This is because Chu State's remaining strength is genuinely incapable of continuing the fight.
The price of grain within the country has soared, and Chu State even had to buy grain from those vampire grain merchants in Nanhai Country.
If we continue to fight, Chu State will become the next Su Country.
Naturally, Lu Yuan did not wish to see this situation.
So in the end, he chose to stop and withdrew from the fight, choosing Qiao Kangquan as a sacrificial pawn.
He used the three vassal states to block the remaining two major barbarian nations in the Southwest – Nanzhao and Dali.
This allowed Chu State to withdraw and begin its recovery.
Only then were they able to retain a portion of the originally hoarded grain, after deducting the consumption of the stationed armies and the new immigrants.
Otherwise, they would have definitely run out of food.
"One million stone?"
Upon hearing Cui Changqing's tally, Lu Yuan had a clearer understanding of his current resources.
