"General Yue, I didn't mean that..."
"I understand," Yue Ruyan replied. "After we part ways, regardless of whether I'm still alive or not, the Yuezhi Clan will remember this favor from General Gongsun."
Seeing Yue Ruyan speak to this extent, Gongsun Yan couldn't say more, but instead replied courteously, "In that case, let's go our separate ways, and as for General Yue leading away the pursuing forces and splitting half the spoils, there's no need."
"General Gongsun, there's no need to decline, it's what I should do," Yue Ruyan said earnestly.
"Then I wish General Yue good fortune."
"I wish General Gongsun good fortune."
Yue Ruyan, with her own troops, separated from the entire Yuezhi Clan and Gongsun Yan's army.
Afterward, Yue Ruyan instructed her deputy general to lead part of the forces to escort her clan southward, while she took the remaining forces to divert the pursuing enemy army.
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The First Year of Yong'an, October 15.
