Building a Thousand-Year Dynasty: From King Wu’s Conquest of Shang
Chapter 232

Whatever He Faced, He Broke; Whomever He Struck, He Subdued

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If this were a Xianxia world, countless armies' gathered killing intent would surely have condensed above the former lands of the four states of Zhao, Song, Han, and Luo.

After defeating Xiang Liang, Zhang Han submitted a memorial to Fusu analyzing the situation under heaven.

"Your Majesty, your subject Zhang Han bows his head to the ground.

"From the late emperor's passing to the rebel Chen Sheng's uprising, though rebels have multiplied throughout the realm, Great Qin still holds Guanzhong and Ba-Shu.

"These were the foundations upon which the former king swallowed up all under heaven. You are a sovereign no less worthy than the former king. Does this not mean Heaven wishes you to bring Great Qin to prosperity?

"The lands of the Three Jin States have mountains and rivers within and without. To gain them is to gain the Central Plains. Wei and Han have already been broken, and the allied armies of Chu and Zhao amount to little. Only Ling, Duke of Luo, remains capable of putting up a fight.

"Your subject will win victory for Your Majesty. The Luo Clan will sink into silence once more, just as it did while His Majesty the First Emperor lived."

Zhang Han had not boasted that he would destroy the Luo Clan in a single battle. The prospect he laid before Fusu was the destruction of Shandong's warlords.

When that happened, the Luo Clan would have only its own strength. Could one clan possibly stand against Great Qin's million-strong army?

They could only flee to the farthest reaches of the north and south, as they had under the First Emperor, or hide in commanderies and counties beyond Great Qin's control.

In Xianyang City, Fusu gazed at Zhang Han's memorial and remained silent for a long time. The Luo Clan

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