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Seeing Da Lei's anxious look, Xiao Ce handed him a fruit.

"Don't rush, tell me slowly..."

Da Lei accepted the food without ceremony, ate it in a few bites, and then recounted the problems he had encountered in Yanbei City.

Xiao Ce listened with sharp eyes and said, "What a load of rubbish about a plague! Those new aristocratic families are just like the four great families of the past! I overestimated them; their obsequiousness towards the Turks is ingrained in their bones!"

Da Lei asked, "Your Highness, what should we do now?"

Xiao Ce slowly stood up, paced around a few times, and his eyes sharpened: "Withdraw the troops!"

Da Lei looked at Xiao Ce in disbelief, even wondering if he had misheard.

"My Lord, what did you say?"

Xiao Ce said calmly, "Withdraw your troops!"

“Your Highness, didn’t you send me with a few men to sow discord on their front lines? They might already be fighting! There’s absolutely no need for us to retreat. If they start fighting, we can take advantage of the situation and wipe them out,” Da Lei said.

Xiao Ce said with a smile, "They're not that stupid. I sent those people over there not to provoke them into fighting. My only purpose was to keep them here so that we could have enough time to prepare our defenses."

Da Lei was even more puzzled: "Then why did you send Zhamu Ashide and the others to report? Your Highness, almost none of them survived. If they did, they might not know unless you told them."

Xiao Ce laughed and said, "How could I possibly leave no one alive! There must be some who escaped alive. I told you to send Zhamu and the others over to sow discord. How could they easily believe such idiotic and brainless provocation? Ash is wide open. They can find out by confronting each other that this is a lie, and then they will send someone to check."

“I have already ordered my troops to disguise themselves as Turks and live in their original tribes. If their scouts get close, we will capture them and then decide what to do. If they only observe from a distance, then I have achieved my goal. According to Zhang Yunqing, the Turks have some rules: without an invitation, no scout or army can enter the living area of ​​another tribe. So, under normal circumstances, they will not notice anything unusual.”

“As long as they return with the message, they will be certain that their rear is safe. Even if some escapees report back, they will think it's fake! They will definitely think that we deliberately sent people to lure them back to relieve the urgent crisis in Yanbei City! They will not believe it! They will all think that I have turned the Turks.”

"Even if my clumsy attempt to sow discord works, that would be good. It would be best if they started fighting."

After hearing Xiao Ce's words, Da Lei's eyes brightened up.

"Your Highness, I see! Your plan is unparalleled. But what use is it for me to take the Turkic women to Han Da? If Han Da uses those women as hostages, wouldn't that be a way of implying that their rear has been captured?"

Xiao Ce said with a smile, "You're letting Han Da decide for himself, but can't Han Da make that decision?"

Da Lei nodded: "That's right, he said he was afraid he wouldn't be able to use it well. He wants your guidance."

Xiao Ce nodded: "Han Da is a cautious man. I'm having you take these women with you. Firstly, it gives Han Da and his men a trump card in a life-or-death situation. Secondly, the women's identities make it too risky for them to stay here; it's safer to leave them with Han Da!"

Da Lei nodded: "Then you should tell Han Da and the others to retreat. If they do, the Turks will definitely take advantage of the situation. At that time, the entire four prefectures of Mobei will probably be in turmoil!"

Xiao Ce's lips curled into a wicked smile: "I call this 'luring the enemy into a trap'! Since those new four great clans can't change their ways, I'll have a good time playing with them."

With that, Xiao Ce returned to his living quarters in his large tent.

One letter instructed Fei Jie to send a raven to Lingxiao City, and another letter was sent to Yanbei City.

After finishing his business, Xiao Ce said to Da Lei, "Da Lei, stop standing there. You've worked so hard for so long. Come sit down and enjoy yourself."

As he spoke, Xiao Ce told Xiao Jiu.

"Xiao Jiu, go and get all the mare's milk wine from here. Also, have those Turkic women who train the 'wooden stick dance' come over here."

Xiao Jiu bowed and agreed.

Da Lei didn't stand on ceremony and sat down next to Xiao Ce.

Before long, a variety of delicious dishes and wines were served, including mare's milk wine, roasted mutton, hand-pulled mutton, and a whole range of meat dishes.

Xiao Ce used to think that the Turks weren't so great.

However, the meat here is really delicious, especially the lamb, which not only doesn't have a gamey smell, but also has a sweet and fresh taste.

In his previous life, he was the CEO of a listed company and believed he had tasted all kinds of delicious food.

However, I have never tasted such fragrant beef and mutton, or such mellow mare's milk wine before.

Not only that, the girls here are not only beautiful, but also have a wild beauty.

Xiao Ce taught them the 'Wooden Stick Dance', which was originally called the 'Pole Dance', but since there were no poles here, it was renamed the 'Wooden Stick Dance'.

Xiao Jiu made the arrangements very quickly, and the Turkic girls she selected all had excellent figures.

Especially those long, straight legs, which were perfectly outlined by Xiao Ce's custom-made clothes!

