Chapter 503: Bai Sha Province Battle

Feng Province, Datong Prefecture City.

Under the night, inside the Martial Arts University, a three-story tower ship, twelve meters long, was parked on the plain of the exotic beast breeding area.

This tower ship was a large-scale flight magic treasure, a strategic weapon taken out by the Xiao family!

Although there are trains and cars in this era, the speed is not fast, and many places' railways and highways haven't been repaired.

So transportation is still a big problem.

If you want to arrive at a certain place quickly, flying is the fastest way.

But flight supernatural abilities and flight magic treasures are very scarce,

Under these circumstances, a large-scale flight magic treasure that could carry a small number of elites to cross hundreds of kilometers in a short time with relatively low consumption naturally became an extremely important strategic weapon.

The black boat in Li Fei's hand could accommodate too few people and had a low load capacity; if it were to fly overloaded, such as the black boat flying in the sky with heavy objects or more people hanging from iron chains below,

the black boat would simply not be able to fly, and the magic treasure itself would also have problems.

A Martial Arts Master with flight divine abilities like Fang Ziyan was fine carrying one person for a long-distance flight, but he couldn't handle carrying several more.

Therefore, if Li Fei wanted to "surprise attack" Bai Sha Province, he had to have a large-scale flight magic treasure.

Fortunately, the Xiao family had such an item, and this time they brought it directly to Feng Province.

It was precisely because of this magic treasure that Xiao Ruihang and the others were able to arrive in Feng Province faster than the others.

This storied boat could accommodate more than two hundred people at most and had a huge load capacity, enough for Li Fei to take a group of elites to Bai Sha Province.

Xiao Ruihang and Huo Hansi finally agreed to Li Fei's plan.

For the Xiao family, they naturally hoped from the bottom of their hearts that the rebel army could be defeated.

And Li Fei's plan was beneficial to the overall situation; by first eliminating the Gouchen Sword Sect and Mount Baituo, the rebel army would be weaker in terms of high-level combat power when the final battle came.

No matter what trump cards the First Imperial Prince and the Prince of Li were still hiding, it was always right to weaken the opponent first.

Therefore, after thinking it over carefully, Xiao Ruihang agreed to Li Fei's plan.

As for Huo Hansi, the Huo family had received a large amount of benefits from the Xiao family this time, and his personal participation in the battle was already a statement of his position.

Moreover, after learning that Qiu Zian would also follow them to Bai Sha Province, he had even less hesitation.

He also agreed to Li Fei's plan!

Fang Ziyan needed to treat Shi Caiming's injuries, so he did not participate in this operation.

Shi Caiming's injuries were too severe, and even with Fang Ziyan using the 【Benevolent Heart】 divine ability, it would take some time to recover, so he did not go either.

In this operation, the strongest combat power on Li Fei's side was Huo Hansi, a Grandmaster at the peak of the Shengji Realm, followed by Li Fei, this "quasi-Grandmaster."

In addition, Qin Zhen, Qiu Zian, Liang Xin, the Chief of the Feng Province Zhige Force, and Wang Yilong, the Sect Master of the Long Hu Sect, these four Martial Arts Masters would also participate.

Li Fei also called over the two Martial Arts Masters who were previously responsible for protecting Li Lei and Zhang Yuqing, Master Jiming of the Leichan Temple and the rogue cultivator Yu Lei.

As for Li Lei, Zhang Yuqing, and the others, he temporarily placed them within the Wuan University.

The Xiao family and the Huo family brought five Martial Arts Masters, so there were a total of eleven Martial Arts Masters participating this time!

In addition, there were Xiao Ruihang, a True Person consultant from the Xiao family, and Zhao Caishu, the Chief of the Feng Province Zhengfa Department, totaling three contemporary True Persons participating.

Besides that, there were seventy-nine Dao Foundation stage martial artists and twenty-five Futi stage Great Mages brought by the Xiao family and the Huo family, and called over from various parts of Feng Province.

