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Chapter 786: 341 Chain Reaction_3

Chapter 786: Chapter 341 Chain Reaction_3

Even the brutal acts of these officials and soldiers had enraged many people from Guangling Prefecture who believe in Feishuang Tao, leading to many tragedies.

For a time, the entire Guangling Prefecture was in turmoil, and the situation was unstable.

In response, Shen Qiu had no choice but to deploy troops in different places to suppress the civilian uprisings and maintain the situation in Guangling.

However, compared to the entire rebellion of Feishuang Tao, some civilian uprisings were actually insignificant.

No matter how many ordinary people gathered, they couldn’t resist the sharp weapons of Ning Country’s elite army nor stir any waves.

But if the cultivators of Feishuang Tao and the foundations it has accumulated over thousands of years were fully utilized, the resulting storm could destroy a powerful country.

And now, this power was in the hands of Chu State.

Upon understanding this, Shen Qiu and the Coastal Aristocratic Family couldn’t help but panic.

Then, like in the story of the Journey to the West, Shen Qiu immediately dispatched a messenger, rushing to Tianluo Mountain to seek help from Ziyun Tao.

Only an Immortal Sect could deal with another Immortal Sect.

Since Feishuang Tao, the second Immortal Sect of Yangzhou, had defected, they naturally had to ask the original first Immortal Sect to deal with them.

After receiving the news from Ning Country, Ziyun Tao finally realized that Feishuang Tao had secretly done such a major move behind their backs.

The hegemony of Yangzhou was related to the continuation and prosperity of Ziyun Tao’s Dao Inheritance in the future, which was absolutely not to be lost.

Therefore, after receiving the help request from Jinling, the Dao master of Ziyun Tao made a decisive decision, directly dispatching four Guardian Deities from the sect to go downhill and serve in Jinling.

They also sent people to Baling to investigate the truth of Feishuang Tao, and their sect began to make corresponding preparations.

Feishuang and Ziyun, the two old acquaintances, finally went to opposite sides in the struggle for the Dao Inheritance in the future.

So.

After receiving help from Ziyun Tao, Shen Qiu, who was relieved and overjoyed, immediately realized that this was an opportunity to greatly boost the prestige of Ning Country.

He immediately ordered a grand ceremony to confer Martial Marquis titles on the four Guardian Deities of Ziyun Tao.

The time was set for the tenth day of the second month of this year.

Perhaps it was because of the defection of Feishuang Tao that Shen Qiu and the Coastal Aristocratic Families were stimulated.

Or perhaps it was because Chu State had taken Hanzhong and continued to expand its army, putting great pressure on them.

Out of self-preservation, Ning Country, which had just expanded its army by 150,000 soldiers last year, issued another order to expand its troops.

Shen Qiu ordered Shangguan Ming to recruit 100,000 soldiers in Yuzhang Prefecture, and then train them at the Pengli Marsh big camp.

By now, including these 100,000 New Army, as well as the 150,000 New Army recruited last year, and the 50,000 naval forces stationed in Pengli Marsh, a total of 300,000 Ning Army had been stationed in Pengli Big Camp.

In addition, 100,000 Ning soldiers were stationed on the border between Yuzhang Prefecture and Chu State.

In the entire Yuzhang Prefecture, including the local prefecture and county soldiers, the size of the Ning Army had reached more than 400,000, accounting for half of the national forces.

It can be said.

With so many troops stationed here, as long as Shen Qiu gave the order, a war between nations could be triggered instantly.

Moreover, after receiving help from Ziyun Tao, the number of Inborn Grandmasters in Ning Country had reached an astonishing 14 people.

Excluding the border defense needs of various places, Ning Country could always deploy ten Inborn Grandmasters for battle at any time.

The threat of more than 400,000 enemy soldiers on the border, coupled with over ten Inborn Grandmasters, was such a huge force that even Lu Yuan felt enormous pressure.

Although he was already one of the top figures in the world today, he would still get a headache when facing ten Inborn Grandmasters all at once.

