1209 TWO Chapter 1209-3 countries submitting (1/2)
Chapter 1209 – Three Countries Submitting
9th month, 15th day, King City.
Just as Di Chen was persuading Zhan Lang, Ouyang Shuo was scheming for Wannan Province.
The battle at the Jiangnan border had just ended, and the 400 thousand Ming troops there either died in battle or surrendered. A total of 350 thousand surrendered, coincidentally a legion corps in number.
Considering the Tiger, Xiangjiang, and King legion corps, Great Xia had a stunning number of troops in the southeast region.
Furthermore, the current Wannan Province did not have any Great Zhou troops. If Great Xia attacked now, Di Chen would not dare to send troops to defend and would only give up.
Even Qin, Tang, and Song would not dare to send reinforcements as Wannan Province did not have a teleportation formation.
After the discussion, they decided to let the Xiangjiang legion corps send the 350 thousand Ming prisoners back to Jiangchuan Province to wait for the privy court to reorganize them. The Xiangjiang legion corps would return to Jiangchuan Province with the intentions of keeping a lookout on Great Song.
The Tiger Legion Corps would be housed in Jiangnan Province and the King legion corps would be in charge of this mission.
Xiong Ba was already facing a lot of rumors and insults because of him joining Great Xia, and if the King legion corps was allowed to take down Wannan Province, it would push XIong Ba to an even more awkward position.
Unexpectedly, Xiong Ba advocated for the King legion corps to attack; he said, ”After all, Jiangnan Province used to be a province under Great Zhou, and many of the officials inside are working for the Great Zhou Imperial Court. They do have some influence in Jiangnan Province. On the surface, the entire province is calm because the army exists, and they do not dare to act. In truth, there are many hidden currents, and along with the Difeng spies fanning the flames, it is really messy.”
”Taking this chance to use the King legion corps to take down Wannan can allow the king to use the Tiger Legion Corps to scare and threaten the masses and reorganize the Jiangnan official field and make them truly merge into the Imperial Court.”
When Ouyang Shuo heard that, he looked deeply at Xiong Ba and said, ”Let's follow your plan.”
Xiong Ba had two reasons for doing that. First, letting the King legion corps take down Wannan Province would strengthen the speaking rights of Xiong Ba's family in Great Xia. Secondly, he would totally let go of Jiangnan Province, which would let Ouyang Shuo be at ease.
To deal with such smart people, even Ouyang Shuo needed to be highly alert.
Although the two of them were really harmonious in front of the Jiangnan people, the true relationship had just begun. There was still a long road ahead for Xiong Ba to win Ouyang Shuo's trust.
Accepting Jiangnan Province was a symbolic matter for Great Xia.
Jiangnan Province was not really important. However, the Xiong Ba family that previously ruled over Jiangnan Province was a top aristocratic family in China; it was a power that did not fit in with Ouyang Shuo.
How to digest Xiong Ba's family was a new test for Ouyang Shuo.
Since the rise of Great Xia, they had relied on historical talents and commoners to rule the world. At its current scale, they naturally had the ability to accept aristocratic families like Xiong Ba's.
They would form up the new nobles of Great Xia along with the Bai Hua, Cui, Song, and likewise families.
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The next morning, the King legion corps set off from King City and headed toward Wannan Province.
The moment the news went out, the people of China clamored.
No one had expected Xiong Ba to betray his 'master' to such an extent, changing sides to Great Xia before leading troops to attack his old home, attracting a lot of discussion.
However, Xiong Ba was not moved.
Apart from the King legion corps attacking, there would still be other troops helping out. Great Jin's blazing legion corps would move from the north toward the west border to scare off Great Jin while Li Mu would lead the Eagle Legion Corps to threaten Great Tang.
The Xiangjiang legion corps that had just returned home would threaten Great Song.
Han Xin would personally move the Leopard Legion Corps to monitor Ludong Province. As for Jingdu Province, the Yue Fei led Beijiang legion corps would be in charge of monitoring there.
Great Xia was holding the so-called five country alliance by the neck.
This time, all the more the blood red legion corps could not proceed toward Wannan Province to tread in these murky waters.
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Great Zhou Dynasty, Handan City.
The usually solemn and filled with power Imperial Reading Room gave out a despondent aura. The Great Zhou king who was always self-disciplined was drowning in his sorrows.
His moustache was grown out, and he looked really run down.
Xiong Ba's betrayal, Zhan Lang's weird actions; one piece of bad news after another had totally crushed Di Chen. He had lost his fighting spirit and could only drown in his sorrows.
When Juedai Fenghua standing not far away saw that, she could not hide her sympathy, but she did not know how to convince and persuade him.
After the failure in the Battle of Great Jin, Juedai Fenghua had a bad feeling. The Battle of Great Jin was a battle where Great Zhou had gone all out, and it was the battle that Di Chen gambled everything on. That battle decided the fate of Great Zhou Dynasty.
The truth was as such.
Their loss in the Battle of Great Jin caused Xiong Ba to leave. Subsequently, Di Chen decided to snatch power, which infuriated Zhan Lang. Under this chain reaction, the Great Zhou Dynasty started to shake.
Just like now, the King legion corps had charged into Wannan Province, but Great Zhou did not do anything. They did not even have the courage to resist, and he could only bear the pain of abandoning Wannan.