Chapter 402 - Chapter 402: Chapter 212: A Real Man Should Be Like This_3

Chapter 402: Chapter 212: A Real Man Should Be Like This_3

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“Thank you, King Xie, for your understanding.” When Chu Wei heard his Master, who had already ascended the throne as king, speak like this, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Actually.

There was indeed some worry in this disciple’s heart that with the new dynasty established and failing to stop Li Yanjing and others, would his Master become angry out of shame and make an example of him by killing him.

It seems now that he had overthought it.

Feeling somewhat relieved, he quickly ordered the city gate to be opened, and then led Lu Yuan’s team into the city and towards the already tidied up government office.

After entering the city and settling down, Lu Yuan called Yang Jing and others together to discuss matters at the county government office.

“Now that the Li Yanjing heard of our mighty army coming, they fled in fear and abandoned the city, and Yiyang County was recovered without effort.”

Lu Yuan looked at the several generals and the national advisor of Yue Country and said seriously, “Since this is the case, the enemy in Jiangnan has scattered. In my opinion, we should seize the victory and march northward, cross the river, and fight the enemy.”

After the founding of the country, Lu Yuan’s desire for battle with Zhou Country began to rise sharply.

Among the ten prefectures of Dongting, only Jiangnan has nine prefectures under his control. The remaining Tianmen Prefecture in the north is still in enemy hands.

Even the original Baling County city, the capital of the county, is not under his control and is still held by the court.

This is also one of the conditions agreed upon by the court and Lu Yuan in their discussions.

The court granted Lu Yuan the title of king and allowed him to establish a country, and in return, Lu Yuan temporarily entrusted the control of Dongting County city to the court, serving as a logistical support base for the court’s northern army.

Before repelling the Zhou People and recapturing Xichuan County, neither Baling County city nor Tianmen Prefecture would be returned by the court.

So in order for Lu Yuan to make his territory complete, particularly to take back the highly symbolic Baling city, he must first help the court repel the Zhou People.

As a result, after the founding of the country, Lu Yuan naturally became extremely active in launching the Northern Expedition.

He planned to use Baling City as the capital and wanted it under his control. How could this make sense if the capital of his country was controlled by the court?

What?

Why is it called Changsha Country, but not choosing to establish the capital in Changsha Prefecture, and instead run to Baling city?

This brings us to the advantageous conditions in Baling.

First of all, economically, the city is situated by the river, with the Yangtze River waterway linking the North and the South, and connecting the three nations, making it very prosperous.

Secondly, in terms of agriculture, Yueyang Prefecture, where Baling City is located, also benefits from the irrigation of the Yangtze River, with fertile land and high-quality grain production.

Lastly, in terms of military, Baling City controls the Yangtze River waterway. As long as this city is well-guarded, the Yangtze River can be cut off, and it can also guard against the invasion of enemies from the north and maintain a distance from the area north of the river.

With these three aspects, Baling is an extremely advantageous major city, and it is naturally the best choice for a capital city.

It was precisely because of this advantage that the court of Yue Country chose to place the county government in this location.

As for choosing Changsha Prefecture, it would have worse economic and agricultural conditions, and it would not necessarily be safer from a military perspective.

Only Lu Yuan’s brain could have come up with such an idea.

However, when facing his active request for battle, Shangguan Ming and others, who had always urged Lu Yuan to send troops, suddenly lost their momentum.

“King Changsha, there’s no need to rush.”

Shangguan Ming looked at Lu Yuan and shook his head, “It’s natural to fight the enemy. But at present, the major armies from all directions have not yet arrived, and it is not easy for us to repel the enemy with our limited power.

Let’s wait for the arrival of the armies of King of Nanhai and King of Ninghai. When our four-sided armies gather, we can launch the Northern Expedition.

By then, we will have an army of nearly 500,000 soldiers and nine Inborn Grandmasters.

With such a mighty force crossing the river and heading northward, what’s there to worry about the Zhou People not being defeated?”

The court had originally agreed with Lu Yuan and the other two parties that after the establishment of the Three Nations, they should each send 100,000 troops to help the court repel the Zhou People.

Now that Lu Yuan, who is closest and established his kingdom the latest, has fulfilled his promise to lead an army of 100,000 to join the forces.

He even brought along an Inborn Grandmaster Lan Cai’er, which shows his utmost sincerity.

But what about the two people, Yan Wangqiu and Su Xuange, who had established their countries early and were in Lingnan? Where are the 200,000 troops they promised?

If the court and Lu Yuan led the army northward at this time,

It wouldn’t be impossible for both sides to fight the Zhou People together on their own strength.

However, isn’t this just letting Ninghai Country and Nanhai Country use them as cannon fodder, sending their own troops and horses to fight a war for the two countries?

There’s no such easy thing in the world.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan frowned and said, “Both Nanhai and Ninghai countries have just been established, and their national affairs are not yet well-handled, let alone gathering troops. Wouldn’t we have to wait another six months for them to lead their troops from Lingnan?

We have hundreds of thousands of troops stationed here, with people eating and horses chewing away at supplies every day.

How can we afford to wait?

Moreover, the soldiers of Lingnan are simply not capable of fighting.

Counting on the 200,000 troops from these two countries is worse than us going directly north and fighting a life-and-death battle with the Zhou People.”

Sometimes, having more troops isn’t always better.

In a major war with direct confrontation, the truly useful forces are still those well-trained, experienced, elite soldiers and strong generals.

But in Lingnan, there has been peace in recent years, and since the fall of Jinghai Country, there have been no major wars.

Over the years, apart from some local prefecture and county soldiers, are there any other elites in the country?

As for those local prefecture and county soldiers, it would already be an issue for both countries combined to even gather 20,000 of them.

In this situation, what can they do for Nanhai and Ninghai countries to send 100,000 troops each?

They probably wouldn’t even have the ability to forcibly conscript strong men to fill the numbers, let alone now.

By the time the two countries’ internal affairs are sorted out, it will take several more months. And for them to send troops to march northward, the time will only grow longer.