After Transmigration: Building a Kingdom in Turbulent Times-Chapter 956 - 941: Help Me Up

His eyes lit up, and his attack became more fierce. With one spear, he pierced Liu Ji, withdrew the spear, and turned to the Colonel he had just seen, "Sir, the traitor is here..."

Liu Cong turned back and thrust his long spear, his eyes gloomily watching the excited Zhao Erlang, "Even a tiger falls in Pingyang and gets bullied by dogs, and now even a young brat dares to attack me."

Zhao Erlang flicked his head, shaking his hair in front of Liu Cong, "I’m still young, my hair isn’t yellow. But you, your hair has turned white. Humph, old white-haired man, you surely can’t match my strength. I advise you to surrender quickly, and I’ll spare you from death!"

Xie Shi: ...

Liu Cong was enraged, then coldly laughed at Zhao Erlang, who seemed unusual, "Turns out the rumors are true, Zhao Hanzhang’s brother is a fool. No wonder she’s on the battlefield as a woman, monopolizing the court, because there are no men in the family."

Zhao Erlang was also angry and shouted, "You’re the fool! Your whole family are fools. My sister always said, I’m not a fool, not at all!"

Saying this, he no longer thought of capturing Liu Cong alive, fiercely aiming at his head, his neck, his heart. The spear swept horizontally, spun rapidly, advanced, retreated, and stabbed, every move targeted at vital points.

He thought his sister would be pleased to see him bring back Liu Cong’s head.

Shi Le thought the same, having old grudges with Liu Yao. If he captured Liu Yao alive, Zhao Hanzhang would surely recruit him, so it’s better to bring back his head.

Thus Shi Le killed Liu Yao, massacred the fleeing Xiongnu soldiers, and returned with his army.

Zhao Erlang had been kept down for days; his sister wouldn’t let him appear in public, and his troops had to hide, anger building up.

Liu Cong had once been defeated by his sister, and this time he must win.

Zhao Erlang’s fighting spirit soared, while Liu Cong was exhausted, longing to escape quickly, but the more he wanted to flee, the less he could escape.

In less than fifteen minutes, he was wounded twice, constantly surrounded by Xiongnu soldiers trying to shield him from Zhao Erlang.

Yet, Zhao Erlang was in his prime, growing more excited as he fought. Zhao Family Army also eyed Liu Cong’s head, and everyone attacked. No matter how many came, most fell at Zhao Erlang’s hands, while others were blocked by Zhao Family Army, and the young man blocked Liu Cong with another spear.

Liu Cong: ...

Even Xie Shi joined the attack, assaulting Liu Cong alongside Zhao Erlang.

One wielded a spear, the other a sword, complementing each other perfectly, front and back, inside and outside, preventing Xiongnu soldiers from approaching, pressing Liu Cong to retreat step by step, until Zhao Erlang pierced his chest with a spear.

This time, with Xie Shi guarding him, Zhao Erlang didn’t retract his spear for self-defense, but pushed it forward hard, pinning Liu Cong to a tree.

Liu Cong vomited blood in large mouthfuls, stared at Zhao Erlang, and laughed miserably, "I never thought my heroic life would end at the hands of a young brat."

Zhao Erlang wasn’t pleased, and was about to reply when Liu Cong shook his voice, "Don’t speak, I... I don’t want to hear you speak..."

Before he finished, he lowered his eyes, his body going limp.

Xie Shi killed a man with one sword, kicked him aside, and seeing Liu Cong dead, immediately shouted loudly, "Han Emperor Liu Cong is dead, aren’t you going to surrender quickly?"

He shouted loudly, "The Zhao Family Army’s iron rule, surrender and you’ll live!"

Upon hearing this, all Zhao Family Army soldiers then shouted in unison, "Surrender and you’ll live! Surrender and you’ll live!"

Some Xiongnu soldiers saw Liu Cong pinned to the tree, cried out in pain, then slit their own throats, immediately committing suicide in follow.

The remaining Xiongnu soldiers, seeing this, some dropped their weapons and surrendered, while others followed suit by committing suicide.

Xie Shi pressed his lips, not stopping those who committed suicide. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

After all, Liu Cong was an emperor at one time. Although he didn’t reign long, his death meant the Xiongnu Khanate, which had existed for over four years, had fallen.

Xie Shi whispered to Zhao Erlang, "General should treat Liu Cong’s corpse well."

After all, he was an emperor, his people would feel slightly better and more compliant seeing it.

Zhao Erlang listened to Xie Shi and immediately pulled the spear out, then went to lift Liu Cong, had a stretcher brought, and placed the corpse on it to be carried back.

Seeing Liu Cong’s body being treated well, the Xiongnu soldiers who wanted to commit suicide couldn’t help but cry loudly, lowering their knives.

Immediately, Zhao Family Army stepped forward to collect, tying them together with ropes and taking them away.

Beigong Chun also successfully eradicated his Xiongnu Army unit. He was the only one without reinforcements, yet he didn’t let a single Xiongnu soldier escape his grasp.

But Liu Kun, although Zhao Hanzhang and Zeng Yue left an opening for the Xiongnu to flee, it was over twenty thousand, letting a few thousand out for the ambush behind, the rest surrounded were finished.

Even without the rear ambush, their achievements were a victory.

Everyone thought Liu Kun should have done the same, but unexpectedly he was defeated, and quite embarrassingly so.

As Liu Kun approached the area Zhao Hanzhang had delineated for him with the Jinyang Army, his generals Linghu Sheng and Ji Dan advised him to split the troops into two parts: One to ambush ahead, the other to remain behind for support. If they succeeded, they could open a path for the Xiongnu soldiers to escape, and then ambush them again.

This method could demoralize the enemy, deplete their combat power, and reduce their own casualties.

Zhao Hanzhang and Zeng Yue both used this strategy.

Providing the enemy with a path to escape, they wouldn’t fight with all their might. It’s a known trick for all generals, but when to use it requires skill.

Zhao Hanzhang thought, even if Liu Kun couldn’t grasp the timing, the experienced generals around him could surely figure it out.

But Liu Kun didn’t listen to them. He didn’t plan to let the Xiongnu escape. Thus far the Xiongnu Army was already defeated, and it was precisely the time to strike for their lives, so he planned for his army to encircle and eliminate the army attempting to break through.

He stubbornly refused to heed advice, leaving Linghu Sheng and Ji Dan to reluctantly comply.

Then they encountered Liu Jie’s army galloping outward.

Just half an hour into battle, Liu Jie realized they couldn’t break through, immediately ordering a retreat, and the Xiongnu army fled, scattering helmets and armor. Liu Kun immediately ordered the army to pursue.

Linghu Sheng sensed something was amiss, trying to stop Liu Kun, "General, there’s danger."

Ji Dan also added, "Hunlu County is under heavy attack. Why would they retreat? Be wary of an ambush."

Liu Kun disagreed, "Hunlu County is large, though critical, it’s a future threat, but we face the immediate threat. Liu Jie fleeing to save his life is inevitable."

He insisted on pursuing the army, not allowing Liu Jie to return to Hunlu County lest Zhao Ju’s attack drag on.

Linghu Sheng and Ji Dan couldn’t stop him, followed the army forward, and then they were ambushed.

Ji Dan nearly fell apart, clearly they were the attackers and ambushers, yet they were ambushed.

The Jinyang Army was suddenly ambushed, briefly panicked, and in this chaos, Liu Kun couldn’t stabilize the troops, leading to a disastrous defeat for the Jinyang Army...