The battle plan to send the militia back had already been proposed in the plans drawn up before the attack on Qingqing Gorge. Naturally, its purpose was the same as this time: to have the militia repeat what they had done at Qingqing Gorge.
Of course, it was not to smuggle clan soldiers and Grassland Soldiers' weapons. Rather, they were to incite more militia units to revolt, then turn on their former allies in a sudden strike and reclaim their families and provisions. After all, those had been the conditions the Han Tribe had promised them when they agreed to surrender.
Another point was that the Han Army could take advantage of the militia's return to plant more spies in Clear Spring Valley, allowing them to monitor the Xin Tribe's higher-ups and prevent them from fleeing.
Naturally, sending the militia back was not as simple as just releasing them. Otherwise, how could they successfully infiltrate the enemy's ranks?
So the show still had to be performed.
At present, the Han Army forces that had advanced close to Qingqing Gorge consisted of four guards. The Eagle Soaring Guard and Leopard Strategy Guard were both temporarily hired guard troops, and their training and combat strength were far inferior to those of the Han Tribe's other guards. Thus, for now, these two guards were only responsible for garrisoning Yashan Commandery and Chaoyang Commandery.
The remaining Elite Cavalry Guard was an entirely mounted force with powerful mobility. It was therefore temporarily stationed in the plains of central Bamboo Island—namely, Xinhua Commandery—where it was responsible for defending Xinhua Commandery while also supporting the fighting in the other commanderies.
Because the Xin Tribe had voluntarily withdrawn, the territories of Xianfeng Commandery and Guanhai Commandery now had barely any people left, only bare land. Naturally, there was