Relying on those extremely powerful cannons, Diao Si wiped out the powerful invading troops of the Chidong Empire without consuming a single soldier. Moreover, during this bombardment, he also sealed the valley leading to the Chidong Empire, which made it difficult for the Chidong Empire to attack again for the time being.
However, this did not make Diao Si too satisfied. This battle was too short, and there was probably still reform going on in the imperial city. He would have an unavoidable responsibility if he went back, and he did not want to take on this unfortunate incident.
So he asked the generals there to transfer the next protection work in Dongjiang to Dongtucheng, and after arranging the pensions for the injured soldiers, Diao Si led his team to continue northward along the mountain range.
There is also a selfish reason here. Diao Si misses the big devil Hao Qi who was sent to northern Xinjiang. She must have been very uncomfortable being assigned to Northern Xinjiang so suddenly. Diao Si wanted to use this film to rescue her and bring her back to the imperial city.
The golden light warriors and Lei Ji were also very surprised that Diao Si suddenly went north along the continuous mountains. However, those soldiers did not dare to ask more questions. It was only Lei Ji who kept asking:
"Why did you suddenly change your plan and move north? With so many cannons and not many shells left, why not go back to the imperial city and leave them behind?"
Diao Si really didn't pay attention to other people's words, but since it was Lei Ji's words, he simply replied: "Since the Chidong Empire is going to invade us, I want to take the opportunity to walk from here to the defense line of Northern Xinjiang for a good inspection. Is there any dangerous place..."
Unexpectedly, Lei Ji soon saw the flaw in these words: "Don't coax me. I think you don't want to go back to the Imperial City so soon. The best way is to go from here to Northern Xinjiang and pass through the Imperial City. This way If you walk along the mountain, there is no flat road.”
"Then let me tell you the truth: I did this just to spend more time with you, okay?" Diao Si said so, and Lei Ji stopped asking any more questions.
"Really? You still want to get along with me?" Lei Ji was still doubtful at first, but after seeing Diao Si's eyes, she just trembled and said: "Of course, you are the emperor, you can do whatever you want. …”
She really believed what Diao Si said, but it was a truth. Diao Si really wanted to be with Lei Ji. She was different from all his women. She could bring him happiness, but she would never bring him happiness. He's in trouble.
"Girl, how can you understand that reading thousands of books is not as good as walking thousands of miles? I am walking around to understand the people's sentiments and to think about the empire." In order to break the embarrassing situation, Diao Si said this again.
After hearing this, the girl Lei Ji retorted unconvincedly: "Bullshit, do you think you, a traveler like you, can understand the sentiments of the people?... But forget it, you are the emperor, you have the final say on everything. I’m too lazy to talk to you.”
"Why do you look at me like this? I didn't say it was just a visit. This is my empire. I care about its rise and fall more than anyone else. How can you know my mission?" Diao Si didn't say it. He responded with conviction.
They continued to argue and walked north along the mountain for a long time. After passing two border positions of the Eastern Xinjiang Defense Line, they left the scope of the Eastern Xinjiang Defense Line.
The mountains here are higher and bigger, because it is not easy to climb over the mountains, so there will be no guards in this section. Only then did we finally encounter a village, but there was no one in this village, and the crops seemed to have been abandoned for a while.
"Are you convinced? Wouldn't it be because I walked around like this that you would know the problem here?" Diao Si said. At this time, Lei Ji was really speechless and she immediately sneaked around the village to check the cause.
Diao Si then sent everyone to search together to see if they could find any clues. Unexpectedly, someone reported back soon. They found the bones of the deceased, and Diao Si immediately rushed over.
After the inspection, Diao Si quickly confirmed that this man was eaten by a creature as powerful as a sea monster, so maybe this is the reason why this village is vacant. Sea monsters have been here before.
Diao Si immediately used his refraction magic to comprehensively check the situation in the village, but there was no trace of the sea beast. He only found an obvious mountain road on a nearby mountain that was not very high.
