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Chapter 1009: Chapter 416 Tang Zheng Backstab_2 Chapter 1009: Chapter 416 Tang Zheng Backstab_2 This is indeed a substantial benefit.

As for the eastern part of Qingzhou and some territories occupied by Xu State in the north, we can wait to deal with the opponent slowly after swallowing up the central region and crushing Liang.

Chu State still has many reserves of money and grain.

This year, after a forceful operation cleaned up the western part of Qingzhou, many money and grains were also confiscated from the local noble families and sects.

Plus, with the stable environment in western Qingzhou after the cleanup, it is expected that next year, these areas can begin production, providing money and grain tributes to Chu State, which is another source of income.

Therefore, the reserves of money and grain in Chu State can be described as extremely rich.

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Thus, even if we continue to maintain the current 18 million troops and the 18 million immigration projects, we can still hold on for another two years.

Having money and grain gives us confidence and morale.

After Lu Yuan sorted out these family wealth gains, he made preparations for a prolonged war with Liang and other countries.

This is also why he doesn’t care that Tang Kingdom, after swallowing up the eastern part of Liang, might quickly swell into another Liang.

A united Liang could be brought down by Chu in a year’s time.

Then a bloated Tang Kingdom, even though it may look huge and intimidating, could it really surpass the original Liang?

It’s just a remake of the Liang-Chu war, no, maybe it’s an even more exhilarating and unrestrained Great War.

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So Lu Yuan is indifferent to Tang Kingdom’s gains; the bigger the opponent’s appetite, the better for Chu.

Some things can’t be immediately utilized just because they are consumed.

Hasn’t Chu faced numerous revolts from the local population in the eastern Qingzhou that it seized, causing much chaos?

Even as Chu defeated Liang fair and square, there were so many dissidents and so much resistance.

Would anyone respect a backstabber like Tang Kingdom, which is despised by all countries?

Tang Kingdom may have good intentions now, but once it truly consumes the enticing poisoned apple, it will realize what kind of deadly poison lurks within the sweetness.

And when the opponent is paralyzed by the poison, it will be Chu State’s opportunity to step in and deliver the final blow.

What a perfect plan, what perfect partners.

Yet such a plan and partner were ruined by the emergence of Zheng Kingdom.

Tang Kingdom’s invasion of Jiaodong and Donglai counties suddenly split Liang into two.

One part centered around Daliang in the central Qingzhou, the other around Jiaodong county in the eastern Qingzhou, though there are still some passages connecting the two territories.

In reality, however, they have been divided in half, becoming enclaves in fact.

Liang had amassed a large number of troops in both Daliang and Jiaodong.

Now that these forces are divided and logistics are cut off, nearly all are in a doomed situation.

Daliang is in a slightly better position, with support from Xu State and a strong country providing ample money, grain, and supplies; the logistics for millions of troops can still be maintained temporarily, and they won’t collapse due to lack of food.

However, on the Jiaodong side, the west and east are Chu, the north is Tang, and the south is the sea with pirates — it’s practically surrounded by enemies and has become a death trap.

With no logistics and not even a stable rear, more than a million troops of Liang are trapped in a hopeless situation, spelling inevitable defeat.

The Chu army in Yangxia County only needs to exert a little effort to devour this force of Liang’s army, achieving the greatest victory since the Northern Expedition.

At this critical moment of life and death, Zheng Kingdom, which has always had good relations with Chu, acted.

First, it cut off the logistics of the Chu army in Yangxia County, preventing Chu from obtaining supplies on the territory of Zheng.

Then it dispatched the navy to blockade the sea routes and cut off the supply channels of the Yangxia Expeditionary Army from the mainland.

Finally, it mobilized an army of 800,000 at the borders of Yangxia County within Zheng’s territory, adopting a defensive stance against Chu’s forces.

All these actions illustrate Zheng’s dread and hostility towards Chu.

Obviously, after Chu demonstrated its intent to sweep through the entire Qingzhou, especially while there were still a million Chu troops in Yuzhou,

Zheng Kingdom, located right next to Qingzhou, felt a profound threat and fear.

Therefore, acting on survival instincts, Zheng did not hesitate to sever ties with Chu and made a show of containment and threat, signaling its support for Liang.

Is it not said that this is the era of great contention?

Originally enemies, suspicious of each other, Liang and Zheng immediately became allies united by the changing circumstances and mutual needs.

Of course, although Zheng has started to lean towards Liang, it has past relations with Chu and has not truly burned bridges.

For now, it has only made gestures of restraint and threat, not yet engaging in actual war with Chu.

Indeed, Zheng’s fear of Chu’s fierce combat power is one reason why Zheng dares not wage war.

In any case, Zheng, outwardly, does not dare to be an enemy of Chu.

But do these pretenses really work?

The logistics are cut off, 800,000 Zheng troops are watching closely, and even more Zheng forces are mobilized within the country, ready to march to the front line at any moment.

In such circumstances, can the Chu forces stationed in Yangxia really act as if Zheng’s army does not exist?

Under Huang Xuan’s leadership, the Yangxia Expeditionary Army suddenly found itself in the same situation as Liang’s Jiaodong army immediately after Zheng’s unusual activities.