In the Starfall Empire, Emperor Dai Changwu felt as though his head had swollen to twice its size.
Although he had long been wary of Zhu Yingxiong and had spent years openly and covertly suppressing or replacing Zhu Yingxiong's former subordinates, this day had come all the same.
Just yesterday, Dai Xiaoyao and Zhu Yingxiong had conspired to launch a coup, leading more than half the Starfall Empire's army into rebellion. They already had enough strength to rival him.
Now everything south of the Imperial City belonged to Dai Xiaoyao, while everything north remained his territory. The entire Starfall Empire had been split in two.
Had he not been preparing to secretly arrest Dai Xiaoyao and make him take the blame, he would never have discovered that Dai Xiaoyao harbored thoughts of rebellion. His younger brother actually had such nerve.
Both sides fielded regular armies, and an entire night of fighting had failed to produce a victor.
To secure victory, Dai Wuchang went to the Eternal Day Empire's garrison.
Dai Wuchang thought, I've given you military funding and territory. Surely you ought to help?
"Your esteemed Majesty, King of the Starfall Empire, it isn't that I don't wish to help you. Rather, His Majesty of our Eternal Day Empire only ordered us to garrison the Starfall Empire and resist attacks from the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty. This is a struggle for power within your own country. We have no authority to interfere."
Behind his command desk, the Eternal Day Empire's garrison commander shook his head with a faint, ambiguous smile. Though his manner was reasonably respectful, he had not raised his head to look at Dai Wuchang even once.
Help you? Why should we? You expect us to risk our lives for that paltry military funding?
The garrison numbered only a