Bai Xiaowen and his teammates had carefully studied the intelligence on the Grand Unification Main Quest.
It was classified information, but all five members of the White Phoenix Team were qualified to access it at no cost.
A Grand Unification Main Quest could not be triggered at will.
Set the goal too low, and it would not trigger.
Set it too high, and it would be impossible to complete!
If Bai Xiaowen declared that he would unify China, such an ambitious goal would certainly trigger the first Grand Unification Main Quest. But unifying China within a month was far too difficult.
He did not know whether foreign peoples such as the Xianbei and Wuhuan counted toward Grand Unification. If they did, it would be harder still.
What was more, the difficulty of successive Grand Unification Main Quests increased step by step!
Put simply, if the first quest Bai Xiaowen triggered had a difficulty of 10, the second might rise to 11 or even 12. His proposed goal would have to be more ambitious, or the quest would not trigger.
That made the first Grand Unification Main Quest crucial. It was the starting point for unifying the realm.
That night, Bai Xiaowen summoned his advisers and senior generals to the Grand Marshal's Office in Ye Capital to discuss their next move.
"The Four Provinces of Hebei are largely stable now. But the Yuan Clan does not control all their territory," Bai Xiaowen said. "Zhang Yan and his Black Mountain Bandits, in particular, occupy the region between Jizhou and Bingzhou. They gather in the mountains and commit all manner of crimes. We must eliminate them."
Tian Feng praised him. "My lord, you show great foresight. Zhang Yan is indeed a grave threat to Jizhou. He cannot be left alone."
Dong Zhao praised