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

Chen Qing shook his head helplessly. After so many years, why couldn't Jiang Yuan change his habit of speaking incoherently?

In the past four years, Ning Fei personally led an army of 500,000 and broke through the entire Daduan.

Now that they haven't even arrived yet, Jiang Yuan actually said that Ning Fei would definitely lose the first battle.

Where does this confidence come from?

"My Lord, I think it's better to be cautious."

"Wait!" Jiang Yuan waved his hand disapprovingly: "Don't worry, it's stable."

After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, he immediately began to command 3,000 soldiers to take action.

At the same time, in front of Caiyun City shrouded in smoke, Ning Fei looked at the ironware in the wilderness with a calm expression.

"Five thousand soldiers and horses, but less than a hundred returned."

"Taiping Heavenly Cavalry, number one in the world?"

"Haha! It's just a joke!"

Qingzhu couldn't help but shook his head: "General Ning, according to what those soldiers who escaped back said, the Taiping Heavenly Cavalry is still quite powerful."

"Five thousand soldiers, facing off against an army twice their own, gaining the upper hand, and breaking through the infantry formation with a wave of their hands. I really can't figure out how this happened."

"It's okay." Ning Fei thrust the spear in his hand heavily into the ground.

"No matter how powerful they are, they only have 5,000 men. But what I didn't expect was that they were the soldiers of those cowardly people. It's really ridiculous."

As he spoke, Ning Fei's face was full of disbelief.

Thinking back to the time, I had rashly led 3,000 Dragon Guards and easily broke through the gate of Taiping County and captured Jiang Yuan alive. If I hadn't wanted to use Jiang Yuan to lure out Prince Zhao behind him, how could I have let him live to this day?

For a poor place like Taiping County, what good would it do even if it developed well in the next ten years?

"By the way, have all the spies been sent to Taiping County?"

"Yes, they were sent out three days ago. I estimate that there will be news back within two months."

"Too slow." Ning Fei said softly.

Qingzhu frowned slightly and said, "General, it takes two months to go to Taiping County and back. It's already very tight. Even if we go faster, it won't be much longer."

"No, military advisor, you misunderstood." Ning Fei raised one hand and said.

"No matter what news we get back, we are definitely going to Taiping County."

"In that case, why not lead the troops there now?"

Ning Fei looked towards Caiyun City and said, "Inside the city, we have 200,000 strong troops, all of whom are veterans of hundreds of battles. Even if there is no other support, why should I be afraid of Jiang Yuan?"

Hearing this, Qingzhu couldn't help but nodded.

Two hundred thousand soldiers and horses was definitely a huge amount even during the heyday of the Great Duan.

What's more, in this chaotic era, no matter how powerful Jiang Yuan's so-called Taiping Heavenly Cavalry is, they can be defeated by a pile of 200,000 soldiers and horses.

"But General, it will probably take some time to dispatch the food and supplies. How about we set out in three days?"

Ning Fei nodded slowly: "Well, then wait for three days."

"Also, pass the order down to transport all the siege equipment and other equipment over there first. This time, I will make Taiping County no longer exist!"

……

Half a month later, Taiping County.

Jiang Yuan, who had blocked the pursuers several times in a row, led 3,000 exhausted soldiers into the city.

In the past half month, there have been three waves of pursuing troops, each with a large number of soldiers and horses, totaling at least 50,000 people.

But fortunately, these guys are still working hard to build the road behind.

"Pass the order down, the whole city prepares for war!"

As soon as they entered the city, Jiang Yuan spoke directly, saying that the pursuers were just appetizers, and Ning Fei's army was the main course.

"Carry as many stones as you can from the nearby hills. Also, send out all the spies in the city to gather information."

"Ning Fei will definitely send scouts here. We will kill as many as they come and try not to reveal any specific information about our Taiping County."

As orders were issued one after another, Chen Qing and his companions immediately began to get busy.

Jiang Yuan took Wang Gang to patrol the city wall.

Of the nine city walls in Taiping County, the first eight were quite standard, but the ninth one took Jiang Yuan a lot of thought to come up with, and he also asked the brothers Chen Xudong and Chen Xuming to cooperate before it was completed.

The ninth city wall has undoubtedly been built into a huge meat grinder, which contains many secret doors and mechanisms, each of which is designed to kill people.

After walking a distance, Jiang Yuan looked at a young man sitting on the city wall and slowly walked over.

Xiliu'er, the adopted son of the barbarian high priest, has been quite honest since he killed the barbarian high priest. He has not formed any cliques or caused any trouble.

After Jiang Yuan sent someone to supervise him for a while, he saw that the boy was quite honest, so he spared his life for the time being.

"Sir." Xiliuer turned around and bowed to Jiang Yuan.

"Don't be so polite." Jiang Yuan said lightly, then looked in the direction where Xiliuer had looked before, outside the mountains of Taiping County.

"You come from the grassland, why are you looking in the opposite direction?" Jiang Yuan asked in confusion.

Even if he was reminded of someone by the sight of something, this kid should have turned around and looked back at the grassland.

