From Cheng Yu's letter, Guo Si and Tian Yan could easily guess his intentions.
Cheng Yu is planning to destroy Juyan! Is he even human? He's a bloodthirsty demon king!
They suddenly realized that Duan Jiong's ruthlessness in massacring those 20,000 Qiang prisoners paled in comparison to Cheng Yu's actions.
However, neither of them dared to refuse Cheng Yu's request, because they knew very well that Cheng Yu was a confidant of the emperor, and even their General Duan Jiong had to treat Cheng Yu with great respect.
The fact that Cheng Yu was willing to support them and send them messages shows that Cheng Yu was willing to endorse them. With Cheng Yu as their backer, they wouldn't be punished no matter how much trouble they caused.
After some discussion, the two decided that Guo Si would personally lead a team of over a thousand people toward Juyan.
Thus, with Zhao Si in front and Guo Si behind, wherever the two teams passed, almost every woman within a radius of a hundred miles was destined to be robbed and sold.
In just over ten days, tens of thousands of young women were sent back to the Han Dynasty. It should be noted that at this time, the total population of the entire Juyan Kingdom was only over 400,000, and the total number of young women would not exceed 70,000.
After Guo Si and Zhao Si's actions, Juyan lost one-seventh of its young women. In addition, the men slaughtered by the tribes in their quest for women resulted in a loss of 50,000 to 60,000 people in just half a month.
Many survivors of the massacred tribes tried to flee to Juyan City to report to the authorities, but they were all intercepted and assassinated by spies from the Investigation Bureau arranged by Cheng Yu around Juyan City.
As a result, more than ten days passed, and neither the King of Juyan nor the officials of Juyan knew anything about the matter. All they knew was that two caravans were heading towards Juyan City.
Juyan City was only about fifty li away from Guo Si's military camp. After traveling for more than ten days, Zhao Si's caravan finally arrived outside Juyan City.
Looking at the dilapidated earthen city walls of Juyan City not far away, the gate tower without even a gate, and the few listless guards in tattered armor at the city gate, Zhao Si and the caravan members couldn't help but look at each other in bewilderment.
"This is Juyan City???"
Zhao Si, standing at the front of the group, couldn't help but show a look of disdain.
In his view, such a dilapidated city could be easily taken by even their five hundred men, let alone the large army of the Xiongnu.
I really don't know how the Juyan Kingdom has survived to this day!
"past!!"
Then Zhao Si gave a shout, and the whole group headed towards the Juyan city gate.
"Hey hey~ wake up, wake up!"
An old soldier guarding the gate of Juyan City also spotted Zhao Si and his group, and quickly woke up a young companion beside him.
"Hmm~ What's wrong?"
The young guard rubbed his sleepy eyes, glanced at the old soldier with some dissatisfaction, turned his head away, and was about to go back to sleep when suddenly the young guard opened his eyes wide and jumped up.
"He...they..."
The young guard pointed at Zhao Si and his group, who were getting closer and closer, and stammered, unable to speak. This was the first time in his life that he had seen such a large caravan.
Especially Zhao Si and his men, although they were dressed as merchants, their burly physiques and sharp eyes made the young guard think they were a group of ruthless executioners.
"They're probably... here to sell something, right? Don't you think so?"
The old soldier standing to the side swallowed hard and stammered.
"It should be...it should be!!"
The young guards nodded nervously. In their view, if the enemy was coming to attack the city, then Juyan City could be captured in the blink of an eye.
As for things like immediately closing the city gates and verifying identities, they never even considered it.
City gates? We need those too!
Two guards, one old and one young, stood there nervously and fearfully, holding their nearly rusted weapons, watching Zhao Si and his men approach.
As for reporting to the city gate officer?
They need to know where their superiors are!
"stop!!"
Upon arriving at the foot of Juyan City, Zhao Si raised his hand and called a halt to the marching procession.
Zhao Si immediately rode forward, approached, and looked down at the two city gate guards. "We are merchants from the Han Dynasty and wish to enter the city. Where is your officer?"
"Sir??"
The old soldier was slightly taken aback, then shook his head. "I don't know, I haven't seen him for almost a month!"
Okay!
Zhao Si couldn't help but exchange a glance with his subordinates. After all, Juyan City was the capital of the Juyan Kingdom, yet its defenses were so weak.
Zhao Si then looked at the two guards and asked, "Alright! How much money do we need to enter the city?"
"Five coins per person!!"
The young guard tremblingly extended his palm, then cautiously glanced at Zhao Si.
"There are three thousand coins inside, take them!"
Zhao Si nodded to the guard beside him, who understood and took out a money bag from his pocket, containing about three thousand coins, and threw it directly to the guard in Juyan.
"Into the city!!"
Before the two could react, Zhao Si waved his hand, and the group smoothly entered Juyan City.
Looking at the dilapidated roads in the city and the low, run-down houses on both sides of the roads, Zhao Si couldn't help but frown.
"I heard that Juyan City used to be very prosperous, how come it has become so dilapidated now?" Zhao Si complained as he rode his horse.
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