Finally, they also brought one hundred and fifty soldiers of the Imperial Guard from Datong Fucheng.

In Bai Sha Province, there was also Liu Changwen, the President of Bai Sha University, who was a Grandmaster of the Shenyan Realm; although he was injured, he still had combat power.

Bai Sha University, together with the Bai Sha provincial government, was also a force not to be underestimated.

Otherwise, they would have been eroded by the combined forces of the Gouchen Sword Sect and Mount Baituo long ago and would not have been able to hold onto the remaining territory at all.

With the strength of Bai Sha Province, and then receiving strong reinforcements from Li Fei and the others, it was not impossible to wipe out Mount Baituo and the Gouchen Sword Sect!

Although Li Fei told Xiao Ruihang and the others that they could set off immediately, various mobilization and preparation work still caused them to wait another day.

It wasn't until the evening of July 17th that everyone was gathered, ready to set off.

For the sake of confidentiality, many people did not know what they were going to do when they were notified to come here.

After everyone boarded the storied boat, Li Fei did not inform them of the target of this trip.

Except for a very few people, the rest were just following orders.

It was thanks to Li Fei now holding the military and political power of the entire Feng Province that he could mobilize this force so quickly.

A moment later, the huge storied boat slowly rose into the air, and the formations on the hull were activated; from the outside, the storied boat had disappeared into thin air, hiding its form.

The behemoth quickly passed through the clouds in the night, flying toward the destination.

"According to the flight speed of the 'Mirage', we expect to arrive at the provincial capital of Bai Sha Province around 5 o'clock tomorrow morning."

On the top floor of the storied boat, in the control room, Xiao Ruihang said to Li Fei.

Under the condition of carrying more than two hundred people and a load of over sixty thousand catties, the speed of this large-scale flight magic treasure also dropped to the minimum.

Compared to the large-scale flight magic treasure 'Hidden Crane in the Clouds' that the First Imperial Prince used to carry people, the Xiao family's 'Mirage' was stronger in concealment and load capacity, but its speed was a notch slower.

However, it was still much faster than walking on land.

"Good, thank you for keeping an eye on it, True Person Xiao."

Li Fei said to Xiao Ruihang, then sat cross-legged in the control room, closing his eyes to adjust his breathing.

During this period of seclusion, his blood souls had been continuously consumed, so the number of blood souls in the Ten Thousand Blood Pearl was currently not full, only 3,021.

The blood souls in the Blood Spring, after ten days of storage, currently numbered 1,685.

In one night, the blood souls could not recover much; Li Fei just seized the time to continue strengthening the 【Hunyuan Sword Realm】 in the illusion.

July 18th.

The vanguard of the Southern Territory army arrived in Xiguang Province, only one province away from Bai Sha Province.

Xiguang Province had received orders in advance to concentrate all elites to converge on Feng Province, so Xiguang Province now had absolutely no strength to resist this vanguard force entering the territory.

This vanguard force headed straight for the provincial capital, preparing to obtain supplies, then let some people "abandon darkness for light," and finally coerced these people to continue moving forward.

Along the way, this vanguard force had always done this, so the number of people actually increased the more they fought.

Of course, such a force was destined to only fight battles with the wind at their backs.

As long as the situation on the battlefield was slightly against the wind, this force would immediately collapse!

When the rebel vanguard force was rushing toward the provincial capital of Xiguang Province, the Xiao family's 'Mirage' had already flown over the provincial capital of Bai Sha Province.

Bai Sha University was located within the provincial capital.

Li Fei did not let the 'Mirage' land directly, but continued to maintain invisibility at high altitude, while he quietly landed on the campus of Bai Sha University with Xiao Ruihang, Huo Hansi, and Qiu Zian.

According to the prior agreement, the few of them came to a building guarded by the Imperial Guard on the periphery.

However, the appearances of the few had changed, and they were no longer their original selves.

Soon, someone walked out of the building, and after saying a few words to the Imperial Guard general guarding the periphery, the guarding Imperial Guard cleared a path, allowing the four to walk into the building.

