Hunting system, and I ended up becoming the empress!

With their skills, it took them a full hour to reach the top. Looking around, they could see all the other mountains were small.

The entire northern border, Ningzhou, and even the farther northern barbarians and Mengzhou are all in sight.

The top of the mountain turned out to be a flat ice field with some houses built on it that could shelter thousands of people.

Looking down to the north, there are vast snow-capped mountains and cliffs. I don’t know how the people in northern Xinjiang climbed up.

Shi Jiaowu ran around and checked, "Your Majesty, there is an ice cave here."

There were still food, fodder and equipment left in these dug ice caves.

They were all discarded, and it was obvious that they had no intention of going back from here.

Xiao Zhixing looked at the snow-capped mountains winding down, his eyes flashed slightly and a smile appeared on his face.

The wind was strong and cold on the top of the mountain, so the three men didn't stay there for long. After cutting the ropes, they used daggers and vines on the cliff, relying on their advanced skills, and jumped down.

Shi Jiaowu, who was so bold, thought it was fun, and he jumped down while shouting, "My lord, we need to guard this place."

People of the same heavenly rank as them cannot be stopped at all.

The soldiers stationed at Yixiantian are all ordinary soldiers. If someone attacks from above, they will definitely be unable to resist.

Xiao Zhixing jumped down gracefully, "Wei Zhao will be stationed here."

It would be enough for him to enter the Heavenly Stage once he reaches the peak of the Earth Stage.

The entire Mengzhou and Ningzhou lines will be controlled by Xiao's army. She will expand the army massively and continuously send people to the entire line.

In conjunction with signal flares, communication towers, and three adjacent outposts, they cross-check the code patrols every day, check on each other's situations, and respond to each other.

Finally, hounds were introduced to patrol the mountains.

She wanted to turn this place into a training and hiding place for her troops, and at the same time guard the border as firmly as possible.

When the borders of the three states were densely packed with Xiao's troops, she wanted to see how the Northern Barbarians and the Northern Frontier would launch sneak attacks.

Prince Yuansheng, who has obtained the mineral map of the entire continent, is rich and powerful, so she is not afraid of not being able to support any number of soldiers.

Seven days later, when Bai Feng received Shengjing's reply, he came to Yixiantian to pay a visit with a shameless face.

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty. May Your Majesty live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years."

As soon as he arrived, he knelt down to greet her.

Xiao Zhixing smiled and said, "Master Bai, you don't have to be so polite. You are of the same generation as my father. How can I accept your courtesy?"

Bai Feng smiled flatteringly, not daring to stand up. "I deserve it, I deserve it. Your Majesty came down from the sky to save my third son and save the thin line of sky. I am deeply grateful and I wish I could build a longevity tablet for you."

Xiao Zhixing turned to look at Bai Zhixian, "Help your father up. General Bai, are you and your father really father and son?"

It is also strange to see one gentleman being upright and the other being servile and fawning.

Bai Zhixian went to help Bai Fengchang, his face slightly red, "My father is old and a little confused, please don't blame me, Your Highness."

The dim-witted Bai Fengchang shook him off, knelt down and cried, "Yes, yes, Your Majesty, I am old now, and I always want to do my best for the country, but I am often unable to do so. Now I am almost making a big mistake while guarding the border. I will let Your Majesty deal with me!"

Xiao Zhixing smiled, "Hey, General Bai, you are too polite. You are not under my command, so how can I presumptuously punish you? Your matter must be decided by His Majesty and the court."

Bai Fengchang really cried, "Prince Yuansheng, I, I am willing to follow the example of General Liu Yufeng and ask you to station troops in Ningzhou and guard the border together."

Xiao Zhixing smiled and said nothing.

Bai Fengzhang hesitated for a moment and said through gritted teeth: "I am willing to hand over the position of governor of Ningzhou. Please save me, Your Majesty."

"General Bai, get up quickly." Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhixing personally went to help him up, patted his shoulder vigorously, and smiled kindly:

"You are old, but you have devoted all your energy to the border defense of Ningzhou. In the battle of Yixiantian, your General Bai led his men to resist the enemy's sneak attack and risked his life to seek rescue. You are a role model for our army."

"I have explained the whole story to His Majesty. The Northern Frontier is coming with great force, led by a Heavenly Rank expert. It is not because you are negligent, but the enemy is too strong. You have tried your best to fight the enemy."

