Empire in Troubled Times

During the first reign of the Xia Empire and the Yuan Qi years, the actual controllers of five of the seven realms and one capital under the newly born empire still had a subtle attitude toward the new emperor. They were completely alienated from the appearance of Kyoto, and they often acted against the orders of Kyoto. They had the potential to divide the country and separatist countries by using the rivers, dangerous terrain, and unfavorable conditions to seize the empire. At that time, there were dozens of small countries in the south of the empire that repeatedly harassed the border. In the north, there was the Shuangque Empire, which assembled 340,000 cavalry, leaping horses and whips, pointing directly at Jingshuo Road in the north. The situation in Jingshuo Road was critical. There were only more than 50,000 soldiers stationed at that time, and the situation looked very pessimistic. Since the nearby corps garrisoned on the border also had imminent targets that needed to be defended and should not be easily mobilized, the emperor conscripted soldiers from the Wudao area and some Kyoto corps to go north for support. Hu Su was one of the Five Paths - a member of the Ying Dao who was recruited to complete the mission and put into the ranks of soldiers heading north.