Invincible Iron Army 40, We will come again Book Flag

  Wang An abandoned the old Xiongnu interpreter and led the guards to chase them out. The entire Xiongnu camp was in a state of great chaos, with Xiongnu soldiers running wildly everywhere, while the Jin army pursued them in all directions. The main camp of the Xiongnu was set ablaze. Their soldiers never thought that they would have such a disastrous day.

  Wang An walked halfway and immediately regretted it, thinking to himself that things had gone wrong. The person he had just met must have been extraordinary, given the luxurious place where he lived and his ability to speak Chinese. Only some of the Xiongnu nobles could speak Chinese at this time. I was so careful in every way, but I let my guard down for a moment and let the Right Virtuous King of the Xiongnu escape. This is truly something that will make me regretful for the rest of my life.

  Wang An led his guards to search again, but they couldn't find any trace. Enraged, Wang An immediately ordered the soldiers: "Burn down this big camp for me!" Wang An's guards faithfully executed the order, and soon the place turned into a sea of flames.

  The Huns fled in all directions, abandoning their camps. Some tried to mount their fine horses, but the Jin army was familiar with the Huns' tactics and knew that if they allowed them to get on horseback and gain distance, it would be disastrous. Therefore, they constantly prevented the Hun soldiers from mounting their horses. Due to the fires breaking out all over the battlefield, the warhorses were also frightened and immediately ran wildly in all directions, escaping from the main camp.

  The Xiongnu soldiers fled their camp, having been intimidated by the Jin army. They thought to themselves: "This is a group of bandits who have broken into our territory and are killing people everywhere."

  The Xiongnu's great camp quickly became an empty camp, and the Jin soldiers were not satisfied with their killings. They prepared to continue pursuing the Xiongnu army, but were stopped by Wang An. Wang An told them: "We must hurry to retreat, otherwise when the Xiongnu reinforcements arrive, our situation will become very unfavorable." The Jin army began to gather its spoils of war, taking some gold and abandoning all the silver.

  Then Wang An ordered the soldiers to set all the tents of the Xiongnu on fire, and then had someone bring a wooden board, nail him to a wooden pole with nails, and then hammer the other end of the wooden pole into the ground. Wang An wrote a few large characters on the wooden board with a brush, and asked the soldiers: "How is my law?" All the soldiers cheered and shouted in approval. One soldier said: "Wang, although we don't recognize words, we also know that you write well." Wang An rolled his eyes and thought to himself: Is this really just blindly praising? You can't even recognize characters, how do you know I wrote well?

  Wang An thought to himself: Letting the Righteous King of Xiongnu go was indeed a lifelong regret for me. However, I kicked him many times, which can slightly make up for my regret. This life is really a wonderful one, punching the Jiedushi and kicking the Righteous King, what a wonderful life!

  The army of Taiyuan began to retreat backwards. After they returned to the south city, they once again tied ropes around their waists and had the soldiers above pull them up.

  The Xiongnu Chanyu heard that the Southern City was attacked and immediately led 50,000 elite troops to rush over. On the way, he thought: "This is a rare opportunity in a thousand years. We seize the opportunity to fight with the Jin army in the wild, take advantage of it to destroy their main force, and then capture the Yuyang City of the Jin Dynasty."

  However, when the Xiongnu Chanyu arrived at the foot of Yiyang City, he found that the Jin army was retreating from the city, and many Jin soldiers were waving to him, showing reluctance to part with him and eagerness to meet again. The Xiongnu Chanyu felt extremely angry upon seeing this situation.

  When the single saw the miserable Righteous King's army, he was furious. The big camp of the Righteous King was still burning, and the tents were all on fire. In the big camp, the bodies of the Xiongnu were lying horizontally and vertically.

  The remnants of the Right Virtuous King's army also gradually gathered, and when they saw the miserable state of the defeated soldiers, the Chanyu was about to cry. The original proud cavalry had become infantry, and due to the sudden attack by the enemy, the Xiongnu soldiers didn't even have time to put on their clothes properly, some were missing shirts, others were missing pants, lacking bows and arrows, they looked like a group of beggars. The Chanyu thought to himself that since he took office, he had never seen the Xiongnu cavalry so defeated.

  Yu Xian Wang was even more disheveled, his original sable coat gone and replaced with a tattered piece of leather, his otter hat also missing, leaving him bareheaded, and without boots, standing barefoot in the snow. What's more, on either side of * above each one had a large footprint.

  Yu Xian Wang's eyes welled up with tears, and the arrogance of his former days was gone. He thought to himself: "This group of thugs, this group of brutal thugs, are just a synonym for savagery, only knowing how to kill. I will definitely take revenge."

  The guards of the Chanyu quickly brought over a large coat and boots for the Right Wise King to wear. The other Xiongnu soldiers were not so lucky, as the Chanyu had arrived in haste without bringing any spare clothes. He ordered his guards: "Pass on my orders, each unit is to immediately bring clothing, war horses, tents, and food to rescue the refugees under the Right Wise King's command." Upon hearing this, the Right Wise King was even more moved to tears, thinking to himself: I am the illustrious Right Wise King of the Xiongnu, a man who stands below one person but above all others. In the great Jin dynasty, my reputation is even more renowned; every mother uses my name to scare their crying children. And now we have fallen to the status of refugees.

