The other forty thousand Demon Iron Cavalry remained in the capital to protect the sovereign. Even the empress dowager could not take them with her when she traveled, much less Fang Yun on his journey north.
However, he had plundered so much demon iron and other rare resources from the Flood Dragon Sage Palace that the Crafts Hall had already agreed to prepare a million sets of Demon Iron Cavalry equipment exclusively for Fang Yun, to arm the troops of the Bloodmang Realm.
Even before coming, Fang Yun had never intended to borrow troops from the court. In his eyes, the Left Prime Minister Liu Shan's words and actions were little more than a juggling act. What truly angered him was that Liu Shan had actually forced the empress dowager to march to Ning'an.
Then I'll turn your scheme against you! The day we return to court in triumph will be the day I purge Liu Shan once and for all!
Fang Yun kept planning in his mind, working through tens of thousands of possibilities while accounting for countless unforeseen events.
Suddenly, the carriage stopped.
"Void Sage Fang, something seems to have happened at the Ministry of War offices. The entrance is blocked. Let's take another route," the coachman called from outside.
"Someone dares cause trouble outside the Ministry of War?" Fang Yun stirred his divine sense, sharpening his hearing until he could hear the conversations nearly a thousand feet away with perfect clarity.
The coachman explained, "It started three days ago. The Three Frontiers were routed, and many officers and soldiers died. Elderly people who lost their sons came to the Ministry of War offices to make a scene, raising all sorts of complaints. Yesterday, some veterans from the Three Frontiers arrived in the capital to report what had