Your Majesty said that my life is worthless, so why are you crying when I increase my troops?

Before Han Ying wanted to say anything else, Xia Yingfeng had already climbed onto his horse with the help of the guards.

Looking at Xia Yingfeng's disappearing back, Captain Han sighed and stamped his feet.

"What the hell is going on here?"

"Your Majesty is really old and confused. He actually brought such a little ancestor here."

"Sir, what should we do now?" Chief Clerk Wu Wentai said with a worried look on his face. "We can't really let the young prince take this risk alone."

"If anything happens to him, everyone in Huaiqing Mansion will be in trouble."

Han Ying's face turned grim, and he shook his head helplessly, "What else can we do?"

"Since he insists on doing so, we can only let this little ancestor take his own course."

"I originally wanted to leave half of the soldiers to guard the home, but now it seems that we must bring all 20,000 troops with us."

"Fortunately, Xia Mingyuan's troops are insufficient. Otherwise, if they were to cut off our support and exchange Hanyang City for Huaiqing Prefecture, we would have suffered a huge loss."

"Quickly notify the garrison commander Cao Sheng and have him lead two thousand elite soldiers, take a small path past His Highness, and advance as a vanguard."

"If there is any situation, we can respond in time."

"it is good!"

Wu Wentai quickly nodded in agreement and was about to turn and leave.

"You wait."

Han Ying frowned, thought for a moment, and waved to stop Wu Wentai.

Wu Wentai turned around, his face bewildered.

"Write a letter and send it to the Qingzhou government office, asking them to mobilize the right-wing border troops and move closer to the border. This will allow for quick rescue in the event of any emergency."

"Sir, this might be against the rules." A hint of embarrassment flashed across Wu Wentai's face. "The mobilization of border troops requires the approval of the accompanying general. Even if the Qingzhou government wanted to help us, I'm afraid it doesn't have the authority to do so."

"You know shit!" Han Ying twitched his lips and said coldly, "We did this in advance. Whether they come or not is up to Qingzhou Prefecture."

"If His Highness gets into an accident because of their inability to rescue him in time, do you think Xu Wuyou will have a good life?"

Hearing this, Wu Wentai suddenly came back to his senses, his face full of admiration.

"Lord Han is very capable. I admire him."

"Hurry up and do it. I still need to check the map." Han Ying waved his hand, his face full of helplessness. "If Your Majesty hadn't insisted on letting these two people get involved, Xia Mingyuan's head would have been placed on my desk."

After saying this, Han Ying sighed helplessly and turned back into the house.

……

"Commander-in-Chief, why do we have to take a shortcut? It's almost impossible for an army of 20,000 with food and supplies to pass through this kind of place."

"Even if we want to ambush them, we have to encounter them."

Wang Gang followed Xia Mingyuan on horseback, and finally couldn't suppress his inner doubts and asked.

Xia Mingyuan shook his head, "Who said I was going to ambush them?"

"With only our two thousand men, even if we ambush an army of 20,000, it won't make much sense. At most, we can only slow down their advance."

Hearing this, Wang Gangyi was stunned.

Before he could ask, Xia Mingyuan said calmly, "If all the people in Huaiqing Prefecture come out this time, we can take advantage of the opportunity and capture Huaiqing Prefecture in one fell swoop."

"Capture Huaiqing Mansion?"

Wang Gang's eyes widened, and he quickly lowered his voice, "Commander-in-Chief, we only have 2,000 men, all cavalry. Is this really feasible?"

Xia Mingyuan chuckled when he heard this, "Anyway, Hanyang City is guarded by General Yue and his men. We have more than 2,000 cavalrymen, so whether we win or not, we won't suffer too many losses."

"If we win and Huaiqing Prefecture fails, the 20,000-strong army will be ours."

"If you lose, all you have to do is whip the horse a few more times and run faster."

"I just don't believe that the garrison commander of Huaiqing Prefecture would really leave Hanyang alone and come to race horses with us."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a burst of laughter in the team.

Many soldiers couldn't help but cover their mouths and look at Xia Mingyuan. The originally tense atmosphere disappeared in an instant.

Suddenly, a burst of hurried horse hooves sounded from the valley ahead.

Wang Gang and the others looked at each other, their expressions changing slightly.

"Commander, there are people ahead!"

"Judging from the sound of horse hooves, there should be at least a hundred cavalrymen."

Xia Mingyuan nodded slightly, "Lead the people to retreat first and observe how many troops the enemy has..."

After saying this, he quietly tightened the reins of the horse and slowly retreated.

Soon, Wang Gang finished investigating the situation and quickly came to him.

"Commander, we've already investigated. The enemy has two thousand men. They are the Huaiqing Prefecture's army. They seem to be on a mission. Their officers have been urging the soldiers to hurry on."

"The trees along this road are very sparse. It would be difficult for us to hide there."

Wang Ganger's face was solemn.

They had just heard the commander's plan, and if they wanted to achieve their goal, this path was of paramount importance.

Now he had made eye contact with the person coming from the opposite direction, and a fierce battle was unavoidable today.

Xia Mingyuan took a deep breath and quickly calmed himself down.

"Since there's nowhere to hide, let's fight!"

"There are only about a hundred cavalrymen on the opposite side. Even if there are some infantrymen guarding the rear, they will just be sitting ducks for us."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Mingyuan took the lead and stopped in the middle of the road.

Wang Gangyi and Wang Ganger looked at each other, then quickly followed Xia Mingyuan with alert expressions.

Cao Sheng and his entourage came out of the military camp and did not dare to delay for even a moment along the way.

Thousands of people marched quickly, and wherever they passed, clouds of yellow dust flew up.

"Hurry up, we must check the surrounding situation before His Highness arrives in Hanyang."

"If we miss the deadline, both you and I will be severely punished!"

Cao Sheng was urging, but his voice suddenly stopped.

He suddenly raised his head and looked at Xia Mingyuan's cavalry in front of him, and his face suddenly changed.

"Who are you? You are the imperial army. We are from Huaiqing Prefecture. Why are you suddenly blocking our way?"

Cao Sheng sat on horseback, rode forward and asked.

Xia Mingyuan just glanced at him coldly and pointed at the ground, "Aren't you going to look for me?"

"Now I'm here in person to save you the trouble."

Upon hearing this, Cao Sheng's face suddenly changed drastically.

"You, you are the rebel Xia Mingyuan?"

"Congratulations, you got the answer right. Unfortunately, there is no reward."

Xia Mingyuan had a half-smile on his face.

The next moment, his hand suddenly fell, and two thousand cavalrymen rushed forward and surrounded Cao Sheng's army.

Cao Sheng tightened the reins, his face solemn.

The number of soldiers he led was about the same as Xia Mingyuan's, but Xia Mingyuan's men were all cavalrymen armed to the teeth.

If the two sides clash, neither side will gain any advantage.

"Kill them all, leaving no one behind."

Xia Mingyuan looked indifferent and waved his hand.

The next moment, Wang Gang took the lead and rushed forward.