C221 (1/2)

”Empress, it's time to go back to the army. Please go back.”

Ji Tian Ning turned his head to look at the surrounding guards and couldn't help but sigh to himself. No matter where she went, there would always be a lot of guards following her, giving her no chance to escape.

He got on the horse and left, looking back three times at the place where he had buried Li Tian. Even though he had left, his heart remained here.

”Tap, tap, tap …”

The rapid sound of horse hooves shattered the silence of the land. Ji Tian Ning could feel the bumpy movements of the horse carriage. At this moment, the speed at which they were travelling was much faster than usual.

”Where are we going? Why are you marching so fast? ”

Raising the curtain of the carriage, he slightly opened the window and gazed outside. He discovered that the direction of the great army was the northwest direction as they rushed towards the Southern Champion City.

Closing the window, he closed his eyes and silently rested in the carriage. Fortunately, the carriage was extremely thick, so he was able to bear with it. She also didn't want to ride a horse in the cold wind. Most importantly, she didn't have that riding skill.

He raised his wrist to check his watch. It had been more than two hours since they had started their hasty march, but there was no sign of a halt.

From noon until nightfall, the army had not stopped.

After stopping, Ji Tian Ning discovered that the army had been travelling at high speeds for seven hours already. At this time, the sky outside had already darkened. Large groups of people were already preparing food for the horses.

Ji Tian Ning got off the carriage, wearing her fox fur coat, and walked alone among the army. She realized that the army had not put up their tents, nor had they unsaddled their horses. This meant that the army wouldn't be stationed here tonight. They would definitely set off immediately after resting.

Sure enough, after resting for two hours, the great army once again set off, maintaining a rapid pace as they marched. They continued to advance for another six hours before stopping to rest again.

This time, the army had camped in the middle of the night and only rested for four hours.

Along the way, Ji Tian Ning did not find Huo Ni Lin, Wu De and the others, nor did An Ling Qing Lan and the others. She thought that there must be a war ahead and that Huo Ni Lin himself had led the troops to start it.

He shook his head slightly. As an emperor, he would always lead troops into battle personally. It was tiring for an emperor like Huo Ni Lin to do such a thing. What she didn't know was that the Fire Reversal Scale was trying to make her feel depressed, and it also liked the smell of blood on the battlefield.

Three hundred kilometers. The great army was advancing at high speed. They would arrive by noon the next day.

A stream of blood spurted out, drawing a beautiful arc in the air as it bloomed with beautiful blood-red flowers. It withered instantly and fell to the ground.

Blood dripped to the ground from the tip of the saber as another head landed on the ground. The head rolled on the ground, blood gushing out from the wound like a blooming flower.

A tinge of blood-red appeared in his eyes as the blade in his hand continued to descend, reaping the lives on the battlefield like wheat being harvested.

He liked the smell and the scene of the blood, and it made him excited and happy. The reason why he was always leading troops as a sovereign was because of this.

Watching one living thing after another fall in front of him and blossoming with blood red, he felt an indescribable joy in his heart.

The blood-red eyes swept the surroundings, listening to the enemy's wails. In his ears, this sound was even more moving than the most beautiful music. He likes to see his enemies bleed, run, beg for mercy...

”I remember the first time I saw that kitten was on the battlefield.”

Using numbers to bully the weak and a hundred li to attack, the battle was carried out without any suspense. The enemy only had a few thousand people, which was a bit too few for the reverse scale.

These enemies hadn't been able to make him do his best yet. Killing them as if they were rotten weeds along the way, even if it was an enemy running away, he wouldn't let them go.

The slaughter rose up, and the enemies who were kneeling on the ground also lost their heads under his blade.

A group of guards had been following them around. Their duty was to protect the Fire Reversal Scale and allow it to kill to its heart's content. To prevent too many enemies from getting close to the reverse scale, they did not care about those enemies that could not pose a threat to the reverse scale. They coldly watched the heads of the enemies dancing under the blades.

The enemy began to retreat as the Fire Lin followed closely behind. He would not let an enemy escape. He had to make Hou Hou a part of history and kill him here.

The soldiers divided themselves into two groups and attacked the places occupied by the Xiao-Hou along the way. They cut off the Hou's retreat and made a beeline for his lair. He had long planned this. Regardless of whether or not the Marquis could die in his hands today, he would not have the chance to rise again.

The territory of the Marquis was only a few hundred miles, and the total number of troops under his command was only 50,000 to 60,000. The huge army of 100,000 that he personally led was actually the elite troops of the Southern Champion Kingdom, which was on completely different terms with the troops of the Marquis.

Usually, the various officials were very respectful, and the territories they occupied were very barren. He only used the Hou Hou as a line of defense to block Feng Yuan. For if Fukuhara wanted to enter from this place, he had to pass through the territory of the Marquis.

Currently, the borders of Fengyuan had already belonged to the Southern Champion City. The Hou Hou was the superfluous force, and he would not allow the Hou and Hou to share in the spoils.

In the chaos, the soldiers of the Hou Mansion retreated, fleeing in defeat.

”Dammit, what does the Emperor of the Southern Champion want?”

The crowd stared at the retreating soldiers on top of the city wall with hatred. Never in their wildest dreams did they expect that Huo Ni Lin would personally lead troops to subjugate them. Taking advantage of the war between Nanke and Fengyuan, he expanded the territory by over a hundred li and recruited new troops.

He was full of confidence as he thought about how he could continue to expand the fruits of his battle and become the new elite amongst the dukes. He even imagined that he would soon be able to ascend the throne and establish another country after Fengyuan.

The defeated soldiers madly ran towards the Mausoleum City. Only by entering the city would they be able to preserve their lives.

The Hou Hou soldiers stood on top of the city walls, but they didn't dare open the city gates. Huo Ni Lin brought the imperial guards and followed closely behind them. He was worried that if he opened the city gates to let the soldiers into the city, Huo Ni Lin's men would chase them down, and the city wouldn't be able to protect itself.

Would it be easy for him to obtain this hundred li of land and this Tomb City?