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

There was a strong smell of blood in Handao Village.

Xia Mingyuan glanced at Yan Biao's body expressionlessly and looked at Li Mingyi.

Before he could ask, Li Mingyi stepped forward immediately.

"Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief, the main force of the Cold Blade Village has been completely destroyed. As for those followers, they have been lowered down the mountain as per your instructions and will be eliminated by General Yue."

"Well done." Xia Mingyuan nodded with satisfaction. "Have all the supplies and gold and silver seized this time been registered?"

Li Ming said, "Commander-in-Chief, we have discovered the underground treasure house of Han Dao Village. We have seized a total of 270,000 taels of silver and banknotes, 10,000 taels of gold, and a number of jewels and jades."

"In addition, through inspections of the enemy's grain and fodder depots, we seized 700,000 jin of grain, over 300 cattle and sheep, and 70,000 jin of bacon and dried meat."

Hearing this number, Xia Mingyuan was dumbfounded.

Even though he thought that Han Dao Village must be very rich after plundering the people's wealth over the years, he still underestimated the ability of these bandits to make money.

Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were enough to cover the entire Hanyang's annual tax revenue.

With this money, I don’t know how much more troops I can add.

Xia Mingyuan glanced at the blood-soaked mountain stronghold and sighed, "It would be a waste to abandon such a beautiful mountain. We should make good use of it!"

After saying that, he opened the system panel with a thought.

[Ordinary soldiers: 8002.]

[Level 1 Edge Archer: 46.]

[Level 1 Vine Shield Soldier: 50.]

[Level 1 Yellow Turban Warrior: 196.]

[Level 3 Wei Wuzu: 1250]

[Level 3 Iron Shield Soldier: 400]

[Level 3 Elite Archer: 400]

Level 3 Scout Cavalry: 1300

[Level 4 Qilin Guard: 175.]

[Level 5 Dragon Warrior: 10.]

This time, Xia Mingyuan didn't think much about it and directly exchanged 4,000 ordinary soldiers for 1,000 Wei Wuzu.

Then another 4,000 people were consumed to exchange for 500 elite archers and 500 shield soldiers!

When these people were summoned, the entire village immediately became crowded with people.

"Li Mingliu, the five of you brothers will stay behind to command these soldiers. Each of you will be in charge of 400 men, and you will only train the infantry! No one is allowed to leave the mountain easily on weekdays. All food and drink expenses will be deducted from the captured spoils."

"Also, today's twenty-five Qilin Guards and the four hundred and fifty soldiers from before will also stay with you."

"I leave these troops to you. Remember, this is a special force I have hidden in secret. No one is allowed to reveal themselves without my order!"

"Subordinates take orders!"

Li Mingliu and others responded in succession.

Xia Mingyuan finally felt relieved and waved his hand to let Li Mingwu bring up the twenty or so hostages wearing hoods.

"Thank you sir for saving my life."

"We kowtow to you, sir! If it weren't for you, I'm afraid we would all die here!"

Everyone was moved to tears and knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Xia Mingyuan.

Xia Mingyuan waved his hand and said, "Since Kunlun Security has accepted the task of protecting you, we will naturally protect your safety."

"Now that you are safe, I will arrange for someone to escort you back to Hanyang City."

"Remember, everything that happens on Wild Wolf Mountain has nothing to do with you!"

"If anyone dares to say anything when they return, don't blame me, Xia Mingyuan, for being rude."

Everyone nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, Master Xia, we will keep this a secret!"

Xia Mingyuan nodded in satisfaction and winked at Li Ming, who immediately understood and went down the mountain with the hostages.

After completing all the instructions, Xia Mingyuan inspected the entire Handao Village for a week before finally leaving.

As soon as they got down the mountain, Yue Hanshan came hurriedly to meet them with a group of people.

"Commander Xia, are you okay?"

"Why did those soldiers on the mountain suddenly rush down the mountain without caring about their lives?"

Seeing that Xia Mingyuan was safe and sound, Yue Hanshan felt a little relieved.

Xia Mingyuan grinned, spread his arms towards Yue Hanshan, and laughed, "General Yue, do you think I look like I'm in trouble?"

Upon hearing this, Yue Hanshan couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Commander Xia is truly a god-like being. With only five or six men, he was able to fight his way in and out of that bandit's lair seven times!"

Xia Mingyuan laughed and said, "The Cold Blade Village is just a bunch of rabble. If I can't even deal with them, I'd be doing a disservice to the elite warriors I have."

"When I reached the top of the mountain earlier, I caused a quarrel among them in a few words. Now that Yan Biao has been captured by me, General Yue, please order the soldiers to return to the capital."

"We've won a great victory today. Now that we're back outside Xujia Village, we should celebrate! No more bandits will harass the villagers! You can focus on training now."

Upon hearing this, Yue Hanshan quickly agreed and turned around to call the 3,000 troops at the foot of the mountain to return to Xujiazhuang to camp.

As soon as they arrived at the village entrance, they saw a dozen villagers from Xujiazhuang, led by Xu Shuigen, pushing Xia Xue, who was tied up like a rice dumpling, forward.

"Commander-in-Chief, we caught a spy in the village today. This woman was sneaking around, trying to find out about you and even trying to throw dirty water on you. We couldn't stand it, so we just arrested her and wait for your decision."

After Xu Shuigen finished speaking, he immediately waved his hand. The villagers of Xujiazhuang understood and escorted Xia Xue to Xia Mingyuan.

Xia Mingyuan and Xia Xue looked at each other, and both of them were slightly stunned.

"Aunt, why are you here?" Xia Mingyuan was filled with surprise, and his voice suddenly rose. "What are you still standing there for? Quickly untie my aunt."

Xia Xue's face flushed red all the way to her ears.

She sneaked out of the princess's mansion to find out the inside story about the land, but unexpectedly she was caught by Xia Mingyuan, the real culprit!

The air was eerily quiet.

Xia Mingyuan's eyes were burning. The word "Auntie" he had called out earlier had made many of the villagers break out in cold sweats.

For a moment, Xia Xue didn't know how to break the silence.

Finally, Xia Mingyuan couldn't hold back any longer, "Aunt, why are you here instead of staying at the Princess's Mansion?"

Xia Xue gritted her teeth, a look of reluctance on her face.

"Xia Mingyuan, I heard that you managed to get something for nothing. You actually made the people of Xujiazhuang and several nearby villages voluntarily offer their land to you. You are truly capable!"

"I have come here to thoroughly investigate this matter, so that I can prove your guilt and report it to the court!"

Xia Mingyuan raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and looked at Xia Xue with a smile, "I wonder if Auntie has found out the truth?"

"Did I, Xia Mingyuan, lead the army to force everyone to give up their land?"

Xia Xue gritted her teeth, with a look of dissatisfaction on her face. As if she hadn't heard anything, she turned her head away and didn't look at Xia Mingyuan.