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Chapter 1011: Chapter 417: Lord Wei Hunts in the North Chapter 1011: Chapter 417: Lord Wei Hunts in the North This was the protagonist of Chu State’s Northern Expedition, and in essence, there were three.

Chu, Liang, and Wei, these three countries ranked first, second, and third in the world at that time, were the main characters of this Great War.

However, in reality, after the Chu army’s Northern Expedition, the attention of the world was not fairly distributed among the three protagonists, but was entirely focused on Chu and Liang.

After all, this was Central State, at the heart of the world.

And Chu State was originally the second largest country, whereas Liang was the largest, and the competition for the position of hegemon between the top two naturally attracted attention.

As for the battle between the second and third places, by comparison, it was less surprising.

Therefore, another protagonist, Wei Country, seemed like an invisible one, gloriously ignored by everyone.

It was as if Wei Country was isolated from the entire world in an instant, looking somewhat desolate.

Alright, it was indeed desolate.

If it could be said that Liang had been instantly defeated by the Northern Expedition of Chu State and had lost half its territory, almost to the point of national extinction,

Then Wei Country was already nearly extinct.

Chu State’s Northern Expedition was really too sudden.

No one expected Chu State would suddenly make a move, and after it did, the strength it displayed was frighteningly strong.

Wei Country was one of those who had not anticipated this.

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In recent years, the relationship between Chu and Wei had actually been very good, even better than with Zheng Kingdom.

After all, separated by a vast sea, it was perilous and unpredictable for Chu State to communicate with the opponent, with too many variables.

But Wei Country was different.

Situated on the Northern Border, it shared a border with Chu State, with too many passages between Xiangyang and Nanyang, or between Hanzhong and Guannei, allowing for communication.

In recent years, due to consecutive years of warfare, Wei Country’s domestic grain production was affected, and it had to purchase grain in large quantities from Chu State to meet the needs of its people.

Just this grain trade alone amounted to tens of millions of silver tales in transactions each year.

As for other various types of goods and trade, they were even more numerous.

And that’s just economic exchange.

Militarily, as early as twenty years ago when Wei Country annihilated Zhou, Chu already made contact with them.

While Wei Country certainly made a significant effort in the destruction of Zhou Country, Chu’s contribution could not be ignored either.

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The first military exchange between the two countries had started a long time ago.

In recent years, with the need to resist the Barbarian tribes on the West Side, Chu and Wei have never ceased small-scale military cooperation.

Their forces often joined together to strike at the Barbarian tribes.

And exactly because of these past successes, Wei Country had repeatedly invited Chu State to undertake a major joint military operation in recent years.

To conduct a thunderous purge and completely eliminate the hidden dangers in the West.

As for contacts in diplomatic channels, there were even more.

Sending envoys every year, the exchange of letters between Lu Yuan and the Wei Emperor, mutually presenting gifts, and the interaction between high-level officials of both countries were too numerous to count.

So no matter how you looked at it, ChuWei, with their close connections and friendly exchanges in economic, military, and political aspects, did not seem like they would come to blows.

It was illogical and there were no signs at all.

What good would it do Chu State to attack Wei Country?

Just for Nanyang and Henan, these two areas of Central State?

Yes, these two prefectures were located in Central State, with fertile land ideal as the foundation for a hegemonic state.

But compared to these two small prefectures, wouldn’t the dozen or so prefectures of Liang be more tempting?

If you attack Wei, you will face the desperate resistance of the world’s third strongest country, and whether you can take it down is also uncertain.

But if you attack Liang, not only will Wei move its hand, but Zhao, Xu, Tang, and even Zheng from The North will be unable to resist joining in the battle.

Don’t doubt it, with Chu’s call to arms, and the surrounding nations’ jealousy and greed for Liang’s solitary dominance over a province, this could definitely be achieved.

And if achieved, it would be Chu leading an alliance against Liang, involving Wei, Zhao, Xu, Tang, Zheng, and other countries—a six-nation coalition against Liang.

Six ruling states ganging up on Liang, the mere thought of it was enough to get the blood pumping.

Facing the encirclement of six hegemonic states, there was no doubt whether Liang could hold out—it was a certain defeat.

When the time came for the countries to unite and divide Liang, each could take three to five prefectures.

Wouldn’t this be more desirable than grappling with Wei over two prefectures in Central State?

In fact.

There had always been such a sound on Wei’s side, calling for Chu State to stand out, lead the various countries, and jointly punish Liang.

This voice grew louder as the alliance led by Wei suffered defeat, a terribly crushing loss.

In the past, Wei had aspired to be the Alliance Leader, to gradually gain benefits and prestige by striking at Liang, slowly suppressing Chu and becoming the second largest state in the world.

So at that time, Wei was brimming with confidence, impassioned, sending envoys out to various countries year after year, inviting them to join the alliance and attack Liang.

Then, Wei could be considered as having boundless glory.

One after another, alliances were born under their initiative and indeed, they did achieve results in the campaigns against Liang over the years.

For example, Zhao took over Dong Prefecture, Xu conquered Le’an Prefecture, results achieved under Wei’s alliance.

But these were the allies’ victories; as the Alliance Leader, Wei did not reap any benefits, but suffered only losses and ended up merely shouting loudly for nothing.

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