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Chapter 1138: Chapter 459 Post-War Tally_2 Chapter 1138: Chapter 459 Post-War Tally_2 Faced with such a formidable empire, even Haiyun Pavilion, which had always floated independently, did not dare to offend.

Especially since it was under Chu State’s rule and, after seeing the precedent set by Dan Ding Path, Haiyun Pavilion was even more cautious about making any rash moves.

Therefore, when Qingyunzi led his troops to surround Haiyun Pavilion,

this Immortal Sect, after some struggling, ultimately did not dare to make a move and chose to submit.

The School Leader, along with a group of Inborn elders and many disciples, joined the Chu camp.

Then, under Qingyunzi’s indication, they immediately issued the School Leader’s decree, ordering the disciples to go to various countries to call back the sect members who had taken official positions, to pledge their loyalty to Chu State.

It was humiliating, but to survive, that was the only choice left.

But upon further reflection, Chu State was becoming more and more powerful with each passing day, and the unification of the world seemed just around the corner.

Haiyun Pavilion’s supported Zheng and Jin were weakening day by day, and it was uncertain when they would be annihilated.

Jumping ship from these sinking vessels to Chu State’s deep-sea juggernaut seemed undeniably like a prospect with a bright future.

And it wasn’t just Haiyun Pavilion; with Chu’s continuous military expeditions south and north, Yangzhou’s Purple Cloud Dao and Feishuang Tao, Qingzhou’s Cang Long Way, and Yongzhou’s Jade Toad Dao had also successively surrendered and contributed all of their strength, hadn’t they?

With these fellow Daoists leading the way, Haiyun Pavilion’s submission was hardly a humiliation.

After all, this was the norm for Chu State.

To continue as an Immortal Sect under Chu’s rule, one had to follow suit.

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It would be unusual for Haiyun Pavilion to receive special treatment.

Thinking this way, the resistance in the hearts of the Pavilion’s School Leader and elders lessened.

With their disciples, they joyfully joined Chu State.

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Haiyun Pavilion completely surrendered to Chu State.

In total, six Inborn Grandmasters and more than seven hundred elite disciples became part of Chu State’s strength.

This was a matter of great joy.

Not only did Chu State gain a great power, but it also dealt a blow to Zheng and Jin, as their own Inborn Grandmasters and numerous disciples abandoned them, joining the ranks of their enemy state.

It laid the groundwork for next year’s four bouts of Northern Expedition, kick-starting with good fortune.

And this seemed to foretell the continuous good luck of Chu State before the New Year had even arrived.

After Lu Yuan led his troops back to Liang, good news followed from the camps in Yongzhou and the Northern Expedition one after another.

Some months earlier, Wei State’s Monarch and Ministers had fled to Yan State, only to be attacked and annihilated by many Barbarians there; then a large tribe of Yanzhou Barbarians brought the heads of Wei State’s officials to pledge allegiance to Chu State.

From that moment, Lu Yuan saw an opportunity to subdue these Barbarians.

Thus, he instructed Yongzhou camp’s general manager Huang Xin to send people to make contact with the Yanzhou Barbarians and the grasslands to the south of Yan State to gather the Barbarian tribes and entice them to surrender to Chu State.

Now, half a year later, the actions of the Yongzhou camp were a great success.

Starting from July this year, a large number of Yanzhou Barbarians, attracted by Chu’s enticements, led their tribes to migrate southwards, accepting registration as Registered Citizens, officially becoming a part of Chu State.

By the present October, at the time of the first snowfall, a total of two million Barbarians from Yanzhou and the southern grasslands had chosen to leave the bitter cold of the North, accept resettlement, and become residents of Chu State.

Chu State not only gained a large population but also gained the loyalty of three Barbarian Inborns, adding a significant number of top experts to its ranks.

It wasn’t just the Yongzhou Camp that was successful.

In the Northern Camp, tasked with the same mission of going to Ji Province to gather the remnants of Zhao State and the Barbarians of Ji, Huang Lin, the northern camp’s commander, also garnered substantial results after two or three months in the north.

The Northern Camp had 400,000 soldiers, including ten Inborns along with Huang Lin.

They faced the Barbarian tribes that had just annihilated Zhao State and were gradually wreaking havoc and expanding their presence in Ji Province.

These Barbarian tribes once had a million strong army with just over ten Inborn Grandmasters.

But after clashing with Zhao State, which had retreated to their old home in Ji, they obliterated that local power but paid a heavy price in return.

Not only had they lost seven to eight hundred thousand soldiers, but eight Inborn Grandmasters had also fallen.

Zhao State and the Barbarians were both heavily battered.

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Despite such losses, as long as they could achieve victory and dominate Ji Province alone, the number of Barbarian Inborn Grandmasters might not be recoverable.

But their numbers of soldiers could be restored after a decade of rest and by absorbing Zhao’s immigrants.

In fact, it was not only about recovery; to inflate their numbers twofold was easily within reach.

However, Chu State did not give them the opportunity.

No sooner had the Barbarians of Ji Province barely triumphed and captured Zhao’s capital, Handan, than Chu’s army arrived.

The Barbarian tribes of Ji, after a year of fighting, had only three to fifty thousand soldiers left, and there were merely four Inborn Grandmasters remaining.

Moreover, the army was exhausted from prolonged warfare, with troop morale, supplies, and reserves at critically low points.

These forces could naturally not contend with the backing and well-prepared Northern Camp of Chu State.

So when Huang Lin led his army there, just one battle was enough to break the recently victorious and morale-boosted Barbarian army.

Decapitating over a hundred thousand, capturing tens of thousands, and two Barbarian Inborns died in battle right there.

In the first clash, Chu’s army nearly annihilated the last of Ji Province Barbarians’ vitality.