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Chapter 1115: Chapter 451: The Fall of Dongping_3 Chapter 1115: Chapter 451: The Fall of Dongping_3 “`

But if one were to pick out the most critical situation, it would undoubtedly be Wuyan City, which directly faces the main force of Chu State.

Wuyan City only has two hundred thousand soldiers and horses, with merely two Inborn Grandmasters within its walls—this amount of strength may seem substantial.

However, compared to the millions of troops of the main Chu army and their dozens of Inborn Grandmasters, it is actually as fragile as paper, with no real difference.

Now is not the time to wait for Chu State to puncture this paper shield; we must quickly send reinforcements to turn this paper-thin defense into new iron walls and bronze ramparts.

If we truly wait for Chu State to breach the defenses, then the next to be besieged would be Le Ling City.

With Wuyan City blocking the way, Le Ling City can still be considered the rear, and there are several hundred miles of buffer space between Wuyan City and Le Ling City.

Relying on these foundations, whenever there is a problem at any front line, Le Ling City can still try to make amends, to the greatest extent possible.

If Le Ling City becomes the front line, then Xu State will truly have no room for maneuver.

About this point, the monarch and officials of Xu State within Le Ling City still see things clearly and will not act foolishly.

Once there were a million troops reinforcing Wuyan City on the western line, those in Xu State could finally feel much more at ease.

Although it is rumored that Chu State has several millions of soldiers on the front line of Wuyan, commanding a thunderous presence.

Their military might is formidable, difficult to contend with.

But Xu State does not intend to clash head-on with Chu’s army; they simply wish to stabilize the defense line and hold their ground in the city.

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Even relying solely on defense, there shouldn’t be a problem stopping Chu’s army.

Even if problems arise, they won’t immediately collapse; they could still buy enough time for Le Ling City in the rear to dispatch new reinforcements for rescue.

After all, Xu State’s idea is to survive this year.

It’s already June, and there’s at most four months’ time until it snows in October.

As long as they can hold out for these four months, Xu State will then have a whole winter to adjust their defensive line.

The reason Xu State is in such a dire state this year, being thoroughly defeated by Chu State, with three prefectures in Qingzhou almost collapsing, is mainly because they were sabotaged by Liang.

Otherwise, given Xu State’s preparedness and national strength, they would not have been so easily punctured by a stab from Chu State.

Therefore, if they really have a winter to prepare, even if they can’t reverse the current downturn, they’ll at least be able to fortify the current precarious defenses, allowing Xu State to last a bit longer next year.

As long as they can hold on until next year, by then the countries that are currently engaged in fierce battle in Yuzhou should be able to deal with Tang Kingdom, the troublemaker.

At that time, Zheng, Jin, and Xu could spare efforts to stand firm against Chu State.

With the help of these allies, the awkward predicament of Xu and Liang states standing alone against Chu State this year would no longer occur.

Even if Liang State cannot hold out and is annihilated by Chu State this year,

the remaining four states of Xu, Zheng, Jin, and Xu, with their available strength, will far surpass that of Xu and Liang states this year.

An alliance of the four kingdoms to defeat Chu State might not seem very likely,

but their strength to fight a battle against Chu State is by no means inferior.

So, as long as they can hold out until next year, then there is still hope, and Xu State can continue the fight for their homeland.

To achieve this objective, the monarch and ministers of Xu State are willing to pay any price.

Even if the price is to send the million soldiers and horses of Wuyan City into battle, it is a sacrifice they are willing to make.

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Lu Yuan did indeed empathize a little with the resolve of Xu State.

When he saw that his forces had barely surrounded Wuyan City and had not yet had time to remove Xu State’s various camp strongholds outside the city, Xu State had already dispatched a million reinforcements.

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He understood that Xu State had truly invested heavily in order to preserve this key western stronghold.

Fortunately, Lu Yuan was not too fixated on Wuyan City.

If the city couldn’t be taken, then so be it.

Chu State was currently attacking Le’an Prefecture, and Wuyan City wasn’t the only target; if he couldn’t break through the Xu Army’s defense here, he could easily make a breakthrough elsewhere.

He had plenty of options.

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Therefore, when he saw Wuyan City’s reinforcements increase by a million and its defense line instantly solidify,

Lu Yuan decided to divide his forces again.

Previously, to attack Xichang City, Chu Army had to dedicate about seven hundred thousand prisoners and suffered around one hundred thousand casualties.

To maintain the supply lines afterward, they left behind three Inborn Grandmasters, one hundred thousand Chu Soldiers, and two hundred thousand prisoners as garrisons in Xichang City.

Additionally, within Dongping Prefecture, they separated another two Inborn Grandmasters, one hundred thousand soldiers, and two hundred thousand prisoners to control and oversee the conquered prefectures and counties.

So now, the Chu Army that Lu Yuan led to the Wuyan frontline consisted of only eighteen Inborn Grandmasters, eight hundred thousand soldiers, and one million one hundred thousand prisoner conscripts.

There were also the newly surrendered two hundred thousand Xu Army troops at Xichang City, which were being reorganized.

Once the reorganization was complete, they could be pulled to the front line to be used as cannon fodder.

In terms of military strength, the central route’s Chu Army was still quite sufficient.

But facing them at Wuyan City, the Xu Army had an army of one million two hundred thousand and six Inborn Grandmasters.

With multiple Inborn Grandmasters at his disposal, Lu Yuan directly pulled out eight Inborn Grandmasters, three hundred thousand soldiers, and five hundred thousand conscripts, ordering them to rush to Sheqiu City in the south and work with Qingyangzi there to first take down this key town to the southeast of Le’an Prefecture.

Do the Xu people think they can hold Lu Yuan back in the west?

Very well, he would play along with the opponent’s wishes.

Only, while they might be able to hold back in the west and block Lu Yuan,

he doubted they had another million soldiers to block the large army in the southwest.

Even if they could hold back here, in Le’an Prefecture, Chu State still had the southern line and the southeastern battlefield.

Reinforcements for the rear were also available from the Southern Route Army as a supplement.

After being besieged for several months, Xian An was also beginning to falter.

The Liang Army inside the city had attempted to break out several times, but each attempt was firmly blocked by the Chu Army, sealing them inside the city with no chance to break the deadlock.

As food within the city dwindled, the day of Liang Army’s doom was now merely a month away.

By July, the Southern Route Army would be able to conquer Liang State, and Huang Xuan could lead his forces northward to support the Xu State battlefield.

All over the Xu State battlefield, Xu State was trying to plug the gaps and repair walls, borrowing from one area to shore up another.

But with leaky defenses everywhere, how could they possibly keep up?

Even if they could barely hold firm in Le’an Prefecture,

a few hundred thousand reinforcements in Qingping Prefecture to the east could deliver a fatal blow, potentially piercing directly into their Imperial Capital Le Ling or the Xu State heartland.

Therefore, defending was not an option.

How could there be such a thing as a burglar for a thousand days, yet no defense against a burglar for a thousand days?

Unfortunately, Xu State was unable to cope with Chu State, the thief of the nation, so they could only sit and await their demise, quietly waiting for death.

The affairs of the world are indeed this cruel.

Struggling for supremacy in the world is a matter of life or death; there’s no such thing as coexistence.

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