Wise people could naturally discern the true intent of those traveling upriver, not excluding a few who were truly loyal to Great Yu to the death, but what percentage could such "fools" possibly represent?
After stationing their armies of a million men each on the east and west, the Emperor Yuliang of Great Jin and the forces of Jizhou seemed to realize the enormity of the precedent they were setting and all fell into silence, not pressing their advance toward the Capital Region Path. What could be certain was that they were not incapable of attacking.
The details of the double-fronted conflicts on the Lincang Path and Dongyuan Path gradually became public knowledge.