Eastern Han Dynasty, not the Three Kingdoms

When Cheliji rushed back to the tribe, it was already the evening of the third day after the Qiang King was killed. Because the tribal leader who was close to the Qiang King was imprisoned, and the area around the king's tent was full of tribal leaders loyal to Tuguli, Tuguli blocked the news, and the news of the Qiang King's murder did not spread at all.

Cheliji returned to the tribe with great satisfaction. He saw the endless tents in the distance and looked at the BMW with him. He was delighted and ordered the elite troops of other tribes to return to their respective camps to rest. He and Yueji led the royal guards back to the royal tent to report to the Qiang King.

As they entered the tented area, Yueji began to wonder as he walked further in. He whispered to Cheriji, "Prince, do you sense something's wrong? I can still see some familiar faces outside, but the more I walk, the more unfamiliar I feel." Cheriji also felt something was amiss. Normally, upon hearing the news of his return, the royal tent would have arranged for a welcome. Looking at the royal tent in the distance, there was still no reaction. The patrolling guards also looked unfamiliar.

Tuguli, upon learning of Cheliji's return, quickly ordered his men to hide and led several of his leaders out to greet him. Cheliji was secretly speculating when Tuguli arrived. Cheliji asked with a hint of doubt, "Uncle, how dare you personally receive him? Just send a guard."

Tuguli said with a smile: "I heard that you captured a peerless horse this time. How could I not come and see it?"

"The horses are right here, uncle, enjoy looking at them. I haven't seen my father these past few days and I miss him terribly. I'll go to the royal tent first." Cheliji was about to go inside, but Tuguli tried to stop him: "Nephew, you are really confused. The king is hosting a banquet to entertain the leaders. As the future Qiang King, you should show yourself. You've come all this way, exhausted, and it's not a shame for you, the Young Qiang King."

After all, Cheliji was young, and because of his vanity, and because he was his own uncle, he was not on guard and actually believed it to be true. He followed Tuguli's arrangements, dismissed his followers, and only took Yueji downstairs to bathe and change clothes.

Seeing that Cheliji had fallen into a trap, Tuguli dismissed his personal followers and took only Yueji with him, ordering the soldiers who had arrived in advance to prepare. They would wait for Tuguli's order and then kill him directly.

Ever since Tuguli rebelled and plotted to murder the Qiang King, a young man named Yadan had been watching from the sidelines. He knew he couldn't change Tuguli's intentions, but he was unwilling to succumb to Tuguli's tyranny. After all, his tribe had been loyal to the Qiang King for generations, and he had been friends with Cheliji since childhood. He preferred quietness to activity, so he hadn't followed Cheliji on his hunting trips. He couldn't bear to watch Cheliji die, so he had been keeping tabs on Cheliji's whereabouts. However, due to his close relationship with Cheliji, Tuguli had long been keeping a close watch on him and his people. Today, upon hearing that Cheliji had returned, and with troops deployed to ambush, leaving the guards unguarded, Yadan and his people took advantage of the chaos, overpowered the guards, and slipped away. Despite his escape, Yadan couldn't reach Cheliji, so he and his people secretly set fire to the area around the king's tent to cause a commotion and alert Cheliji.

Cheliji and Yueji were led to the barracks to wash up separately. After handing his weapons and horsewhip to the attendants, Cheliji entered the tent. With the help of the Qiang woman, he took off the brocade robe and leather armor given by Ma Chao. With his upper body naked, he looked at the Qiang woman who was serving him. Suddenly, he found that the Qiang woman was Yadan's sister Zhuoyi. He wanted to ask with surprise, but Zhuoyi blinked at him quickly and nodded at the eight attendants who followed behind. Cheliji understood and distanced himself from the attendants behind him. When the attendants behind him saw that Cheliji was out of control, they stepped forward quickly. At this moment, there was a commotion outside. The attendants hurriedly drew their swords and rushed up. Cheliji took the remaining robe given by Ma Chao from Zhuoyi and threw it behind him, affecting the attendant's sight. He kicked the attendant who was coming forward and chopped the attendant's wrist with a palm. In a flash, the attendant's scimitar had been killed by Cheliyi. Ji took the sword in his hand and killed the servant with a backhanded sword. Several other servants surrounded Cheliji and fought with him. Cheliji shouted to his personal guards and fought with them. Tuguli had sent troops to surround the tent outside. When he heard the shouting and killing inside, he ordered his men to fire rockets at the tent. In order to kill Cheliji forever, he would do anything to eliminate the trouble. Although Cheliji was fighting with several people, he was worthy of being one of the best warriors of the Qiang people. He did not lose the upper hand at all. With only a scimitar, he killed four or five enemies. Just as he was about to go forward and kill the remaining three, he suddenly fired a volley of arrows. The burning flames instantly ignited the tent. The rockets shot in and killed the Qiang girl and the remaining servants. Zhuoyi stood in front of Cheliji and was hit by two arrows in the shoulder and abdomen. Cheliji had blood piercing his pupils and supported Zhuoyi. Zhuoyi only said one word to run away quickly, and he vomited blood and lost consciousness. The tent was already on fire and arrows were still flying. Cheliji put Zhuoyi on the ground, picked up the remaining robe, wet it in the copper basin behind him for washing, covered his head with it, and rushed out towards the burning tent behind him with a scimitar in his hand.

Yueji felt something was wrong as soon as he arrived at the camp, so he pretended to follow the servant's lead and entered another tent. After all, Tuguli's target was Cheliji, and he did not arrange too many servants for Yueji. As soon as Yueji entered the tent, he observed that the four guards intentionally surrounded him in the middle, with their hands on the hilts of their swords. Yueji made a quick decision, drew his sword and chopped the servants in front of him to death. The servant behind him drew his sword and chopped him, but Yueji took the blow on his shoulder, turned around and killed another servant behind him, kicked the servant who had chopped him, and stepped forward to kill him with a blow. At this time, a commotion broke out. Yueji rushed out of the tent with a knife in hand. Just then, Yadan led his tribesmen to fight. Yueji immediately joined the battle. Yadan shouted, "Brother Yueji, Tuguli has rebelled. The camp is full of enemies. Where is the prince? I will take people to rescue the prince! You must quickly retrieve the horses so that we can fight our way out!" Yueji pointed in the direction of the tent where Cheliji went and shouted anxiously, "The prince is in that tent. I will go and grab the horses. I leave the prince in your hands."

Yadan led thirty or forty tribesmen to charge towards the tent from the side and rear. The rebel archers who besieged Cheliji could only devote half of their men to resist Yadan. A round of arrows rained down, and more than a dozen people led by Yadan were shot dead, but they also rushed to the front of the archers and started fighting directly. At this time, Cheliji rushed out of the sea of ​​fire. Yadan saw Cheliji rushing out from the side and rear, and hurriedly called out: "Prince, let's meet up here." He rushed towards Cheliji, and Cheliji also killed all the way to join them. When the two groups of people joined together, there were only a dozen or so tribesmen of Yadan around him. Yadan was cut in the arm, and Cheliji was also hit by two arrows. Fortunately, they did not hit the vital parts. Cheliji was also strong, so they barely joined together.