Having witnessed the benefits of robbery, the people of Juyan also flocked to apply for the job.
In just two days, more than half of the able-bodied men in Juyan City were incorporated into the ranks of Tuo Qi and a group of noble officials.
Immediately, Tuoqi dispatched 4,000 soldiers and more than 3,000 recruited by nobles and officials, totaling more than 7,000 people, to once again march towards the grasslands.
Spurred on by Guo Si and others, the King of Juyan and a group of noble officials transformed into a professional slave trading gang.
Watching the large procession leave, Guo Si, Liu Jing, and the others couldn't help but smile at each other. While sending people to return the women they had previously acquired to the Han Dynasty, they also hurriedly allocated a large amount of grain and various goods.
One hundred li northwest of Juyan, a small tribe that originally belonged to the Xiongnu people was being garrisoned by Dong Zhuo with more than seven hundred Liangzhou cavalrymen.
Liu Hong's original plan was to have Dong Zhuo impersonate a Juyan person to attack the Xiongnu, thereby inciting conflict between Juyan and the Xiongnu. Ideally, the Xiongnu would be used to destroy Juyan, so that the Han Dynasty could rightfully recover Juyan and completely incorporate it into the Han territory.
However, not long after they set off, Dong Zhuo and Jian Shuo realized something was amiss when they learned that Guo Si and others were buying female slaves in Juyan.
Then Dong Zhuo secretly sent someone to Juyan to contact Guo Si and others. Not long after, they received a message from Cheng Yu, asking them to temporarily choose a place to station themselves and then wait for the right time to act.
So Dong Zhuo led his men to attack the tribe, set up camp there, and waited for further instructions from the emperor.
"Haha~, come on, Attendant Jian, have a taste of this lamb leg!"
Inside the tent, Dong Zhuo sliced off a leg of lamb from a roasted lamb and handed it to Jian Shuo, who was standing to the side.
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