The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire Chapter 241: The ambition of the king of Chu

? The recapture of Nanjun greatly boosted the confidence of his nation. With Nanjun, there will be a thick barrier to the east of Chu.

The current territory of the Chu Kingdom is entirely based on Huainan and Huaibei, with the Huai River as its backing in the north, which can defend against attacks from other countries. The south is full of wild people, so naturally there is no worries. The east is the sea, let alone.

The only danger is Qin from the West.

Qin is not only no smaller in population than Chu, but there are far more brave warriors in his country than Chu, and he is more aggressive than Chu.

All the land that Chu had lost before was swallowed up by Qin in the west, and they were all prosperously populated places. Now these sites have become Qin's solid rear granary.

Under the powerful and fierce offensive of the Qin State, the Chu State has been slowly moving from Jiangling in the east to Chen, and then to the neighboring Shouchun, which can be said to have been retreating.

And the Guangrao land in the west of Chu State, the first Hanzhong County, later Nanyang County, and the next Nanjun and Qianzhong County, the entire four counties, together with a population of more than two million, If it was taken away by the State of Qin in this way, can you say that Chu State can not hate it?

However, in order to win the Southern County, the State of Chu paid a heavy price. Not to mention the loss of the hundreds of thousands of troops, the mountain-like material loss in the country wiped out most of Chu's treasury.

Qin is a strong Qin after all. With preparations, it is definitely a terrifying idea to take a piece of fat from his mouth.

10 Wannan County defenders, under the leadership of their guards, all were martyred, and the people of Nan County also suffered.

Understanding the danger of the situation in Nanjun, the Qin army forcefully recruited the people to help defend the city. Even if these people have the possibility of rebelling against the water, under the strict defense of Qin, there are still a few who can really rebel, or dare to rebel.

In the entire South County, one-third of the young and strong population among them died in this war, and the others were also displaced and became refugees running around.

This ruined southern county has caused great trouble to the officials of the State of Chu who came to receive them, and they were so busy.

However, all this did not let King Chu put down his determination to continue attacking the Kingdom of Qin. He wanted to take advantage of this great opportunity to regain all the territories that the Kingdom of Chu had lost in one fell swoop.

After taking Nanyang County, the army rested for a while, and then continued to march north, which is now Nanyang County.

This time the army offensive, under the training of offensive and defensive warfare in the southern county, the state of Chu has obtained a group of extremely elite veterans, with a total of 10,000, plus regular troops from other parts of the state of Chu. A 30,000 Northern Expeditionary Army.

In Nanyang County today, there are only 10,000 people staying behind, and now that the Qin State is constantly at a disadvantage, morale is relatively low, and their combat effectiveness is long gone when the Qin State was strong.

After the King of Chu discussed with the important ministers, they believed that as long as Chu State could pay more than 10,000 casualties, it would be very likely to take Nanyang County.

As for the impact of the more than 100,000 casualties on the Kingdom of Chu, and how many families will lose their loved ones, it is not in the consideration of the King of Chu!

In addition to the 30,000 northern expedition army, there is also a 50,000 partial army. The order they received was to attack Qianzhong County in the south of Chu Kingdom, and the county that Qin Kingdom had just acquired less than ten years ago.

This Qianzhong county was a county where Chu country conquered local barbarians and just established preliminary rule.

The entire Qianzhong County is extremely backward and sparsely populated. There are miasma and poisonous smoke everywhere, deep mountains and old forests, and there is often no civilization, accepting any civilized savages, and the people of the Central Plains have always been poor mountains and bad waters.

However, some of them also accepted a certain degree of civilized savages, formed some tribes, and some even established some tribal countries. Like the eight hundred princes in the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, many of them were composed of a powerful tribe.

Because of the great strength and advanced culture of Chu, these people regarded Chu as their suzerain, and gradually incorporated the Chu culture into the local area and gradually infiltrated it.

When the time was right and Qianzhong County was able to open up a little bit of foundation, Chu State wiped out all the local tribes, sent leading soldiers and horses to guard, established counties and counties, and implemented the state of Chu. rule.

However, after the loss of Nanjun, Qianzhong County was too far away from Chu State. Although it was still connected to Changsha County of Chu State, the road was blocked and it was difficult to cross over. Gradually, the whole county turned to Qin State. NS.

Because it is a wild land, the population doesn't even know if there is 10,000 people, and the State of Qin doesn't pay too much attention to it. He randomly sent tens of thousands of guards to him, so he didn't care if he was barely enough to maintain law and order.

Now 50,000 people in Chu State are attacking. To be honest, it is really overkill.

However, these 50,000 people did not just attack Qianzhong County, such a small and remote county. They also shoulder another important goal, which is to re-connect the state of Chu and Yelang to the southwest.

The current Yelang established a so-called Yelang Kingdom, and became the overlord of many barbarians in the southwest ~ IndoMTL.com~ is very popular in the Yunnan-Guizhou region.

But no one knows that this so-called Yelang Kingdom was just a 10,000-20,000 partial army sent by Chu to expand its territory in the southwest.

Because the southern county was seized and Qianzhong county was also lost, the connection between Chu Kingdom and Yelang Kingdom was completely blocked, and Yelang County became the current Yelang Kingdom.

In addition to the goal of regaining Qianzhong County, this 50,000 Chu army now has the goal of bringing Yelang Kingdom under the rule of Chu Kingdom again.

This is not an easy task. Yelang is in a wilder place than Qianzhong County. The people there are far from the Central Plains, and they are even more uncivilized. It is no problem to treat them as savages.

Moreover, there are rugged roads, dense forests, and poisonous smoke everywhere. Just like Zhuge Liang captured Meng Huo, he encountered various challenges from nature. Now it has not been opened by the Han Dynasty, even more so.

Moreover, there is already a country here, even if it is a tribal backward country, it also means that the people here have a certain degree of organization.

Although the population in Southwestern China is sparse, all add up, I don’t know if there are 50,000 people, but it is precisely because of the sparse population, there are venomous snakes and beasts everywhere, and the locals have to fight against those existences to survive. Naturally brave and brave.

Although the Chu army is well-equipped and well-trained, can it take the Yelang Kingdom, still a question?

However, going abroad is not a place without advantages, that is, in Yelang, many of the people in power today are former officials of Chu.

They are yearning to return to today's prosperous Central Plains. Anyway, whoever is not a courtier, why should they suffer in this wild land and follow their ruler!

(End of this chapter)

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