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

"Your Highness, he is one of us."

Seeing the attire of the soldiers in front, a captain next to Xia Lingfeng rubbed his eyes, his voice filled with surprise.

Xia Lingfeng's face showed joy and he clapped his hands excitedly.

"Well done, you came just in time!"

"Zhang Ziqian must have taken advantage and sent us a message."

"Quick, get out of the way and let them come over."

The imperial guards beside Xia Lingfeng obviously recognized these people and quickly relaxed their vigilance, allowing them to appear in front of Xia Lingfeng.

"Your humble servant Yu Liang pays respects to His Highness."

Xia Lingfeng was in a good mood and waved his hand quickly, "How is it? Did Zhang Ziqian catch Xia Mingyuan?"

Yu Liang lowered his head, a hint of resentment flashing in his eyes.

After a while, he shook his head gently, "Your Highness, General Zhang has led us to catch up with Xia Mingyuan. He has thousands of troops under his command, and they are all elite."

"General Zhang has already engaged them in the canyon ahead. The fighting is fierce. He has sent his subordinates to remind Your Highness not to proceed."

"Give him an hour, and he will be able to defeat Xia Mingyuan."

"Defeat?" Upon hearing this, Xia Lingfeng frowned. "What are you doing? I want you to capture Xia Mingyuan alive. Simply defeating him is far from enough!"

Yu Liang's mouth twitched, and he quickly responded respectfully: "Your Highness, the enemy has thousands of troops and is evenly matched with us. General Zhang has already given his all to defeat them."

"I'm afraid it will be difficult to capture their commander alive."

"Hmph, a bunch of useless things!" Xia Lingfeng shook his head in dissatisfaction and snorted coldly, "You are the imperial guards, the most elite cavalry of Daxia."

"Facing Xia Mingyuan, who came from a mountain bandit background, I was only able to fight an evenly matched opponent. Even if I were a master of strategy, I would be powerless."

As Xia Lingfeng finished speaking, many people around him frowned.

Yu Liang's face turned black, and he almost couldn't help but go berserk on the spot and stabbed Xia Lingfeng to death with a sword.

Xia Lingfeng frowned, his eyes filled with resentment. "If only these cowards from Huaiqing Prefecture had listened to me and divided their forces to pursue us, they wouldn't be left with nothing but to watch the thieves in despair."

"Luckily he didn't come. If he had, I'm afraid Commander Xia would have wiped him out." Yu Liang cursed inwardly, then raised his head with a blank expression. "Your Highness, Xia Mingyuan has lost more than he gained this time. Even if he wasn't captured alive, his army would have suffered heavy losses."

"I believe it's only a matter of time before we catch him."

"Alright, alright, stop standing there and bring more people back to provide support."

"This is a great opportunity. Even if I can't capture Xia Mingyuan, I must let him know the consequences of opposing me, Xia Lingfeng."

As Xia Lingfeng was speaking, he suddenly heard a burst of hurried horse hooves sounds behind him.

He turned around suddenly with a look of joy on his face.

"Those idiots in Huaiqing Mansion are fortunately not too stupid."

"Quick, have their leading general come to see me."

Seeing this scene, Yu Liang raised his head with a look of surprise in his eyes. After a while, he sighed softly in his heart.

God wants to destroy Great Xia. I didn’t expect that Commander Xia had already calculated this step.

Xia Lingfeng's skills made him look like a rookie in front of others.

Soon, Ma Guangyuan quickly came to Xia Lingfeng.

Seeing that Xia Lingfeng was fine and there was a makeshift sedan beside him, Ma Guangyuan first breathed a sigh of relief, but a hint of contempt flashed in his eyes.

"I have met Your Highness."

After the ceremony, Ma Guangyuan raised his head and looked at the surrounding imperial guards. "Your Highness, the people around you..."

Having said this, Ma Guangyuan hesitated to speak. For some reason, he always had a bad premonition in his heart.

"Hmph, you have the nerve to ask me that?" Xia Lingfeng sneered and said calmly, "The facts prove that Xia Mingyuan is just a tough nut."

"My men have caught up with him now, but unfortunately we are short of manpower. If you had followed us at the beginning, I'm afraid Xia Mingyuan would have been my prisoner."

Hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Ma Guangyuan's eyes.

"Your Highness, are you saying that General Zhang and his men have caught up with Xia Mingyuan?"

"Did Xia Mingyuan set any ambush along the way?"

"Ambush?" Xia Lingfeng grinned, revealing a hint of disdain. "That loser Xia Mingyuan, seeing the pursuers chasing him, must have been frightened out of his wits and thrown all his food and supplies to the ground."

Upon hearing this, Ma Guangyuan's expression froze.

On the way here, he did see food and supplies thrown on the ground.

"Don't just stand there. Luckily you guys arrived not too late. It's not too late to make amends now."

"My imperial guards are fighting in the front. Xia Mingyuan has over a thousand men under his command. You take these five thousand men and attack from the front. I guarantee you will capture Xia Mingyuan directly."

After a rest, Xia Lingfeng has regained some energy.

Seeing that Xia Mingyuan was about to be captured, he immediately jumped on his horse without caring about his fatigue and led the imperial guards to chase forward.

Seeing this scene, Ma Guangyuan subconsciously looked at the imperial guards around him.

Yu Liang's eyes flickered, and he quickly stepped forward and said, "General Ma, our General Zhang has Xia Mingyuan in hot pursuit. The two sides are engaged in a bloody battle fifty miles away. Please rush to his aid."

Ma Guangyuan frowned and started to murmur in his heart.

Could it be that Xia Mingyuan is really just a group of rabble?

Seeing Xia Lingfeng and a hundred or so people walking away, he didn't have time to think about it. He waved his hand and rushed forward with 5,000 troops.

In the valley, Xia Mingyuan looked at the 5,000 troops continuing to advance forward, then turned his head to look at Yue Hanshan.

Before he could ask, Yue Hanshan reported respectfully, "Don't worry, General. The huge rocks on the mountain have been dug away by our soldiers."

"As soon as their army enters the valley, these huge rocks will not only cause tremendous damage, but will also split their army into three parts."

"In this way, the enemy will not be able to take care of both ends and form a battle formation."

"With the advantage of terrain, as long as the reinforcements do not exceed 10,000 people, we will definitely be able to easily defeat them."

Xia Mingyuan nodded slightly upon hearing this. "An ambush sounds easy, but it's still difficult. The location here is too strange. Any general with even a little experience wouldn't take such a risk so easily."

"I'm worried now that the generals on the other side might not be easily fooled."

Upon hearing this, Yue Hanshan grinned and said, "Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief. Even if we can't defeat these five thousand people in one go, it will be enough to seriously damage their vitality."

"I've made preparations for both scenarios. If they don't fall for our trick and want to retreat, our people will harass them along the way and prevent them from joining the main army."

"If this happens, the imperial army attacking Hanyang will surely be put on the defensive!"