"Hmph~, the Wusun wanted to shift the blame eastward, but little did they know, they'd only end up burning themselves!"

Upon hearing the guard's words, Camorra snorted coldly, a strange smile appearing on his lips.

The guard was slightly taken aback: "What does the Second Prince mean?"

Kamora looked at the corpses on the ground and said in a deep voice, "If I am not mistaken, these people should have been sent by Wusun to intercept and kill the Han envoy. Since this letter is on them, it means that the Han envoy has already been killed by them."

Intercepting and killing the Han envoy would be an act of utter defiance against the Han Dynasty.

Just think back to more than two hundred years ago, when the Han Dynasty sent out an army of 100,000 men, who traveled thousands of miles to attack our country, all for a few horses.

Now that the Wusun have killed the Han envoy, given the Han's temperament, this Wusun is doomed...

As he finished speaking, a slight smile of satisfaction crept onto Camorra's lips.

"Second Prince, what should we do next?"

Upon hearing the guard's question, Camorra thought for a moment and then ordered, "Immediately send a few men with this secret letter, as well as the heads and identification tokens of these people, to Gaochang to find Protector-General Yuan Shao and tell him about the situation here."

Then he said, "As a vassal state of the Han Dynasty, Dayuan has always been loyal to the Han. Now, Wusun dares to intercept and kill the Han envoy. Dayuan is willing to send troops to help the Han and destroy this rebellious traitor!"

"yes!"

The guard agreed, then asked hesitantly, "But should we inform the King about this and have the capital city expedite preparations?"

What if we fail to procure the food and supplies the Xianbei need, and they come to attack us?

Kamora waved his hand: "As long as we destroy the Wusun, we can easily get what the Xianbei want."

Furthermore, if the King is notified, my elder brother, the Crown Prince, will surely find out and then try to sabotage things, or even steal the credit, which is not a good thing.

"Let's wait until things are done before making any decisions. Then, we'll not only help the Han Dynasty eliminate the mastermind behind the ambush of the Han envoys, but we'll also save the people a large amount of food and supplies. With such merit, who can stop me from ascending the throne?"

"Understood!"

Upon hearing his prince's words, the guard nodded heavily, then led his men to cut off the heads of the corpses, along with the letter, and headed towards Gaochang.

Watching the messenger's departing figure, Kamora instructed the messenger beside him: "Pass down the order, have the army split into four routes, under the pretext of avenging the Han envoy, and attack the oasis towns within the territory of Wusun. Loot all the food and wealth, and kill all the men, the elderly, and the children..."

"yes!"

The messenger acknowledged the order and then spurred his horse to gallop towards the resting troops at the rear.

After the messenger left, Camorra looked at the corpse on the ground again.

"Who exactly killed these people? Could it be someone else, secretly targeting the Wusun? Was it the Xiongnu or the Xianbei? Or someone else?"

Kamora murmured something to himself, frowning as he pondered the mastermind behind it all, but he still couldn't be sure who was behind it.

"Fine, whoever did it, as long as it benefits me!"

Unable to figure it out, Camorra stopped thinking about it, then mounted his horse and rode towards his men.

Soon, this elite force of 8,000 men from Dayuan, following Kamola's orders, split into groups of 2,000 and sped eastward along four roads toward the oasis towns within the territory of Wusun.

As the sun set, Camorra led a troop of cavalry to an oasis not far away.

Within the oasis lived a medium-sized tribe of nearly five thousand people. After a day's work, the people returned to their homes and began preparing for dinner.

In the twilight breeze, the faint sound of horses' hooves suddenly came, and people couldn't help but run outside and look westward.

At this moment, only a sliver of the setting sun remained on the western horizon. Bathed in the afterglow of the sunset, a cavalry unit, its bodies glowing red, was rapidly approaching like a raging fire.

"Enemy attack! Run!"

In an instant, a series of shrill screams and the women's shrieks echoed throughout the tribe.

The remaining hundred or so able-bodied men in the tribe also rushed into the house in a panic, grabbed their weapons, and tried to escort their wives and children to safety.

Unfortunately, the attacking Dayuan cavalry, relying on the speed of their steeds, quickly charged into the undefended tribe.

Kamora, who led the charge into the tribe, swung his scimitar and beheaded an old man who was fleeing. The soldiers behind him followed suit and began a wanton massacre.

"To avenge the messenger of the Han Dynasty, spare no one except the young woman..."

Camorra brandished his scimitar and roared at the top of his lungs.

Led by Kamola, the Dayuan soldiers, their eyes bloodshot, slaughtered every old man and child in sight, leaving only a few women who had no power to resist.

As the sun set, the massacre drew to a close, and the tribe, which originally numbered over five thousand, was destroyed.

Under the command of Kemora, the Dayuan cavalry gathered all the tribe's supplies and women together.

Looking at the mountain of wealth piled up in the center of the tribe and the rows of young women, Kamora shouted at the top of his lungs:

"Soldiers, all of this belongs to you. Enjoy it to your heart's content!"

"Thank you for your generous gift, Your Highness!!"

"We swear to be loyal to Your Highness to the death!!"

While pledging their loyalty, the Dayuan cavalrymen excitedly rushed towards the valuables and women.

Soon, the women's shrill cries mingled with the laughter of the Dayuan soldiers, and were especially clear in the darkness.

Meanwhile, the other groups of Dayuan cavalry who stormed into the oasis town, following Kamora's orders, looted all the valuables they could see, killed all the men, children, and the elderly, and even made the young women their playthings, wantonly ravaging them.

The cavalry of Dayuan turned the land into a living hell wherever they went.

Of course, the most serious point is that they all carried out their looting under the guise of avenging the Han messengers.

...

November 5th.

After more than twenty days of hard work, the supplies prepared by the Wusun Kingdom were finally delivered to the north of Gaochang City.

He Lian, who had already stationed himself in Cheshi, also led 30,000 elite troops from Gaoliu to come and receive the supplies along with Li Ru.

Yuan Shao, along with Zhang Xiu, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and others, were also invited to come and supervise the receipt of the supplies.

After the inventory was completed, He Lian took the list presented by the Wusun envoy, and his face immediately darkened.

"Why did they only send enough supplies for 50,000 troops instead of the promised 100,000? Do they not take my 50,000 cavalry seriously?"

As he spoke, He Lian angrily threw the list at Cheng Xu's face.