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Chapter 740: Chapter 326: The Wind Eagle Battle Begins_2

Now, there are only 33 Wind Eagles left in the entire sect, ten of which have been distributed to tribes on the Snowy Plains. Excluding some juvenile eagles and the ones he uses himself, the Great Mohism can only give ten Wind Eagles to Lu Yuan at most.

Moreover, after sending the Wind Eagles, the Great Mohism will deduct 100 Divine Pills from the 500 originally promised to Lu Yuan.

Because they need to train ten more Wind Eagles, these 100 Divine Pills will be used as nourishment for the growth of the birds.

Naturally, Lu Yuan agreed without hesitation.

It’s just 100 Divine Blood Elixirs.

With this amount of elixirs, even if he got his hands on them, he could only cultivate a few top-class experts at most. For the current Chu State, this wouldn’t make much of a difference.

What Chu State lacks now are Inborn Grandmasters, not top-class experts.

One hundred elixirs are far from enough to cultivate Inborn Grandmasters. However, with the proper use of ten Wind Eagles, the communication problem between Chu State and the local regions could be solved.

The value that can be demonstrated in this will be much greater than that of a top-class expert.

After all, Wind Eagles can travel 3,000 miles per day, while even a top-class expert can barely travel 1,000 miles daily.

A threefold speed difference is sufficient to offset the value of a top-class expert.

At least Lu Yuan felt that the value of ten Wind Eagles far exceeded that of ten top-class experts.

After all, the former comes from a special channel and their bloodlines are rare, making their numbers limited by nature.

But even without the Divine Blood Elixir, a martial artist with good talent, coupled with proper martial arts techniques, can still become a top-class expert after decades of training.

Can the value of something rare and non-replicable be the same as something that can be mass-produced?

After the 100 million taels of silver, the matter of the Exotic Beast Wind Eagles was settled.

As for the Spiritual woman of the Great Mohism and the 400 dowry Divine Pills, the Snow Plains Nomads would only send them after Lu Yuan had launched his troops.

In short.

Nomads are waiting for Lu Yuan to make a statement, attack Zhou Country, and submit his credentials first.

Only then will the Barbarians marry the Spiritual woman and present the dowry.

It seemed reasonable, and Lu Yuan had no objections.

After all, they had agreed to give 100 million taels of silver in advance. What more could they ask for in terms of sincerity?

On the contrary, it was time for him to show his sincerity.

Lu Yuan did so quickly.

After reaching an initial agreement on cooperation, on the 30th of September, Lu Yuan assembled the Group of Ministers and conferred the title of True Person to Qingyunzi in an open ceremony, ranking him among the First Rank.

That same day, he ordered this Avatar True Person to head north overnight to the West City Prefecture of Xiangyang County and take command of the Forbidden army and navy that had already arrived there.

At West City Prefecture, Chu State had secretly assembled 60,000 Forbidden troops, 10,000 County soldiers, and 20,000 sailors, a total of 90,000 soldiers and horses.

On the 3rd of October, with the transaction completed, Qingyunzi will lead these 90,000 troops to launch a surprise attack on Zhou Country and invade Hanzhong County.

At the same time, 40,000 Forbidden troops and 10,000 County soldiers, totaling 50,000, await orders at Jianmenguan in Xichuan County.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Before that, Hegu and Xichuanqing had been quietly sent to Jianmenguan by Lu Yuan, who had appointed them as the General Managers of the two counties and True Person of the nation.

All they have to do is wait for the right time to attack Hanzhong County, serving as an auxiliary force, assisted by Qingyunzi.

Yes.

For this attack on Hanzhong County, Lu Yuan did not plan to lead the troops himself but wanted to hand the battle over to his two avatars.

Originally, he planned to send the newly-developed avatar Qingyunzi to Qianzhong County.

At the same time, there were no immediate plans to attack Hanzhong County.

However, Zhou Country sent envoys to buy food, Jihui and Cui Changqing, two Great Chu ministers, passed away, and Snow Plains Nomads sent people to seek an alliance…

A series of significant changes brought many opportunities but also undoubtedly disrupted Lu Yuan’s arrangements.

In order to carry out a deceptive strategy, confuse the Zhou People, and display weakness to the outside world, Qingyunzi, who was originally planned to be exposed, had to be hidden.

With Jihui’s passing and Sun Siwen busy consolidating the political situation, Lu Yuan had no choice but to send Queen Lan Cai’er to patrol and appease the southwest in response to the unrest in Qianzhong County, thus stabilizing the local population.

Without the Queen in the court, no amount of reliance on Sun Siwen alone could maintain stability in the court or deter other forces.

One king and one queen of Chu must still remain in the capital to reassure the people.

In the absence of the Queen, Lu Yuan, as the king, naturally had to stay behind.

And to be honest.

Without his deterrence as the founding monarch and the current God of War, it would be difficult to keep the Ning Country, whose strength had soared after recuperation, in check as they began to show signs of restlessness.

A single Lu Yuan, owing simply to his own deterrence, was no less than four or five Inborn Grandmasters in the eyes of the world.

After all, the feat of defeating four Inborn Grandmasters was achieved at the cost of the lives of several Inborn Grandmasters, a lesson learned in blood and tears.

In addition to Lu Yuan’s unbroken record of victories spanning decades, having him lead troops would make Chu no less powerful than an additional 200,000 Elite Army.

Just one King of Chu, as long as he sits in Baling, would be tantamount to having conjured up two or three more Inborn Grandmasters and hundreds of thousands of troops out of thin air for Chu Country.

With him around, the Ning People, however restless, will not dare to launch an attack on Chu State.

Of course.

Although he has great confidence in his reputation, Lu Yuan does not truly believe that he alone can deter Jiangdong and be completely worry-free.

After making the decision to stay in Baling and oversee the rear, and after confirming the alliance with the Snowy Plain Barbarians, he issued an edict for a new round of military expansion in the country.