Chapter 872: The Sole Beneficiary
Previously, Baili Changkong had promised Su Xin that they would nominally submit to him and join his forces in the Northwestern Province Governor's residence, while the Murong Family and the tribes that sought refuge with the Murong Family would yield the remainder of their territories to Su Xin's ownership.
Previously, they were under the pressure of the Murong Family, so their agreement was quite decisive, but now, thinking back, they felt some pain for their loss.
Nominally submitting to Su Xin was not a big deal—for everyone in the Northwestern Province knew this was a temporary measure, merely a nominal title to offer Su Xin for claiming credit at the Imperial Court.
However, the problem was that the territories held by the Murong Family and their allied tribes amounted to one-third of the whole Northwestern Province region; giving all these places to Su Xin was something that they found hard and painful to let go of.