Although Qi Fei wasn't particularly enthusiastic, he still showed the Northern Xiongnu some respect.
Well, actually, he was showing respect to those several million Hu people.
Once a crowd numbered ten thousand, it stretched as far as the eye could see.
With over a million, they truly covered the mountains and plains.
Trying to round up so many people all at once was a little difficult.
But if he didn't capture them in one fell swoop, the damage they'd cause afterward would be far greater than fighting the Northern Xiongnu.
They'd scatter into all kinds of remote mountains and forests.
Heh. There'd be no end to the bandit suppression campaigns.
So once the fighting began, Qi Fei activated the Overlimit Mode he'd used against Han Xin.
All for these few million ordinary Hu people, who couldn't even be called cannon fodder.
Throughout the battle, the Xiongnu's fighting spirit was truly admirable.
The Northern Xiongnu Chanyu burned through his own life to consecrate the battle standard, doing everything he could to awaken the Imperial Will.
Of the Five Kings of the Xiongnu, two displayed such high levels of Spirit Cultivation that they were nearly on the verge of cultivating Weapon Spirits.
The remaining three could each take down a regular Internal Qi Separation expert with a single slash.
Even those useless Twenty-Four Chiefs managed to produce six Legion Talents with the Imperial Will supporting them.
In terms of numbers, they could overwhelm the Central Plains warlords from before.
The Northern Xiongnu Imperial Guard, with its century-old Army Soul, had nearly surged to a level equal to Heaven, making it arguably the strongest single legion in terms of combat power.
But none of it made any difference.
Let's take a look at the forces the Han Dynasty had prepared for this battle: