Chapter 184: Victory’s Anthem
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On the steppe, only about 40,000 barbarian cavalrymen remained, slowly heading north.
Gurtai walked among his people, and from time to time he could hear the quiet sobbing of women.
This time, the Huyan Tuo Tribe had been tasked with leading the siege. More than half of their tribe had gone to war—and never returned.
“One more battle like this and the Huyan Tuo Tribe will cease to exist.”
That one sentence from Liu Xuan made Gurtai finally decide: he would no longer send his tribesmen to fight the steel-armored soldiers.
It was madness—there was no hope of victory.
Beishan, too, had lost 6,000 of his elite Snow Wolf Guards after breaking through the gate. They never came back. After a long silence, he ordered a retreat.
Like Gurtai, Beishan also couldn’t see how many more lives it would take to capture Cangzhou. Still, half his objective had been achieved.
The Huyan Tuo Tribe under the Grand Taiji had suffered devastating losses.
To Beishan, this meant one of his rival’s arms had been cut off.
Even though Gurtai eventually realized this, it no longer mattered.