In other words, people in this village often go to the mountains. Maybe this mountain road can lead to the Chidong Empire over there, but they have no troops stationed here at all.
At this time, Lei Ji's girl also came back, and she also brought a birdman from the wild. This guy was shot down by Lei Ji, and there was still a wound on his wing. Girl Lei Ji, since this birdman appears here, he is a creature of the Blazing Empire, and he will be punished for harming creatures in this way.
However, in such a remote place, since no one brought it up, Diao Si pretended not to know and only treated the birdman's wounds while interrogating him about the situation in the village.
After listening to the birdman's words, Diao Si realized that the reason why there was no one in this village was because powerful sea beasts often appeared on the mountain to eat people. It also said that the people here had actually reported it to the defenders of Dongtucheng, but they refused on the grounds that it was too remote and difficult to send troops.
When Diao Si heard this, he was angry at first, but in the end he was helpless, because among those sea monsters, the prawn monster could climb up the cliff. How much military power is needed to defend such a long border
Or maybe, he still has to deal with the generals of Dongtu City, because they directly caused the village to lose a lot of people. If they don't deal with it, they will default to doing so. The consequences will be serious. But this is the entire Blazing Empire. It is a problem that he has no choice but to develop. For the time being, he can only develop it and cannot care about so much.
After releasing the birdman, Diao Si continued to lead his team northward without saying anything. Lei Ji naturally came over to ask questions, and Diao Si had no choice but to deal with her and talk nonsense.
They continued to move north and encountered similar things again, but Diao Si did not stop at all. He just left silently, remembering the hatred of this sea beast. In the future, he will also build a railway that surrounds the entire Blazing Empire or the entire coastal defense line, so that if there is any problem, troops can be sent from nearby military camps to drive away those hateful sea people.
After walking for a while, Diao Si and the others finally reached the end of the mountain range, which is the northeast corner of the Blazing Empire. This place turned out to be the junction with the Sala Empire. The junction here was not a mountain range, but with the Empire of Light. Same across the river.
The river has no blocking effect on the Hai people, so Diao Si already guessed without having to investigate that the disaster here was even more serious, and a large area of land was abandoned.
Having been in the Imperial City, I really couldn't imagine that such a phenomenon existed in the land of the Blazing Empire. Fortunately, there was some gratifying news that restored Diao Si's mood a little bit, that is, the troops from Northern Xinjiang had been stationed in a small town at the end of the barren land here.
This is because an envoy has been sent there. She can confirm that this is the army of the Blazing Empire, and can also recognize some of the golden warriors inside, but she is still doubtful about the identity of Diao Si as the emperor.
It was normal. First of all, the great emperors of the past dynasties would not personally lead troops to the border areas. Especially the strange route Diao Si took was unacceptable to the envoy.
The top general of the Northern Xinjiang army was Hao He from the Haowu family. Diao Si still remembered it very well. One of the reasons why he came to Northern Xinjiang was to bring Hao Qi back. He had been separated from her for so long. I don’t know what she looks like now.
Then the envoy took Diao Si's team to the small town. Knowing that the emperor was actually there, the general there wanted to inform the Haohe warriors in the distance, but was stopped by Diao Si.
Firstly, he didn't want to alarm Hao He, because the base camp of the Northern Xinjiang defenders was still far away from here. As the head coach of Northern Xinjiang, Hao He's sudden departure might have a certain impact on the Northern Xinjiang defense line; secondly, he I also wanted to give Hao Qi a surprise.
It took a lot of time for Diao Si to persuade the general, because she had always been afraid that Hao He would blame her if such an important matter was not reported, and she couldn't rest assured even with Diao Si's guarantee.
This indirectly reflects Haohe's usual strictness with these generals. It should also be the reason why she is called the first warrior of the Blazing Empire and has been guarding the most difficult Northern Xinjiang for so long. Diao Si has not met the first warrior yet. As the Great Emperor of Chi, this is not good. (To be continued)