Seeing that his plan had once again been approved by Tan Shihuai, Han Sui smiled.
"By the way, Wenyue, there is one more thing I need you to arrange personally!"
After laughing, Tan Shihuai brought the topic back to the present.
For him at this moment, whether it was conquering the Hexi Corridor or annexing the Mayi, those were matters for later. At present, his main task was to deal with the Yuwen tribe.
"Please give your orders, Your Majesty!"
Seeing Tan Shihuai's solemn expression, Han Sui immediately sat up straight.
"I plan to dispatch a cavalry force of three hundred men to infiltrate the territory of the Han Dynasty in batches and sabotage its villages and towns, thereby diverting the Han Dynasty's attention!"
"I need you to select a few Han Chinese who are familiar with the situation there and take them there to carry out the plan!"
"Oh? I wonder how Your Majesty plans to have them infiltrate the Han Dynasty?"
Han Sui raised an eyebrow and looked at Tan Shihuai with a puzzled expression.
He knew something about the border defense situation of the Han Dynasty. If he only sent a dozen or twenty spies to infiltrate the Han Dynasty, it would still be possible.
However, it would be almost impossible to send three hundred cavalrymen to infiltrate the Han Dynasty.
Tan Shihuai smiled slightly, then lowered his voice: "I have a secret passage here, which leads from a mountain path north of Wuquan County in Yunzhong Prefecture into the Great Han Dynasty...!"
Han Sui's eyes lit up: "Your Majesty is truly wise. I never imagined that you would have such a passage!"
“That was originally a passage for the powerful clans of the Han Dynasty to trade with me. Unfortunately, all those powerful clans were killed by the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and this passage has been abandoned ever since!”
Speaking of the powerful figures who provided him with so much material wealth, Tan Shihuai couldn't help but sigh.
Han Sui said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, I will go and select men immediately."
"In the capital city today, there are many relatives of powerful families who have been persecuted by the Han Dynasty. I believe they will surely want to return and seek revenge!"
Tan Shihuai's expression turned serious: "The agreement must be handled with care. We must select a group of reliable people. That passage is of utmost importance and must not be leaked!"
This must be kept secret from everyone, including my son and Lian; it must not be revealed to anyone!
"I understand!!"
Han Sui nodded heavily, his heart filled with excitement.
He never expected that Tan Shihuai would tell him about a secret passage that even his own son didn't know about. This trust made Han Sui feel much better.
Tan Shihuai smiled and said, "In that case, let's make the arrangements first!"
"I shall take my leave!"
Han Sui rose, bowed, and then withdrew.
Watching Han Sui's departing figure, Tan Shihuai couldn't help but sigh helplessly.
Originally, he did not intend to tell Han Sui about the secret passage, but he was worried that Han Sui would become disloyal because of his high regard for Li Ru.
Although Li Ru was a great talent and indeed far superior to Han Sui and others, we couldn't just entrust everything to him, could we?
Tan Shihuai was a shrewd and ambitious man. He deeply understood that to achieve great things, he needed more talented people to assist him.
You should never entrust everything to one person; otherwise, not only will your own power be affected, but you will also lose the ability to recruit other talented individuals.
Of course, most importantly, for a qualified monarch, balance is paramount.
Now, because of his high regard for Li Ru, everyone in the entire royal city, except for Han Sui and others, including his own son, treats him with utmost respect.
This situation was not something Tan Shihuai wanted to see, so he needed to elevate Han Sui and others to implicate Li Ru.
After leaving the palace, Han Sui, following Tan Shihuai's instructions, summoned several Han Chinese strategists from Bingzhou to his residence.
In the dimly lit room, Han Sui glanced around at the group and asked slowly, "As far as I know, you were all ruined by that little emperor, and have traveled all the way here?"
Upon hearing this, the atmosphere in the room suddenly froze, and everyone's faces turned somewhat ferocious with resentment.
A middle-aged scholar in a blue robe said in a twisted, hateful voice:
"Indeed, think of my family. We once had thousands of acres of fertile land, many wives and concubines, a house and fields, and a peaceful and happy life. But unexpectedly, that little emperor coveted our land, sent his troops to break down our gates, seize our money and grain, and even conscripted me into a suicide squad to die..."
"Yes, if we hadn't been saved by King Tan Shihuai, we would probably be nothing but bones by now!"
"The young emperor of the Han Dynasty is extremely cold-blooded and ruthless. Doesn't he ever think about who his ancestors relied on to achieve their great cause?"
"Hmph~, if one day I can return to the Han Dynasty, I will devour their flesh and exterminate their clan to quell the hatred in my heart!!"
The people in the room cursed and vented their resentment towards the big man and Liu Hong.
Han Sui, sitting to the side, smiled as he saw that everyone looked like they were gritting their teeth.
"Now there is an opportunity for you all to take revenge. Although we may not be able to take that little emperor's life, we can at least let you vent your resentment. I wonder if you are all willing to go?"
Han Sui's words floated lightly into everyone's ears, and the room immediately fell silent.
"Mr. Wenyue, what opportunity do you mean by this?"
The middle-aged man asked in a doubtful voice, and the others also looked intently at Han Sui.
"Everyone, come closer!"
Han Sui smiled and gestured for everyone to gather around him. Then he whispered, "The King plans to send you to lead a cavalry force from Yunzhong to infiltrate the Han Dynasty and cause sabotage, in order to draw the Han Dynasty's attention away from it."
One of them couldn't help but ask, "Sabotage? Do you mean we should lead people to attack government offices in various places?"
Han Sui shook his head: "No, there aren't many people going this time, only three hundred. They can only attack and destroy some villages!"
"You mean, we're to lead men to slaughter the Han people?" another person exclaimed in surprise.
Han Sui frowned: "What? Are you having second thoughts?"
The man quickly shook his head: "No...no, I just feel that simply slaughtering some civilians seems unlikely to have a deterrent effect!"
Han Sui's expression hardened. "The death of one or two civilians may not matter, but what about a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand?"
"You are all from Bingzhou and familiar with the local situation. If you lead those cavalry there, you will surely be able to slaughter a large number of civilians in a short time, creating the illusion of a large-scale invasion by the Han Dynasty!"
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment and fell silent.
It wasn't that they had a change of heart and didn't want the Han army to go in and kill those civilians.
After all, when Liu Hong sent troops to confiscate their property, those common people also contributed their efforts, and they hated those peasants just as much.
What they were worried about was what would happen if such a small number of people entered the Han Dynasty and were surrounded by the Han army.
Having barely survived, he naturally didn't want to go back and die.
Seeing the hesitant looks on everyone's faces, Han Sui said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, there is a secret passage that will allow you to infiltrate the Han Dynasty and escape safely!"
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