Chapter 2135 - Killing the Tang Emissaries! (1/2)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

“Hmph! Hahaha… so you want to throw in your lot with Youzhou?!”

In this tense atmosphere, Lu Ting began to laugh.

Even though he was surrounded by tigers and wolves and might die at any moment, and though he was just a scholar, Lu Ting wasn’t one bit afraid.

“You Youzhou rebels are quite bold! Just a bunch of slaves! Who gave you the courage to bite back against the Imperial Court and make an enemy of the Tang army!?”

Lu Ting angrily smiled upon hearing this demand from the Youzhou rebels.

“Ishbara Khagan, do you think the same way? Or perhaps you were already intent on making an enemy of the Great Tang?”

Lu Ting looked toward Ishbara Khagan.

“We have said nothing,” Ishbara Khagan sternly said, his stony face devoid of emotion. It was like what was unfolding before his eyes had nothing to do with him.

No one knew what the Western Turkic Khagan was thinking at this moment.

“Haha, the fire is burning your eyebrows, but Khagan still wants to benefit from both sides?

“The Western Turkic Khaganate is not a small country, and the only reason all the other armies have yet to move is because they are waiting for the Western Turks to make a decision. Khagan wishes to sit on the sidelines and extort both sides, but I worry that the other countries won’t let the Western Turks do so!”

The Youzhou commander coldly chuckled.

“We did not have this intention!”

Ishbara Khagan finally couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.

He truly had once thought about sitting on the side and watching the tigers of the Great Tang and the alliance battle it out, but the other countries weren’t fools. This was why he was now playing host to three different foreign missions.

“Hmph!”

The Youzhou commander sneered.

In the current situation, Ishbara Khagan could no longer keep playing off all the parties against each other. No matter what, he needed to make his decision today.

“I will make this declaration. If the Western Turks continue to refuse to make their stance known, the first to be destroyed will be the Western Turkic Khaganate!” the Youzhou commander bluntly said, scanning the tent with a challenging gaze.

“Bastard!”

All the Western Turks in the tent were enraged.

This was the Western Turkic Khaganate, and this man dared to threaten it right in front of them? This was far too arrogant! Even Duwu Sili and Wunu Shibi were angered.

“Haaaa!”

Ishbara Khagan let out a long sigh and suddenly turned to Fourth Prince Barshad.

“Did you hear what they said? Little Bar, it will be difficult to bring a good end to today’s matter. I am afraid that I must make you suffer an injustice!”

Ishbara Khagan’s casually spoken words left Barshad shaken.

After going back and forth, in the end, his father still wanted to kill him.

Barshad felt a bitterness in his heart, and his eyes turned dim with despair.

In doing this, his father was completely displaying his intent to the other countries. He was leaving himself no path of retreat, so as to allay any worries the other countries might have that he could use the Fourth Prince to get on good terms with the Great Tang!

But they were father and son, linked by blood!

After deciding Barshad’s fate, Ishbara Khagan turned to Lu Ting.

“Gentlemen, We do not wish to do this, but it was you who forced your way inside. With the lives of the Western Turks at stake, We must sacrifice you and offer your heads!”

“Ishbara Khagan, you…!”

Lu Ting was astonished. He had clearly not expected that Ishbara Khagan would resolve himself and join the alliance, even offering Lu Ting as a sacrifice.

The Western Turkic generals were somewhat panicked.

The situation had changed far too quickly. They had just been discussing the matter of Shamul, and Shamul’s body was still there on the ground. But nobody was even looking at it, the main topic having become the imminent conflict between the alliance and the Great Tang.

They were somewhat at a loss for what to do.

But the Youzhou commander by the tent flap laughed.

“Hahaha, Ishbara Khagan, you won’t regret this decision!”

“However, We have one problem,” Ishbara Khagan suddenly said.

“What problem?”

The Youzhou commander froze, his laughter dying away.