After appeasing the injured civilians, Liu Ye ordered Zhang Liao to lead the White Robe Army to protect the civilians.
Xue Rengui led the cavalry and continued to pursue the remaining Xiongnu tribes.
In just a few days, the Xiongnu people within a hundred miles had already fled in fear.
At the same time, the large amount of wealth, cattle, sheep, and warhorses that the Southern Xiongnu had accumulated all went into Liu Ye's hands.
Xue Rengui also gathered all the resources he had obtained recently.
"350,000 fat sheep!"
"Two hundred thousand fat cows!"
"Fifty thousand warhorses!"
"Ten thousand taels of gold!"
"Gold, silver, jewelry, silk and satin!”
After the report, Xue Rengui cupped his hands at Liu Ye and said,"Your Highness, the news that you have exterminated the Xiongnu and saved the nearby Han people has already spread. Many Han people in the vicinity have heard that you are here and have come to join you.”
"This general has estimated that there are about 50,000 people nearby who are willing to follow your highness.”
" Yes." Liu Ye nodded slightly." Since the people are willing to follow me, how can I abandon them?"”
"Pass down my order. Those who are willing to follow me will return to Yanmen County with me later. I will give them a certain amount of resources and money to ensure their livelihood.”
Liu Ye, who came from a later generation, naturally understood the importance of population.
It was rare for so many people to be willing to follow him, so Liu Ye naturally accepted them all.
Moreover, Liu Ye had gained a lot from robbing the Southern Xiongnu. He needed someone to take care of these hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep.
"Yes," Xue Rengui replied.”
Liu Ye said in a deep voice," Slaughtering the Southern Xiongnu is just the beginning. It is far from over. There are also Xianbei and other foreign races that have invaded our territory. I will not tolerate them."”
" To record my achievements here shows this king's ambition towards those foreign races and can also raise the prestige of my Great Han Empire. Wen Yuan, I'll leave this matter to you.”
When Zhang Liao saw this, a hint of excitement flashed across his eyes. Then, he cupped his fists and said,"Yes, General."
Not long after, Zhang Liao personally carved a stone mark on a huge rock outside the city:
" In the third month of the seventh year of Guanghe, the King of Zhao, Liu Ye, destroyed 300,000 Southern Xiongnu soldiers here. The Southern Xiongnu was wiped out…"
……
After Liu Ye finished reading it, he nodded repeatedly to express his satisfaction.
That afternoon, he brought the supplies he had seized from the Southern Xiongnu. Tens of thousands of people returned to Yanmen.
A few days later, the news of Liu Ye winning the defense of Yanmen, killing the leader of Xianbei, Tan Shihuai, and destroying the Southern Xiongnu also reached Jinyang and the ears of Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou.
"Liu Ye killed the Xianbei leader Tan Shihuai and repelled the Xianbei army.”
"Liu Ye personally led an army to raid Meiji County and exterminate 400,000 Xiongnu soldiers?”
"How…how is this possible?"
"How long has Liu Ye been in Yanmen? How many soldiers does he have? How could he defeat the Xianbei and destroy the Xiongnu?”
"This is impossible. This is simply nonsense.”
Ding Yuanjiang shook it like a rattle-drum. He did not believe that Liu Ye had such ability.
One had to know how powerful the Xianbei and Xiongnu were. Even if he was the governor of Bingzhou and gathered all of Bingzhou's forces, he would not be able to destroy these two nomadic tribes.
Furthermore, Liu Ye had no soldiers or generals under him. How could he retreat the Xianbei and destroy the Xiongnu?
At this time, Ding Yuan's adopted son, Lu Bu, was killed. He hurriedly walked in and cupped his hands at Ding Yuan."Greetings, Godfather. Godfather, all this news is true. There's no problem.”
"Lu Bu, what nonsense are you talking about?" Ding Yuan frowned."With the soldiers under Liu Ye, even if he had three heads and six arms, he wouldn't be able to do this."”
Lu Bu smiled bitterly." I also think that this matter is somewhat unbelievable. However, this is the information I received. There is no problem."”
"Nonsense!" Ding Yuan slammed the table, his face filled with anger as he stared at Lu Bu and said,""Lu Bu, although you are my adopted son, I cannot allow you to speak nonsense here.”
"Seeing that you're my foster son, I won't argue with you this time. Hurry up and leave.”
Lu Bu also frowned." Godfather, everything I said is true. I implore Godfather to investigate it thoroughly before speaking."”
Ding Yuan waved his hand impatiently and said,""Lu Bu, you've been getting more and more impudent lately. Don't tell me you don't even listen to me?”
"If you continue to be long-winded, don't blame this provincial governor for disregarding the relationship between father and son and punishing you.”
"Understood!"
Lu Bu cupped his hands and left in a hurry.
Ding Yuan didn't take Lu Bu's words seriously. However, as time passed, the news of the Southern Xiongnu's destruction continued to spread.
Not long after, the entire Bingzhou knew that Liu Ye had destroyed the Southern Xiongnu.
He also left behind a monument to record his achievements at the place where he destroyed the Southern Xiongnu.
This inscription was the best proof that Liu Ye had sent troops to destroy the Southern Xiongnu.
When Ding Yuan found out that Liu Ye really had such ability, he was completely stunned.
Especially when he received a secret report from Yanmen and learned that Liu Ye had successfully defended Yanmen, Ding Yuan was scared out of his wits.
One must know that this time, the Xianbei army had led a hundred thousand soldiers south. As the governor of Bing Province, he did not provide any reinforcements. He had even sent Lu Bu and Zhang Yang's army away in advance.
Ding Yuan originally thought that with the Xianbei army of 100,000, Liu Ye would definitely die.
He didn't expect that not only did the Xianbei fail to kill Liu Ye, but they also suffered heavy losses.
If Liu Ye were to turn around and find out the role he played behind this, his position as the governor of Bing Province would probably be over.
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