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Chapter 930: Chapter 390 Migrant Alliances with Wei Chapter 930: Chapter 390 Migrant Alliances with Wei In the twelfth year of Shenwu, in September, the Ziyun Dao of Ning Country rebelled.

They openly raised flags and changed their allegiances, announcing their submission to Great Chu.

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In an instant, of the two prefectures and seventeen counties in Ning Country, eight switched their allegiances, instantly becoming territories of Chu.

An army of eight hundred thousand, with four hundred thousand changing their colors, pledged loyalty to the King of Chu.

And Great Chu reacted swiftly as well.

At the moment Ziyun Dao surrendered, Huang Xuan of Yuzhang Prefecture led an army of one hundred thousand to press towards the counties of Xin’an and Dongyang in Linhai, joining forces with the two hundred thousand rebel troops of Ziyun Dao’s Xuan Yin and Xuan Yi, gaining control over various counties south of Jinling.

Qingyunzi from Jian’an County led an army of one hundred thousand, pressing towards the regions of Yongjia and Linhai in Linhai County, meeting with the one hundred fifty thousand troops of Ziyun Dao’s Xuan Xi, Xuan Yu, and Xuan Lu, taking control over various counties in the eastern part of Linhai.

Xuan Yu of Ziyun Dao raised an army of fifty thousand at the border of Linhai and Guangling, capturing prefectures and counties, cutting off the land communication between Jinling and Guangling.

For a time, the Imperial Capital of Ning Country, Jinling, was surrounded on three sides, with four hundred thousand traitors joining with the two hundred thousand Chu troops.

As they advanced, the local Ning Army was either surrendered or crushed.

The news returned, shaking Jinling, shaking the court, shaking the Coastal Aristocratic Family.

The survival of Ning Country was in peril, hanging by a thread.

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Tianluo Mountain.

“So, out of the seven Inborns from the Coastal Aristocratic Family, already three have shown a tendency to surrender to Great Chu?”, Lu Yuan asked Du Xin, the Commander of the Royal City’s External Affairs, with a smile on his face.

“Your Majesty, indeed it is so,” Du Xin replied respectfully.

“Marquis of Wujiang, Chu Ming; Marquis of Wuming, Wang Xiu; and Marquis of Wuyi, Yu Ying–representatives of the six surnames and seven clans have all expressed their willingness to switch allegiance to Great Chu when our troops march westward.”

Besides, Marquis Wuming Muchangqing and Martial Proclamation Marquis Yang Jing are somewhat wavering.

Perhaps when Ning Country is completely in dire straits, and troops are at the gates, these two will also surrender.

The only ones who remain resolute are Emperor Shenqiu of Ning and Wucheng Marquis Shangguan Ming, who staunchly refuse to surrender.

However, the majority of their clan members are in awe and admiration of Great Chu and are constantly urging them.

For the sake of their clan, these two may also surrender in the end.”

After turning Ziyun Dao, Great Chu’s series of actions to woo and divide Jiangdong have been like adding wings to a tiger–incredibly successful.

The aristocratic families of Jiangdong are smart people who know how to turn with the wind.

They all understand that with Ziyun Dao surrendered and the nation in such a state, their own meager strength is fundamentally insufficient to hold Ning Country.

After all, nearly half of the Inborn Grandmasters and half of the military forces have been controlled by the traitorous Ziyun Dao insiders.

The once-solid line of defense was instantly breached; the Chu army could easily drive in deep and meet with those traitors within the nation.

Under such circumstances, what could the remaining seven Inborns and four hundred thousand troops do?

Even some ancestral lands of the six surnames and seven clans had already been controlled by Ziyun Dao, their clan members at the mercy of Ziyun Dao.

If these clans dared to resist, instant clan extermination would be their fate.

With their lives and wealth at stake, who would dare to resist?

The three Innate Martial Marquises expressed their intentions to ally, as Du Xin said, precisely because Ziyun Dao controlled their families.

The lives of thousands within their family, young and old, hung on the whims of Ziyun Dao; the Marquises had no choice but to submit for the sake of their entire clan’s lives.

As for Muchangqing and Yang Jing, these two men’s families, though not controlled by Ziyun Dao,

Were located right next to Ziyun Dao’s territory.

Currently, they were being closely watched or surrounded by Ziyun Dao forces, also under constant threat.

Moreover, in the wake of Ziyun Dao’s rebellion, they also understood that Ning Country was truly doomed.

To continue resistance meant only more pointless casualties.

So, caught between two choices, they wavered between surrendering and defending to the death.

As for Shenqiu and Shangguan Ming, these two truly wished to die serving their country.

The two-thousand-year foundation of the Coastal Aristocratic Family, if ruined in their hands, would leave all of them, Shenqiu included, no choice but to die of shame.

In such a situation, they could not face living in disgrace.

Moreover, bowing to Lu Yuan, men of aristocratic birth like them would not allow themselves; they could not put aside their pride.

Rather than abandoning their dignity, they’d prefer to die gloriously, preserving their honor.

Death seemed their best option.

But though these two might wish for death, the clansmen of the Shen and Shangguan families certainly did not wish to accompany them to ruin.

The Shen and Shangguan families were prominent among the six surnames and seven clans, having thrived for several hundred years, with tens of thousands of members.

It was easy for them to seek death, but to take along fifty or sixty thousand clan members was excessive.

No one wants to die when there’s an option, especially when that option seems promising, leaving even fewer people willing to die.

Great Chu had already made an offer.

As long as the six surnames and seven clans were willing to surrender, anyone among them with an Inborn member could be granted half a county and become a duke, establishing their own nation in Lingnan.

Though Lingnan was poor and could not compare to the wealth of Jiangdong, they could at least be sovereign rulers there.

Moving there, these royal families could still dominate locally and remain important figures.

Wealth and power were always available.

Furthermore, Duke Song, Xie Ning, also came from the six surnames and seven clans; considering the relationships, he was related to these aristocratic families of Jiangdong.

With him looking after them in Lingnan, settling down could be much easier.

With such a bright future ahead, who would choose to forego the prospect of becoming a new nation’s nobility and instead die gloriously alongside their clan leader?

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