongest foreign group in the north.

Even the former big brother, the Southern Xiongnu, was eventually annexed by them during the Five Barbarians' Rebellion.

But now, the Xianbei, with hundreds of thousands of people, had been completely exterminated!

This...

Let alone Yuan Shao and Ju Shou.

Even the ruthless strategists under Gu Yi were shocked for a long time after learning this news.

After a long time.

Ju Shou let out a long sigh, breaking the silence in the tent.

In an instant, the wrinkles on his face seemed to have increased significantly.

Although Ju Shou's status and background made him an undisputed "Celestial Dragon" of the late Han era.

But at over thirty-five years old, he had truly had many worries in recent years.

Emmm, in reality, this is not quite right.

It should be said that more than seventy percent of Ju Shou's worries came from Gu Yi.

Gu Yi was like someone destined to ruin his plans, always managing to make Ju Shou's schemes fall through.

However, life must go on.

Even without Budugen and the ten thousand Xianbei troops, this campaign still had to continue.

But...

The Xianbei extermination event was like a large cleaver that could fall at any time, hanging tightly over the heads of Yuan Shao, Zhang Yan, Tadun, and Ju Shou.