The Qiang king led his troops in a fierce attack for three months, but failed to capture the city.

But the soldiers trapped inside the city walls had run out of ammunition and food.

At this stage of the war, it's all about who can endure the longest.

Due to Shen Tunan's suspicions, the soldiers in the city have not received supplies, and people are dying of hunger every day. Some warhorses have also been killed to fill their stomachs.

However, these measures are far from sufficient to maintain such a large team.

The Marquis of Zhenbei sent countless urgent reports to the capital, hoping to obtain Shen Tunan's rescue, but all of these letters disappeared without a trace.

In the end, the Qiang Kingdom survived, and the Marquis of Zhenbei, who had fought all his life, died tragically under the iron hooves of the enemy.

But with winter approaching, the Qiang Kingdom was no longer able to continue the war.

After acquiring three cities from the State of Qi, along with countless jewels and grains, the two countries sat down at the negotiating table.

At this moment, Mu Tu unexpectedly learned that Gu Yuanbai was also the son of the Emperor of Daqi.

Since the two sides have established a good cooperative relationship, and Gu Yuanbai is not difficult to control, Mu Tu plans to support him to take the position.

With this in mind, the Qiang people insisted that the Marquis of Zhenbei was their hero, and that without his inside help, the Qiang army would not have been so unstoppable.

This claim is undoubtedly absurd, as the Marquis of Zhenbei had already died at the hands of the Qiang Kingdom by then.

Even his skull was displayed on the city wall.

Yet this absurd claim swayed the hearts of many in the Qi state.

They refused to believe that their country was so vulnerable; they preferred to believe that the defeat was caused by the presence of traitors.

People are more willing to believe what they believe, and Zhenbei Hou naturally became this "traitor".

This general, who fought to the death to protect his country, was ultimately abandoned by the very people he was protecting.

Shen Tu went south and ordered the entire Zhenbei Marquis lineage, regardless of gender, to be exiled to the Northwest. Empress Wang could not bear the blow and jumped off the city wall.