Chapter 233 Could she be a man in disguise?

Balu's face darkened: "Then don't blame us!"

"kill!"

Shen Lanxi took out a command flag from her sleeve, waved it down with her right hand, and the sound was like cold iron.

"kill!"

The guards, who had been scattered before, suddenly changed their demeanor, raised their weapons and rushed to the front of the formation. Following the command flag in Shen Lanxi's hand, they each went to their designated directions.

Shen Lanxi shouted, "Annihilate them all! Leave no one alive!"

"yes!"

The sudden change made Balu and the others twitch their eyebrows. They quickly realized that it was just a matter of raising their voices a little and making their formation a little more orderly.

They can too.

"Kill the men, spare the women. Whoever kills the most people today, this beauty will be theirs!" At Balu's command, the Oirat people erupted in cheers.

"General, take the weapon!" Qiu Shuang carried Shen Lanxi's long staff to him.

Shen Lanxi picked it up casually and drew a circle in the air.

"kill!"

The Oirat people and their guards immediately engaged in a fierce battle.

Nie Shuanghai still remembered Zheng Qiao's words and didn't go to kill the enemy, wanting to protect Shen Lanxi.

However, what happened next was something he would never forget!

Shen Lanxi casually threw her long staff, which struck a Oirat man, causing him to vomit blood and fall from his horse.

Then something even more unbelievable happened before his eyes: Shen Lanxi casually knocked down the Oirat man's mount with a single blow.

The mount fell to the ground without even struggling; it was barely breathing.

The Oirat people had forgotten about the war and were all staring at Shen Lanxi in shock.

She's a woman!

Could she be a man in disguise?

Even a man couldn't kill a horse with a single blow, could he?

Balu's pupils contracted sharply twice.

These Oirat people finally understood why a large peace delegation was being led by a female general.

She's even more powerful than the most formidable warrior of the Oirat!

"Stop fighting! Stop fighting!" Balu shouted immediately after assessing the situation.

The guards were about to plunge their spears into the necks of the Oirat men and sever their heads when they surrendered.

Shen Lanxi: "You foreigners kill even the elderly, women, and children. Today, I will avenge the innocent people of our Great Zhou!"

Upon hearing this, Balu's eyes widened immediately, and he shouted, "We didn't do that!"

Xiao Fang: "Don't try to deny it. Who else could it be but you?"

As the leader of his clan, Balu knew who was stronger and who was weaker as soon as the two sides started fighting, and now was not the time to play the hero.

There's a saying among the people of the Great Zhou: "Those who understand the times are the heroes." Their Oirat population was already small, and there were elderly people and children in their tribes waiting for them to return. Too many deaths and injuries would mean he, as their leader, would be driven into the deep mountains to be eaten by wolves.

“They are Turks, Turks who fought against your Great Zhou, they have nothing to do with us!” Balu quickly explained.

Shen Lanxi still didn't believe it.

"Whether it is true or not, your assassination attempt on the envoy is a heinous crime. Executing you is perfectly justified!"

Balu gritted his teeth and said, "We are an assassination mission, but there are reasons for it."

Xiao Fang: "What do you mean, 'willing'?"

The man next to Balu said angrily, "We Oirat people signed a treaty with the Great Zhou to fight against the Turks, on the condition that you could not make peace with the Turks, Tatars, or Persians. You people of the Great Zhou have not kept your promise!"

Shen Lanxi: "..."

The man next to Balu became increasingly agitated, and when he spoke again, it had turned into an accusation.

"Although our Vasa and other tribes are small in number, we have always been loyal to the Great Zhou Dynasty and have never thought of invading it. It is also because our tribe is weak that we are often harassed by the Turks, Tatars and Persians."

"When the Wei family army was around, they helped us defend against the three Turkic tribes, and we provided them with fodder and feed. Since the Wei family army is gone, the Great Zhou army has stopped protecting our Oirat tribes, leading to the three Turkic tribes constantly oppressing our Oirat. You Great Zhou people are untrustworthy!"

Shen Lanxi thought silently for two seconds, then raised her hand and waved a flag signal. The guards orderly retreated to their original positions.

"I don't know anything about any of those things you're talking about!"

Do you have any evidence?

The man who had been speaking so confidently just moments before froze.

Balu: "What evidence?"

Shen Lanxi: "Some contracts you signed with the imperial court."

Balu thought for a moment and said a few words to the man beside him.

Suddenly a man shouted, and then mumbled a bunch of gibberish.

Balu: "We Oirat people used to pay tribute to the court, but we only stopped paying tribute in the last two years due to the war in the northwest!"

"When the Wei family army bought horses and fodder from us before, they gave us some things! Those things are still in our tribe, and we didn't bring them with us this time!"

Shen Lanxi's eyes flickered as she said, "You assassinated the marriage alliance delegation in an attempt to sabotage the marriage alliance between the imperial court and the three Turkic tribes?"

Balu and the others were clearly struck by what they had been thinking. After a while, they said, "The Turks have always wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to annex our Oirat tribes. If this marriage alliance succeeds, they will have a reason to send troops against us. At that time, our Oirat tribes will become slaves of the three Turkic tribes. Our cattle and sheep will be slaughtered, and our women and children will be sold like livestock."

Shen Lanxi: "Didn't the Northern Expeditionary Army come before? After they arrived, didn't they do anything at all?"

Baru looked angry and disdainful when she mentioned the Northern Expeditionary Army.

“We approached the Northern Expeditionary Army you mentioned before, but they looked down on us. They didn’t believe us, treated us like spies, and even wanted to execute us.” Balu’s face darkened as he recalled this incident.

Shen Lanxi's expression was indescribable.

"General, we have offended you today. We will leave now!" Balu said pragmatically.

Shen Lanxi glanced over and said, "Now that you're here, don't rush back!"

Xiao Fang slowly tightened his grip on the weapon in his hand.

Batu's face darkened, thinking that Shen Lanxi really wanted to wipe them out, and he stopped speaking politely.

"You people of the Great Zhou are all untrustworthy. You want to kill us? We men of the Oirat tribes wouldn't even flinch if our heads were to fall!"

Shen Lanxi took a deep breath: "You've been constantly harassed by the Turks, it must have been very difficult for you, right?" Her eyes swept over the people behind her.

The Oirat people behind them were not as strong and robust as those in front.

Balu's eyes darted around, wondering to himself, "What does she mean?"

Shen Lanxi: "I'm short of guards. If you escort us to Huangtu City, I'll let you leave!"

After she finished speaking, she took out a whistle and blew it.

In the blink of an eye, light snow flew in from afar.

The enormous eagle was considered a supreme god by the foreign tribes.

Shen Lanxi dismounted and took a few steps forward. With one hand, she effortlessly lifted the eagle, which was taller and stronger than a person, over her shoulder.

The Oirat people gasped in unison, and some of the more timid ones even jumped off their horses and knelt on the ground, calling out to the gods!