Xi Liuer slowly shook his head: "My lord, I am not from the grassland. I should be from Daduan. According to the high priest, when he was traveling in Daduan, he found me by a stream and brought me back to the grassland."

Jiang Yuan's eyes narrowed immediately. There is no greater favor in the world than the grace of raising a child.

"Then I killed the high priest, and you don't hate me?"

Xi Liuer sighed, her face filled with disappointment. "I wouldn't say I hate him. The High Priest picked me up so I could inherit the position. Although he loved me, he also used me."

"You killed him, and he wanted to kill you too. Besides, I don't have the ability to take revenge on you."

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but sneer. He was a smart man, but being too smart was not a good thing.

However, before Jiang Yuan could speak, Xi Liuer spoke first: "Master Jiang, I have heard about what you did. I am willing to help you defeat Ning Fei."

"How about setting me free after the war is over?"

Jiang Yuan stared at the stream. This guy seemed a little weird.

He helped conquer the world, but did not expect to enjoy wealth and glory.

The high priest raised him, and he was grateful to him, but he did not want to seek revenge for him.

This is simply a community of contradictions. It would be nothing if such thoughts appeared in a frustrated middle-aged person.

But this kid is not even eighteen yet, why is he so depressed?

"Master Jiang, you don't have to be confused. I have no ulterior motives. I was brought to the grasslands when I was young and raised by the high priest along with more than ten other children."

"Every year, the high priest would have over ten of us control insects in pairs to fight each other. Only those who survive would live another year..."

"I'm lucky to have survived until now. I originally planned to follow the High Priest's request and lead the Priest Clan to continue to survive, but now the Barbarian Clan is gone, and I want to go home and take a look."

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but sigh, what a shitty life.

What a good child he was, he was forced into this state.

Just as Xiliu'er said, the high priest raised him and also wanted to use him.

With such contradictory emotions, it is not surprising to have such a personality.

"Do you still remember the way home?" Jiang Yuan asked softly.

Xiliu'er looked at the mountain in front of him and shook his head blankly: "I don't remember, I don't have any impression of it anymore."

"But any part of Big End could be my home, so I don't need to remember the way home."

Jiang Yuan was silent for a while, then finally nodded: "I promise you, I will set you free after this battle."

"Thank you, sir." Xiliuer bowed to Jiang Yuan and continued to look at the mountains in front of him.

Jiang Yuan led Wang Gang forward. The evening sun was exceptionally bright, dyeing half the sky red and reflecting the entire Taiping County in red. Unknowingly, the sky gradually darkened.

In the twilight, Chen Liu came to Jiang Yuan at some point.

"Old Jiang, I never thought that after so many years, you have developed Taiping County to this scale."

Jiang Yuan smiled softly: "I didn't expect it to develop into this."

Chen Liu looked ahead with a complicated expression: "Old Jiang, tell me the truth, how many soldiers do you have now?"

"Less than 10 million."

Chen Liu stared at Jiang Yuan in a daze. "Nonsense! How could I not know it was less than 10 million? How much is it exactly?"

"Alas, Old Chen, the soldiers of Taiping County have no intention of going out to capture cities. They are all citizens of Taiping County. Besides, I don't have any big ambitions. I just want to live a peaceful life." Jiang Yuan said helplessly.

Chen Liu smiled bitterly. According to his observations over the past few days, Taiping County had at least 300,000 soldiers and horses to be on the safe side.

If this happened in the outside world, with 300,000 soldiers and horses, who wouldn't want to dominate the world?

Jiang Yuan actually didn't think about it. What on earth was this guy thinking?

After a long silence, Chen Liu shook his head: "That's good, so that the world won't suffer again."

After a while, Jiang Yuan walked down the city wall and turned to walk towards the city lord's mansion.

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed. In the City Lord's Mansion, Jiang Yuan looked at the news in front of him.

According to the news, Ning Fei's 200,000 troops have arrived in Luoyun City, and they will probably appear in front of them in a few days.

"Sir, do you want to arrange some people to launch an ambush first?" Li Hu suggested.

"No need to arrange people anymore, I have already arranged everything." The map in front of Jiang Yuan already had many circles and marks on it.

"As long as Ning Fei dares to come, we can at least consume his fifty thousand troops along the way."

-

In Luoyun City, Ning Fei waved towards the entrance to the mountain, his face not looking good.

On the surface, the two sides' troops have not started fighting, but in fact, the war had already begun two months ago.

The troops had not arrived yet, but the scouts had gone ahead. Ning Fei had already lost more than a thousand scouts in the mountains outside Taiping County. Even Ning Fei felt extremely distressed by such a loss.

Each of the scouts was an elite soldier, yet they died quietly in the mountains.

"The entire army is moving out! Destroy Taiping County!" Ning Fei said gritting his teeth.

As they were about to pass through the mountain pass, Qingzhu, who was in the center of the army, suddenly trembled all over and looked ahead in surprise and doubt.

The layers of green mountains seemed to have transformed into monsters, their mouths wide open, waiting for them to enter...