40 General Cao Hai (1/2)

The next day the whole Bai Kingdom went into chaos just like Bai Long predicted.

News regarding the king suddenly falling ill stunned everyone in the kingdom. What made it worse was that the Royal Doctors were unable to figure out what was wrong with the King, Bai Wang.

Luckily, there was something which allowed everyone to calm down a little.

After examining the king, even though doctors didn't know what was wrong with him, or how to cure it, they did know he wasn't in any immediate danger.

Due to this, the doctors could take their time in trying to understand what was happening to the king, and how to cure it, without having to worry about him dying suddenly.

While this information allowed the common people to calm down, the same couldn't be said about the strong individuals and clans inside the Bai Kingdom.

This was because every one of them knew that a storm was coming.

And that it was time to pick a faction to support.

Sure, if the king recovered and they had chosen a faction nothing major would happen.

But, if the king died and they hadn't chosen a faction they'd no longer have a way to join any of the princes's factions in their fight for the throne.

When this happens, once the final winner was decided he and his forces would completely suppress those few who didn't support anyone.

Thus, it was now time to make a decision. And they had to do it quickly, since no one knew how long the king would live.

Once this realization struck the various princes were trying to recruit, while the major clans and forces were deciding on whom to support.

As for the truly smart ones, they all held back and decided to watch how the undercurrents would flow before they come to a decision, and this included the strongest general of the Bai Kingdom.

The man who commanded a force of 100,000 soldiers, with 20,000 being in Martial Soldier Realm!

Cao Hai.

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”We have to move fast, brother. That Bai Shen, has already obtained the support of General Guo Tian.”

”Guo Tian? It would've been nice if I could've obtained his support, but not obtaining him doesn't change much. Our goal, is still to obtain General Cao Hai's support.”

”If we obtain General Cao Hai's support, it's the same as obtaining the throne, brother. However, do you have any idea on how we'll be able to obtain his support?”

”For now... Focus on trying to seduce his son, and make him follow all of your words. With the prospect of his son being the future King's brother in law, Cao Hai would no longer have a reason to stay neutral.”

”Sigh... Do I really need to meet that idiot again? Just looking at him makes me want to slap his stupid face.”

”Bare with it sister. Once I become the king, you can have every man you want near your feet.”

”Hmmm... Even if it's Bai Long?”