[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-heaven-defying-comprehension-building-an-eternal":3,"chapter-heaven-defying-comprehension-building-an-eternal-heaven-defying-comprehension-building-an-eternal-chapter-396":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Heaven-Defying Comprehension: I Built an Eternal Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2164698,3643,"Chapter 396","heaven-defying-comprehension-building-an-eternal-chapter-396",396,"\u003Cp>“Our Taking Jiaozhou is just a remote and desolate place, completely incomparable to the Central Plains. Why did he try every means to come and attack us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Isn’t it better to attack the various states in the Central Plains?”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Not only could Shi Xie’s son not understand Su Xuan’s brain circuit, but Shi Xie himself couldn’t understand it either!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“I didn’t expect it to be him!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Shi Xie frowned, annoyed and with a headache: “If it is him, then we are really in danger this time!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“I have long heard that the army under Su Xuan is invincible and has never been defeated since his debut. This time he is well-prepared and coming fiercely, I’m afraid we can’t resist it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Why don’t we just surrender and submit to him! What do you think, son?”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Facing a terrifying warlord like Su Xuan, he really didn’t want to fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If Su Xuan hadn’t formed such a powerful navy and taken the sea route, he would have had the confidence to use the dangerous mountains and rivers to contend with Su Xuan and block him outside Taking Jiaozhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But now that Su Xuan had actually broken through with a powerful navy from the sea route, he really had no confidence in victory at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But letting him admit defeat so easily, he really wasn’t willing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He was, after all, a King of Taking Jiaozhou, having tasted the taste of being a king, so how could he be willing to give up the temptation brought by power and status?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Father! This is absolutely impossible!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Shi Xie’s son hurriedly denied: “Although we are currently at a disadvantage, it is because we were not prepared and were caught off guard!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“But the troops from all over our place add up to at least one hundred thousand!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“In addition, we can contact the barbarian tribes in Taking Jiaozhou and let them unite to send troops to deal with Su Xuan;”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“You must know that the attitude Su Xuan takes toward barbarians in Jingzhou is either to submit and surrender or be directly eliminated!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“On this point, the barbarians in our Taking Jiaozhou are also very clear, and I believe they will make the right choice;”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“If we admit defeat without even trying, I am not reconciled! What do you think, Father?”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>No matter what, they have to fight to know.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And Shi Xie’s son felt that the advantage was on their side, and they couldn’t possibly lose.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Don’t look at this navy crossing the sea and looking very powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But their logistics supply must be a huge problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He wanted to see how Su Xuan would transport logistics supplies from the sea continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>That cost must be very high.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It absolutely cannot be maintained for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Therefore, as long as they can delay the pace of Su Xuan’s army’s attack for a few months and exhaust the food and grain in their hands, they might collapse without being attacked by then.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Now, instead, they must be careful about the defense of the northern border.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Immediately, Shi Xie’s son told his father these thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Hmm? Hmm!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Shi Xie was stunned at first, then pleasantly surprised: “That’s right! My son is indeed wise!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Father had ignored the logistics problem before!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Indeed, we don’t need to defeat them, just delay time as much as possible, which is enough to drag down their logistics!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Let’s do it! I leave this matter entirely to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“As for the defense of the north? I haven’t heard any signs of Su Xuan increasing troops in the north;”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“We can appropriately increase some troops and strengthen the defense!”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“No need to invest too many troops on the border, otherwise, the troops we can use on the front line will be greatly reduced, which is not conducive to us dragging down Su Xuan’s main naval force.”\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In Shi Xie’s view, the northern border was high and dangerous, with city passes, so it would be as difficult as ascending to heaven for Su Xuan to attack Taking Jiaozhou from land.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Otherwise, Su Xuan wouldn’t have come up with such a troublesome thing as a navy.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>So, Su Xuan could only focus his attack on the navy.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Father, you are wise!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Shi Xie’s son immediately offered praise, then added, \"I shall go and make the arrangements now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Hmm! Go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Shi Xie nodded with satisfaction and waved his hand to signal him away.