The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire Chapter 408: Kwantung Allied Forces
The wheel of time flies quickly, and in the blink of an eye, one year has passed since I left Shinano again.
A lot of things happened this year, among them, what attracted the attention of the world was one after another, which made people feel a sense of trance and illusion.
First of all, the domestic division is serious, the tycoons are still conquering in the face of external pressure, and the power loss of Vietnam is serious.
Three months after resisting the attack of the Dojo army, he was the first to declare its destruction, becoming the first central vassal state to be invaded on the scene.
The Ueno and Xiaye countries, which also did not form a coalition, were also invaded by the dojo army. The domestic tycoons were all executed, and all resistance forces were wiped out.
As for Shinano country after sending a second wave of conquering troops in the dojo, it relied on domestic dangers to hold on for half a year, and finally declared its demise because all the domestic resistance forces were exhausted.
The remaining Hitachi kingdoms could not resist for long, and finally one month after the destruction of Shinano kingdom, the general situation had gone and declared its demise.
So far, the dojo's sphere of influence has expanded by five countries, and the stone height of the territory has increased by 2.2 million stones, and it has truly become the world's number one vassal country.
However, although the area of the territory has expanded extremely rapidly, it has almost doubled. But the real strength enhancement is not much, even slightly decreased.
The reason is that Zhong Yu's implementation of policies is too harsh.
Wherever the army has passed, all local tycoons will either give up everything and become ordinary civilians, or they will wipe out the whole clan. There is no other way to go.
This attitude of leaving almost no room ignited all strong resistance. Years of continuous resistance and resistance appeared, and the five occupied countries were destroyed in ruins.
To what extent are the ruins? It can be described like this.
The small villages and small fortresses that were originally seen everywhere, after the war passed by, there were not more than ten.
The original large population has become sparse, and often no one can see people for miles.
Be aware that Japan’s original national condition is that the land is small and there are many people, and the land simply cannot support people.
But now it’s the other way around. There is a lot of land, but no one is going to cultivate and develop it.
Large tracts of villages and towns were burned, the population was lost due to the war, the original savings and basic measures were destroyed, and the five countries completely changed back to the barbaric era.
At the end of the war and when the population resumed production, I did some rough statistics to find out.
Originally, the total population of the five countries was about 2.2 million to 2.5 million. After the war, they all add up to only 700,000 to 800,000. Among them, there are very few men who can fight, only about 120,000 to 300,000.
This level of destruction and massacre deeply shocked and frightened other local tyrants around.
They were shocked, scared, and angry.
Originally, they were fighting wars, but they were just samurai who killed some enemies on the battlefield. For the opponents, they often defeated them.
So usually after a war of thousands of people is over, the loss may even be less than 50 people.
But the wars that are taking place in these five countries today are not aimed at seizing territory at all, but aimed at massacring populations, and are fundamentally devastating.
How can this not make those local tyrants who don't have much knowledge feel scared?
Shortly after the reunification of the five countries, an alliance headed by the Hojo clan, who had a powerful name in the Kanto region and unified the land of the three countries, was quietly born.
The members of this alliance are the Takeda family of Kai country, plus four powerful domestic countries including Musashi country, Kasho country, Shimoso country, and Anbo country.
At the core of the Hojo family, which owned the three kingdoms, a huge alliance that connected the power of the eight nations was born, collectively known as the Kanto Alliance.
The land occupied by the League of Eight is extremely fertile, and it has nurtured a large number of people. The total stone heights add up to about 2.4 million stone, and the population under the rule is about 2.5 million, which is an extremely powerful force.
It didn't take long for the alliance to be established. The tycoons from all over the country have mobilized domestic soldiers to gather a strong military force. The resistance army, which has been about 200,000 in number, has assembled.
The dojo, when the alliance army was established and accumulated strength, completed the integration of the resources of the newly acquired five countries. In addition, the nationwide mobilization began from the rear, actively preparing for the expansion of the next war.
The 200,000 troops originally sent out, plus the 50,000 Shinano troops supported by follow-up, totaled 250,000.
These troops have lost a lot in the continuous conquest, after all, those powerful lambs are not without resistance.
Each of them has a powerful force, an endless population under his command, and the resources of the entire territory to provide them with supplies.
With so many advantages, how could he not rise up when he was pushed to a desperate situation.
So when the five countries are thoroughly assessed, after the war is over, the 250,000 army will survive, and only about 100,000 will be left.
However, the number of people has decreased, but not all of them are bad news. There is still a lot of good news.
During the training of the war, many original cannon fodder or ordinary troops have come to understand, broke through the boundaries, and become samurai with extraordinary power~IndoMTL.com~ Zhong Yu’s Tier 2 Legion has been damaged by previous battles. The number of survivors, with the addition, remained at around 30,000, which was an increase of 10,000 compared to before the war, which was a surprise.
As for the remaining 70,000 in the 100,000 army, they have also broken through to the first order, and they are still the strongest among them, becoming elites in all battles.
In the rear, although a large number of young and strong people were killed and injured on the front line, because all the territories in the rear were cleared of those bandits and tyrannical reasons, there could not be any prestigious person in the place who could take the lead in the resistance.
Therefore, although the exploitation of the territory is very serious, unexpectedly, it did not arouse the resistance of all the people.
Furthermore, under Zhong Yu's provocation and bewitched, all these reasons were transferred to the powerful names of the central and Kanto regions, so that the people in the country supported the war more and more powerfully.
So out of the original 1.8 million population of the dojo’s sphere of influence, there are 500,000 who can take up arms to fight.
Because of the war, half of the 250,000 people were recruited. Among the remaining people, due to the subsequent full mobilization, another 150,000 were recruited.
Only 100,000 men are left to maintain the minimum production in the territory, and all the rest of the human resources are concentrated on the war, and everything is for the service of the war.
An army with a number of more than 250,000 assembles again, except for leaving 50,000 to maintain security and defense in various places.
The remaining 200,000 troops are all pressed into the Kanto Theater, ready to defeat the Kanto Allied Forces in one fell swoop and unify the Kanto region.
A great war with more than 400,000 people broke out. The scale of this war far surpassed all wars in Japanese history. It can be called the first major battle in history.
It hasn't completely erupted, just with such a wind direction, it has attracted the attention of all people in the world.
(End of this chapter)