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Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Chapter 1209 - Three Countries Submitting
9th month, 15th day, King City.
Just as Di Chen was persuading Zhan Lang, Ouyang Shuo was scheming for Wannan Province.
The battle at the Jiangnan border had just ended, and the 400 thousand Ming troops there either died in battle or surrendered. A total of 350 thousand surrendered, coincidentally a legion corps in number.
Considering the Tiger, Xiangjiang, and King legion corps, Great Xia had a stunning number of troops in the southeast region.
Furthermore, the current Wannan Province did not have any Great Zhou troops. If Great Xia attacked now, Di Chen would not dare to send troops to defend and would only give up.
Even Qin, Tang, and Song would not dare to send reinforcements as Wannan Province did not have a teleportation formation.
After the discussion, they decided to let the Xiangjiang legion corps send the 350 thousand Ming prisoners back to Jiangchuan Province to wait for the privy court to reorganize them. The Xiangjiang legion corps would return to Jiangchuan Province with the intentions of keeping a lookout on Great Song.
The Tiger Legion Corps would be housed in Jiangnan Province and the King legion corps would be in charge of this mission.
Xiong Ba was already facing a lot of rumors and insults because of him joining Great Xia, and if the King legion corps was allowed to take down Wannan Province, it would push XIong Ba to an even more awkward position.
Unexpectedly, Xiong Ba advocated for the King legion corps to attack; he said, "After all, Jiangnan Province used to be a province under Great Zhou, and many of the officials inside are working for the Great Zhou Imperial Court. They do have some influence in Jiangnan Province. On the surface, the entire province is calm because the army exists, and they do not dare to act. In truth, there are many hidden currents, and along with the Difeng spies fanning the flames, it is really messy."
"Taking this chance to use the King legion corps to take down Wannan can allow the king to use the Tiger Legion Corps to scare and threaten the masses and reorganize the Jiangnan official field and make them truly merge into the Imperial Court."
When Ouyang Shuo heard that, he looked deeply at Xiong Ba and said, "Let's follow your plan."
Xiong Ba had two reasons for doing that. First, letting the King legion corps take down Wannan Province would strengthen the speaking rights of Xiong Ba's family in Great Xia. Secondly, he would totally let go of Jiangnan Province, which would let Ouyang Shuo be at ease.
To deal with such smart people, even Ouyang Shuo needed to be highly alert.
Although the two of them were really harmonious in front of the Jiangnan people, the true relationship had just begun. There was still a long road ahead for Xiong Ba to win Ouyang Shuo's trust.
Accepting Jiangnan Province was a symbolic matter for Great Xia.
Jiangnan Province was not really important. However, the Xiong Ba family that previously ruled over Jiangnan Province was a top aristocratic family in China; it was a power that did not fit in with Ouyang Shuo.
How to digest Xiong Ba's family was a new test for Ouyang Shuo.
Since the rise of Great Xia, they had relied on historical talents and commoners to rule the world. At its current scale, they naturally had the ability to accept aristocratic families like Xiong Ba's.
They would form up the new nobles of Great Xia along with the Bai Hua, Cui, Song, and likewise families.
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The next morning, the King legion corps set off from King City and headed toward Wannan Province.
The moment the news went out, the people of China clamored.
No one had expected Xiong Ba to betray his 'master' to such an extent, changing sides to Great Xia before leading troops to attack his old home, attracting a lot of discussion.
However, Xiong Ba was not moved.
Apart from the King legion corps attacking, there would still be other troops helping out. Great Jin's blazing legion corps would move from the north toward the west border to scare off Great Jin while Li Mu would lead the Eagle Legion Corps to threaten Great Tang.
The Xiangjiang legion corps that had just returned home would threaten Great Song.
Han Xin would personally move the Leopard Legion Corps to monitor Ludong Province. As for Jingdu Province, the Yue Fei led Beijiang legion corps would be in charge of monitoring there.
Great Xia was holding the so-called five country alliance by the neck.
This time, all the more the blood red legion corps could not proceed toward Wannan Province to tread in these murky waters.
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Great Zhou Dynasty, Handan City.
The usually solemn and filled with power Imperial Reading Room gave out a despondent aura. The Great Zhou king who was always self-disciplined was drowning in his sorrows.
His moustache was grown out, and he looked really run down.
Xiong Ba's betrayal, Zhan Lang's weird actions; one piece of bad news after another had totally crushed Di Chen. He had lost his fighting spirit and could only drown in his sorrows.
When Juedai Fenghua standing not far away saw that, she could not hide her sympathy, but she did not know how to convince and persuade him.
After the failure in the Battle of Great Jin, Juedai Fenghua had a bad feeling. The Battle of Great Jin was a battle where Great Zhou had gone all out, and it was the battle that Di Chen gambled everything on. That battle decided the fate of Great Zhou Dynasty.
The truth was as such.
Their loss in the Battle of Great Jin caused Xiong Ba to leave. Subsequently, Di Chen decided to snatch power, which infuriated Zhan Lang. Under this chain reaction, the Great Zhou Dynasty started to shake.
