Recaps

Lin Yi crushed threats from the Northern Barbarians and Great Ning while extending Xiliang’s influence over the Western Regions and the great clans. The arc ended with Western envoys weighing whether their kingdoms would have to submit to Xiliang.

• Lin Yi appointed Pang De to oversee Jushi and Shachi, then negotiated the great clans’ support for ocean fishing in exchange for ship upgrades, ice storage, and protection.
• Li Yunqing revealed that his mother had taken her own life after being disgraced, then joined Hu Che’er’s mission and killed Tuoba Yu before taking his own life.
• Bai Zizai’s Asura Army and Yan Gang’s White Horse Volunteers annihilated Cai Yu’s Xining Army, while Jia Xu concealed the army’s identity by reporting the dead as Western Regions bandits.
• Lin Yi welcomed the Western Regions kings and received Guan Yu and the Tiger Guard Army as rewards, while Li Anlan learned that his army had been destroyed and began considering an alliance against Xiliang.
• Lin Yi rejected Li Anlan’s gold immunity medallion, promoted Zhang Feng to oversee the Net in the Western Regions, and rewarded his troops with a share of the seized wealth.
• Tula revealed that Li Anlan had ordered the Western kingdoms to obstruct trade routes, so Lin Yi ordered a public trial of the Jushi king to identify who directed them.
• Lin Yi accepted gifts from the Western envoys but demanded that they show their countries’ true stance, leaving them worried that their kingdoms might become Xiliang’s vassals.

Lin Yi consolidated Xiliang’s influence in the Western Regions and unveiled a potato harvest that drew northern support and southern buyers. Li Anlan moved against the vassal princes while Lin Yi arranged potato sales through Jia Xu and sent the threatened heirs home.

• Lin Yi planned Four Directions City on Jushi and Shachi lands, appointed Pang De governor, and secured support from visiting Western Regions kings.
• Chen Qun publicly tried and executed the kings of Jushi and Shachi after their testimony implicated Li Anlan in disrupting northern trade.
• Zhang Ruohai offered Lin Yi help taking Youning Commandery, and the northern clan representatives pledged support for his banks and banknotes.
• Lin Yi demonstrated a potato yield exceeding 7,500 jin per mu and promised free seed potatoes to Xiliang and Northern Liang residents in exchange for half their harvest.
• Li Anlan secured Tuoba Wanli’s withdrawal, stripped Li Sanjiang of his title, and moved against the Min Region and Shu Region.
• Lin Yi ordered Guan Hai to destroy Li Anlan’s fishing fleet and navy, appointed Guan Yu governor of Sea Liang Island, and recruited three physicians to teach at an Imperial Medical Academy.
• Lin Yi and Jia Xu staged a negotiation that directed the southern clans to buy Jia Xu’s supposedly limited surplus potatoes.
• Li Siyuan and Li Yifeng attacked Li Yunmiao after learning their fathers were endangered, then left to protect their families while Li Yunmiao hurried to buy potatoes from Jia Xu.

Lin Yi strengthened Xiliang by securing the Western Regions while Guan Yu destroyed Great Ning’s navy and raided Hanhai County. The arc left Li Anlan facing pressure from the Northern Barbarians as Guan Yu’s forces expanded their threat along Great Ning’s coast.

• Li Anlan divided the Min River region and sent Zhan Shunyu to oversee the navy, while dispatching Geng Jinzhong, Zhang Sixi, and Wang Youli to safeguard Xining Commandery.
• Lin Yi arranged to trade potatoes for Northern Barbarian warhorses, prepared supplies for a future campaign, and ordered his forces to strike Li Anlan’s fleet instead of invading in the winter.
• Guan Yu ambushed Zhan Shunyu’s navy, sank its ships, killed Zhan Shunyu, and captured Yang Yulong, Zhao Feiyun, and hundreds of fishing boats.
• Li Anlan learned that Great Ning’s navy had been destroyed and allocated money for ransom and coastal defenses, while Lin Yi received rewards for Guan Yu’s victory.
• Lin Yi accepted the submission of six Western Regions kingdoms, established the Grand Commandery of the Western Regions, and appointed Jia Xu and the kings to govern it.
• Tuoba Wanli ordered Yelü Dafeng to defend Wind and Snow City and instructed his sons to preserve supplies and retreat if the Northern Barbarians’ position became untenable.
• Guan Yu led a raid on Hanhai County, defeated its defenders, seized supplies from corrupt officials and wealthy landlords, and killed the fleeing county magistrate.
• Guan Yu offered grain and fishing rights to Hanhai’s commoners, then had Guan Hai tell captured commandant Zhou Dayou that he would be given a chance to survive.

Guan Yu’s raids weakened Great Ning’s coastal defenses while Lin Yi strengthened Xiliang and Northern Liang, whose growing power unsettled the emperor and Ning Kun. After returning to Northern Liang, Lin Yi launched a massive campaign against the Northern Barbarians and prepared a decisive assault on Wind and Snow City.

• Guan Yu captured supplies at Hanhai County, sent Zhou Dayou to arrange a ransom exchange, and returned to Great Wilderness Island with Gu Yong and Huang Gai joining his force.
• Lin Yi learned of Guan Yu’s coastal raid and Ning Kun’s violent takeover of Great Wasteland Commandery, then sent Jiang Wei to defend Youning Commandery as Ning Kun considered his next move.
• Ning Kun visited Lin Yi with Princess Qingfeng to assess Xiliang’s strength, but left after witnessing its defenses and learning that Jiang Wei had fortified the border.
• As pirate attacks spread along Great Ning’s coast, Li Anlan ordered Qin Li to mobilize against them and directed the Imperial Clan Court to eliminate the Prince of Min’s and Prince of Shu’s descendants.
• Lin Yi returned to Northern Liang, reunited with Lin Rusong, and agreed that his father would lead the rebellion against Great Ning while Lin Yi prepared to destroy the Northern Barbarians.
• After the New Year, Lin Yi mobilized five hundred thousand troops against the Northern Barbarians and ordered Xiliang into wartime readiness, while assigning the Western Regions Legion to face Great Ning.
• Lin Yi marched his army through Heavenly Pillar Peak toward South Mountain Plain, and Tuoba Wanli sent Tuoba Qingsong to reinforce Wind and Snow City after learning that Northern Liang’s scouts had vanished.
• Lin Yi ordered Zhang Liao’s Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to attack Wind and Snow City, Ma Chao to block the retreat, and Gongsun Zan’s White Horse Volunteers to strike Great Wind Valley by surprise.