Chapter 249

After Murong Fu swept through a series of key military strongholds in northern Nanyue, the Nanyue court was thrown into immediate chaos. News had reached Nanyue that Murong Fu’s forces had pacified the Tibetan regions and annihilated the Tibetan Kingdom. Murong Fu commanded over a hundred thousand cavalrymen alone, and the previous northern invasion by Nanyue had only served to clear the way for him to consolidate power in Dali. With the Duan clan of Dali wiped out and their influence eradicated, Murong Fu’s faction was now more united and impenetrable than ever. Conversely, Nanyue had lost nearly four hundred thousand troops in a series of campaigns. With the male population severely depleted, the nation was on the verge of collapse. The King of Nanyue had claimed illness for three days; until he could devise a solution, he dared not appear at court.