The battle has not yet been completely decided, and the number of enemy troops is still huge. The gods and ghosts and great Shanyu actually chose to escape at this time, which was beyond everyone's expectations, especially Han Ruzi.

He has been trying hard to figure out the thoughts of the gods and ghosts, and the thoughts of the great Shanyu are getting more and more accurate, but they are ineffective at the last moment.

Han Ruzi deeply blamed himself, and at the same time he seized the opportunity and rushed north to eliminate the remaining enemy troops in the pass.

The Great Khan of Gods and Ghosts was the greatest cohesion of this army. After the news of his escape spread, the enemy scrambled to surrender, and even the soldiers of the Great Khan of Gods and Ghosts were no exception.

At Shenxiong Pass, the Chu soldiers sent a special prisoner. It is said that this man was a close minister of the gods and ghosts, Da Shanyu, who could speak Chu language, and only he knew in advance that his master was about to escape back to the West.

The captive was named Qiu Hong, with a Chu man's face. His gorgeous clothes were ragged and his face was covered with dust and blood. This was not left during the battle. After the army was defeated, he fled without his life, lost his way in the middle of the journey, and his horse was exhausted. If he had not fallen into the hands of the Chu soldiers, he would have died in the snow and ice.

Many of the previous prisoners claimed that Qiu Hong knew the gods and ghosts and great Shanyu best, so he was one of the people appointed by the emperor to capture them alive.

Qiu Hong was dragged into the hall by the soldiers. As soon as the soldiers let go, he collapsed on the ground. He quickly reacted and kept kowtowing and kissing the ground. "The emperor of the Great Chu shone in all directions, and the most humble dust had nowhere to hide..."

This person's Chu Yu was fluent. Han Ruzi waved his hand and a soldier kicked it. Qiu Hong shook his whole body and immediately shut up.

"Raise your head." Han Ruzi said.

Qiu Hong kowtowed a few more times before raising his head, but his hands did not dare to leave the ground. He could only raise his neck, lower his eyes, and his movements were very strange.

"It is said that you have a lot of contact with the envoys of the Great Chu."

"Yes, the villain was ordered to serve the envoy of the Great Chu, and did his best to do his best, but did not dare to neglect it."

"Where is the messenger?"

"It was taken away by the gods and ghosts. This is his usual trick. He took hostages as a threat."

"The gods and ghosts are going to use the King of Donghai to threaten me?"

"Maybe it's not Your Majesty, but the army sent to the West by Your Majesty."

Han Ruzi's heart moved, but his face did not change, and the gods and ghosts, the Great Shanyu knew that the Western Chu army had not been defeated."

"Of course I know that the Great Khan of God had already received the news, but he was very strict with his words. No one else knew the truth. He thought that both Chu troops were destroyed. In fact, on the contrary, the Chu troops set out from Huju City won one after another, and the cities they passed surrendered. Therefore, the Great Khan of God of God was eager to end the war here. Once he encountered a setback, he fled back, but left us to work hard for him, so that we could persevere until spring, and wait for him to bring his troops back. How could this be possible?"

"Where is the Chu army on the sea?"

"To be honest, there is really no news about the Chu army at sea. The gods and ghosts and great shanyu did not want to see his subjects going out to sea, so he destroyed the docks and ships along the coast and isolated them from overseas."

Han Ruzi moved his fingers from the table, the eunuch nodded, and the soldier pulled Qiu Hong up and dragged him outside.

Qiu Hong shouted: "Your Majesty, please spare me! I say everything, no one knows gods and ghosts better than me..."

The soldier dragged Qiu Hong out, and Han Ruzi felt that he had known enough about the gods and ghosts, and what he next was how to completely win the war.

A general came in, "Your Majesty, General Lahes, a hundred-class army, asked for a visit."

"Um."

Lahes came in with Tongzhi, kowtowed on the ground, and was very respectful. Then he spoke in a pleading tone. Tongzhi preached: "Your Majesty, he said that the Hundred Family Army has fulfilled his promise, and hoped that the Great Chu could also abide by the original agreement and let them go back to their hometown."

