Li Yunhao drank his wine and watched Ou Yezi and his disciple sharpen their knives.
The patrolling guards caught a fleeing farmer outside the city gate and brought him to Li Yunhao.
The head guard bent down and reported,"Reporting to the prefect. We caught a suspicious farmer outside the city. Should we kill him?"”
The farmer was shocked." Lord Prefect, don't kill me. I'm a farmer in the city."”
Another guard recognized the farmer." Governor, I know this farmer. His name is Deng Gouzi. He used to live in the west of the city. Two days ago, he escaped from the Jade Gate Pass with a caravan.”
The guard kicked away the farmer who wanted to hug Li Yunhao's thigh."According to the laws of the Great Tang, escaping the city without permission is considered a crime of treason.”
The farmer cried bitterly." Lord Prefect, please have mercy and don't kill me. I finally escaped from the mountain bandits 'nest and returned to Jade Gate Pass.”
"It's not too late to kill him after he's finished speaking." Li Yunhao stopped the guard.”
The farmer kept kowtowing on the ground.”
The guard put the knife on the farmer's neck.""Tell me honestly. If you dare to lie, I'll kill you immediately.”
The farmer hugged the guard's thigh.
"I absolutely do not dare to lie to my lord…When our caravan of 400 left Jade Gate Pass, we encountered more than 50 mountain bandits. The caravan, money, and food were taken to the mountain stronghold by the mountain bandits. Last night, when the prison guards were napping, I managed to sneak out with great difficulty…"
Li Yunhao thought for a moment and ordered the guards,"Gather 200 soldiers to attack the stronghold."”
The guard was confused.”
" A 400-man caravan must have a lot of supplies," Li Yunhao said." The people in the caravan can be captured by the bandits and brought back to Jade Gate Pass as slaves. It's killing two birds with one stone."”
The guard was full of admiration for Li Yunhao. This was a legitimate way to turn a defected merchant into a slave.
Ou Yezi and his disciples had polished more than 200 Tang Swords.
The 200 soldiers all loved the alloy Tang swords. The old swords were rusted and the edges were not polished.
The lieutenant picked up the alloy Tang sword and slashed it at his old sword, breaking it with a crack.
"I've been a soldier for 10 years and I've never seen such a sharp Tang sword.”
The other soldier imitated the lieutenant's movements and cut the old sword, cutting it with ease as well.
"Such a sharp saber is a divine weapon. It can be sold for at least 10 taels of gold in Chang 'an.”
"The surface of the blade is as smooth as a mirror. It's definitely a treasured blade. If we bring this blade to kill the Turks, we can exchange one head for two.”
"We can fight the bandits, but we should run away first if we want to fight the Turks…"
"In other words, we can't defeat the Turks.”
Li Yunhao heard the soldiers 'discussion and called the lieutenant over.
"Drag these three soldiers out and beat them up twenty times.”
The three soldiers who had criticized the Turks were immediately captured and beaten up, their uniforms ripped off.
Li Yunhao held a 98K in his hand and fired at the sky.
Bang!
All the soldiers stood rooted to the ground, not daring to move. Li Yunhao shouted at the 200 soldiers.
"From today onwards, whoever says that the Turks are powerful will be shot in the head with my gun.”
The soldiers responded to Li Yunhao in varying voices. They were afraid of the weapon in Li Yunhao's hand that could kill ten Turks from 300 meters away.
Li Yunhao wore the Turkic envoy's armor. Although it was a dead man's clothing, he only had one life, so his chances of survival were slightly higher.
In ancient times, both the Tang Dynasty and the Turks had well-equipped cavalry. The Turks were slaves who were proficient in iron-making. The Turkic equipment was meticulously crafted and the materials used were very exquisite. Even the Tang soldiers were envious.
The 200 soldiers carefully ascended the mountain. From the foot of the mountain, they could hear the mountain bandits singing and dancing around the bonfire.
The captain led 10 soldiers to scout the way ahead. Every 20 meters, he would come back and call for the soldiers to advance.
This was Li Yunhao's first time leading troops to encircle and suppress the mountain bandits. He could not afford to be careless.
Halfway up the mountain, he saw a drunk, fat bandit peeing by a tree. Li Yunhao ordered the soldiers to go up and beat him up.
The surroundings were pitch black, and the fat bandit could vaguely see the Turkic envoy's armor on Li Yunhao's body.
The fat mountain bandit mumbled in Turkic.
"Mister Special Envoy, please don't hit me. I'm General Gerta's subordinate. General Gerta captured a group of Han people in the village.”
Li Yunhao could understand any language in the myriad worlds thanks to his system. The fat bandit before him had a standard Turkic accent, and he was 100% Turkic.
Li Yunhao asked the fat bandit in fluent Turkic,"How many people are protecting General Gerta? What's the situation in the village?”
The fat bandit was puzzled, but Li Yunhao spoke fluently in Turkic. He was certain that Li Yunhao was the Turkic envoy, so he answered the question without worry.
"General Gerta and his 100 brothers are all drunk. The Han bandits and caravans are all locked up in prison. The men can work as coolies, and the women can play with them.”
His first time leading an army, he was lucky enough to encounter a group of drunk Turkic soldiers. The strong Turkic soldiers were more suitable slaves than the sallow and emaciated Han.
The soldiers of Jade Gate Pass were now equipped with alloy Tang swords, but they were all afraid of the Turks. They could not let the soldiers know that the mountain stronghold was filled with Turkic soldiers pretending to be mountain bandits.
The soldier did not understand what the bandits were saying."The bandits aren't speaking Chinese."
"The bandit's tone sounds like Turkic, but why is the governor able to communicate with him?" another soldier asked nervously.”
"I've heard the Turks speak in the same tone as this fat bandit. He must be a Turkic soldier pretending to be a bandit…"
When the two hundred soldiers heard that the bandits were Turks, they were so frightened that their hands and feet trembled, and they could no longer hold their sabers.
Li Yunhao saw that the situation wasn't looking good, so he kicked the fat bandit's body and stepped on his palm. He asked in Turkic,"Do you even know how to pretend to be Han and speak Chinese?”
The mountain bandit sobered up a little from the pain. When he saw Li Yunhao suddenly flare up, he thought he had done something wrong."This one can pretend to be a Han Chinese and can speak a few sentences in Chinese, but it's a little awkward.”
Li Yunhao kicked him again.”
Li Yunhao confirmed that the bandits could speak Chinese and turned to the timid soldiers.
"The bandit only has a Turkic accent. Don't be afraid, everyone. He isn't fluent, so I'll let him speak a few more standard sentences.”
The soldier calmed down slightly and looked at the bandit, hoping that he could speak fluent Chinese.
Li Yunhao kicked the bandit again and berated him in Turkic,"Hurry up and speak Chinese. Pretend to be Han."
The fat bandit took out a red scarf from his clothes and waved it twice." Grandpa, come and play! Grandpa!"
The soldier was speechless.
"I seem to understand that he is indeed speaking Chinese. This is too much of a Long Yang fetish.”
"Brothers, it's time to get rid of the evil for the people. Beat him up…"
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