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Chapter 1102: Chapter 447 Domestic Worries_2 Chapter 1102: Chapter 447 Domestic Worries_2 These numerous island nations, scattered and sporadic, could only communicate with one another by boat.

In the face of the disaster of the toxic fire eruption, it was difficult for everyone to flee together, and many people could only stay on the island, silently awaiting the disaster’s arrival.

The number of people that the ships could carry away was limited.

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Even with several more trips, the number they could take away was still not significant.

But a great domain such as this had a population of tens of millions, even hundreds of millions.

Moreover, in the Southern Sea Island Domain where traffic relied solely on boats, shipbuilding thrived and vessels were plentiful; thus, each evacuation trip could carry away hundreds of thousands.

And besides, the toxic fire didn’t erupt immediately.

The entire process spread slowly from south to north, gradually expanding over dozens or even hundreds of years.

In the intervening period, fleets transporting people could make dozens of trips, taking away hundreds of millions.

If all these people were to turn into sea pirates, it would be an unimaginable disaster.

In fact, in recent years, the coastal areas of Chu State and Liang have frequently been threatened by sea pirates from the Southern and East Seas.

To maintain coastal security and prevent pirates from overrunning the inland, both countries had no choice but to set up checkpoints and garrisons in coastal regions, and deploy millions of coastal border troops to ensure stability.

The impact of sea pirates on various countries is thus evident.

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As for the Southern Domain Rainforest, bordering Chu State, that goes without saying.

Although the rainforest is filled with poisonous insects and fierce beasts, and many places are unsuitable for travel,

the threat of death makes any problem surmountable.

If it takes human lives to build it, tens of millions of people can construct a road to heaven.

Now, after more than a decade of preparation, this road to heaven has already reached the borders of Chu State.

The tens of millions of Rainforest Barbarians from the south, having lost their homeland, are now migrating northward to Yangzhou, this land of legend and riches, in search of a new place to dwell.

Along the way, these people have engaged in continuous strife, merging, and assimilation with other tribes and nations also on the move.

On this bloody path of migration, like the Western Barbarians, three major powers have already been formed, each able to dominate a region and command armies of a million.

Under such circumstances, coupled with the rampant sea pirates from the South Sea, one could even consider them a maritime hegemon.

That means, at this moment, Chu State’s main territory of Yangzhou is essentially facing the invasion of four aggressive powers, in an unrelenting struggle.

The last one to receive such attention was the now overgrown Zhou Country.

Back then, Zhou Country, facing invasions from Chu, Liang, Wei, and Barbarians, endured great humiliation and hardship.

Now, Chu State’s main territory is retracing those very steps.

What Chu State can utilize now are only the two million soldiers from Prefectures and Counties and twenty-one Inborn Grandmasters who are stationed in the main territory.

This force is even less than what Zhou Country had at that time.

The only thing better than Zhou Country is that to the north and west of Chu State’s main territory are either the uninhabited Snowy Wilderness or the Chu-controlled Central State, two vast areas without enemies, thus sparing the need to allocate forces for defense.

So, the main territory’s limited forces only need to be used to defend the coastal areas to the east and south as well as the southwest rainforest.

This allows the limited military resources of the main territory to be more sufficient, ensuring a reinforced defense on one front.

At least it wouldn’t be like Zhou Country in the past, tearing down one wall to patch another, eventually leaving every side defenseless.

The two million troops within the state, with 1.3 million already deployed to the eight cities on the front lines in the southwest and Lingnan, and ten cities in the rear,

and twenty-one Inborns, with eight already positioned on the front line.

At this time, four more Inborns will be dispatched to be stationed in the central cities in the rear.

Over sixty percent of the main territory’s irregular military forces have been allocated to these two front lines.

The remaining forces, half a million in number, have been sent to the prefectures of Jianan, Linhai, and Guangling.

Over the thousands of miles of coastal lines in these three prefectures, troops have been deployed to contain the threat of the sea pirates landing ashore.

Frankly speaking,

such an extensive coastal defense line, manned by only six hundred thousand troops, is already very thinly spread.

A coastal line of tens of thousands of miles would require millions of soldiers to be considered secure.

Merely six hundred thousand troops mean that Chu State is ensuring the most basic defense—preventing pirates from landing large forces that could brazenly capture cities.

As for the villages and towns in the area, they could only rely on the local militia, left to fend for themselves.

With a large portion of Chu State’s military engaged in the Northern Expedition, there was simply no surplus effort to spare for these minor problems caused by sea pirates in the rear.

Beyond that, to prevent the situation from deteriorating rapidly, in each of the three coastal prefectures of the main territory, two Inborns were appointed as local commandants and Coastal Defense Envoys.

This can be considered Chu State’s second line of insurance for coastal prefectures.

Behind this lies the final line of defense, which comprises the remaining forces within the state, controlled by Baling Zhou Qing, Sun Siwen, Lan Cai’er, and ten thousand county soldiers stationed in Baling.

However, this is the last mobile force in the heartland of the state.

Unless the situations on the southwestern, Lingnan, and eastern coastal front lines become dire and unmanageable,

these three individuals, along with the soldiers of Baling, would not be mobilized lightly.

This is also why, despite the desperate situations in the southwestern and Lingnan regions,

Zhou Qing only dispatched four Inborns for support, while the recruitment of the rescue troops was left to the local cities to manage, and any vacancies were expected to be filled by the local settlers themselves.

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