Western Expedition!
This slogan had already been shouted during Emperor Hongguang's reign. Back then, Qin Ziheng, still the Crown Prince, had also spoken to Li Fei and Ming Qi of his grand ambitions.
Now, thirty-one years had passed since the Western Continent's allied forces invaded the Great Blue Dynasty.
The Great Blue Dynasty had finally prepared for the Western Expedition!
The ninth year of Yuanxing, the nineteenth day of the fifth month.
At the Grand Court Assembly, the Son of Heaven formally issued his decree—
The Western Suppression Army, Crimson Scale Army, Slaying Barbarians Army, and two hundred thousand elite frontier troops would jointly form the Western Expeditionary Army!
The Slaying Barbarians Army's commander, Li Tianyu, was promoted to Brigadier General and placed in command of the thirty thousand Slaying Barbarians Army soldiers.
Eastern Border Governor Ye Jingfu was appointed deputy commander of the Western Expeditionary Army.
Western Border Governor Luo Jing was appointed deputy commander of the Western Expeditionary Army.
"King of Xuanmo" Wang Chengze was appointed deputy commander of the Western Expeditionary Army.
Grand Marshal of the Military Wenren Zheng was appointed deputy commander of the Western Expeditionary Army and commander of the Western Suppression Army.
Duke Jing'an Li Fei was appointed commander-in-chief of the Western Expeditionary Army!
Once this series of appointments was announced, it immediately sparked widespread discussion.
Although Zuo Jun and Ji Yiheng had also requested to join the campaign at the Grand Court Assembly, the Eastern Continent could not leave itself without powerful guardians—especially during this sensitive period, immediately after the end of the internal turmoil.
Of the five Imperial Guard Armies, two would be sent on the Western Expedition. Wenren Zheng also had to personally command one of them, because there simply were not enough people with Marshal-level Military Path Cultivation to use.