If the Golden Tent Khanate wanted to invade Great Zhou from the northwest, the first forces it would face would not actually be Su Xin, but Great Snow Mountain and those Northwest Alien Tribes.
Therefore, Su Xin was not worried about the northwest. What Great Zhou truly needed to worry about was the heartland of the Central Plains.
The border between Beiyuan Circuit and the Northern Frontier was far too long. If the Golden Tent Khanate possessed strength equal to Great Zhou's, Great Zhou would absolutely be unable to defend that border.
However, these matters were not Su Xin's concern at present. The military would naturally handle them.
Tie Zhan said, "Since the Golden Tent Khanate wants to flaunt its military might this time, then let them flaunt it to their heart's content. Great Zhou has also produced quite a few outstanding youths in this generation. I'll summon them back to Shengjing City, and then the two of us can carefully choose who to bring along. By the way, do you have any particularly outstanding young disciples in the northwest?"
Su Xin shook his head. "No. You know my temperament—I have no interest in nurturing young disciples. Some of the Su Family's disciples are decent enough, but they have had too little tempering. Perhaps they will be presentable in a few more years, but not now."
Su Xin truly had not deliberately sought out young martial artists in the northwest, because most talented young martial artists there came from the Northwest Alien Tribes. There were very few among the independent cultivators.
Thus, Su Xin had never made any moves. Only recently had he taken notice of Gong Wenyu and drawn him into the Heaven's Punishment Alliance.
Gong Wenyu had good talent, and judging by his experiences, he had clearly encountered