Surveying War Preparations

Ye Fan and the three girls didn't waste any more time and flew all the way to the border of Canglan Kingdom.

On the border of Canglan Kingdom, the nearest important city to Lieri Mountain Range is Ningbian City.

Ningbian City is an important semi-militarized city. In addition to nearly hundreds of thousands of civilians, it also has stationed up to 100,000 elite cavalry troops and hundreds of thousands of auxiliary troops to guard against attacks by the Blue Wolf Tribe of the Lieri Mountains against the Canglan Kingdom. of invasion.

We are about to arrive at Yongbyon Castle, there is still one day to go.

Ye Fan suddenly said to the three women, "This time when I go to the important border city, I have two tasks to do. One is to check the combat readiness of the 100,000-strong army in Ningbian City, whether the troops are well-paid, whether the horses are sufficient, whether the weapons are sophisticated, and whether they are well-trained. Is it enough? The other is to investigate the abnormal movements of the Qinglang tribe. If we want to start a war against the Qinglang tribe in the future, we must not make any mistakes. I appear in Yongbyon City, and I am afraid that someone will be watching every move I make. The army often shows up for fraud, and I want to investigate I'm afraid it's difficult to provide a true picture of combat readiness. These two tasks can only be left to you."

In fact, there is a third important task, which is to let the mammoth Big Hui break through from the Wuhou realm to the Wuwang realm. He can complete this task by himself.

"Let's go check out the city's war readiness."

"Then I'll go investigate the situation of the Green Wolf tribe."

The three girls were very excited. They had never experienced anything so exciting before.

Ye Fan nodded: "Mu Bing and Youwen entered the city, disguised as merchants selling supplies. Yu'er majored in the wind system and was faster, and went to investigate the activities of the Qinglang tribe near the Lieri Mountains. However, don't go into the mountain, Qinglang The king is so powerful."

"Well! Brother Ye Fan, I will be careful. When will we start a war with the Qinglang tribe?"

Qin Yuer asked.

"Why, are you so anxious to fight?"

Ye Fan smiled.

"No. It's just that I wanted to avenge the blood feud in Luyang Mansion back then. Back then, I was only at the level of a warrior and couldn't kill a few green wolf beasts. But now that I have become a Wuhou, my strength has been a thousand times greater than before. This time If we start a war with the Green Wolf Tribe, we must kill them all."

Qin Yuer shook his head and said angrily.

"It's hard to say when the war will start. All parts of the Canglan Kingdom are busy fighting natural disasters, and there is no money to support the army for the war. For our trip, we will also make preparations for the war first. At the earliest, it should be two or three years later! "

Ye Fan said lightly.

According to his estimate, it would take two to three years for the mammoth Da Hui to break through to the realm of beast king. Only after Dahui breaks through to the realm of Beast King and has more than 50% chance of winning, can he start a war with the Green Wolf tribe in the Lieyang Mountains. Otherwise, the probability of winning is too low and the war cannot be started easily.

It just so happens that he can also cultivate to the peak of the late-stage Thunder Martial Spirit and become the peak Martial Lord of the late-stage Ice and Thunder Martial Spirits. Even the Wind Martial Spirit will reach the later stage.

Wuhou who has cultivated the three major martial arts to the advanced stage at the same time is unique in the Canglan Kingdom.

At that time, his strength will also become the most powerful existence among the Martial Lords. Although not as good as King Wu, he is still only below King Wu.

…

The next day, Ye Fan arrived alone at Ningbian City, an important city on the border of Canglan Kingdom.

As an important border city, Ningbian City is stationed with the largest heavy army of the Canglan Kingdom. A large amount of military supplies are transported to the city from various places every day, and the official roads inside and outside the city are extremely busy with traffic.

Businessmen from various places would also bring some military supplies to Yongbyon City for sale.

But today, there was something unusual at the city gate.

Jiang Mo, the lord of Ningbian City, the three generals of Ningbian County, Ma Yiping, Tang Zhiyuan, Shi Zhengtian and other Wuhou generals, and Xun Yiqing, the dean of the Ningbian City Martial Arts Academy. These five most powerful ministers led a group of low-level officials and officials in the city early. The general was already waiting at the city gate, looking forward to it.

They have a portrait of Canglan Kingdom's new Minister of War, Ye Fan, and they have received important news from their connections in the royal city, saying that Ye Fan, the Minister of War, has gone to the border around the Lieri Mountains to inspect the local war preparations.

Yongbyon Fortress must be the focus of investigation. Although Ye Fan traveled lightly to the border area to survey and prepare for war. But if you are willing, you can still trace some of his whereabouts.

It is estimated that it will arrive in the next couple of days.

Naturally, they, the important ministers of Ningbian City, did not dare to neglect. They led hundreds of officials, large and small, to stand at the gate of the city, waiting under the scorching sun.

This scene shocked many business travelers entering and leaving Ningbian City, and they all speculated that to be able to have all the ministers of Ningbian City waiting outside the city gate, it must be that a big shot from the Canglan Kingdom was coming to Ningbian City.

"coming!"

Jiang Mo's sharp eyes immediately spotted a single young Wuhou on the official road ahead, heading towards Ningbian City.

Although the young Marquis Wu was walking, he casually took dozens of feet in one step, so fast that even his eyes could not catch him. The cultivation level of the Martial Master Realm could not be seen clearly at all, and he could only feel a breeze passing by.

Only those who have cultivated in the Wuhou realm can clearly see that the face of the young Wuhou is exactly the same as the new Minister of War, Ye Fan, in the portrait.

