Outside Thousand Swords Pass.
The cavalry that Lu Yun and his army brought with them on this expedition totaled 20,000 cavalrymen, which was not easy to gather. After all, the most important thing for cavalry was horses, but for the people of the grassland, what they had the most was horses.
In addition to the cavalry, they were also equipped with 50,000 infantry. These troops combined were indeed a mighty force, but Lu Yun first asked Ye Jiajia to lead a troop of several hundred people to check the situation and let them relax their vigilance.
Let the enemy think that it is just a small group of barbarians invading from the south, no big deal. A few hundred people must be hungry, so they are trying their luck at the border to see if they can steal some food.
As expected, they were fooled. After Ye Jiajia led the cavalry here, they just wandered around the city. The soldiers on the pass also raised their bows and arrows, and they seemed to be very nervous and vigilant.
Ye Jiajia just turned around and watched them shoot a few arrows before leaving quickly. As this cavalry unit left, the general named Bai Xiao also got the news.
"Hahaha, these guys on the grassland aren't that powerful. They're all so cowardly. I just shot a few arrows and scared them away."
"If we have to blame anyone, we can only blame the useless Great Zhou. They couldn't even defeat these barbarians on the grasslands, and they wasted so many troops. Why not just destroy them directly?"
"What the general said is true. These people are too cowardly. There are only a few hundred of them. They probably just want to ask for some food. If they come again, throw some things to them and humiliate them."
"It won't matter if they are alone. They are just a few hundred people, not a cavalry army of thousands of people. We don't need to worry at all."
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Soon, Ye Jiajia returned to the camp where their army was located. Because this place was relatively secretive, the spies at Qianjie Pass did not get any news.
These spies are so lazy. If they had walked a few steps forward, they might have found out the truth.
"how's it going?"
"It seems they have a large number of troops, and their weapons are all very sophisticated."
"What I didn't expect was that when faced with a cavalry of several hundred men, they didn't panic at all and chose to shoot arrows directly."
"If ordinary border soldiers faced this situation, they would definitely panic instead of dealing with it calmly. Even a few hundred cavalrymen wouldn't do that."
Lu Yun was thoughtful after hearing this. "They probably thought we only had a few hundred people. They believed it, but they didn't think there were other large armies behind us."
"Tomorrow, take a few hundred people with you to harass them and make them let down their guard against us."
"good."
So, the next day, Ye Jiajia brought the several hundred cavalrymen from yesterday and arrived at the foot of the pass again. As expected, they remained calm this time and did not even choose to attack.
What's even more humiliating is that they actually chose to throw down some food, including some bacon and some of their dry food, as if they were deliberately giving them alms.
If the people on the grassland had any blood in their veins, they would definitely be very angry and think that this was a humiliation to them and would absolutely not tolerate it.
Of course, they were already very angry at the moment! They naturally couldn't stand it.
However, Ye Jiajia could naturally see clearly that these people were doing it on purpose! They were just testing their bottom line and simply thought that they were not worth worrying about.
Ye Jiajia calmed down and said coldly to her subordinates, "They are humiliating us."
"It's okay, there's no need to be angry. There's no need to be afraid of such humiliation. Just take the food and let's go!"
"Just pretend we're really beggars, so what? There's nothing to be afraid of!"
After hearing what Ye Jiajia said, they were stunned for a moment. How could General Ye be so tolerant? He was already riding on their heads, and yet he still had to pretend to be calm.
Anyway, they couldn't bear it, but there was nothing they could do. General Ye said so, so they could only do it.
Afterwards, they obediently picked up the food on the ground. This action also caused ridicule from the soldiers on the wall of Qianjian Pass.
"Oh, so you guys are so hungry that you pick up everything that's thrown on the ground."
"No wonder everyone calls you barbarians. You really live up to your reputation. It seems we are really superior. After looking at you, you are nothing special. What's so great about you?"
Faced with the verbal attacks from these soldiers, although Ye Jiajia's expression became rather cold, she was still not angry.
"Smile at them, a flattering smile, like a fool, to make them let down their guard against us!"
As soon as these words were spoken, all the soldiers were unwilling to do so. In fact, they only had one thought in mind at this moment, which was to beat them to death, but General Ye actually made them laugh!
After some consideration, they had no choice but to follow and mourn. After all, General Ye had given the order and they had to obey.
"Hahaha……"
Looking at them grinning like fools, the soldiers on the border wall were a little confused. They couldn't understand what they meant. Are they fools?
Afterwards, Ye Jiajia took her people away again and did not choose to stay here any longer.
This matter soon reached the ears of the border guard Bai Xiao. When he heard what happened at the city gate today, he found it very ridiculous.
"These guys are really stupid, they are indeed barbarians. I saw that we took them too seriously before. They were completely unworthy of our concern. We easily defeated them."
"What's more, we have the border as a barrier. It's too easy to defend against them."
"The general is right. Think about it, the Great Zhou was indeed useless before! You said they had the closest contact with these barbarians, but I didn't expect them to be so weak. I really don't understand why the Three Southwestern Kingdoms were the strongest back then."
Bai Xiao became even more arrogant after hearing this. "Yes, but if you think about it carefully, it seems that Da Zhou is not that powerful."
"The reason for this illusion is that Lu Yun was so powerful back then! But he's long since died, so naturally there's nothing to worry about."
On the other hand, after Ye Jiajia returned and learned that they had suffered such a great humiliation, she did not get angry, but smiled indifferently.
This is the right thing to do. You must not be easily fooled by their taunts, but act foolishly and let your guard down. Only in this way can you take down Thousand Sword Pass with minimal losses.
"Don't worry, today's humiliation will be repaid tenfold tomorrow. They are gone."
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