Chapter 260: Starry Night Ride

The afterglow of the setting sun was scattered on the ground, two hundred miles away from the western border of the Great Zhou Empire, a cavalry force of 30,000 was slowly marching towards the Mad Lion City.
This army has a neat appearance, all of which are well-equipped light cavalry. At the forefront of the army is the newly appointed Marshal of the Great Zhou Empire, Bai Qi.
Although the officials had a lot of opinions on Bai Qi's appointment as Marshal, no one dared to disobey Xiao Chen's orders in the morning.
"Marshal, do we really need to support Broken Blade City first? The general feels that the crisis in the south seems to be heavier!" Yan Qing asked from the side.
The new generals transferred to the Dragon Legion this time were Yan Qing and Meng Gong, and Bai Qi, as the marshal of the Great Zhou Army in this battle, chose to go to Broken Blade City with the two to support.
Hearing what Yan Qing said, Bai Qi smiled and said, "In fact, the crisis in the South is not very serious for the time being. What do you think of General Meng Gong?"
Meng Gong pondered for a moment and said: "Although the strength of the Canopy Kingdom is strong, in the early days of the war, it will not easily send troops into the territory of my Great Zhou."
Yan Qing was taken aback and asked: "Why?"
Compared with famous historical-level players like Meng Gong and Bai Qi, the prodigal Yan Qing, who was born in Shuibo Liangshan, is far inferior to the two in strategic vision.
Bai Qi explained: "Because the South is still entrenched with 100,000 rebels in my Da Zhou, the Canopy Kingdom will use these rebels in the early days of the war to consume the strength of my Da Zhou army in order to fight for the next war. Minimize your own losses!"
Yan Qing nodded thoughtfully, "In this way, the Canopy Kingdom is indeed likely to reap the benefits!"
Meng Gong smiled inexplicably and said: "Who is the fisherman benefiting? It is still unknown! Perhaps this is the situation I want to see."
The Canopy Kingdom wanted to rely on the Great Zhou rebels to consume the Huolin Legion, and the Huolin Legion also wanted to delay as much as possible to gain time for the arrival of reinforcements.
Bai Qi knew in his heart that the combat power of the 100,000 rebels in the south was simply scum. They were originally the people of Da Zhou, but now they are rebelling with their generals, and their morale has fallen to the extreme.
Such an army, in the face of the camp of Li Cunxiao and Gao Shun, is completely vulnerable.
However, the Fire Lin Legion would not immediately destroy the opponent, but slowly entangled with it for a period of time to gain enough time for the Western Front.
The Canopy Kingdom has invested 300,000 troops in this war, even if it is a peerless general like Li Cunxiao, it is difficult to defeat the opponent in the face of such a disparity in strength.
"Hope everything will be as we wish!"
Meng Gong was somewhat helpless. All their plans were based on assumptions. If the actual situation did not follow their assumptions, the situation would be bad.
Bai Qi said confidently: "Don't worry, even if there is a fork, with Guo Jia, they won't have any problems."
Guo Jia?
Yan Qing and Meng Gong didn't know much about this extremely weak young man.
But his Majesty was able to make him a military commander of the Huolin Legion before he had done anything. This was quite a favor.
Now that even Bai Qi praises him so much, it seems that this young man does have some abilities.
"Speaking of military divisions, why didn't the divisions of our Tenglong Army come together?" Meng Gong smiled.
Yan Qing replied: "Mr. Jia Xu is one of the six prestigious books. Naturally, he must first hand over the affairs he has. It is estimated that it will take some time."
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In the imperial city thousands of miles away, Xiao Chen was in the imperial study room, browsing the emergency report from the front.
For a long time, he put down the memorial with his eyes locked, and said to Shi Xueyue next to him: "Xueyue, let the Shadow Guardian find Bai Feng."
After Shi Xueyue arrived, Xiao Chen asked Shi Xueyue to accompany him. After all, the beauty around him was more pleasing than the eunuch.
However, the original Yan Zi'an was also considered to have ascended to heaven. After serving Xiao Chen for a while, he was now promoted to the chief in the palace by Xiao Chen.
Shi Xueyue notified the Shadow Secret Guard outside the door, and then returned to the Imperial Study Room.
"Your Majesty, don't work too hard!"
Seeing Xiao Chen who hadn't stopped reviewing memorials since the morning, Shi Xueyue couldn't help but remind.
Xiao Chen smiled, put down the memorial in his hand, then leaned on the dragon chair and said with emotion: "I used to think that being an emperor must be a wonderful thing. Now it seems that it is not as beautiful as I imagined. Maybe I can't do one. Good emperor!"
After hearing this, Shi Xueyue hurriedly said: "Xueyue believes that your majesty will be a good emperor!"
Xiao Chen was stunned for a moment, then looked at the brilliant Shi Xueyue beside him.
Feeling Xiao Chen's gaze, Shi Xueyue lowered her head in fright.
Xiao Chen laughed dumbly, and then joked with some evil fun: "Don't be nervous, I will look at you, and I won't eat you!"
As soon as she said this, Shi Xueyue's face became even more red, and she lowered her head without speaking.
In fact, in Xiao Chen's heart, he always treated Shi Xueyue as his own elder sister. He had no siblings since he was a child, and Shi Xueyue had been taking care of him all the time. It was natural that he had developed affection for Shi Xueyue in his bones.
After Xiao Chen inherited this body, this kind of thing that blended into the bloodline also affected him in a subtle way.
"Your Majesty, are you looking for me?" Bai Feng's voice came from outside the door, breaking the embarrassment in the room.
Taking this opportunity, Shi Xueyue left the Imperial Study Room in a panic.
Xiao Chen shook his head helplessly, then looked straight, and said to the door: "Come in!"
Upon hearing this, Bai Feng walked in from outside the door.
As soon as he came in, Xiao Chen handed him the front memorial and said, "Come and see this memorial!"
Bai Feng didn't avoid a taboo, and took a cursory look at the memorial.
"General Zhang Liao said, there are many military commanders in the army of the Xianglong Kingdom?"
After a while, Bai Feng closed the memorial.
Xiao Chen nodded: "I don't care about these masters. Now Marshal Bai Qi has taken Yan Qing and Meng Gong to support, and several martial arts marshals are not enough to fight Marshal Bai Qi alone."
"What I am worried about is that Marshal Bai Qi has the strength of a two-star Wujun. Once he takes a shot on the battlefield, the royal palace master in the Xianglong Kingdom army might use this as an excuse to get rid of him!"
Bai Feng nodded, Bai Qi's safety is a huge hidden danger.
"What does your majesty mean...?" Bai Feng asked.
When Xiao Chen came to him late at night, he would definitely not just tell him about this.
Xiao Chen said: "I don't worry about getting up in vain, so I want to go to the Mad Lion City to see. At your speed, can you take me there overnight?"
This is his purpose for looking for Bai Feng. The Mad Lion City is thousands of miles away from the Imperial City. If you want to arrive within a few hours, it is difficult for even the Wu Zong powerhouse to do so, so he can only be good at speed. Bai Feng asked for help.
Bai Feng smiled indifferently: "If your subordinates take your majesty there and want to arrive before dawn, it will be a little difficult, but if there is a white phoenix, it can take us there."
Xiao Chen was overjoyed, and then said to Bai Feng: "Great, I will send someone to inform Da Si Ming and Zhang Han that we will go to Mad Lion City together."