To achieve immortality, I cultivate using Qi Luck - Chapter 709

Chapter 709: Chapter 316: Swords Pointing to Hegu

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After instructing Huang Xuan on handling the matter of the Snow Plains Nomads coming down the mountain, Lu Yuan put the matter aside.

With his own Avatar present, he believed that the other party could handle this matter well.

And indeed, it was so.

Several days later, in the quiet cultivation chamber, Lu Yuan was cultivating when Huang Xuan contacted him through mental communication, bringing the specific intelligence.

“During the great winter disaster, a large number of cattle and sheep froze to death on the Snowy Wilderness, leaving the Barbarians unable to survive without enough food. So, they took the risk of going down the mountain and plundering. Apparently, the Barbarians who came down the mountain are just some minor tribes near Xichuan County, and there’s no greater power involved…”

After receiving the information, Lu Yuan couldn’t help but ponder.

The news Huang Xuan had collected in recent days had both good and bad aspects.

The good part was that those who came down were only small Barbarian tribes, and there was no interference from powerful forces in the Snowy Wilderness. This was definitely good news for Chu State.

After all, the tragic situation of Zhou Country, which was now facing continuous attacks from the four Kings of the Snow Plains, was still fresh in their minds.

Lu Yuan did not want his Chu State to suffer the same treatment as their neighboring country.

But there were reasons for this situation to be so.

Near Xichuan County, there were only a few small rivers and lakes in the Snowy Wilderness, providing extremely limited water and supplies, and could hardly support many people.

Moreover, in the snowy plains, except for a small area near Xichuan County with many river valleys and grasslands, the other areas were just vast snowfields and steep mountain ridges, which could be regarded as a natural barrier, the Male Pass.

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The Snow Plains Nomads, the main area of activity, would have to step over those snowfields and steep ridges, taking the risk of nine deaths and one life to traverse through the perilous paths plowed by those natural barriers, in order to move to the snowy area near Xichuan County.

But just the sight of those natural barriers was enough to make any army reluctant to cross over.

And if the big army doesn’t come, the small groups of hundreds or thousands of people, even if sent to Xichuan County, would not be able to make much of a difference.

Those Nomads in migration did not choose Xichuan and Hanzhong Counties as their targets for good reasons.

“However, although those tribes deep in the Snowy Wilderness cannot come, the valley grasslands near Xichuan County, covering a total area of over 2,000 li, are home to more than 200,000 nomads.

If these Barbarians are not handled properly and are pushed to their limits, they could swarm down the mountain and gather an army of fifty to sixty thousand strong, which would be a problem.”

Since there was no external involvement, Lu Yuan naturally was not very afraid of the Snow Plains Barbarians near Xichuan County.

If it were just those Barbarians living in the valley grasslands, even the county soldiers of Xichuan County could chase them away without sending the Forbidden army.

While they didn’t fear them, the trouble those Barbarians brought was far more headache-inducing than their actual strength.

Tens of thousands of Barbarians coming down from the Snowy Wilderness and pouring into various parts of Xichuan in a swarm would cause massive destruction even if they could only plunder some villages and small towns.

If they were not resolved, it would be impossible for Xichuan County to resume production fully.

Now that Chu State had a rare opportunity to recuperate, Lu Yuan did not want his grand strategy to be destroyed by a group of Barbarians.

“I have to figure out a way to deal with these guys properly.”

Lu Yuan furrowed his brow in thought for a moment, then took out the Nine Provinces Kunyu Map.

On the map, the prefectures and counties around Yangzhou as well as the general terrain were very detailed.

Outside of Yangzhou, there was only a rough outline, depicting the positions and areas of various countries.

His eyes briefly lingered on other areas, finally settling on the section belonging to Chu State within Yangzhou.

His gaze wandered around, then shifted to the snowy area near Xichuan County.

Looking at the 2,000-li river valley adjacent to Xichuan County and the smaller valleys extending northward, bordered by the mountainous terrain, he saw only a few rivers passing through the area and washing out some smaller valleys.

The narrow terrain was like a long snake extending from the south to the north, passing through Xichuan and Hanzhong, and then winding further northward, directly into the heartland of Zhou Country, with a snakehead guarding Longxi County.

Just looking at the map, Lu Yuan felt a sense of grandeur, and his eyes couldn’t help but sparkle with excitement.

“Although the river valleys near Xichuan County are relatively wide, the area near Hanzhong is just a few small river valleys spanning two to three hundred li.

And, between these valleys and Hanzhong County, there are mountain barriers which are nearly impassable for ordinary people, except for martial arts experts.

But when these small river valleys continue to the north, the area near Longxi County only has dozens of li of mountain ridges.

Although these mountain ridges are steep, if we search carefully, we might be able to find one or two small paths.

Using these small paths, we might not be able to transport a large army, but sending out a side army of ten to twenty thousand men should be no problem.

If we occupy this area, it might serve as a surprise force to be of great use when we plan to attack Zhou Country in the future after taking Hanzhong.”

Lu Yuan looked at the map of the valley while recalling the intelligence he had received in the past from the Royal Spy Agency about the area, feeling a sense of grandeur when both corresponded.

He remembered a piece of intelligence that he hadn’t paid much attention to before.

That is, at the geographical level, the mountain valleys that should have been completely cut off from Zhou Country were found to have special products from Zhou Country among some of the tribes when the Royal Spy agency dispatched spies to investigate the area.