Chapter 634: How could he be allowed to point fingers in the army? (Please subscribe

Vasili was secretly happy, but on the surface, he was extremely respectful: "As you command! I will certainly not fail your trust!"

Not long after he left, Andrei's eldest son, the equally ambitious Xie Ergai, walked in.

He had clearly overheard part of the conversation, his face filled with excitement: "Father, Military Advisor Vasili is right! This is an opportunity for our family to rise! I am willing to personally lead people to assist Tuoba Zhen!"

With even his son supporting it, Andrei's last shred of hesitation disappeared, and he made up his mind completely.

Thus, driven by the instigation of Emperor Ivan's moles and his own ambition, Grand Duke Andrei soon presented a memorial to the Shenggong.

In the memorial, he "passionately" stated the "utilization value" of Tuoba Zhen and the feasibility of the "Southern Strategy," and expressed his willingness to be the vanguard for the Empire, "secretly" supporting Tuoba Zhen's actions to create opportunities for the Empire to expand its territory.

In the Shenggong, Emperor Ivan looked at the memorial that had arrived as scheduled, a satisfied, cold smile on his face.

This was what he wanted—black and white, which would be the ironclad proof of Andrei's "acting on his own initiative and disrupting national policy" in the future!

However, Ivan's ambition was by no means limited to finding a scapegoat.

He stared at the map of the North, the fire of desire burning in his eyes as well.

If he could take this opportunity to truly march south and seize the prosperous northern territory of the May Tian Ce Dynasty, what a great achievement that would be?

It would be enough for the name Ivan·Redes·Romanov to surpass all previous emperors and be passed down through the ages! Risk and opportunity coexist; he had already cast the dice for this big gamble, just waiting for Li Chen's response.

And coincidentally, Li Chen had long wanted to fight; how could he complete the mission without fighting?

At Hantie Pass, the situation had become increasingly tense recently, and the smell of gunpowder seemed to permeate the air.

Inside and outside the pass, troops mobilized from all over could be seen stationed and training, banners fluttering, blades and spears like a forest—a murderous atmosphere, ready for battle.

However, contrary to the usual scene where commoners fled before a war, the population of Hantie Pass and the surrounding northern cities had increased instead of decreased, and a large number of cultivators of all kinds had even poured in.

Especially conspicuous were those groups of cultivators who spent all year round in the eastern seas grinding for sea-clan materials and experience points, who had now marched north in a grand manner.

Just the first batch to arrive in the North was estimated to be no less than 200,000! They were not all gathered at Hantie Pass but were scattered along the long northern border.

Although the number sounded huge, for the vast and populous North of the May Tian Ce Dynasty, it could still be accommodated.

In addition, many disciples of local Northern sects could be seen gathering, rubbing their hands.

Li Chen saw the intelligence gathered from all over in the military camp and was a bit puzzled, complaining to Lu Mumu beside him: "It's fine that these guys treat the sea clan as wild monsters to grind, but don't tell me they want to treat the Daluo Dynasty as a new mystical realm to grind?"

Lu Mumu covered her mouth and laughed upon hearing this, explaining: "Your Majesty might not know, but I don't know who spread it in the cultivation world that the Daluo Dynasty is rich in rare treasures like ten-thousand-year black ice, polar snow marrow, and ice-soul cold iron.

These things are of great help to cultivators of ice and water techniques and are indeed extremely rare in our May Tian Ce territory. In the past, although the two countries were adjacent, the conflict was not deep, and it was not easy for everyone to rashly cross the border to search on a large scale.

Now that the situation is tense and the war is about to start, these people naturally move upon hearing the news, wanting to 'fish in troubled waters' and get a share of the pie."

Li Chen had a headache listening to this, rubbing his temples. He still wanted to grind his mission progress; why were there so many people coming to steal his monsters?

But on second thought, this also reflected the prosperity and fierce style of the May Tian Ce Dynasty's cultivation world today.