Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 642 - 588: We, the Tujue people, are born intelligent; how could we be deceived by Zhang San!

Chapter 642: Chapter 588: We, the Tujue people, are born intelligent; how could we be deceived by Zhang San!

It turns out everyone wants to become the new Khan, and to do so, they need to capture Ren City.

To be honest, a lot of the Turkic soldiers were not very satisfied with this requirement, as conquering the city still meant the higher-ups would become Khan, and they would remain mere foot soldiers.

They could only hope for a tiny bit of the spoils.

But now things were different.

As long as their weapon plunged deep and fiercely into Zhang San’s body, the position of Khan would be theirs!

With this thought, the gaze of the roughly 170,000 to 180,000 Tujue people on the battlefield toward Zhang San had all changed.

Seeing this, Zhang San swallowed hard and then whispered to the person next to him, "Once this battle is over, we absolutely have to report to Kaihuang. Over at the Tujue side, I’m equivalent to a Khan! When I return, they’ve got to bestow upon me the title of a king of a different surname, right?"

Everyone was amused by Zhang San’s optimistic attitude.

But no one knew that Zhang San truly desired to be ennobled as a king!

This job was just too damn hard!

At this moment, the vast Tujue army, like a tidal wave, swept toward Ren City.

The Sui Army atop the city walls, who had long been ready, also immediately began to draw their bows and aim their arrows, unleashing a barrage on the Tujue.

The Tujue soldiers, unwilling to show weakness, also fired arrows back towards the ramparts of Ren City.

However, the Tujue’s arrows were not aimed at the Sui soldiers above the walls of Ren City.

Nearly all of the arrows aimed at only one person, and that was Zhang San.

In a normal standoff between two armies, either both sides’ arrows would be released in neat volleys one after another,

or both sides would fire wildly, with a relentless onslaught of arrows like a sudden downpour.

But at this moment, all of the Tujue’s arrows were concentrated on a single point above Ren City.

At that instant, Zhang San felt as if he was a target.

Right away, he used Wind Series Techniques to block the incoming arrows, and taking gold from his Storage Ring, he immediately initiated his Golden Body state to withstand the countless arrows.

After all, if he were to dodge the arrows, those around him would suffer.

So, he had no choice but to bear the brunt himself.

But the good news was, although the Tujue fired many arrows, he withstood them all.

The bad news, however, was that although he had activated his Golden Body, the Tujue found it easier to concentrate their target; the number of arrows shooting his way had increased for a time.

An angry Zhang San roared down at the Tujue soldiers, "The five armies of the Tujue, four have already retreated! Now only you are left fighting a lonely battle!"

Hearing these words, and influenced by rumors circulating in the army of late, the Tujue soldiers fell into immediate disarray, destabilizing their morale.

Of course, Bai Dushu had also exerted influence in the shadows.

Only at that time, all the Tujue believed that all the armies of Great Sui had come to besiege them.

But now, knowing that everything was just nonsense spoken by Zhang San, the current Tujue warriors were fearless, contemptuous of Zhang San’s lies, and coveted his head alone.

"Everything I said is true! I have even arranged ambushes to your northwest and east! They are about to come over and attack!"

Zhang San shouted to the Tujue army from the top of the Forty-Eight Layers Tower.

However, in response to Zhang San came only the Tujue’s sneers and inward mockery.

"The same trick won’t fool us twice!"

"Zhang San, prepare to die!"

"I would rather believe that my child is my own blood than believe you have set up an ambush nearby!"

Zhang San had never imagined that he held a stellar reputation among the five Khans of the Tujue,

but in the mouths of these Tujue soldiers, his credibility had hit rock bottom.

"I, Zhang San, have led a life of integrity! In this battle, Great Sui has laid a perfectly woven trap, and I cannot bear to watch you die here! Retreat now!"

Zhang San continued to use the Eight-Fold Tower to project his voice across the battlefield, declaring his benevolent intentions.

Unfortunately, when Zhang San told the truth, there was not a single person willing to believe him.

Ah—

Zhang San sighed helplessly.

Trust between people is so fragile.

Since that was the case, he had no choice but to begin slaughtering the Tujue people!

"All troops, follow my command! Encircle the Tujue! Capture Sharlobi alive!"

At this moment, Sharlobi, hearing Zhang San’s words from behind, couldn’t help but let out a cold laugh, and then glanced at Aikan Shetou and Shiba Limi beside him.

"This Zhang San can hardly protect himself, yet he wants to capture me alive? He truly does not know whether he’s alive or dead!"

Just then, from the northwest direction, came the thunderous sound of horse hooves.

This time, the Tujue people did not rush but carefully identified the sound of the hooves.

From the scattered sounds of the hooves, they discerned that there were not many cavalrymen in the northwest, but the sound of their hooves was enormously loud.

They didn’t need to say it; everyone understood in their hearts.

It must be that Zhang San had people pretend that there was cavalry from the northwest preparing to strike at the Tujue’s rear.

But in reality, there were too few men, so they wanted to make the sound loud, yet they still revealed their true situation.

Then, everyone heard horse hooves coming from the east, even mixed with the sound of a large infantry force moving forward.

However, the footsteps of this advancing infantry were uniform and precise.

Having fought with the Sui Army before, since when could the Sui Army march with such precision?

Khan Aikan Shetou knew that under Wang Junwu in Jin River, the infantry could indeed achieve this, following orders precisely and uniformly.

But Wang Junwu’s command was only a few thousand soldiers and horses.

Yet, the sound coming from the east was massive, sounding like there were four or five thousand troops.

But the problem was, leaving aside whether Jin River would come to support Ren City, even if there was support, how could Wang Junwu bring so many people?

Even if it were indeed Wang Junwu leading the fifty-thousand-strong army from Jin River, how could these soldiers become so orderly and uniform under his command?

Therefore, without even voicing his own thoughts, Aikan Shetou felt certain it was Zhang San’s strategy, using Techniques to create a massive sound and vibrations, attempting to deceive the Tujue again.

But we Tujue are naturally intelligent, how could we be deceived by Zhang San!

Even then, everyone’s attention was on the battlefield below Ren City, ignoring other directions.

Squeak—

The northern gate of Ren City suddenly opened, and Bai Dushu, along with Changsun Wugen and Changsun Wudiao, led the cavalry out charging.

At this moment, Sharlobi instinctively felt something was wrong.

Wasn’t the Sui Army supposed to defend the city?

What kind of defending army would suddenly launch an attack?

Following that, from the northwest, came the agonized screams of countless Tujue people.

A troop composed of a thousand Ying Zhao warriors, like a sharp blade, charged toward Sharlobi’s rear headquarters.

Along the way, not to mention the elite Turkic Cavalry, even a Spiritual Platform Realm warrior who rushed up was grabbed by the legs by the Ying Zhao and torn apart on the spot.

Then, countless arrows flew in from that direction.

A large number of Tujue soldiers fell, and the Jin River army entering the battlefield in a charge formation, under a banner embroidered with the three characters "Wang Junwu," split the battlefield outside Ren City in two.

The Tujue attacking the city were instantly surrounded.

It was only now that the Tujue rushing forward from behind realized that Zhang San might not have deceived them.

And just at that moment, from the southwest, suddenly a large army emerged.

A vast red flag billowed over the battlefield.

On it were written two big characters—Kaihuang!