In this battle... the women of the Xianbei Tuoba clan made enormous sacrifices!

They lost four or five hundred sisters...

These women, because they were slow and couldn't keep up with the main force, were captured by the Northern Xiongnu soldiers behind them.

After capturing them, the Xiongnu soldiers, wanting more after getting what they wanted, thought the women in front were prettier and simply threw them back to the rear...

Logically speaking, since no one wanted them anymore, these women had escaped a disaster by sheer luck.

But the problem is... not all the Northern Xiongnu soldiers followed the majority to Wolf Valley to plunder women...

Samo'er had over 10,000 elite confidants guarding him and did not participate in the abduction of the woman.

I saw four or five hundred Xianbei women left behind, some even thrown from their horses...

They sent out a small team and kidnapped all the women!

Originally intended as war booty...

As a result, when wisps of smoke from burning corpses rose from the distant Wolf Valley, Sa Mo'er realized that she had fallen into a trap!

And these women who seduced the Northern Xiongnu soldiers were naturally regarded as the culprits!

So, Samor directly ordered all these women to be executed in order to stabilize the morale of the army!

And so... four or five hundred sisters from the Tuoba tribe all died under Samo'er's blade...

Compared to the Northern Xiongnu soldiers who were burned alive in the Wolf Valley, this casualty ratio was quite low!

When the battle was completely over... it was already pitch black!

The entire Wolf Valley was littered with the remains of people burned to death... It was impossible for the Zhao people to come and clean up the battlefield so late at night...

However, the rich aroma of meat attracted a large number of wolves and foxes!

Wolf Valley is named so because there are many wolves in this area...

One hundred and forty thousand people were burned to death here. A horde of wolves poured into the valley, feasting and helping the Zhao people clean up the battlefield...

Meanwhile, the situation of the battle in Yunzhou City on the border of Zhao State was being reported to the rear by a cavalryman dispatched by Samo'er.

At this moment, the camp of Sahehan, the Great Chanyu of the Northern Xiongnu, had moved to the northern border between the Zhao and Qin states.

The messenger from the Northern Xiongnu cavalry ran all night and finally delivered the battle report to Sahehan the next morning!

When Sahehan learned that his brother's 150,000 elite troops had all been burned to death, he was indeed furious and roared in anger!

He simply couldn't believe that his younger brother, whom he had always considered intelligent, wise, calm, and reliable, could make such a mistake, sacrificing an entire army of 150,000 for a group of shirtless women!

The soldier who brought the news was also unlucky; he was immediately ordered to be castrated by Sakhalin...

Furthermore, Sahehan issued a death order: from now on, on the battlefield, any woman seen must be killed without exception! Also, any soldier caught trying to abduct a woman must be killed without exception!

That's an army of 150,000, equivalent to a quarter of our own forces!

Moreover, these were the elite of the elite, the warriors of warriors, yet they were all burned to death in the mountains where there were thousands of people.

Is it fair to say that our own people are stupid, or that Jiang Ming is too cunning?

Since ancient times, no one has ever used the method of luring the enemy in by having a woman take off her clothes!

Jiang Ming completely overturned the Northern Xiongnu's worldview on warfare once again...

It seems that every time he fights with Jiang Ming, he always comes up with a unique and ingenious scheme, and none of them are the same!

After much deliberation, Sahehan, who had lost a quarter of his troops, decided not to rush into an attack, but to further probe the enemy's strength before taking any action.

He even had a terrible thought: it was fortunate that the first wave of vanguard troops consisted of 150,000 men; if 200,000 or 300,000 men had been sent, they would probably have been completely wiped out!

Therefore, he would only feel at ease if he personally commanded any future military operations!

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It can be said that Dugu Yan's outrageous actions terrified the Northern Xiongnu people!

At the same time, the high casualty ratio created by Samo'er terrified Zhao Yong!

When Zhao Yong returned to camp and reported the battle results to Zhao Yong, Zhao Yong was completely dumbfounded and fell into a deep state of existential doubt...

He immediately wrote a memorial to Jiang Ming, truthfully explaining the course of the battle.

Although Dugu Yan was indeed incredibly brave, burning 140,000 Northern Xiongnu soldiers to death with a single fire, the remaining 10,000 Xiongnu cavalry actually caused nearly 40,000 casualties to the Zhao state. This was terrifying!

If Sahehan were to send another 150,000 troops to seek revenge... Zhao would probably need 600,000 troops to defend against him!

However, the Zhao state only has 150,000 troops at its disposal, which is simply insufficient to withstand the Northern Xiongnu's attack...

If the Northern Army is completely wiped out, the situation will be even worse as the Han and Wei rebels march north!

Therefore, Zhao Yong hoped that Jiang Ming could personally lead the army to Zhao State to help maintain order and stability...

After all, he was a war god who could kill people!

Only he could create the miracle of winning with fewer troops!

Otherwise, the retaliatory army of the Northern Xiongnu would sweep in in an instant!

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When Jiang Ming received Zhao Yong's letter, he was deeply shocked!

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