Chapter 394 is for power! And also for profit!
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March 19th, 2:45 PM.
Dark clouds obscured the moon, and the darkness seemed endless.
Li Shiyue, Chen Yong, Sun Xiaoliu, and two other scouts from the Turks, together explored the Mohe barbarians' tribe's location little by little.
Not far behind them were about twenty Xuanjia soldiers led by Hei Zi, and nearly twenty Turkic soldiers brought by He Lu, a total of nearly fifty people following behind Li Shiyue and his group.
Li Shiyue and his group headed from the southwest towards the tribe of the Mohe barbarians;
Meanwhile, to the northeast, opposite them, Wang Datou and He Lu were leading the remaining fifty-odd people to explore the Mohe barbarian tribe.
When Li Shiyue was only about ten feet away from the gate of the house, she hid in the darkness and nodded to Chen Yong and Sun Xiaoliu beside her.
The three of them then moved quickly and quietly from the side to the doorway.
Four Mohe barbarians stood at the entrance, with two on each side of the entrance.
A gust of cold wind swept by, and Li Shiyue used it to quickly move towards the door.
With a "click," Li Shiyue's sudden sneak attack caught the barbarian off guard. Before he even realized what was happening, Li Shiyue had already twisted his neck and killed him.
At the same time, Chen Yong and Sun Xiaoliu acted quickly, and following closely behind Li Shiyue, a series of soft "click" sounds rang out.
but!
There are four Mohe barbarians standing guard at the entrance!
However, Li Shiyue and his two companions only had time to kill three barbarians at the same time!
One left!
No sooner said than done, just as the lone Mohe barbarian was about to speak, a cold arrow flew from afar and pierced his forehead with a "whoosh"!
Li Shiyue quickly put the barbarian's corpse on the ground and went to catch the barbarian with an arrow between his eyebrows.
After Li Shiyue and the other two carefully arranged the bodies of the four barbarians, Hei Zi and his group, carrying longbows, walked out of the nearby bushes in an orderly line.
Li Shiyue saw Hei Zi nod at him, and then said to everyone, "Proceed according to plan!"
What exactly is Li Shiyue trying to do?
Is it obvious?
She's about to start killing people!
Li Shiyue borrowed men from She'er and had Zhou Yiran use the wool trade and the matter of Sixth Sister to bargain with Liang Yongkang, thus delaying their departure from the Turkic royal court!
The person impersonating her in their residence was naturally Li Qiutian.
Gao Jin, who remained behind, ordered the remaining half of the Xuanjia Army to eat an extra portion of food each day in order to cover up the fact that the other half of the Xuanjia Army had already left the Turkic royal court.
Li Shiyue, however, secretly led half of her own people from Andong, along with more than fifty Turkic soldiers borrowed from She'er, and escaped from the Turkic royal court one by one over several days by breaking up the whole group into smaller units.
What happened next was quite simple.
After everyone gathered on the grassland outside the Turkic royal court, Li Shiyue led Chen Yong and Sun Xiaoliu in the direction of the grassland where the Sixth Prince's two Mohe barbarians from the Blackwater tribe were located, as told by She'er.
The Mohe barbarians, who were trained in martial arts, were accustomed to burial, so the bodies of the two Mohe barbarians killed by Li Shiyue were to be sent back to their tribe.
Li Shiyue and his group were tracking the funeral procession sent by the Sixth Prince.
As for the others?
Wang Datou and He Lu, She'er's cousin, then followed behind Li Shiyue and the other two, waiting for their chance.
Tonight is the night Li Shiyue decides to launch a surprise attack on this Blackwater Mohe tribe!
She wants to fight the barbarians!
She had learned from Sher and her spies scattered throughout the Turkic court that this tribe, which was based on martial arts, had a population of about a thousand. Based on a ratio of 1:5 between soldiers and civilians, about two hundred of them were full-time barbarian soldiers!
So, Li Shiyue used a surprise attack, with 100 men against no more than 200?
The advantage lies with me!
We will win!
So why did Li Shiyue fight this Mohe barbarian tribe?
Although Andong had fought against several major barbarian tribes, including the Turks, Mohe, and Khitan, after Li Shiyue and his people settled in Liujiatun in Andong, the only ones who had a deep-seated hatred for the people of Lijiacun were the Mohe barbarians.
Of course, the reason for attacking this tribe under the Heishui Mohe was not only because Li Shiyue, as a member of Lijiatun, had a grudge against them;
Besides that, there are two other reasons. First, we caught up with the opportunity!
Yes, we made it just in time!
When Li Shiyue and Zhou Yiran came to the Turkic Khaganate on Liu Tan's orders, she never imagined that she would meet barbarians from the Heishui Mohe in the Turkic royal court.
Originally, Li Shiyue was still looking for an opportunity, hoping that in addition to completing the three tasks that Liu Tan required them to complete in the Turkic Khaganate, she could also find some trouble for Andong within the Turkic Khaganate, sow discord between the new Khan and his brothers, and preferably make the new Khan's throne unstable.
So, after seeing those two Mohe barbarians, Li Shiyue immediately had an idea in her mind!
This is what it means to be lucky!
Secondly, we need to start by explaining why Li Shiyue accepted the task given to her by Liu Tan.
It's for power!
It's all for profit!
Only with power can one better protect their own interests!
Yes! Li Shiyue is only after her own power and interests!
This mission to the Turks was actually a test for Li Shiyue by Liu Tan!
The outcome of this mission will determine how Liu Tan should treat Li Shiyue.
Will Li Shiyue only be a beast of burden under Liu Tan's command in the future, a knife that only kills?
Will Liu Tan give Li Shiyue more freedom, allowing her to truly assume the position of "Zhaowu Colonel" as a military officer in her female form?
Li Shiyue must seize this opportunity!
Based on the various facts of the past two years, from the drop in river level to the reduction in autumn grain production, Li Shiyue has predicted that there will be a severe drought in Andong within three years!
Even the land they fled to in Andong is experiencing drought, so what about the entire Dalong?
When that time comes, Dalong will inevitably repeat the natural and man-made disasters of many years ago.
The collapse of Da Long is imminent!
For Li Shiyue's own sake, for her family's sake, and for Lijiatun's sake, Li Shiyue must become a person with real power under Liu Tan, the future uncrowned king of Andong!
Otherwise, neither Li Shiyue personally nor the entire Lijiatun village would be able to protect their interests in Andong!
Li Shiyue cannot simply be a knife with immense strength and superior combat skills. She must not only be able to make a knife, but also be a general who can wield a knife!
What Li Shiyue needed was not Liu Tan's appreciation of her personal martial arts skills, but for Liu Tan to genuinely treat her as a trusted confidante like Ma San and Zhao Da!
She needs to use this mission to the Turks to let Liu Tan see her potential and value!
Only when Li Shiyue truly becomes a female general will she be able to rightfully have her own troops!
So, the question is, how can this mission to the Turks achieve a result that satisfies Liu Tan?
What would happen if you defeated a barbarian tribe and obtained their warhorses and cattle as spoils of war?
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