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Chapter 906: Chapter 382: Counterbalancing Helong, Disintegrating the Southwest Chapter 906: Chapter 382: Counterbalancing Helong, Disintegrating the Southwest The small pavilion was somewhat silent.

After the Spirit Consort expressed her concern for the wellbeing of her tribal kinsmen, Lu Yuan had sunk into deep thought.

Seeing this, the Spirit Consort knew that her husband was weighing the pros and cons.

As a royal consort, she had already stretched her limits by subtly expressing her opinion.

To further intrude and attempt to influence might provoke dissatisfaction, backfiring completely.

Thus, she remained silent, quietly waiting.

After a long period of contemplation, Lu Yuan exhaled deeply, rose, and walked to the pavilion window to gaze out towards the west, taking in the view beyond.

The mountain valleys were shrouded in mist at this time, rendering the mountain ridge slightly blurred.

The sun was high in the sky, casting a golden light that pierced through the fog and fell in front of the small pavilion, splendid and magnificent.

Gazing at that sunshine, Lu Yuan felt a stirring in his heart and made a certain decision.

He turned around, “Regarding the aid for the Barbarians, I can agree to it.

Hanzhong has a hundred thousand soldiers.

In a few days’ time, I’ll select a general to lead the troops to assist Helong.”

Upon hearing this, the Spiritual woman’s heart leaped with joy, a smile breaking across her face as she gratefully bowed, “This humble one thanks the great king on behalf of my people of the Snowy Wilds.

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The grace of Great Chu, my Barbarians shall never dare to forget.”

Lu Yuan took two steps forward, helped the Spiritual woman to her feet, and reassured her, “There’s no need for such formalities.

You and I are united in marriage, and now you carry my heir.

It’s only right to help resolve some troubles from your mother’s home.

Moreover, there’s a treaty between Great Chu and the Snowy Wilderness, with several past collaborations.

To support the Barbarians now is merely to act according to the treaty.”

“Great king…”

The Spiritual woman looked at Lu Yuan, her face filled with emotion.

Lu Yuan embraced her, saying nothing.

Of course, his decision to help the Snow Plains Nomads was not solely motivated by personal affection, nor was it strictly due to the constraints of the treaty.

What truly induced Lu Yuan to make this decision was the influence of the current situation.

After some deliberation, he suddenly realized that if the barrier of the Barbarians in the northwest were removed, allowing Western Liang to seize Helong, it would undoubtedly become a massive hidden threat to Chu State.

Western Liang was not like the Barbarians.

Although the Snow Plains Nomads had a unified name and frequently launched joint military actions in recent years, appearing as a single entity,

At their peak, they could even contend with empires like Zhou Country on the battlefield.

Even now, despite their decline, to outsiders, the Snow Plains Nomads still appeared to be a formidable force capable of fielding tens of thousands of soldiers and possessing eight Inborn Grandmasters.

But having grown close with the Snowy Wilds in recent years, and with a Spiritual woman in his harem, Lu Yuan knew the intricacies of the Snow Plains Nomads quite well.

On the surface, the formidable Snow Plains Nomads were essentially made up of a military alliance of four major tribes and more than a dozen medium-sized tribes.

Even the formation of this military alliance was the result of recent years’ cold disasters, which forced them to unite for survival.

Had there been no cold wave, the four great tribes and dozens of medium tribes would be embroiled in conflict with each other.

In the tens of thousands of years of history of the Snowy Wilderness, the rise and fall of countless tribes have been marked by deaths and hatred.

Just like the present four king tribes, before the coldwave, they did not refrained from skirmishing over grasslands and valleys.

So, under the pressure of survival, the Snowy Wilds’ Tribes could barely come together, aiming for outward expansion in the interest of survival.

But should these tribes temporarily overcome their difficulties, the Snow Plains Nomads, unified as a whole, would naturally splinter due to past enmities into over two dozen smaller factions, becoming insignificant once again.

If such a neighbor existed in the northwest, the frontier of Hanzhong in Chu State could indeed remain untroubled.

They could even exploit the hatred between the various tribes of Snow Plains Nomads, playing one against the other, establishing Chu State’s interests among the Barbarians, and reaping substantial benefits.

However, if it was Western Liang that unified Helong, replacing the Snow Plains Nomads, the situation would be entirely different.

Western Liang was a thoroughly established state, with complete systems of officials, laws, institutions, military, monarchy, culture, and all other aspects related to a nation.

If they were to defeat the Barbarians and unify Helong, capturing the resources of these vast mountain regions, then a new hegemon would rise in the northwest of Chu.

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Western Liang itself already had three commanderies, a population of over four million, and by subjugating the Barbarians, it could gain two more commanderies of Helong, as well as the remaining population of seven to eight million Barbarians.

Even the snowy wilderness now controlled by the Barbarians could potentially fall under the control of Western Liang.

Combining these two forces, a colossal entity boasting five to six commanderies, a population exceeding ten million, countless fine horses, a million soldiers, and over ten Inborn individuals, would rise in Yong West.

This scenario, while not highly probable, had a fair chance of occurring.

Before Western Liang, there lay a fine example to learn from.

Indeed, this example was none other than Chu State.

Before embarking on the campaign against the Southwest Barbarians, Chu State also had just an incomplete domain of three commanderies, a population of six million, with merely two Inborn Grandmasters.

But after subjugating the Southwest Barbarians, Chu State suddenly expanded its territory to five commanderies and three vassal states, with eight Inborn Grandmasters and a population of ten million, securing the power of an empire.

The current Western Liang, with conditions similar to those of Chu State back then, and even a stronger military and more Inborn Grandmasters, was also launching a campaign against the Barbarians of Helong.

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