"The 'heart-piercing tactic'? What's this 'heart-piercing tactic'?"

Dugu Yan's eyes were full of curiosity.

"hehe......"

Jiang Ming smiled faintly: "What movements have the Xiongnu made these days?"

"The Xiongnu?"

Jiang Ming's topics jumped around very quickly, and Dugu Yan's thoughts couldn't keep up for a moment.

She murmured, "The main force of the Xiongnu has been scattered, and almost all of their able-bodied men have been killed or wounded... The remaining dozens of tribes, large and small, are all in disarray... The grasslands are different from your Central Plains. In the Central Plains, what matters is territory. Gaining or losing a city is like cutting off a piece of flesh. On the grasslands, it's about population and livestock. Now that the Xiongnu have declined, the Rouran have risen and are attacking and killing them from time to time..."

"Rouran?"

"good!"

Dugu Yan said, “Great Khan, the Rouran’s power should not be underestimated. They have no fewer than 100,000 skilled riders and archers! Before, they fought the Xiongnu to a standstill! Now that the main force of the Xiongnu has been destroyed, they want to fill this grassland space and incorporate the Xiongnu’s troops… If they are allowed to grow stronger, they will surely become a major threat to us!”

At this point, Dugu Yan looked melancholy and said, "Originally, I also wanted to take this opportunity to incorporate the Xiongnu tribes and expand our strength, but... we just wiped out their main force, and we are now sworn enemies. Moreover... the Rouran are not easy to deal with either, so..."

I understand what you mean!

Jiang Ming hugged Dugu Yan tighter and said, "What I told you before, that I wanted to go back to the grasslands to find you, was to discuss this matter! Currently, Qi and Yan are about to go to war. Qi has allied with 19 other countries, with a total army of 400,000 to attack Yan. Although I have already dispatched Le Yi as general with 100,000 troops to deal with them... it's not enough to turn the tide of the war! Therefore, I need to transfer troops from the grasslands..."

"Great Khan! I don't quite understand!"

"hehe......"

Jiang Ming smiled faintly: "I want to incorporate all the Xiongnu people and reorganize them with the Xianbei people to form a coalition army, launch a surprise attack on the Qi state, crush it in one fell swoop, and make it never rise again!"

"Great Khan..."

Dugu Yan looked at Jiang Ming in horror, her lips murmuring, "I've heard... that Qi is a great power in the Central Plains, with a million armored soldiers... can we really handle it?"

"sure!"

Jiang Ming said, "Although the State of Qi is large and has a large population, it has no advantageous terrain to defend. If the troops are used properly, we can inflict a fatal blow on it in one go! But before that... I still need to deal with the matter on the grasslands!"

After saying that, Jiang Ming took a key from his waist.

Then, from a secret box in the study, he took out the 'golden wolf' that symbolized the legitimacy of the Xiongnu Chanyu!

When Dugu Yan saw this 'Howling Golden Wolf', her eyes widened in surprise!

"Great Khan! This golden wolf... is actually in your hands? This...?"

"how?"

Jiang Ming laughed and said, "If it's not in my hands, then where are you?"

"No, no... I mean!"

Dugu Yan swallowed hard, speechless. "Before, I only heard that the Xiongnu Chanyu's golden wolf was lost, and I suspected that it was taken by the Yan people... After that, there was no further news. We wiped out the main force of the Xiongnu, and there was no record of the golden wolf in the list of spoils of war... In the end, it was actually taken by you...?"

"It seems that you Xianbei people are quite obsessed with this golden wolf... When Murong Xue first saw it, she looked just as surprised as you..." Jiang Ming said meaningfully.

"no......"

Dugu Yan murmured, "This thing is the embodiment of their ancestors. Whoever has this thing can rally all the tribes and reunite them! Every time they attack us, they worship the golden wolf, so we have a deep impression of it... Great Khan, do you mean to use this thing to incorporate all the Xiongnu people?"

"What? Is it not allowed?" Jiang Ming said with a smile.

Dugu Yan frowned, biting her lip slightly, and said, "It's not that it's impossible, but mainly... the Xiongnu people now hate the Yan people and us Xianbei people to the core. After all, we killed so many of them. The Great Khan using the Golden Wolf to try and win them over will only make them feel humiliated and hate you even more..."

"Hahaha!"

Jiang Ming laughed heartily: "Of course I understand what you're saying. Would I be stupid enough to use it to recruit soldiers and horses for the Xiongnu tribe?"

"What does the Great Khan mean?" Dugu Yan asked, completely bewildered.

Jiang Ming pondered for a moment and said, "I need to frame someone, someone to take the blame for stealing the Golden Wolf!"

Who is it?

"hehe......."

Jiang Ming smiled and said, "Young Master Luo from Zhongshan Kingdom."

"Young Master Luo?"

Dugu Yan exclaimed in surprise, "I heard that at the beginning, there were rumors that this Young Master Luo had attacked the Xiongnu's old camp and taken away the Golden Wolf... Later, the Xiongnu realized that they had been framed, so they attacked Dukang County... Great Khan, are you referring to that Young Master Luo? Is there really such a person?"

"Of course!"

Jiang Ming laughed and said, "I want to make the Xiongnu people believe that this golden wolf was indeed stolen by Young Master Luo!"

"Great Khan..."

Dugu Yan said worriedly, "Although the Xiongnu are barbaric, they are not stupid... How can they be fooled again?"

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