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Chapter 970: Chapter 403 The Strategy to Destroy Wei_2 Chapter 970: Chapter 403 The Strategy to Destroy Wei_2 “`

“Even the three nations uniting, converging the remnants of Liang’s troops, and opposing Great Chu is not impossible.”

Although Great Chu already occupies an absolute advantage, Lu Yuan by no means underestimated his enemies.

At this moment, he suggested another highly likely scenario, “Therefore, to prevent this from happening, or rather, to weaken the impact it would have if it did occur.

I find it quite necessary to use the Northern Expedition against Liang, incidentally wiping out Wei Country at the same time,” Lu Yuan said, concluding his speech.

As he finished speaking, Lu Yuan’s fingertip traced a circle on the map over the area of Wei, outlining the regions of Henan and Nanyang.

Clearly, when he talked about the annihilation of Wei, he meant taking over these two provinces.

“Incidentally wiping out Wei Country?”

Zhou Qing frowned upon hearing this and stared thoughtfully at the location of Wei that Lu Yuan had outlined on the map.

Although Wei Country’s strength had significantly declined over the recent years, it was still a large nation with a population of forty million, with two million soldiers ready for battle and more than twenty Inborn Grandmasters remaining.

Destroying such a large country would require a considerable amount of strength.

At the very least, it couldn’t be solved with just the military expedition that Zhou Qing had planned.

It would take at least two military expeditions, meaning forty-six Inborns and two million four hundred thousand soldiers, to have the strength to conquer Wei Country.

But if two military expeditions of troops were diverted to Wei Country, Chu State would only have three left to use against Liang.

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This remaining power, although still considerable, would potentially add many twists and turns to the goal of swiftly conquering Liang, making it not so easily accomplished.

So after consideration, Zhou Qing still shook his head, “Your Majesty, I also believe that the sooner we conquer Wei, the better.

However, Wei is a great nation, not much inferior to Liang.

To conquer it hastily is no easy matter.

Now, Great Chu must focus its main efforts on Liang.

The strength that can be spared to deal with Wei is probably not much.

Therefore, the current priority is to first conquer Liang.

Once Qingzhou is taken and Liang’s former territory is integrated, Great Chu will be able to span two provinces with an army of ten million and over a hundred Inborns.

With such strength, even if Wei, Zhao, and Xu were to unite, they would still fall far short.

And with Great Chu taking Qingzhou and having half the territory of Central State, we can comfortably accumulate strength and gradually plot to eliminate them one by one.

There’s no need to rush this matter.”

Zhou Qing earnestly advised.

However, upon hearing his concerns, Lu Yuan smiled, “Actually, to attack and destroy Wei, we do not need that many troops.

A single military expedition will suffice.”

Zhou Qing was taken aback at these words, somewhat incredulous, “A single military expedition?”

Lu Yuan nodded, and then moved his fingertip away from Wei towards the west, to the land of Helong and the bordering grasslands.

“Xiaoqing, take a look here.

Currently, the five prefectures of Yong West and the southern grasslands have been occupied by the migrating Barbarians and the tribes coming from the West.

According to reports from the Governor of Hanzhong, Huang Xin, the combined population of these Barbarians and tribes in these two areas is no less than thirty million.

Given the martial traditions of these migrating tribes, where the entire population is geared for war,

Thirty million people could field an army of at least eight million, with no fewer than a dozen Inborns among them,” Lu Yuan reported a set of information, then looked at his disciple with a beaming smile, “Eight million troops, this number is already nearly half of what Great Chu is preparing to use for the Northern Expedition.

Even I, when I hear about this force entrenched in the northwest of Great Chu, feel a shiver in my heart, worried every day.

Great Chu, at least, has a natural barrier of Longshan to separate us, making it relatively simple to defend against the migrating Barbarians who find it difficult to cross.

But over there in Wei, there is a clear path between Yong West and the southern grasslands without any obstructions in the middle.

Those migrating Barbarians could easily reach Wei’s regions of Shuofang and Guannei if they wished.

If they are not intercepted in time, these Barbarians could even make it to the heart of Wei – to the provinces of Henan and Nanyang.

Therefore, in order to strengthen its western defenses, Wei has been forced to deploy one and a half million of its two million soldiers permanently in Shuofang and Guannei.

Leaving only five hundred thousand troops on the eastern front.

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Even so, the defense of Wei’s western parts remains less than perfect, and Barbarians occasionally break through into Henan province.

Consequently, Wei Country is deeply troubled and worried about this.

Now tell me, if at this juncture, Great Chu actively proposes to each mobilize a million troops in a joint operation to sweep away the Barbarians along Yong West and the grasslands to pacify the western territories of both nations,

how would Wei choose in the face of this proposal?”

After listening, Zhou Qing blurted out, “Of course, they would agree joyfully.”

Regarding the matter of joining forces with Chu State to clear out the migrating Barbarians of the northwest,

in fact, as early as ten years ago, when tribes from the Western Gobi joined the migration and the western border troubles worsened,

Wei, which suffered the most harm, shared the longest border, and whose resources were most strained, was the first to propose it.

At that time, Lu Yuan was only concerned with recuperating, accumulating strength, and had no intention of launching any major military campaigns.

Moreover, for Chu, protected by the natural defenses of Longshan, the disturbances in the northwest were not too impactful.

Therefore, they consistently refused the proposal, declining Wei’s request.

So even though Wei sent messengers year after year, Chu never gave in, dragging the issue on.

“Yes, Wei would definitely agree joyfully,” Lu Yuan nodded with a smile, “They have been pleading with Great Chu for so long; if now I agree to their request in the name of not being able to endure the continuous harassment by the border Barbarians, wouldn’t the Wei people be overjoyed?”

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