Li Guang, holding his spear in one hand, glanced at Sullivan and said:

"Speak quickly if you have something to say."

"You know I am the King of Nanyuan of the foreign kingdom, second only to the emperor. If you release me today, I can grant you a high-ranking position, a fine horse to ride, and endless riches and honors. What do you say?"

“You are a barbarian, and I am a person from the Central Plains. You wouldn’t want me to leave the Great Northern Dynasty and go to your barbarian country to enjoy wealth and luxury.”

"Of course, if you are willing to go to the foreign land, I will fulfill all your requests."

“If I go to the foreign country with you, what will happen to my parents and siblings? I can’t just abandon them.”

If I were to actually do that, how could I face my ancestors?

If I go to that foreign land with you, I will become a traitor, and my family will be implicated.

Please don't say such unrealistic things. What I need to do now is capture you and hand you over to the imperial court.

After Li Guang finished speaking, he picked up his spear and was about to charge forward.

"Wait a minute, how about this? The main reason your capital fell was because Zhang Debang, the Right Chancellor of the Great Northern Dynasty, betrayed his country and sought personal gain by opening the south gate of the capital and letting the barbarian troops into the city. He is a sinner of your Great Northern Dynasty."

"Now that you've recaptured the capital, Zhang Debang has gone into hiding. If you let me leave, I can tell you where he's staying, and you can capture him."

"This is indeed a good deal. Capturing Zhang Debang would be a great achievement, but your life is more valuable. Why should I let you go and go capture Zhang Debang?"

Besides, Zhang Debang will be caught sooner or later; it's not my concern.

It seemed her offer wasn't enough to sway the young man before her. Sullivan steeled herself and spoke:

"How about this, I still have a priceless luminous pearl and a million taels of silver notes on me. I'll give you all of these things, but how can that be?"

Li Guang was overjoyed. Shuixian Village had tens of thousands of troops, and the daily expenses were huge. They were worried about the lack of military pay. With Sullivan's one million taels of silver, the situation would be alleviated for a while.

Although Li Guang was excited, he did not show it. He pretended to think about the problem, wanting Sullivan to see that he was wavering.

"Have you thought this through? This amount of silver is enough for your family to live on for several lifetimes. As long as you let me leave here, all this silver will be yours."

"I don't believe you. Who knows if you're lying to me? You have to show me."

Seeing that the other party was interested, Sullivan took out a stack of silver notes from his bag without saying a word.

"I have ten silver notes here, each worth 100,000 taels of silver. If you let me go now, you can have all of these silver notes. What do you say?"

"Alright, it's settled then. Hand over the banknotes first, and I'll check if they're genuine."

"Not now. I must leave this dangerous place and get to a safe place before I can give you the silver notes."

Seeing that Li Guang was still hesitating, Sullivan couldn't help but feel a little anxious. If the pursuers caught up, she really wouldn't be able to escape.

"Here's what we'll do. I'll give you a silver note first, and you can check if it's real or fake. If it's okay, we'll leave together. After that, I'll give you the remaining nine silver notes."

"Alright then, just give me one first, I'll check if it's real or fake. If it's okay, we'll leave here quickly." After Li Guang finished speaking, he glanced behind him, seemingly afraid that the pursuers would catch up at this moment.

Sullivan breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that money could make things easier. Judging from Li Guang's expression, she knew he was completely swayed.

At this moment, Sullivan relaxed his guard. He took out a silver note, spurred his horse forward, came to Li Guang's side, and handed over the silver note.

Li Guang was filled with excitement. He stretched out a hand, but instead of taking the silver note that Sullivan handed him, he grabbed Sullivan's arm.

Sullivan was taken aback and tried to break free, but it was too late. Li Guang used force to throw her off her horse.

Sullivan, who had fallen to the ground, tried to get up, but Li Guang's spear was already pressed against his chest. If he stood up, the spear would pierce his chest.

Just then, the pursuers caught up and cheered when they saw that Li Guang had subdued Sullivan.

Li Guang had his men remove the silver notes and luminous pearl from Sullivan's body, and then tie her up tightly.

Li Guang examined the ten silver notes; they were all genuine, without a doubt.

The soldiers escorted Sullivan back to the place where they had ambushed the barbarian soldiers.

At this moment, the soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield. In the battle just now, the soldiers captured several hundred prisoners, and the rest of the barbarian soldiers were all wiped out.

Li Guang led his troops to Gu Huai's camp, where the soldiers were waiting, wondering if Li Guang had captured Sullivan.

When the soldiers saw the hundreds of prisoners, including Sullivan, the entire camp erupted in cheers. This was another major victory for Narcissus Village.

Gu Huai announced that they should immediately set up camp and cook a meal, and after the meal, they should break camp and return to Shuixian Village.

At this moment, many local people came to the camp. There had been fighting everywhere last night, and they had only just heard that Sullivan's 50,000-strong army had been wiped out and that Sullivan had been captured, so they came to see what was going on.

Once the invaders are eliminated, the people can live in peace.

Many ordinary people knelt down, thanking the army of the Great Northern Dynasty and thanking Heaven.

After finishing their meal, the large group immediately set off for Narcissus Village.

The streets were filled with people seeing them off, and when the large group passed through Qing'an Prefecture, the people of the city came out to see them off.

They knew that if this large army hadn't stopped the barbarian soldiers, the entire Qing'an Prefecture would have fallen, and everyone would have become refugees.

Prefect Shen, accompanied by his officials, stood in formation at the city gate to bid farewell to the large army from Shuixian Village.

When Li Guang saw Prefect Shen, he suddenly remembered something. He then asked Yue Heng and Gu Huai to lead the army ahead, while he asked Li Xue to accompany him to Qing'an Prefecture to handle a matter. After completing this matter, they would return to Shuixian Village.

As Prefect Shen was watching the army depart, he suddenly saw several people emerge from the ranks and walk towards them.

Upon seeing that it was Li Xue and the others, Prefect Shen immediately went to greet them.

"Greetings, Princess." Prefect Shen greeted her.

After Prefect Shen finished speaking, he looked at Li Guang, who was standing next to Li Xue. Li Guang was a young general who looked somewhat familiar.

"My name is Li Guang. I greet Your Excellency, Prefect." Li Guang bowed to Prefect Shen.

Prefect Shen quickly returned the greeting. The name Li Guang sounded familiar, but he couldn't quite place it.

“Prefect Shen doesn’t recognize me anymore. You were the one who rescued me from the bandit’s den and was taken in by Brother Zhao. Prefect Shen also gives me some living expenses every year.”

“Oh, I remember now, you’ve been farming ever since you came to Narcissus Village, and you’ve promoted sweet potatoes and potatoes all over the country.”