If you're made a fake emperor, why did you change the country's name?

A scarred city wall, with people standing on both sides.

Shouts of battle filled the air as countless Wolf Kingdom soldiers below tried to climb the siege ladders.

On the city wall, every Daliang soldier was desperately guarding it, otherwise the Wolf Kingdom soldiers would occupy an inch of it.

at this time,

In stark contrast to the brutal battlefield, several miles behind the main force, on a high slope...

A flamboyant young man wearing a wolfskin coat and holding a folding fan was respectfully playing chess with a burly middle-aged man wearing a huge black wolfskin coat.

Without a doubt, this young man is the last of the two wolf cubs, Xiaoyue Jinquan!

Snapped.

Xiaoyue Jin Quan placed his last piece, then smiled and cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards the middle-aged man.

"Father's chess skills have become increasingly superb, and your son is no match for him."

"Ha ha"

The middle-aged man is none other than the contemporary Wolf Lord, Howling Moon Madman!

He casually scattered the chess pieces on the board and looked at Xiaoyue Jinquan with a meaningful gaze.

"On the chessboard, you are indeed inferior to me."

But in this game outside the chessboard, you played far better than I did.

Xiao Yue Jin Quan smiled modestly. "Father, you flatter me."

Just then, the battle situation changed. Several thousand Liang soldiers rushed out of the woods to the east of the city and headed towards the Wolf Kingdom soldiers.

"Report! Traces of the Liang army have been discovered in the forest thirty miles to the right of the city. Their banners are marked 'Zhao,' indicating they are remnants of the Northern Frontier Army!" a soldier reported.

Upon hearing this, the Wolf Lord's eyes flashed with approval.

"Quan'er really guessed right."

Despite lacking food and pay, the Northern army remained in the forest, hiding there.

Xiaoyue Jinquan gently waved his folding fan and smiled calmly.

"Although there are many useless people in Daliang, there are also quite a few capable people."

Zhao Ding, the commander of the Northern Army, is one, and the magistrate of Shuangfeng City is another.

The wolf lord nodded.

"Zhao Ding was able to maintain the cohesion of the army under such extreme circumstances, which is very tenacious!"

Wang and Zhang, both civil officials, were able to withstand the pressure from the five powerful clans and survive as county magistrates in Shuangfeng City. They still refuse to surrender, showing their fearlessness.

Now, how do you plan to handle this situation?

Xiaoyue Jinquan's smile deepened.

"Of course, we should retreat and let the Northern Army in."

"Oh?"

A hint of surprise flashed in the wolf lord's eyes.

Xiaoyue Jinquan explained calmly, "The Northern Army right now is like a dying beast. If we rush in now, even if we win, we'll definitely get a chunk of our flesh bitten off."

But if we let it into the city, this dying beast will become a trapped beast.

It won't be long before it starves to death!

"Hahaha! Good! What a trapped beast!"

The wolf lord's eyes were full of admiration, then he changed the subject.

"But if you back down like this, aren't you afraid that your fifth brother will snatch the title of 'Teeth' from you in this competition?"

Xiaoyue Jinquan smiled confidently again and closed his folding fan.

"Father, this time it's just the name 'Ya'. There are still my eldest brother and fourth brother to fight for it."

Your subject believes that anyone who inherits the throne from Father must be quite intelligent to hold onto that position securely.

Even if my fifth brother manages to win by sheer luck this time, I am confident that I can persuade Father to reopen the trial.

"hehe!"

The wolf lord's eyes were full of satisfaction.

He stood up and patted Xiaoyue Jinquan on the shoulder.

"I look forward to seeing the contest between you and the Crown Prince of Jin. In that case, I, the guest, will take my leave now."

After saying that, the Wolf Lord turned around and strode away.

Xiaoyue Jin Quan bowed deeply to see him off, and only straightened up after the Wolf Lord's figure had completely disappeared.

The humble smile on his face slowly faded.

"Pass down the order: the entire army shall retreat five li and set up camp."

"yes!"

The guards acknowledged the order and withdrew.

After giving his orders, Xiaoyue Jinquan's eyes blazed with fanaticism as he grinned maliciously:

"Big brother, I really look forward to the day when I can fight you."

I just don't know whether you or I will be the one who dies in the end!

……

Inside the Tianji Pavilion.

As Zhao Yu watched the image in the mirror slowly fade away, his brows furrowed tightly.

These two sons, Lang Xiaoyue and Jin Quan, are no ordinary people.

Compared to the previous two, it's several levels higher.

And that wolf lord...

Surprisingly, he didn't follow any of the three armies, but instead stayed by Xiaoyue Jinquan's side.

This is a bit troublesome.

To behead them, we'd have to go to great lengths to lure the wolf lord out.

Zhao Yu stroked his chin, lost in thought.

It must be said that the Wolf Kingdom's strict inheritance system is both a good thing and a bad thing for the Wolf Kingdom itself.

The good thing is that the Wolf King enjoys supreme power alone. With the Wolf King and the strict system in place, it is difficult for internal strife to occur in the Wolf Kingdom.

Furthermore, this method of cultivating power, akin to raising poisonous insects, ensures that each generation of wolf leaders will be formidable.

but!

This is precisely his opportunity!

The more important the head, the better the decapitation operation!

Although it seems that without the wolf lord, and with the system in place, a large-scale internal strife is impossible.

However, the advantages of this system are also its biggest disadvantages.

On the one hand, while the practice of raising Gu (a type of insect) could ensure that each generation of wise rulers would succeed, it also pushed the ambitions of the offspring to the extreme.

The fact that those three wolf cubs were all ambitious, and that Xiaoyue Jinquan had even set his sights on his eldest brother, gives us a glimpse into their intentions.

On the other hand, a strict system relies on the benchmark of power.

Once the benchmark falls, the stricter the system, the faster it will collapse!

Once the wolf lord dies, and a few of the wolf cubs exhibit obvious violations, who among the other wolf cubs will still follow that damn rule?

When that time comes, it will inevitably be a pack of wolves fighting over food, leading to internal chaos!

With this in mind, Zhao Yu's thoughts gradually became clearer.

Internal strife within the Wolf Kingdom is a viable option!

Now he has two things to do.

First, ensure that the Wolf Lord can be lured out during the final battle to guarantee that the decapitation operation will not fail.

Second, ensure that once the Wolf King dies, his "good sons" will immediately break the rules, attack each other, and crush the Wolf Kingdom's system to pieces!

After Zhao Yu figured it out, he waved to the elders of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion.

The elders then finished their practice, carefully ensuring the Heavenly Mirror landed smoothly before bowing and replying.

But before the elders of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion could speak, Zhao Yu asked again:

"When can we have the second session tomorrow?"

"Your Majesty, once midnight has passed and the alternation of Yin and Yang in the world is complete, it can be done at any time."

That means after midnight.

Zhao Yu muttered to himself.

"Then I will come again tomorrow at noon."

"Yes"

Everyone quickly responded.

Zhao Yu nodded, turned around and walked out of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion.

Upon arriving at the entrance of the imperial mausoleum, he immediately ordered, "Return to the palace and summon Qiu Ping to see me."