I really became a king.

Chapter 440: Wolf's Alliance
After hearing Jiang Yi's words, Champion Hou Wubantu knew that he was about to get to the point. Whether he could complete the mission depended on this time.

Jiang Yi dipped his finger in the wine glass and drew a line on the table. The line was not straight, but winding with several bends, but the overall direction was north-south.

When Ubuntu saw this line, his heart skipped a beat, because from the shape of the line he could tell what it represented.

"The Lena River, with the Lena River as the boundary, all the Western Tibet troops will be pushed to the west of the Lena River!" Jiang Yi pointed his finger at the curve drawn by the wine. He looked relaxed, but his tone was somewhat unquestionable.

The Marquis of Guanjun smiled, but with a hint of anger, he said, "Your Majesty, you can just draw a line with your finger and remove thousands of kilometers of grassland. That's too fantastic."

The Lena River, located more than a thousand kilometers west of Langju Mountain, is a north-south river that runs across the prairie. The river is not wide, with the widest part being only more than a hundred meters and the narrowest part being only thirty or forty meters.

The river is clear and gentle, and the depth is very shallow, with the deepest point only a little over one meter, so war horses can easily cross the river. It flows all year round, and there is no distinction between rainy season and dry season. The water volume has been maintained for many years.

The Lena River can only be said to be an important water source for the prairie, and it is not a dangerous pass, because there is no strategic location to defend. However, the Ubuntu people did not want to give up just like that, and they said:

"Your Highness, where does your confidence come from? You should know that nearly one million of our Xifan troops have gathered on the west bank of the Lena River and can cross the Lena River at any time. Your Highness wants this thousand-kilometer-long grassland, but I'm afraid our Xifan cavalry will not agree!"

Jiang Yi nodded. He knew that a million-strong army of Xifan had gathered on the west bank of the Lena River, but this could not stop their ambition to swallow up the prairie on the east bank of the Lena River.

"My Lord, why do you have to deceive yourself here? I know that there are millions of Xiban troops on the west bank of the Lena River, but do you dare to cross the Lena River?" Jiang Yi asked with a smile, then picked up the wine glass and drank slowly.

"Why not? This million-strong army is here to conquer Wolf Mountain!" Ubuntu said, and then he stretched out his hand and touched the east side of the curve on the table, saying:
"With Coco Lake as the boundary, both sides will occupy half of the fertile land beside the lake. This is the biggest concession that my Xifan Dynasty can make!"

"Your Highness is now at war on three fronts. If we add the capital of Dali, it can even be said that we are at war on four fronts. Even with the Korhan cavalry, Your Highness may not be able to take care of everything. As long as we agree to the territorial division of the Xifan Dynasty and both sides stop fighting, Your Highness will no longer have to use his limited military forces on the Black Water Pass."

Jiang Yi just drank his wine and didn't say anything.

Champion Marquis Wubantu continued, "Your Majesty, the Quanshi Dynasty and the Baiyue Dynasty are not as weak as you think. The east bank of the Lena River borders them on both the north and south ends. Together with my Xifan Dynasty, do you have the confidence to go to war with our three dynasties at the same time?"

Slowly putting down the wine glass, Jiang Yi stopped being silent and sighed, "Alas... This is the greatest sincerity that this king can show..."

Upon hearing this, Ubantu's face froze, but Jiang Yi seemed not to notice. He looked up to the west and continued, "My Lord, you should understand that not only can you not withstand the east bank of the Lena River, but you will become a burden under the pincer attack from the Quanshi Dynasty and the Baiyue Dynasty."

With a dry laugh, Ubantu retorted: "Your Highness, you are joking. My Xifan Dynasty has guarded the east bank of the Lena River for thousands of years and has never lost an inch of land to the Quanshi Dynasty and the Baiyue Dynasty..."

Jiang Yi interrupted him and said, "My Lord, this is a different time. The Western Regions' royal court is already in a state of distress. What can you do to stop the Quanshi and Baiyue cavalry?"

