After the Qingyang Sect Leader finished speaking, Prince Jin stood up straight and stood there, stunned.

"Say it again?"

A moment later, he asked the same question again.

"Prince Jin, Huyan Lie is dead!"

The Qingyang Sect Leader said in a deep voice, "When I first heard the report, I was in a similar situation to Prince Jin—I couldn't believe it either! But after listening to their detailed explanation..."

The people sent by the Qingyang Sect Leader to gather information also did not know what exactly happened outside Liangzhou City that day, since only Jing Zhe and Liu Jinghong were actually present at the scene.

But what they heard was that several deafening explosions erupted outside the city, followed by the rout of the heavy cavalry regiment, and the deaths of Huyan Lie, Babuwan, and others…

The news that Jing Zhe killed Hu Yanlie and others in the main tent was known only to Jing Zhe, Murong Xi, and Liu Jinghong. The people in Liangzhou City still thought that Hu Yanlie was killed when the grenade exploded, so that was the only information they had gathered.

Although it deviates from the facts, fortunately it does not affect their cognitive results.

"How...is this possible?"

The Prince of Jin sat down weakly, clearly still in disbelief.

At this moment, the Qingyang Sect Leader analyzed for him: "Prince Jin, with his martial arts level, it would be very easy for him to enter the heavy cavalry regiment and take a few heads! As for those soldiers, they obey orders without question on the battlefield. With Huyan Lie dead, they probably immediately lost their backbone and had no will to fight anymore. Coupled with the pursuit of the two thousand Jinghong Iron Cavalry and the combined government troops from Quzhou and Yongcheng, they were routed!"

The Prince of Jin's expression was solemn, but he still nodded.

A strong person at the middle stage of the sixth level is extremely rare, which is why he lured them to capture Jing Zhe.

At this moment, the Qingyang Sect Leader changed the subject, saying, "However, this may not necessarily be a bad thing!"

"Not a bad thing? How could it be a good thing?"

The Prince of Jin looked puzzled.

“Prince Jin, the Western Frontier and Jing Zhe originally had no enmity. We hired them to deal with him. If we don’t give them benefits, they won’t listen to us!”

“But now that Jing Zhe has killed Hu Yanlie, as well as Wan Jiang, Ban Jiang, and a group of Qian Jiang, he has formed a blood feud with the Western Frontier. Even without our urging, they would love to tear him apart, drink his blood, and rip him to pieces!”

Upon hearing this, the Prince of Jin immediately understood.

"Your words have reminded me! Over the years, although the barbarians of the Western Frontier have frequently invaded Liangzhou, Liu Jinghong has always maintained a good balance, and large-scale bloodshed has never occurred. But Jing Zhe alone slaughtered the King of the Western Frontier and his generals, which will inevitably make relations between the two countries extremely tense!"

"We can use this as a pretext to persuade Xijiang to pressure Anguo into a full-scale war unless Jing Zhe is handed over! Anguo's military strength is currently weak, and Su Muyan is weak-willed and always seeks peace. He certainly won't dare to go to war with Xijiang, and will then use Jing Zhe as a bargaining chip, haha..."

The Qingyang Sect Leader thought the same thing and nodded in agreement.

"Who is the current King of the Western Frontier? Can you answer that question?"

"I heard it was a thousand-man general named Kadan. He was the only one left among all the generals of the Western Frontier, so he became the new king directly with the support of the heavy cavalry!"

"A thousand-strong general..."

The Prince of Jin's face showed a hint of disdain. "Just a boor. Such people are easy to fool and can be used. Send someone to the Western Frontier immediately—but no, let's wait and see!"

The Prince of Jin was initially eager to contact the new king of the Western Frontier, Kadan, but then changed his mind.

“There are many tribes in the Western Frontier. Even when Huyan Lie was in power, the various tribes were not convinced of his authority, but they were afraid of the heavy cavalry regiment, so there were few rebellions. Now that Huyan Lie is dead, a thousand-man general who wants to become king will probably have to wait for the consent of the various tribes. At this time, Kadan is probably too busy to discuss these things with us for a while.”

The Qingyang Sect Leader nodded repeatedly.

Just then, Jing Ba, the prefect of Jinxi, rushed in, panting, and shouted, "Prince Jin, the heavy cavalry of the Western Frontier... the heavy cavalry regiment has arrived outside the city gate!"

Jinxi is located in the far west of Anguo, bordering Western Xinjiang. In fact, Jinxi is the closest place in Anguo to Kadian, the capital of Western Xinjiang. That's why he was able to contact Huyanlie in such a short time.

But over the years, because of the private relationship between Prince Jin and Huyan Lie, the Western Frontier Heavy Cavalry Regiment has never visited Jinxi. Now that Huyan Lie has just died, is the world about to change?

The Prince of Jin hurriedly asked, "How many people have come?"

"perhaps…"

Jing Ba recalled for a moment: "Several hundred cavalrymen! The leader was an unfamiliar general named Wan, who said he wanted to see the King of Jin!"

Upon hearing this, the Prince of Jin breathed a sigh of relief, indicating that the heavy cavalry regiment had not come to fight.

Where are they?

"Reporting to the Prince of Jin, they are still outside the city."

"Bring him to me!"

"yes!"

...

Wan's name was Kaluchi, and he was Kadan's younger brother.

When Kadan became king, all the generals naturally chose the people they trusted most to take over.

Karuchi was a burly man with a face full of scars. He had a cold expression on his face from the moment he entered. Before he even sat down, he said in a cold voice, "Prince Jin, you have to give our King and the people of Western Xinjiang an explanation!"

"???"

The Prince of Jin looked puzzled.

At this moment, Kaluqi said again, "You sent us to capture that Jing Zhe, saying the mission was simple, but what was the result? He is anything but simple! The leader of the Anguo martial arts alliance, a strongman at the middle level of the sixth level, and also the president of the Da'an Newspaper, a favorite of Emperor An. Not only is he not simple, but our former king, generals of ten thousand, half generals, and generals of a thousand in the Western Frontier were all killed. Prince Jin, tell me, how should this debt be settled?"

After Kaluqi finished speaking, his words sounding fierce but actually weak, the Prince of Jin finally understood his purpose. It turned out he had come to settle accounts.

He glanced at Kaluchi again and could tell that he had a rustic air about him, like a nouveau riche bumpkin, something that the Emperor, a member of the royal family, looked down on the most.

So he put on a stern face: "Kalukiwan, is that right? It was King Huyanlie who negotiated with me back then. He knows best whether I introduced Jing Zhe's situation or not! If it were simple, would I have given you so much grain and cotton clothes and quilts for nothing?"

"You took so much of my stuff, yet you failed to capture the person. I didn't even reprimand you, and now you dare question me?"

Since Huyan Lie and the others were already dead and there was no evidence of their crimes, and Prince Jin was not afraid of Kaluqi, he directly confronted them head-on.

After saying this, before Karuchi could speak, he continued, "Now that this has happened, it's futile to try and find out who is responsible! General Karuchi, you must have brought some conditions with you this time, right? Why don't you tell me? I also have some conditions to discuss with you!"

"..."

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