Officials wearing official robes could be seen everywhere in the building, and their official ranks were not low.

After the Gouchen Sword Sect and Mount Baituo openly took action, the government building of the provincial capital of Bai Sha Province moved into Bai Sha University to avoid being assassinated by assassins.

Li Fei and the others were quickly taken to the fifth floor and walked into a conference room.

Four people were sitting in the conference room.

Upon seeing the visitors, these four stood up one after another.

The door of the conference room closed, and Li Fei and the others also lifted their disguise techniques.

A man without cultivation, wearing the official robes of a cabinet official, had his eyes light up and immediately saluted Li Fei:

"He Shushan, the Inspector of Bai Sha Province, has met the Marquis of Jing'an and everyone."

"Lord He."

Li Fei cupped his hands in return.

"Finally, we have waited for you all. To tell you the truth, we just received news that the vanguard of the rebel army has already fought into Xiguang Province. If you had come a day later, we would probably have already started to evacuate with our people."

He Shushan said with some excitement.

In fact, among these people in Bai Sha Province, few were willing to evacuate.

It was not that they were truly loyal to the Great Lan Dynasty and willing to die for their country, but that their families, friends, industries, wealth, etc., were all in Bai Sha Province.

Once they evacuated with their elite forces, the entire Bai Sha Province would be at the mercy of the rebel army!

Even if they recaptured Bai Sha Province in the future, who knew what their homes would look like then? How much of their things would be left?

Therefore, when Li Fei contacted the high-level officials here and proposed his plan, He Shushan and the others were in favor of it with both hands.

For one, this was an opportunity to perform a meritorious service.

For another, the Gouchen Sword Sect and Mount Baituo suddenly made trouble, killed many people, and snatched away many interests, already forming a blood feud with the local forces represented by He Shushan!

Thirdly, if they could eliminate the Gouchen Sword Sect and Mount Baituo, they might be able to buy more time, thereby giving them a chance to evacuate more people and resources.

Based on these reasons, He Shushan and the others were naturally willing to fully cooperate with the operation proposed by Li Fei.

After both sides sat down, they quickly got to the point.

"How are President Liu's injuries?"

Li Fei first asked a key question.

No matter what form of war, top experts were always the key to victory or defeat.

Liu Changwen's state would directly affect the winning percentage of this operation!

Liu Changwen, the President of Bai Sha University, was not tall and was even a bit fat.

Among martial artists, such a figure was actually very rare; the vast majority were all muscle.

Liu Changwen's eyes looked a bit gloomy, and he said:

"Ambushed by that old thing Hong Zhi, my Martial Arts Domain was injured; my current state is about 70% of my peak period."

Li Fei continued to ask: "How strong is that Supreme Elder of Mount Baituo?"

Liu Changwen narrowed his eyes: "That old thing was already in the Shenyan Realm twenty years ago. In our last encounter, what he displayed was the cultivation of the peak of the Shenyan Realm, only one step away from the Lidao Realm."

Li Fei: "Compared to Benefactor Bai Chen, how is he?"

This question made Liu Changwen startle, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Li Fei also changed a bit.

The famous Gouchen Sword Master was hacked to death by Li Fei and the others working together!

"Hong Zhi is not as good as Benefactor Bai Chen."

Liu Changwen said very affirmatively.

If the person who ambushed him that night had been Benefactor Bai Chen instead of Hong Zhi, he might have already been dead!

Li Fei nodded, having a rough idea in his heart.

Looking at it this way, Huo Hansi and Liu Changwen working together were enough to rival Hong Zhi.

Plus his own move, he had a good chance of killing Hong Zhi!

"What is the attitude of the Yu family? Is it possible they will help the other side?"

Li Fei raised another key question.

Bai Sha Province today was "divided into three"; the imperial court side could only truly control the provincial capital and the surrounding villages and towns.

Of the remaining three prefectures, two were controlled by the Gouchen Sword Sect and Mount Baituo.