"But I am different. I am confident that I can control the east bank of the Lena River and prevent the cavalry of the Quanshi Dynasty and Baiyue Dynasty from crossing the Lena River to the west!"

Ubantu fell silent for a while before he spoke up: "It seems that the prince knows everything..."

He felt extremely bitter in his heart. He had expected this day to come when the remote sects on the border began to interfere in the military and political power of the Western Tibet Dynasty. However, he did not expect it to come so soon and so violently.

Just a month ago, a civil strife broke out in the Xifan royal court on the shores of Blackwater Lake. The Xifan emperor suddenly fell seriously ill, and the entire Moye royal family became embroiled in a power struggle.

The secluded sect that had been hiding behind a certain background also entered the Xifan royal court. Under their control, the entire Moye royal family officially split.

Most of the royal family members and dignitaries in Xifan have turned to the secular sects, and only a small number of people are still holding on to the secular world, and Champion Marquis Wubantu is one of them. Both sides are making final preparations to go their separate ways once the seriously ill old emperor passes away.

It is not known whether it is a coincidence or for some other reason, but the sphere of influence of the Western Tibetan nobles who are close to the secular sects are all in the western region of the Western Tibetan Dynasty, while the base camp of the other part of the nobles who stick to the secular world is in the eastern region, that is, on the west bank of the Lena River.

Both sides were making final preparations, and the old emperor had to pass away like this.

"The division of the Xiban Dynasty is inevitable..." Champion Marquis Ubantu looked gloomy.

Take the millions of cavalrymen gathered on the west bank of the Lena River. Although they were mainly used to defend against the troops of Prince Yi's palace advancing westward across the Lena River, they were an important armed force of the secular forces.

Without the participation of this million-strong army, secular forces will be at an absolute disadvantage in the upcoming battle for the legitimacy of the throne, and it will even be difficult to resist the massive eastward advance of the puppet forces from outside the world.

The most fatal thing is that the secular sects in the border areas have been operating in the three major border dynasties for many years, including the Quanshi Dynasty in the north and the Baiyue Dynasty in the south. A considerable portion of the military power has been controlled by the secular sects.

On the east bank of the Lena River, the areas where Xifan borders the Quanshi and Baiyue Dynasties are all controlled by the secular sects.

Once the old emperor passed away, they would be attacked from both the south and north across the Lena River. Under siege from three sides, they would be unable to defend themselves at all.

Therefore, Jiang Yi's words gave champion Hou Ubantu a glimmer of hope.

"Why does the prince want to help us?" asked Ubantu.

Jiang Yi stood up and looked in the direction of the Xifan Royal Court. If he guessed correctly, the headquarters of the border sect should be to the west of the Blackwater Lake.

However, unlike the secluded sects in the Middle-earth, the secular sects in the border areas are too mysterious. They never show up and always intervene in the secular world by cultivating agents in the secular world.

"I have said it long ago that there is no place outside the law in this world, and naturally there is no one outside the law!"

"Those hermit monks who call themselves immortals and think they are superior to others are not suitable for the secular world!"

After a moment of silence, Queen Ubantu suddenly asked, "How can we trust the prince?"

Jiang Yi turned around, looked at him, and said, "I don't need you to believe me, you just need to watch what I do!"

"Before completely eliminating the border sects, the troops of Prince Yi's Palace will not step across the Lena River, nor will they allow the troops of Quanshi and Baiyue Dynasty on the east bank of the Lena River to cross the Lena River!"

"This is my promise!"

Ubuntu looked quietly at Jiang Yi who was standing with his hands behind his back, feeling inexplicably moved.

Many years later, whenever he recalled the past, Ubuntu was secretly glad that he had chosen to trust Prince Yi. This meeting, known as the "Wolf's Residence Alliance", was forever recorded in human history.

(End of this chapter)