Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1777: Chapter 1662: The Right Method, the Wrong Opponent

Just as Cao Cao and Liu Bei were forming an alliance, the King of Dingling and Huyan Chu also met. Although the King of Dingling appeared very sincere, with Huyan Chu’s ability to discern intentions, he immediately sensed the King of Dingling’s thoughts, though he kept it to himself.

Huyan Chu genuinely didn’t expect this King of Dingling to have such a significant divergence with them. Although he had previously felt discontent because of the Dingling people’s delays, leading to considerable losses for the Northern Huns, he hadn’t expected the Dingling people to be this shortsighted in assessing the situation.

[Well, since the King of Dingling is so blind to the situation, and has these small intentions when facing the Han Army, when the time comes, I won’t need to have any qualms about dealing with them. Allies aren’t as important as my own people.] Huyan Chu wore a gentle smile but secretly made up his mind.

Thus, the Dingling people and the Northern Huns entered a state of alliance with treacherous intentions on both sides, facing their ”common” enemy, the Han Army.

Naturally, Huyan Chu expressed his sincerest intention to provide all accommodation for the Dingling warriors who came to join in battle, and allocated tens of thousands of Miscellaneous Huns as vassals to support them and boost their momentum.

Seeing Huyan Chu’s actions, the King of Dingling’s heart steadied. Although the Northern Huns Chanyu seemed to have a cold demeanor and wasn’t very enthusiastic towards them, he truly was a good ally. Those previous impressions were probably just personality issues rather than anything more.

Witnessing how quickly the Northern Huns arranged everything for them, the King of Dingling felt assured, realizing that it was time for the Dingling people to demonstrate their capabilities. While the Northern Huns hadn’t made any special requests, it was fitting to show that they were not indebted.

The King of Dingling harbored no dissatisfaction with this behavior, instead fostered an agreeable notion. He didn’t believe himself to be of the same ilk as the Northern Huns; compared to them, he more desired to be an ally of the Han Dynasty.

But not the kind of ally that comes and goes as the Han Dynasty pleases, rather an ally on equal footing, one who is entitled to covet the position of the overlord of the grasslands, with enough threat to the Han Dynasty’s capability as seen by the King of Dingling, requiring substantial strength.

Thus, the King of Dingling chose to exhibit his strength amidst the chaos of the Han and Huns war, then assist the Han Dynasty in defeating the Huns, thereafter commanding the Miscellaneous Huns to become the new overlord of the grasslands.

After all, based on the observations of past Dingling Kings, they’ve noticed the Han Dynasty’s control over the grasslands is nearly nonexistent. Even if a powerful tribe emerges on the grasslands, as long as the tribe doesn’t trouble the Han Dynasty, the Han won’t intervene.

Even for the Han Dynasty, Northern Barbarians heading south to beat grain, as long as it’s not a large-scale disruption, the Han merely puts up a minimal resistance in the North without launching any significant counterattack, so for the Dingling people to become the grasslands overlords means nothing to the Han Dynasty.

Of course, these were just observations by past Dingling Kings, and this generation’s King of Dingling is completely unaware that amidst the Han Dynasty’s rebirth from fire, all previous experiences have been void, as the new generation of the Han Empire aims to flatten the world and conquer the land.

”Oh, the Northern Huns previously led troops to attack the Han Camp?” Upon learning of this situation, the King of Dingling suddenly laughed.

”Chanyu, should we go help the Northern Huns?” Yizhong asked the King of Dingling.

”Go, how can we not? Tujin Rongluo, that fool, squandered such a good opportunity and suffered a major defeat by the Han Army. Yizhong, you lead five hundred war chariots and ten thousand elite troops to assist the Northern Huns. This battle must showcase the might of our Dingling people. Don’t let anyone underestimate us!” the King of Dingling directed Yizhong.

”Alright!” Yizhong was overjoyed, promptly accepting the order, grasping his horse lance, and charged out, while the King of Dingling confidently watched Yizhong’s back.

Time rewinds slightly, as Liu Bei and the others prepared to welcome Cao Cao when Zhuge Liang ordered a patrol of the camp, inspecting if there were any vulnerabilities in the fortifications. Of course, this was just routine surveillance as, over this period, all breaches in camp security had been eliminated.

However, at this moment, the sentries on the camp’s perimeter unexpectedly spotted a dense mass of dark spots charging from a distance, their hearts tightened but soon relaxed. Previously, the higher ranks had already notified that there was a significant possibility of a Northern Huns raid on the camp.

Therefore, when the veterans on the perimeter saw this scene, they promptly began organizing a formation and preparing while sending someone to relay the news while starting to array for the impending Northern Huns’ assault.

When Yu Jin, Wei Yan, and Zhuge Liang arrived at the front camp, Liu Bei’s Army had instinctually used arrows to suppress the Miscellaneous Hun’s probing charge.

”Don’t you wonder what these Miscellaneous Huns are thinking, actually coming to raid our camp?” Wei Yan asked Zhuge Liang in puzzlement, ”To put it bluntly, going after Lord’s direction has more significance than attacking our camp.”

”No, attacking Lord’s direction is likely to escalate into a major battle, or even a decisive battle, before both allies are ready. Such a risk is something the Northern Huns definitely won’t take.” Zhuge Liang shook his head and said.

”We both have war eagles monitoring, knowing the other side is assembling allies, and also know the other side’s leaders have left camp with the vice army. But, on the one hand, neither can muster enough military officers to obliterate that vice army swiftly; on the other hand, neither side has prepared for a decisive battle, enemy or ally.” Zhuge Liang spread his hands as he spoke.