E Chi Won Without Lifting a Finger and Was Stunned; Better to Back a Wise Ruler Than Let a Wicked One Plunge the World into Chaos; Bundle Up, It's Cold

Some time later.

The great lord E Chi woke up.

And then...

He was completely dumbfounded.

He had been about to die alongside Yuan Gong beneath the swords of a few traitors. Yet somehow, Yuan Gong had died and he had survived?

Surviving was one thing.

But how had he woken up to find himself the greatest lord in the Northern Lands?

The undisputed greatest, at that!!!

After a brief spell of bewilderment, E Chi hurriedly summoned his subordinates to learn what had happened, only to grow even more bewildered.

It turned out that after he had fallen unconscious,

his personal attendant E Da had displayed the makings of an extraordinary commander. First, he had carried E Chi through the encirclement. Then he had rallied their troops to fight back on the battlefield, joining forces with Yuan Gong's former men along the way.

And then, in that battle,

his foolish subordinate E Da had somehow defied all expectations.

He had commanded their men to kill every other great lord and taken control of all their armies...

"So I'm one of the greatest lords on the Northern Border now? I stand on equal footing with Chong Heihu?"

E Chi looked utterly lost.

He scratched the back of his head in disbelief.

"That's right, my lord. You're a king now too. You command four to five hundred thousand elite troops. A hundred thousand belong to Yuan Gong's army and your own; the rest are former troops of the other lords."

"I've dispersed them among our own forces. They're powerless to turn the tables."

"As for another two hundred thousand men, I took it upon myself to levy militia from the cities. They aren't much use in a fight, but they'll serve to put on a show of strength. Chong Heihu certainly won't