Of course it worked!
Chu Mountain lost half its lands, Cai Qiu gained Lin Chu County, and from then on they could push their defensive line right up to Chen Cang's face. Chen Cang lost its high-ground advantage and didn't dare rashly send troops against Cai Qiu.
Among the Four Vassals, Chen Cang was the strongest, the one most likely to move first, and in fact it was always Chen Cang. If Chen Cang did not move troops, the other three vassals naturally would not move either.
Thus the peaceful tableau among the Four Vassals that everyone saw now had been maintained for a full hundred years.
Hearing this, the soldiers instantly had the same thought. When they recalled that Chu Mountain had lost half its territory, they couldn't help but show regret and indignation on their faces.
The regret was because, if that half of Chu Mountain's territory hadn't been lost, it was entirely possible Chen Cang would long ago have marched east and taken Cai Qiu.
