Of the three cities in Fullerton Province, the two closest to the Heaven Dou Empire had already had all their garrisons withdrawn, with only the city closest to Star Luo still having over ten thousand troops stationed there.
Presumably, Dai Tianyu wanted to see if the Heaven Dou Empire would take advantage of the chaos to attack Star Luo. If Qian Renxue didn't send anyone, then these ten thousand troops would continue to take over the defense of the three border cities after the siege of Star Luo City was lifted. If the Heaven Dou army really invaded, it wouldn't be too late for these troops to retreat.
Ning Bei understood the details and sneered inwardly. Even at this time, Dai Tianyu was still calculating. He wanted to see how the other party would deal with the Beast Tide.
Watching the hundreds of thousands of Star Luo border guards withdraw from the border, Ning Bei then flew towards the Heaven Dou Empire's Fasinuo Province, which was the location agreed upon with Qian Renxue for stationing troops.
With his current speed, the journey of several hundred kilometers only took him tens of minutes. Looking at the hundreds of thousands of Heaven Dou troops stationed outside Notting City, Ning Bei nodded secretly in his heart.
In the past, the overall quality of the Heaven Dou Empire's soldiers was worrying. This was due to the deterrence of the Spirit Hall, which had caused Star Luo and Heaven Dou to not have fought for several years. Qian Renxue had obviously spent a lot of effort in the past two years.
At least, Ning Bei couldn't see any signs of weakness in the army in front of him, but rather it was full of a chilling aura, obviously having undergone arduous training.
Unleashing his mental power, Ning Bei investigated the situation inside the main camp, and then raised his eyebrows slightly, because there were actually quite a few old acquaintances inside.
"This is good, no need to waste time proving my identity."
Immediately, Ning Bei directly flashed into the main camp at high speed, startling the few people inside who were discussing military affairs.
"Who?"
The one who spoke angrily was Meng Shenji, the head of the three education committee members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, an 86th level Soul Douluo powerhouse whose Spirit was the Black Demon. This person's origin was from the Spirit Hall. Presumably, Qian Renxue had won over this education committee member after she secured the throne, and now he was stationed here as the commander of the Heaven Dou army.
Behind Meng Shenji was an old acquaintance of Ning Bei, the Spear Douluo from the Hengha Two Generals, who was known as the gatekeeper Title Douluo. His presence here was probably because Qian Renxue had sent him here to guard against any unexpected situations.
"It's me, no need to be nervous."
Seeing Ning Bei's face clearly, the generals in the camp breathed a sigh of relief. Spear Douluo was even more delighted. He was the one among these people who knew the specific details of this operation the most. Now that Ning Bei had appeared here, it meant that things were settled and the next step of the plan could be carried out.
Ning Bei had actually never dealt with Meng Shenji, but had only met him briefly at the Ascension Ceremony, but since the other party could serve as the commander of this operation, Qian Renxue must have told him a lot of inside information.
"Meng Shenji has met Young Master Ning."
Seeing Meng Shenji, who had early white hair, respectfully clasp his fist and salute, the generals beside him, although they didn't know Ning Bei very well, also understood that he was a person of high position and power, and followed Meng Shenji's footsteps one after another.
Ning Bei waved his hand, indicating that there was no need for so much formality.
"I don't have any official position or title in Heaven Dou, you don't need to be like this. I think you all understand the purpose of my visit this time."
"That's right, His Majesty has ordered us to wait for Young Master Ning's arrival here, and also instructed us to listen to Young Master Ning's orders for everything next."
Ning Bei nodded, which saved a lot of trouble, and there was no need to waste words.
"Alright, I don't have anything that needs you to command, and I don't know much about military affairs."
"I'm here just to tell you two pieces of information. First, Star Luo City is now surrounded by tens of thousands of Soul Beasts, and they are unable to support the border war."
"Second, the border guards of the three cities near Heaven Dou have all returned to Star Luo City for defense. Only over ten thousand people are left near Star Luo to deal with emergencies."
"You should be able to solve the rest yourself after you get the information, right?"
After speaking, Ning Bei looked directly at Meng Shenji, waiting for his answer.
Meng Shenji didn't have any doubts about Ning Bei's news. Anyway, His Majesty had already issued an order for everyone to obey the orders of the person in front of him.
"Young Master Ning, I understand. I will organize the army to launch an offensive against the three border cities, and then make arrangements after taking the three cities."
"Well, you can arrange it yourself."
Ning Bei then gave Snake Spear a look and disappeared into the tent.
A few minutes later, in a remote forest near Notting City, Soul Douluo Snake Spear slowly arrived before Ning Bei.
"Young Master Ning!"
"Snow'er only sent these troops? These people are enough to take the three border cities, but it's obviously not enough if we want to expand the results, even if Dai Tianyu is currently unable to split himself."
Hearing this, Snake Spear was not surprised, as if he had known he would ask this.
"Young Master Ning, this is already the limit of the troops that the Young Master can mobilize now. The other major kingdoms and principalities won't send more people to help the Young Master take Star Luo if they don't see any results."
"After all..."
After all, in the eyes of those old foxes, Xue Qinghe was still a greenhorn. How could they bet all their wealth on him just because he had been a fairly wise emperor for the past two years?
Ning Bei understood what Snake Spear didn't say, and immediately understood the crux of the matter. He snorted coldly and said:
"Hmph, if they don't trust Snow'er now, then don't reach out indiscriminately when it's time to divide the spoils of war, otherwise I don't mind spending some effort to abolish this enfeoffment system."
When Ning Bei spoke, the temperature of the entire space dropped a lot, causing Snake Spear to feel a chill rising from his back, and he swallowed involuntarily.
This greenhorn, who he could still manipulate at will ten years ago, has now grown into an existence he needs to look up to.
"Young Master Ning, the Young Master has already reached an agreement with the royal families of several major kingdoms and principalities. If we can quickly take the border cities, they will continue to increase their troops to support the Young Master in attacking the Star Luo inland."
"That's more like it."
As the surrounding temperature warmed up, Snake Spear secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and complained in his heart:
"Why are you venting your anger on me, a pawn?"
"Alright, you can follow along when the army sets out. You can also take action if you encounter strong enemies in the Star Luo inland."
"Yes, Young Master Ning."
If his respect for Ning Bei in the past was because of Qian Renxue's existence, then now it is because of Ning Bei's own strength. Snake Spear had no objection to his instructions.
It took a long time to gather the troops and mobilize them before the war. Ning Bei came in the morning to inform them of the news, and now it was noon when the army was about to set out.
With Meng Shenji's order at the front of the team, hundreds of thousands of troops marched mightily towards the three border cities.
The scouts arranged by Star Luo in advance also quickly sent the news back to the hands of the border guards.
The Star Luo guard looked at the news of Heaven Dou's dispatch of troops, sighed, and looked at the generals under his command.
"Retreat, Heaven Dou has sent hundreds of thousands of troops, heading straight for the three cities."
The generals had no objection. The order they received was that they did not need to resist the Heaven Dou army. If the other party came, they would retreat.
Then, they would join forces with the garrison of Boulder City in the rear to guard the border.
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