Just like now, the King legion corps had charged into Wannan Province, but Great Zhou did not do anything. They did not even have the courage to resist, and he could only bear the pain of abandoning Wannan.
He had no choice but to give it up.
Great Zhou was now stuck an internal battle while Qin, Tang, and Song were being monitored and were unwilling to participate and attract Great Xia's animosity.
Pretty much within a night, Great Xia's authority rose up in China.
Great Zhou's future was bleak.
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Just as Juedai Fenghua had predicted, within merely week, the King legion corps took down Wannan Province.
The King legion corps was able to take down Wannan so quickly due to one person - the former Wannan Provincial Governor, Wandering Magic. Due to Zhan Lang delaying his appointment over in Wannan, Wandering Magic had remained in the province.
One must know that Wandering Magic was a close ally of Xiong Ba. Since Xiong Ba had submitted to Great Xia, Wandering Magic had no reason to remain in Great Zhou.
Luckily, Xiong Ba came out to calm him down, which was why Wandering Magic temporarily remained secluded.
Although Di Chen had removed Wandering Magic from his post, the moment he knew that the King legion corps was attacking, Wandering Magic utilized the foundations he had after working there for so long.
After he hid himself, he built bridges for the King legion corps and led them to siege and occupy land. Everywhere they went the prefectures and counties surrendered. They basically faced no resistance.
After taking down Wannan Province, Zhongyuan Province was not alone anymore and was connected to the dynasty.
Along with the Wannan war matter ending, just as the China region players felt that the wilderness was about to have a period of peace and quietly past the next few months, a series of events happened.
The entire China region was shocked.
9th month, 25th day, the Blood Red legion corps took down Jianye, and the Great Ming Dynasty was wiped out.
The moment Jianye City was broken into, a ruler of a generation, Zhu Yuanzhang, killed himself to protect the honor and dignity of an emperor. Li Shanchang, Li wenzhong, Tang He, and more joined Zhan Lang.
After taking down Great Ming, Zhan Lang appointed himself as the Donghai Provincial Governor. He did not betray Great Zhou, but he did not listen to the orders of Great Zhou Dynasty either. Instead, he became a Lord of the dynasty.
Di Chen was helpless, and he could only let him do as he wished.
The day after Great Ming was destroyed, Feng Qiuhuang announced that Great Jin would officially submit to Great Xia.
Right after Great Jin submitted, Feng Qiuhuang was given the title of duchess like Mulan Yue and Bai Hua. Hence, she became the third duke rank individual of Great Xia.
Even Xiong Ba was only given the title of 2nd class marquis.
9th month, 28th day, Sui Wendi announced that Great Sui would officially submit to Great Xia.
Sui Wendi Yang Jian was a smart person; he knew that the Xia King was waiting for Great Sui to admit defeat. When he saw that China was about to be unified, Sui Wendi did not want to fall behind others and wanted to submit before Shu Han.
For doing that, Yang Jian obtained great rewards.
Xia King Ouyang Shuo gave a decree, giving Yang Jian the title of Sui king; he was the second king under Great Xia. Previously, when the Dali country submitted, their king was only given the title of 2nd class marquis.
Along with Great Sui submitting, Gao Jiong, Su Wei, Yang Su, Zheng Yi, He Ruobi, Han Qinhu, Yu Juluo, Yu Wenshu, and more officials joined Great Xia too, making Ouyang Shuo delighted.
As for Yang Guang's ambitions, they would never come true.
Based on the Great Xia title system, every time the title was passed down, it would be lowered by a rank and could be passed down five generations at most. Hence, be it Han King or Sui King, both would stop at the first generation.
Along with Great Sui submitting, the 500 thousand Great Sui guards joined Great Xia. Along with the 350 thousand Great Jin army, everyone feared Great Xia's military might.
Maybe because he felt hopeless, or maybe because they wanted to get something good, but not long after Great Sui submitted, on the 10th month, 1st day, Liu Bei finally gave up on resisting and submitted to Great Xia.
The moment the news went out, the world was shocked.
One must know that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei had both died under the Great Xia Army. For him to put down such hatred, Liu Bei was truly Liu Bei.
Since Liu Bei knew his position, Ouyang Shuo did not make things too hard for him, immediately sending a decree to give Liu Bei the title of Shu Marquis, 2nd class Marquis. He was given the same treatment as Dali Marquis Duan Yu.
Shu Han Dynasty submitted but chancellor Zhuge Liang was not willing to work for Great Xia and chose to seclude himself.
Ouyang Shuo did not force him. With the prosperous lineup of talents in Great Xia that gathered all the talents in Chinese history, they did not lack a Zhuge Liang.
Fa Zheng, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Jiang Wei, and more Shu Han officials made Ouyang Shuo really satisfied.
The 6th year of Gaia was truly a tumultuous year. The end of the year had not even arrived yet, and only Qin, Tang and Song remained out of the eight dynasties.
The China region had already welcomed a new era, an era that belonged to Great Xia.
Due to the successive battles and huge gains, a total of two million troops awaited reorganization. When Ouyang Shuo returned to Shanhai City, he decided to stop all military operations and focus on digesting these troops for a period of time.
Once this round of digestion was over, Great Xia would unify China.
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