The troops led by White Butcher remained stationed in Green Forest City. Early the next morning, Zhou Xu led the personal guard unit commanded by Shilke, bringing the warhorses of the Assault Camp as they hurried toward Xianyang City.
These warhorses had all been carefully bred and supplemented with high-intensity training. They had no fear of getting lost in the wild.
To save time, Zhou Xu and the others changed mounts every fifty kilometers.
What would have taken inferior horses five days, they completed in just three.
By the time they reached the outskirts of Xianyang City, it was already nine at night.
Since they had already been fairly close to Xianyang City before nightfall, they simply pushed harder and made it there directly.
At this point, apart from some of the surrendered Xianyang City defenders, the people manning all the important posts had already been replaced with members of the Assault Camp. Naturally, there was no way they could fail to recognize their king.
The group entered the city without incident and handed the warhorses they had brought over to the Assault Camp. Meanwhile, Xie Liancheng arranged for them to rest at the Great General's residence.
Several days of traveling on horseback had left Zhou Xu with considerable physical fatigue. On the new day, he unsurprisingly slept until noon before waking.
After eating a simple meal, Shilke walked in.
"Great King, Xie Liancheng has brought a man and a woman to request an audience."
"Let them in."
With permission granted, the two Elf Knights standing guard outside allowed them through. The man and woman, led by Xie Liancheng, soon entered the room.
At that moment, Zhou Xu clearly felt the other party's curious gaze land on him.
At the same time, Xie Liancheng stepped forward and directly saluted Zhou