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Xiao Ce nodded: "Not bad, you did a very good job. Now we're using it, aren't we?"

After examining it carefully for a while, Xiao Ce asked, "Is this accurate?"

Yan Jia nodded with certainty: "Your Highness, the terrain is accurate. As for their troop deployment, I can guarantee that it will be in place within a few days."

"As long as they don't launch a large-scale operation, there won't be any difference. Of course, if they launch a large-scale operation, our troop deployment will be incorrect."

Yan Jia's statement was quite precise.

After looking around the sand table for a while, Xiao Ce realized that these Slavs had not rashly occupied that area.

Geographically speaking, that piece of land is both offensive and defensive.

Moreover, it directly severed the connection between the Turks and the northern deserts.

Not only did it sever ties, it also divided the Southern Turks and the Northern Turks into two.

The people in that area bordering the south and the northern desert received no support.

Those Slavs did not annihilate them either.

They were being used as bait, and they would rob them every now and then.

The Turks were now in a dilemma: whether to help or not!

Anyway, they're no match for them.

Xiao Ce listened and asked, "Who is the leader of the Slavic people?"

Yan Jia said, "I'm not quite sure either, it seems to be a woman, something like Eva..."

Xiao Ce asked with some surprise, "Oh? It's a woman?"

Yan Jia nodded: "I'm not entirely sure if it's actually that person in charge, but they're just nominally called something like Eva. I heard she's the Tsar's daughter!"

Xiao Ce pondered for a moment, thinking that any woman who dared to go to the battlefield must be extraordinary.

"Have you ever transported weapons to the Turks?"

Yan Jia shook his head: "No, isn't our policy to maintain restraint? If we transport weapons, it will give them an excuse to attack us..."

Xiao Ce was somewhat speechless after listening: "Their current goal is definitely not to wage a full-scale war. If they wanted to wage a full-scale war, they would have already started... Obviously, they are waiting for an opportunity... Or perhaps, they have decided to fight first and then negotiate."

"There's a high probability that they're trying to use a 'slap followed by a sweet treat' tactic. After all, if they were to really go to war with the Turks, they would definitely be afraid that we would cut off their retreat."

"Therefore, our assessment of the war is wrong! They are the ones who are afraid of war now..."

Yan Jia said, "So, you mean it's alright for us to provide them with weapons?"

Xiao Ce smiled and nodded, saying, "Of course, think about it. If they wanted to attack you, they could easily find an excuse to do so... and as for transporting weapons, we can simply deny it..."

Yan Jia asked in confusion, "That's not right, Your Highness. Even if we provide weapons, who can we provide them to? They've cut off the route; there's no way to get through."

Xiao Ce said to Yan Jia, "Do you remember how I got through before? Didn't you guys try to get through Death Valley?"

Yan Jia nodded: "Your Highness, we have tried. Before, you were truly blessed by heaven. We tried going there several times, and many soldiers perished there... Moreover, recently the changes have become even more unpredictable... Including, the method you used before, it didn't work either!"

As Xiao Ce listened to Yan Jia's words, a chill ran down his spine.

Looking back now, it's really a bit scary...

“I’m not asking you to provide weapons to those armies or those Turks. There are so many Turks in the area near our side.”

Yan Jia said, "There are over 100,000. Actually, those so-called Turks aren't really Turks; most of them were prisoners captured by the original Turks. In those Turkic areas, pure Turks make up less than 10%; you killed them all back then..."

"So, in essence, they are all people of our Xiao Kingdom... However, after Zhang Yunqing of the Turkic Khaganate went there, reforms were implemented. The Turkic Khaganate is vast and sparsely populated, and its policies are very good, so they stayed there."

Xiao Ce nodded and said, "That's right. When I said I would provide those firearms, I didn't mean to provide them to the soldiers, but to their civilians!"

Yan Jia asked in confusion, "The common people?"

Xiao Ce nodded: "That's right. In fact, in the current situation, with weapons, we can do whatever we want... The Turkic people are mainly sparsely populated and have a vast territory."

"Let them fight a guerrilla war! Kill one person and run..."

"Let's use guerrilla warfare. This time, my idea is to have our people rally the 100,000 herders over there... You know, 100,000 herders united are 100,000 soldiers. Give them some weapons, and we can easily harass them. Hit and run... Later, we can set up ambushes along their retreat route."

"Our goal is to wear them down. We'll use guerrilla warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and multiple points of attack... They only have about 30,000 men... It won't be long before they can't hold out!"

Xiao Ce briefly explained his thoughts.

Upon hearing this, Yan Jia's eyes lit up: "Your Highness, do you mean we should break up into smaller groups and then attack in scattered formations like sparrows?"

Xiao Ce nodded: "That's right. The most important aspects of the Sparrow Strategy are attack, ambush, and interception... Our goal is to make them afraid to pursue. Once they're afraid to pursue, our attacks become an important means of harassing and slowly wearing them down. At that point, they'll only have one option: retreat."

Yan Jia said to Xiao Ce, "Your Highness, shouldn't we also tell Zhang Yunqing about this battle tactic so that they can follow suit? That way, we can launch a full-scale attack..."

Xiao Ce nodded and said, "Okay..."

As he spoke, the Tianzi Camp members that Yan Jia had summoned arrived.

Xiao Ce then let them all come in.

He then shared his battle tactics with them; these were the elite of the elite.

Therefore, they all have excellent brains and top-notch comprehension abilities.

Xiao Ce told them to get ready, and then had Yan Jia prepare the firearms.

That same evening, Yan Jia also summoned the leaders of several tribes on the border between Mo and Tu.

Xiao Ce was already getting ready to go to sleep.

