The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire - Chapter 244

[Chapter 241 The ambition of the king of Chu]

? The recapture of Nanjun has greatly boosted the confidence of the whole country for Chu State. With Nanjun, there is a thick barrier to the east of Chu State.

The current territory of the state of Chu is entirely based on Huainan and Huaibei, and the Huaihe River in the north can be used to defend against attacks from other countries.

There are some wild people in the south, and naturally there is no worry.

The east is the sea, let alone.

The only danger is Qin from the west.

Not only did Qin State not have a smaller population than Chu State, but also there were far more brave men in his country than Chu State, and his aggression was even greater than that of Chu State.

All the land that Chu State had lost before was swallowed up by Qin State in the west, and they were all fertile places with a prosperous population. Now these territories have become the solid rear granary of Qin State.

Under the strong and violent offensive of the Qin state, the Chu state has been moving slowly from Jiangling in the east to Chen, and then to the neighboring Shouchun. It can be said that it has been retreating all the time.

As for the Guangrao land in the west of Chu State, Hanzhong County at the beginning, Nanyang County later, Nan County and Qianzhong County after that, a whole territory of four counties, with a combined population of more than two million, was thus captured by Qin. The country has been taken away, do you think the Chu country can not hate it?

However, in order to win the Nanjun, the Chu State paid a heavy price. Not to mention the loss of hundreds of thousands of troops, it was said that the mountain-like loss of materials in the country wiped out most of the Chu State’s treasury storage.

Qin State is strong Qin after all. Under the circumstances of preparation, it is definitely a terrifying idea to want to grab a piece of fat from his mouth.

10 The guards of Wannan County, under the leadership of their generals, all died for the country, and the people of Nan County also suffered.

Knowing that the situation in Nanjun was dangerous, the Qin army forcefully recruited the commoners to assist in defending the city. Even if these commoners had the possibility of rebelling against the water, under the strict precautions of the Qin state, there were only a few who could really rebel or dare to rebel.

In the entire Nan County, 1/3 of the young and strong population among them died during the war, and the others were also displaced and became refugees running everywhere.

This ruined Nanjun brought great trouble to the officials of the Chu State who came to receive them, and they were so busy that they were exhausted.

However, all this did not let the King of Chu put down his determination to continue to attack the Qin State. He wanted to take this great opportunity to regain all the lost territory of the Chu State in one fell swoop.

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

This time the army attacked, under the training of the Nanjun offensive and defensive battle, Chu State got a group of extremely elite veterans, a full 100,000 people, plus the regular troops from other parts of the Chu State, together they formed a 300,000-strong army People’s Northern Expedition.

In Nanyang County today, only 100,000 people are left behind, and now that the Qin state is constantly at a disadvantage, morale is relatively low, and their combat effectiveness is no longer the same as when the Qin state was strong.

After the King of Chu discussed with the important officials, they believed that as long as the State of Chu could pay more than 100,000 casualties, there was a great possibility of winning Nanyang County.

And as for the impact on the state of Chu that the more than 100,000 casualties will have, and how many families will lose their relatives, it is not in the consideration of the King of Chu!

In addition to the 300,000-strong Northern Expedition army, there was also a 50,000-strong side army. The order they received was to attack Qianzhong County in the south of Chu State, a county that Qin State had just acquired less than ten years ago.

This Qianzhong County was a county where Chu conquered the local barbarians and just established its initial 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 are often savages who are uncivilized and accept any civilization.

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

Because of Chu State’s powerful strength and advanced culture, these people regarded Chu State as their suzerain state, and slowly incorporated Chu State’s culture into the local area, gradually infiltrating it.

When the time was right and Qianzhong County had a little foundation, Chu State wiped out all the tribes in the area, sent troops and horses to guard them, established prefectures and counties, and implemented the rule of Chu State.

However, after Nan County was lost, Qianzhong County was also too far away from Chu State. Although it was still connected to Changsha County in Chu State, the roads were blocked and difficult to cross. Gradually, the entire county turned to Qin State.

However, because it is a barren land, the population is not even 100,000, and the Qin state did not pay too much attention to it.

Now that 50,000 people in the Chu state are attacking, to be honest, they are really overkill.

However, these 50,000 people were not just attacking Qianzhong County, such a small border county.

They also have another important goal on their shoulders, which is to reconnect the Chu State with Yelang in the southwest direction.

Now Yelang has established a so-called Yelang Kingdom and has become the suzerain of many barbarians in the southwest.

But no one knows that this so-called Yelang Kingdom was only established by a general of 10,000 or 20,000 people sent by the Chu Kingdom to expand its territory in the southwest.

Previously, because Nanjun was captured and Qianzhong Prefecture was also lost, the connection between Chu State and Yelang State was completely blocked, and Yelang County became the current Yelang State.

Today, the 50,000-strong Chu army, in addition to the goal of recovering Qianzhong County, also has the goal of bringing Yelang State under the rule of Chu State again.

This is not an easy task. Yelang Kingdom is located in a more desolate place than Qianzhong County. The people there are far away from the Central Plains and are even more uncivilized. There is no problem in treating them as savages.

Moreover, the roads there are rough, the mountains and forests are dense, and the miasma and poisonous smoke are everywhere. Just like Zhuge Liangqi captured Meng Huo, he encountered all kinds of challenges from nature. Now this place has not been opened by the Han Dynasty.

And there is already a country here, even if it is a backward country with a tribal system, but it also means that the people here have a certain degree of organizational power.

In the southwest region, although the population is sparse, all of them add up, and I don’t know if there are 500,000 people, but it is precisely because of the sparse population that there are poisonous snakes and beasts everywhere, and the local people must fight against those existences in order to survive. .

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

However, going abroad is not without advantages, that is, in Yelang’s country, many of the people in power today are the original officials of Chu.

They are yearning for returning to the prosperous Central Plains today. Anyway, whoever is not a minister, why should they suffer in this wild land and follow their ruler!

(End of this chapter)

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