It’s not that he couldn’t win.

In fact, facing ten opponents alone, Lu Yuan had pressure in his heart, but nothing he couldn’t overcome.

No matter if it was a war of attrition or a joint attack, he was confident that even if he couldn’t win, he could still retreat safely.

Furthermore, he had a considerable chance of defeating and annihilating his opponents.

However, just because he could handle it doesn’t mean his teammates could.

Ning Country could send several people to hold back Lu Yuan, and then use their numerical advantage to break through Chu State from several fronts.

Although in Chu State, besides Lu Yuan, Inborn Grandmasters such as Lan Cai’er, Lingnu, Sun Siwen, and Han Hu could share some pressure, it wasn’t impossible to deal with this threat from Ning Country.

But this would undoubtedly lead to complications and add countless risks to the situation.

If any mishap happened to Lan Cai’er and the others in the battle, it would be a thunderbolt from the blue and a severe blow to both Lu Yuan and Chu State.

So, with these concerns in mind, Lu Yuan had to be cautious in dealing with the threat of Ning Country.

As a result, besides ordering Lan Cai’er and the others to be on their guard against assassins and strengthening the military defenses in Dongting Prefecture…

Lu Yuan had to temporarily bear some risks, letting the three affiliated countries in the southwest withdraw 100,000 troops, and led by Li Xiong, the Duke of Kunhai, bringing the troops to the front line of Dongting Prefecture.

With this force joining, Chu State’s troops in the Dongting area would reach over 300,000.

The number of Inborn Grandmasters would also increase to six, including Lu Yuan, who was an exceptionally powerful fighter.

Such being the case, it would be enough to handle the immense pressure put on them by Ning Country’s defense.

After making these arrangements, Lu Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, he hadn’t completely relaxed yet.

Ning Country’s actions served as a warning to him.

If Ning Country had received the funding from Ziyun Tao and could achieve such a surge in power…

It would be hard to say that Zhou Country in the north wouldn’t also have the same experience.

Now that Chu State had offended them and seized Hanzhong Prefecture from Zhou Country, the latter must be immensely resentful and might even seek revenge.

Although considering the complex situation facing Zhou Country, with three battlefields opening nearby, it required heavy troops and experts stationed in each to maintain the situation.

In this case, of course, they wouldn’t be able to follow Ning Country’s example and gather the full strength of the nation to target Chu State.

However, if Zhou Country couldn’t swallow their pride and gritted their teeth to join forces, with the help of the Zhou Country’s Immortal Sect, Yuchan Tao, they might be able to pull out five or six Inborn Grandmasters.

With such a force, combined with an army of 100,000 to 200,000 soldiers, depending on Huang Xuan’s formidable power alone might not be enough to cope.

Fortunately, Qingyunzi was still stationed there, and there were still 60,000 Chu State troops stationed in the area, along with 100,000 new troops and 30,000 county soldiers being trained in Hanzhong. All of this should be enough to cope with their enemies.

However, in this case, the 60,000 troops and Qingyunzi would be temporarily stuck in Hanzhong Prefecture and unable to return to Dongting.

Lu Yuan felt helpless about this.

Plans could never catch up with changes.

The world wouldn’t revolve around him; countless unforeseen situations would always arise.

Ning Country and Zhou Country wouldn’t just sit and watch Chu State expand, foolishly waiting for their enemy to grow before causing trouble for themselves.

It was only natural to take action beforehand and strangle their enemies before they could grow stronger.

Such was the case now.

Therefore, all he could do was send thought messages to Huang Xuan and Qingyunzi, warning them to be on their guard against the counterattacks that Zhou Country might launch after the beginning of spring.

Only after resolving Zhou Country’s troubles could Chu State bring Qingyunzi and the 60,000 troops back to the south.

As for the Southern Expedition to Lingnan, it would have to wait until the threats from Zhou and Ning Countries were eliminated.

The plans were suddenly disrupted, illustrating the uncertainty of the world indeed.