That night, the empress asked someone to draw a rough map.
It was indeed very rough. She just marked the positions of the herdsmen and marked up, down, left, and right.
After that, she drew out a few lines and marked five days, six days, eight days, and 14 days. These were the positions of the herdsmen that she had discovered so far.
A few days of travel was a few days.
As for the other mountains and rivers, there was none.
It was more like a graffiti than a map.
There was no difference between this map and not having it.
After studying the map for 30 seconds, the empress pointed to a location and said, "Let's go there first!"
Ren Baqian took a look and saw that it was a location that was five days away.
There was another location that was about the same distance.
However, they would reach the location where Gong Zheng and the others had gone missing in two days.
It seemed like the empress still valued Lin Qiaole and the captain of the winged cavalry!
After determining the direction, the next step was easy.
The 600 winged cavalry warriors and the 1,000 people that were recruited now had a total of 1,600 Kismet Heaven experts.
After setting off the next day, she organized these experts and the winged cavalry along the way. In addition to the 300 winged cavalry warriors as the vanguard, the other 300 winged cavalry warriors would each lead three new soldiers.
This way, they could integrate the troops quickly and form a certain combat strength.
However, this also delayed the speed of their journey.
After all, even though these new soldiers were strong, they were still lacking in terms of military discipline and had a lot to learn.
With Gong Zheng's disappearance, Qi Ziting unjustly took over the position of commander of the entire army. Every day, his angry curses could be heard in the troops.
From time to time, someone would be sent flying out of the troops with a strike of his staff and then roll back obediently.
Within two days, the troops began to complain.
After all, they were used to being undisciplined. Kismet Heaven experts were considered the backbone of the strongholds. The strongest experts in most of the strongholds were only Kismet Heaven experts.
Now that they had joined the winged cavalry with all kinds of ideas, they were already complaining incessantly at the first step.
However, it was too late to leave now.
When Qi Ziting was in charge of the Protectorate of the Northeast, he had seen many storms and waves. How could he not be able to suppress these mountain people?
Ren Baqian sat behind the empress and whispered in her ear, "Brother-in-law still likes to lead troops!" "I see that his gaze is different these two days, and his face is full of energy!"
The first time he met Qi Ziting, he felt that Qi Ziting had a fierce temperament.
However, Qi Ziting treated the empress very well. As a result, Ren Baqian didn't see much of his fierce side.
However, for the past two days, Qi Ziting's eyes and expression were full of oppressive power. Even if he just stood there without saying a word, it was enough to make people fearful.
When he spoke, his killing intent soared!
Ren Baqian recalled all the officials in the imperial court and realized that none of them were as powerful as Qi Ziting.
Not even Hong Wu!
The empress felt that whenever Ren Baqian spoke, he would always exhale on her ears. It was very itchy, and it even tickled her heart. She leaned back and pushed him away before asking, "Brother-in-law?"
"Your elder brother! I have to call him Brother-in-law over there! "
The empress looked back but didn't see Qi Ziting. Instead, she heard his voice coming from behind, "If you continue to walk sideways, I will break your legs!"
An aggrieved voice sounded, "But I'm riding a Giant Evil Spider …"
The Giant Evil Spider was seven to eight meters long and two meters tall. It fed on small animals and birds. It walked horizontally like a crab!
"Ahh-!"
Then, a scream was heard.
The five-day journey took them a week to get close to the first destination.
After being trained by Qi Ziting along the way, the men behind them seemed to be a little more well-behaved.
"This bunch of bastards! If it were in the past, would I have let them live until today? They deserve a beating! " Qi Ziting's words, coupled with the bruises and injuries of eight of the ten men behind him, were particularly convincing!
"If a small tree isn't trimmed, it won't grow straight. If a person isn't trimmed, he will be valiant!" Ren Baqian echoed.
Qi Ziting smacked his lips and pondered over Ren Baqian's words for a long time before laughing and saying, "I like what you said! Although you are as soft as an egg, your words are quite to my liking! "
Ren Baqian's mouth twitched. Was this a compliment?
He would take it as a compliment!
As they approached the first destination, a cat-like cry came from the front of the group. Not long after, a person came out of the forest ahead.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
"Is there any change in the situation?" the empress asked.
"Your Majesty, those demonic butterflies are still there, and there aren't many of them. There shouldn't be any changes," the winged cavalry replied with cupped fists.
"Where are they?"
"They are about three kilometers away from here. They appear at the Zi hour every night and leave at the Yin hour!"
"Pass down the order to rest in place. I will go and take a look! "the empress ordered.
Ren Baqian, Qi Ziting, and the two Cardinal Heaven experts, Ba Man and Xiong Yue, followed behind.
Not long after passing through the forest, they came across another strangely shaped forest. The trees were baring their fangs and brandishing their claws like monsters.
The yin energy in this area was very strong, and this forest was especially so. It was even mixed with a deathly aura.
For some reason, Ren Baqian felt that these trees were like the struggles of a person on the verge of death.
After thinking about it carefully, the forest where he saw the jade-waisted slaves last time was similar to this. However, his attention was attracted by the jade-waisted slaves and he didn't pay much attention to the forest.
"I'm afraid there's something strange about this forest!" Ren Baqian reminded them.
The empress and the rest took a look and looked at him suspiciously.
"It's just that these trees look a little strange."
"That's the problem! The other trees are fine, but why are the trees here so strange? Look at this tree. Doesn't it look like a human face? "Ren Baqian pointed at a tree trunk.
"Yesterday, I thought that your words were to my liking. Why are you so girly today?" Qi Ziting grinned.
The empress glared at him coldly!
If he wasn't her brother, she would let him know what it meant to cause trouble with a loose tongue!
"The forest where we met Bor was like this, and it's still the same this time. Along the way, although the other forests are half-dead, it's still considered normal. I think there are two possibilities for this. The first possibility is that this place is different from other places, which is why the herdsmen chose this place.
The other possibility is that this place became like this because of the herdsmen! "Ren Baqian said after thinking for a while.
"It does look strange, but we didn't encounter anything the last time. I think the first possibility that you mentioned is still possible! "the empress said faintly.
"Let's not care about this anymore. We will lie in ambush nearby. When those demonic butterflies appear at night, we will kill them all! When that time comes, I will let the herdsmen torture me and let them know what the aboriginals are like! "Qi Ziting grinned and looked murderous.
"There's one more thing!" Ren Baqian added.
"Why are you so girly?! If it weren't for Xiao Ya, I would have slapped you to death! "Qi Ziting raised his eyebrows and looked fierce.
The empress looked at him coldly again and raised her eyebrows.
Although the two of them looked as different as heaven and earth, the expression of the vertical eyebrows was extremely similar.
Ren Baqian ignored him and said, "The last time we met Bor, those jade-waisted slaves appeared at night. The jade-waisted slaves here also appeared at night! Also, those people from the stockade also appeared at night. "
The empress seemed to understand and asked, "What do you mean?"
"I think that they might be affected after daybreak. We can follow them when they fly back. It will be daybreak soon! We might save some energy then! "
"We will do as you say!" the empress immediately said.
If it was night time, there would be a lot of casualties in eliminating thousands of jade-waisted slaves.
If it was really as Ren Baqian said, it would save a lot of energy!
"A girl will always be a girl …" Before Qi Ziting could finish his sentence, the empress turned around and kicked him in the chest.
Qi Ziting didn't expect the empress to make a move and was immediately sent flying dozens of meters away!
Ren Baqian chuckled.
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