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Chapter 163 Humuhan's Conspiracy

The eldest prince was thinking in his heart:

It was the eldest prince who insisted on gathering 100,000 troops from the northern tribes to march south. He promised to capture the cities south of the Qi Dynasty and bring huge wealth to the tribes, and only then did everyone agree.

The eldest prince's insistence was certainly not just because he held a letter containing evidence of Qi Wushuang's guilt.

More than four months ago, the Northern Territory's Imperial Master calculated that Humuhan was the lucky star of the Northern Territory, and advised the Northern Territory King to appoint Humuhan as the next Northern Territory King as soon as possible.

The King of Beidi originally favored Humuhan, and after hearing the words of the national teacher, he became even more tempted.

At this time, the eldest prince's counselor advised him:

Qi Wushuang had just ascended the throne and had not yet established a firm foothold in Changdu. If a war was launched against the Qi Dynasty at this time, Qi Wushuang would be unable to return to protect the north in order to preserve Changdu.

Then, Mo Nan can be recaptured.

With Mo Nan, it would be very convenient to go south in the future. Maybe we could even take Andu and Yingdu.

If the eldest prince could gather a large army and march south to retake the south of the desert, his achievements would be unmatched, and becoming the next King of the North would be a natural thing.

The eldest prince felt that the counselor's words made sense.

If he were Qi Wushuang, he would definitely not send troops to support the north. The right thing to do would be to defend Chamdo.

At this moment, the eldest prince happened to obtain evidence of collusion between Qi Wushuang and Humuhan.

The counselor further said:

With the evidence of Qi Wushuang's "collaboration with the enemy", Qi Wushuang dared not act rashly, and they could even threaten Qi Wushuang with letters.

The eldest prince became even more determined to gather his troops and march south.

What finally made the eldest prince decide to gather his troops and march south was the King of Beidi's favoritism and protection of Humu Khan.

The evidence of collusion between Qi Wushuang and Humuhan also had a significant impact on Humuhan. Many originally neutral tribal leaders criticized Humuhan and bluntly expressed their desire to punish him.

Humuhan said that he did not know Qi Wushuang's true identity at first, and only thought that Qi Wushuang was an ordinary Central Plains merchant. He did business with Qi Wushuang in order to support the Tiemu tribe.

It was not until Qi Wushuang asked him to kill five hundred Embroidered Uniform Guards that he knew Qi Wushuang's identity, but he did not harm the interests of the North in this business.

From then on, he had no more business dealings with Qi Wushuang.

With the protection of the King of the North, Humuhan was only given a minor punishment.

This incident made the eldest prince fully realize the position of Humu Khan in the heart of the King of Beidi.

The largest and most powerful tribe in the North is the tribe to which the King of the North belongs. As long as the King of the North fully supports Humu Khan, and with the support of the Temu tribe, it will be difficult for the eldest prince to usurp the throne.

That's why the eldest prince wanted to make great achievements so that the King of the North would no longer have any reason to support Humu Khan.

However, the current situation was completely beyond the eldest prince's expectations. Not only did he not achieve great success, but he also suffered heavy casualties. Mo Nan, which he had originally thought would be easy to conquer, had become a difficult nut to crack.

In the war two days ago, the Tiemu tribe lost nearly half of its troops, and several thousand people died.

That war was easy to explain; the Tiemu tribe was the vanguard, so losses were inevitable. Furthermore, only members of the Tiemu tribe died, so the other tribal leaders wouldn't make things too difficult for him.

Today's battle is different.

The tribes that suffered the most damage today were the tribe of the King of the North and the tribe of the eldest prince's mother.

Originally, the tribe to which the King of the North belonged did not support him to become the next King of the North. After today's battle, they were even more dissatisfied with him. They kept talking about how good the Third Prince was.

Even his mother's tribe, which originally supported him, had opinions about him after today's battle.

If he wants to restore his prestige, he must at least take over Mo Nan.

However, with Qi Dynasty's current armaments, it is almost impossible for the North to defeat Qi Dynasty on the battlefield.

But if he retreated back to the north, his prestige in the north would be gone, and the originally neutral tribal leaders would all nominate Humu Khan instead.

The eldest prince thought of Qi Wushuang’s letter of “collaboration with the enemy”.

The eldest prince called his confidant in and handed him the copy of "Qi Wushuang's Evidence of Guilt":

"You hand this letter to Qi Wushuang personally and ask him to bring at most two people to see me tomorrow."

What Prince Ren could not have imagined was that the whole thing was a conspiracy by Humuhan!

The Northern State Master and the counselor were both bribed by Humuhan, and even those letters were specially delivered to him by Humuhan.

Humuhan’s goal is naturally to obtain the throne of the North!

Humuhan was unable to kill the eldest prince, so he wanted to use Qi Wushuang to kill him.

Humuhan knew Qi Wushuang, and there was no way Qi Wushuang would give up Mo Nan! Humuhan believed that Qi Wushuang could kill the eldest prince.

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At the same time, two people were plotting in Humuhan's tent.

Humuhan said to the person sitting opposite him:

"I didn't expect the Qi Dynasty's military strength to be so strong. I underestimated Qi Wushuang before."

The person opposite was the one who accompanied Humuhan to meet Qi Wushuang that night, and was also the national teacher of the North.

The Imperial Master said, "Now it seems that the only viable option is to negotiate peace with Qi Wushuang."

“I had planned to negotiate peace with Qi Wushuang before, but I thought Qi Wushuang would agree to some of our demands in order to end the war as soon as possible.

Now it seems that it is difficult.”

Humuhan chose to take action at this time naturally because Qi Wushuang's throne was not yet stable. He thought that even if Qi Wushuang killed the eldest prince, he would suffer heavy losses.

At that time, he would propose peace talks with Qi Wushuang, and Qi Wushuang would agree to some of his demands that would only benefit the North.

But reality slapped him hard in the face.

"National Master, have you ever seen a wrought iron weapon before?"

"I've seen similar magical weapons before. They were once found in the country of Boro."

"If we could also master such powerful weapons, the North would surely become stronger."

The Imperial Master understood what Humuhan meant, but this was not the time to discuss this matter.

"While we have not suffered many casualties, we should negotiate peace with the Qi Dynasty as soon as possible."

"Then we have to deal with the eldest prince first."

"I will lend you a hand."

"No, it's to help Qi Wushuang."

The national teacher was naturally not someone who could be easily bribed. The main reason he was willing to conspire with Humu Khan was because they shared the same political views.

If the North has the absolute strength to move south, the national teacher will naturally support the North to move south and occupy the Central Plains.

After all, the Central Plains has fertile soil, abundant products, and prosperous trade.

But the North has no strength to move south now, and the eldest prince is still a warmongerer and cruel!

For the good of the north, the imperial teacher had no choice but to support Humuhan.

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Qi Dynasty military camp

Qi Wushuang had just finished discussing some matters with the generals and was about to adjourn the meeting when a soldier came to report:

"The Great Prince of the North has sent an envoy requesting an audience."

Qi Wushuang thought to himself: What was supposed to happen has finally happened!

"Xuan."

The envoy from the North came in and presented a letter:

"The eldest prince asked me to personally hand this over to your Majesty. Tell him to bring at most two people to see the eldest prince tomorrow."

Qi Wu took the letter and presented it to Qi Wushuang.

When Qi Wushuang opened the letter, he found that it was indeed a rubbing of the letter he wrote to Humuhan, asking Humuhan to kill five hundred Embroidered Uniform Guards.

Even the words that Qi Wushuang promised to give Humuhan 50,000 dan of rice as a reward were clearly copied.