Thinking of the newly arrived Shi people and their obviously uncivilized appearance, the Left Wise King felt a wave of disgust and contempt.

He really couldn't understand why the Chanyu valued and accepted them so much.

Although the Xiongnu were not as powerful as before, they did not value the Shi Kingdom tribe, which had only tens of thousands of people, so much. They not only allocated a pasture to them, but also shared some of the tribe's remaining cattle, sheep and salt with them.

It can be said that the Left Wise King had absolutely no goodwill towards those people from the Stone Kingdom.

Therefore, after the Han Dynasty built a mound of skulls of Shi soldiers, the Shi people also sent people to the Left Wise King, hoping that he could help them send troops to retaliate, but he refused them outright.

They caused trouble as soon as they arrived, and by provoking a burly man at that, to the point that the Left Wise King wished he could personally take action to wipe them out.

Not long after the Left Wise King led his army away, a group of Jie scouts came from the east and appeared not far from that tribe.

Long before, when the Juyan people were plundering the Xiongnu tribes, they were discovered in secret by a group of Jie scouts led by the scouts of the intelligence bureau.

Upon receiving the news, Shi Qi, the leader of the Jie people, not only did not inform the Xiongnu, but also sent people to clean up the Xiongnu corpses and the cattle, sheep and supplies left behind by the Juyan people, and transport them back to his own tribe.

This is also why the tribe was so clean when Tuomao and the others visited it.

When the Jie scouts discovered that many women and cattle and sheep had suddenly appeared in the tribe that their own people had once cleaned up, their expressions changed, and they quietly moved closer.

After thoroughly investigating the situation in the tribe, a greedy glint appeared in the eyes of the Jie scouts. They then sped off towards their own tribe.

Just as the Left Wise King was leading his army to raid Juyan City, Tuo Mao and his men, who had previously fled, finally arrived in Jiuquan after several days and nights of trekking.

After settling the spear, the middle-aged man immediately went to a civilian house and met Cheng Yu, who was in Jiuquan.

"Sir, three days have passed since I left that tribe. The Xiongnu army should be approaching Juyan City by now!"

Cheng Yu nodded in the darkness. "Okay, I understand! Go on down!"

"Your subordinate takes his leave!"

The middle-aged man bowed to Cheng Yu, then turned and left.

After the middle-aged man left, Cheng Yu gently tapped the table in front of him. Then, a figure emerged from the secret passage behind him. It was Wang Ning, the team leader of the Juyan Investigation Division.

Cheng Yu stood up, looked towards Juyan, and said softly, "Since the Xiongnu are almost here, it's time for our men to make their move! Go!"

"promise!!"

After receiving the order, Wang Ning turned and left, quickly disappearing into the darkness.

Afterwards, Cheng Yu tidied his clothes and left with a few people. Once outside the city, they boarded a carriage and headed south towards Dunhuang.

Inside the carriage, Cheng Yu lifted the curtain and looked at the desolate scene on both sides of the road, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes.

"Now that Juyan is done, it's time for the Yuezhi!"

After whispering a soft murmur, Cheng Yu lowered the carriage curtain, then closed his eyes. After the carriage passed, a gust of cold wind blew by, stirring up a cloud of yellow sand.

Meanwhile, the Xiongnu cavalry led by the Left Wise King, after a three-day raid, had arrived at a high slope twenty miles north of Juyan City.

Standing on the high slope, gazing at the low and dilapidated city walls of Juyan in the distance, the Left Wise King couldn't help but reveal a cold smile. More than a decade ago, he had followed the Chanyu and led the Xiongnu cavalry to the gates of Juyan.

Although Juyan City at that time was not as magnificent and tall as some of the city walls of the Han Dynasty, it was still enough to stop tens of thousands of Xiongnu people from advancing.

But now it seems that even a small child could easily climb over the walls of Juyan City.

Before long, the dozen or so scouts that the Left Wise King had sent out to investigate the situation inside the city returned to the high slope and reported the situation inside the city to the Left Wise King truthfully.

The Left Wise King asked in a deep voice, "Are you saying that they sold all the women in our tribe to merchants from the Han Dynasty in exchange for large quantities of grain and salt?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, not only that, but almost all of their women have been sold off!"

Upon hearing the news brought back by his subordinates, the Left Wise King was both delighted and furious.

Fortunately, Juyan City had a large amount of grain and salt, and their entire army had been wiped out by their own men. Juyan City was now completely defenseless and could be destroyed with a flick of their finger.

What's infuriating is that those things were obtained at the cost of their own people!

"Good!! This Juyan really can't be allowed to live!"

The Left Wise King narrowed his eyes, staring intently at the distant city of Juyan, his gaze filled with murderous intent.

Immediately, the Left Wise King shouted, "Pass on my order: after the warriors have eaten and drunk their fill, immediately send out troops in four directions to surround Juyan City. The army will massacre for three days, and not a single person will be spared!"

"promise!!"

His personal guards obeyed and left, while the Left Wise King's order to massacre the Xiongnu cavalry cheered.

Although Juyan City was not large, it was still quite large for these Xiongnu cavalrymen. Even if there was little inside, it was enough for them to make a fortune.

Just as the Xiongnu were celebrating, at the suggestion of his left prime minister Ta Xing, the King of Juyan held another grand banquet and invited all the officials and nobles of Juyan to the palace to celebrate his son's recovery.

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