Chapter 696: Fierce Beast

At this moment, the great snow on the grassland has melted; the ground is covered with dry yellow grass and exposed yellow loam, the north wind howls from the north, and the grass bits kicked up by horse hooves fill the sky.

The Great King was performing with gusto…… "It looks three parts desolate, eight parts tragic～"

Wei Shenyi pondered, "Is there an extra part?"

The Great King reckoned on his fingers…… "I'll add that extra bit of tragedy and charge it to your account! Not speaking could suffocate you!"

Today's drama is the Wei brothers fighting each other, while the Bai Li clan member beside them feels even more complicated. He thinks that as long as the third brother stays silent, with his combat skill he could now block the gate of the Xiongnu King City, and he sincerely admires him.

As previously stated, this guy shouldn't speak.

Once he speaks, he just thinks the Xiongnu iron cavalry is nothing special.

The site of the Xiongnu King City is actually a good choice, backed by continuous mountains, with a water system flowing through the city, also quite a rare landscape of clear waters and lovely hills. But the city's construction is nothing to look at—not even mentioning the Great King's Youzhou City, its urban planning is inferior to that of today's Yunzhong Commandery; outwardly it's just an earthen city.

However, the earthen city walls look sturdy; right now flags flutter on the city top, where burly Xiongnu warriors stand shoulder to shoulder, and looking closely at the crenels there are also many archers, their wary eyes fixed on us.

Ten thousand elite cavalry stand silently outside the city; earlier, when the gate was hastily shut, they didn't gallop forward but kept their original pace, and they still remain standing there silently now. People are still, horses are still. They don't look like they're here to attack the city; they look like a passing…… honor guard?

This ease and calm make Punu anxious, more so than a charge would—let alone the younger Hudu.

A charge means urgency, urgency means a flaw. This cavalry gives the impression that they are enjoying the process, besieging the city is just their ritual, and the city is already in their bag.

Thus they leisurely and calmly encircle, savoring the fear of the besieged.

Yes, they appear to be enjoying besieging the Xiongnu King City.

Punu couldn't hold out any longer; after two brief clashes he knows better than anyone how tough the opposition is. "Send someone to ask—what will make him leave!"

In response, the Great King said: "I'm still young, a child—fickle. Earlier I said to push the Great Jin's northern frontier forward a thousand li, you disagreed, but now I've taken a fancy to this city. Punu, just hand the city over to me～"

"Your Majesty the Great Jin Emperor, we, the Chanyu, sincerely ask for your withdrawal terms. The Central Plains have a saying: 'Spare where you can, and spare.' Why must you utterly destroy your tributary state? This is no time for empty threats—we can discuss the terms of ceding land……"

"Last time you attacked the gate of Chang'an, you forced my father emperor to death and seized the whole northern border, about one‑third of Great Jin's territory. Now that I'm on the defensive and striking at your doorstep, I can only get a barren plot? No matter—I also want a city！"

The envoy began to work his jaw; it's said he has Central Plains blood, his attitude is also better, and his demeanor when facing the city is extremely proper.

He tried to reason with the Great King…… "Your Majesty, wasn't your father's death due to illness afterward? How could we have killed him? Our former Left Worthy King has already paid with his life for your father……"

The Great King won't budge: "Your excuses are useless to me! Wasn't it your fright that made my father die young? He could have struggled for another fifty years, but you ruined my childhood! The more I say, the angrier I get—oh oh, you're still trying to scare me! How absurd!!

Envoy: ……

Fifty years…… childhood……

He, half‑Jin, now helplessly feels that he and the Great King have a language barrier.

The Great King's cousin was still in the rear with Bai Li Hu and the Cricket Great King: "I've never heard anyone describe 'going back on one's word' as this cute."

Bai Li Hu wore a look of disdain: "You call that cute? Family affection can blind your eyes, right?"

Praising a fierce beast as cute—are you crazy!