Chapter 531
Chapter 531 Entering the City
Li Wuling, who had somehow caught up and was now at the end of the procession, looked at Labuli on the city wall with suspicion. "Brother Lin, have they figured out our plan?"
Lin Wanrong pondered for a moment before shaking his head. "Unlikely. Our disguised assault was a last-minute decision; no one else knows about it besides us. Even if the Turks are clever, they couldn't possibly anticipate our moves. Furthermore, given their temperament, if they had uncovered our plans, they would have acted already rather than waiting for us to be at the gates of Bayanhot."
While his reasoning was sound, Lin Wanrong himself wasn't entirely certain. After all, the situation on the battlefield was ever-changing, and there was no telling what could happen.
As the two conversed, Hu Bugui had already started speaking up ahead. Jabbering in fluent Turkic, he furiously shouted at Labuli. Since it was getting dark, Labuli couldn't make out Hu Bugui’s face. Moreover, given Hu Bugui's impeccable Turkic, nobody would guess that he was actually a prominent general from Great Hua, responsible for countless Turkic casualties.
Not being proficient in Turkic himself, except for a few curse words, Lin Wanrong tugged on Hu Bugui's armor. "Brother Hu, what are you saying?"
Hu Bugui whispered, "I told Labuli that I am Sheng Dan, a brave general under the command of the Right Prince Tursun, and I’m escorting war horses to Bayanhot. I demanded to know why he's barring our valiant soldiers from entering the city gates."
Lin Wanrong nodded. "Brother Hu, is it possible that Labuli might recognize this Sheng Dan?"
Hu Bugui chuckled as he shook his head. "No chance. In the Turkic Khanate, Left Prince Batur and Right Prince Tursun come from two major clans and can't stand each other. Their subordinates are no different, each looking down on the other. Labuli is indeed a renowned warrior under Batur, that's certain. However, Sheng Dan isn't all that impressive. He claims to be a formidable general under Tursun, but he could only escort a few hundred men and some horses, and we subdued him easily. Tursun has thousands of such third-rate figures. In a land like the steppes where might makes right, do you think Labuli would even bother knowing him?"