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Chapter 1104: Chapter 448 Dual Assistance Chapter 1104: Chapter 448 Dual Assistance There’s no need to elaborate on the matter of the eagle.

Upon receiving the report from the south, Lu Yuan quickly realized one thing: the threat from south of Chu State had reached a degree that could no longer be ignored.

The warlords to the north were indeed powerful.

But the barbarian pirates to the south were not much weaker by comparison.

At any rate, in Lu Yuan’s view, when combining the strength and reserve of the Rainforest Barbarians to the southwest, they were already not much inferior to the Xu State, which he was currently targeting.

If the sea pirates were also taken into account, the combined force would surpass that of Xu State by a margin.

Together, the Rainforest Barbarians and South Sea pirates were roughly equivalent to the sum of Xu State and Liang.

And that Liang was not the one infiltrated and fragmented by Chu State, with its people’s hearts in disarray.

Such a combined alliance simultaneously invading Lingnan and the southwest of Chu State without any hidden motives, Lu Yuan wouldn’t believe it even if he were beaten to death.

However, it made sense upon reflection.

The trouble on the southern borders had actually begun to emerge a decade or two ago.

At that time, Chu State was at its zenith, with a powerful domestic military force; the Elite Army of Great Chu dominated in all directions.

So even though the Yi and pirates in the south were strong, they were suppressed by the might of Chu’s strong soldiers and dared not show themselves, fearing they would provoke a strike.

Therefore, although Chu State was aware of the perilous threats at its borders, they were overlooked due to the obscuring prosperity of the nation and the protection of its powerful military forces.

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Until now.

More than eighty percent of Chu State’s military force was involved in the Northern Expedition, battling the northern warlords in Central State.

And the barbarian pirates to the south, after enduring a decade of poison fire threats, had begun to integrate and coalesce, forming several massive entities, with their strength having increased several times over.

Faced with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity provided by the vacuity within Chu State, these barbarian pirates, both threatened by poison fire from without and plagued by the instability caused by rapid internal expansion, were in turmoil.

How could they then not choose to solve and digest their problems through external warfare?

After all.

Migrating northward to the safety of Yangzhou to avoid the threat of poison fire was in the common interest of everyone.

The fusion and formation of these Great Barbarian States were also based on this common interest.

Initiating a Northern Expedition to fight for living space was naturally a just and legitimate act for these migrating peoples.

As long as you undertake this, no matter how many people are discontent with you domestically,

under the mantle of great justice and righteousness, none would dare to voice the slightest opposition.

Because that would go against everyone’s interests and be in opposition to the entire world.

Those who oppose do so for power, and that is for the sake of interest.

Opposition now not only brings no interest but also puts oneself at odds with the world.

Who would do such a foolish thing?

And the high-level leaders of these barbarian pirates realized this and actively launched invasions via a Northern Expedition, uniting the hearts of everyone in their nations.

Consequently, the southern region of Chu State is now ablaze with wars among the eighteen states in its southern territory.

“According to the investigations conducted by the Imperial City Division, those barbarians in the rainforest have already merged to form three Great Barbarian States, each with populations numbering in the tens of millions.

And the numerous pirates of the South Sea have also formed a grand pirate alliance under the common need to land ashore, to some extent consolidating their forces.

Now these four great powers acting together against Lingnan and the southwest; even if they don’t deploy their full strength but only send a small expedition, we’re still facing three to five million enemies.

Given the military force Chu State has in the south, facing such a scale of invasion, even with fortified cities for defense, it’s going to be quite difficult to hold the line…”

Lu Yuan assessed the enemies’ strength versus Chu State’s homeland reserves and couldn’t help feeling some serious concern.

The current domestic situation was indeed highly unfavorable for Chu State.

While the Chu’s Northern Expedition forces in Central State were battling gloriously and dominating over the warlords,

the enemy and friendly forces back home were in a completely reversed situation compared to here in Central State.

The barbarian pirates to the south were akin to Chu’s army in Central State, while Chu’s homeland forces were like the warlords in Central State.

On the battlefield in the south, the barbarian pirates held an overwhelming, even crushing advantage over the defending Chu forces.

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Under such circumstances, how could he not worry?

It’s important to remember that the homeland still contains over sixty million Chu people who have not started migrating.

These people are the true foundation of Chu State and are the very morale booster underpinning the irresistibility of the Northern Expedition forces in Central State.

If chaos breaks out to the south, allowing those barbarian pirates to breach the homeland and wreak havoc in its core territory,

then Lu Yuan might as well halt the Northern Expedition.

He would have to directly lead his troops back home to engage in a decisive battle with those barbarian pirates.

The currently promising Northern Expedition would thus come to an abrupt halt.

To restart it would require at least another decade to rebuild strength from the bottom of the barrel.

Such a significant threat naturally warranted Lu Yuan’s attention.

“However, all the military camps in Central State now have their arrangements and deployments, and none can afford to be withdrawn.

Even if we wanted to pull some troops back to aid the homeland, there’s no available force left, and it’s too late now.”

Lu Yuan pondered his military deployment in Central State, but no matter how he calculated, he couldn’t find any troops that could be spared.

The third Northern Expedition had already started.

All the military camps had their own pressing objectives and tasks.

Once a Great War has already begun, to withdraw forces from these campaigns is quite unrealistic.

If he were to do so,

it’s feared that not only might the situation to the south not stabilize, but the battle situation here in Central State could collapse first.

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