Chapter 106: The Western Bandits Arrive
This also led to the fact that the two had a common destiny.

The difference is that Emperor Wu died of a sudden illness on his way back to the capital, while Songjiang Xibu died on the battlefield. The person who killed him was the Western Lu Khan who led his troops into Jizhou at that time.

After Songjiang Xibu was killed in battle, his tribe was defeated by the Western Tartars because they had no leader, which resulted in severe damage to their vitality. They were completely unable to nominate Xiao Yuer to the position of the chieftain of the tribe.

It was at this time that the current Eastern Lu Khan Hurtu took advantage of the situation and not only threatened the various tribes to nominate him to become Khan, but also took the opportunity to annex the Yehe tribe, and took possession of Xiao Yuer's mother, and even coveted Xiao Yuer.

Xiao Yuer had always refused to obey, which led to Huertu forcing her to come to Jizhou to die.

But Huertu didn't expect that Xiao Yuer would rather take on this mission of suicide than commit herself to serving him.

Cao Yunmeng had been listening nearby. After hearing about Xiao Yuer's life story, he no longer looked at her with hatred, but instead with a hint of sympathy and pity.

The same goes for Wang An, but he is not a saint and he can't help with many things.

But he suddenly thought of something, and said with a complicated expression: "That Huertu has a grudge against you for seizing the throne, and you were forced by him to come to Jizhou to die. Now you are captured by me, and I may send you to the Western Tartars..."

"Speaking of which, the Western Khan is the enemy who killed your father. Since you are unwilling to serve the Eastern Khan, it is even more impossible for you to serve the Western Khan..."

Cao Yunmeng interrupted, "Yes, then why did you take the initiative to ask Wang An to give you to the Western Khan when he attacks?"

Xiao Yuer smiled bitterly and said, "If I don't do this, how can I protect those old subordinates?"

"Besides, even if His Royal Highness Prince Xin sends me to the Western Tartars, I have a way to preserve my innocence."

"How can we protect it?" Wang An said, "Besides dying to protect my innocence, I can't think of any other way you can do."

Xiao Yuer didn't say anything, but her smile became even more miserable.

When Wang An saw this, he immediately understood.

For a moment, his mind was filled with mixed feelings and he did not speak for a long time.

While he was thinking about thousands of things, Xu Huang hurriedly ran into the government office again and said in a panic: "My lord, it's not good, the Western barbarians... the Western barbarians are attacking us!"

Wang An subconsciously glanced at Xiao Yu'er, then asked calmly, "How many troops does the other side have?"

Xu Huang immediately replied: "About 10,000 people!"

Wang An asked again, "Do you have infantry and siege equipment?"

Xu Huang thought about it carefully and said affirmatively: "No, they all rode horses."

Wang An nodded and ordered, "Put on armor for me!"

Chunhong hurriedly took several sisters to get armor and swords for Wang An.

After Wang An was fully dressed, he was about to leave the house when Xiao Yuer suddenly walked up to him and said, "My Lord, it seems that I will not be able to stay in your house for a few more days. I just hope that you can fulfill your promise after I leave."

Wang An looked at the young woman in front of him with a complicated expression, and nodded after a moment, "Don't worry, I will keep my word when I come down here." Xiao Yu'er smiled sweetly, as if she had no regrets at all, and said, "In that case, I will go with Your Highness."

With that, the group strode toward the city wall.

After climbing to the top of the city wall, Wang An immediately saw a dark crowd outside the city. People in all kinds of strange costumes were riding on horses and surrounding the White City aggressively.

At this time, on the city wall, the intensive defense work was proceeding in an orderly manner, just like last night.

If it weren't for the fact that it was daytime, everyone could clearly see that there were a large number of enemy troops outside the city, and it might even be a case of "crying wolf".

Chen Huaian and Xu Huang both stood beside Wang An with serious expressions, waiting for Wang An to make a decision.

Wang An was also observing the other party carefully, hoping to find a flaw in him.

But at this moment, a man rode out from the crowd and came straight to the city.

The soldiers of Jizhou Guard all looked at Wang An, waiting for the order to attack.

However, Wang An raised his hand to signal everyone to stay calm, and then waited quietly for the man to speak.

In front of the two armies, it goes without saying that the other side's behavior is that of the other side's messenger.

Sure enough, after the man approached the city wall, he shouted loudly at the wall: "People of the Southern Dynasty on the wall, I heard that a vassal king of the imperial court has come here. Call him out to talk."

Everyone was furious when they heard this. Although they were instinctively frightened, Wang An's reputation in Baicheng had been at its peak during this period. However, the man in front of them dared to humiliate Wang An and there was no respect at all in his words. Some people immediately raised their bows and drew arrows, wanting to shoot him to death on the spot.

However, Wang An was quick to stop him and responded, "You beast under the city wall, I'm right here, if you have anything to say, please speak now!"

The man looked in the direction of the voice and saw Wang An in golden armor with extraordinary momentum. He did not doubt Wang An's identity and said angrily: "So you are the vassal king of Jizhou. How dare you be so rude to my Western Tartar envoys? Aren't you afraid that my army will march up and break through your small white city in one fell swoop and massacre all the people in your city!"

The soldiers on the city wall showed a trace of fear on their faces when they heard this. Wang An sighed slightly, thinking that hundreds of years of foreign humiliation had caused the people of Jizhou to almost lose their morale when facing the Western and Eastern Tartars.

Thinking of this, Wang An's face darkened and he shouted, "What an unreasonable Western barbarian! They are indeed a bunch of beasts who eat raw meat and drink blood, without any manners at all!"

The man became furious upon hearing this, and was about to start cursing at Wang An when another person rushed out from the Western Tartar Army and whispered something in the man's ear. A trace of panic flashed across the man's face, and then he suppressed his anger and looked at Wang An again.

But this time his tone was obviously much better, and he said: "You are lucky to be from Daliang. My Khan said that he came here just to find someone. As long as you hand him over obediently, he will not kill the people of Jizhou!"

Wang An knew who the other party was talking about, but on the surface he pretended to know nothing and said, "Oh, the Western Khan actually led the army in person? But who are you looking for? If it is someone who deserves to die, I will naturally hand him over."

The man sneered and said, "Don't pretend to be stupid here, Prince of the Southern Dynasty. We are looking for Princess Xiao Yu'er of the Eastern Tartars. Don't say you don't know."

Wang An shrugged and actually said, "What is Xiao Yu'er? I really don't know. If she is the princess of the Eastern Tartars, what is she doing in Jizhou? Besides, what does it have to do with you Western Tartars?"

(End of this chapter)