At this moment, Liu Heng's army took the opportunity to charge forward!
The Xianbei army had already been killed by Liu Heng. In addition, they had not eaten for a few days and had no strength. Naturally, they had lost their advantage!
He could only embark on a journey of escape again!
Just like that, with Liu Heng's army chasing them and the fighting between the tribes, the Xianbei army's numbers dwindled.
However, under such circumstances, they still crossed the Great Wall and ran to the grasslands.
Liu Heng's army also followed them into the grasslands. However, it was easy for them to lose their way on the grasslands. Moreover, the grasslands were vast and sparsely populated. Liu Heng did not know if he should continue the pursuit!
Moreover, they had been chasing him for so long. It was time to go back! It was not a problem to chase after the army that had lost all will to fight.
But on the plains, his 5,000-strong army was equivalent to entering someone else's territory. It was very easy to encounter an ambush!
Therefore, Liu Heng attacked some tribes at the edge of the grassland and captured a large number of cattle, sheep, and horses. He was prepared to return triumphantly!
But at this moment, Xianbei sent people over! Of course, this time, they did not send people here for war, but for peace!
He Lian could be considered lucky. He actually didn't die while running wildly and killing along the way! And he even escaped safely!
However, although he had escaped, he had to face many problems!
Firstly, the Xianbei army was defeated and the two hundred thousand soldiers suffered heavy losses.
And because on the way, He Lian killed some tribe leaders and returned to the plains, those tribes naturally wanted to take revenge on He Lian!
Moreover, Liu Heng's army had also chased him to the plains. Who knew if there were any reinforcements behind him!
If the Han Dynasty wanted to destroy the entire Xianbei like they did to the Xiongnu, it was not impossible.
In this situation of internal and external troubles, He Lian could only ask for peace from the big man!
He hoped that he could buy some time for him to sort out his internal worries! In order to make the Great Han believe that he was sincere in making peace, he had put in a lot of effort. Not only did he surrender, but he was also willing to offer a large number of cattle, sheep, and horses to the Great Han!
Under such circumstances, they met Liu Heng. When Liu Heng heard this, he almost laughed out loud! He was already prepared to go back, but this guy actually came to give him a gift! He was really a person who understood the situation!
However, Liu Heng was good at taking advantage of the situation and extorting people!
Since He Lian had already requested for peace, then if he didn't hurry up and extort something from him, then he would be letting himself down!
Thus, he took the opportunity to extort some things from He Lian. Other than the things he gave to the Imperial Court, he also asked He Lian to prepare some for himself.
He Lian also gritted his teeth and agreed!
Liu Heng laughed loudly, finally venting his anger! It seemed that he had made the right choice to participate in this battle!
He also got the Xianbei people to make a surrender form and sent some envoys to follow him into Luoyang to ask for forgiveness from the Imperial Court! He Lian quickly agreed!
Just like that, Liu Heng could finally return to court!
When they arrived, Liu Heng's men had been running wildly, but when they returned, they had become a herd of herders.
They were driving thousands of cattle, sheep, and horses.
Liu Heng had reaped a bountiful harvest this time! Just the horses alone had captured more than eighty thousand of them. Now, each of his soldiers had more than ten horses!
In addition to the tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, there were also some gold, silver, and jewelry that he had stolen. If they were exchanged for money, they could even surpass the wealth that Liu Heng had accumulated over the past year!
Liu Heng was naturally overjoyed. Just the horses he had harvested this time could expand his cavalry by more than ten times.
In addition, he had won a great victory this time. The imperial court would definitely reward him. By then, would his official position be small?
Not long after Liu Heng's army crossed the Great Wall, they encountered the 5,000 foot soldiers led by Zhao Yun, as well as some soldiers sent by the Imperial Court!
Seeing Liu Heng return with his army, Zhao Yun finally heaved a sigh of relief! With Zhao Yun and the others supporting them, Liu Heng's army advanced much faster.
They could help look after the cows, sheep, and horses! After walking for a few days, they finally returned to Yuyang City.
When the Yuyang Prefecture Chief found out, he quickly came out to welcome him and returned Liu Heng's spoils of war!
They also thanked and congratulated Liu Heng. They were grateful because Liu Heng had saved the entire Yu Yang City. They congratulated Liu Heng for heavily injuring the Xianbei army and making such a great contribution!
When he returned, the imperial court would definitely reward him greatly!
Liu Heng wasn't the kind of person who didn't know what was going on. If there were benefits, of course, everyone would share them!
Therefore, although he accepted the spoils of war, he still returned a portion of the gold and silver treasures to the Yuyang Prefecture. He also kept a portion of the seized cattle and sheep for the Yuyang Prefecture!
At this time, cows were the main tool for farming. The Han Dynasty had always been short of cows. Now that Liu Heng had given him so many cows, the Yuyang Mayor, Zian, was extremely grateful!
Liu Heng smiled. He stayed in Yuyang City for a day and then set off for Ji City again!
However, in order to keep the spoils of war for himself, Liu Heng picked out some better warhorses and some gold, silver, and jewelry from the seized warhorses and asked Zhao Yun to bring them back to Longhu Manor.
These things were all seized by him, so he naturally had the right to control them! The remaining people slowly walked towards Ji City!
When they first arrived, Liu Heng's 5,000 soldiers had only traveled for a day and a night from Ji City to Yuyang. However, when they returned this time, they had traveled for more than three days!
When they arrived at Ji City, Liu Yan and Lu Zhi led the officials of Youzhou and went out of the city to welcome Liu Heng and the others.
Liu Heng saw that Liu Yan had personally come out of the city to welcome him, so he quickly dismounted and went up to him. He said,""Greetings, Uncle!"
"Good!" Liu Yan said happily. Good! Good! As expected of my royal family's Saint Child! You did really well this time!”
"It's all thanks to Uncle and all the other lords that the entire Youzhou Province is as stable as Mount Tai. That's why I'm able to make such a great contribution!" Liu Heng said with a smile.”
Since Liu Heng's credit was now something that no one could take away, he would not put in a good word for Liu Yan and the others to show their merits! This way, you're good, I'm good, everyone's good!
Liu Yan smiled and said,"Come!" Nephew, let me introduce you. This is Lu Zhi sent by the imperial court. Lord Lu!
You should have heard of Lord Lu's reputation, so there's no need for me to introduce him one by one!”
Lu Zhi was a great scholar and a famous general. Liu Heng naturally knew that this guy was Liu Bei's teacher!
"Junior, Liu Heng greets Lord Lu!"”
"A good disciple called out by Duke Kang Cheng!" Lu Zhi also chuckled. I really envy him!"
Zheng Xuan, also known as Kang Cheng, could be considered an old acquaintance of Lu Zhi! Both of them were great scholars of the current era, so they had naturally communicated before!
"Teacher Lu, you flatter me too much!" Liu Heng smiled shyly. This junior only had the achievement of entering the difficult realm because of the guidance of the audience!”
The few of them were polite again before inviting Liu Heng to the Provincial Governor's Estate!
Liu Heng gestured for Zhang Fei and the rest to bring the troops back to Longhu Manor before following Liu Yan and the rest into the Provincial Governor's Office!
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