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

"Take him away and starve him for nine meals in three days."

Jiang Yuan waved his hand, and several soldiers quickly took Ma Boming away.

At this time, Long Guangxian and Xue Zhen, who had been standing on the city wall for half an hour, still had shock in their eyes.

Five thousand people defeated fifty thousand in a head-on fight without any tricks, and captured the enemy commander alive, wiping out all fifty thousand soldiers. Such a record is simply a miracle.

But right now, it is actually happening.

"General Long, whose troops are these?" Xue Zhen's voice trembled a little. Among the five thousand troops in the distance, there was no general's flag, only a large banner, the Taiping Heavenly Cavalry.

However, according to my memory, is there a place called Taipingzhou or Taipingcheng in Daduan?

It seems... not.

So whose troops are this?

The shock in Long Guangxian's eyes slowly faded, and he turned to look at Xue Zhen: "Didn't you see it?"

Xue Zhen was even more confused: "What do you mean? There's not even a general's flag here, how can we see it?"

Long Guangxian raised his hands and pointed to the large banner in the distance: "Do you see the word 'Taiping' on it?"

"I saw it, but the point is, I really can't think of any place in our Daduan named after Taiping." Xue Zhen said helplessly.

Long Guangxian shook his head and sighed: "Take your time to think about it, there's no rush. I'm going to open the city gate to welcome Lord Jiang."

"Hurry up and go to the General's Mansion to inform Consul General Chen."

As Long Guangxian said this, he hurriedly turned around and walked towards the city wall.

After a moment, Jiang Yuan looked at the slightly weathered Long Guangxian and couldn't help laughing: "General Long, it's been so many years since we last met, you look quite weathered."

Long Guangxian couldn't help but smile bitterly, thinking back to the last time he met Jiang Yuan, it had indeed been many years ago.

At that time, Jiang Yuan was still a young man in his twenties, and I was also in my thirties.

But now, Jiang Yuan looks no different except that he has become more mature and stable.

This is not surprising at all. Jiang Yuan is in Taiping County, and no news about him has been heard in the past few years. When Zhao Junxuan rebelled, news about Jiang Yuan spread throughout Daduan.

But this time when Ning Fei caused trouble, Jiang Yuan did not take any action except for appearing once a few years ago.

It can be said that Jiang Yuan has been living a life of luxury in recent years, so he naturally doesn't look that old.

But I have been living in fear these past few years. I can't even eat well. I am either running away or on the way to run away. It would be strange if I didn't get old.

"Alas, after so many years, Lord Jiang is still as elegant as ever." Long Guangxian sighed, then extended a hand:

"Master Jiang, please enter the city!"

When Jiang Yuan and Long Guangxian walked into the city together, before they reached the general's mansion, they saw Chen Liu hurriedly coming with a child in his arms.

The moment he saw Chen Liu, Jiang Yuan was stunned.

Although Chen Liu was already over fifty years old four or five years ago, he was in a high position at that time and did not have so many worries. He was also a master of the fifth realm, with black hair, and looked energetic.

Now, he has a head full of white hair and looks as old as a man in his seventies.

"Hahaha! Old Jiang! It's really you. Just as I guessed, I knew you would come!" Chen Liu's voice trembled and his eyes were moist as he spoke.

Jiang Yuan sighed and looked at Chen Liu with complicated eyes: "Old Chen, I'm a little late."

"It's not too late." Chen Liu shook his head and handed the child in his arms to Long Guangxian.

"Four years have passed in the blink of an eye." Chen Liu sighed, and then two lines of tears flowed from his eyes.

"Four years ago, Your Majesty was still... But now, it has become..."

Jiang Yuan patted Chen Liu's shoulder and said, "Just be open-minded and raise Ning An. There's still a long way to go."

As the two walked into the general's mansion, Long Guangxian immediately had wine and food served. After a round of toasts, everyone present couldn't help but sigh.

In the huge Daduan, there are only four people left: Long Guangxian, Xue Zhen, Chen Liu and Jiang Yuan.

Xue Zhen had a complicated expression. He had a grudge against Jiang Yuan in the past. If Duanmu Yuanchen had not caused a scene at the execution ground, Jiang Yuan might have been killed by him.

But now, they have a large number of troops, and the status of the two can be said to have been reversed.

Fortunately, Jiang Yuan did not bother with him, otherwise his fate would be unimaginable.

When he saw that the person coming was Jiang Yuan, Long Aotian's face turned green. Fortunately, he was only responsible for pouring wine and didn't need to do anything else.

"Old Chen, where are you going next?" Jiang Yuan asked, holding up his wine glass.

Although he brought 5,000 people with him, including the extremely powerful Taiping Cavalry, no matter how powerful they were, they only had 5,000 men. It was a pipe dream to want to defend Caiyun City.

It is not difficult to hold on for one day, nor for ten days, but if Ning Fei really pays attention to Caiyun City and brings an army of 100,000 with a wave of his hand, then we will be in trouble.

Therefore, Caiyun City is only temporarily safe at present, and we must leave.

"Old Jiang, I have a request." Chen Liu said in a hoarse voice.

