A sickly fellow ridiculed by the entire army? I'll be the most beautiful woman in the barracks!

"I didn't expect you to join the army at such a young age, not only adapting to military life so quickly but also achieving numerous merits on the battlefield. You truly deserve to be the top soldier of the Xuanjia Cavalry!"

Li Changming was a little embarrassed by Yue Zhenyuan's praise, and his ears turned slightly red.

He waved his hands repeatedly and said, "I dare not accept the title of general. It is all thanks to Lord Zhao's guidance. I dare not take credit for it."

After a pause, Li Changming continued, "This subordinate has come to report an important matter!"

After saying that, he took out Zhao Daxuan's envelope from his pocket and handed it to Yue Zhenyuan.

"General, please take a look. This is a letter from Lord Zhao to you."

Yue Zhenyuan took the envelope with a puzzled look and read it carefully. After a moment, his face darkened, he snorted coldly, and slammed the letter heavily on the table.

"Outrageous! Who dares to cause trouble in my Zhenbei City! If I catch them in this despicable act, they will not be spared!"

Yue Zhenyuan gritted his teeth and looked at Li Changming, saying, "Do you know where that human trafficking den is?"

Li Changming nodded. "Reporting to the general, we know the location. After entering Zhenbei City, we split our forces into two groups, and the main force has already gone to surround them."

"Very well! Let's go then. I'll come along and see who's so bold!"

After hearing this, Yue Zhenyuan stood up and walked out of the tent, calling over fifty of his personal guards to set off together.

Li Changming was stunned, not expecting that this matter would actually alarm Yue Zhenyuan.

Then a look of joy appeared on his face, it seemed that he had a chance to show off in front of Yue Zhenyuan.

"General, let me lead the way!"

Then a large group of about a hundred people left the main camp and headed towards the slums in the southwest corner of Zhenbei City.

Among Yue Zhenyuan's personal guards were people familiar with the internal environment of Zhenbei City. Li Changming only needed to tell them the address, and they knew it.

Before long, Li Changming and Yue Zhenyuan found the kidnapping den based on the address. When they arrived at the den, Li Changming's other men were already surrounding the dilapidated courtyard.

Li Changming stepped forward and looked at the silent courtyard. His heart sank, and he had a bad feeling.

He turned to his subordinate, frowning, and asked, "What's going on? Why isn't there any sound?"

Li Changming's subordinate shrank back and said cautiously, "Sir, we just arrived a little while ago. We cordoned off the courtyard as soon as we got here."

"But this courtyard is eerily quiet; I suspect no one is inside! We're also afraid that acting rashly might harm the children inside, so..."

"Okay, I got it!"

Li Changming waved his hand to interrupt him, looked around, and then quickly climbed onto the roof of a dilapidated house near a courtyard house, looking down at the courtyard house from above.

The courtyard was silent, except for a bonfire still smoking in the yard, which proved that someone had been there not long ago.

Li Changming cursed inwardly. He had originally hoped to make a name for himself in front of the general, but instead, he had lost face!

Turning around, Li Changming leaped off the roof and quickly returned to Yue Zhenyuan's side.

"General, something's not right. I suspect the kidnappers from this hideout have escaped!"

Yue Zhenyuan looked at the courtyard house in front of him with a gloomy face, nodded, and realized that he had also noticed something was wrong.

"Break down the door, we can't delay any longer."

Yue Zhenyuan's voice rang out, and Li Changming, who had the same idea, nodded and gave the order to act.

"Bang--!!"

With a loud crash, the gate of the courtyard house was violently broken open by a group of soldiers, and pieces flew into the corner.

A group of armored riders charged in single file, instantly filling the entire courtyard.

The group searched the courtyard thoroughly, but apart from themselves, there wasn't a soul in sight.

Li Changming looked around the courtyard with a gloomy face, finally stopping by the bonfire.

He drew his sword from his waist, rummaged through the fire, and suddenly his eyes lit up. There were still some unburnt papers at the very bottom of the fire.

Ignoring the lingering heat around him, Li Changming reached out and brushed away the ashes, picking up the few half-burnt pieces of paper.

This is a letter exchanged between two parties. Although nearly half of it has been burned, the remaining writing still reveals that it was a communication between a human trafficking gang and other forces.

Li Changming handed several pages of letters to Yue Zhenyuan. "General, take a look. This should be the kidnapping den without a doubt."

Yue Zhenyuan frowned, glanced around a few times, and gritted his teeth, saying, "Damn it! We're too late!"

"Pass down the order: all cavalry of the city guards are to go out of the city to search, while the rest of the soldiers are to search inside the city."

"Regardless of whether they are still in the city, we must find them! They can't have gone far with the people they've abducted, nor can they hide very well!"

The head of the personal guards nodded and left, as he needed to relay Yue Zhenyuan's orders to the other two captains who remained in Zhenbei City.

Li Changming watched the departing figures of Yue Zhenyuan's personal guards, a look of resentment still lingering on his face.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and he remembered the carriage that left through the north gate of Zhenbei City before they arrived, but then headed south.

In particular, the enemy suddenly accelerated after seeing their cavalry.

Li Changming's eyes gradually brightened, and his heartbeat quickened.

"General, perhaps I have a lead."

Li Changming voiced his suspicions, and Yue Zhenyuan nodded, saying in a deep voice, "It is indeed very suspicious! Here's what we'll do: set off immediately, follow your leads, and report back as soon as you find anything."

"Yes, sir! I will carry it out immediately."

After Li Changming nodded and accepted the order, he waved his hand and summoned several hundred Xuanjia cavalrymen, who then strode towards the outside of the slum.

The roads inside the slums were too narrow for large numbers of warhorses to enter, so all the warhorses were left outside the slums.

"Hurry, hurry, everyone run faster!"

Li Changming took the lead, loudly urging the soldiers to rush towards the south gate.

After exiting the south gate, Li Changming frowned as he looked at the extensive network of roads outside the city.

He pulled aside a soldier guarding the city gate and asked, "Brother, have you noticed any unusual carriages leaving through the city gate?"

The soldier on duty thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, recently the curfew in Zhenbei City has been lifted, and there are many more carriages coming and going. I haven't noticed anything unusual."

Li Changming described the carriage he had seen to the soldiers again, but they still replied that they had not noticed a similar carriage.

He sighed inwardly, knowing that since he couldn't pursue them precisely, he could only split up and send multiple teams to chase after the kidnappers.

So Li Changming summoned several centurions, described the features of the carriage he had seen, and then, relying on his intuition, randomly selected a few directions that he felt were most likely.

"Each of you lead your own team and pursue them separately!"

Li Changming himself also joined one of the teams, but before setting off, he hesitated for a moment and changed to take a remote and difficult road.