The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire Chapter 329: Chaotic years

??? The sixth year of Emperor Yuan, December.

The year will soon come to the end, and the new year is approaching. This world is full of disputes and new changes will soon be ushered in.

The war between Chu and Yue in the south soon became clear and clear.

Although the king of Chu brought back an army of 150,000, these were elites who had experienced wars against Qin and Qi, and they were brave enough to fight, far beyond the ability of the local rebels.

So, wherever the king passed, all hopes were extinguished and turned into peace.

The rule of Chu Kingdom has gradually stabilized, and has been restored to the pre-war period.

However, the impact of the rebellion has not subsided.

At the local level, the rebels fought with the Chu army, and the damage caused is not to be mentioned. The rebels alone, the four counties that are now separated, have brought incomparable humiliation and influence to the State of Chu.

That is the last side of Chu Kingdom, the place least affected by the frontline fighters. In other words, these four counties have the most abundant populations, the most affluent localities, and the most youthful counties.

According to estimates within the State of Chu, the population of these four counties is about 1.35 million, of which the young and strong are about 400,000. Coupled with the rebels who fled from Hengshan County to the south, the entire Yue country was able to gather an army of 500,000.

Furthermore, with the prosperity of Vietnam, the army's equipment this time will certainly not be too bad, and it will barely be able to reach the level of a regular army, unlike the refugees, which is no different from beggars.

Even if these 500,000 troops have no war experience, many of them are rookie recruits, but it is not that simple to say that they want to defeat them all.

Anyway, as far as the state of Chu is concerned, the population still in the hands of King Chu is barely 4 million. Among them, the young and strong, because of the perennial war, are only about 800,000.

Although there are many veterans among them, they have quite rich experience in warfare, but in the final analysis their strength is only twice that of the newly established Yue Kingdom.

The Yue country has the support of the natural dangers of the Yangtze River and the advantages of local warfare. The Chu army wants to cross the Yangtze River and even want to attack the territory of the Yue country, which has basically become empty talk.

What's more, it's midwinter now, even though Chu Kingdom is in the south, it is quite cold and difficult to fight.

You can only wait for the coming year, when the spring flowers bloom, and the fields are cultivated before you can fight.

Moreover, Chu State no longer has any rations, which can supply the army for combat.

If you want to gather another army of more than 500,000 supplies, you don’t have three or five years of cultivation, but it’s a foolish dream.

With such a long period of time, the rule of the Yue country has long been entrenched in the local area. The people in the Chu country were still interested in the local people, and they are afraid that they will slowly plan for the Yue country.

In this way, it becomes even more difficult for Chu State to regain Yue State.

The 300,000 troops of Chu and Wei withdrew from the coalition forces, leaving only 400,000 of the coalition forces on the territory of Qi.

And Zhao Guo, also has a large army of 150,000 among the coalition forces. After seeing the withdrawal of Chu and Wei, King Zhao also asked for retreat under the pretext of rebellion in the country.

Zhong Yu stayed in every possible way, and he took advantage of his interests, and hoped that King Zhao could stay.

But after all, King Zhao was determined and insisted on leaving you so unrelenting. 150,000 Zhao Jun left 50,000 people, which is considered a kind of friendship support.

As for the rest, King Zhao brought back to the Kingdom of Zhao, and prepared to use the 100,000 Zhao Jun to stabilize the court.

The king of Zhao was also frightened by the rebellion of Wei and Chu. Even though the situation in Zhao is now good and the rebellion gradually subsides, he dare not careless, for fear that the rebellion will re-emerge, otherwise it will be the end of Chu and Wei. , Then it's too late for him to cry!

Similarly, the reason why the army of the three countries is so anxious to withdraw, without regard to affection, is also because Cao Cao arbitrarily consumed their troops before, and resented that Zhong Yu directly ordered the killing of those literati.

If it weren’t for Zhong Yu’s order to disregard the background of these samurai literati and kill them all, it would not have caused the current domestic rebellion in the Three Kingdoms.

So, although they dare not say anything on the face, they still hate not to stay here, for fear of making a calculation.

And Wei, because the king of Wei's 150,000 army withdrew, and Zhao's original counter-insurgency army from inside and outside, under the two-phase attack, the rebel army in East County was soon defeated.

These rebels weren't beheaded, the leaders were all cut down. It was the remnants who withdrew to the old nest of Tao County, the rebel army, shrank up, and constructed defenses to actively resist.

In other parts of the Wei state, sporadic rebellions were quickly put down and generally stabilized. Only the old nest of Tao Jun is difficult to conquer, and the cold season makes it difficult for the army to dispatch, and it is deadlocked.

Qi, today there are still half of Linzi County, half of Langya County, and the entire Jiaodong County of Qi. The strength is no more than Trinity before the war, and the strength is greatly lost.

And all the soldiers and horses of Qi State, which add up to only about 450,000, are mostly feared soldiers and unbearable for combat.

However, the coalition forces on the opposite side are not much better.

With the withdrawal of the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, and Chu, the coalition forces are only left in the three kingdoms of Yan, Han and Yu~IndoMTL.com~ plus the 50,000 people left by the State of Zhao, which is no more than 350,000 troops.

Although the combat power is better than the 450,000 people on the opposite side, a lot of soldiers and horses must be dispersed to stay in such a large territory occupied by Qi. The remaining people want to continue to attack Qi, but it is impossible.

However, with the withdrawal of the Three Kingdoms army, although the coalition forces are in trouble, the chaos of the current situation has provided Zhong Yu with a wonderful idea.

Because of the emergence of Yue Kingdom, Chu State has been abandoned, and there is no longer any energy and thought to intervene in the original. I'm afraid that in the next time, if nothing happens, Chu State will fall in love and kill with Yue State.

The same is true for the Wei State. Originally, the two most prosperous counties in the Wei State, Dongjun and Taojun, were only slightly worse than the place where Liang was located.

We have always been the soldiers and source of wealth in the Wei Kingdom. Now that he has experienced such a scourge by the rebels, Dongjun has been crippled directly, and the remaining Taojun is still in the hands of the rebels, and I don’t know when it will be recovered.

Wei Guo has long since disappeared when he was in high spirits. Instead, he was actively quelling the rebellion, and then he was recuperating.

Although Zhao’s situation is much better, Taiyuan County and its surrounding areas have also been damaged a lot because of the war. It will take a long time to restore the previous grand occasion.

In other words, these three big countries have been completely abolished.

And now there are only two small countries, Han Yan, and the now crippled Qi country.

Speaking of which, I have already completed more than half of my goal, and I can almost retreat to a truce and return to the imperial kingdom.

However, Zhong Yu didn't plan to leave just like that.

Although countries have weakened a lot and the world’s wars are still ongoing, they have not been the most ruthless enough to destroy the potential of the Central Plains.