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Chapter 1090: Chapter 443 The Third Northern Expedition_2 Chapter 1090: Chapter 443 The Third Northern Expedition_2 Originally, with Jin Country’s support, the combined forces of the two countries didn’t reveal a significant weakness.

But if Jin Country were to withdraw its troops and leave only Zheng Kingdom behind, that weakness would be exposed for all to see.

If Tang Kingdom could defeat Zheng Kingdom first and then turn to face Xu State in a decisive battle, with Tang Kingdom’s slightly superior national strength compared to Xu State, the chances of winning were quite good.

However, even if Tang Kingdom won, having consecutive victories against two formidable enemies would undoubtedly result in a significant loss of vitality.

This would be a case of both sides suffering heavy damages.

That was exactly the situation Chu State wanted to see.

If things really turned out this way, even without obtaining Qingyun County, Chu State would still come out on top.

But among the nations, there were certainly those who were clever; they would definitely see this point, and whether things would go as Chu State desired was somewhat uncertain.

Even if they could see it, given the current situation, as soon as Chu State made a move, that threat would be directly and openly presented.

In the end, it would develop into either an alliance of the Three Nations fighting Tang Kingdom with both sides suffering heavy damages, eventually letting Chu State step in and pick up the easy spoils.

Or Jin Country would bear the short-term pain of “cutting flesh”, paying the price of Qingyun County to obtain Chu State’s condition of non-interference.

The Three Nations weren’t mistaken; Tang Kingdom, even if it didn’t take initiative on its own, had still become Chu State’s greatest bargaining chip for threatening the Three Nations.

Now, Chu State was using Tang Kingdom to threaten the Three Nations, forcing them to give up Qingyun County.

“The strategy in detail is roughly as follows.

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Now, just inform Qingyunzi and let him handle it.”

Lu Yuan refined the plan once more, then communicated the general idea to Qingyunzi through his divine sense.

The Yuzhou Camp, naturally equipped with numerous military staff officers, could, with their advice and strategy, I believe, sufficiently assist Qingyunzi in completing this plan for Chu State.

Therefore, I trust the avatar and the strategists of Chu State to handle it.

Over the years, this had been how Lu Yuan dealt with state affairs, rarely getting involved in the details himself.

Otherwise, with so many matters in Chu State, even as a cultivator with advanced cultivation, he wouldn’t be able to handle them all.

Division of labor, hierarchical structure, delegating power to subordinates—this is the true way to govern a nation.

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As for the great war in Yuzhou, for the time being, that’s how it would be handled.

Focusing on containment and threats as the primary, supplemented by other tactics.

Having confirmed this principle, Lu Yuan then didn’t pay much more attention to it.

However, this matter also reminded him that it was time for Chu State to make a move.

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Therefore, after instructing Qingyunzi, he immediately convened his ministers and announced the launch of the third Northern Expedition.

And the first battle of this Northern Expedition would be initiated by Huang Xuan of the Southern Route Army.

Huang Xuan would propel the legitimate rule, returning to the roots of the origin, under the banner of the Liang Emperor, oh no, now the new Emperor Liang Mingzhang, leading this Emperor, to strike at Xian’an City in Donglai County, firing the first shot of the Northern Expedition.

Yes, after last year’s winter’s operations by the Imperial City’s Outer Bureau, that fourth prince of Liang, King An Liang Mingzhang, in order to survive, had officially defected to Chu State.

Then, under the support of the local influential families in Yingling County that Chu State had won over, he formally ascended the throne in Lin Qiucheng, the county seat of Yingling, becoming, following Liang Mingyu, the second Emperor of Liang.

Then, the two Emperors of Liang began disputing over who was the legitimate ruler throughout the entire winter.

Today you rebuke me, tomorrow I slander you; in short, nobody acknowledged the other.

And because of the heavy snow, both sides could only engage in verbal battles, unable to actually take each other’s life.

Therefore, throughout the winter, due to this debate, a huge public opinion storm was stirred up within Liang.

Originally, since there was only one competitor left for the throne, Liang Mingyu.

And since the opponent controlled the Imperial Capital and a large number of troops, even Yan Yunqing had switched allegiances to the opponent, so the other forces within Liang had no choice.

Even though the opponent supported those remnants from Zhou Country, encroaching on a lot of local interests of Liang, many old-party members of Liang could only pledge their allegiance to Liang Mingyu, hailing him as the Emperor, and recognizing him as the new Emperor.

But now, the many old-party forces of Liang looked and saw, oh, within our borders, there’s not only the Emperor of Xian An, but also the Emperor of Lin Qiu.

This Heavenly Son isn’t just one after all.

Seeing this second option, many old-party members of Liang suddenly had their hopes raised.

Yes, even though Liang Mingzhang had claimed the throne, everyone could see that this Emperor of Lin Qiu was nothing but a puppet.

But this didn’t hinder the many from old-party families affected by losses of interests, or even those families who had suffered extensive purge and cleansing due to Liang Mingyu’s military usurpation, who bore a deep vendetta against the opponent.

They chose, for the sake of revenge and preserving their own interests, to pledge loyalty to this Emperor of Lin Qiu.

Even as the sinking ship of Liang was about to go under, at this moment a Chu State-supported puppet emperor somehow became an opportunity for the multitudes of Liang forces to jump ship in time and board Chu State’s grand vessel braving the waves.

With these two factors, many who bore a grudge against Liang Mingyu and wished to jump ship began flocking to Lin Qiucheng to pledge their loyalty to Liang Mingzhang, or rather, to Chu State behind him.

As these events fermented, within a short span of two months, aside from Yingling County which had all turned to Liang Mingzhang,

Under the operation of the old-party people of Liang, the control of Jiaodong County by Liang Mingyu’s line, which was not exactly tight, suddenly saw a large number of prefectures and counties with officials from the old-party declaring their non-recognition of the Emperor of Xian An, instead pledging loyalty to the Emperor of Lin Qiu.

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