Chapter 132: The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend

Chapter 132: The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend

After saying this, everyone immediately left and went back to make their own preparations.

Mosi Ashina, though he didn’t follow them over, still heard some commotion. “Father Khan, those four Noble Clan Family Heads, are those people tricking you?”

Ashina was also not very certain at the moment. The news coming from Yanbei City now was clearly a trap.

In his heart, he wanted to believe Mr. Hidden Dragon.

But towards those New Four Great Clans, he had absolutely no trust.

“Take some men to go check it out!” Before he finished speaking, Ashina continued, “Wait, I’ll go with you!”

Mosi Ashina nodded.

Ashina then turned to Mosuo Ashina beside him and said, “Mosuo, go and tell our army to be ready at all times! If my inspection reveals something wrong, you bring the main force over!”

Mosuo Ashina nodded and cupped his hands in agreement. “What about them? Do we ignore them?”

Ashina nodded. “Obey my orders!”

…

Yanbei City

Han Da stood on the city wall.

A soldier beside him asked Han Da, “General Han, it seems these Turks are really scared by our attacks. Their Turkic scouts return to report every hour. Our city gate has been open for four or five hours, and those Turkic prisoners on the wall have been shouting for half a day! They must have learned the news of our retreat.”

Han Da said with a smile, “That’s human nature. With our gates wide open now, they must think there’s an ambush waiting for them inside the city!”

A soldier beside him asked Han Da, “General, how many more days do we need to hold here?”

Han Da said with a laugh, “Unless their entire army attacks, then we run! The longer we hold, the safer our army’s retreat will be!”

As they spoke, a soldier at his side spotted a Turkic squad not far away.

“General, look… seems more Turks are coming?”

Han Da narrowed his eyes, checking the approaching figures.

Some soldiers with sharper eyesight shouted, “General, they are from the Ashina Tribe! And it looks like… the person at the very front, even their Khan has come!”

Han Da grinned. “Looks like there are still smart people among the Turks! Well, isn’t he suspicious? Go, call a herald over.”

Soon after, a burly man with seemingly enormous lung capacity arrived.

The herald then helped Han Da relay the message: “Ashina, now that you’re here, come over and gather.

You don’t need to be afraid. We only have about a thousand defenders here. We can talk…”

Ashina’s small squad not far away heard Han Da’s shouts.

Mosi Ashina was at his side: “Father Khan, this Han Da is clearly treating us like fools. You must not get impulsive and go over there.”

Ashina heard Mosi Ashina’s words but didn’t reply.

Instead he shouted, “General Han, are you sure we can talk?”

“Of course! Just come over, we can talk properly! Opening our gates wide is to show our attitude! Come on…” The herald beside Han Da helped him reply.

“Wait there, we are coming!” Ashina shouted.

Mosi Ashina thought Ashina was crazy and hurriedly tried to dissuade him: “Father Khan, that’s clearly a trap over there. If you go, they will definitely shoot you.”

Ashina said with a smile, “Don’t you think I know that?”

Then he shouted to the Turkic soldiers beside him: “You all go over. Remember, if they don’t attack you, take a good look! Check if the city truly has no ambush or is full of ambushing soldiers!”

The Turkic soldiers beside him cupped their hands in agreement, and a small squad rode over on horseback.

Ashina and Mosi Ashina stayed where they were.

On the city wall, Han Da snorted coldly: “Still too scared!”

“That squad of five men is coming. Should we stop them?” a soldier beside him asked.

Han Da said with a smile, “Of course not stop them!”

Then he had the herald help him shout: “Ashina, why aren’t you moving? Don’t you trust us? I never lie. All our thousand-plus defenders are on the wall…”

Soon, that Turkic squad went directly into the city.

The Turk soldiers who charged in were all prepared to die, but they suddenly found, after entering the city,

no one attacked them.

A soldier on the wall asked Han Da, “General Han, are you sure we shouldn’t move?”

Han Da asked with a smile, “No need! Don’t worry. After this squad wanders around Yanbei City, they’ll become even more afraid to fight us!”

The soldier beside him didn’t understand, and Han Da didn’t explain.

Actually, it wasn’t just Han Da who felt this way.

Even watching from one side, Ashina and his son were equally puzzled.

“Father Khan, look, they really let our men enter! They truly didn’t make a move…” Mosi Ashina exclaimed in surprise.

Ashina wore a puzzled expression, his eyebrows furrowed as if trying to kill a fly. “I see it! The more they act like this, the more it shows there is a problem here! Let’s wait and see…”

…

Han Da on the city wall was not idle; he went over to the Turks who were hung up and almost dried out in the sun.

