They understood one thing profoundly: if they could seize the last of the Emperor's forces, his authority would effectively collapse. Over the following period, this army was methodically decimated by the Red Cloak Army.
A month later, news arrived from the Xidi. The Third Prince, a man of both literary and military genius, had seized power upon ascending to the throne and unified all the tribes under his command, consolidating total authority in his own hands. Yet, this Third Prince was also a man of great intellect; he knew the Great Chu Dynasty would not be easily broken. If it were, they would not have spent generations throwing away countless lives at the border, still failing to breach the gates. Thus, he had been observing and infiltrating, inciting the common people of the Great Chu Dynasty to revolt.
Over a dozen insurgent armies were now marching on the capital, each carving out their own fiefdoms, plunging the entire Great Chu Dynasty into chaos. This was precisely the outcome he had desired. The Third Prince immediately began mobilizing the forces of his tribes, marching them toward the Great Chu western frontier.
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