  When the Right Virtuous King and the Xiongnu Chanyu saw Wang An's message, the Chanyu became enraged, saying: "You still dare to come, next time if you dare to come again, I will make sure you have no return." The Right Virtuous King was frightened by Wang An's message, his heart racing with fear, thinking to himself: "Are you coming again? Are you going to let people live or not? You must never come again, I don't want to become a refugee once more."

  The Xiongnu took stock of their losses, and in this campaign they had probably lost around 20,000 men. Adding to the troops lost under Yizhong's walls a few days earlier, Wang Mang had now killed over 30,000 Xiongnu - an enormous number, one that the Xiongnu had never suffered before.

  Wang An returned to the city, where he was welcomed as a hero. The residents of the city heard the news and spontaneously came to support the troops, sending eggs and meat to the soldiers in Wang An's army.

  Since the battle with the Xiongnu army, Youyu has never achieved such a great victory. As a result, several defense envoys and jiedushi came to Wang An's military camp to comfort the victorious soldiers. The soldiers in Wang An's army who were fortunate enough not to be selected for the night raid now deeply regret it, especially when they see the beauties of Youyu frequently casting flirtatious glances at the victorious soldiers. They thought that Lord Wang had said before the battle that those who participated in the night raid would have wealth and beauty, and indeed his words were not empty.

  King An's heart was filled with endless regret, thinking that if he could exchange the Xiongnu's heads for silver, he would probably get around 200,000 taels, but unfortunately, time was too pressing. Once the Xiongnu reinforcements arrived, our situation would be in danger when the iron cavalry surrounded us from all sides.

  Dulin said with envy: "The victorious army is really enviable." He thought to himself that it's better for people to die than to see their own army struggling so hard these days, fighting fiercely under the threat of the Xiongnu. If Wang An hadn't come up with some clever ideas, this place would have fallen long ago. And yet, Wang An's army was living a carefree life, and they even managed to defeat the Xiongnu army.

  Sun Zigeng said, "In the past, who would have thought that we could gain victory in battle against the Xiongnu? But Wang An and his men achieved it. It seems our time is over, and the future belongs to them." The soldiers who followed Wang An out were now extremely pleased with their choice, although they had been hesitant at first. Now, however, they would rather die than admit it. One by one, they boasted loudly: "We voluntarily followed General Wang into battle. Others said the Xiongnu army was the bravest, but we didn't believe it. Could they be braver than us? So we took the initiative to attack and defeated the Xiongnu army." The soldiers' speeches deceived the crowd, who admired them greatly. Meanwhile, the soldiers who had not been chosen couldn't help but think to themselves, "Who are you trying to fool? Don't you remember how dejected you looked when you were selected?"

  Wang An waved to the crowd like a hero, and his soldiers followed suit. Liu Jiao also arrived, and today he found Wang An more pleasing to the eye. At this moment, an elderly woman squeezed in, grabbed Wang An's arm and said: "I've finally found you, my old friend." Liu Jiao was taken aback, and it turned out that the woman was already very old, with a face full of wrinkles, heavily made up with thick powder, emitting a strong fragrance. Liu Jiao thought to himself, this guy's taste is really heavy, he can even take a liking to such an old woman.

  Here is the translation:

  Wang An hastily said, "Let's part ways, we don't know each other." The person said, "All our piao guests are like this, as soon as they pull up their pants, they don't recognize us anymore." Wang An hastily said, "You've mistaken me for someone else." The woman said, "I am the famous madam of Yihong Courtyard. You may not know me, but you can come to our courtyard again. Remember, this time we'll give it to you for free."

  Liu Jiao Jiao angrily pointed at Wang An and said, "You dare to visit a brothel!" Du Lin, who was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, walked out and said, "Brother, with such a beautiful wife, you still visit brothels. It's really unreasonable! By the way, last time you wanted to sell Jiao Jiao into a brothel, wasn't it this one? I see you're quite familiar with them."

  The madam looked at Liu Jiao Jiao and immediately said in a professional tone, "Look at this woman, her breasts are small, her figure is not good, her looks are just average, and she's not good at serving men. If we sell her to our place, the most we can give is 5 taels of silver." Du Lin took a step back and thought, "This time no one can save you."

  Liu Jiao Jiao was furious in her heart. Indeed, people gather with their own kind. Wang An himself was ugly, and his companions were also saying that she didn't look good. What a group of people with poor eyesight! Liu Jiao Jiao smiled brightly and said, "I am the commander-in-chief, I command that to celebrate our military victory, Yihong Courtyard will provide free services for three months."

  The madam was heartbroken in her heart, thinking that she had originally planned to do business with Wang An, but instead lost all her money. Liu Jiao Jiao said, "During the time everyone visits the brothel, the brothel must provide good food and drink, and good hospitality." Wang An immediately became excited, he was not interested in the prostitutes, but he was very interested in free food. He thought to himself, "I have to spend so much money to feed all these soldiers."

  Suddenly, he shouted with excitement, "Great!" Liu Jiao Jiao looked at Wang An and said, "You're not allowed to go." Wang An was taken aback and said to the madam, "The commander-in-chief ordered you to come to our place to serve us. Did you hear that?" Liu Jiao Jiao angrily said, "Even if the prostitutes come here, it's not allowed."

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