Han Da walked beside them and shouted at them: “Any of you still breathing? Your Khan has come. Hurry and tell him to lead troops to save you! You still have a sliver of chance to live.”

The Turks who were near death snapped out of their stupor when Han Da shouted.

When people are near death, they always explode with immense potential and a will to survive.

“Khan… come save us… they only have these few people here, everyone else has run…”

“Khan… there truly is no one here… save us… I don’t want to die…”

…

Their painful wails reached Ashina’s ears.

His face turned icy. He said to Fangang Ashina behind him: “Fangang, get a bow. Send them on their way.”

Fangang Ashina, with a body like a mountain, cupped his hands in acknowledgment and pulled out a huge bow from behind.

This giant bow was more than twice as big as a normal bow.

“Father Khan, kill them all?”

Ashina’s face showed a cold glint. “They have tarnished our Turkic reputation. They have become lapdogs of Xiao Kingdom trash. Send them all off!”

Mosi Ashina, hearing this, thought he must have misheard.

“Father Khan, what if what they’re saying is true?”

Ashina shook his head. “Didn’t you see Han Da directing them from behind?”

Seeing this, Fangang Ashina drew his bow and notched an arrow. Along with the sound of the giant bow being drawn, a series of creaking, cracking sounds came from the great bow.

…

On the wall, some soldiers with keen eyesight saw and hurriedly warned.

“General, be careful! Their giant man pulled a huge bow and is preparing to shoot towards us.”

Seeing this, Han Da naturally ordered everyone to take cover.

No one saw it, but just by listening to the sound of that arrowhead whistling through the air, it seemed to shatter the atmosphere.

Then, they heard a sound of an arrowhead piercing flesh.

Han Da peeked his head out. He saw an extremely thick arrow had blasted apart a Turk’s head.

He couldn’t help but gasp: “Damn, what kind of monster is that? That’s at least three hundred meters away! That’s even more terrifying than shooting an arrow through a willow leaf a hundred steps away…”

A soldier at his side whispered a reminder.

“General, they seem to be trying to kill all these Turks… that giant man is notching another arrow…”

The Turks hanging on the city wall were in despair.

“Generals of Xiao Kingdom… please… save us… Ashina doesn’t believe us… he wants to kill us… please… save us…”

“Those bastards! They’re the ones who trapped us here. Now they don’t want to save us, they want to kill us! General Han, save us… if you save us… we will serve you like oxen and horses…”

There were still over a hundred Turks hanging, near death. They were now furious.

After the giant man from afar shot dead several more,

these Turk prisoners almost begged Han Da in despair.

Seeing this, Han Da said: “Pull them up.”

The soldiers beside him did as instructed.

“General, did your heart soften? These Turks are all ungrateful wolf cubs…”

Han Da nodded. “I know that well! But, the King of Northern Desert taught me. The enemy of my enemy is my friend… these Turks, after this incident, will definitely hate Ashina to the bone… They are of no value to us if they die, but if used, maybe they can serve other purposes.”

…

From one side, Ashina watched as the Turks were hoisted up. His face showed an expression of seeing things exactly as he predicted.

“See that? These people have already betrayed our Turks. Otherwise, why would the Xiao Kingdom People care about their lives?”

Mosi Ashina looked full of admiration. “Father Khan, so wise!”

As they spoke, a light Cavalry group quickly approached from the main gate of Yanbei City.

When they drew near, Ashina asked: “Well? Anything unusual inside the city?”

The lead Turk cavalryman cupped his hands. “Great Khan, nothing unusual… It looks empty, but I still found problems. There definitely must be a large army among them.”

Looking at the proud expression of the lead Turk.

Ashina asked: “Why do you say that?”

“We found a granary filled to the brim with grains and dried food. That food is enough for tens of thousands of people. Also, though we didn’t see people in the city, we saw many piled-up cooking stoves, with pots still on them… Based on army habits, I estimate there must be at least fifty thousand inside!”

Ashina listened to the lead Turk cavalryman’s analysis and praised him: “Your observation is very keen! Good, this Khan will reward you heavily later!”

“It seems those damned Four Prefectures Noble Clans dared to trick me once more! This time, I must thank Helu. If we had come again, we likely would have suffered heavy losses again!”

Ashina said through gritted teeth: “All withdraw! Then send word to the Family Heads of the Four Prefectures Noble Clans. Tell them to clean their necks well, and wait for this Khan to come and chop off their heads!”