There was still one prefecture nominally under the control of the imperial court, but in reality, the one with the greatest influence was the Divine Fist Yu family, one of the "Seven Great Families."

The reason why the Gouchen Sword Sect and Mount Baituo had not taken this prefecture was also out of fear of the Yu family, not wanting to force the other side to the opposite side.

And the imperial court side naturally had secretly tried to win over the Yu family, hoping that the other side would help.

"I have talked to the current head of the Yu family several times; the Yu family's attitude is ambiguous, and it seems they intend to help neither side."

He Shushan said, "In addition, the secret agents planted by the Supervisory Department in the Yu family have not found any major movements by the Yu family. The current judgment is that there is more than a 70% chance that the Yu family will not take action."

"Good."

Li Fei nodded.

He Shushan had been the Inspector of Bai Sha Province for more than ten years; with his judgment plus the reconnaissance of the Supervisory Department's secret agents, this judgment should be relatively accurate.

In fact, if the Yu family had also joined the other side, Bai Sha Province would have "fallen" long ago and would not have waited for Li Fei to bring people to support.

And the reason why the Yu family was unwilling to take action was also very simple.

With the vanguard of the Southern Territory army about to arrive in Bai Sha Province, if the Yu family helped the imperial court, there would be few benefits, but the risks would be great.

"Then we will not consider the Yu family for the time being, but we must also have a contingency plan."

Li Fei proposed.

Afterwards, the few discussed the specific tactics in the conference room.

More than thirty minutes later, Li Fei and the others left.

Subsequently, the personnel of Bai Sha University and the provincial capital took action.

Three Martial Arts Masters, one True Person, forty-seven Dao Foundation stage martial artists, and twenty-two Futi stage Great Mages.

In addition, there were more than five hundred Imperial Guard soldiers and more than one thousand two hundred city guards.

Having gathered all the elite forces of Bai Sha University and the provincial capital, they set out together!

This could almost be considered a full-scale mobilization, completely abandoning the defense of the provincial capital.

If this battle were lost, Bai Sha Province would basically be out of the control of the imperial court.

More than five hundred Imperial Guard soldiers all rode exotic beast mounts, and more than one thousand two hundred city guards all rode in large troop-carrying trucks.

This force quickly completed assembly, left the provincial capital, and rushed toward Wangcheng Prefecture controlled by the Gouchen Sword Sect.

The station of the Gouchen Sword Sect was in Wangcheng Prefecture, on a plain more than ten kilometers outside Qingxu City.

The straight-line distance from the provincial capital to there was more than one hundred and eighty kilometers, and a road had been built in between that could lead directly there.

The speed of the troop-carrying trucks ridden by the city guards was 30 kilometers per hour, which was the slowest link in the team.

That is to say, even without stopping along the way and without encountering any problems on the road, it would take more than six hours for this force to reach the station of the Gouchen Sword Sect.

The movement of the provincial capital side was bound to be impossible to hide; more than six hours was enough for the enemy to receive the news and be well-prepared.

However, Mount Baituo was further away from the Gouchen Sword Sect, and they had no large-scale flight magic treasure to use.

After receiving the news, even if they sent people at the fastest speed, if they wanted to arrive in time to support, they could only send a small number of elites:

Imperial Guard cavalry, exotic beast cavalry, and martial artists of the Dao Foundation stage and above.

Even if these people rushed over quickly, the consumption would certainly not be small.

And for Mount Baituo to send people to support, it was impossible to send out all their elites; there would inevitably be some reservations.

This was the reason why Li Fei and the others chose to attack the Gouchen Sword Sect first.

Mount Baituo would not easily give up on the Gouchen Sword Sect, so Hong Zhi, this Grandmaster, would inevitably have to rush over.

As long as Hong Zhi was killed, and then the elite forces of Mount Baituo were severely damaged,

then there would be no more suspense in this battle in Bai Sha Province.

PS: Just finished getting the marriage certificate, accompanied my wife back to her parents' home, traveled all day today, the update can only be a little less, I will try to update more tomorrow~

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