Chapter 786 - Migration (1/2)

Translator: Legge

The enemies from the north were getting closer and closer as they made their way through the water over the white salt pool. Yan Liuyuan urged his horse forward as well. It was a grand sight to behold, as though the people on both sides were standing on top of a huge mirror where the boundaries were limitless.

Yan Liuyuan looked silently at the enemies in the distance. They were clearly much taller than the nomads. If the average height of the nomads was 1.75 meters, then these enemies from the north were probably at least 1.9 meters tall. Some of them even towered up to 2 meters in height.

The enemies wore brown fur hides on their backs, showing off firm pectorals across their bare chests while their muscular thighs were exposed to the cold wind.

But it was a little strange. In front of that group of burly northern men, there was actually someone else dressed in a black robe walking slowly.

The edges of that black robe even seemed to be sewn with gold threads. It made him look strange and mysterious, like he was some sort of a… priest.

However, Yan Liuyuan felt that this black-robed person did not seem to be on the same side as the group of Northerners. This was because the two were clearly very different in their physiques. This black-robed person was shorter than the others by almost a head.

His height made him look more like a Central Plains person.

“Could Black Robe be their leader?” Bulan Zir asked, “Master, why don’t we capture their leader first?”

“I think Black Robe looks more like a spy that escaped from the Central Plains.” Yan Liuyuan said with a smile, “He might even be someone with status in the Central Plains. If he weren’t afraid of being recognized, he wouldn’t be so bundled up and act so mysteriously.”

When everyone heard Yan Liuyuan’s relaxed tone, they started to feel at ease.

Thinking about it carefully, it did make sense. If their master could topple a mountain with a wave of his hand, why would they need to be afraid of these enemies from the north?

Next to him, Bulan Zir said in a low voice, “Master, they aren’t using swords. It’s no wonder they could cut someone in half. So it’s because they were using axes.”

Yan Liuyuan looked at the group of people in the distance. Bulan Zir was right. All of them were carrying metal axes.

“Those axes aren’t light at all.” Kirghiz Yan said, “However, our warriors of the steppe have nothing to fear either. Master, just say the word and I, Kirghiz Yan, will lead the charge.”

At this moment, more and more enemies appeared in the distance. Their tall figures made the nomads’ scalps tingle.

Yan Liuyuan frowned. At first, they only saw a few dozen people, but now, several hundred of them were appearing. “It’s not a coincidence that these people are heading south. Their entire tribe is migrating southwards. Something must’ve happened in the north that caused them to head in this direction. Look at them. Some of them are carrying cloth bags on their backs. This encounter at the salt pool was probably a coincidence. They were here to harvest the salt as well.”

The two sides were caught in a deadlock at the salt pool. No one took another step forward.

However, Hassan noticed that the group of beastly men in the distance were slowly changing their formation. It looked like they might even start suddenly charging at them.

Then soft footfalls came from behind the nomads. When Bulan Zir turned around, he was surprised to see that over a 1,000 huge wolves had arrived at the border of the salt pool. They were coldly sizing up the group of “beasts” in the north with their fangs exposed.

It was the first time Bulan Zir and Kirghiz Yan’s tribes had seen such a huge pack of wolves. They had only heard about it before and thought it was just Yan Liuyuan’s way of scaring people into submission!

Only now did they realize the gigantic wolf pack really existed. And they really obeyed Yan Liuyuan’s orders!