Hearing Yan Jia's voice coming from outside the tent, Xiao Ce lifted the tent flap and took a look.

Yan Jia was seen leading several people dressed in Turkic attire, but their faces clearly indicated they were from the Xiao Kingdom.

Upon seeing Xiao Ce, these Turks immediately knelt down before him.

"Greetings, Your Highness, King of the Northern Desert."

Xiao Ce watched as the dozen or so Turks who came over bowed to him. He quickly told them to get up and looked at Yan Jia questioningly.

Yan Jia then explained that these individuals were leaders of the pastoral areas in the Southern Turkic Khaganate.

Yan Jia thought that it would be troublesome to go and find them later.

Why not call them over first, and then have them inform their subordinates who have already been mobilized...?

Xiao Ce nodded: "You've thought this through more carefully."

Then, Xiao Ce asked the Turks, "Do you all know me?"

The leader, a Turk with a square face, said, "Your Highness, back when I was in that tribe, it was you who personally came to rescue us... I may forget many others, but I will never forget you..."

Several other Turks followed suit, and their situations were all similar.

Seeing this, Xiao Ce invited them into the tent.

Then, he told them about launching guerrilla warfare and sparrow warfare...

Upon hearing Xiao Ce's words, they immediately became excited.

"Your Highness! This is wonderful! We've wanted to rebel for a long time... those damned Slavs... they not only steal our cattle and sheep, but they also bully us... Our Yunqing Urgen Khan told us to hide carefully and not to provoke those Slavs. This reminds us of the days when we were enslaved by those Turks..."

"Yes, Your Highness...we've wanted to rebel for a long time! But we've been hampered by a lack of weapons..."

Seeing their agitated state, Xiao Ce addressed the group, "However, you must think this through... Even with this tactic, they still possess weapons... During the pursuit, there will inevitably be deaths."

These people all said indignantly, "Your Highness, of course we know that... We used to live a life worse than pigs and dogs... Now, our lives have just gotten a little better, we have just become human again... We would rather die than go back to living a life worse than pigs and dogs."

Xiao Ce nodded: "Alright, you can persuade your men, right? We'll stick to the principle of voluntariness... I'll also send some small teams to your side to organize you for the raids..."

The group nodded in agreement.

At that moment, these people suddenly looked at each other...

They seemed to want to say something, yet dared not.

Xiao Ce then asked them, "Gentlemen, what's wrong? Is there something you want to say...? Please feel free to speak your mind..."

The leader, a Turk, rubbed his hands together, a very stiff smile on his face.

"Your Highness...please...please...can we have these weapons on credit? We originally had some cattle and sheep to give you as payment, but those beasts took them all...we...we're afraid...we don't have much money..."

After listening to their words, Xiao Ce couldn't help but give a wry smile.

"We don't need money; we're here to help you! Although we are from two different countries, you should know very well that we share the same roots!"

Xiao Ce's words immediately made these people's eyes turn red.

"Your Highness...this...this isn't appropriate..."

Xiao Ce waved his hand and said, "There's nothing wrong with it! I saved you before because I wanted you to live a good life! I've decided to save you again this time, and I have no other purpose than to make sure you live a good life..."

Xiao Ce didn't say anything grand or magnificent; it was just a sincere and simple sentence.

These people were so moved that they immediately knelt down...

He then bowed deeply to Xiao Ce.

"Thank you, Your Highness..."

"Yes, Your Highness, we don't know how to repay you for this!"

Xiao Ce helped them up: "After driving away those damn Slavs and improving your lives, that will be my greatest reward."

These people were moved to tears upon hearing Xiao Ce's words.

When they looked at Xiao Ce at this moment, they always felt that Xiao Ce was radiating a light.

After that, Yan Jia took them to do the specifics.

...

At this moment, Yunqing Urgen, in the capital of the Turkic Kingdom, was like an ant on a hot pan.

Xiao Ce had actually guessed correctly: the reason why the Slavs had been besieging the Turkic Khaganate without attacking was that they wanted to subjugate the Turkic Khaganate without losing a single soldier.

However, the Slavic delegations are already outside.

Yunqing Urgen naturally could not agree.

However, he knew very well that if they disagreed, these Slavs would definitely teach them a lesson...

Such consequences are probably beyond their ability to bear.

In the past, they had some grounds for being tough.

However, their passage to the Northern Desert King's Palace was cut off.

Since firearms had previously been imported from the Northern Desert Prince's Palace, they tried many possibilities after the passage was cut off.

However, this is not feasible, including the previous Death Canyon.

They all lost thousands of lives.

They had weapons and the ability to fight back.

However, they don't have much stock left, and if they use up the last of their firearms...

Then they really have no chance of winning.

The Slavs sent envoys once again, after Yunqing Urgen had been making excuses to avoid them.

This time, their attitude was very tough.

They told Yunqing and Urgen that if they didn't see them again, it would be an act of contempt for their Slavic nation.

They will let the Turks know the consequences.

"Khan, why don't we meet them first? Let's see what they're up to. Let's stall for time. I know you're waiting for the Northern King's letter... but we can actually tell from the Northern King's attitude! They're unwilling to take action... If they were willing, they would have already done so... We can only rely on ourselves now."

Seeing Yun Qing Urgen pacing back and forth, a man who looked like a minister spoke to him.

Yunqing Urgen said with a grim expression, "That was before. The Northern King was not here before, but now that our Northern King has returned... he will definitely not abandon us."

A minister nearby said, "Those envoys have been here for several days now, and today is the deadline. If you don't see them, they'll leave tomorrow! Once they leave, they'll definitely take the opportunity to launch an attack!!"