Chapter 22

"Far in the heavens, near before the eyes."

Mu Qinglin

Yao Guangxiao

"Su Ye pointed at the distant Xiongnu camp glowing red, and smiled and said to Mu Qinglin, the Mu family's deputy commander beside him."

Tie Fulin

"This great gift sent by His Highness the Crown Prince is certainly no small matter!"

"Looking at the distant Xiongnu camp filled with anguished cries, and under Mu Qinglin's signal, the White Tiger War Cavalry was being arranged by the deputy commander to enter the pass in succession, Mu Qinglin's lips curled slightly."

Lao Yun

"Not to mention the centuries-old grudges and entanglements between Tai Ping Pass and these steppe tribes, almost every year countless steppe tribes bury their bones beneath Tai Ping Pass."

"Just these few days, without Cangzhou's support, Tai Ping Pass relied on its twenty thousand defenders to stubbornly withstand the 150,000-strong Xiongnu army led by War God Tie Fulín, holding out for half a month."

"Watching familiar faces beside him fall one after another, Mu Qinglin's hatred for the Xiongnu below needed no further words."

Imperial Star

Purple Gold General Star destiny

"During this period of entering the pass, Yao Guangxiao learned that the Mu family's Tai Ping Lion King had already been severely wounded while resisting Tie Fulín on the fourth day."

Junior General

"It's all because Mu Qinglin, despite losing his father, a top-tier divine general, led the Tai Ping Pass garrison and stubbornly held out for over ten days!"

"Ding! Mu Qinglin's current stats: Commander-in-Chief 96, Martial 85, Intelligence 89, Politics 83."

"Currently Mu Qinglin has not yet reached his peak; at peak, Mu Qinglin's stats are Commander-in-Chief 102, Martial 93, Intelligence 92, Politics 90」"

"Detected that Mu Qinglin possesses the Purple Gold General Star destiny; in his original fate trajectory he will be one of the next dynasty's marshals, acclaimed as the Northern Border Ice Phoenix!"

"Northern Border Ice Phoenix, one of the future Saint Rank commanders-in-chief of the Tianwu Continent, and also, on the original fate trajectory, the lifelong enemy of that northern imperial star."

"They blocked dozens of northern tribes and thousands of clans firmly outside the Northern Frontier!"

Northern Border

Heavenly Martial Continent

"On this vast expanse of land, an army was slowly marching."

Da Qian imperial family

Cloud Prince's Mansion

Da Qian dynasty

Nine Heavens Army

Saint Rank

War God

Commander-in-Chief

Deputy Commander

Inspector

White Tiger War Cavalry

Iron Cavalry

Also we might need to include "Mu family" as a clan/family. Let's add:

Mu family

Cloud Prince

Moreover, because Chang Ke was directly parachuted in by the court, this also caused him, the Cangzhou prefect, to be restricted everywhere within Cangzhou.

Moreover, the leaders are still that group of subordinates who are equally loyal to the Great Qian royal family.

After all, after the previous Cangzhou prefect left office and went to the central court, the remaining few were the ones most likely to succeed him as prefect.

As a result, the court didn't choose anyone.

They directly parachuted in a prefect with no achievements—who could tolerate that?

So speaking, when it comes to which group of his subordinates Chang Ke hates the most, it's definitely this group that is equally loyal to the royal family and are troublemakers.

Even more, they rank above the group that openly flies its banner and stands on the Cloud Prince's Mansion's side.

The people of the Cloud Prince's Mansion, after Chang Ke issues orders, as long as it doesn't affect the Cloud Prince's Mansion,

Then these people are still willing to give Chang Ke, the Cangzhou prefect, some face.

But that group loyal to the court is different.

No matter what, they oppose Chang Ke and go against him.

It makes Chang Ke gnash his teeth in anger, yet he can do nothing about them.

But actually the court also has no choice.

Cangzhou is far from the Great Qian core, and has been infiltrated by the neighboring Old Yun for over a hundred years.

Sometimes even Cloud Prince Su Kai himself can't figure out how many of his own secret agents the Cloud Prince's Mansion has inside Cangzhou.

Therefore, Great Qian simply dares not use those local people of Cangzhou, for who knows how many of those who claim to be loyal to the court are actually traitors planted by the Cloud Prince's Mansion.

Even the leaders of this group might possibly be people from the Cloud Prince's Mansion.

Therefore, in the court's eyes, this group of people in Cangzhou inherently have the trait of a brewery, seeing anyone as a traitor.

So even though they clearly know that parachuting in a prefect will cause the originally loyal people of Cangzhou to become alienated, the court still sent someone.

Indeed, the court cannot gamble on the possibility that a prefect promoted from within Cangzhou is not a secret agent of the Cloud Prince's Mansion.

They cannot afford to gamble!

Once Cangzhou is also controlled by the Cloud Prince's Mansion, plus the Eastern Ling and Eastern Ning passes, the court truly will be unable to do anything against the Cloud Prince's Mansion and the Nine Heavens Army.

The leading Chang Ke's expression on the surface is as calm as an ancient well, but his mind is filled with myriad thoughts.

Afterwards he turned his head to look at his two newly adopted sons from a few years ago, recalling their recent bravery.

Chang Ke's mind settled a little, and the worry in his heart eased a bit.

However, in an instant he thought of that silhouette from a few days ago, and his head began to hurt again.

A few days ago, that War God wore golden armor, majestic and mighty; a spear of flamboyant phoenix-wing gilt halberd was like a golden phoenix soaring above the nine heavens, fluttering up and down, invincible!

Like a charging fierce tiger, it makes people dare not stare directly.

His two adopted sons, who in ordinary eyes already count as having the courage to withstand ten thousand men, joined forces together.

In the hands of that golden-armored War God, they could barely hold on, and as time passed, that golden-armored warrior actually grew braver with each battle!

You know, the phoenix-wing gilt halberd he holds is a heavy weapon!

Although these two adopted sons of mine are no match for that golden-armored Cloud King adopted son, they at least managed to hold out for a while against the early golden-armored War God, buying me the option to split the forces.

So as not to let those people take this opportunity to strip even the last bit of my military authority as an Inspector.

Chang Ke could only console himself in his heart, that it hasn't yet reached the final point.

As long as Dong Ning Pass is not lost and remains in the court's hands, there is still a chance.

But now, in the Dong Ning Pass that Chang Ke regards as the last hope,

How is the situation?

(End of chapter)