I have been a county magistrate for ten years. My subordinates insist on giving me a yellow robe.

Seeing that Prince Zhao was in a low mood, Kongwang quickly knelt on one knee.

"Your Highness, it is I who am useless."

Prince Zhao wiped away the dejected look on his face, stood up, and quickly walked to Kongwang to help him up.

"Uncle, don't say that. You've already helped me a lot. Without you, we might not even be able to raise an army."

Hearing the name "uncle", Kongwang's body trembled visibly.

It had been so long since he had forgotten that he was once the uncle of the Zhao Dynasty. Deep in emotion, Kongwang couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Your Highness, your mother handed you over to me, but I failed to hold on to this last half of the kingdom. I, I am so sorry to your mother..."

Prince Zhao was at a loss for a moment. He hurriedly took out a handkerchief and tried to wipe away the tears on Kongwang's face.

"Your Highness, I lost my composure." Kong Wang said, wiping the tears from his face. He then said in a resounding voice, "If I don't restore my country, how can I have the face to cry again!"

As soon as Kongwang finished speaking, a notification came from outside the door.

"Your Highness, Xin Wu requests an audience!"

Prince Zhao stood up and walked to the sand table, then he calmly asked him to come in.

"Your Highness, I have something to report." Xin Wu bowed and said.

Prince Zhao poured him a cup of tea and beckoned him, "Come, sit down and talk."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

As Xin Wu spoke, he walked over to sit next to Prince Zhao, drank a sip of tea, and then started talking.

"Your Highness, we have found the reason why there has been no news from the ten or so cities in western Yunzhou."

Prince Zhao's eyes widened immediately: "Oh, tell me what's going on."

Xin Wu nodded, raised his head and shouted towards the door: "Wang Tong, come in and talk!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Tong walked quickly into the tent and saluted the people: "Greetings, Your Highness, and Lord Kongwang."

"No need to be so polite." Prince Zhao said without raising his head.

Xin Wu waved his hand, and Wang Tong immediately placed several portraits in front of Prince Zhao. Xin Wu pointed at the portraits and said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, the problem in western Yunzhou lies with these few people!"

Prince Zhao slowly put down the teacup in his hand, looked left and right at the portrait, and finally looked at Ding Yin. He asked uncertainly, "Are those people from Jiang Yuan in Taiping County in this portrait?"

Xin Wu nodded affirmatively: "Yes, Your Highness, I have identified it and confirmed that it is Jiang Yuan from Taiping County."

Prince Zhao looked at Xin Wu in confusion. "Are you saying this is related to Jiang Yuan? Are you sure you're not mistaken?"

"Sir, there will be no mistake." Xin Wu spoke again.

"No way, does Taiping County have the strength to stir up the war situation in the entire western part of Yunzhou?" Prince Zhao said with some disbelief.

Xin Wu slowly shook his head and said, "Your Highness, a bunch of clowns naturally don't have the ability to do that, but they have Ding Yin's tiger talisman in their hands, which is why the situation in western Yunzhou has been thrown into chaos."

As soon as these words came out, Prince Zhao sat up straight and looked at Xin Wu in disbelief. "What did you say? Ding Yin's tiger talisman? How could Ding Yin's tiger talisman be in Jiang Yuan's hands?"

"Tell me what's going on! Tell me in detail!"

Xin Wu immediately looked at Wang Tong, who bowed again.

"Your Highness, this is what happened..."

A moment later, Prince Zhao's face was gloomy and he wanted to kill someone.

After defeating Ding Yin and obtaining Ding Yin's token, he dared to use the tiger talisman to cheat people in the western part of Yunzhou.

But he actually succeeded. It was not the fault of the stupid soldiers guarding the city. The influence of the tiger talisman was so great that all soldiers in all dynasties only recognized the tiger talisman and not people.

"Your Highness, based on what Wang Tong said, and some clues found by my subordinates, we can be completely certain that this was indeed done by Jiang Yuan from Taiping County." Xin Wu spoke again.

Prince Zhao nodded, waved his hand to let Wang Tong leave, and then suddenly punched the table hard.

"Jiang Yuan! Damn Jiang Yuan! Besides using these despicable tactics, don't you know anything else?"

"They scammed me out of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, saying they were recruiting soldiers, but when I asked, it was either windy or rainy. That's fine!"

"This time, they actually dared to use the token to trick me into taking away tens of thousands of soldiers and the granaries of more than ten cities, plunging the entire West into chaos!"

"I'm really angry this time!"

Xin Wu stood up and lowered his head and said, "Your Highness, how should we deal with this Jiang Yuan?"

Prince Zhao looked at Xin Wu with a flushed face and said, "Xin Wu, if I were to let you handle this, how many troops would you need to resolve this matter?"

"Your Highness, I only need 5,000 soldiers and will come to see you with Jiang Yuan's head!" Xin Wu said firmly.

Prince Zhao shook his head and said, "No, although your combat command ability is superior to Ding Yin's, he also brought 5,000 soldiers and Bai Liantian's beloved disciple with him."

"Well, you will lead 10,000 soldiers and horses, and bring enough food and fodder for a year, and set out for Taiping County immediately."

"From each city you pass through, recruit another thousand soldiers and horses, and make sure you capture Jiangyuan for me!"

"Subordinates take orders!"

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imperial capital.

Royal study room.

Duanmu Yuanchen looked at Xiang Yunkai, who was kneeling in front of him, with a strange look in his eyes: "My dear, you can make your own decisions on the affairs of the Ministry of War. You have come to me several times in recent days."

Xiang Yunkai looked at Duanmu Yuanchen with a complicated expression on his face: "Your Majesty, it is not that I mean to bother you, but it is really that I cannot make the decision on these matters."

Duanmu Yuanchen nodded helplessly: "Okay, tell me, what is the reason this time?"

"Your Majesty, I have come here for the purpose of finding the source of the river in Taiping County..."

"What? Old Jiang...isn't it that Minister Jiang handed over another book of merit?" Duanmu Yuanchen asked directly before Xiang Yunkai finished speaking.

Xiang Yunkai also had a helpless look on his face: "Yes, Your Majesty, and according to the contents of the merit book, Jiang Yuan has made great contributions this time."

"Tell me about it." Duanmu Yuanchen also became curious.

How many private soldiers could Jiang Yuan recruit from Taiping County alone? Three thousand? Or five thousand?

Being able to resist Ding Yin and capture him alive, that’s the limit, right? Could it be that Jiang Yuan can still launch a counterattack with the few men he has?

"Your Majesty, according to the records in the booklet, Jiang Yuan led 3,000 soldiers and horses and captured 17 rebel cities along the way. Wherever he went, the rebels fled, most of them abandoning the city without fighting..."

Xiang Yunkai was speaking when Duanmu Yuanchen stretched out his hand and interrupted him again.

"You mean, Jiang Yuan recaptured seventeen cities in a row with the three thousand soldiers in his hands? And as soon as he appeared, the rebels fled and abandoned the city without fighting?" When saying these words, Duanmu Yuanchen was the first one who didn't believe it from the bottom of his heart.

Jiang Yuan is indeed a talented person, but in the final analysis he is just a civil servant!

Even Mu Songfeng, who is known as the King of Hell and holds the Book of Life and Death, couldn't do it, but Jiang Yuan did it?

Not to mention Xiang Yunkai who was undecided, even Duanmu Yuanchen, who thought he was familiar with Jiang Yuan, couldn't believe it himself.

There's just no logic in this matter from beginning to end!