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Chapter 1157: Chapter 465: Breaking Through the Four Kingdoms_3 Chapter 1157: Chapter 465: Breaking Through the Four Kingdoms_3 But now Lu Yuan had swept away the rival warlords, and he was about to unify Central State.

Those whom he defeated, likened to homeless dogs, would lose Central State, the pivotal platform that facilitated contact and alliances among the states, allowing them to assist each other and collectively resist Chu forces.

Already divided among the states, separated by mountains and rivers, it would not be easy for the remaining forces of the Nine Provinces to unite once again.

Just like when Lu Yuan attacked Xu State, at best they could only seek help from Tang Kingdom.

Attacking Xu State, they could also only rely on Tang Kingdom for help, unable to reach Xu State across an entire major state.

Because the journey was too long, and there wasn’t enough time, even if Xu State wished to dispatch troops to help, just traveling there would take nearly half a year, if not more.

By then, by the time the Xu Army arrived at the battlefield, it would all be over.

Moreover.

With such a great distance, would Xu State dare to send out its own army?

Wouldn’t they fear that while their army was deployed afar, Chu State could take advantage of the vulnerability and stage a sneak attack?

Xu State was far from Xu Kingdom, but Chu State was separated from Xu State by only a river.

Even next to Xu State, in Ji Province, there was a Chu military expedition, without even a single large river in between, directly bordering Xu State.

In such circumstances, even with tenfold courage, Xu State would not dare to deploy its army from within the country.

The once allies Xu State and Xu Kingdom, with their foundation of cooperation, had so much difficulty even trying to assist each other.

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The Barbarian powers to the south of Yangzhou, the foreign tribes of the Western Regions to the west of Yong State, were all riddled with contradictions and maintain a complex force that was forcibly integrated during migration—needless to say, their situation was even more dire.

It was much easier for Lu Yuan to target them, compared to the ancient, systematically organized nations with interconnected marital ties and entwined interests passed down over hundreds of years.

It was precisely because he saw this that Lu Yuan was not in a hurry to wipe out the other powers outside of Central State.

Those were his prey destined for the platter, ducks at the mouth that could not fly away.

Now, it was first necessary to eat what was being savored in the mouth, to swallow that deliciousness down the stomach—that was the proper course.

And this deliciousness was naturally Xu State.

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In Yuzhou now, Zheng Kingdom had been crippled and was holed up within Zhuxu City, day by day in fear, not daring to step out.

Tang Kingdom had been driven back to Jingzhou, and currently in Gaoping City, they were busily recruiting soldiers and preparing for an invasion by Chu State that did not exist.

Among the four states, both the weakest and strongest had already been dealt with by Chu State.

What remained was Xu State, lying to the rear with the best-preserved strength, which now stood out as a particularly glaring obstacle.

In order to make things more pleasant for himself, Lu Yuan decided that the next target would be Xu State.

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But just as Lu Yuan had resolved the Battle of Changping, at this time in Xu State, Emperor Xu had just decreed, taking Northern Solid City as the core, to reconstruct a defense line for Xu State.

In the country, the imperial edicts calling for the mobilization of troops had been received and preparations had started, except that in regions far from Northern Solid City, the messengers were still en route.

Therefore, at this moment, the real strength in Emperor Xu’s hands was just that one hundred and fifty thousand well-assembled army.

And the twelve Inborn Grandmasters stationed at Northern Solid City.

Although this power was strong, it was clearly not sufficient to set up the entire defense line of Xu State.

Xu State had three counties in Yuzhou.

Even if we do not consider the hinterland that was already exposed to the striking range of Chu State, Xu State still had two counties in Yuzhou, which already bordered the control range of the Chu army.

To defend two counties with one million and five hundred thousand people, looking at the examples from Chu State’s previous three Northern Expeditions, everyone who did this met a very grim end.

Xu State once again repeated this curse.

The troops being levied from the rear had not yet arrived, and even the levying orders were still in the process of being transmitted.

Meanwhile, Lu Yuan, having concluded the Battle of Changping, not only commanded the expeditionary army of Xu State to follow up with the main force from the rear.

He personally led a large number of Inborn Grandmasters and a small contingent of elite troops to start raiding eastward relentlessly.

His progress was extremely fast.

Even before the Xu Army could arrive, he had already passed directly through Longquan County of Xu State along the main thoroughfare of Xihe County.

This was the border between Tang Kingdom and Xu State.

After the two countries formed an alliance, to show their sincerity, they both withdrew their stationed troops from the two counties.

The western side was also defended by the Changping City fortifications.

The safety of both Xihe and Longquan counties, according to the agreement of the Four Kingdoms, was originally the responsibility of Tang Kingdom.

But now Tang Kingdom had been annihilated.

Xu State, wanting to reconstruct a defense line exclusively their own, was temporarily unable to fully deploy due to time constraints and insufficient troop strength.

Perhaps, after waiting another ten days to half a month, Xu State could recover and fill the defensive gap of Longquan County.

But evidently, Lu Yuan also saw this excellent opportunity and seized it.

The swarm of Inborn from Chu State, and the ten thousand elite Chu cavalry galloping on three horses each, rushed eastward before the Xu People could react, like arrows released from bowstrings, and barrelled into Longquan County.

The people of Xu in this county were completely unprepared, and the entire county was directly breached, even the county city was seized in one fell swoop.

The rear path of the Xu forces in Beigu City was thus cut off by Lu Yuan.

They lost not only the path of retreat but even their supply lines were severed.

However, this was not yet the end.

After taking Longquan County, Lu Yuan merely left twenty Inborn Grandmasters to lead twenty thousand troops, waiting for the subsequent reinforcements to arrive.

He led the remaining forty Inborn Grandmasters and eighty thousand elite cavalry to continue attacking towards the southeast.

He then plowed through Wen City County of Xu State, all the way to the border between Xu and Jin.

“Your Majesty, the Jin Country’s Jiaoxian County is just ahead.

Crossing it, we’ll be in the Great Chu’s Xianyun County,” said the guide, pointing to the tranquil border town of Jin Country ahead and explaining to Lu Yuan.

“Is that so?”

Lu Yuan paused his horse on a small hill, gazing at the distant small city, then slapped the back of his horse and laughed loudly, “In that case, let’s charge over, all the way to Xianyun County.

I want to blast through the Four Kingdoms, terrify Yuzhou, and let them witness the divine might of Great Chu!”

The thundering sound of iron hoofs, the Chu Emperor in golden armor leading the charge at the forefront.

Behind him.

Ten thousand cavalry followed, also clad in golden armor that shone resplendently under the morning sun.

The earth itself trembled beneath the trampling of these golden armored iron cavalry.

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