"Ask him what to do after returning home?"

Lahes' tone became energetic and generous.

"He said that the Great Khan of the Gods and Ghosts had already shown weakness, and they would no longer surrender to slaves, and immediately call on all countries to become independent after returning home. However, the Great Khan of the Gods and Ghosts took away the Seven Kings and an elite army of trust. Now the Western cities are empty, with only the elderly, weak, women and children, all the relatives of the Hundred Family Army. Once controlled by the Great Khan of the Gods and Ghosts, they will bind the hands and feet of many people."

"Tell him, I'll reply him tomorrow."

Lahes showed a clear look of disappointment on his face, stood up and retreated, and suddenly shouted: "Emperor, we... have fought."

Rahes's Chu language was very stiff, but Han Ruzi understood it. He was reminding the emperor that the Hundred Family Army had fought for the emperor, and it was time for the emperor to abide by the agreement and let them go.

Han Ruzi summoned all the ministers and generals, and most of them opposed the release of the Baijia Army immediately.

"Western people are capricious. The gods and ghosts have already escaped one step first. After returning to the country, they will have the advantage. The hundreds of families may surrender again. It is better to stay for half a year. After the gods and ghosts and great khanyu kills the hostages and arouses public anger, they will let them go back to take revenge."

Xie Cun was a few people with different opinions. In the bet in Yingfengzhai, he bet the closest time and won a lot of silver, but he donated all of them to reward the army, which was highly appreciated by the emperor, so he dared to speak.

"This is a bad statement. The hundreds of families are eager to stay. It is useless to keep it, and it will cause disasters. The Westerners are capricious because the gods and ghosts are capricious. How can the Great Chu follow in the footsteps? The emperor has no joke. Since there has been a long agreement, it should be released to the hundreds of families back home in time. Taking advantage of the gods and ghosts and great khans, they will recover the countries and eliminate future troubles forever."

Another official stepped forward and said, "What should I do if the Hundred Family Army is released back? What should I do if the army of the gods and ghosts and great Shanyu are the ones who surrendered outside the Great Frontier?"

"The surrendered troops outside the Frontier are like the Baijia Army. They come from Western countries. If you are willing to surrender to the Great Chu, you can also release them. As for the soldiers of the gods, ghosts, and Great Shanyu, they will be handed over to the Baijia Army for disposal."

"Ha, the Baijia Army has just fought for Da Chu for one battle, so there is such preferential treatment?" Cui Teng walked out with a lame look, "What benefits should we soldiers of Da Chu who have fought in blood?"

Xie Cun politely bowed, "This is not a preferential treatment, but a view of his actions. If the Hundred Family Army kills the soldiers of the God-Ghost Da Shanyu, it means breaking and can be let go back to his hometown. If he refuses to take action, he will make another decision."

Cui Teng had nothing to say and turned his head to look at the emperor.

“As long as you do.”

The fate of tens of thousands of soldiers of the same clan of the gods and ghosts was determined in this way.

Han Ruzi stayed at Shenxiong Pass for only one day, and set off for Shattered Iron City the next day, where he joined Chai Yue's army and accepted the surrender and allegiance from a large number of alien princes.

Chai Yue has sent several troops to track and chase the gods and ghosts, and no reply has been made yet.

The emperor was still stationed soon, and five thousand soldiers of the Southern Army were separated from Chai Yue's army and went to chase the gods and ghosts.

Han Ruzi was unwilling to accept that she still had a chance to catch up.

No one dared to object to the emperor's decree now. Chai Yue sent elite soldiers and generals to quietly increase the 5,000 to 7,000 people, prepare more horses and food, and send the emperor a hundred miles away.

Winter is not conducive to marching, but it will also leave obvious footprints, so the Chu army can pursue it closely.

