Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

In the palace, Liu Qin jumped up from his seat when he heard the news, his face full of disbelief.

Logically speaking, I have given enough face.

When his own city was looted, he chose not to directly kill Hua Yunhong's invading troops.

Instead, I wrote a letter first to ask the reason.

I treat people with courtesy. No matter how arrogant Hua Yunhong is, he should at least give me an explanation and say a few soft words, right?

Hua Yunhong was so good. Just a few days after the letter was delivered, he arranged for someone to come back quickly and throw out such irresponsible words.

What does it mean to ask whoever wants to pay compensation to pay it back?

"This is unreasonable!!"

Snapped!

Liu Qin threw the teacup on the table to the ground and said angrily:

"Do you really think that we in Western Shu are soft persimmons that can be squeezed by anyone?"

"Pass the order down. Starting today, cut off the route from Western Shu to the Western Regions. Especially prohibit the troops of the Shenmu Kingdom from passing through!"

Some of the Shenmu Kingdom's baggage transport troops, starting from the southern border, will pass through some of the Western Shu passes.

Normally they would borrow this road when they marched.

In order to protect itself in the multi-party melee, Western Shu did not stop anything.

Let them fight among themselves.

The Shenmu Kingdom also knew how to give face and did not let the troops transport supplies over in a high-profile manner.

Instead, they were allowed to disguise themselves as caravans and pass through normally under the pretext of transporting goods.

Ever since Mu Liuming led 100,000 elite troops to the Western Regions, their baggage train had to bypass the control of the Datong Sect and transport supplies to the front line.

For several days, Liu Qin had turned a blind eye and did not care.

But today, he took a one-size-fits-all approach to all channels.

Although this does not affect Hua Yunhong who is still in the Shenmu Kingdom.

But it will make Mu Liuming on the front line very uncomfortable!

Liu Qin looked at the map and snorted coldly.

Since you want to be angry, then no one should stop!

This time, the news reached Hua Yunhong faster than ever before.

In less than two days, the baggage train from the front line sent a message back to Shuilian County.

Du Zi took the information and found Hua Yunhong with a grim expression.

"Your Highness, Liu Qin has gone too far and actually cut off the passage. Half of our baggage train can't get through Xishu."

"What!?"

When Hua Yunhong learned the news, a surge of rage instantly swept over his heart.

Their original plan was to take a detour through Western Shu, bypassing the Datong sect's sphere of influence to deliver supplies to Mu Liuming.

If they had told us earlier, they could have changed the route.

But now so much cargo has been loaded onto baggage carts and transported to Western Shu.

This is obviously a revenge from Western Shu.

Liu Qin, this bastard, actually couldn't get any benefit but treated them like this!

"Your Highness, this guy's face is too ugly, why don't we take action!"

"No, we have no legitimate reason to fight, and Daqian is still eyeing us covetously. What will we do after we conquer Xishu? Will we end up bordering Daqian?"

Hua Yunhong's concerns are still reasonable.

He is not afraid of Western Shu.

Even if a war breaks out, they won't be the only ones left.

But Western Shu borders Daqian.

In the absence of a legitimate reason for the war, if Daqian chooses to be a good guy and helps Xishu under the reputation of helping the weak and suppressing the strong, then his actions will be laying mines for the Shenmu Kingdom.

After all, he was still in the territory of Western Shu, and no one could tell Liu Qin what to do in his own territory.

"So are we going to seek peace with a little Liu Qin?"

Du Zi became furious upon hearing this.

The territory and strength of the Shenmu Kingdom are enough to match that of dozens of Western Shus.

How can we survive in the future if we bow to such a small country?

Back at the court, everyone can use this incident to poke Hua Yunhong in the back!

"Do not……"

Hua Yunhong sat on the chair, frowning and thinking for a while.

"Were they really robbed?"

"Go tell them that if they want to recover their losses, they can help us capture Chu Ying and Fang Yuanjian. They have a lot of silver on hand, and the Shenmu Kingdom can give them half."

Hua Yunhong has already given me a lot of face.

He speculated that the reason Liu Qin was so furious was that someone might have taken advantage of the war to disguise himself as one of his men and looted the cities on the border of Western Shu.

No matter what, he has to take the blame.

But there is a saying that goes, danger and opportunity coexist.

He wanted to take this opportunity to pull Xishu into his camp.

It would definitely be easy to talk to the Western Region Allied Forces. Mu Liuming helped them fight the war, and Qian Wanli already owed him a huge favor.

Next is Western Shu.

If they also nodded, the three forces would be able to launch a long-range encirclement and suppression of the other side.

This is a lucrative business. The silver that Fang Yuanjian stole and the wealth that Chu Ying earned by manipulating the market all belong to their Shenmu Kingdom.

Now he didn't know who had tricked him, so he simply threw away half of his wealth and dragged Xishu into the game.

The other party has absolutely no reason to refuse.

"Your Highness, isn't this a bit too much?"

At this time, Du Zi spoke hesitantly.

Fang Yuanjian had looted a considerable fortune, and it was such a loss to give away half of it.

"I'm going to make them an offer they can't refuse. This partnership is a done deal!"

When Hua Yunhong does things, he always tries his best.

As far as he knew, Western Shu had just paid a huge amount of silver as compensation to Daqian and ceded several cities that were very suitable for use as border lines.

Now Liu Qin was so anxious that he gritted his teeth because the national treasury was extremely empty.

If half of Fang Yuanjian's spoils were given to Xishu, they would definitely not be able to resist getting involved.

Then Fang Yuanjian’s doomsday will come!

What’s the point of escaping to Yuanwang Ridge?

In the end, he will die in his own hands!

In the last communication, Hua Yunhong expressed his highest sincerity.

By the time this letter was delivered to Liu Qin's palace, plus the time they had spent communicating before, the tug-of-war between the two had lasted for nearly a month.

During this period of time, Fang Yuanjian obtained a batch of firearms from Qin Ming and equipped his own troops.

Because they had previous experience in using various mechanical weapons, they quickly got the hang of firearms and became proficient in their operation.

After all the troops had upgraded their weapons, Fang Yuan gradually gained confidence that he could give Hua Yunhong a big surprise the next time he saw him.

Just at this moment, Chu Ying suddenly found him.

"The people below sent a message saying that Xishu seems to have intercepted a large batch of Hua Yunhong's supplies."

"Ok?"

This news immediately made Fang Yuanjian's mind active.

"What did the Daqian guy say?"

Although he was very tempted by these supplies, Fang Yuanjian still took into account the relationship between Qin Ming and Western Shu.

If you just grab it casually, it may cause bad consequences.

Chu Ying heard this and said:

"His Majesty told you to make your own decision and not to worry too much."