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Soon, under the control of Shi Xie and his son, the troops of Taking Jiaozhou began to concentrate in the cities they occupied to contend with the First Navy. For a time, it seemed they had truly held back the First Navy's offensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Not only did they use their own troops, but they also contacted the barbarian tribes within Taking Jiaozhou, persuading them to join the ranks against Su Xuan’s navy.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A considerable number of them agreed without much hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This was because they were well aware of Su Xuan’s policies regarding barbarian tribes in Jingzhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>For the common barbarian people at the bottom, this might have been a tremendous blessing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But for the upper echelons of the tribes, it was not necessarily so.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>These elites had long been accustomed to sucking the blood of the common barbarians, living very comfortable lives. At the same time, holding the power of life and death over their tribes, they had long been corrupted by power. If Taking Jiaozhou were occupied by Su Xuan, the power in their hands would vanish.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Their good days would likely be gone forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Furthermore, if they had done anything untoward in the past, they would face a reckoning once it was unearthed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Among those who could become elites, how many were truly clean?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Not every tribal leader or elite was a good person.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>On the contrary, such virtuous elites were extremely rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It was precisely because they feared losing their power and feared being held accountable.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>More than half of the barbarian tribes in Taking Jiaozhou chose to send men to fight and resist Su Xuan’s forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Only a few barbarian tribes chose to wait and see or refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>And all of this was clearly observed by the Secret Guards within Taking Jiaozhou through their beast-taming insights.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>They quickly organized all the information on these tribes and sent it to Jingzhou for Su Xuan and his team to handle.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>In Xiangyang City, within the Prince Zou Qian Mansion,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Su Xuan received the intelligence on the barbarian tribes from the Secret Guards in Taking Jiaozhou that very day.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"As expected! Even within tribes, those who engage in internal power struggles and have dirty hands behind the scenes still make up the majority!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After reading it, Su Xuan sighed as he handed the intelligence to Guo Jia.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The person overseeing the overall situation in Taking Jiaozhou this time was Guo Jia.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As for Xun You?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He still had to manage the Proxy Plan, and there were many affairs within Jingzhou that required his attention; he was busy!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Guo Jia was the most idle one!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He was directly press-ganged by Su Xuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>One couldn't expect Su Xuan to handle everything personally, could they?\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The coordination of a province's war efforts, the subsequent reforms, and governance—there were simply too many things to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Better to let this lad Guo Jia suffer a bit!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"It’s an unavoidable matter!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Guo Jia shook his head while reading: \"The inherent flaws of humanity are right there! This is not a problem that can be eliminated by higher or lower social status!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Even in the ancient times, such as the eras of Yao, Shun, and Yu, I believe such problems existed, perhaps even more severely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Oh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Su Xuan looked at Guo Jia with some surprise: \"Listening to you, Guo Fengxiao, it seems you don't believe in the moral standards of the rulers under the great sages Yao, Shun, and Yu?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"You must know they are recognized as great sages! They completed the transfer of power through abdication. The people under such great sages should have had relatively high moral character, shouldn't they?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"My Lord, are you serious?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Guo Jia looked at Su Xuan speechlessly: \"That kind of thing is fine to just listen to, but you actually believe it, my Lord?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"In any case, I do not believe that a truly peaceful abdication ever occurred;\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Power is like a monster; anyone who controls it will gradually be turned into a monster by that power!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Few people can escape it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"In my view, the so-called abdication of the ancient sages likely hid desperate realities behind the scenes;\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Perhaps this transfer of power was even bloodier than we imagine;\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"It was merely whitewashed by later generations to deceive us, their descendants!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Chr\u002F>\u003Cp>\u003Cem>— Author's Notes —\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>PS: Seeking first subscriptions, custom subscriptions, and support!\u003C\u002Fp>",1460,"2026-06-16T22:49:48.247Z","2026-06-17T08:57:40.402Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","eb6c3deae0797ac102c2aa1cc079349e4f3e43afd12b9523e828ca1dd15058d0","heaven-defying-comprehension-building-an-eternal-chapter-397","heaven-defying-comprehension-building-an-eternal-chapter-395",467,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fheaven-defying-comprehension-building-an-eternal-cover.jpg"]