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Chapter 1147: Chapter 462 Dividing Forces to Confront_2 Chapter 1147: Chapter 462 Dividing Forces to Confront_2 Speaking of this, the Emperor of Xu Country revealed a cold smirk.

“Bluffing and exaggerating the scale of military troops is a common tactic used by countries in these chaotic years.”

He himself had used it many times.

Therefore, he judged others by himself.

When Chu State claimed to have deployed ten million soldiers and three hundred Inborns, the Emperor of Xu Country simply didn’t believe it.

Cutting that number in half would be more like it.

No, it should be halved and then halved again to be reasonable.

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“The Emperor of Xu is right, the Chu thieves are just bluffing,”

agreed the Emperor of Tang Kingdom, nodding earnestly before scoffing, “You and I just had a great war for a year, last year in the Great War, my Great Tang deployed over three million soldiers, and you three nations together nearly had five million.

The momentum was indeed grand.

But after a year of wartime exhaustion, our treasuries have already been drained.”

“Now, my Great Tang can only muster half of last year’s forces to contend with the Chu people.”

“The same goes for you.”

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“After fighting for just one year, we are struggling to cope with a war of such magnitude.”

“You say the Chu thieves deployed over ten million soldiers in their initial Northern Expedition, and I believe that.”

“Otherwise, they could not have crushed Liang and Wei Country in one fell swoop, defeated Zhao Country, and even managed to counterattack Zheng Kingdom, sweeping through Yuzhou.”

“Without over ten million soldiers, it would have been impossible to achieve that.”

“At that time, the Chu thieves had been developing their strength for thirty to forty years, and indeed had the financial power to support such a war.”

“But now, it is already the fourth year of the Chu thieves’ Northern Expedition.”

“During the first three consecutive Northern Expeditions, the achievements of the Chu thieves in Central State increased each time, as did their territory.”

“However, as we all witnessed, the scale of their military deployments has been decreasing year by year.”

“From the first Northern Expedition with an army of three to four million people in each military expedition, it decreased to two to three million on the second, and just over one million in the third.”

“The number of troops in each expedition has most directly indicated to us that the Chu thieves are already financially exhausted and at the end of their tether.”

“Even the most substantial wealth cannot withstand an opponent’s three continuous wars on the scale of ten million people.”

“In fact, from last year’s war performance of Chu State against Liang and Xu, the number of soldiers they deployed in their third Northern Expedition was already less than ten million.”

“Based on estimates from various sources, last year they most likely used at most seven to eight million people, and possibly even less.”

“With this calculation,”

“last year, with financial resources still somewhat ample, the Chu people could only use seven to eight million soldiers.

With Chu State’s finances further exhausted this year, the number of soldiers they can deploy must be even fewer, perhaps only five to six million.”

“While my Tang Kingdom can put forth one point eight million soldiers, Xu Country one point five million, Jin Country one million, and Zheng Kingdom seven hundred thousand.”

“Together, the four of us sum up to five million troops.”

“Just in terms of military strength, we are already no weaker than the Chu thieves.”

“As for the Inborn Grandmasters?”

“The four of our countries together also have over seventy people, and our strength is certainly not weak.”

“The Chu thieves claim they have three hundred Inborns, but such a joke is barely worth laughing over.”

“Even before the Chu Country’s Northern Expedition, it’s questionable whether the entire Nine Provinces had three hundred Inborns.”

“Chu State has only occupied half of the Nine Provinces, how could they possibly dare to claim they have three hundred Inborns?”

“Yes, the Chu Emperor himself might truly have Immortal Techniques to create puppet avatars almost as powerful as Inborns.”

“But I simply do not believe that their capabilities are so limitless that they can endlessly replicate such avatar puppets.”

“That was something only those lofty Immortals had, in an era when Spiritual Energy was abundant and the great powers of Immortals still existed.”

“If the Chu Emperor truly had such abilities, he wouldn’t need to resort to creating puppets.

He could just use his Immortal Techniques to easily take my life.”

“Under the might of the Immortals, who would dare to disobey?”

“Wouldn’t the Nine Provinces have simply submitted, without needing to endure the arduous task of seizing territories and expending countless lives to unify Central State, as they are now?”

“So, three hundred Inborns is nothing but a bluff.”

“In my opinion, if the Chu thieves are able to deploy a hundred Inborns this time, it would be their limit.”

“They might not even have a hundred Inborns.”

“With over seventy Inborns on our side, plus fortified cities to rely on, as long as we don’t make the rash move of leaving the city to engage in reckless battles and instead defend cautiously, what can the Chu thieves possibly do to us?”

The Emperor of Tang exuded his long speech, which had one underlying message.

That is, Chu State is already at the end of its rope.

Though powerful, they cannot penetrate thorough defenses.

If they just hold on, endure the last bit of Chu State’s Northern Expedition, they can safely get through this calamity.

Once Chu State has depleted its last reserve, while its intrinsic potential might still be great,

but to accumulate enough resources to launch another Northern Expedition, it would take at least three to five years, or even a decade of accumulation, something out of the question.

And in three to five years, or even ten years time,

they would naturally be able to further refine the defense systems of Yuzhou, truly turning the entire Yuzhou into an impenetrable fortress, untouchable by any outsider.”

“By then, even Xu State, which was nearly destroyed by Chu Country, will have mostly recovered its vitality.”

“When the time comes, their Four Kingdoms Alliance might just become a Five Kingdoms Alliance.”

“With Xu State’s support, their military alliance’s system will be further strengthened.”

“At that point, the certainty of standing against Chu Country would naturally be much greater.”

“All in all, the future is bright, and the prospects are promising.”

“The people of Chu are doomed to fail.”

“In the darkness, there must always be some hope and light.”

At this moment, the Emperor of Tang was infusing a ray of light into the darkness that enveloped the Four Kingdoms Alliance, bringing hope to everyone.

Indeed, as he finished speaking, the expressions on the other leaders, particularly the emperors of Zheng and Jin, looked much better.