Yin Jin'an narrowed her eyes and said coldly, "Are you threatening me? Then let's see how I succeed with just 10,000 men."

Huo Dao was furious. He didn't want to be driven by Emperor Yang Sheng, but he didn't want to rebel or leave His Highness.

"Your Highness, is your journey north solely to repel the Uyghurs, or to reclaim everything that belongs to you?"

Huo Dao asked anxiously, "Your Highness is my man, and I am willing to die for you. Can Your Highness tell me what you want me to do?"

Looking at them, Jiutian's happy little face turned unhappy, and he said, "If Second Uncle only wants to drive back the Uyghurs, are you unwilling to help my Second Uncle?"

"Won't."

"If my second uncle's goals are different from yours, you'll stop following orders?"

"……Won't."

"You can't do this or that, why are you still questioning us?" Jiutian said. "There are three thousand of you in total. My second uncle said your fighting strength is extremely strong. If you are really that strong, would Empress Wei still be dead?"

"..."

"If you don't have that much ability, why take yourselves so seriously? My second uncle can still succeed without you, but you are nothing without my second uncle."

Huo Dao and Xue Jingfei's foreheads bulged with veins after being talked about by Jiu Tian.

Huo Dao couldn't help but ask, "May I ask, what is your relationship to His Highness? Why do you call His Highness 'Second Uncle'? His Highness has no sisters, so where did you come from as a nephew?"

Jiutian said, "My second uncle is my second uncle, what's it to you?"

Huo Dao had nothing to say.

Yin Jin'an now sees things clearly: the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are powerful and arrogant, thinking they are his only trump card, and that he cannot succeed without them.

Feeling annoyed, he waved his hand and said, "You can leave now."

Xiahou Yan pleaded urgently, "Your Highness..."

“You should leave too!” Yin Jin’an said. “My temple is too small, and your esteemed presence is too great to contain me.”

Huo Dao and Xue Jingfei were both terrified and angry. In a fit of anger, they said, "Your Highness, do you think war is child's play? You're so stubborn."

Yin Jin'an was never threatened by anyone, and said, "What, you want to have a match with me?"

"I wouldn't dare!"

"Let's go to the training ground and have a match. Otherwise, if I don't want you, you'll think I can't tolerate you."

Xiahou Yan knelt and begged Yin Jin'an for forgiveness, saying that with the departure imminent, it was not a suitable time for a martial arts contest.

Frankly speaking, having a fight at this time would be a waste of energy and strength, and it might even lead to a complete breakdown in relations.

Yin Jin'an sneered, "Let's go. How will you know my confidence if you don't compete?"

Madman Chu had been staring at them with his eyes wide open. If it weren't for Jiutian stopping him, he would have poisoned these bastards long ago.

There was a martial arts training ground near the military barracks in the prefectural city. It was still early, so Yin Jin'an rode a horse while Kuangren Chu carried Jiutian, using his lightness skill to go to the training ground.

Helpless, Xiahou Yan, along with Huo Dao, Xue Jingfei, and another twenty-nine people, went to the training ground.

Those ten thousand men were mostly new recruits, seeing His Highness for the first time. Hearing that His Highness was going to have a martial arts contest, they all came running excitedly.

Tomorrow is the day the army sets off, and they want to see what their prince is capable of.

Before long, the area outside the training ground was filled with people shouting and calling for His Highness.

As Yin Jin'an stepped onto the stage, Madman Chu said worriedly, "These few bastards are all His Highness's guards. They all look very capable. His Highness is going to set off tomorrow. If we lose, the morale of the army will collapse."

Jiutian said confidently, "Don't worry, my second uncle will handle it easily."

"Hehe! If that doesn't work, I'll just poison them."

"No, my second uncle can manage on his own."

Yin Jin'an has already jumped onto the stage.

Xiahou Yan knelt on the ground, begging Yin Jin'an for forgiveness.

Yin Jin'an ignored him. They were already on stage; didn't he think it was too late?

“Let’s not have a regular martial arts contest. You can’t beat me in individual martial arts,” Yin Jin’an said. “Since we’re fighting the Uyghur bandits, let’s compete in killing them.”

Huo Dao asked, "How would Your Highness like to compete?"

You can't have a competition where you kill people, can you?

Yin Jin'an said to Gu Bahuang, "Large-scale military operations are different from individual battles; they emphasize teamwork. Everyone should rely on their skills to kill and eliminate the enemy. In a quarter of an hour, the fastest to move that pile of stones will win."

At the north and south ends of the training ground, there are two small piles of stones, each about the height of a person, used by soldiers for training. At this moment, Yin Jin'an and Huo Dao each have one pile.

"If those were two enemy teams, moving them apart would be considered eliminating the enemy, and whoever moved more and faster would win."

In fact, killing enemies on the battlefield basically relies on strength, endurance, and weapons.

While these two piles of stones cannot fully represent the ability to kill enemies, they can basically test speed, strength, and endurance.

Yin Jin'an said to Huo Dao and Xue Jingfei, "All thirty-two of you go together. Use whatever method you like—moving, weapons, magic treasures…anything is fine."

Huo Dao asked Yin Jin'an, "Who is Your Highness partnered with?"

Does Your Highness intend to send out an entire army of ten thousand?

Yin Jin'an looked around at the people and said, "Who is willing to partner with me?"

Immediately, the voices of "I" rose and fell.

Yin Jin'an spotted the fanatical Zhang Xiangshan at a glance and pointed at him, saying, "You come here."