"Great Khan! I have a plan, please listen..."

Dugu Yan told Jiang Ming about her plan. After listening, Jiang Ming looked at her in surprise... He never expected that she could come up with such an idea.

"Great Khan! Look here..."

Dugu Yan pointed to Yunzhou City on the northern border of Zhao and said, "This place... has a canyon called Wild Wolf Valley. The terrain is very narrow, the internal roads are cramped, and there is a lot of vegetation... Now it is the time of autumn and winter, the grass and trees are withered, and there is little rain in the north, so it is perfect to use fire attack!"

She paused, then continued, "I want to replicate the Battle of Yanshan, where the Southern Xiongnu Chanyu was annihilated, and burn them all to death here..."

"Hiss~!"

Jiang Ming frowned, clicking his tongue, and sighed, "The overall combat framework is fine... but are you sure this method can lure them into the trap?"

"Sure!"

Dugu Yan looked at Jiang Ming with a determined gaze and said, "Great Khan, I know where the men of the grasslands are weak..."

"No, no!"

Jiang Ming waved his hands repeatedly: "That's too risky! What if..."

"Great Khan!"

Dugu Yan suddenly knelt down before Jiang Ming, tears welling up in her eyes, and said, "Please give me a chance to redeem myself! The last crushing defeat of Zhongshan Kingdom caused me to lose all prestige in the Tuoba tribe. I must win a victory to regain my dignity. I beg the Great Khan to grant my request!"

Jiang Ming's son, Jiang Xiaolong, was oblivious to everything. Seeing his mother kneel before his father, he ran over and knelt before Jiang Ming as well, imitating his mother and saying, "I hope Father Khan will grant Mother's wish..."

Jiang Ming paced back and forth, pondering for a long time, before finally making up his mind!

"Alright! Just... be extremely careful. If you notice anything amiss, retreat immediately and don't linger!" Jiang Ming instructed.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty! I'm not a fool; I know what I'm doing!"

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With this, Dugu Yan obtained Jiang Ming's permission, and the next day, she led her 'direct troops' of seventy to eighty thousand men to Yunzhou City, the northern border city of Zhao.

Zhao Yong was naturally pleased to hear that the Grand Consort of the Xianbei Tuoba tribe was coming to help in the battle.

But when Dugu Yan brought her troops over, Zhao Yong was completely dumbfounded...

Because among the 70,000 to 80,000 troops led by Dugu Yan, there were more than 30,000 women, who accounted for almost half!

Zhao Yong was completely bewildered and asked Dugu Yan, "These are all women, how are we supposed to fight a war?"

However, Dugu Yan didn't waste any more words with him and told Zhao Yong to act according to the plan she had set and not to make any mistakes!

Zhao Yong had no choice but to obediently follow Dugu Yan's instructions, setting up a large number of "supply wagons" and various flammable materials in Wolf Valley...

The Northern Xiongnu army that invaded the northern border of Zhao was a force of 150,000 elite troops led by Samor, the younger brother of the current Northern Xiongnu Chanyu Sahehan!

Because they were the vanguard, these people were all handpicked, the bravest of warriors, the heroes of heroes!

It can be said that it was the elite legion of the Northern Xiongnu army.

In ancient warfare, morale was extremely important!

In some ways, it's even more important than discipline!

An army without morale will not only send itself to its death, but will also affect the fighting will of the entire force.

Therefore, the significance of the vanguard force is not only at the tactical level, but also at the strategic level!

We absolutely cannot lose the first battle, otherwise the combat effectiveness of the subsequent troops will be greatly reduced!

Don't even mention losing; even a Pyrrhic victory is unacceptable!

Jiang Ming's initial raid on the main camp of the Northern Xiongnu Chanyu Yixie'er at the Great Xianbei Mountains resulted in the loss of nearly 60,000 men due to the lack of a complete victory.

This left a deep psychological scar on the troops, making Jiang Ming realize that these Northern Xiongnu people were not easy to deal with!

This is even one of the important reasons why the fleeing enemy was not pursued!

Now, the Northern Xiongnu have returned with renewed force!

After more than three years of continuous warfare, the fighting power of the 150,000 men selected as the vanguard is self-evident.

Sahehan's younger brother, Samo'er, also made a pledge to his brother: this time... they must crush the Zhao Kingdom, the northern barrier of the Great Gan Empire, in one fell swoop!

Once the Zhao state is occupied, leveraging the geographical advantages of the Taihang Mountains, sweeping across the Central Plains would be as easy as autumn leaves falling...

So objectively speaking, if we're talking about fighting with real weapons!

To defeat Samor's 150,000 elite troops, Jiang Ming would need to deploy at least 300,000 of his own elite troops to have any chance of winning!

Now, with only Dugu Yan's 70,000 to 80,000 troops, half of whom are women, how could they possibly win!

When Dugu Yan led her women's army to the front lines of the two armies, which were more than ten miles away from Wild Wolf Valley... Sa Mo'er and her soldiers laughed so hard they almost fell over, their laughter reaching the sky!

They couldn't believe it... what trick was Jiang Ming playing this time, sending a bunch of old women to the battlefield? Did the Great Gan Empire have no one left?

These women, each holding a curved knife and riding a thin Xianbei horse, huddled together like a flock of lambs to the slaughter!

These women were also afraid... Although they had been driven to the battlefield by Dugu Yan, they were still timid, and some of them even cried out of fear!

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