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Chapter 811: Chapter 350 Dividing Forces to Respond

Baling, Royal Palace.

Upon receiving the first message that Ning, Su, Song, and other countries were sending troops, Lu Yuan immediately convened Sun Siwen, Lan Cai’er, and other Inborn Grandmasters to discuss major military and political affairs.

Summoned by the order, these individuals quickly arrived in the palace hall.

Sun Siwen, Lan Cai’er, the Spiritual Woman, and Han Hu—the four remaining Inborn Grandmasters in Baling City—were now all gathered together.

“Today, I send out troops to subjugate Southsea. Ning, Su, Song, and other countries have all risen up to provide support, leading their armies to join me in attack. The four kingdoms of Jiangdong and Lingnan have now combined forces, nearly a million strong, with countless good advisors and generals; this is indeed a moment of crisis for Great Chu.”

Lu Yuan glanced at the four people in the hall and first outlined the current situation, then changed his tone and passionately said, “Though the enemy has a million soldiers, Great Chu also has tens of thousands in its Elite Army, with an unending stream of fine soldiers and good generals, no weaker than the enemy.

This battle against Jiangdong and Lingnan’s four kingdoms, where they come out with all their might, is both a danger and an opportunity.

According to my original plan, to unify Yangzhou and progressively pacify Lingnan, amassing strength, and then taking Jiangdong downstream along the river…

All these steps, if to be fully completed, would take at least ten years at the very least.

If there are any discordances along the way, it might take even longer.

If we forcefully attack Lingnan and Jiangdong, although the enemy is weaker than us, they will hold their cities in defense and avoid battle. @@novelbin@@

To take over each city, even if successful, we don’t know how many soldiers we will lose or how much time it will waste.

But now these enemies have come out on their own and even taken the initiative to attack Great Chu, thus forfeiting their greatest advantage.

As long as we defeat their main force on the battlefield and see their elite troops wiped out in an instant, the million-strong army will vanish in smoke and dust.

Then, even if the enemy’s territories are vast and their cities fortified, without anyone to defend them, they will be nothing but fruit waiting to be collected.

Wherever the Great Chu banner arrives, each place will undoubtedly submit to the sight of it.”

At this point, Lu Yuan paused for a moment, then continued with an air of confidence that brooked no doubt, “Therefore, in this battle, Great Chu can only win, not lose.

If we win, the vermin of Jiangdong and Lingnan will all be reduced to ashes.

If we lose, even if the Altars of Soil and Grain of Great Chu may survive, we will be utterly debilitated.

We not only would lose soldiers and generals but also forfeit vast amounts of territory, eventually retreating to a corner, becoming a wretched small country.

Even the direct extinction of our dynasty is not impossible.

All of you are either my closest kin or friends, or loyal subjects, and you share a common interest with Great Chu; our fate is interwoven.

This is not just my battle alone, but also yours, and more so, Great Chu’s battle.

I hope you all can assist your king, yourselves, and Great Chu, in defeating the formidable enemy and securing the final victory and its glory.

I implore you!”

Having finished speaking, Lu Yuan bowed to the few people in front of him who were either the dearest to him or amongst his most trusted.

Whether they were his wife, his friends, or his ministers.

As their husband, friend, or king, had he had any demand, he could have given a direct order, and they would not have refused.

But he felt that if you employ people, you should do so with sincerity,

If he planned to have these people risk their lives for him, even if these friends and family were willing, the respect and comfort they deserved, as well as the pre-war motivation and consensus, were still necessary.

Although it is everyone’s duty, the difference between doing it and not doing it is substantial.

Just as it was at that moment.

Lan Cai’er and the others were moved by Lu Yuan’s words and quickly moved aside to bow in response when they saw him bow.

“Husband, you and I share honor and disgrace as husband and wife; this battle touches on the very foundations of our Chu State. As your wife, even if I have to give my all, I shall protect Great Chu through and through.”

“Indeed, even though I have not been in Great Chu for long, the King has shown me extreme favor, shown abundant goodwill to the Snowy Wilderness I hail from, and has repeatedly offered help.

Now that Great Chu faces difficulty, as a citizen of Great Chu, I will not shirk my responsibility and vow to share its trials and tribulations.”

“I have known Brother Lu since our humble beginnings. We have supported each other for over twenty years and created the foundation of what Great Chu is today.

Now, seeing our original aspirations about to be fulfilled, with Yangzhou on the cusp of unification and a golden age approaching,

At such a critical moment, this final battle, how could I possibly shrink back?

Brother Lu, today let us together overcome this difficulty, undergo a complete rebirth from the flames, and bring true glory to Great Chu.”

Lan Cai’er, the Spiritual Woman, and Sun Siwen, whether they knew Lu Yuan for a long time and shared deep feelings, or had common aspirations and the same grand vision, or had been graced by Chu and received his kindness, were all inseparable from Great Chu.

Thus, upon hearing Lu Yuan’s heartfelt words, they too were moved to manifest their true feelings.

Even Han Hu, who otherwise had a mere superficial relationship of Monarch and Ministers with Lu Yuan, mostly a partnership, under the current atmosphere, was moved to say, “Though the tiger comes from an external domain, it too has been instructed from youth and has been well-versed in the classics, understanding righteousness.

Today, the King harbors ambitions of sweeping the world, and has declared Feishuang Tao the state religion; I have long been one with Great Chu.

Should the King command me, the tiger dares not disobey.

The likes of Jiangdong and Lingnan are trivial; I am willing to clear them away for the King.”

After each of them spoke their piece, their attitudes were unmistakably evident.

Seeing this, Lu Yuan could not help but be overjoyed, and his heart was filled with satisfaction.

Although the words they had shared seemed somewhat sentimental and contrived, he was certain that after speaking them, their resolve and attention to the upcoming battle had been heightened.

If their fighting spirit was originally at a hundred, it had now broken past limits, reaching beyond a hundred and ten.

Exactly how much depended on how much they cared for Chu.

But regardless of how much fighting spirit and resolve they gained, it was undoubtedly a good thing.