Chapter 92: Great Victory
“Brothers, charge in, leave none alive!”
“Capture Buyiru Khan, and be promoted three ranks.”
Li Xiao, covered in blood and holding his horse spear, shouted sternly.
He charged at the forefront, slaughtering wildly within the Naiman army, with the soldiers following closely behind him.
The Northern Frontier Cavalry surged forward like a tide, fighting more fiercely with each passing moment, quickly scattering the Northern Naiman cavalry.
“Great Khan, the Liao army’s offensive is too fierce, we cannot hold them back.”
“Let’s retreat quickly.”
A Naiman general shouted loudly at Tuoteboluo.
Seeing Li Xiao’s troops drawing nearer, Tuoteboluo’s face turned ashen. He brandished his saber and roared in anger.
“I will not leave, I will die with my warriors.”
Unfortunately, facing the attack of Li Xiao’s army, the Naiman soldiers’ resistance grew weaker, and they began to flee in all directions.
These were the Naiman warriors Tuoteboluo had trusted.
Seeing this situation, the Naiman general, disregarding Tuoteboluo’s anger, shouted to the personal guards around him.
“Protect the Great Khan and get him out of here.”
“As long as the Great Khan is alive, our Naiman tribe still has hope.”
“Hurry and leave.”
Thus, the personal guards immediately surrounded Tuoteboluo and led him away, not wanting to perish pointlessly on this battlefield.
“What are you doing? Let go of me, let go of me.”
“You are harming me.”
“I’m not leaving.”
“I want to fight to the death with the Liao dog soldiers, let me go.”
Tuoteboluo was surrounded and led away by his personal guards, still shouting loudly.
His voice faded into the distance~
Soon, Li Xiao could no longer see any resisting Naiman people in front of him.
With Tuoteboluo’s escape, the surviving Naiman soldiers also fled one after another; no one was so loyal as to be willing to sacrifice their life.
Li Xiao slowly reined in his war horse, not pursuing Tuoteboluo.
Instead, he slowly removed his helmet and took deep breaths of the air mixed with the smell of blood.
“Damn it, damn it.”
“I’m so f**king tired.”
Li Xiao’s chest heaved continuously as he cursed under his breath.
The iron armor he wore weighed at least sixty to seventy catties; an ordinary person would have difficulty even moving in it.
Yet, Li Xiao had fought two hard battles wearing it.
He was already exhausted, and the heavy cavalry behind him were in a similar state; on this vast grassland, they couldn’t possibly catch up to Buyiru Khan.
“Sixth Uncle, Uncle Luo, you two take your men to assist the Khitan people,” Li Xiao shouted to Li Dashan and the other.
These two led light cavalry, who still had remaining strength.
“As you command.”
After leaving some soldiers behind, the two led the main force to support Xiao Simo and crush the main force of the Northern Naiman.
Li Xiao slowly dismounted and sat on the ground to rest, allowing his war horse to recover its strength as well.
This fellow had suffered alongside him.
However, he soon saw Xiao Yanyan riding towards him, her bloodstains now appearing fresh again.
“You~”
Li Xiao looked at Xiao Yanyan and shook his head speechlessly.
When would this woman truly listen to him?
But since the battle was almost over and there was no further danger, Li Xiao couldn’t be bothered to say anything.
……
In the distance, Xiao Simo’s army was locked in a fierce battle with the Northern Naiman main force, and the situation was extremely perilous.
Suddenly, the Naiman army erupted in commotion. Some soldiers began to shout wildly, turning their heads to look around.
Their faces showed expressions of panic and fear.
The Naiman army instantly descended into chaos.
At this moment, Xiao Simo was covered in blood, having personally led his personal guards into battle.
Seeing the unusual behavior of the Naiman soldiers, Xiao Simo wiped the blood from his face and said with surprise, “What’s happening?”
Soon, a Khitan general ran excitedly towards Xiao Simo and shouted, “Great King, Jin Prefecture Chiliarch Li Xiao has led his army to attack Buyiru Khan’s central army!”
“Buyiru Khan has fled.”
Many nearby Khitan soldiers also heard this and became instantly excited.
“What?”
“The Jin Prefecture Chiliarch Li Xiao made Buyiru Khan run away?”
“Hahaha, we’re going to win.”
“Push harder, brothers, kill these dog-like Naiman!”
The Khitan soldiers shouted excitedly.
Just a moment before, they had been struggling to resist the Naiman attack, each heart filled with despair that saw no hope.
Until this news arrived, it was like clearing skies after rain, with the gloom dissipating.
The Khitan soldiers were filled with elation, their will to fight ignited like a roaring flame.
Upon hearing the news, Xiao Simo also breathed a heavy sigh of relief, a smile of surviving disaster appearing on his face.
“Hahahaha~”
“Good job, Li Xiao, I truly did not misjudge you.”
At this moment, he felt that the most correct decision he had made was to value and promote Li Xiao.
He had not failed his expectations.
What Li Xiao had accomplished at this moment even far exceeded Xiao Simo’s expectations.
“This kid is naturally suited for fighting,” Xiao Simo laughed heartily.
His regard for Li Xiao soared, and he now considered him his true right-hand man.
