The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire Chapter 343: Chaos 1
? Emperor Yuan ten years, early March.
Qin State, who has resolved his worries about the future, once again sent an army of 300,000 people to attack Zhao. Zhao Guo was frightened and asked Wei Guo for support. Zhao Guo himself organized an army of 200,000 people to deploy on the front line of Taihang Mountain to resist the Qin army.
Early April.
Wei, who has already formed an alliance with Zhao Guo, has also tasted the sweetness of cooperation between the two countries after the last cooperation to attack Qi, and after that time, the two sides forged a deep friendship.
So, King Wei assembled an army of 100,000, led by General Wei Bao, to the front line of Taihang Mountain to support the Zhao army, and the two countries jointly resisted the attack from the mortal enemy of the Western Qin State.
After the Qin State received the support of the Wei State from the State of Zhao, the originally slightly superior battlefield suddenly became stalemate. The two sides fought again and again, and it was difficult to distinguish the victory or defeat, and they faced each other on the front line of Taihang Mountain.
In mid-April of the same month, Chu State sent another 200,000 troops to attack Yue State. Yue State was defeated, and the remaining three cities of Wu Jun were completely occupied. The 50,000 Vietnamese army lost 30,000, and the remaining 20,000 retreated to the city of Shanyin, the capital of the country, to rely on Jiancheng to resist.
In late April, an envoy from the State of Yue appeared in the court of Qi State to ask the King of Qi for help, stating his interests.
Because the northern part of the Chu Kingdom is the State of Wei, the State of Wei is powerful, and has formed an offensive and defensive alliance with the State of Zhao. The two sides have a close relationship. Dealing with the State of Wei is equivalent to dealing with the State of Zhao at the same time. With the current strength of Chu State, it is definitely not an opponent of the two countries' joint forces, so it is impossible for Chu State to go north to attack Wei State.
In then, Korea is the in-law of the world's first-class power and imperial country, and has this great backer. Even if Yuguo is located thousands of miles away from northern Xinjiang, and it has been out of sight of the Central Plains for several years, Chu Kingdom dare not spy on South Korea easily, so as not to provoke Yuguo's anger.
Then to the west of the Chu Kingdom is the powerful Qin Kingdom. This is a country of tigers and wolves. It has always been the only part of Qin invading other countries. I have never heard of any country daring to pick Qin's tiger's whiskers. Before, there were two foolish hats, Yunzhong and Liangguo, who dared to touch this taboo, and then they didn't. Chu State did not dare to move Qin State.
Thinking about it, after Chu State destroyed Yue State, the only thing that could attack and provoke, seemed to have only one Qi State left.
Therefore, Qi State was afraid that after the destruction of Yue State by Chu State, there was no worries about it, and would send troops north to attack Qi State, so Qi State quickly passed the meeting to rescue Yue State and sent 100,000 troops to attack Chu State.
The 100,000 Qi army went south to attack Donghai County in Chu Kingdom, and quickly broke through the weakly defensive county Zhitan City, sweeping half of Donghai County.
After that, the Qi army did not divide the troops to stay and tried to occupy Donghae County.
In just half a month, when Chu State had just reacted to mobilize troops to block Qi Army's footsteps, Qi State aid troops had already arrived on the north bank of the Yangtze River, which was only a river block away from Kuaiji County.
The more than one hundred thousand Chu army who was attacking Jiangyin City, the capital of the Kingdom of Vietnam, suddenly fell into a predicament of being attacked by the enemy.
In the northern part of Qi State, Yan State faces the Qi State Army’s outing, and there is a great opportunity for the emptiness of the country. But he didn't make the slightest move, sitting and watching the fighter plane pass by.
At this time, Yan State is immersed in the prosperous and wealthy of the two occupied counties of Qi State, as well as the vanity of expanding territory and spreading martial arts.
In the eyes of Yan Guo, the state of Yan, which is located in northern Xinjiang, is not affected by the turmoil today.
The northern part of Yan State originally came to harass him every year, but also because of the emergence of Yu State, it was completely swept into the garbage dump of history.
So now the entire country of Yan can be said to have completely entered a false peace and prosperity. The people of Yan also enjoyed a rare peace compared to other countries in the world.
Because of these peaces, although the Yan Kingdom’s rule was very exploited, the people in the country did not have much complaints. Instead, they supported the Yan King’s rule.
No way, who let them see that he can let the miserable situation of Qi Guo and Zhao Guo be able to show off, and I can't help but feel even more grateful when I have a lingering fear.
Where can I still think about rebelling and bring endless pain to myself!
In June, as Qi State joined the battlefield between Chu State and Yue State, Chu State's original prosperous situation suddenly became depressed.
In August, the Qi army broke through the interceptions of Chu State, and several wars broke out on the way, and finally reached the foot of Shanyin City in Yue State.
In September, the Qi army united the remaining Vietnamese army. The two sides formed an army of about 70,000, and launched a decisive battle with the 100,000 Chu army on the opposite side.
In October, because of the exhaustion of the Chu army and the long war, coupled with the lack of geographical advantage in the place of the country, it lost the hearts of the people. Therefore, the two armies of Qi and Yue, who worked together, defeated the Chu army in one fell swoop, and won the victory in this decisive battle.
The Chu army was defeated, and the 40,000 remnants retired from Huiji County~IndoMTL.com~ and even spit out the Wu County that had been embezzled before. Only when they arrived at Lujiang County did they barely hold their positions and regain their strength.
However, the 70,000 coalition forces of the two countries also suffered a lot. In the end, only more than 30,000 people survived, their strength was greatly damaged, and they were no longer able to pursue the Chu army and expand the results.
At the same time, it has regained the Yue State of Kuaiji County and Wu County, and with the help of Qi State, it went north to attack Donghai County of Chu State. Because many cities of Donghai County were controlled by Qi State, Donghai County was quickly overtaken. The country is in the pocket.
With this, the Yue State has also restored its former grandeur of 50,000 troops. However, there are too few elites, only 5,000, and the rest are recruits, and their combat power is worrying.
At this point, the two countries finally bordered on Qi and Vietnam, and the two sides exchanged information and formed a military alliance. Become another alliance that cannot be ignored after Zhao and Wei.
The state of Chu was greatly injured by this battle. Not to mention the loss of soldiers and generals, Wu County and Donghai County were also lost, and their momentum declined.
In addition, the State of Chu also lost a large number of soldiers and horses. The Chu army, which originally had 300,000 troops, now has only 150,000 left. It is no longer able to attack other countries and can only barely protect itself.
Now that we have gone through a long period of warfare, the young men in various countries have already been recruited, and it has long been more difficult to restore the strength of our troops.
Even if the King of Chu did his best to collect, he barely recovered 50,000 people, bringing the military strength to about 200,000 again, but the quality was seriously degraded.
In mid-October, the Qin and Zhao battlefields in the north did not count the losses in the Qin State, and they would lose a lot of troops if they fought together, and they continued to storm the Zhao army's defense line. Daijun, an important town in the northern part of the Zhao Kingdom with a long history, finally broke away from the territory of the Zhao Kingdom and fell into the hands of the Qin Kingdom.
The Qin State also gained a favorable geographical view of Zhao State because of the acquisition of the county.
(End of this chapter)