The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire Chapter 92: The general trend
At the beginning of September in the first year of Zhongping, Zhong Yu, the lord of the imperial kingdom, swears in the outskirts of Jiangling. The imperial army's heart suddenly increased, and all the ministers worshipped.
After a busy period, after a few hours, with an order from Zhong Yu, the 500,000 army, which had been prepared for a long time, set out in a mighty direction towards the north of Luoyang.
Sitting in the mighty, wide and tall Golden Root car, Zhong Yu opened the window, stretched out his head and looked out, looking at his mighty army, unable to see the edge of the army, his heart was full of infinity Of pride.
This time, in order to fight for the early destruction of the Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms world that has made him feel a little boring as soon as possible.
It can be said that he has moved his life force, and has given up countless interests in this world, in exchange for the soldiers to not hinder his action.
But they won't be proud of it for long. When they unite the world, these greedy clans will perish.
The 500,000 troops who went out this time, 200,000 of them were elites who had fought with them for several years, and each of them crawled out of the pile of dead people.
I remember that in order to train this 200,000 army, he mobilized a total of 800,000 cannon fodder, and 600,000 people died to obtain this final elite. It can be said that the price paid is extremely heavy.
But all this is worth it. With these well-equipped soldiers who have seen countless blood on the battlefield, plus the 300,000 cannon fodder he has just convened, this Northern Expedition should be much easier than before.
This time, I can say that I took advantage of the Han Dynasty. Taking advantage of their army to go out, they have not yet put down the rebellion, returned to the original defensive line, and fought them a surprise attack.
But even if the soldiers come back, what can they do? The entire Han Dynasty can only estimate at most that he has no more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, and most of them are laborers who have been fighting for a long time and are exhausted.
My own side has been recuperating for a year, and the recuperation has been completed long ago. Countless soldiers have already been extremely jealous and petitioned themselves for a letter from the stimulus of their cracking soil.
Like the Qin State four hundred years ago, when he heard about the war soldiers, he rejoiced, thinking that his chance to make a fortune and become an official was here.
What's more, what he did was better than the Qin Dynasty. The Qin Dynasty refused to take out the land and let his subordinates act as vassals. But I am willing, anyway, these land is not worth a lot of money to me, and I have to give up the existence at any time.
Just like that, the soldiers on the Han Dynasty have been war-weary and homesick, and they have been separated from their families for a year.
I saw countless Zepao falling down on the battlefield, completely separated from my family. Even the capital of the corpse can only be buried in a foreign country. It can be said that I don't want to continue fighting.
As a general of the noble family, at this time, I have heard more or less about the deeds of Zhong Yu's entrusting the country to the subordinates of the noble family.
The secret agents they sent had already handed countless cases to the chiefs who surrendered to the state and Yangzhou. In the end, not only were they not degraded to blame. Instead, they divided it into a county, and even several counties, as their future social mountains and mountains, to worship their ancestors, and to pass on the incense forever.
, they had heard about this for several months, they had long been jealous and envied the group of nouveau riche in the south, and all of a sudden they came to a county as their own country.
When meeting each other in peacetime, they also sighed in indignation. Right now, the wind and rain in the Han Dynasty are shaking, and the smoke is everywhere. Then, taking advantage of his drunkenness and hatred, he scolded these rebellious officials in the south, with a tone of jealousy and envy.
Obviously they also want this kind of treatment in their hearts, but they suffer from no way out, and the emperor who hates the south will not go north, so that they have a chance to perform.
At this time, I heard that Zhong Yu led his army northward, and the number was even more than 500,000. However, the Han Dynasty on his side had only a mere 200,000 people, and they had to be spread across the broad defense line. Hundreds of thousands of people from other districts came to deal with Yuguo's attack.
It can be said that the defeat is determined. After fighting him for almost two years, the Han Dynasty government's money and food have long been exhausted, and he owes countless official food payments to the general.
And the hearts of counties and counties everywhere are floating, countless local officials want to dedicate their jurisdiction, so that the emperor in the south can give him a country, no matter how bad he is, he can keep his wealth, life and official position, it can be said that Soldiers have no intention to fight, and officials have no intention to fight, so where does anyone think about stubborn resistance?
As expected, when the Han Dynasty received the news of Zhong Yu going north, Zhong Yu’s soldiers had already approached Yingchuan County. Apart from dispatching 5,000 cavalry along the way and receiving the city along the way, hundreds of thousands of troops slowly followed.
It can be said that the cavalry set up the flag of the Imperial Palace in front of the gates of the county and counties. They have long been longing for the local officials and families who have long been here. They immediately organized people to kill those who still wanted to be loyal to the Han Dynasty. people.
opened the city gate and turned to the attacking generals, crying about the impotence and tyranny of the Han court, and that he had won on the surface, but in fact he secretly waited for the opportunity, longing for the southern imperial kingdom to come to conquer Wudao and greet the king. It's entering the city!
Even before the expedition, the general who had received Zhong Yu’s instructions and reminders, also smiled, and had a good conversation with the officials and nobles in a kind tone.
calmed their feelings of anxiety, and patted their chest with a very affirmative tone and promised them that they must remember their credit.
After the war is over, Cheng gave them a reward, the great king Zhong Yu, so that they can live up to their defection and meet the merits of the king.
and also hinted in a very cryptic tone, mentioning the treatment of officials and clans in the southern Yangjiao and Jiao states, so that they don't have to worry about breaking their promises. After all, there have been countless examples for Yuguo before, and this party's letter is used as proof.
Sure enough, I got the promise from the general. There were still some worried officials and nobles in my heart, and they immediately settled down.
a more radiant and sincere smile appeared on his face, and he invited the general to join the banquet in the city~IndoMTL.com~ but the general thanked him politely and politely.
turned to say goodbye to them, saying that it was the military order that he wanted to continue to the next city to receive, leaving only a few dozen people symbolically stationed in the city to show their trust in them.
There is nothing wrong with those gentry. There are only dozens of Yuguo's troops in the city. If Yuguo really wants to do something to himself, what tricks can these dozens of people do?
, who has mastered the power of the city, can easily eliminate these powers and regain the initiative of the city again. Of course, they will not make such a stupid decision.
In the obvious general trend of the imperial state, along the way, counties and counties along the way have changed their flags and surrendered. It can be said that no country in ancient times was so popular.
Even if it was the Zhou royal family that enshrined the eight hundred princes, it took him more than ten years and encountered countless resistance from the Shang dynasty to successfully unify the world. How easy is it than it is now, and he attacked the imperial kingdom in the hinterland of the Central Plains.
So they wisely chose to surrender and surrender, and expressed their attitude very sincerely, and said that they understand the emergency of military situation and the principle of rapid warfare, so that the general does not care about it, and the money is assured to receive it in the next city. .
and also attached a letter from himself, asking the general to bring the officials and families who are familiar with him in the city, so as to provide some help to the general.
It can be said that this set of services is extremely appropriate and thoughtful, extremely skilled, and obviously rehearsed!
deserves to be a gentry who can give up everything for profit, and can do anything that the world despise, shameless and ruthless enough.
The dynasty that he had been loyal to him for hundreds of years said that he would abandon him, and he would betray if he said he was betrayed, and he even surrendered to lead the way.