"Don't give me that!" Jiang Yuan waved his hand and refused. "Don't talk nonsense like, 'Leave Ning An to me and let me raise him.'"

"I can't do that. If you want to support yourself, you can do it yourself."

Chen Liu sighed deeply and finally said, "Old Jiang, tell me the truth, what has become of your Taiping County now?"

"If we really go to Taiping County, Ning Fei will definitely pursue us. If you can't stop him, then there's no point in us going. It will only lead to more casualties."

Jiang Yuan calmly finished the drink in his glass. What happened in Taiping County?

Haha, after four years of development, if Taiping County has no ability to protect itself, would he be able to come out with the Taiping Heavenly Cavalry in such a brazen manner?

"Don't worry, as long as he enters the city gate of Taiping County, no matter how many troops he has, he will never be able to get in!"

Hearing this, the wrinkles on Chen Liu's face finally relaxed a little: "Okay, then we will go back to Taiping County with you."

Having said that, Chen Liu stood up, reached out to grab the robe behind him and prepared to leave.

"What are you doing? Why are you in such a hurry? At least you have finished your meal." Jiang Yuan grabbed Chen Liu.

Chen Liu scratched his head. Fleeing had become a habit for him over the years. If he was told to run, he would just pick up his clothes and run. If he hesitated for even a second, he might die.

"Even though you've captured Ma Boming, out of 50,000 people, at least one or two of them will escape. What if they tip off the enemy and they come after us?"

"Why don't we just go ahead and drink as much as we want when we get to Taiping County."

Jiang Yuan waved his hand disapprovingly: "In such a short time, as long as the troops who came are not Ning Fei's main force, they are nothing."

After the group had eaten and drunk their fill, Long Guangxian packed up his belongings and took the lead in leading the remaining troops forward, while Jiang Yuan and the Taiping Heavenly Cavalry guards stayed on both sides and in the rear.

For safety reasons, Chen Liu chose to stay with Jiang Yuan. After spending such a long time together, Chen Liu had come to understand everything.

This kid not only has many schemes and tricks, but also has extremely bad luck.

Take the last assassination attempt on Ning Fei for example. Who in their right mind would dare to do such a thing?

Even if someone really dared, even a man with three heads and six arms would be only three years old now. However, Jiang Yuan and Li Hu managed to escape. Although this was partly due to Li Hu's fast speed, Ning Fei was a sixth-level master after all. The fact that Jiang Yuan and Li Hu were able to survive from his hands was definitely due to their luck.

"Old Chen, tell me the truth, has His Majesty really already?" Jiang Yuan asked with a frown.

The spies in Qingzhou City at the time only reported that Duanmu Yuanchen's life or death was uncertain, but if he fell into Ning Fei's hands, he would probably be in danger of death, but there was still a 10% chance of survival.

Chen Liu seemed to have been drained of all his strength in an instant. He sat limply on the horse's back, his eyes full of loneliness.

"I don't know either. Your Majesty and the Empress stayed in the city at the time. I don't know what happened in the end."

Hearing this, Jiang Yuan's body stiffened. He thought there was no need to continue inquiring.

Duanmu Yuanchen's final outcome is probably just as expected, and it will definitely not be a good ending.

Jiang Yuan could only remain silent about this. He couldn't speak up to persuade Chen Liu to be more open-minded.

This is not something that can't be accepted. The one who died was Duanmu Yuanchen, so of course Chen Liu can't accept it.

As the sky gradually darkened, the team did not travel very far that day, only a hundred miles.

Chen Liu looked at the map in his hand in the carriage and said worriedly, "Old Jiang, should we speed up our march? At this rate, the enemy will probably catch up with us before we reach Luoyun City."

"What's more, Luoyun City is now in Ning Fei's hands. If something goes wrong, it will be difficult to deal with it."

"Old Chen, the enemy you are talking about can't be Ning Fei personally leading hundreds of thousands of troops rushing over, right?" Jiang Yuan spoke cautiously.

Chen Liu didn't even think about it and shook his head, saying, "That's impossible. Even if Ning Fei is a master of military strategy, it would take him several days to prepare for the march of hundreds of thousands of troops. He definitely can't catch up with us."

"Ning Fei's garrison in Yunzhou at that time probably had quite a few men, so it would have been a problem."

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but sneer: "Old Chen, if Ning Fei can't bring people to catch up with us personally, then the others, even if they really bring people to catch up with us."

"Then we don't have to worry at all. With these five thousand men outside, anyone who comes will die unless they have more than twenty times the force!"

"Even if the so-called three thousand dragon guards catch up with us, the Taiping Heavenly Cavalry is enough to fight!"

In the next month, just as Jiang Yuan said, the three groups of pursuers were easily dealt with by the Taiping Heavenly Cavalry. After these battles, the name of the Taiping Heavenly Cavalry began to become famous in Daduan.

Some people who like to gossip even directly praise it as the best rider in the world.

In the blink of an eye, the group was about to arrive at Luoyun City, which would be the last city they would pass through in Ning Fei's territory. As long as they passed here and entered the vast mountains, they would have completely entered the territory of Taiping County.