Qiu Linbei mustered his spirit, leading the remnants of the Northern Huns in retreat. On the way back to the camp, the Northern Huns Elite Cavalry couldn't help but ask each other questions, roughly estimating the casualties of the Han Army. Although the opponent's damage seemed to have a bizarre growth trend, the Northern Huns soldiers felt their losses were greater than theirs.
This left some soldiers slightly puzzled as to why Qiu Linbei chose to retreat, but given Qiu Linbei's usual aloofness, no soldier dared to question him about it.
After the battle between Xiahou Dun and Qiu Linbei, Xiahou Dun took a large detour before heading south. Having clashed once with the Northern Huns, Xiahou Dun could no longer afford any underestimation. Although Xiahou Dun was far more certain than Qiu Linbei that there were very few within the Northern Huns with such command and combat capabilities as Qiu Linbei, sometimes it's not the fear of the thousand but the one.
