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Chapter 937: Chapter 392: Barbarians Requesting Allegiance_2 Chapter 937: Chapter 392: Barbarians Requesting Allegiance_2 After Zhou Country was unified, there were many messengers, businessmen, and those seeking a future who came to Baling from all corners of the earth.

It was the convergence of these countless people that brought about the prosperity of Baling today.”

At this point, Hu Yan Hai thought of something and couldn’t help clicking his tongue, “I heard that last year, Yue Yang prefecture counted the population, and the entire Yueyang Prefecture had three million people, with Baling accounting for two million, making up the majority.”

Since Lu Yuan unified Yangzhou and proclaimed himself Emperor, the original capital located in Yueyang Prefecture was renamed Yue Yang prefecture, changing the title of the administrative chief from Prefect to Prefect, generally two grades higher than an ordinary Prefect.

Although Hu Yan Hai was from the Snow Plains Nomads, over the past twenty years, the increasing ties between the various Snow Plains tribes and Chu State, with growing trade and personal exchanges, had become increasingly close.

Especially during the later stages of establishing relations with Chu State, the survival of their tribes depended on the help of Chu State; otherwise, they could not maintain their existence in the northwest.

Under these circumstances, the leaders of the Snow Plains Nomads had no choice but to pay more attention to Chu State, to study the systems of Chu State earnestly, understand the politics of Chu’s court, and care about Chu’s affairs, both large and small.

Even to stabilize exchanges, the Snow Plains Nomads had set up an embassy in the Imperial Capital of Baling, sending a permanent envoy to facilitate communication between both sides.

Therefore, among the Snow Plains tribes, news about Chu State was actually not cut off.

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For tribal nobility such as Hu Yan Hai, he could indeed be called knowledgeable about Chu State, perhaps even more so than average Chu people.

“Two million people…”

Upon hearing this number, Hu Yan Bi’s expression grew even darker.

Now, after they lost the three counties of Western Liang and Hexi and most of Longxi, the remaining tribal population all together, it was uncertain whether they had two million people.

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Perhaps it was only just over a million.

Sighing, Hu Yan Bi tried not to think about this saddening matter and looked at his uncle, asking, “Uncle Hai, do you think the Chu Emperor will accept our allegiance?”

Hu Yan Hai nodded straightforwardly, “Of course he will.”

Hu Yan Bi puzzled, “Why?”

Hu Yan Hai stroked his beard and smiled, “Now our Snow Plains tribes still have two hundred thousand brave warriors and five Inborns.

With such a powerful force, as long as the King of Chu still has plans to use troops in Central State, he will not refuse us outright.”

Having said that, he thought of something and added, “Moreover, as Snow Plains Nomads, we are not without a foundation.

Lady Ling is still in the harem of the Chu Emperor, and in the past two years, she has given birth to two sons for the Emperor, promoted to Noble Consort, her status second only to the Empress.

With Lady Ling there, Chu State is our support, and the Chu Emperor will not reject us.”

Hu Yan Bi contemplated and said, “Uncle Hai is right, having Lady Ling on our side, we truly do not need to worry.”

In fact, he did not know or had never seen the legendary Spiritual woman.

Because she was married off to Chu when he wasn’t even born.

But the great deeds of the Spiritual woman who, for the sake of the Snow Plains tribes, married a mortal with the dignity of a Divine Lady and brought Chu State as a powerful ally to the Barbarians, are eternally appreciated and widely praised by the Snowfield citizens.

Over the years, the concerted help provided by Chu State to the Snow Plains Nomads, it’s hard to say that the Spiritual woman did not play a part.

So they did have a backer.

Even though these years in the northwest, the Snow Plains had been continuously defeated in battle, losing territory county after county, and now even the last stronghold of Longxi County was barely holding,

It doesn’t mean the Barbarians are weak.

The main reason the Snow Plains had been consecutively defeated in recent times was due to the overwhelming impact of the barbarian tribes from the northern plains—it was too great.

Over the past years, there have been tens of millions of barbarians from the northern plains hitting the five counties of Yong West.

In contrast, the barbarians, after previous battles with Zhou People and the state of Western Liang, had already been bled dry, with only a population of three to four million remaining.

Against a barbarian tribe from the plains whose strength was several times their own, it was quite normal that they couldn’t hold out.

In actuality, the Snow Plains Nomads fought with exceptional bravery in recent battles against the barbarians from the plains.

To defend their New Home, the Snow Plains tribes had lost over seven hundred thousand warriors, almost dying to the last man.

Five Inborn Grandmasters had fallen, including three kings from the four royal tribes.

The Spirit Master of Great Mohism also died.

The ferocity of the battles was truly shocking.

And their achievements were very glorious.

The Snow Plains had nearly two million barbarians fall to their hands, and six Inborn Grandmasters had Fallen, almost breaking the backbone of the barbarian tribes from the plains.

Even though the Snow Plains Nomads are now on the verge of swearing allegiance to Chu State in defeat, how much better off are those barbarians from the plains?

Before coming to Chu State, Hu Yan Bi had vaguely heard that some tribes in the Western Gobi were being affected by the cold waves and were considering migrating eastward.

Fifteen years ago, the Snow Plains Nomads drove away the Zhou People and settled in Yongzhou River Long.

Eight years ago, they outlasted the Western Liang People and took over five counties in the west of Yong State.

Now, the Snow Plains Nomads, chased out by the barbarians from the plains, have ended up fleeing in desperation to seek refuge with Chu State.

Heh!

Let’s see what becomes of those barbarians who drove them out and settled in the five counties of Yong West ten years from now?

Thinking this way, Hu Yan Bi no longer had any reservations about seeking refuge with Chu State.