Xia Changming said, "Li Chang'an... and Yan Huxiao together... could rival an army of thousands. My lord, you should wait until my wounds have healed before doing anything."
Hu Xiaotian smiled. "By the time your wounds heal, the daylilies will have gone cold. Who knows where they'll have fled by then?"
Xia Changming coughed. "Are you cursing me?"
Hu Xiaotian laughed heartily, then said in a low voice, "The Xu Family wanted to cut down my good brother, my trusted aide. I'll make them understand the price of doing that."
Just then, two eagle cries rang out outside. Xia Changming exclaimed in delight, "So Big White is back!"
Hu Xiaotian said, "Yes!"
Xia Changming said, "If Big White is back... Flying Owl should be back too... My lord... if you want to eliminate them, you can catch them by surprise and strike when they're unprepared. Capture the king first to catch the bandits."
Hu Xiaotian said, "That's exactly what I was thinking. To kill those three, Xiong Tianba and I will be enough!"
Between Eastern Liang Commandery and the Eastern Luo Granary stood a mountain called Dingjin Mountain. Movements of the earth's crust had split its peak, opening a rift through it: Baila Pass, the only route through Dingjin Mountain. When Hu Xiaotian had launched his surprise attack on the Eastern Luo Granary, he had sent Xiong Tianba to block Great Yong's forces at Baila Pass. With only a hundred men, Xiong Tianba had held off an army of nearly fifteen thousand there and killed Great Yong's fierce general Fu Ping. That battle had made his name known throughout the land.
Xiong Tianba was revisiting the old battleground, but this time he had no hundred warriors at his side. Instead, he had Three Giant Bears, all of which he had