Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

After these consecutive defeats, the news of Linghu Yuan's death quickly spread back to the military camp.

A messenger rushed into Qian Wanli's tent without stopping and said in a trembling voice:

"General! General Linghu and his troops...died in Tianwuze!"

"what?!"

This news was like a bolt from the blue. Qian Wanli stood up suddenly, feeling so heartbroken that he could hardly breathe.

Linghu Yuan was one of the generals he had specially trained with great effort.

He truly treated these close associates around him as his disciples and placed high hopes on them.

But he died in Tianwu Lake in an unclear manner, and his elite troops perished together with him.

Qian Wanli's body swayed and he almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, the guard next to him was quick-witted and rushed over to help him up.

"General, are you okay?"

"General!"

"Where did this force come from? Did Daqian take action?"

"According to the reports from the spies on the front line, they should be the Daqian Fire Camp."

As soon as the three words "Fire Camp" came out, Qian Wanli's expression suddenly became even uglier. He had anticipated that Daqian might arrange troops to enter the battlefield.

His original plan was that as long as he could occupy this swamp before the Daqian troops rushed to the battlefield, he would still be able to fight.

But no one thought of it.

The other side unexpectedly deployed their troops so quickly.

There was no time for them to prepare at all!

If this is true, then this battle will be difficult to fight.

"Are there any other troops on this battlefield?"

Although he was extremely sad, Qian Wanli forced himself to calm down at this time.

Another important question was quickly asked.

"Yes, it's a group of cavalry. The combined number of them and the Fire Battalion is probably less than 10,000. Apart from them, there is no one else."

"Only two troops were sent into the swamp..."

After receiving this news, Qian Wanli began to think quickly.

The other side only arranged 10,000 troops to enter the swamp, but wanted to disrupt the overall situation.

It only shows that these two forces are very strong.

Otherwise, they would not have been so confident as to face their army of hundreds of thousands with only 10,000 people.

"Arrange Lei Huan and Sun Lizu to surround them."

"I'm going to contact Mu Liuming and mobilize the entire army. We must strangle them all here!"

He guessed what kind of two troops Qin Ming had arranged.

The other cavalry team was the Wind Camp, and they encountered the Fire Camp.

These two troops in Tianwuze can indeed effectively block their actions to occupy the swamp.

But this also gave Qian Wanli and Mu Liuming a great opportunity. It was impossible for Qin Ming to personally dispatch the entire Daqian army to participate in the chaos in the Western Regions.

Even if we annihilate the two main forces in his hands here.

He would definitely swallow this loss in silence and would never mention to the outside world that he had arranged for troops to enter the Western Regions.

And their strength will be weakened afterwards. Thinking of this, he took a deep breath.

"Mobilize the entire army. This time, I will lead the troops myself and take command of Tianwuze!"

"Yes!"

……

On the other side, outside Dieshu Pass on the border of Shenmu Kingdom.

Hua Yunhong, who holds the highest power in the entire dynasty, is standing at this checkpoint waiting for something.

The yellow sand on the ground was blown up and down by gusts of wind.

The sky looked foggy and the outline of the wasteland in the distance could not be seen clearly.

His gaze was like a sharp sword, looking into the distance, as if to pierce the curtain of yellow sand.

Ding Ding Deng

Finally, a rapid and noisy sound of horse hooves was heard.

In the yellow sand, Du Zi's figure emerged from the carriage.

"Your Highness, we've caught him!"

As his shouting came, a look of satisfaction appeared on Hua Yunhong's face.

He recently received good news.

Chu Ying, who had been wandering around the outside world and assisting merchants in the Shenmu Kingdom in smuggling, was discovered and captured by the army.

After this guy was caught, Hua Yunhong's mood improved significantly.

Just let Du Zi go in person and bring Chu Ying back.

At this point, even he had to admit that he had underestimated Chu Ying.

This despicable man has been operating in the shadows.

They constantly use smuggling methods to impact the market within the Shenmu Kingdom.

There were several large markets that he messed up.

Now it has had a huge impact on the taxation of the entire Shenmu Kingdom!

People in the court had previously calculated that they had lost at least three million taels of silver due to smuggling problems in the past six months alone.

This is still something they can calculate. Some losses are simply beyond their calculations. Overall, the losses are actually greater.

These losses have caused panic in the court.

Originally, this kind of loss could be fully tolerated by a country of Shenmu King's size. After all, their territory is comparable to that of Daqian, so the tax revenue is naturally very high.

But there is a prerequisite: this crisis must be resolved and the losses must stop.

Originally, many high-ranking officials in the court jumped out and started fighting with Chu Ying.

But in the process of struggle, they found that the situation seemed very different from what they had imagined.

They failed to stop Chu Ying and even made the hole bigger.

In desperation, Hua Yunhong had to do it himself.

Use force to eliminate the other party.

Hua Yunhong has been arranging troops to patrol outside and arrest people in the past few days.

If you walk by the river often, your shoes will get wet, and Chu Ying was caught by them.

Such a scene excited everyone who gathered around them. They had wanted to catch this guy for a long time, and now they finally got the chance. Everyone was very satisfied.

"Get off!"

Du Zi kicked Chu Ying off the carriage roughly.

After Chu Ying managed to stabilize his body, he stood there. His mouth was blocked, and he could only stare quietly at Hua Yunhong in the distance.

He knew that this was the person who could decide his fate.

"Chu Ying, you finally fell into my hands today. Do you have anything to say?"

Hua Yunhong signaled his men to untie the other party's restraints and slowly asked.

"I don't have anything to say. I'll just stay here for a while."

"If you still want to stay a while longer, we will execute you immediately!"

Du Zi walked over angrily and was about to punch and kick Chu Ying, but Hua Yunhong reached out to stop him.

"I'm curious, why are you so sure you can still be alive?"

Generally speaking, being captured by the enemy still had such a significant impact on them.

Any normal person would think that they would die, but Chu Ying didn’t think so.

He even talked to Hua Yunhong calmly.

This made Hua Yunhong a little worried. Did this guy have a backup plan? As expected, Chu Ying smiled and said:

"The man behind me is the Emperor of Daqian. Killing me now will only anger him. Then it won't just be me manipulating the market, but he will be in charge himself. Everything will be liquidated. Can you bear the consequences?"