As these girls entered, a guard lined up beside Xiao Ce.

They were holding crossbows, aiming them at the girls.

The purpose is to be able to kill them at any time if they make any unusual moves.

If Nie Bing were here, she would definitely complain about Xiao Ce: "He's both a lecher and a coward!"

Xiao Ce disagreed, after all, as the ancients had said.

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall!

He also named those repeating crossbows: "The Crossbow of Persuading People with Reason".

Xiao Ce waved his hand: "Play the music, dance!"

The Turkic girls danced with great enthusiasm under the watchful eye of the "reason-based persuasion crossbow".

Xiao Ce sipped his goat milk wine while eating the tender, soft, and melt-in-your-mouth mutton with one hand.

Looking at this awesome show, I guess this is the kind of life I'll have to live after being transported here.

On the other hand, Da Lei sat upright, his usually stern and icy face now flushed slightly.

With his eyes fixed on the pot of meat in front of him, he dared not look at the exciting performances taking place in the middle of the tent.

Xiao Ce said, "Da Lei, what's so interesting about all this meat? Don't you like these shows?"

Da Lei, who had remained expressionless until now, swallowed hard. "Your Highness, I don't really like it..."

Xiao Ce burst into laughter at Da Lei's embarrassed expression!

Da Lei looked at Xiao Ce with increasing embarrassment: "What's wrong, Your Highness?"

Xiao Ce said to Da Lei, "I always thought you had no weaknesses... but I've discovered it! You do have weaknesses."

"Today, we'll challenge you—challenge your weaknesses!"

Xiao Ce pointed at the Turkic girls dancing energetically with wooden sticks attached to their bodies and said, "Go...go dance in front of General Da Lei! Dance as hard as you can, because if General Da Lei doesn't even look at you today, don't blame me for shooting you all with the 'Reason-Based Crossbow'! Hahaha!"

Upon hearing Xiao Ce's words, the Turkic girls trembled and danced even more energetically.

At this moment, Xiao Ce's demeanor was extremely tyrannical.

They had witnessed Xiao Ce's ruthlessness and had no doubt that he would actually have their heads blown off.

Da Lei's face went from slightly red to bright red.

Xiao Ce wasn't just teasing him; he genuinely wanted to challenge him, to test his weakness.

After all, Da Lei is the person he trusts most. If he's afraid of women, how can he be a good person?

We must make him immune.

...

After Xiao Ce watched for a while, Xiao Jiu came over and whispered to him, "Your Highness, Zhang Yunqing is waiting outside. He says he has something to ask to see you."

Xiao Ce stood up after hearing this.

Da Lei was about to get up when the Turkic girls dancing beside him stopped and looked at Xiao Ce.

"Your Highness, I'll go with you."

It's clear that Da Lei is in a very difficult situation.

Xiao Ce laughed and said, "Why are you leaving? You'll only be considered to have passed the test when you can enjoy this like I do. This is also a form of cultivation!"

As he spoke, he looked at the Turkic girls who had stopped.

"Why have you all stopped? Did I tell you to stop? Keep the music playing and keep dancing!"

The Turkic girls, upon hearing this, began to dance passionately.

...

After Xiao Ce went out, he saw Zhang Yunqing standing at the door, anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

It spins around in place like a top.

"What are you doing, following around like a spinning top!"

Hearing Xiao Ce's commotion, Zhang Yunqing quickly came over and bowed.

Xiao Ce waved his hand: "Let's get down to business."

Looking at Zhang Yunqing's stammering manner.

Xiao Ce said, "Get to the point. You know I hate dawdling!"

Zhang Yunqing said awkwardly, "Your Highness, I want...I want..."

Xiao Ce said to Zhang Yunqing, "Are you trying to plead for a few people?"

Zhang Yunqing was stunned for a moment, then stared wide-eyed at Xiao Ce and asked, "Your Highness, how did you know?"

Xiao Ce said with a smile, "I've been waiting for you to come looking for me. Are you here to see Lu Qi Tesa and his family?"

Zhang Yunqing nodded repeatedly, then said to Xiao Ce, "Your Highness, not bad, it seems you know everything?"

Xiao Ce said to Zhang Yunqing, "Didn't you say yourself that those were your benefactors? I remember the Luqi Tesa family. So, when I went to attack the Tesa tribe, I took the Luqi Tesa family with me."

Seeing this, Zhang Yunqing cautiously asked Xiao Ce, "Your Highness, are they all alright?"

Xiao Ce smiled and said, "Don't worry. Those are your benefactors, and they're being treated to good food and drink. As for you, you've inquired about them quite a few times, both openly and secretly, haven't you?"

Zhang Yunqing gave an awkward smile and then said, "Your Highness, however, I would never betray you for their sake! They are my benefactors, and you are even more so! Moreover, Lu Qi Tesa and his men are not advocating war, nor have they mistreated the slaves of Xiao Kingdom."

Xiao Ce nodded and said, "That's one of the reasons they were able to survive."