?Chapter 1147: Chapter 462 Dividing Forces to Confront_2 Chapter 1147: Chapter 462 Dividing Forces to Confront_2 Speaking of this, the Emperor of Xu Country revealed a cold smirk.


    “Bluffing and exaggerating the scale of military troops is a common tactic used by countries in these chaotic years.”


    He himself had used it many times.


    Therefore, he judged others by himself.


    When Chu State claimed to have deployed ten million soldiers and three hundred Inborns, the Emperor of Xu Country simply didn’t believe it.


    Cutting that number in half would be more like it.


    No, it should be halved and then halved again to be reasonable.


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    “The Emperor of Xu is right, the Chu thieves are just bluffing,”


    agreed the Emperor of Tang Kingdom, nodding earnestly before scoffing, “You and I just had a great war for a year, last year in the Great War, my Great Tang deployed over three million soldiers, and you three nations together nearly had five million.


    The momentum was indeed grand.


    But after a year of wartime exhaustion, our treasuries have already been drained.”


    “Now, my Great Tang can only muster half of last year’s forces to contend with the Chu people.”


    “The same goes for you.”


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    With Chu State’s finances further exhausted this year, the number of soldiers they can deploy must be even fewer, perhaps only five to six million.”


    “While my Tang Kingdom can put forth one point eight million soldiers, Xu Country one point five million, Jin Country one million, and Zheng Kingdom seven hundred thousand.”


    “Together, the four of us sum up to five million troops.”


    “Just in terms of military strength, we are already no weaker than the Chu thieves.”


    “As for the Inborn Grandmasters?”


    “The four of our countries together also have over seventy people, and our strength is certainly not weak.”


    “The Chu thieves claim they have three hundred Inborns, but such a joke is barely worth laughing over.”


    “Even before the Chu Country’s Northern Expedition, it’s questionable whether the entire Nine Provinces had three hundred Inborns.”


    “Chu State has only occupied half of the Nine Provinces, how could they possibly dare to claim they have three hundred Inborns?”


    “Yes, the Chu Emperor himself might truly have Immortal Techniques to create puppet avatars almost as powerful as Inborns.”


    “But I simply do not believe that their capabilities are so limitless that they can endlessly replicate such avatar puppets.”


    “That was something only those lofty Immortals had, in an era when Spiritual Energy was abundant and the great powers of Immortals still existed.”


    “If the Chu Emperor truly had such abilities, he wouldn’t need to resort to creating puppets.


    He could just use his Immortal Techniques to easily take my life.”


    “Under the might of the Immortals, who would dare to disobey?”


    “Wouldn’t the Nine Provinces have simply submitted, without needing to endure the arduous task of seizing territories and expending countless lives to unify Central State, as they are now?”


    “So, three hundred Inborns is nothing but a bluff.”


    “In my opinion, if the Chu thieves are able to deploy a hundred Inborns this time, it would be their limit.”


    “They might not even have a hundred Inborns.”


    “With over seventy Inborns on our side, plus fortified cities to rely on, as long as we don’t make the rash move of leaving the city to engage in reckless battles and instead defend cautiously, what can the Chu thieves possibly do to us?”


    The Emperor of Tang exuded his long speech, which had one underlying message.


    That is, Chu State is already at the end of its rope.


    Though powerful, they cannot penetrate thorough defenses.


    If they just hold on, endure the last bit of Chu State’s Northern Expedition, they can safely get through this calamity.


    Once Chu State has depleted its last reserve, while its intrinsic potential might still be great,


    but to accumulate enough resources to launch another Northern Expedition, it would take at least three to five years, or even a decade of accumulation, something out of the question.


    And in three to five years, or even ten years time,


    they would naturally be able to further refine the defense systems of Yuzhou, truly turning the entire Yuzhou into an impenetrable fortress, untouchable by any outsider.”


    “By then, even Xu State, which was nearly destroyed by Chu Country, will have mostly recovered its vitality.”


    “When the time comes, their Four Kingdoms Alliance might just become a Five Kingdoms Alliance.”


    “With Xu State’s support, their military alliance’s system will be further strengthened.”


    “At that point, the certainty of standing against Chu Country would naturally be much greater.”


    “All in all, the future is bright, and the prospects are promising.”


    “The people of Chu are doomed to fail.”


    “In the darkness, there must always be some hope and light.”


    At this moment, the Emperor of Tang was infusing a ray of light into the darkness that enveloped the Four Kingdoms Alliance, bringing hope to everyone.


    Indeed, as he finished speaking, the expressions on the other leaders, particularly the emperors of Zheng and Jin, looked much better.