"Jiang Mo, Lord of Ningbian City, Ningbian City, General Ma Yiping of the First Army of Ningbian Army, General Tang Zhiyuan of the Second Army, General Shi Zhengtian of the Third Army, and Xun Yiqing, Dean of the Martial Academy of Ningbian City, meet Lord Ye Shangshu!"

When the five Wuhou saw Ye Fan's appearance, they immediately led all the officials, big and small, to bow to see him.

The 100,000-strong Yongbian Army was divided into three armies, each led by a Wuhou realm general.

Ye Fan appeared outside the gate of Ningbian City, glanced at the five Wu Hous, and nodded slightly, "Well! I'm here to inspect the border situation, you don't need to be polite! I estimate that I will stay in Ningbian City for a year and a half. Yes, I still want to nag you!"

These officials in Ningbian City were all shocked when they saw Ye Fan. They had long heard that Ye Fan, the leader of the palace examination in Wangcheng, had extraordinary martial arts and defeated many strong opponents in one fell swoop. Qin Ning, Qingshan Hou Ling Qingshan and others won the palace examination, and unprecedentedly ascended to the throne of Canglan Kingdom's Ministry of War.

Ye Fan's reputation has long spread from Canglan King City to various counties and cities.

But they were still deeply shocked when they saw with their own eyes that Ye Fan was so young.

"Master Ye came to the border to investigate the border situation, and it has been a hard journey. We have prepared a temporary minister's residence in the city to facilitate your settlement. We will prepare a banquet in the evening to wash away the dust for you! Your Majesty, please!"

Jiang Mo smiled hurriedly.

"Um!"

Ye Fan nodded lightly and did not refuse. He followed the five Wu Hous into Ningbian City and moved into a well-decorated temporary residence of the Minister of War prepared by them.

This temporary residence of the Minister of War has been completely renovated. There are layers of pavilions in the residence, rockeries, woods and flowers can be seen everywhere.

The mansion has already been equipped with more than ten Martial Master Realm attendants and hundreds of maids.

If Mark has any instructions, they can go and take care of it immediately.

Of course, these people are all arranged by several important ministers in Ningbian City. Of course, any of Ye Fan's actions in the mansion will be controlled by them at any time.

When the five Wuhou saw that Ye Fan agreed to their arrangement so easily and moved into the temporary minister's residence, they were all surprised, pleasantly surprised, and even a little uneasy and puzzled.

"The new Minister of War, Mr. Ye, seems to be quite easy to fool. He didn't refuse at all and accepted everything according to the order! Isn't he just here to go through the motions and make some money?"

General Ma Yiping said in surprise.

"Hmph! Brother Ma, stop being naive. Let's work hard to deal with this 'foolish' Mr. Ye carefully! The second prince who is the most astonished in the royal city, as well as the former Minister of the Ministry of War and the former Princess Fengwan , nearly 30% of the court ministers and border ministers were turned into criminals and were demoted to serve in our frontier army. They were all killed by him. A few days ago, he helped the Thirteenth Prince to become the crown prince, and helped Princess Jiaojiao become the regent. country, I heard that the three or five princes in Tianwang City were taken over at once, and these things are inseparable from him. Our new Minister of War, is now the most powerful minister in Canglan, including Liu Guoliang and Ling Senior officials like Hong have to step aside."

Another veteran general Tang Zhiyuan sneered.

"He did all this? Wasn't it arranged by the monarch?"

Someone said in shock.

In recent months, Ningbian City has seen a number of criminal soldiers with very strong cultivation realms. They were all demoted after failing to fight for power in the imperial court. There are dozens of them at the Wuhou level, and even more at the Wuzun level. Up to hundreds of people. After these criminal soldiers arrived at the border town, they could not be used as generals and were still treated as soldiers at the lowest level.

These powerful Wuhou-level criminals did not dare to commit crimes when they arrived at Ningbian City.

Because there is also a King Wu who is in charge of Ningbyian City. He rarely appears on weekdays and does not interfere in military affairs. He only monitors the Qinglang tribe in the Lieri Mountains to prevent the Qinglang King and wolf bandits from attacking Ningbyian City. But if there is a rebellion in Yongbyon City, King Wu will definitely take action to put down the rebellion.

"How can it be false? He also saved the king. Back then, the second, third, and fifth princes fought fiercely for the throne. Now the Canglan Kingdom has nothing to do with them. We people are fighting for power in Ningbian City. If we seize the opportunity to reap benefits, maybe in a year or two, we may not have anything to do with it. Master Ye came to Ningbian City in person, and he will definitely prepare for the war. Before Master Ye makes a move, hurry up and make up for the vacancies that were left unpaid. , missing horses, and damaged weapons should be repaired as soon as possible to avoid being caught off guard."

Tang Zhiyuan said.

All the ministers of the Marquis of Wu were trembling in their hearts. They were all preoccupied and hurried back to do their own business.

…

At the same time, two "female giant businessmen" appeared in Yongbyon City. They claimed to be from Dongnae County. They stayed at luxury inns in the city and attracted small businessmen in the city to form a business group.

They have strong financial resources and extremely advanced cultivation. They do business directly with the army. They are involved in the purchase and sale of various mysterious weapons, fine war horses, and high-end training materials and supplies in the city. It doesn't take long for them to become one of the most powerful suppliers.

Naturally, they also know a large amount of various war preparations, military supplies, and training information within the army. They even set up an intelligence network and deployed a large number of people in Yongbyon City and surrounding small towns to obtain accurate information.

The residence of the Minister of War in Ningbian City did not arrange any attendants of Marquis Wu.

With Mu Bing and Cao Youwen's cultivation level, if they were to enter the residence of the Minister of War in Ningbian City, the servants at the martial arts level would not be able to detect them at all.