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Chapter 979: Chapter 406 Zheng Presents Soil 2 Chapter 979: Chapter 406 Zheng Presents Soil 2 Huang Yun bowed in response, “Only at your Majesty’s request, dare I not obey.”

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Baling, Chu Palace.

While Huang Yun was on a mission in the Wei Palace, meeting with the Heavenly Son and Group of Ministers of Wei Country,

inside the Chu Palace, Lu Yuan was also receiving a messenger from Zheng Kingdom.

“The messenger says that as long as Great Chu is willing to send troops to rescue, then Zheng Kingdom is willing to cede Yangxia County to us.

Are these words true?”

Lu Yuan looked at Zheng Kingdom’s messenger Li Hu below him and confirmed again.

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Indeed, it was Zheng Kingdom.

Just as everyone in Chu had predicted a few years earlier, during the civil unrest in Zheng Kingdom, which split into Northern and Southern Zheng,

this Yuzhou Overlord, after falling into internal chaos and waging war for a period, would very likely reunite and consolidate once again, given powerful external pressures and the necessities of survival.

Therefore, seven years ago, under the unceasing invasions from the Northern Tang Xu duo,

pressured by the threat to its very existence, Northern Zheng actively sought out Southern Zheng with the desire to reunite with the motherland.

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And Southern Zheng, over these years, having become greatly weakened after the schism with Northern Zheng and suffering a series of defeats in the wars against Northern Zheng, Jin, Tang, and Xu States, was also struggling to get by.

Thus, when Northern Zheng leaned in, the two siblings from the same root quickly came to an agreement and immediately reached a consensus on merging and returning to the fold.

Zheng Empreror Zheng Lian announced that he would no longer hold Northern Zheng’s Monarch and Ministers accountable for their treachery, and the monarch and ministers of Northern Zheng, in turn, relinquished their country’s name and system; retaining their original rights, they returned to Zheng Kingdom.

However, even though Northern and Southern Zheng had reunited, during the eight years of civil war, Northern Zheng first lost its northern two counties to Jingzhou’s Tang Kingdom, and Southern Zheng lost its northeast county to Jin Country.

After losing these territories, even though the Two Zhengs unified again, they were only left with the land of seven counties and a population of about twenty million, with just one million three hundred thousand soldiers, twenty-three Inborn, their strength had greatly declined.

It was precisely because of this that, when faced with external threats, Zheng Kingdom had no choice but to seek help from Chu State, its ally.

Li Hu nodded earnestly and replied, “Reporting to Your Majesty, this matter is absolutely true.

As long as Great Chu is willing to send troops to help our Zheng Kingdom repel the soldiers of Northern Tang, then our country is willing to cede the five thousand square miles of river and mountains in Yangxia County to Great Chu to express our gratitude.”

In answering, Li Hu’s heart also bled with bitterness.

Truthfully, who would be willing to cede their own territory and hand it over to another country, if it were possible?

But the current situation of Zheng Kingdom was so dire and perilous that not seeking outside assistance would truly risk the downfall of the nation.

Since the reunification of the Two Zhengs, the pressure of the northern border, once solely borne by Northern Zheng, naturally became the responsibility of the unified new Zheng Kingdom.

Then, this new Zheng Kingdom faced a vast empire that had migrated down from the north of Jingzhou, possessing three counties in southern Jing, two counties in northern Yu, a population of thirty million, two million soldiers, and thirty-two Inborn.

On the eastern side of Zheng Kingdom, there was also Jin Country, retreating step by step under the pressure of a formidable enemy in the north and continuously migrating south.

Jin Country’s days these years have been even harder than those of Zheng Kingdom.

Originally just a nation of five counties, despite having the volume of a hegemon, there are differences between a greater hegemon and a lesser one.

Without a doubt, Jin Country was a lesser hegemon,

and its adversary was Xu State, which occupied more than half of Liang and over ten counties.

Facing such an adversary, it was natural for Jin Country to struggle.

After fifteen years of conflict, Jin Country lost three counties in the north, losing sixty percent of its original territory.

It was only a few years ago that, in alliance with Northern Zheng and the Northern Tang Xu duo, Jin Country had its way with Southern Zheng and, after a Great War, seized the northeastern county of Gaoyang from Southern Zheng.

Thus, Jin Country now had only three counties left, barely ten million people, around seven hundred thousand soldiers, and thirteen Inborn remaining – barely maintaining the stature of a hegemon.

So, in the vicinity of Zheng Kingdom today, there was Tang Country to the north, Jin Country to the northeast, both with extreme enmity towards Zheng and fiercely eager to tear flesh from Zheng Kingdom at any moment.

These issues would not have been too much of a concern under normal circumstances.

After all, Tang Country had Barbarians migrating south to deal with in the north, and Jin Country had Xu State in the north; both nations couldn’t focus all their might against Zheng as their borders were not entirely peaceful and substantial forces had to remain to defend against enemies to the north.

And the forces they could spare, the unified Zheng Kingdom could naturally handle.

As such, with only the enemies from within Yuzhou to consider, Zheng Kingdom was not fearful.

But the problem was precisely here.

As mentioned before, five years ago, Wei Emperor Wei Yong allied with Zhao and Xu to attack Liang, but was severely defeated by Liang, with the Three Nations losing a million soldiers and their vitality severely damaged, rendering them no longer able to move south or look eastward.

Liang, too, at the moment of its victorious counterattack plans, was backstabbed by Chu, cut off from supplies, and plunged into a severe famine within the country.

Due to domestic unrest and lack of food, Liang Country was forced to abandon its plans to counterattack the Three Nations and reclaim its lost territories.

Over the following five years, Liang Country called a halt to the war and dedicated themselves to domestic affairs, recovering production, and accumulating national Strength.

Now, five years later, Liang had recovered.

Not only had the issue of lack of food been resolved internally, but they also used this rare peaceful time to accumulate a reserve of money and grain, gaining a foundation that could support an army for yet another war.

So, Liang Country reassembled the disbanded army and restored its military force inside the country to a scale of three million.

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