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The other soldiers burst into laughter after hearing this.

"Brothers, what does this mean? It means that these Turks have no way to do anything to us. They can only resort to these underhanded methods."

"The main problem is that they can't even stir up trouble properly."

"That's right! Not to mention we haven't run out of food yet. With such a good prince, even if we starve to death, we would never betray him!"

“That’s right! We’ve dealt with so many officials here! But we’ve never met anyone like the Prince. Just because the Prince treats us like human beings, I’m willing to risk my life for him!”

The more the soldiers talked, the more excited they became...

They shouted, "Long live the King of the Northern Desert! We swear to protect Lingxiao City to the death!"

This momentum quickly infected many people, while some soldiers who were farther away were puzzled.

Seeing everyone cheering, some people didn't even have time to swallow the rice in their mouths.

He sprayed rice while raising his arms and shouting.

"Long live the King of the Northern Desert! We swear to defend Lingxiao City to the death!"

Han Da, who had been observing, heard the people behind him spontaneously raising their arms and shouting.

Sun Qiang asked, "General, do you think we should stop them?"

Han Da waved his hand and said, "No need."

Sun Qiang was a little puzzled, because just now Han Da had said that they should turn the tables and make them think that they were running out of food.

"If they shout like that, won't they give themselves away? What kind of soldiers who are out of food would be shouting like that, full of energy and yelling like that!"

Han Da laughed and said, "It's alright. Our shouting will actually make them think we're encouraging them! It tells them that as long as we don't attack, they'll believe we won't dare to fight them, and it will also make them more confident that we're short of food..."

Sun Qiang listened with a look of sudden realization: "General Han, you're clever! No wonder the Prince made you Grand Marshal..."

Han Da glanced at Sun Qiang: "Don't give me that. I'm just learning from the Prince. If you learn the Prince's way of thinking, you'll find different ways to handle many things."

Sun Qiang looked embarrassed: "General Han, that's on the premise that I understand our prince's way of thinking, right?"

Han Da raised an eyebrow: "Then go and apply to be the prince's personal bodyguard for a few months, and you'll learn it."

Sun Qiang said with a bitter face, "With Mr. Da Lei as the guard, it's not my turn..."

Han Da laughed and said, "Then you can learn from me, you can learn from me."

Before Sun Qiang could answer, he saw the enemy's catapults being deployed in the distance.

"General, their catapults are deployed, and it looks like they're about to launch something."

Han Da wasn't in a hurry: "No need to rush, at most they can only launch their catapults at our side... and with only four or five catapults, it doesn't look like an attack."

As soon as Han Da finished speaking, there was an inflated rubber ball on their catapult.

The enormous leather ball was thrown towards Lingxiao City, and with the help of the wind, it rose higher and higher.

The huge leather ball flew into the air above the city wall.

Mos Ashina called out to Fan Gang Ashina, who was rushing over.

"Fang Gang, go shoot that rubber ball!"

Fan Gang Ashina, whose body was as large as a small mountain, took out a giant bow.

He drew his bow, nocked an arrow, and then shot it.

With a bang, the leather ball shattered, filling itself with slips of paper, and drifted away into the city with the wind.

Mos Ashina witnessed this scene and clapped with satisfaction.

"Excellent... Fan Gang, excellent archery!"

Fan Gang Ashina sheathed his bow and arrow, looking rather simple-minded, and said, "Brother, will this work? Look at those people on the city wall, why are they still yelling? If they were really hungry, would they still be yelling?"

Mos Ashina said confidently, "If they had enough supplies, we would be within their range by now, and they would have riddled us with bullets long ago... But they didn't? Do you know why?"

Fan Gang Ashina pondered for a moment: "They're afraid!"

Mos Ashina said to Fan Gang Ashina, "Fang Gang, everyone says you're stupid! But I think many people don't see things as clearly as you! That's right! They're afraid."

After saying that, Mos Ashina saw another tough ball being thrown at him, and this time there was no need to say anything more.

Fan Gang drew the giant bow once more and shot it to pieces again.

Their letters drifted like snowflakes over Lingxiao City.

Some people came out to see out of curiosity.

However, most of the people who received the slips of paper were illiterate.

So they went to find some literate people.

"Sir, what does it say on them?"

An old man said, “This is a letter from the Turks urging us to betray our prince. They say they know we’ve been without food for a long time. They tell us that if we betray our prince and open the city gates for them, they will give us food and spare our lives!”

The people were stunned for a moment: "No food? The prince grows grain for us and provides us with a surplus of food every month? Where did those Turks get this information? And they want us to betray the prince? They must be dreaming."

"Is it simple? The Turks were driven to desperation by our prince. Unable to take the city by force, they resorted to such despicable means! Spreading rumors that we are short of food. Even if it were true that we were running out of food, who would let me know? I would never allow myself to become a dog for those Turkic beasts!"

"That's right, the King of the Northern Desert is our savior... I'll be the first to oppose anyone who dares to betray him!"

"Damn, not bad! You can know a person's face but not their heart! I'll go stand guard over there right now! Let's see who dares to betray our prince... I'll dig him up and kill him!" As he spoke, a young man pulled out a hoe from somewhere!

The people nodded in agreement: "That's right... I'll go home and grab my weapons right now."

A short while later, the people went home to get their tools. Some took at least a kitchen knife, most took carrying poles and brooms, and others took stools and spatulas.

Similar incidents kept happening in every corner of Lingxiao City.

More and more people grabbed their weapons and looked toward the city gate.

...

Han Da, standing on the city wall, looked at the Turks outside the city and shouted for a while. When no one responded, he retreated.

Han Da smiled and was about to say something.

Then a shout came from one side.

"General...something terrible...something terrible..."

A scout rushed over in a hurry, stumbling and crawling.

Han Da frowned slightly and asked, "What's wrong?"

"A mob of people, armed with all sorts of weapons, is charging towards our city gate! General, they're rebelling!"

Sun Qiang's face darkened considerably upon hearing the scout's words: "General, I told you so. You can know a person's face, but not their heart! These commoners don't understand; they believe everything they hear! They'll follow whoever feeds them! We need to quickly send troops to guard the city gates. We don't want the Turks to fail, only for those mobs to breach the city!"

As he spoke, Sun Qiang anxiously asked the scout, "How many of them... how many men have come?"

The scout bowed and said, "It's a dark mass. Looking from the watchtower, it seems like the entire city is coming... people crammed together... they look so aggressive! They've rebelled! They've all rebelled!"