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Chapter 1101: Chapter 447 Domestic Worries Chapter 1101: Chapter 447 Domestic Worries Zhou Qing could only provide assistance to Lingnan and the southwestern eighteen cities with four Inborn Grandmasters.

As for other types of reinforcements, they had to be arranged by the local authorities of the two regions, which could be described as quite meager and stingy.

But this was a compromise that he had to make out of necessity, having no other choice.

Although Chu State had a strong military presence, with two million county soldiers organized in Yangzhou’s main territory alone and another twenty-one Inborn guarding domestically, ensuring a solid foundation was left behind.

However, as the only country in the world today with its own territory of one entire state still intact, Chu State, with its ten prefectures and eighteen vassal states, had too many places to defend.

Countries like Zhao Xu, Tang Xu, with their homelands located in states like Ji, Xu, Jing, Liang, had as few as two or three prefectures left or as many as four or five, and the area they had to defend was less than a fifth of their original state, significantly diminished.

The barbarian tribes to their north had also been substantially weakened and reduced due to decades of continuous migration southward.

Take Xu State, for example, which even decided to recruit the remaining millions of barbarians within the state, greatly bolstering its domestic population and strength.

Therefore, their border troubles weren’t as severe as they seemed.

Now they needed only to leave six or seven hundred thousand people and five or six Inborn at home to ensure safety and stability.

This is also why these countries, despite their relatively meager strength compared to Chu State, were repeatedly able to mobilize large armies of two or three million.

Even if these armies were annihilated, they could still quickly muster an equally large force to contend with Chu State.

The relatively peaceful domestic environment was a significant factor in this.

Otherwise, if Yangzhou were peaceful, Lu Yuan could have immediately called up another two million soldiers to form two military expeditions capable of waging a war of annihilation.

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The importance of domestic stability is evident.

But inevitably, the current tranquility in the North among various countries stems from the three or four decades of continuous northern warfare preceding this time, bought with innumerable lives.

The peace they now enjoy is because they have already suffered and paid the price in advance, which is why they have these good days now.

However, the disaster at the Southern Border of Chu State erupted later due to the late outbreak of the Southern Polar Poisonous Fire, coming thirty years later than the northern countries.

As a result, Chu State is now bearing the brunt of the most devastating impact that the other states faced decades ago.

Especially considering Chu State’s location bordering two Great Domains directly.

The Barbarians from the Southern Sea Island Domain and the Southern Territory Rainforest, two of the Nine Provinces’ Ten Domains, were driven by the poison fire from the south and launched an assault on Chu State.

Decades ago, the northern countries facing such an onslaught were basically one state contending with one domain, or two or three states against one domain.

For example, the Snowy Plateau targeted only Yong State in Wei Country.

The North Territory’s grasslands, on the other hand, targeted Wei, Zhou, and Zhao countries simultaneously.

In such circumstances, an invasion of ten million or tens of millions from one domain, though sufficiently troublesome, was still bearable for those dominant states.

With adequate planning and a willingness to pay a price, they could manage the situation.

Like Zhou Country, it nearly brought the Snow Plains Nomads to their knees despite being surrounded on all sides, and it was close to expanding its territory on the snowy wilderness and recruiting millions of Barbarians.

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If successful, not only could Zhou Country have resolved the predicament of facing enemies on all sides, but it also could have significantly expanded its power.

In the end, it might not have been Wei Country that annihilated Zhou, but Zhou might have conquered Wei Country.

Regrettably.

Zhou Country, which was in a favorable position at the time, was struck down by Chu State.

With Chu State’s support, the Barbarians held on for over a decade in what was already a desperate situation, and ultimately, they exhausted Zhou Country.

However, after bringing down Zhou, the Barbarians themselves also bled dry and were faced with annihilation under the pressure from Western Liang, eventually submitting to Chu State.

Great Chu had its fill.

Zhou Country and the Snow Plains Nomads, two factions that had been bitter enemies for over a decade, both faded into the dust of history.

This demonstrates how deep the damage can be to a major force from a wound continuously bleeding over time.

Two dominant powers, each of one state and one domain, were directly eradicated because of it.

Fortunately, aside from Zhou Country which was specifically targeted by Chu State, the other major powers to the North didn’t receive such special treatment.

Sharing the common goal of migrating south to Central State to carve out their rights to existence, they not only refrained from pulling each other down during the barbarian invasion disaster but also watched and aided each other, coordinating their responses.

The most typical example was the alliance of three nations led by Wei Country along with Zhao and Xu.

This alliance was more than just about fighting against Liang; when facing the grassland barbarians from the North or other foreign barbarians.

They were united and worked in perfect harmony.

When one was in trouble, the others came to the rescue.

Thanks to this kind of coordination, along with their own strengths, and the fact that the barbarians from one domain were distributed across several states and countries.

The catastrophic impact from the migration of a population over one hundred million people finally settled down smoothly.

This allowed the northern countries to weather the storm.

But for Lu Yuan’s case, the situation in the South did not provide that favorable environment.

In this southern region, there was only Yangzhou, and within Yangzhou, only Chu State.

Under these circumstances, it meant the intense impact brought about by the Barbarians from the two Great Domains could only be shouldered by Chu State alone.

And we are talking about two Great Domains.

Even if the Southern Sea Island Domain, due to geographical factors, consisted of island nations.