"If we seize Henan and Nanyang at this time, the Zhou and Wei in the west would probably cease fighting immediately and turn their troops eastward," he mused.
Among the group of ministers below, the famed general of Liang, Lord Changyi Yang Chen, noticed his emperor's covetous thoughts towards the two provinces of Henan and Nanyang and wished to dispatch troops to attack. He immediately stood up to advise, "Our great Liang alone occupies one province, and that is the strongest in the world.
However, even the strongest country cannot withstand the entirety of the Nine Provinces with only one province's lands.
In the lands surrounding our great Liang: to the north, Zhao occupies Ji Province, Xu State holds Xuzhou; to the west, Zhou Country controls Yongzhou; to the south, Chu State has Yangzhou; and to the east, Zheng Kingdom commands Yuzhou.