Soon, Li Dashan and Luo Ping arrived with their troops, flanking the Naiman army with Xiao Simo’s main force and quickly crushing them.
Xiao Simo ordered pursuit of the retreating Northern Naiman soldiers and sent reinforcements to Xiao Lintta and others who were locked in battle with Sun Khan’s army.
After making all the arrangements, he remembered Li Xiao.
“Where is your Chiliarch? Take me to see him.”
Xiao Simo called out to a Han soldier.
Led by him, he quickly found Li Xiao’s location.
However, the moment he saw Li Xiao, the smile on Xiao Simo’s face vanished instantly.
Li Xiao was sitting on a rock, with Xiao Yanyan squatting beside him, carefully feeding him water from a water pouch.
She then took out a clean handkerchief from her bosom and gently wiped the bloodstains from his face.
Her movements were gentle, and her eyes were full of concern and tenderness.
Seeing this from afar, Xiao Simo’s old face instantly drooped, and his brows furrowed into a character resembling ‘川’.
“Hmph~”
He let out a soft hum, looking annoyed, and strode forward.
“A Man, Li Xiao.”
Hearing Xiao Simo’s call, a flicker of surprise crossed Xiao Yanyan’s face, and she quickly stood up and ran towards Xiao Simo.
“Big Brother, you’re finally here!”
Xiao Simo looked at his lively sister and said with a hint of jealousy, “Feeding you water, wiping your sweat, hehe~”
“Since childhood, you’ve never been this attentive to me.”
Saying this, he glared fiercely at Li Xiao.
Li Xiao sensed the hostility and chuckled, slowly standing up.
But immediately, his body swayed as if about to collapse from weakness.
Seeing this, Xiao Yanyan quickly ran back to support Li Xiao.
She said to Xiao Simo in a blaming tone, “Big Brother, Li Xiao was charging for a long time in heavy armor just now, his arms are exhausted, that’s why I was feeding him water.”
“Don’t scare him.”
Hearing his sister defending Li Xiao, Xiao Simo’s eyelids twitched with anger.
Li Xiao leaned into Xiao Yanyan’s fragrant embrace, inhaling the scent from her neck, and said weakly to Xiao Simo.
“My Lord, I beg your pardon, I have been impolite.”
“It’s just that I’m lacking strength, I’ll be fine after resting for a while.”
Although Li Xiao’s gaze was outwardly proper, Xiao Simo found it unbearable to look at.
His previous intention to value Li Xiao and consider him his right-hand man had long since vanished.
His favorability had dropped to zero.
He gritted his teeth secretly, then glared at Li Xiao again and said, “I happened to pass by to see how you were.”
“I’m relieved that you are not injured.”
“Rest well, I still need to see the situation at the front with Sun Khan.”
Having said that, Xiao Simo turned and mounted his horse, so angry that he didn’t want to look at Li Xiao any longer.
He feared he would lose control and beat Li Xiao.
After he rode away, Xiao Yanyan pushed Li Xiao forcefully, “Hey, my brother is gone, get up.”
“So what if he’s gone, I still can’t muster any strength,” Li Xiao grumbled.
He still clung to Xiao Yanyan, unwilling to move.
It was partly for comfort, and partly because he was truly exhausted.
“Alright, stop pretending.”
“I’m not lying,” Li Xiao pretended to struggle to stand up,
but his body immediately collapsed onto Xiao Yanyan.
Xiao Yanyan, caught off guard, was knocked down onto the grass by Li Xiao.
The two rolled around on the ground, their laughter and curses echoing.
“You’re like a dead ox, so heavy!”
“You’re crushing me, get off!”
Li Xiao, feigning innocence, said, “I told you, I really can’t muster any strength, and you didn’t believe me.”
“I believe you, I believe you.”
“Hahaha, don’t move your hands around, you’re tickling me.”
“You’re stepping on my hair, get up.”
Looking at the two in disarray, Xiao Yanyan’s guards stood dumbfounded nearby, unsure of what to do.
“This Han man, has his ancestors’ graves been blessed with good fortune?”
Meanwhile, on the front battlefield, Sun Khan was stunned upon hearing the news of Buyiru Khan’s ten thousand troops being defeated.
“Tuoteboluo, what a failure.”
“He was a failure before, he’s still a failure now, and he’ll always be a failure.”
“It hasn’t even been two hours, even if you put ten thousand sheep on the grassland, the Liao people couldn’t possibly catch them all in two hours.”
“Tuoteboluo is worse than a dog.”
Although Sun Khan and Buyiru Khan were united in their grand strategy, they were not polite to each other in matters of pride.
Sun Khan could rant about his elder brother, Buyiru Khan, for a day and a night without repeating himself.
Now, Sun Khan had another excuse to criticize him.
“Great Khan, let us retreat,” a Naiman general interrupted Sun Khan’s tirade and began to persuade him.
“Tuoteboluo’s army has been scattered. Without reinforcements, if we continue to persist, the Liao people will surround us once they adjust their forces.”
Sun Khan’s eyes blazed with anger, and after another round of furious curses, he could only reluctantly issue the order to retreat.
