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Chapter 1134: Chapter 458 Qingzhou Unified Chapter 1134: Chapter 458 Qingzhou Unified After the Chu Army hijacked the people being evacuated, the people of Xu State were devastated and terrified, and had essentially completely given up on this plan.

Not having to relocate more than two million civilians, the large number of ships that were originally intended to support the evacuation plan were quickly diverted to Wuyan City and Qingping County.

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As for Le’an Prefecture, it was finished.

Now wasn’t the time to hesitate, while Le Ling City still held on and there was still some opportunity to move as much of the military forces from Wuyan City and Qingping County as possible.

Otherwise, once the Chu Army captured Le Ling City and over a million troops were freed up, it would likely be a problem for even those Xu forces to withdraw from these two places.

Therefore, a large number of ships congregated in these two places, beginning to transfer soldiers and civilians day and night without rest, trying to move as many people as possible before the Chu Army arrived.

With countless Xu State ships tirelessly at work, within a mere five days, when the Chu Army conquered Le Ling City, the Xu forces in Wuyan City had managed to withdraw another 150,000 people.

The reason for such swift action was that the arrival of a large number of ships originally intended for transporting the population of Le’an Prefecture greatly increased the number of ships transporting the Xu forces in Wuyan City.

Seeing this, the leader of the Xu State navy simply issued an order, lining up over a thousand ships in a single file, connected with iron chains, turning it into a river pontoon bridge.

More than three thousand ships drew close together, forming three columns, with gaps filled with wooden planks, thus creating a flat and wide bridge, eight zhang broad.

A large number of Xu troops effortlessly and quickly crossed the great river via this bridge of boats.

The efficiency of this method was incomparable to the previous mode of ships queuing up one by one to enter the port, waiting for the Xu Army to board and then leaving fully loaded, followed by the next batch of ships entering; it was much faster.

Even though there were Chu forces nearby causing harassment, they still managed to move 150,000 people in five days.

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Including those who had previously retreated, nearly 300,000 people from the Xu forces in Wuyan City had already escaped.

Given the currently reinforced evacuation efficiency, in at most another twenty days, the remaining 700,000 people at the Wuyan defensive line could be completely withdrawn.

However, the more people that withdrew, the fewer the remaining forces, and the weaker the strength at the defensive lines became.

At that time, the people of Xu would not be able to defend against the Chu Army as tightly as they did now, and the defensive lines would inevitably have loopholes.

If the Chu Army seized this chance for a fierce attack, it would be impossible for the Xu people to escape composedly.

How many of these remaining 700,000 people could actually escape was truly hard to say.

But as long as half could make it back, it would be a great gain for Xu State.

Being able to withdraw six or seven hundred thousand people from the Wuyan Battlefield, even if these were only half of the peak forces at that battlefield, would still be a tremendous victory.

Having already lost the entire Qingzhou, along with its population of thirty million, Xu State at this moment could withdraw any amount of military forces and civilians from the Qingzhou area, all for accumulating precious resources for the great war in the future.

Therefore.

The monarch and officials of Xu State who had escaped back to their old capital, Yan City, after resettling the court, initially mobilized the entire native strength, desperately backing the withdrawal of the Xu Army from Henan.

The aim was to save as many people and horses as possible before everything settled down.

It was a race against time, a gambit of resources.

…

In the forty-third year of Shenwu, the ninth month.

Finally, some news came from Yuzhou.

After two months of negotiations, which saw countless arguments and compromises, the four states of Tang, Xu, Zheng, and Jin finally formed an alliance.

The four states declared that they would put aside past grievances, give up all lingering animosity, and form allies to jointly resist any enemy that threatened to invade their territories.

The four states from the region of Yuzhou thus came together to form a small interest group, establishing a military alliance to cope with external pressure.

They claim to resist those who dare to invade them, yet, they did not specifically identify the enemy.

But everyone in the world could clearly see that their target was Chu State.

Because, amongst the current states of the Nine Provinces, Liang, Wei, and Zhao had perished, and Xu State had just suffered a defeat, its power completely withdrawing from Qingzhou.

Without several years of rest and recuperation, Xu State would be incapable of waging war.

Thus, surveying the surroundings of Yuzhou, the only one with the strength, ability, and willingness to aggress was none other than Chu State.

The military alliance of the four states was clear in who they stood against.

However, despite their alliance, the four states were inwardly anxious.

They weren’t bold enough to call out Chu State by name, instead choosing to beat around the bush by speaking of enemies who dared to infringe upon them, too fearful to confront Chu State directly, which was evidence enough.

Xu State had just been defeated.

This primate ally, which had helped facilitate their reconciliation, had been completely crushed under the blow of Chu State.

They had originally hoped for a force in Qingzhou that could help them contain Chu State and relieve some of their pressures.

Now it seemed like a vain hope.

Facing their precarious situation alone, the already disadvantaged alliance of the four states, without a strong ally, naturally felt even less confident in standing against Chu State.

If not for the fact that Chu State could never give up the unification of Central State, due to a fundamental clash of interests that was a matter of life and death,

the alliance of the four might have long sent messengers, rushing to submit and pay homage to Chu State.

If they couldn’t win, they could join and become a subordinate, which was always better than losing everything.

Unfortunately.

Chu State, which now controlled most of Central State and had subdued most of its strong enemies, possessing an absolute advantage, would not forsake the opportunity to completely unify Central State and settle for a tributary system of vassal states, which would leave tremendous risks for the future.

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