Ten days later, with the emperor personally going out of the city to see him off, Xue Jian led an army of 50,000 and set out to conquer the country of quicksand.

Of the 50,000 troops, 20,000 were local troops recruited from all over the country, and the remaining 30,000 were well-trained and well-equipped city guards.

Among them are also 1,000 Five Poison Guards and 1,000 White Tiger Guards.

Xue Jian served as the commander, the Golden Snake and the Golden Toad Protector served as the deputy commander, and Sen Hu and Du Xiaoqing were hidden in the White Tiger Guard.

The army marched towards the north, and blue flags were raised high, with two big characters written on them.

Helian!

Xue Jian rode in a huge carriage pulled by eight horses and slowly drove in front of the team.

He did not sit inside the carriage, but outside it, driving it himself.

Yun Ping rode a good horse and followed beside him, looking excited.

He had promised the Witch King and the High Priest that he would bring 50,000 elite soldiers to the front within two months, and now less than a month has passed, 50,000 elite soldiers have already set out, which he did not expect when he returned.

And all this is thanks to Xue Jian's strong request for battle, His Majesty the Emperor nodded and agreed.

Yun Ping looked sideways at Xue Jian and said with a grateful expression.

"Brother Helian, thank you really this time, I owe you another big favor. ”

Xue Jian waved his hand and smiled.

"Between our brothers, why do we need to talk about this.

Brother Yun, how many times have you been to the front line, can you calculate how long it will take us to reach the front line at our current speed?"

Yun Ping looked ahead, thought for a moment, and replied.

"If the journey goes well, it will take about 20 days to reach the frontline battlefield, and if you don't count the heavy supplies, the vanguard army will go lightly, and it will arrive in 10 days at the earliest. ”

Xue Jian nodded, pondered for a moment and said.

"In this way, I will send a thousand vanguard troops, led by Brother Yun, to report to the battlefield first, so that the soldiers in front can rest assured, the fastest twenty days, the slowest month, the rear army will be able to reach the battlefield. ”

Yun Ping's eyes lit up, and he agreed with Xue Jian's idea very much.

He hurriedly hugged his fist.

"That's very good, Brother Helian will follow slowly, and I'll go first. ”

Xue saw a heroic smile and said loudly.

"See you on the battlefield. ”

After saying that, he waved his hand, and the deputy marshal Golden Snake Protector hurriedly stepped forward and allocated a thousand men and horses according to Xue Jian's instructions.

The 1,000 people were all recruited from the local army, and the strength level was uneven, and the golden snake made them take off their heavy armor and go into battle lightly, each of them only carrying ten days of dry food.

Yun Ping took these thousand people and left quickly.

Xue Jian looked at the dusty scene of the horse's hooves in front of him, his expression was calm, but his eyes narrowed slightly.

The golden snake rode alongside him and asked suspiciously.

"Sect Master, why did you arrange a thousand soldiers and horses for them to go to the front line to report first?"

The golden snake is a smart person, he has been with Xue Jian for so long, and after watching it for so long, he has long found that his sect leader is very different from before.

But he never showed suspicion, and he was still as loyal to the sect leader as before.

Compared with a stupid person like Jin Toad who has no doubts at all, Xue Jian prefers a smart person like Jin Snake who sees through and doesn't say anything.

Because stupid people can be bad, but smart people can be a great help.

He replied lightly.

"A thousand people can't change the situation of the war, but it can make the soldiers on the front line see hope, the longer they hold on, the more tragic the battle will be, do you understand?"

The golden snake nodded with a look of realization in his eyes.

Just then, a junior officer rode up behind him.

The officer originally wanted to report the situation to the Golden Snake, but after seeing Xue Jian, his expression showed hesitation, as if he was afraid of a trivial matter and provoked the boss to blame.

The golden snake frowned and shouted coldly.

"What's the matter?"

The officer immediately turned over and dismounted, knelt on the ground with a panicked face, and said.

"Back to the general, there is a suspicious person in the army, and we tried to catch her, but she wounded several people...... Fled. ”

The golden snake's expression suddenly became gloomy, and he scolded angrily.

"Useless thing, what kind of people dare to blend into the army. ”

The officer looked ashamed and said hesitantly.

"Looking at her face, she looks like a woman, she is very strong, and we are not her opponents. ”

At this moment, there was a commotion from behind, and they turned their heads to see a little girl in armor and a helmet, bouncing through the crowd.

One moment she got under the carriage, and the next she jumped on the back of someone else's horse, and her body was agile and nimble like a naughty little monkey.

Many people chased after her, trying to catch her, but she was playing alone, and the army, which was originally full of murderous atmosphere, was made a mess by this little girl for a while.

The golden snake was furious, and was about to jump up and take down the man, but when he saw Xue Jian next to him, he stepped on it, flipped back in the carriage, and rushed out quickly, grabbing the little girl's shoulder.

The little girl looked at Xue Jian, her face was slightly red, and she showed a shameful smile, like a thief who was caught red-handed, quite aggrieved.

The people around saw that the boss had taken down this hateful thief as soon as he made a move, and they all showed respect and pushed back.

Xue saw that he was carrying her, like carrying a little leather monkey, and said lightly.

"It's all gone. ”

With that, he jumped to his feet and returned to the carriage with the little girl.

At close range, although the little girl wiped something on her face, the golden snake still recognized her identity and couldn't help but exclaim.

"Blue Lotus Gong ......"

Before he finished speaking, Xue Jian immediately turned his head and glared at him, and the golden snake realized that he was speechless, and quickly closed his mouth and bowed his head silently.

Xue Jian looked calm and spoke.

"Go and get this in order, and don't let me hear anyone in the camp talking about it. ”

The golden snake nodded yes, and immediately left with the dazed junior officer.

Xue saw that his expression was displeased, and he pulled the little girl into the wide carriage, and then asked.

"Why did you sneak out?"

This little girl wearing armor and a helmet, disguised as an ordinary soldier and infiltrated the barracks, is none other than Princess Qinglian.

She folded her arms around her chest, revealing a look of what you can do to me, and said indifferently.

"It's so boring in the palace, I want to go out and have fun. ”

Xue saw that he stretched out his hand to support his forehead, and his face had a headache.

"We're going out to fight, not going on an outing, if Your Majesty knows that you have sneaked into the barracks, do you know what the consequences will be?"

Princess Qinglian shook her hand and said with a smile.

"It's okay, I've already left a letter for the imperial brother, and when he sees it, we've been out of the city for several days, and he wants to send someone to chase after him, but he can't catch up. ”

Xue Jian sighed lightly, there was really nothing he could do about her.

Since Princess Qinglian got the witch god inheritance, she has become more and more naughty and playful.

In the past, she relied on her status as a princess to play casually in the palace, and it was all a petty fight.

Now that she has become the inheritor of the witch god and has great power, the entire capital has become her playground.

There are only two people, her imperial brother and Xue Jian, who can take care of this lawless little princess a little.