Chapter 788: Three Perfections Troupe
The greatest pass in Yan was called the Southern March Pass, and it was guarded by one of the Nine Guards known as the South Pacifiers.
The pass was named Southern March because it was where an army would march through should they choose to invade south, and the guard was named South Pacifier because they were meant to pacify the south.
Yan’s determination and ambition to wipe out Chu could not be any clearer.
Chu occupied the Central Plain and so enjoyed a vast amount of land and rich quantity and variety of resources. Its people also enjoyed peaceful and prosperous lives, so much so that Chu was nicknamed the Country of Heaven.
On the other hand, Yan occupied the cold, harsh lands of the north. Resources were scarce, and the people were so poor that they could barely feed themselves from day to day. Naturally, Yan coveted Chu’s prosperity and wished to destroy them and claim the Central Plain for themselves.
For centuries, Yan provoked Chu again and again and started many wars in an attempt to conquer Chu. There were several times where they successfully conquered Northern Xinjiang and gained free access to the heart of Chu. They had been very close from annihilating Chu and ruling over the Central Plain.
Unfortunately, Chu always seemed to find its savior during its lowest times. A hero of humble origin would rise out of seemingly nowhere, and they never failed to push back against the unstoppable tide, halt the decline right before it would pass the point of no return, and somehow save the country from destruction. Time and again, Yan was sent packing with their hopes and dreams dashed.
Despite this, Yan’s ambition to eliminate Chu never died. They were constantly readying their troops and reorganizing their armaments so that they might travel south and invade Chu again.
This was especially true for the current emperor of Yan, the Martial Emperor. A man of great talent and ambition, he had restructured the administration, readied the troops, formed vertical and horizontal alliances, and made friends with countless parties. To say that he was eyeing Chu like a tiger eyeing a delicious piece of meat would be an understatement.