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Chapter 886: Chapter 375 Post-War Combing

Over two thousand years ago, after the Coastal Aristocratic Family migrated southwards, established their capital in Jinling, conquered Jiangdong, and managed this area.

Since the establishment of Yuzhang Prefecture, Yuzhang has historically been known as the Land of Fish and Rice.

Yuzhang has many mountains, but only the northern parts—Yuzhang, Pengli, Xunyang, and Linchuan Prefectures, have large plains and basins.

This also means that the five major water systems of Yuzhang—the Gan River, Fu River, Xin River, Rao River, and Xiu River—originating from their sources, all converge within these four prefectures.

In the end, these water flows come together to form the magnificent expanse of the thousand-mile great Pengli marshland.

Benefiting from this vast marshland, the land around Pengli Lake is fertile, with a hundred thousand qing of good farmland cultivated to feed the surrounding six hundred thousand households.

In the rest of the prefectures within Yuzhang, good farmland has also been developed along the riversides and in the valleys between mountains. Furthermore, on the mountain ridges, water is diverted for irrigation to develop terraced fields.

The regions along these five rivers, supporting the people there, also account for no fewer than five hundred thousand households.

Therefore, within Yuzhang Prefecture as a whole, there are over a million households and more than six million people. With such a dense population, abundant production of fish and rice, and thriving boat transportation, it can be called the crown jewel of Jiangdong, the foremost among the prefectures.

So, after Lu Yuan led his troops to defeat Bai Yian and killed this Wuan Marquis,

He did not rush to continue commanding the army eastwards to conquer the remaining counties of Ning Country’s Linhai and Guangling.

Instead, after moving his troops into the Yuzhang county town of Nanchang, he personally took command of fifty thousand soldiers to hold this strategic location.

After that, he dispatched troops in all directions, sending generals to conquer the remaining prefectures and counties of Yuzhang.

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Now, among the ten prefectures within Yuzhang Prefecture, most of Yuzhang Prefecture has been captured, with only some remote county towns still holding out and resisting.

However, once the news of Ning Army’s major defeat spreads, it’s believed that these small counties will surrender at the sight of the Great Chu’s divine troops and will no longer dare to resist.

Though these remote small counties are easy to conquer, all other prefectures have fully organized local prefecture and county soldiers, each with a standing army of two thousand soldiers.

Given Yuzhang’s dense population, temporarily conscripting civilian workers to guard the city is not difficult.

Additionally, local powerful clans and Aristocratic families are assisting by sending their own household troops to defend.

All other prefectures can quickly muster tens of thousands of troops to resist the Chu soldiers.

By then, defending strongholds with tens of thousands of troops, even if the Chu army is capable of overtaking them, will result in heavy casualties and the days spent on sieges are incalculable.

Spending too much time on receiving conquered areas, especially if Ning Country recuperates and sends reinforcements to the prefectures and counties that are still resisting, will inevitably lead to an extremely fierce and protracted struggle.

Once the battle commences and the region falls into ruin, Yuzhang Prefecture, originally prosperous and wealthy, might well become a wasteland.

This situation, for Lu Yuan, who has already taken control of the Yuzhang Prefecture and considers it his own, is naturally unacceptable.

Therefore, taking advantage of the recent defeat of the Ning Army, the fear among the people of Yuzhang in various prefectures and their lack of preparations, it is necessary to select capable generals and dispatch troops quickly for an offensive.

Aside from Yuzhang Prefecture, the southernmost Luling Prefecture of Yuzhang has also been seized by Chu State.

Thus, there are eight remaining prefectures in Yuzhang that still need to have troops dispatched to conquer them.

Fortunately, after Lu Yuan led his troops to eliminate Bai Yian, news came from Baling that after Li Liang and Zhuang Hua, who had stayed behind, engaged in closed-door cultivation for over a year, they finally broke through Innate limitations and became another two Grandmasters for Chu State.

Within a period of ten days, Chu State gained two more Inborn Grandmasters, significantly bolstering its high-end combat strength.

And with Li Liang and Zhuang Hua breaking through Innate, if Han Shun and Zhang You, who were at the same level as them, are any indication, their breakthroughs shouldn’t be far behind.

Perhaps in a few more days, good news from Xichuan and Hanzhong will arrive.

As these disciples achieve their breakthroughs, the previously exposed homeland of the nation can now be considered secure, and there’s no longer a need to worry about local unrest.

So, in a joyous mood, Lu Yuan immediately ordered Sun Siwen to return to the country and sit tight in Baling to stabilize internal and external affairs in the court.

Then he summoned Li Liang and Zhuang Hua to the front line, to join Huang Xuan and Han Hua, who were already in Nanchang City, and each take command of an army to attack the prefectures of Pengli, Xunyang, Linchuan, and Raoyang in the central and northern parts of Yuzhang Prefecture.

He also ordered the spiritual woman along with the Chu Wei’s soldiers in Hengyang and Luyang Prefectures, and Li Xiong and Han Liang, who had captured Luling Prefecture, to lead their troops against the four prefectures of Yichun, Nankang, Ji’an, and Fuchuan in the southern part of Yuzhang Prefecture.

In this way, each of the remaining eight prefectures in Yuzhang would have one Inborn Grandmaster and tens of thousands of soldiers to assail them.

With such formidable strength, even if the eight prefectures controlled by the Yuzhang Ning Army each had ten thousand soldiers to defend, they would have difficulty resisting the assault of the Chu forces.

Chu State would then be able to quickly pacify the eight prefectures and completely take control of the entire Yuzhang, fully governing its population of six million and turning this Land of Fish and Rice to its advantage.

As troops were dispatched along eight routes, Chu Army banners could be seen throughout the prefectures and counties of Yuzhang in no time.

With eight Inborn Grandmasters leading the forces, wherever the Chu Army went, it was certain to prevail.

After Li Dao and Bai Yian died in battle, and Shen Qiu fled back to Jinling along the Yangtze River,

The entire Yuzhang region, left with Ning Country’s remaining Inborn Grandmasters, only had two who had fled back to the country in disgrace after a major defeat from Luyang and Hengyang.

But these two Inborn Grandmasters, freshly defeated and chased ragged by the Chu forces, who had lost their armies and barely escaped with their lives, were no better than homeless dogs.

In their current state, facing the immense coordinated assault of the Chu Army advancing on eight fronts, how could they dare remain in Yuzhang to confront them?

So upon hearing the news that the Chu Army had mobilized, the two were instantly terrified and dared not stay even for half a day under the thunderous onslaught of the eight Inborn Grandmasters and hundreds of thousands of Chu soldiers.

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