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Chapter 1132: Chapter 457 Leling Taken Down_2 Chapter 1132: Chapter 457 Leling Taken Down_2 The atmosphere within the Chu State royal family is quite harmonious.

Lu Ning, who grew up in such an environment, naturally exhibits a strong sense of belonging and responsibility to Great Chu and now naturally starts to consider the interests of Chu State.

“This isn’t a big deal,”

As an avatar who took on the role of a father figure, Qingyangzi couldn’t help but feel gratified to see Lu Ning taking Chu State’s affairs to heart so earnestly.

He then smiled and said, “Leling City is but a dead city.

The army from Xu State entering the city is like tying their own hands and feet, trapping themselves in a prison with no way out.

Now that all your forces have hurried here, along with my main army, our Le’an Camp totals one and a half million soldiers beneath Leling City.

How could a mere two hundred thousand soldiers from Xu State stand a chance?”

Looking towards the distant city, Qingyangzi couldn’t help but reveal a mocking smile, “But we don’t need to assault the city.

Although we could break through it, the cost and time would be somewhat significant.

We are in a hurry to pursue the people of Xu State and cannot afford to waste time here.

So I’ve decided that our original southern and southeastern forces, totaling five hundred thousand strong, will surround Leling City from all sides.

Block all their escape routes and trap those two hundred thousand Xu soldiers within the city, preventing them from making any moves.

As for me, I will lead the main force and bypass Leling to continue deeper and pursue the people of Xu State.

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They think they can retreat and move the civilians out of the way?

How naive.

Did they even ask the Commander?

Qingyangzi laughed coldly, clearly disdainful of the foolishness of the Xu people.

The opponent thinks they can stop a Chu army of over a million with just the city of Leling—it’s foolish to even consider it.

Yes, according to common military sense, if an enemy base is at the rear, a large army bypassing it to penetrate deep into enemy territory risks collapse.

That’s why to ensure the safety of the army, military commanders generally don’t take such risks.

This danger is comparable to when Lu Yuan had just begun his career, and went on the Northern Expedition against Zhou Country, conducting stealth attacks a thousand miles behind enemy lines twice in succession.

That truly was a step away from risking the entire army’s annihilation.

It was also the reason why Lu Yuan, after choosing to undertake the mission and ultimately achieving merit, was recognized as the first among generals beneath the Commander.

Because that truly involved great risks but also led to great merits.

Even after Lu Yuan rose to power, since the founding of the country, he had never again undertaken such dangerous actions in any campaign against others.

Even he wasn’t certain he could be so lucky each time.

But can the current situation of the Xu people be compared to normal?

Does Chu State not clearly understand the true state of affairs in Xu State?

It’s true that penetrating deep into enemy territory is dangerous.

But to turn that threat into reality, you need to have the ability to realize the danger.

The Xu army in Le’an Prefecture indeed has a significant number.

But their main force, one part of which is right before us, is trapped by the Chu army dying within Leling City, still dreaming of buying time.

The other part is in Wuyan City, where they are currently under harassment by my true body, taking boats to cross the river, struggling to retreat toward Hebei.

In the past ten days, of the million Xu soldiers in Wuyan City, already tens of thousands have retreated.

The rest are being monitored by the Chu army, unable to move except to flee.

This threat can also be disregarded.

With these two armies gone, there will be no Xu forces left within the boundaries of Le’an.

Around Le’an, the eastern Qingping County, which borders Le’an Prefecture, is under the control of the Qingping Camp of the Chu army.

With that camp there, there won’t be any danger.

And the last remaining direction, the North?

The Xu people are swarming there to escape, a crowded mass of refugees hardly counts as a threat.

As for the local militiamen in Le’an Prefecture, a large number of able-bodied men have already been drafted into the military.

Those militia forces have long been engaged in the war, now they’re either trapped in Leling City or trapped in Wuyan City.

Locally, it’s mostly the elderly, women, and children left, and even if weapons were put into every hand, the threat to the Chu army would be limited, and could even be disregarded entirely.

Under these circumstances,

the so-called penetration into enemy territory naturally becomes inconsequential.

The Xu people thinking a city like Leling could stop the Chu army is nothing but wishful thinking.

It’s not that the opponent’s planning is ineffective.

Indeed, it does have an effect, tying down five hundred thousand Chu soldiers and seven Inborn masters, which is not too shabby.

But who would have guessed the Chu army’s strength is so overwhelmingly superior?

Even after leaving a hundred thousand people at the Sheqiu City and fifty thousand at Leling City, the Camp from Le’an could still muster another million to pursue.

Given such formidable strength, even the most cunning of strategists can only feel hopeless.

For this is not a matter of schemes, but of sheer force overpowering, overt manipulation that doesn’t even bother with deceit.

In this scenario, either you block it, or you get crushed.

And for the Xu people right now, it’s a matter of not being able to hold back and getting crushed.

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By mid-August, the Le’an Camp, which had just arrived at Le Ling City, saw its three divisions of soldiers meet once more after being separated for several months.

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The next day, Camp Commander Qingyangzi, having left part of the forces to surround Leling, continued leading his troops past the city to pursue the fleeing Xu people.

Within the two prefectures controlled by Xu State, where the Xu people were busy with relocation efforts, they could never have imagined that the Chu army would directly disregard Leling City and, risking danger, penetrate deep into their territory to continue their assault.

What was even more unexpected was that Leling City made no response whatsoever, not even a single message got out.

Strictly following Qingyangzi’s orders, the fifty thousand-strong army and seven Inborn masters surrounding Leling City made sure it was tightly sealed, not a single soul was allowed out.