The sound of iron hooves could be heard as a group of cavalrymen approached like a black dragon crouching on the ground. They stopped not far from the empress.
"Your Majesty, please forgive us for being late."
Xi Wanya jumped down from the saber-toothed tiger and bowed. Just as he spoke, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
The injuries on his body had been treated on the way here. Although he had just avoided a fatal shot, his internal organs were also severely injured. It was already amazing that he could come to see the empress.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!" More than 2,000 cavalrymen got down from their mounts and bowed in unison.
"Why are you so miserable?" The empress frowned when she saw Xi Wanya's miserable appearance.
"I witnessed a spear technique, but I'm afraid I won't be able to see it in the future," Xi Wanya said as he spat out blood. That person had used all his energy to unleash this fatal shot. No matter what, he would definitely die after this shot. This shot had become the final shot.
"There's such a person?" The empress was a little surprised. She wanted to see an expert who could injure Xi Wanya so badly.
Ren Baqian found a few familiar figures behind the cavalrymen. These people were dressed in ordinary clothes and were very different from the soldiers. It was hard to spot them in the crowd, but they kept jumping around as if they were afraid that he wouldn't see them.
The Great Elder's youngest son, Shi Gan, Du Laoliu, Xu Peng, the gluttonous student who used the kadsura fruits to exchange for sweets, and a few others.
Ren Baqian waved his hand.
"Yagui! I told you that you could see us. "Du Laoliu acted as if he had won a prize.
Ren Baqian squinted his eyes and looked over. These children had too little homework!
"Teacher!" Shi Gan hurriedly said.
"Why are you in the group? Have you seen Tong Lan and the rest? "
It was a coincidence that Shi Gan's group met Xi Wanya. After all, when they saw a large group of cavalrymen in Tianjing Basin, they immediately knew that something had happened and hurriedly joined the cavalry. Xi Wanya also felt that it wasn't safe to let them wander around in the current situation, so he let them follow behind.
"How's the homework going?" Ren Baqian asked.
"I have some ideas," Shi Gan replied.
Ren Baqian nodded. Perhaps it was because of his upbringing, Shi Gan was very thoughtful even though he was young. Compared to those careless aboriginal children, Ren Baqian had higher expectations for Shi Gan.
Very quickly, someone brought over an empty mount for them to sit on. Even though Xi Wanya wanted to give his saber-toothed tiger to the empress, this mount was extremely picky, so he gave up after thinking about it.
"What are the casualties?" the empress asked as she sat on her mount.
"873!" Xi Wanya didn't need to ask the others. He knew clearly how many people had died in every battle along the way. Nearly 400 of them died on top of Wu City's walls.
"Send them back to the mountains," the empress said.
"Yes."
"Is Protector General Xi alright?" Ren Baqian couldn't help but ask when he saw him spitting out mouthfuls of blood.
"It's just a minor injury. I'm fine." Xi Wanya grinned as blood trickled down from the corner of his mouth.
"There's something in the blood you vomited …" Ren Baqian reminded him. No matter how he looked at it, it seemed like he had vomited out his lungs.
"I will be fine after a few months of recuperation," Xi Wanya said casually.
Ren Baqian gave him a thumbs up.
"Your Majesty, why didn't you inform us before coming out?" Xi Wanya couldn't help but ask along the way.
"I was bored staying here. Now that you are here, there's no need to say anymore." The empress's words made Xi Wanya swallow the rest of his words.
As for the rich aroma of food coming from the empress's body, he didn't even mention it.
"Protector General Xi, is it just you guys?" Ren Baqian glanced at the advancing troops, roughly estimated the number of people, and asked.
"It's enough to have us," Xi Wanya said resolutely.
Ren Baqian stroked his chin. If talking was useful, he could make all the experts in Tianjing Basin doubt their lives.
Not to mention the high-end forces, the empress only had one-third of her strength left, and Xi Wanya had become like this.
Just the 2,000 Man Wheel cavalrymen facing 500 to 600 Earth Wheel experts, more than 1,000 Man Wheel experts, and a city full of guards, no matter how he looked at it, they had no chance of winning.
In the past, the high-end forces of the aboriginals had crushed the enemy, but now, they were being crushed.
Originally, they didn't have the upper hand in terms of numbers and experts. Furthermore, they were besieging a city. Ren Baqian didn't have much hope that they would be able to take down Wu City.
Unless …
He still had dozens of smoke grenades, and he didn't know what would happen if he threw them into the city.
Would they come out to fight or flee upon hearing the news?
That night, everyone stayed at the foot of Mount Wu. Many of the soldiers who went to look for prey inadvertently entered the location where the battle took place that day and immediately returned with a body full of stench.
The main reason was that there was a substance in skunk musk that had an extremely strong adhesion.
Furthermore, this substance would release mercaptan when it came into contact with water molecules.
Even if the smell on the body was reduced, as long as this substance was still present, it would release mercaptan when the air was humid, which was also that stench.
Coincidentally, Tianjing Basin had a humid climate, especially at night.
"How have you been here these few days?" During dinner, the empress, who had gotten rid of the stench on her body, felt at ease and was finally concerned about other things.
Ren Baqian understood that the empress was referring to the people in Tianjing Basin.
"There's nothing for ordinary people to pay attention to. They can't see too far ahead and can't care that much. Furthermore, their current living conditions aren't considered good. As long as public opinion is well controlled, I believe that they will be able to stabilize and be of use to you.
These sects and forces are the source of trouble.
As long as we clean them up, use public opinion to stabilize the people, use a strong military force to deter them, and use kindness and might to stabilize Tianjing Basin. "
The empress nodded and said, "I'll leave this matter to you when we return to Gu City. I'll give you three to six months. If they have any intention of rebelling again, don't blame me."
Initially, she only wanted to give them three months because she didn't want to wait too long. However, after thinking about it, three months was indeed rather difficult for such a large area, so she relaxed to half a year.
Ren Baqian nodded. The lives of more than 10 million people were on his shoulders, and this wasn't a light burden.
The system in Tianjing Basin had to be changed.
He didn't know how far he could go in half a year at most.
Since he was just starting, he had to find someone who could take over and carry out his ideas.
Xi Wanya was good at killing people, but he couldn't be relied on in this matter.
However, it would be much easier if he could subdue some of the experts in the city.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the Chen Nation has sent troops." Ren Baqian recalled the news he heard from Su Qing.
"Oh!" the empress responded faintly as if she didn't care.
In fact, there wasn't much they could do here without a radio station.
Moreover, the Protector General of the Southeast had always concealed his strength, and the empress had confidence in him.
"Your Majesty, have you heard of a saying?"
"What?"
"There are as many stars as there are people in the world. Every time a person dies, a star will fall.
The more famous and powerful a person is, the brighter the star that belongs to him.
I think that the star that belongs to Your Majesty must be the brightest star in the sky. "Ren Baqian placed his hands behind his back, leaned back, and looked up at the galaxy in the sky.
The empress looked up at the starry sky and suddenly said, "I want to see a meteor shower!"
Ren Baqian was speechless.
This was a little difficult.
Not far away, Xi Wanya's ears twitched as he said resolutely, "Tomorrow, I will slaughter everyone in Wu City and let Your Majesty see a meteor shower."
Ren Baqian glanced at him and thought, Why are you everywhere? Don't you have any sense of right and wrong? You even talk about your lungs!
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