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Chapter 1118: Chapter 452 The Fall of Zhao_3 Chapter 1118: Chapter 452 The Fall of Zhao_3 After the Zhao Country fled back to the north, only over eight hundred thousand battered troops remained, the majority of whom were the old and weak, and their morale was extremely low.

In Ji Province, the barbarian troops slightly outnumbered them, just over a million, but the majority were able-bodied young adults.

In theory, Zhao Country had the defensive advantage and should not have feared the invasion of the barbarians.

However, during the major battle last year, Zhao Country had conscripted too many able-bodied men, and mobilized a large number of women and the weak to help transport food and fodder, resulting in the neglect of that year’s farming.

Thus, relying on the previous years’ reserves, Zhao Country managed to endure despite the devastating defeat last year.

But this year,

As the granaries gradually depleted, a famine broke out across Zhao Country, affecting the entire nation.

With empty stomachs, naturally, they were unable to fight.

The Zhao army, which could still maintain a tit-for-tat fight against the barbarians and occasionally gain minor victories, was also severely damaged by this.

Hundreds of thousands of troops on the front line, with growling stomachs, gave the barbarians the opportunity to obliterate them on the battlefield.

After that, the doors of Zhao Country were wide open, allowing the barbarians to push straight through, slaughtering their way to the imperial capital Handan.

In the end, after holding out for two months, Handan collapsed in starvation and was breached by the barbarians.

The Emperor of Zhao self-immolated in the royal palace, and many Zhao people within the city met their fate as a nation in blood and flames.

On the third day of the seventh month of the forty-third year of Shenwu, the barbarians of the North Territory conquered Handan, and Zhao Country met its demise, after existing for eight hundred and seventy-one years.

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Among the heroes of the Nine Provinces, another overlord exited the stage.

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Just as Lu Yuan received the news of the fall of Zhao Country, the same message was also transmitted back from the Shuofang Prefecture by his avatar’s divine sense.

“Wei Country has completely perished, hasn’t it?”

Upon hearing the avatar’s report, Lu Yuan couldn’t help but be moved.

A few months earlier, the Chu army had broken through the Shuofang army and occupied the last territory of Wei Country, which meant that Wei Country had already perished in practical terms.

But nominally, the Emperor of Wei was still alive, the Wei court still existed, and Wei held command over an army of one to two hundred thousand troops.

With these assets, Wei Country could still be considered to be clinging to existence, harboring a sliver of hope for restoration.

As long as Wei Country could really reestablish a piece of territory in its old home of Yan State, it could rebuild the nation within minutes.

Therefore, in the eyes of the world, Wei Country was still seen as having some hope for resurgence.

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But just now, the avatar stationed in Shuofang Prefecture reported back that a tribe of barbarians from Yan State had migrated south and surrendered to Chu State.

In doing so, they offered the severed head of the Wei Emperor who had fled north towards Yan State, along with a slew of captured Wei ministers.

According to the report from that surrendering barbarian tribe.

After the Wei remnants fled to their old home in Yan State, they encountered a host of barbarian tribes that were originally at odds with Wei Country.

The likelihood of Wei Country restoring itself and snatching territory from Chu State was already impractical.

The only hope left was to reclaim their original homeland in Yan State, which they had abandoned.

But since Wei Country had already given up their old home, when they left, naturally new masters came to fill the void.

The barbarians that migrated from the north had long established all sorts of tribal alliances and states in the abandoned southern parts of Yan State.

“Now you say you want to come back and rebuild Wei Country, as if it is that easy?”

“Not to mention that to rebuild Wei Country, we must also defeat these barbarians and enslave them, using them as the foundation of the new nation, which will only cause more offense.”

“With the long-standing enmity that previously existed between Wei Country and these barbarians, marked by decades of conflict, their hatred for each other is deep and irreconcilable.”

“As a result, when Wei Country returned to The North, scarcely had it defeated a small barbarian tribe when it stirred up a hornet’s nest.”

“All of the barbarian tribes and nations in Yanzhou flocked to join the encirclement and attack against the remnants of the Wei army.”

“After months of fierce fighting, the Wei Emperor, along with a handful of his battered troops, engaged in a prolonged struggle with the barbarians.”

“Finally, last month, they could hold out no longer and, following a great battle, they were surrounded and annihilated, dying on the battlefield.”

“The surviving Wei ministers either perished or surrendered, becoming prisoners of the barbarians.”

“With this, the last hope for Wei Country’s revival also vanished.”

“The once third dominant power of The world has completely withdrawn from the stage of the Nine Provinces.”

“‘The barbarian tribes that have migrated south can all be accepted.

Tribal chiefs will be appointed to official positions.

The tribal warriors, after being selected, will be incorporated into the ranks of soldiers.

The tribe’s commonfolk will be moved back to the hinterlands of Central State and settled.

They will be registered as citizens and become subjects of Great Chu.’

Lu Yuan notified Huang Xin at the Yongzhou Camp about his decision.

“As for how to handle the barbarians, Chu State also has plenty of experience.”

“From the time of his very beginnings, when he settled the million Miao People of Dongting, he’s had a track record.”

“Later, the handling of tens of millions of people from Lingnan and the Southwest Barbarians was also satisfactory.”

“By the time it came to subjugating the Barbarians, several million more were smoothly integrated into Chu State.”

“Now, dealing with some barbarians from The North is naturally no trouble at all.”

“However, the southward migration of these barbarians has indeed served as a wake-up call to him, as it seems he has somewhat overlooked the role of these barbarians since the Northern Expedition.”

“‘Xu State over there could reclaim Xuzhou’s millions of barbarians, allowing Xu State to gain a million barbarian troops and several Inborn experts, greatly increasing its national strength.

‘Great Chu has even more experience in this area and has more resources to draw upon, so naturally, we can replicate this approach, enticing the barbarians to serve our purposes.’

‘If these barbarians can even side with Xu State, then it goes without saying that Great Chu, which now dominates Central State, will have an even greater pull.’

As Lu Yuan thought this, he immediately sent a message to Huang Xin instructing him to dispatch a messenger to Yanzhou to surrender those Yanzhou Barbarians.”

“These barbarians keep migrating south, merely seeking a place to settle.”

“Now that Chu State occupies Central State, there is enough territory for the millions of southerly migrating people, right?”

“As long as this condition is offered, there is no worry that these barbarians won’t be tempted.”

“Then there’s Ji Province as well, where Zhao Country is extinguished, but there are still five to six million Zhao people there.

“Though they are mostly elderly, women, and children, they are still a human resource that shouldn’t be carelessly discarded.

Huang Lin, leading the Northern Camp, happens to be idle, so just let him take his 400,000 men north to Ji Province to receive these remnants of Zhao, and relocate them to Central State.

“At the same time, take this opportunity to try to win over some barbarians; no matter how many can be enticed, it is always a sure gain for Chu State.”

As Lu Yuan thought this, he also issued an order to Huang Lin of the Northern Camp.

“Once these two orders are carried out, the final affairs after the destruction of Zhao Country and Wei Country will be settled.”

“Chu State begins its final harvest.”

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