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With that, everyone left to go back and prepare.

Although Mos Ashina did not go over, he heard some noises: "Father Khan, were the heads of those four powerful families lying to you?"

Ashina was no longer entirely sure. The news coming from Yanbei City was clearly a trap.

He was willing to believe in Mr. Qianlong.

However, he had absolutely no trust in those new four major clans.

"Go and send some men to investigate!" Before he could finish speaking, Ashina continued, "No, I'll go with you!"

Mos Ashina nodded.

Ashina then said to Mosuo Ashina, who was standing beside him, "Mosuo, go and tell our army to be ready at any time! If I find anything amiss, you bring the main force here!"

Mosuo Ashina nodded and cupped his hands in agreement: "Should we leave them alone?"

Ashina nodded: "Listen to my command!"

...

Yanbei City

Han Da stood on the city wall.

The soldier beside Han Da asked, "General Han, it seems these Turks are truly terrified of us. Their scouts report back every hour that our city gates have been open for four or five hours, and those Turkic prisoners on the gates have been shouting for ages! They must know we're retreating."

Han Da laughed and said, "That's human nature. Now that the city gates are wide open, they must think there's an ambush waiting for them inside!"

The soldier beside Han Da asked, "General, how many more days should we hold out here?"

Han Da laughed and said, "We'll only run if they launch a full-scale attack! The longer we hold out, the safer our army's retreat will be!"

As they spoke, the soldier beside them spotted a small Turkic squad not far away.

"General, look... it seems like more Turks are coming?"

Han Da narrowed his eyes, seemingly examining the person who had arrived.

Some soldiers with good eyesight shouted, "General, it's the Ashina tribe! And it seems that their Khan has come, judging from the people at the front!"

Han Da laughed and said, "It seems there are still some clever people among the Turks! Come, isn't he suspicious? Go and call a messenger over."

A short while later, a burly man appeared, whose lung capacity looked extremely strong.

Then the messenger relayed the order for Han Da: "Ashina, since you're here, come and have a chat."

"Don't be afraid, we only have a little over a thousand soldiers on our side. Can we talk..."

A small squad from Ashina, not far away, heard Handa's shout.

Mos Ashina said from the side, "Father Khan, this Khan is clearly treating us like fools. You must not act impulsively and let it go."

Ashina listened to Mos Ashina's words but did not reply.

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

"Of course! As long as you come over, we can have a proper talk! We're opening the city gates to show our stance! Come on over..." The messenger beside Han Da answered for him.

"Wait here, we're coming!" Ashina shouted.

Mos Ashina thought Ashina had gone mad and quickly tried to comfort him: "Father Khan, that's clearly a trap. If you go over there, they will surely shoot you."

Ashina laughed and said, "How could I not know that?"

He then shouted to the Turkic soldiers beside him, "Go over there, and remember, if they don't attack you, then take a good look and see if there are really no ambushes in this city, or if it's full of hidden soldiers!"

The Turkic soldier beside him bowed in agreement and rode off in a small squad.

Ashina and Mos Ashina remained where they were.

Han Da, standing on the city wall, sneered, "Still a coward!"

"Should we stop their five-man squad when they come over?" a soldier nearby asked.

Han Da said with a smile, "Of course I won't stop you!"

He then had a messenger shout for him: "Ashina, why aren't you moving? Don't you trust us? I never lie. All of our more than a thousand garrison troops are on the city walls..."

Soon, the small Turkic squad entered the city.

The small squads of Turks who rushed in were prepared to die, but they suddenly found that after they entered the city...

No one attacked them.

The soldiers on the city wall asked Han Da, "General Han, are you sure you don't want to make a move?"

Han Da laughed and asked, "No need! Don't worry. After their squad toured around Yanbei City, they're even less likely to attack us!"

The soldiers beside him were puzzled, but Han Da did not explain.

Actually, it wasn't just Han Da who was completely bewildered.

Even Ashina and his son, who were watching from the side, were equally bewildered.

"Father Khan, look, they actually let our men in! They didn't even make a move..." Mos Ashina exclaimed in surprise.

Ashina looked puzzled, his brows furrowed so deeply they could almost trap a fly: "I see! The more it's like this, the more it indicates a problem here! Just wait and see..."

...

Handa on the city wall was not idle at this time; he walked over to the Turks who were hanging up to dry like human skin.

