"Heh~, these guys are no good at fighting the Xianbei and Xiongnu, but they're pretty good at bullying their own people!"

Looking at the young women in the camp, Cao Cao couldn't help but show a mocking expression.

He originally thought that it would take a lot of effort to bring back a large number of Kushan women, but things went much more smoothly than he expected.

At this rate, I'm afraid that in just a few years, there will be a shortage of young women in the Kushan Empire.

If the number of newborns in the Kushan Empire drops sharply, it will truly be a fatal blow.

Then, Cao Cao looked at Liu Shu beside him and instructed him: "Advisor Liu, you are in charge of arranging these women. Also, inform Protector Liu and the court to prepare more obsolete military equipment and supplies."

"yes!"

Liu Shu agreed and then said, "General Cao, do you have any ideas about the million refugees in the Kushan territory?"

You must understand, these people are utterly disillusioned with Damocles and the Kushans. A little kindness from us would be enough to win them back. If we could also bring them to the Western Regions and Kangju, they would represent a considerable productive force!

Cao Cao smiled and said, "Of course there are, but we'll have to wait until the Xianbei and Xiongnu have left. Let those refugees continue to wander until Damoshi can no longer bear it, then we can step in and maybe even gain some benefits!"

"General Cao's consideration is correct!"

Seeing Cao Cao's overly eager expression, Liu Shu smiled.

After explaining everything, Cao Cao also found Damoshi and asked for an imperial edict.

According to the imperial edict, Cao Cao was appointed as the joint commander of the Han and Kushan armies. During the campaign against the Xianbei and Xiongnu, all personnel and supplies within the territory of Damoxi were to be at Cao Cao's disposal.

After making all the preparations, Cao Cao led 30,000 auxiliary soldiers out of Luoyang and headed towards the city where Xiahou Yuan was located.

Meanwhile, Xiahou Yuan also received a message from Cao Cao, informing him that the Kushan Empire was planning to use young women as rewards.

One kill is worth three wives and fifty taels of silver.

When this news spread, the 20,000 Han soldiers were overjoyed.

Xiahou Yuan also contacted Li Ru immediately, hoping that Li Ru could cooperate properly.

Li Ru was also extremely pleased. He then led 20,000 Xiongnu cavalry to further intensify the massacre of Buddhist monks, and then cut off the ears of those monks and left them for Xiahou Yuan.

And so, Li Ru would cause trouble in front, while Xiahou Yuan would chase after him from behind, reaping great rewards each time.

During Cao Cao's military campaign, Xiahou Yuan's reports of victory kept coming to the eastern capital, and Cao Cao's eyelids twitched upon hearing the news.

"This guy is even better at having fun than me!"

After muttering a complaint to himself, Cao Cao simply shook his head helplessly and said nothing more.

They came here openly to swindle people, and Cao Cao naturally didn't care.

June 10th.

After a month, Li Ru led 20,000 Xiongnu cavalrymen to a city 240 li southwest of the Eastern Capital.

Further south lies the territory of India, and to the west lies the territory of the eldest prince.

Therefore, Li Ru also decided to cease operations and prepare for retreat.

Otherwise, if this continues, the Han army will be exposed.

After these days of fighting, Xiahou Yuan led 20,000 Han troops to reinforce sixteen cities. They not only seized a large amount of supplies left behind by the fleeing Xiongnu, but also killed nearly 30,000 Xiongnu people.

This series of "brilliant" achievements shocked some Kushan officials, who also sensed something was amiss.

Because during Xiahou Yuan's battles, there were only reports of victories, but no reports of casualties.

Killing over 30,000 enemies without suffering a single casualty on their own side—even a god couldn't achieve such a feat, right?

Most importantly, of the Xianbei and Xiongnu who entered the territory, there were originally only 40,000, but now more than 30,000 have been killed, leaving less than 10,000.

It's really unreasonable that after fighting like this, we still can't drive away the Xianbei and Xiongnu.

After sending someone to inform Xiahou Yuan, Li Ru led 20,000 Xiongnu soldiers toward the place where he had once wreaked havoc.

Li Ru did this mainly to provide cover for his upcoming actions.

Upon receiving the notification, Xiahou Yuan led 20,000 Han troops to garrison the city and cease the pursuit, awaiting Cao Cao's arrival.

Five days later, Cao Cao's army of 30,000 finally arrived and joined Xiahou Yuan.

"Brother, Mr. Wen asked me to give this to you!"

Inside the military tent, Xiahou Yuan also handed the map that Li Ru had given him to Cao Cao.

"This Li Wenyou is truly admirable; he's given us such a wonderful gift out of the blue!"

Seeing the grain storage sites marked on the map, Cao Cao sighed with regret.

Subsequently, Cao Cao took the edict given to him by Damoshi and recruited a large number of able-bodied men. Under the pretext of blocking and driving out the Xiongnu, he began to head to various grain storage points.

On June 20th, Cao Cao led his army to the first grain storage point, where Li Ru and the Xiongnu had been waiting for a long time.

Upon seeing the Han army approaching, the Xiongnu fled in panic, and the grain and supplies in their storage points were seized by the Han army.

On the 25th, Cao Cao led his army to the second location, and the Xiongnu people fled in panic again. The Han army also captured a large amount of grain and supplies once more.

June 30th, the third location...

July 7th, the fourth location...

By mid-August, a total of eleven grain storage sites had fallen into Cao Cao's hands.

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