A few days later, Han Ruzi caught up with a Chu army and kept them camping where they were leeing. At the same time, he sent people to return the same way and reclaimed some food and grass.

The food and grass in the emperor's army lasted for up to one month. If you included the return trip, you could only pursue it for fifteen days. Han Ruzi planned to leave a camp along the way, so that you could chase it for a few more days without worrying too much about the supply on the return trip.

After more than twenty days of running around, Han Ruzi caught up with the earliest group of Liu Heixiong who set out to pursue the enemy chief.

The gods and ghosts were like dogs that were stranded. They fled all the way, leaving behind a large amount of baggage, horses and personnel. The Chu army captured many of them. They were approaching the target for a while, but were restrained by a team of enemy troops and could not surround them.

Liu Heixiong led 3,000 troops, and it was estimated that the gods and ghosts were within a day's journey ahead, with only four or five hundred soldiers left by his side.

Liu Heixiong's army was exhausted, and Han Ruzi ordered him to choose a place to camp, leaving a part of his army, and only brought two thousand people to pursue him lightly.

Liu Heixiong did not expect the emperor to pursue the enemy in person and dared not object, but reminded him: "The scouts in the army had seen the Huns in the north, and they seemed to be pursuing the enemy chiefs. I don't know the number, so your Majesty must be careful."

During this war, the Huns had an ambiguous attitude. In addition to sending a small army to participate in the sneak attack on the food road, Liu Heixiong did not participate in the war. Therefore, Liu Heixiong was very vigilant.

Han Ruzi still had to pursue him. Even if there were less than a thousand soldiers around him, he would still chase him. This became his obsession and must be fulfilled.

Five more days passed, and the deserters' footprints became clearer and clearer. There were often dead people on the roadside. Han Ruzi knew that he was very close to his target.

At noon that day, the army stopped to take a nap, scouts explored, and soon returned. They saw a camp ahead from a high place, which was probably an enemy army.

The enemy could not escape all the way and had to stop and rest. Han Ruzi immediately ordered to get on the horse, one thousand people moved forward, and one thousand people followed.

After driving through a hillside, Han Ruzi saw a small camp. Although there were no flags flying, his footprints were connected, and he must be the team of the gods and ghosts.

He chased after him all the way. At the last moment, Han Ruzi regained some caution and sent the soldiers to scatter and divided into three teams, one attacking, one circling and intercepting, and one squad.

The gods and ghosts may flee alone and leave the army to cut off the rear. Han Ruzi had to leave behind people. Once he found that there was no target in the camp, he immediately sent someone to continue chasing him.

He waited for a while and was about to order an attack, a general reminded the emperor to look into the distance.

There was an extra army on the distant high ground, which seemed to be small, but the number of people was increasing rapidly.

"Huns." The general whispered, a little panicked. This was outside the Great Chu border, not belonging to the territory of the Huns.

The camp of the gods and ghosts was attacked by two armies, making it even more small and weak.

"In the name of General Liu Heixiong, we went to comfort the Huns and told them that the Great Chu was the only gods and ghosts in the Great Shanyu."

The general received the order and took a few soldiers around the camp and rushed to the opposite side.

There was no response in the camp, no one came out to fight, no one ran away, as if he had accepted his fate and was ready to surrender to the strong.

Han Ruzi assigned another general and led dozens of cavalry around the camp and continued to check westward. If there were any traces left, he would chase him and sent someone back to report the news.

The second general sent a letter back first. There were no escape trails west of the camp, so he would continue to check.

The first general came back relatively late and brought a Hun envoy.

The Hun envoy was a woman. She saw the emperor from afar and smiled and said, "Miss is not sure, she is indeed the emperor."

The army opposite was led by Jin Chuiduo. Han Ruzi breathed a sigh of relief and asked Jin Chuiduo's maid Dragonfly: "You are also here to chase the gods and ghosts and great Shanyu?"

The dragonfly rode a horse and came close to him, "We are all one step late, and the two great samurai are meeting." (To be continued.)

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