Just as Yelü Chucai's expression was gradually turning into a distorted one.

A scout rushed over.

"Report, General Yelü, three thousand Ming soldiers have been spotted ten miles away and are heading this way."

"oh."

Yelü Chucai looked somewhat surprised.

Wasn't my own nephew leading 50,000 troops to ambush the Ming army at Luofengpo?

How could there still be three thousand men who ran right under his nose and reached the vicinity of the main camp?

He asked, "Who is the opposing commander? Have you identified which side they are?"

"Judging from their armor, they are Xuanwu cavalry from the Dafeng Camp. I couldn't see the commander clearly, but she looks like a female general."

"Female general?"

Yelü Chucai revealed a lewd smile.

It must be his own nephew, who knows that he has been eyeing the princess for a long time.

He deliberately released the Princess of Lingnan so that he could have the opportunity to capture her alive in front of Meng Sanguan.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Good! Good! Good!"

"He truly deserves to be my most beloved nephew; he has won my heart."

Yelü Chucai waved his hand and said, "Someone, pass on my order: prepare for battle."

"Also, have those military advisors come over as well."

Although he had long admired the beauty of the Princess of Lingnan, he also knew that she was a master of the Land Immortal Realm.

A group of soldiers alone cannot be retained.

But then add a few martial arts masters.

That princess has no chance of escaping.

Before long, the soldiers in the camp were fully equipped and ready to go.

Yelü Chucai, heavily pregnant, mounted his horse, with several bodyguards following behind him.

The soldiers at Jiayang Pass thought the Liao army was about to attack the city, so they quickly beat their war drums.

Meng Sanguan, dressed in armor, followed his generals up the city wall.

They thought they were in for a tough fight, but it turned out that the Liao soldiers were just waving flags and shouting, with no intention of attacking the city.

Yelü Chucai's vanguard was lined up in a row at the very back, as if they were waiting for someone.

"Your Highness, could it be that reinforcements have arrived?"

"It must be Her Highness the Princess Consort, leading the Great Wind Battalion to attack."

"We're saved! We're saved, Your Highness!"

Hearing the words of the general behind him, Meng Sanguan's face fell.

Others might not understand Yelü Chucai's schemes, but he certainly did.

Su Ding, the deputy general of Meng Sanguan, turned around and glared at the general behind him, then shouted, "A bunch of idiots!"

"How could you possibly think that we're saved just because reinforcements have arrived?"

"Don't forget, besides Yelü Chucai, there's also the Black Wolf Iron Cavalry that disappeared a few days ago."

"If the princess rashly leads troops to rescue us, we may not only fail to save us, but also lose the last of Lingnan's resources here."

The generals exchanged glances before they remembered.

Beneath the city walls are the Liao people, whose cavalry is the best in the world.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty could barely hold out by using the city walls.

If we were to go out into the field for combat, what difference would that be from sending ourselves to our deaths?

"Why"

Meng Sanguan sighed, feeling that Lingnan was doomed.

"If the princess brings reinforcements later, instruct the remaining soldiers to go out of the city and fight the Liao people to the death."

Having fought back and forth with the Liao people for so many years, Meng Sanguan naturally knew what the Liao people thought.

Han Chinese are not even as good as dogs.

Surrendering would likely mean a fate worse than death.

It would be better to fight them squarely and die on the battlefield with dignity.

Su Ding couldn't help but punch the city wall, and blood flowed down his fist.

"It is a pity that we are willing to serve our country, but the court treats us as enemies."

Since the late emperor ascended the throne, the supply of grain and military funds to Lingnan has been completely cut off.

It was all thanks to the Prince's Mansion's hard work that it was able to survive. After His Majesty ascended the throne, he even provided relief to Lingnan several times.

Unfortunately, natural disasters and man-made calamities have plagued the country in recent years, and the Ming Dynasty has not prospered.

Therefore, relief efforts are becoming increasingly scarce.

Moreover, the ministers in the imperial court did not regard the soldiers from Lingnan as part of the Ming Dynasty at all.

Money, manpower, whatever Lingnan wanted, the Ming Dynasty never provided.

There's only one thing to say: Liaoning people, watch closely.

We have absolutely no money.

This attitude caused widespread resentment among the Lingnan army.

They were increasingly dissatisfied with the imperial court.

Otherwise, Yuan Dahai wouldn't have surrendered to the Liao people.

Even if Yuan Dahai surrendered, his soldiers wouldn't follow the Liao people to attack the Ming Dynasty.

Meng Sanguan didn't say anything, but patted Su Ding on the shoulder.

"Old brother, let us go one last time."

Just as Meng Sanguan was preparing to face his death, on the distant horizon...

Three thousand cavalrymen lined up in a row and slowly advanced toward the Liao army camp.

When Yelü Chucai saw the three thousand cavalrymen, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Princess of Lingnan, could it be that you've come here to throw yourself into my arms? Bringing such a small force, are you looking down on me, Yelü Chucai?"

The generals around him also laughed.

Three thousand against ninety thousand, the advantage is in my hands.

Even a fool would know that three thousand men could not possibly defeat an army of ninety thousand.

But the people from the Ming Dynasty still came.

Isn't this just a blatant suicide mission?

Looking at the three thousand iron cavalry, Meng Sanguan couldn't help but have his eyes turn red.

"Your Highness, you've come to die with me."

Su Ding couldn't help but look up at the sky and sigh.

"The name of my Lingnan army will be lost after today."

Meng Sanguan took a deep breath and shouted, "Soldiers, once the reinforcements have engaged the Liao people, we will open the city gates and fight the Liao people to the death!"

The generals, their eyes also red, spoke up.

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