The Three Northern Wastelands.
They had always been the fiefdom of Prince Zhenbei and the Xiao Family.
Back then, the Xiao Family's ancestor had been sworn brothers with the founding ruler of the Qin Kingdom. After they conquered the realm together, the Xiao ancestor had volunteered to guard the frontier and trained the Snow-Treading Dragon Cavalry.
With the efforts of two generations and the support of the Qin court,
the Snow-Treading Dragon Cavalry had grown to three hundred thousand strong.
Those three hundred thousand iron riders were the Qin Kingdom's most impregnable northern defense.
Although the Snow-Treading Dragon Cavalry had guarded the Qin Kingdom's northern border for centuries of peace,
But tell me, which Ruler of Qi could sleep soundly when a vassal commanded three hundred thousand iron riders?
To say nothing of how Prince Zhenbei controlled appointments, taxation, and finances across the Three Northern Wastelands.
There had been many rumors at the time that the Three Northern Wastelands belonged to the Xiao Family, not the Qin Kingdom.
It seemed that founding a country in the Three Northern Wastelands would have taken no more than a single thought from Prince Zhenbei.
Thus, when the Xiao Family reached its third generation, the Qin Kingdom's Emperor had found an excuse to make Prince Zhenbei, who had been living in the Three Northern Wastelands, move his entire family to the Qin Kingdom's Imperial Capital.
After that, the Imperial Court appointed all three governors of the Three Northern Wastelands.
In the eyes of the court officials at the time, this move was perilous in the extreme.
Many believed Prince Zhenbei would surely rebel!
The Qin Kingdom Army had even stationed many troops with their eyes fixed on the Three Northern Wastelands.
But no one had expected Prince Zhenbei to offer no resistance and actually