However, reality is just that cruel!

The Northern Xiongnu army, after its westward retreat, was even stronger than it had imagined!

After careful consideration, Jiang Ming decided that he still had to face this formidable team personally...

The rebels in the south can be dealt with by Le Yi.

While Leyi might not be able to eliminate them, at least they won't lose their core base.

And this powerful army of the Northern Xiongnu... it seems that no one in the entire world, except himself, can deal with it.

The Northern Army Group originally had 200,000 men, but after Zhao Yong lost 40,000, only 160,000 remained.

Jiang Ming ordered Zhao Yong to deploy all 160,000 troops to the southern defense line to prevent the combined forces of Han and Wei... He would take command of the entire northern front.

This group of Zhao soldiers has been terrified by the Northern Xiongnu; even if they are kept on the northern border defense line, they won't be of much use...

For an army, morale and spirit are very important!

If they are terrified by the enemy, then no matter how many people they have, they are just a rabble!

Jiang Ming felt that in order to defeat this Northern Xiongnu army, he would have to use the Yan soldiers he had led who had fought in the Great Xianbei Mountains, as well as the combined Xianbei and Southern Xiongnu army!

Although Jiang Ming won a Pyrrhic victory in that battle back then!

Even with a Pyrrhic victory, Jiang Ming's side still had the advantage in terms of casualties...

It can only be said that the victory was not as overwhelming as when they dealt with the old camp of the Southern Xiongnu.

In that battle, Jiang Ming led an army of 150,000 to fight against the 200,000 elite troops of the Northern Xiongnu Chanyu! He lost 60,000 men, but then annihilated the Northern Xiongnu Chanyu's army!

The casualty ratio is exactly the opposite: 1:3!

This is already a rather gratifying result for conventional military operations!

The so-called shame was Jiang Ming's own perception...

Now, only by leading this royal army back to the battlefield where we confront the Northern Xiongnu... can we stand firm and stabilize the morale of our entire force!

Furthermore, warriors from the Xianbei Murong tribe and the other six tribes on Mount Daxianbei should be mobilized.

Jiang Ming mobilized a total of 200,000 troops, half of whom were Xianbei people, a small half were Yan people, and the other half were soldiers of the Southern Xiongnu!

Don't underestimate these 50,000 Southern Xiongnu soldiers... They are all battle-hardened warriors who have crawled out of piles of corpses!

At the beginning, Jiang Ming used the method of refining Gu poison to deal with the Southern Xiongnu soldiers.

Led by Jiang Ming, they fought against the 150,000-strong army of the Rouran, experiencing a hellish and bloody battle...

Those who survived were the bravest of the brave.

Then, he followed Jiang Ming in his campaigns in the south and north, including the Battle of Changping, the Battle of Yan and Ying, the battle for the division of Jin into three states, and... the battle against the Northern Xiongnu in the Great Xianbei Mountains.

It can be said that the combat capabilities of this group of Southern Xiongnu soldiers were by no means inferior to those of the Northern Xiongnu!

Unless the Northern Xiongnu soldiers used non-cold weapons, they absolutely could not have gained the upper hand!

After this troop adjustment...

Jiang Ming appointed Le Yi as the Grand Commandant of Yan, who was in charge of the military power of the entire Yan state, to guard against emergencies in the north and to resist the rebels in the south!

He himself led a massive army of 200,000 men from three tribes into Yunzhou, a major military stronghold in northern Zhao!

Outside Yunzhou City, Zhao Yong was already kneeling there to welcome them...

Upon seeing Jiang Ming's mighty royal army, the entire border town of Zhao was in an uproar!

Previously, the local people were terrified!

Some common people even said... those soldiers of the Northern Xiongnu were not human beings at all!

Instead, they are monsters with human bodies and wolf heads, stronger than oxen and faster than wolves...

Of the 50,000 Zhao soldiers, more than 20,000 were killed by them...

In short, the common people are ignorant, and the more they spread the rumors, the more fantastical they become!

Because the charred corpse in Wolf Valley was almost completely devoured and torn to pieces by the local wild animals within a few days... it was completely unrecognizable as a human.

These people started spreading rumors that these Northern Xiongnu people were originally evil spirits from hell, who had sprung up from hell!

Now that they saw Jiang Ming's mighty army, they instantly felt more confident!

Because, in the eyes of the military and civilians of the Great Gan Empire, Jiang Ming is an invincible symbol!

Moreover, each time they can deliver a devastating blow to the opponent, either destroying their country or their race, wiping them out of the world!

Before Jiang Ming arrived, they were all in despair...

After Jiang Ming arrived, no one believed that the Northern Xiongnu could invade again!

The cheers of the people rose and fell, a deafening roar...

Zhao Yong, too, led his ministers in kneeling with their buttocks sticking out high!

Although... he and Jiang Ming were both kings, one the King of Zhao and the other the King of Yan.

Moreover, they were both officials in the same court and subordinates of Ji Bochang.

But Jiang Ming is a great general, a regional governor, and the true ruler of this land.

Therefore, there was nothing inappropriate about Zhao Yong performing such a grand ceremony...

But Jiang Ming and Zhao Yong have a very close personal relationship, so how could he possibly see him like this?

So he got off the carriage, helped Zhao Yong up, and then took his hand and got back into the carriage together...

"What exactly is going on with King Zhao?" Jiang Ming asked, frowning.

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