"Your Majesty is so kind that he has pardoned your crime and allowed my Xiao family army to guard the border with you."

She gave him the letter from Shengjing, "General Bai, please don't blame me for being a mean person. The northern defense line must be absolutely safe."

After reading the letter from the emperor, Bai Fengchang was relieved that there was no blame in it, so he smiled sincerely, "How dare I blame the prince? Thanks to the prince for helping me to plead for justice, His Majesty did not blame me."

"Now is the perfect time. With the Xiao family army stationed here, I can sleep well. From today on, I will follow your lead."

Xiao Zhixing smiled and said, "General Bai has worked hard and made great contributions. You still have to take on the responsibility of being the governor of Ningzhou. The focus of my Xiao family army will be on guarding the border, and you will still be in charge of the internal defense of the entire state."

She glanced at Bai Zhixian and said, "I want to recruit the Third Young General into the Xiao Family Army to ensure the safety of Ningzhou together with Wei Zhao. I wonder if General Bai is willing to let him go?"

After a beating, you must give him a sweet date.

Bai Fengchang was overjoyed. "Take it, take it. It is a great honor for our Bai family that he can join the Xiao family army."

So everyone was happy.

Before leaving, Bai Fengchang said, "The General and I had a very pleasant conversation that year. In the future, I will discuss more with him on Ningzhou's internal defense affairs."

Xiao Zhixing narrowed his eyes and smiled, "General Bai is an old hand, he needs to teach the young people more. Chenghan is good at government affairs, but you have to make the decision on military affairs."

Before Bai Fengchang came, Nian Chenghan's letter arrived. He knew his limits very well and stated clearly that he would never interfere in Ningzhou's military affairs and only wanted to concentrate on doing some good things for the people.

Xiao Zhixing naturally returned the favor and told Bai Fengchang, "Although Wei Qi, the cousin of the Wei County Magistrate, is a classmate of ours and will certainly take care of Chenghan, he is still a local tyrant after all, and you will need more help to look after him."

Bai Fengchang understood.

We cannot let Nian Chenghan interfere in military affairs, but we can still protect him a little, and tell Wei Zhuang to be polite to Master Nian.

Speaking of it.

Someone is going to argue again. She has spared no effort to help others manage the states. What if she is surpassed by accident?

Too conceited, huh?

First of all, she is absolutely confident that she can win the first place. If she doesn't even have this confidence and is always on guard against this and that, she might as well just get married. Why fight for the throne?

Another thing is, if she only cares about her own little piece of land and is narrow-minded and intolerant of others, how can people be willing to follow her?

How can you be qualified to fight for the highest position?

A truly strong person is never afraid of being challenged or chased, and he becomes stronger when facing a strong opponent.

Besides, even if she doesn’t become the leader in the end, as long as the overall situation is on my side.

She also forced the Emperor System to hand over the throne to her, and come over to bind herself obediently so that she could complete her goal.

She is now willing to cooperate with the arrangements of the Emperor System, not to give it face or because she is afraid of it.

But this method is of great benefit to me.

It will also take her three years to grow stronger so that she can be as stable as a rock when facing any storms in the future.

After seeing off Bai Fengchang, Xiao Zhixing gave Wei Zhao a portion of heavenly grade potion and told him to guard the border of Ningzhou well.

At the same time, don't be polite, recruit soldiers on a large scale, and even snatch people from the Bai family's border troops.

Well, Bai Zhixian is a good excuse to ask him to help expand the army. It’s easier to do things with local people.

"Remember, take Yixiantian as the station point, and set up a sentry post every three miles on both sides. Three sentries will be stationed in a group for cross-patrol. Ten sentries will cross-patrol and train together every half a month."

She will deliver subsequent food, weapons, personnel, and salaries.

She even planned to build a two or three meter wide cement road along the border of the three states to connect them and shorten the marching time.

Let the soldiers repair it themselves and consider it as physical exercise.

After arranging the border affairs of Ningzhou, Xiao Zhixing officially turned back, planning to pass through the border of Mengzhou and go straight to Beizhou.

Xiao Xuan, who had been following her quietly, suddenly said, "I don't know why, but I seem to have a strong affinity with the military camp."