But how could that be easy? That elite army"s commander was a reputed general of the Dou Ling Empire, and though he had turned his army around when he received accurate intelligence, he didn"t return to Dou Ling City immediately, but temporarily stationed himself in a large southern city after entering the Dou Ling Empire"s territory. On the surface, they claimed that they wouldn"t partic.i.p.ate in a conflict within the royal family, and that they"d only accept the most outstanding member of the royal family to command them. They were clearly trying to wait out the conflict to extract any profits that were left over. If the general had some royal blood running in his veins, perhaps the situation would have been worse.
Xu Sans.h.i.+ was like a roasted pork on a spit under such circ.u.mstances, and the situation that he was facing was extremely difficult.
Two of the imperial family"s clans in the north had already started rebellions in the name of a.s.sisting the emperor. The Dou Ling Empire"s inner territories were empty in the first place, so these two armies began pus.h.i.+ng toward Dou Ling City as soon as was possible. One army began committing unspeakable misdeeds...
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