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"General Huang, there is a steep canyon ahead. The terrain here is complicated. I am afraid someone has set a trap here in advance. We should not pursue them to avoid an ambush."

The vanguard officer was alert and spoke to Huang Zhongliang solemnly.

Huang Zhongliang seemed to be thinking about something, and analyzed: “Compared with ordinary noble ladies, Mu Chaochao is indeed outstanding. Now that the Regent has offered a large reward for her capture, it can be seen that there is a big effect.

She is also Su Linyuan's daughter. If we can capture her, we may be able to exchange three cities with Tianqi. We must capture her."

The vanguard officer frowned, his worry evident in his words:

“But this canyon has a dangerous terrain, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It’s impossible for Mu Chaochao to come here for no reason.

If they set an ambush, we will be in trouble if we go too deep. It will be difficult to escape unscathed."

Huang Zhongliang, however, did not care and smiled contemptuously:

"You forgot that our current military strength is no longer comparable to the past. Are you still afraid? Even if they set an ambush, our army is strong enough to deal with it."

"General Huang..."

"Okay, it's settled." Huang Zhongliang rode his horse forward.

Upon hearing this, the vanguard officer still had doubts in his heart, but seeing that Huang Zhongliang was determined to go his own way, he could only suppress his worries temporarily and follow the army forward.

Mu Chaochao had put drugs in the soldiers' food to improve their physical strength, so they didn't feel tired after running a long distance. So Mu Chaochao led his soldiers to hide in the canyon.

Mu Chaochao saw Ye Huaichen standing on the top of the canyon and stopped, "This is it, everyone hide."

The two lieutenant generals shouted: "Everyone, hide, listen to my order."

With an order, the army hid in the winding narrow road, and Mu Chaochao stayed alone.

When they caught up, Mu Chaochao was feeding water to the horse. Huang Zhongliang had been chasing her all the way but only saw her. He knew something was wrong here and looked around vigilantly.

Mu Chaochao taunted, "Such a slow speed, even with the help of the corpse poison, it's still just this slow."

Huang Zhongliang was shocked. Only a few people knew this secret, and Mu Chaochao actually said it so easily. This made him alert.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I will arrest you today and let the Regent deal with you personally."

Huang Zhongliang got off his horse and tried to grab her. Mu Chaochao slapped the horse's butt, and the horse ran away in fright. She dodged Huang Zhongliang's attack skillfully and moved several feet away in an instant.

Huang Zhongliang's eyes widened, looking at the scene in disbelief, "You concealed your strength and deliberately led this general here."

Mu Chaochao's mouth corners slightly raised, revealing a proud and deep smile.

"I have to thank General Huang for his stubbornness, otherwise I would not have been able to lead you here. Now let me see the bravery of your Lingyue Army!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Chaochao's figure flashed and he easily jumped to the top of the mountain. This scene shocked the vanguard officer. He hurriedly turned back and shouted to Huang Zhongliang:

"General Huang, the situation is not good, retreat quickly!"

Huang Zhongliang's face was extremely ugly. He gritted his teeth and roared, "Retreat!"

However, just as they were eager to retreat, they were completely unaware that Ye Huaichen was quietly and silently moving around quickly, skillfully setting up a formation.

"General, something is wrong. We have been walking for a long time but still haven't gotten out." The three thousand soldiers circled the canyon several times and returned to their original place.

Huang Zhongliang looked around and said, "Damn, there must be a formation here."

"What should I do now?"

Before they could come up with a solution, rocks rolled down from the mountain and knocked the three thousand soldiers to the ground even though they were not afraid of the pain. They were covered in bruises and looked in a mess. The scene was a mess.

Halfway up the mountain, the army had been lying in ambush, drawing their bows and aiming at the ground, waiting for the order to shoot.

"Shoot!" Ye Huaichen's voice echoed throughout the valley.

Arrows rained down like locusts, densely shooting towards Lingyue's army. Many soldiers were hit before they could react, but they were still able to move as usual.

Huang Zhongliang waved his weapon and tried to block the arrows, but the rain of arrows was too dense and his arm was also hit by an arrow.

"Hold on! Cover my retreat." He shouted hoarsely, asking the soldiers to cover him as he left.

Mu Chaochao held a bow and shot at Huang Zhongliang. The arrow flew downward and Deputy General Lingyue was pierced through the heart and fell down unwillingly.

The commander fell, and the remaining soldiers were like a pile of loose sand, but they were still resisting stubbornly.

"Brother Chen, set fire!"

They spent a whole night researching the corpse insect but could not figure it out. After all, the person would die as soon as the insect left the body. Senior Bai Ye said that those soldiers of Cangyou were burned twenty years ago.

Ye Huaichen took Mu Chaochao's bow and arrow, coated the arrowhead with a layer of fire, lit it and shot it downwards. A raging fire instantly broke out on the ground.

The flames shot up into the sky and three thousand soldiers were burned for several hours before the fire was extinguished. Lingyue suffered heavy losses this time.

On the other side, a few feet away from Jiaguan, Sun Shangzhi led 5,000 soldiers, waiting for his deputy general to lead troops to attack the city so that they could provide support from the rear. In the end, they received news that the person who came was missing.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

"General, Tianqi has sent someone to fight. The opponent is a little girl, Princess Tianfu."

"Princess Tianfu, isn't that the person the protector mentioned? And then what?" General Sun asked anxiously, his heart in his throat.

"Then Princess Tianfu led her troops and fled westward, and the deputy general led his troops to chase after her."

"To the west is that winding mountain valley that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. What is Huang Zhongliang thinking?" General Sun knew that this pursuit would probably lead to disaster.

"General, what should we do now? Should we send reinforcements immediately?"

"The guardian said that if we encounter Princess Tianfu and the Seventh Prince, we should retreat and make long-term plans. Now that the two have secretly appeared in Jiaguan, I'm afraid we can't save them. Huang Zhongliang, this idiot, must have been deceived by Mu Chaochao's appearance."

The general's face became even more serious when he heard this: "General, we have lost 3,000 elite soldiers, what should we do?

We only had 8,000 elite soldiers in total, and we lost 3,000 of them in one fell swoop. This is a huge loss!"

"This general knows."

General Sun thought for a long time and said, “There shouldn’t be many troops in Jiaguan at this time, so let’s attack the city.

Just in case, send someone to ask the Protector to join the army."

"Yes, General."

Soon, Lingyue's five thousand elite soldiers arrived at the city. This time, the city gates were no longer tightly closed. The soldiers guarding the city on the city wall saw the Lingyue army appear from afar, beat the war drums, and Su Linyuan led the army out of the city.

"Who are you?"

General Sun asked when he saw Su Linyuan, who was wearing armor and looked very impressive, beside Ye Huaijue.

The vanguard officer shouted, "Our Lord the God of War is here, so don't act so arrogantly."