324 Chapter 324 Under Xijie City (1/2)
South of Xiyun Province, Xijie City region, snow was flying all about. It was close to the end of autumn and suddenly a snowstorm had arrived, causing the thousands of miles near this area to be dyed in a snow-white color.
Ren Bo brought a group of people and was traveling swiftly on this snow land, riding on the best grade 4 Windrider foals, their bodies covered in grade 6 fire bear leather. This was why when they traveled so quickly they still didn't feel cold. In the intense chill, they still felt warm and comfortable.
However, after 5 consecutive days and nights of traveling, even with his Xuanwu ancestor cultivation he was unable to take it and felt exhausted.
The reason why he felt so bitter was mostly due to his ruler.
Ever since Zong Shou returned to shore with abundant gains on those thousand cloud ships, after docking in Rainbow City, he didn't return to Gantian Mountain City. He brought Zong Yuan and the others down south, using a day to reach the large army at the border of Xijie City.
He directly moved in and took control of all the armies in Xiyun Province. In the following few days, he pretty much created a legend.
With just the 500 thousand troops at the border as well as the 300 thousand subordinate city troops they gathered from around, they wiped out Huanlong Province with an unstoppable aura. On the 5th day, he commanded 150 thousand elite cavalry and directly headed into Tianfang Province and Xiping Province which Taoyun City was deeply rooted in. 5 fights 5 wins, crushing the close to 3 million troops of Taoyun City and their subordinate cities, breaking them all into pieces. They either forced the 250 cities in these 2 provinces to either surrender or get wiped out. Where their army headed, no one could block.
With their crazy attacks, they just used 19 days to wipe out the 3 provinces of land belonging to Taoyun City.
Ren Bo was originally prepared to go forwards and report the latest administrative duties as well as the tabulation from the cloud ocean hunt as well as the split with the various races and cities.
His initial destination was one big city in Xiping Province-Haiyou City. The news he got before he set off was that Zong Shou was leading the troops to attack Taoyun City's last base in Xiping Province.
In the end, when he arrived 2 days and 2 nights later, he realized that it was already conquered a day earlier. Which meant that Zong Shou only used 40 thousand following cavalries as well as the people he forcefully recruited along the way, or rather the 400 thousand subordinate city troops that were forced into surrendering to break down this famous huge city. Calculating the time he used just 2 days, he didn't know how his ruler managed to achieve that.
When Ren Bo asked where Zong Shou was at now, he realized that Zong Shou had hurriedly left before Haiyou City was broken. After leaving Chaiyuan and Ling Fakong to take charge, he turned north, the direction was Xiyun Province.
It made him make a huge detour and wasted tens of thousands of miles of journey.
However, he didn't feel annoyed. In his heart, he felt happy instead. When he stepped on the land of another country, looking at the scattered and crushed troops of various cities, he felt emotional.
The former ruler used a full year and a half and still wasn't able to take down Tianfang and Xiping provinces. After the ruler inherited the throne, he used just a few months to merge them into Gantian Mountain City's rule.
The former ruler's son truly made one feel happy inside.
After rushing for a short while, his eyelids jumped. Tens of people were standing tall in the cold win like steel statues, not moving at all.
Without even getting close, Ren Bo felt that the leader's body was familiar. However, the aura was different from his impression. His body stood tall like a spear, showing off a towering aura which was filled with killing intent.
”Hu Zhongyuan?”
Ren Bo was startled, the person who in the past was unrestrained and did what he wanted, looking old and experienced, having a gilded exterior but ruined on the inside became like this?
Leading his horse forwards and standing still beside Hu Zhongyuan, he realized that this fellow was different. The tiger energy from him was no weaker than his father. Although his face showed exhaustion, his spine was straight, and his eyes were still sharp.
”Looking at your situation, are you about to breakthrough?”
Hu Zhongyuan gave a mischievous smile, revealing his white teeth, ”My father always said that I was useless but I am 7 years faster than him in getting to Xuanwu ancestor! In just 7 days I will breakthrough! If I follow the ruler and my progress is slow, wouldn't it be losing his face?”
As he said that, Hu Zhongyuan suddenly remembered the important matters, ”The ruler is commanding the army and can't leave. He ordered me to come to fetch prime minister…”
Ren Bo slightly nodded his head, traveling forwards along with Hu Zhongyuan. Apart from the cheers of the army he could hear from afar, he couldn't help but feel slightly curious, ”What's the situation there?”
”We just completed gathering up this morning. Your arrival is right on time. You can see a good show!”
Hu Zhongyuan was excited, his brows dancing as he explained, ”2 days ago when the ruler came back, he led the army to wipe out the tens of traitor cities. Xijie City is the last one. The ruler waited for 2 days to gather 200 thousand people here and he also invited all the city lords of surrounding cities. Along with the subordinate city troops, there were 600 thousand of them…”
As he said that, he was afraid that Ren Bo would misunderstand as he added one more sentence, ”Just one Xijie, with just our 350 thousand people, we can just take it down. The ruler wants to use them to raise the prestige and spread his name. What did he say again? He wanted to spread a message, to let the people who have doubts take a look at the strength of our army, which was why he dragged until today!”