Han Da walked to the side and shouted to them, "Are you still breathing? Your Khan is here! Quickly send him with his troops to rescue you! You still have a chance to live."

The dying Turks snapped back to reality when Han Da called out.

When a person is near death, they often unleash tremendous potential and a strong will to survive.

"Khan...come to our rescue...these are all they have left, the rest have run away..."

"Khan...they really have no one left...save us...I don't want to die..."

...

The painful cries of these people reached Ashina's ears.

His face was as cold as ice as he said to Fan Gang Ashina behind him, "Fang Gang, go and get the bow, and see them off."

Fan Gang Ash, whose body was as large as a mountain, bowed in agreement and pulled out a giant bow from behind his back.

This giant bow is more than twice the size of a regular bow and arrow.

"Father Khan, should we kill them all?"

Ashina's face flashed with a cold light: "They have tarnished the prestige of our Turks. They have become lackeys of the trash of the Xiao Kingdom. Send them all away!"

Mos Ashina listened, and even thought he had misheard.

"Father, what if what they say is true?"

Ashina shook his head and said, "Didn't you see Handa directing them from behind?"

Upon seeing this, Fan Gang Ashina drew his bow and nocked an arrow. With the sound of the giant bow being drawn, a series of clicking and clacking sounds came from the bow itself.

...

Some soldiers with good eyesight on the city wall saw it and quickly warned them.

"General, be careful! Their giant is drawing a huge bow and preparing to fire in our direction."

Upon seeing this, Han Da naturally shouted for everyone to take cover.

They didn't see it, but just by listening to the sound of that bursting arrow, it seemed as if the air itself had exploded.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of arrows piercing flesh was heard.

Han Da poked his head out and saw a very thick arrow that had blown the head off a Turk.

He gasped in shock: "Holy crap, what kind of monster is that? It's at least 300 meters away! That's even more terrifying than an arrow shot from a hundred paces away..."

A soldier on one side whispered a reminder.

"General, they seem intent on slaughtering all these Turks... That giant has nocked another arrow..."

The Turks hanging on the city wall were filled with despair.

"Generals of Xiao Kingdom... we beg you... save us... Ashina doesn't believe us... he wants to kill us... we beg you... save us..."

"Those bastards! They're the ones who led us into your trap! Now they don't want to save us, they want to kill us! General Han, save us... If you save us... we'll do anything for you..."

On the city wall hung hundreds of dying Turks, their anger barely contained.

This was followed by the sight of several men being shot dead by a burly man in the distance.

These Turkic prisoners were on the verge of collapse, begging Han Da for help.

Seeing this, Han Da said, "Go and pull them up."

The soldiers around him did as instructed.

"General, have you softened your heart after all? These Turks are all ungrateful wolves..."

Han Da nodded: "Of course I know! However, the King of the Northern Desert taught me that the enemy of my enemy is my friend... After this incident, these Turks will surely hate Ashina to the bone... Their deaths are of no value to us, but if we use them, they might have other uses."

...

Ashina, standing to one side, watched as the Turks were all hoisted up, a knowing look on his face.

"See? These people have already betrayed our Turkic people. Otherwise, why would the people of Xiao care about their lives?"

Mos Ashina exclaimed with admiration, "Father Khan, you are wise!"

As they were talking, a light cavalry unit quickly approached from the main gate of Yanbei City.

After they approached, Ashina asked, "How is it? Is there anything unusual in the city?"

The leading Turkic light cavalryman bowed and said, "Khan, there's nothing unusual... there's no one around, but I've still noticed something amiss. There must be a large army among them."

Looking at the arrogant expression on the head Turk's face.

Ashina asked, "Why do you say that?"

"We discovered a granary, filled to the brim with grain and dried fruit. That food is enough for tens of thousands of people. And although we didn't see any people in the city, we saw many stacked stoves with pots on them... Based on military practices, I estimate there are at least fifty thousand people inside!"

Ashina listened to the analysis of the leading Turkic light cavalryman and praised him: "Your observation is very keen! Excellent, I will reward you handsomely later!"

"Those damned powerful clans of the four prefectures, they still dare to play me! This time, I have to thank He Lu; if we had come again, we would have suffered another heavy blow!"

Ashina gritted his teeth as he spoke: "Withdraw them all! Then send letters to the heads of the powerful families in the four prefectures, telling them to clean their throats and wait for me, the Khan, to come and behead them!"