Xuanyuan's Strategy

As Lie Shan Shi returned toward Mount Tai City, Xuanyuan and Li Tan, commanders of the Left and Right Armies, as well as the Twelve Zodiacs' troops temporarily serving under them, received a message from Ming.

They immediately accepted the order with a thunderous response, began gathering their troops, and prepared to head to Mount Tai City to report back.

It was worth mentioning that the only forces returning with Li Tan were his Right Army and the Twelve Zodiacs' troops.

Xuanyuan's Left Army, however, was much livelier. Besides his Left Army and the Twelve Zodiacs' troops,

there were also squads composed of different races outside the main camp. Each carried their race's treasures and prepared to return to Mount Tai City with Xuanyuan to pay their respects to the Human Emperor.

Inside the commander's tent, Xuanyuan set down the carving knife in his hand, slowly rolled up the bamboo slip on the table, and tucked it into his robes.

Vaguely visible on the rolled bamboo slip were images of men and women entwined together. Beneath each image were several small characters providing detailed annotations.

Xuanyuan sighed, then could not help reaching behind his waist to rub it.

He immediately walked outside the tent. Over the years, in order to complete Your Majesty's strategy of unifying the Great Wilderness as soon as possible, he had adopted the policy Your Majesty had set.

Persuasion was the main approach, with slaughter as a supplement, bringing region after region into Great Xia's territory.

At first, Xuanyuan had used envoys to persuade the various major clans to submit.

That continued until he encountered a fairly large clan. This clan agreed to Xuanyuan's offer of amnesty, but likewise put forward its own condition.

That was for Xuanyuan to become Dao Companions with the clan leader's