cling ▁and ▁ens n are ▁Tu igan ▁in ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Sh u ▁K uan . ▁H su an ▁and ▁his ▁army ▁attract ▁enemy , ▁leading ▁t ough ▁batt les ▁and ▁testing ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁can non ▁pow der . ▁When ▁B atu ▁reaches ▁Sh ou ▁K uan ▁after ▁asc ending ▁the ▁river ▁Sh eng ti ▁the ▁Tu igan ▁are ▁tra pped ▁but ▁the ▁army ▁of ▁H su an ▁is ▁destroyed . ▁V ast ly ▁superior ▁in ▁numbers , ▁Tu igan ▁cannot ▁be ▁dis l od ged , ▁but ▁cannot ▁break ▁the ▁sie ge . ▁The ▁status ▁qu o ▁and ▁a ▁brief ▁neg ot iation ▁with ▁Ko ja , ▁the ▁sp okes man ▁Kh ah an , ▁B atu ▁lead ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁the ▁Emperor . ▁But ▁the ▁dark ▁revel ations ▁await : ▁he ▁is ▁accused ▁of ▁tre ason . ▁ ▁In ▁fact ▁the ▁wife ▁and ▁children ▁of ▁B atu , ▁at ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁intr ig ues ▁b ureau c racy , ▁soon ▁to ▁discover ▁that ▁the ▁Minister ▁of ▁War ▁K wan ▁Chan ▁Sen ▁and ▁Minister ▁of ▁State ▁Ju - H ai ▁Ch ou ▁are ▁at ▁the ▁origin ▁of ▁the ▁attack ▁against ▁Yam un ▁Kh ah an , ▁and ▁thus ▁the ▁war . ▁Wu ▁discovered ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁that ▁the ▁Minister ▁of ▁Security , ▁T ing ▁Me i ▁W an , ▁sing ▁the ▁War ▁Minister ▁and ▁is ▁none ▁other ▁than ▁the ▁tra itor ▁who ▁inform s ▁enemies . ▁However , ▁she ▁is ▁accused ▁of ▁tre ason ▁by ▁T ing ▁and ▁she