218, Brahman World Purifying Army

After settling the five hundred cavalrymen of the Hou Clan, Hou Yuxiao sat alone in his tent, with two maps placed before him on the desk. One map depicted a rough outline of the thirteen provinces of Shenzhou, while the other detailed the counties within the three prefectures of Xingyuan Road in Xuzhou.

Both maps were sent by Zhan Taiqing's people.

Technically, for the Battle of Hedong, the detailed map of the three prefectures of Xingyuan Road would be most useful. Still, the fact that Zhan Taiqing also sent a map of the whole Shenzhou was somewhat intriguing.

Hou Yuxiao's gaze remained fixed on the full map of Shenzhou:

The entire territory of Shenzhou was broadly divided into north and south by the Yunlan Ancient River.

To the north of the river, there were eight provinces. The vast northern lands were divided in the middle by Cangyuan Mountain, with Bing, You, Liang, Yong, Yu, and Fen—six provinces of the Demon Path—to the west, and only Zhongzhou and Jizhou to the east.