Although she had brought the situation under control, Xie Yushu still did not dare to retreat, keeping her gun pointed at the leader of the Tatar army.
Meanwhile, Fat Cat and his friends started shaking hand drums and pretending to perform a shamanistic ritual.
Until a black line appeared in the distance, Xie Yushu had Qingfeng imitate an eagle's cry. The fat cat, hearing the sound, knew that Pei Jie had arrived with his army. It then pretended to have received divine instructions, stopped its dancing, and loudly proclaimed...
"All Tatar soldiers, just now, I received guidance from the gods. The way out is right in front of us. Let us choose for ourselves."
This is the hint I received. I can't figure out the specifics, so I can only wait for the right opportunity.
"The task of asking the heavens is complete. This shaman has expended too much energy and needs to rest. Do not act rashly; wait here for a turning point."
After the fat cat finished speaking, he prepared to lead his men to retreat.
But the Tatars were terrified and helpless, so how could they be willing to let Fat Cat go? They all pleaded with Fat Cat to stay, pointing out where the turning point was.
The fat cat, worried about getting entangled and unable to escape, which would expose his identity and be detrimental to the situation, left only one sentence...
"Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed; when the matter is right before our eyes, we will naturally see it clearly."
Then he led the Divine Eagle Guard back to the royal city, changed his clothes, and went out from the east of the city to meet up with Xie Yushu.
The 100,000 Tatar troops remained in place, leaderless, and became somewhat chaotic. However, deterred by what had happened before, they dared not make any rash moves and could only buzz around like a swarm of headless flies.
Xie Yushu and the Divine Eagle Guards quietly crouched down and retreated from the depression behind them towards the direction Pei Jie had come from.
As Pei Jie approached, he whistled loudly at him.
Pei Jie was riding ahead, enjoying himself, when Xie Yushu whistled and stopped him abruptly, pulling his horse to its feet.
Seeing that Xie Yushu was alright and the Divine Eagle Guards behind her were still there, they finally breathed a sigh of relief!
If Xie Yushu and her entire group were to perish here, he would truly be devastated! The loss would be too great!
Pei Jie waved for the army to halt, dismounted, and ran directly towards Xie Yushu.
"Thank goodness, you're still alive!"
"Of course, you really think I'm here to die?"
I've already taken over the capital for you. I've also performed a ritual for you to send the Tatar King Yelü Ying and his 40,000 guards to the afterlife. And those troublemakers who ran back just now, I've dealt with them for you too.
Although I said I'd wait for you to have the feast in the capital, I came here privately and my identity cannot be revealed, so I won't be going into the city with you for the feast. You can take your people to clean up the rest!
"The 100,000-strong Tatar army ahead is waiting for your return!"
Pei Jie tugged at his ear and said
"Stop, stop, stop, wait a minute, what did you say?"
So what if Yelü won?
"How many guards did you take?"
Pei Jie thought he was hallucinating.
Xie Yushu held up four fingers to him.
"Forty thousand, forty thousand, did you hear me?"
Upon hearing this, Pei Jie's deputy stammered...
"Princess, you...you must be joking!"
You, four hundred men, wiped out forty thousand Tatar guards of the capital?
"I've finished you all off, and you're all standing here unharmed!"
Pei Jie also said
"Exactly! This is no joke. There's a difference between dealing with 100,000 people and 140,000 people!"
Also, what does it mean that the 100,000 Tatar troops in front are waiting for me to gather them?
Are those 100,000 troops potatoes and cabbages?
Xie Yushu said
"What's impossible? Do you think I'm the kind of person who jokes about matters of national importance?"
Yelü Ying and the 40,000-strong royal city garrison have been eliminated. This will be confirmed when you arrive.
As for why we're standing here safely, it's because the best strategy is to outwit the enemy; this princess has simply used a little trick.
That's all I can say about the royal city's garrison. As for the 100,000-strong army, after what happened with Yelü Ying and the royal city's garrison, I had Fat Cat pretend to be a great shaman and put on a play for them, saying that Yelü Ying was bloodthirsty and violated the way of heaven, so he was punished by heaven.
Furthermore, because he committed a grave error, the gods are going to bring disaster upon this region. Those who do not wish to die should obediently cease hostilities. Currently, most of the ambitious Tatars are lying in wait at the front of the army, while the rest are willing to cease hostilities and are obediently waiting for you to subdue them!
Don't tell me you can't accept it, I'll laugh my head off!
Pei Jie was speechless, completely dumbfounded!
Xie Yushu saw that he still didn't believe her, so she ignored him. She figured he'd believe her once he saw it, and continued...
“Killing them all is definitely unrealistic. The people of Daqi simply cannot adapt to life on the grasslands. If this land is left vacant, it will be divided up by the Rouran or the Northern Yan sooner or later.”
"It would be better to subjugate them and make them vassal states of the Great Qi, so that the Great Qi can send an army to garrison them."
Pei Jie nodded numbly as Xie Yushu spoke eloquently, his eyes filled with the image of Xie Yushu's little mouth chattering away.
My brain simply can't keep up with Xie Yushu's train of thought.
Such a big matter, and she just dismissed him with the saying "the best strategy is to subdue the enemy without fighting"?
Before he could even process what kind of strategy could capture 40,000 enemy troops in one fell swoop, Xie Yushu jumped straight to sending troops to the Tatars!
Pei Jie immediately felt like he was listening to his father tell a story from heaven when he was twelve or thirteen years old and knew nothing.
I feel like such an idiot, so weak!
Xie Yushu didn't notice Pei Jie's frustration. After giving her instructions, she patted his arm.
"Then we'll take our leave. I wish you all the best. When you return to Daqi, let's have a drink at Yuquan Manor sometime!"
After exchanging a few polite words, Xie Yushu led the Divine Eagle Guards back on their journey.
Pei Jie felt like he had been hit with a thousand points of damage. He couldn't wait to find out if what Xie Yushu said was true. Seeing that Xie Yushu had already left, he immediately mounted his horse and led his men to gallop towards the Tatar tribe.
Previously, Xie Yushu was in a high place and had a better view, so she discovered Pei Jie's army early on, but the Tatars were completely unaware. Now, as Pei Jie's army approached the Tatar tribe, the Tatars finally saw it and immediately panicked.
The Tatars, already terrified, saw that Pei Jie's army had caught up to their doorstep, that their king was dead, and that the great shaman had instructed them to cease hostilities. So, the clever ones immediately stripped a white cloak from one of their minor chieftains, made it into a white flag, and raised it high above Pei Jie's army.
Pei Jie saw a conspicuous white flag from afar, and was even more shocked. Could it be true, as Xie Yushu said, that she had destroyed the Tatar stronghold with just one scheme?
Is she even human? That's terrifying!
Although Pei Jie was utterly shocked, he remained outwardly calm. Upon reaching them, he gestured for his men to surround the Tatars.
Pei Jie had 160,000 men under his command, and surrounding these 100,000 men was quite imposing.
Seeing that his own men had surrounded the Tatars, Pei Jie led a group of personal guards to the front on horseback. Sure enough, he saw several Tatar leaders lying dead in pools of blood.
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