On the straight road south of Laishan Camp, newly enlisted soldiers were forming hundreds of small groups organized by county. This made the column extremely scattered, stretching for dozens of miles.
At a newly built pier on the edge of the forest, Court Eunuchs and local officials were in a chaotic argument. Some of the more hot-tempered ones had already started brawling.
The Chu Country was a regime formed by a coalition of great clans from various regions. In its early days, the local powers were strong, and decrees from the Imperial Court were ignored once they left Jinhuai City. However, as the wars at Bin Pass and True Yang Mountain unfolded, the Court cleverly used the influence of numerous Immortal Families and sects to consolidate local power and bring it under central control.
