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Chapter 1168: Chapter 469 Shenwu Era_2 Chapter 1168: Chapter 469 Shenwu Era_2 There were the dangers and hardships of the Southern Border, with venomous insects everywhere and miasma rampant.

The tumultuous waves of the Southsea, with unpredictable wind and rain, and all sorts of fantastical occurrences at sea.

In summary.

After arduous and unparalleled battles, and what could be called adventurous exploits, the Southern Expedition Army spent two years penetrating deep into the rainforest and amid the Southsea, and eventually managed to repel both the Forest Barbarians and the Island Barbarians.

In the end, the Southern Expedition Army returned triumphantly with tens of millions of captured barbarians and numerous rare and exotic treasures.

By the time he finished recounting these stories, an hour had already passed.

The Storyteller’s throat was dry and parched, and even after drinking several sips of water, the discomfort was unstoppable, and his throat still felt burning hot.

So, he set down his wooden clapper, gave a respectful bow, and prepared to leave.

But the audience, their interest piqued by his tales, found it hard to contain their excitement and were reluctant to let him go.

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Even his employer, the owner of the tea stall, was enthralled by the story and did not want him to leave.

Mainly because, during the storytelling, the audience had ordered quite a few more teas and snacks, earning him a good sum of money.

Thus, he held onto the Storyteller and whispered a few words in private, gestured with his hands, and after several rounds of haggling, the two agreed on a price.

Interest sways the heart.

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Driven by money, the Storyteller’s throat miraculously healed, and he continued, “As I was saying, True Person Huang Xuan returned from subduing the Southern Barbarians to victory.

After this great victory, Great Chu’s Yangzhou became stable, and thus enjoyed a peaceful era.

However, the world, apart from Central State and Yangzhou, had other areas that did not belong to Great Chu but were instead controlled by other countries and tribes.

This era of peace did not last long.

Just two years after the Southern Expedition, an uprising broke out in the West Side in Yong State.

It turned out that the lands of Yong State were originally owned by Zhou Country, but later taken by Wei after its conquest, becoming Wei’s territory.

Yet after Great Chu’s Northern Expedition, Wei was vanquished by Chu, and the Eastern lands previously held by Wei fell into Chu’s realm.

Now, one of Great Chu’s six major cities, Luo Capital in Henan, was situated in Yong East.

Since Chu’s unification of the Central State, Yong East came to enjoy peace.

Yong West, on the other hand, was home to the Western Regions foreign tribes who migrated westward.

Like the Southern Barbarians, they were originally various small nations and tribes, forcibly amalgamated during their migration.

Each had different natures, habits, and methods.

Gathered together, one can imagine what that was like.

Ever since they migrated to Yong West…”

Originally, Lu Yuan and Wei went to war together, jointly attacking the barbarians in the southern parts of Yong and Yan States as well as the southern areas of the steppes.

Chu’s main adversaries at the time were the nations of Bahan Na and Mojilo, entrenched in the Helong region.

Wei, on the other hand, was tackling Huotuluo Country, whose influence had penetrated the southern steppes and Yan State.

However, Lu Yuan’s primary objective was to draw out Wei’s main force and then take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on the enemy’s undefended interior.

Thus, the campaign in Helong was only a feint; after hastily repelling the barbarians of the Western Henan and Longxi districts, Lu’s forces withdrew and turned to attack Wei directly.

As a result, when Chu struck, the powers of Bahan Na and Mojilo located in the Yong West Region retained their full strength and suffered little damage.

On the other hand, the then-mighty Huotuluo Country, unaware of the extent of Wei’s resolve, emerged victoriously from a defensive battle and even annihilated the main force of the Wei Army.

Nevertheless, this victory left them weakened by the heavy assault from Wei’s main force and severely diminished in strength.

Later, seeing their neighbor weakened and facing such a formidable enemy to the east, both Bahan Na and Mojilo immediately turned their forces to besiege Huotuluo, aiming to absorb it to strengthen themselves before turning eastward.

Then, after eight years of warfare, faced with the assault of two powerful enemies, Huotuluo Country could no longer hold out and was completely defeated, swallowed up by both Bahan Na and Mojilo.

Having consumed a nation of equal stature, both Bahan Na and Mojilo greatly increased their strength, each adding four or five million people to their populations.

At this time, only these two countries remained in the entire Western Regions of the Nine Provinces.

As the Two Countries were equally matched in size and strength, determining a victor between them seemed exceedingly difficult and potentially lengthy.

Hence, upon the elimination of Huotuluo, the two immediately entered into an alliance, signing a pact and becoming Allies.

They then upheld their initial agreement and began their eastward assault on Chu.

However, these two nations had always been sequestered on the fringes of the Western Regions, engaged in their own affairs.

The distinct appearance of the Western Regions tribes made them stand out in Central State, making it challenging to integrate and gather intelligence.

Consequently, they were not well-informed about Chu’s unification of the entire Central State or its subjugation of the Yangzhou Barbarians.

Or, perhaps, even with the knowledge, they had no choice but to press forward.

This was because earthquakes had begun to strike the Western Regions after eight years of their own infighting and now appeared on the lands of Yong State.

If they did not advance eastward at this juncture, they feared being buried alive by the relentless earthquakes without even needing Chu to take up arms against them.

Willing or not, these Western Regions tribes had to push east.

But advancing at this time was like delivering themselves into Chu’s hands.

Lu Yuan simply removed a few hundred thousand troops, assigned several dozen Inborn masters, and imitating the strategies of the Southern Expedition, he easily resolved the conflict.

The two great Western Regions countries fell in a single battle.

The thirty million-plus population within their nations now belonged to Great Chu.

Furthermore, after four years of recovery following Chu’s unification, the country’s strength had grown steadily, and with sufficient reserves accrued, it was ready to expand outward.