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

It took about one stick of incense.

Sun Wenju, escorted by a group of officers and soldiers, walked out of Hanyang City with his eighth master.

As soon as I went out, I saw Xia Mingyuan standing alone at the foot of the city.

Seeing this, Sun Wenju laughed arrogantly and walked up to Xia Mingyuan with a swagger.

"Hey, Commander Xia, I'm out now, but where are your soldiers? Pull them out so I can see them."

"That's right, whether it's a mule or a horse, pull it out for a walk. Didn't you say you had two thousand elite soldiers? Where have all the people gone?" Huang Renji shouted from the side.

Xia Mingyuan turned around and smiled contemptuously, "Mr. Sun, don't be anxious."

"This time, the Commander has prepared a big surprise for you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Mingyuan snapped his fingers.

In an instant, the two thousand elite soldiers that had been released by the system earlier rushed out from the foot of a low mountain not far to the southwest.

In the blink of an eye, they dispersed and surrounded Sun Wenju from all directions.

Three hundred iron shield soldiers rushed to the front, followed closely by the Wei Wu soldiers, whose spears almost stabbed Sun Wenju's nose.

Then the elite archers surrounded the city, drawing their bows and arrows, watching with eager eyes.

Just wait for Xia Mingyuan's order and then shoot Sun Wenju into a hedgehog on the spot.

"Young Master Sun, be careful!"

"It's an enemy attack! It must be the Yan Kingdom's army. Everyone, retreat quickly!"

Pan Yue, the commander of the Hanyang City Defense Battalion, was so frightened that his mind went blank.

The 300 soldiers who were protecting Sun Wenju from leaving the city retreated and ran away one after another when they heard the order.

However, three hundred elite cavalrymen had circled behind them at some point, and under the leadership of one hundred Qilin Guards, they blocked everyone's retreat.

Sun Wenju was so frightened that his face turned pale and his legs went weak.

"Where did these soldiers come from?"

"Xia Mingyuan, what are you doing? I warn you not to do anything reckless..."

Xia Mingyuan sneered, "Mr. Sun, why are you panicking? Didn't you want to see the two thousand elite soldiers under my command?"

"Well, now that you've seen it, how about you count it and see if it's two thousand?"

A layer of cold sweat broke out on Sun Wenju's forehead. He stared in amazement at the two thousand elite soldiers armed to the teeth in front of him. His mind made a loud bang and buzzing sound.

After a long while, he finally raised his head, his eyes full of disbelief.

"No, it's impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"

"Xia Mingyuan, you must be cheating! How did you recruit so many soldiers in just five or six days?"

Xia Mingyuan curled his lips in disdain, "Sun Wenju, who do you think you are? I have no obligation to report to you where and how I recruit soldiers."

"Two thousand elite soldiers are right before your eyes. Are you pretending to be deaf and blind in an attempt to deny it?"

As soon as the words fell, two thousand soldiers shouted in unison: "Kill!"

The next moment, everyone took another step forward, staring eagerly.

The deafening roar of killing sent a chill down the spine of everyone in the encirclement.

"you……"

Sun Wenju's face flushed red, and he suddenly realized that he had been tricked by Xia Mingyuan and fell into a trap set specifically for him.

"When did I ever say I would deny it? Tell your people to withdraw and let me go first."

After a long silence, Sun Wenzhi said that a brave man would not suffer a loss in front of him. He pointed to the army surrounding him and his voice became a little weaker.

"Young Master Sun, since you don't want to deny it, then fulfill the bet first." Xia Mingyuan scratched his ear and said lazily, "Fifty thousand taels of silver, plus a kowtow and apology, and running naked through the city. If you fulfill all of this, I will let you go."

"I...I was in a hurry to go out, where did I bring so much silver?"

Sun Wenju's face turned pale, and he said stubbornly, "Let me go back first, and I'll go to the county government office to get it for you."

"That's easy. Even if you don't have the money, you should at least have the head, right?"

"Kowtow first, take off your clothes, and run back naked to get them!"

Xia Mingyuan's voice was cold. He pointed at the ground and stared at Sun Wenju with a half-smile.

"Xia Mingyuan, don't go too far!"

Sun Wenju was furious. "How can I, the son of a county magistrate, kneel before you?"

"A gentleman can be killed but not humiliated. You still dare to let this young master run back to the city naked? Are you really going to cause a rift between the Princess's Mansion and my county government?"

"So, Master Sun is planning to default on his debt?"

The smile on Xia Mingyuan's face slowly froze, and he suddenly raised his arm.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Three feather arrows shot at Sun Wenju's feet and sank into the ground.

Sun Wenju was so frightened that he stepped back repeatedly, stumbled, and fell to the ground.

"Xia Mingyuan, are you fucking crazy?"

Sun Wenju's face changed drastically, and he felt a chill down his spine as he looked at the three feather arrows stuck in front of him.

"Mr. Sun, let me ask you one last time. Do you acknowledge the previous bet or not?"

Xia Mingyuan slowly squatted down, staring into Sun Wenju's eyes like knives.

"If you can't satisfy me again, the next time, the arrows in their hands won't just hit the ground!"

After he finished speaking, Xia Mingyuan slowly raised his hand.

Behind him, the elite archers drew their bows and arrows again, aiming at Sun Wenju's head.

"no, do not want!"

"Don't kill me, I admit it, I admit it all,"

Sun Wenju's voice was filled with tears as he hurriedly said, "It will take time to raise the money. I'll have someone fetch it for you first, and then I'll pay the other two..."

"Don't worry, I'll stay here. I can't run away."

Xia Mingyuan frowned upon hearing this, but finally nodded gently, "Well, I'm a kind person, so I'll give you one hour. If I don't see the silver after one hour, I'll let your father prepare for his funeral."

Sun Wenju was instantly as if he had been pardoned. He quickly looked at Huang Renji and shouted, "What are you still standing there for? Go back to my father and tell him to quickly raise some money and send it to Commander Xia at the Princess's Mansion!"

When mentioning the three words "Princess Mansion", Sun Wenju deliberately emphasized the tone.

Upon hearing this, Xia Mingyuan just smiled contemptuously and didn't take it to heart at all.

Huang Renji ran all the way back to the city and went straight to the county government office.

Sun Yaozu was sitting in the hall drinking tea. When he heard the report, the tea bowl in his hand fell to the ground with a clang, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"What did you say? Xia Mingyuan won 50,000 taels of silver from my son Wenju in a bet, and now he's holding him captive?"

Huang Renji nodded repeatedly, "Master Sun, I don't know where Xia Mingyuan got these two thousand elite soldiers from. They are all armed to the teeth and ready to kill at the slightest disagreement."

"Not only did this guy demand compensation from Master Sun, he also wanted him to kowtow and apologize, and run naked through the city..."

At that moment, Huang Renji did not dare to hide anything and told Sun Yaozu the whole story.

"boom!"

Sun Yaozu slammed the table and stood up. "Xia Mingyuan, that damned little bastard, is really going too far. Does he really think that I, the Hanyang County Magistrate, am made of clay?"

"Prepare the horse for me and go to the Princess's Palace to invite Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

"I want to see who gave him, a mere guard commander, the courage to run wild in Hanyang!"

After saying this, Sun Yaozu rushed out of the county government office with a gloomy face.