
Meanwhile Lei Tian and Gong Dun continued to drive his horse nonstop, for the entire day they raced on the road that led to the border. As night approached, they continued their journey without reducing their speed. The visibility illuminated by the moonlight made their journey even more vibrant.
I don't know how many cities they have gone through, but it does not make Lei Tian interested in stopping by. Only in certain places did he rest to feed his horse to keep his stamina awake. As planned they would arrive at the border by morning, so Lei Tian did not want to waste the opportunity in vain.
When he arrived at Jianxu Province, he began to see the movements of the people who had already brought their personal belongings. It seemed like they had already begun to be evacuated and left the territory that intersected with the border. The Qin Empire government was anticipatory to minimize casualties early on.
"Young master, whether we will continue the journey or rest in the last Village" said Gong Dun offering a choice.
"We'll go ahead, are you tired?" ask Lei Tian.
"Of course not young master, in front of us is the last village. After the next six hours we will only arrive at the East Gate, during that time we only cross the hills" said Gong Dun.
"We continue, just before arriving at the East Gate we will rest for a while" Lei Tian said.
"Okay young master" Gong Dun replied as he spurred on his horse.
Without anyone knowing about his identity, the two men split the darkness of the night with a burning determination. In Lei Tian's heart was already ingrained fighting spirit, there were already countless sights of people who were in distress due to the wars that occurred at the border.
The distance between Lei Tian and the Imperial Academy's entourage was about half the journey, this was due to the horses Lei Tian had used individually. Although Lei Tian was unaware of the whereabouts of his comrades that were behind him, he only hoped to get through the battle smoothly without much loss of life.
When it comes to war, casualties are unavoidable. It was just that with the ability that Lei Tian possessed, he felt that fighting was a soul call that he had to fulfill. From the beginning he wanted to be strong was to protect those closest to him, although at first he thought only of his mother. But time travel has made him think of adulthood, if life is not about how much he knows people, but how much he benefits people.
At the same time, in the East Gate or border area with the Wei Empire was in an important meeting. General Shio Mei, as well as a female warlord, led the meeting with full decisiveness and ambition to win the battle.
"Tomorrow we will make a raid into enemy territory, we must narrow the distance with them and not just wait for the enemy to come"
Thirty-five members of the elite force as well as the other two Generals present listened in seriousness, they did not miss a word that came out from Shio Mei's mouth.
"While waiting for the presence of new examinees, General Shen Hua will accompany them to join other elite forces that have walked first" Shio Mei said firmly.
General Shen Hua simply nodded his head softly in agreement, in which case he would be in charge of the envoy who had just come later.
While the thirty-five elite troops could only gulp down his saliva, the cold sweat on their backs slowly flowed. What General Shio Mei planned was too horrible, it was certainly like pitting lives against the thousands of troops of the Wei Empire.
General Shio Mei split the order, after hearing the reports from the spies he sent out then the great battle he could no longer avoid. Especially for the past month, he has been in this place with a concentration of energy and thoughts that make him tired.
"Okay Commander" said General Zhengzhou.
"Now you guys get ready because tomorrow morning we will start moving" Shio Mei said firmly.
After Shio Mei left the meeting place, the existing elite troops did not immediately leave. They looked at each other with faces holding back the horror, they were thinking about what Shio Mei had just planned by making the elite troops as living shields. Performing an open attack while paving the way to the heart of the enemy's defense was an extremely reckless act.
Although the majority elite troops were in the realm of gods, but the enemy side was no less powerful either. They also had a line of god-level warriors who were even more than the number possessed by the Qin Empire's army. That reason also made them confident to conquer the Qin empire, they aimed to seize the Jianxu Province which was famous for its abundant natural resources.
Jiangxu Province itself was under the protection of the Purple Lotus Sect, in Hefei City the existence of the Purple Lotus Sect was highly respected, as well, if it was only natural that his student named Li Yifei who was a young genius was feeling high-hearted.
"I think Shio Mei is a ruthless female warlord" said a member of the elite force who was already unable to hold back.
"Be careful what you say" the others warned.
"What our friend said is not wrong, I think that indeed General Shio Mei will only use our lives as collateral" said another.
"Truely it.."
"Yes.. That's in my opinion too"
One by one they began to voice their hearts, they mostly certainly did not agree with the idea of Shio Mei.
Nevertheless, there was nothing they could do but live it. However personally they were responsible for thirty thousand ordinary troops, they had high authority and were specially stationed as the elite troops of the Qin Empire.
"Let's just get ready, tomorrow morning's battle is about to happen. At least we are heroes to our people" said one of them, calming the situation.
What was said by the person was enough to affect the minds of his comrades, even though they were the representations of their respective Sects but if it was associated with the people then their conscience could still think logically.