After reclaiming Lin State, Tan You had firmly brought Yunzhou, Youzhou, Lin, and Dingzhou states under her control. That's right—by now, Dingzhou State was also in Tan You's hands.
There are plenty of opportunists in this world. Just as Chen Desheng was leading his troops to Lin State, Guo Kai, the commander of Dingzhou State's city defense forces, came over and pledged his allegiance. Tan You, of course, gladly accepted this meat that had delivered itself to her doorstep.
Aside from Youzhou and Lin states, which had suffered heavy losses, Yunzhou and Dingzhou states emerged from this campaign almost completely unscathed. And the recovery of Lin State also proclaimed a fact to the outside world: the Beirong were utterly defeated.
