The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire - Chapter 93

[Chapter 92 The general trend]

At the beginning of September in the first year of Zhongping, Zhong Yu, the lord of the imperial kingdom, swore an oath on the outskirts of Jiangling City. It was the sun, the sky was shining everywhere, the red clouds covered thousands of miles, and the totem of protecting the country, the red flames and blue feathers, appeared in the sky, and worshipped Zhong Yu. Great increase, all the ministers worship.

After a few hours of busywork, with Zhong Yu’s order, the 500,000 army, which had been prepared for a long time, set off in the direction of Luoyang in the north.

Sitting in the mighty, broad and tall Jingen car, Zhong Yu opened the car window, stretched out his head and looked out, looking at his mighty army that could not see the edge at a glance, his heart was full of infinite pride.

This time, in order to destroy the Han Dynasty as soon as possible, to end the Three Kingdoms world that has already made him feel a little boring as soon as possible.

It can be said that he used his life force and gave up countless interests in this world in exchange for those soldiers not hindering his operation.

But they won’t be complacent for long. When they unify the world, these greedy gentry will perish.

Among the 500,000 troops that went on this expedition, 200,000 of them were elites who had followed him for several years.

I remember that in order to train this 200,000 army, I mobilized his 800,000 cannon fodder, and only 600,000 people died to get the last elite. It can be said that the price paid is extremely heavy.

But all of this is worth it. With these well-equipped soldiers who have seen countless battlefield blood, plus the 300,000 cannon fodder he has just summoned, this Northern Expedition should be much easier than before.

On this expedition, I could say that I took advantage of the Han Dynasty. While their army was out on the expedition, they had not yet quelled the rebellion and returned to the original defensive front, but attacked them.

But even if those soldiers came back, what would happen?

At most, the entire Han Dynasty can only estimate that there are no more than 200,000 soldiers and horses with him, and most of them are laborers who have been fighting for a long time and are exhausted.

On his side, he had been recuperating for a year, and his recuperation had been completed long ago. Under the stimulation of his own reward for breaking the earth, countless soldiers had long been jealous and asked him to fight.

Just like the Qin state 400 years ago, when he heard the soldiers of the war, he rejoiced, thinking that his chance to make a fortune and become an official was coming.

What’s more, what he has done is even worse than that of the Qin Dynasty. The Qin Dynasty is reluctant to give up land and let the people under his command act as princes.

But I am willing, anyway, these lands are worthless to me, and I have to give up the existence at any time.

In this way, the soldiers of the Han Dynasty have been war-weary for a long time, they are homesick and they have been separated from their families for a year.

Seeing countless zepao fall on the battlefield, completely separated from his family, even the corpse can only be buried in a foreign country, it can be said that he does not want to continue fighting.

And the gentry, who are generals, have also heard more or less at this time, the deeds of Zhong Yu’s conquest of the country under the gentry.

The spies they sent had long ago brought countless cases of surrendered officers from Jiaozhou and Yangzhou.

Instead, they divided the land of one county, or even several counties, as their future society, to worship their ancestors, and to pass on the incense forever.

After hearing about this incident for several months, they had long been jealous of these upstarts in the south, and all of a sudden they came to a county as the territory of their own country.

When they were gathering with each other at ordinary times, they also sighed with indignation. Right now, the Han Dynasty is swaying, and the flames are everywhere.

Then, taking advantage of the drunken hatred, he scolded the group of scoundrels and thieves in the south, with a tone of incomparable jealousy and envy.

Obviously, they also want this kind of treatment in their hearts, but because they have no way to go, it is a shame that the emperor in the south will not go north, so that they have a chance to express.

At this time, I heard that Zhong Yu was leading his army to the north, and the number was more than 500,000, while the Han Dynasty on his side had only a mere 200,000 people, and they had to be spread over the vast defensive line. of 100,000 people to deal with the attack of the Imperial Kingdom.

It can be said that the defeat has been decided. After fighting him for almost two years, the money and grain of the Han Dynasty government’s treasury have long been exhausted, and there are countless arrears of the generals and officials.

The hearts of the counties and counties are fluctuating, and countless local officials are thinking of dedicating their jurisdiction so that the emperor in the south can confer a country on them. Heart, officials have no will to fight, how can anyone think of resisting?

Sure enough, when the Han Dynasty received the news that Zhong Yu was going north, Zhong Yu’s soldiers had already approached Yingchuan County.

Along the way, in addition to sending 5,000 cavalry to receive the city along the way, hundreds of thousands of troops slowly followed.

It can be said that those cavalrymen set the flag of Dayu in front of the gate of the county and county. They had long been eager for the local officials and aristocrats who had been here for a long time, and immediately organized people to kill those who still wanted to be loyal to the Han Dynasty.

Opening the city gate, facing the generals who came to attack, weeping about the ruthlessness and tyranny of the Han court, and that he had won on the surface, but in fact he was secretly waiting for the opportunity, eager for the southern imperial kingdom to come to conquer Wudao and welcome the king’s entry into the city. !

And the general who had been instructed and reminded by Zhong Yu early before the expedition also smiled and had a good conversation with the officials and nobles in a kind tone.

He soothed their uneasy mood, and patted their chests with a very positive tone, promising them that their credits will be remembered in their hearts.

After the war is over, Cheng will give them a reward to their great king, Zhong Yu, so that they can live up to their defection and welcome the master of the king.

He also hinted in a very obscure tone, mentioning the treatment of the officials and gentry of the two states of Yangjiao in the south, so that they don’t have to worry about breaking their promises.

After all, there have been countless examples before that can testify for the credit of the Royal Kingdom, this party.

Sure enough, with the promise from the general’s side, there were some uneasy officials and nobles in their hearts, and they settled down immediately.

A more radiant and sincere smile appeared on his face, inviting the general to join the banquet in the city, UU reading www.

uukanshu.com But the general thanked him very politely and euphemistically.

He turned to say goodbye to them, saying that the military order was with him, and he would continue to go to the next city to receive them, leaving only a few dozen people who were symbolically stationed in the city to show his trust in them.

Those nobles don’t have any grudges. There are only a few dozen Yuguo troops in the city. If Yuguo really wants to do something to himself, what tricks can these few dozen people do?

Having mastered the power of the whole city, he can easily eliminate these powers and regain the initiative of the city again. Of course, they will not make such a stupid decision.

Given the obvious general trend of the Imperial Kingdom, along the way, the counties and counties along the way changed their flags and changed their flags, and Kaesong surrendered.

It can be said that no country in ancient times has such popularity.

Even for the Zhou royal family, which was divided into eight hundred princes, it took him more than ten years to successfully unify the world after encountering resistance from countless Shang dynasties.

Where can it compare to how easy it is now, to attack the imperial kingdom in the hinterland of the Central Plains.

Therefore, they rationally chose to surrender and surrender, and expressed their attitude very sincerely, and said that they understood that the military situation was urgent and the soldiers were very fast, so that the general did not care at all, and the money was taken to the next city to receive it.

He also attached a letter from himself, asking the general to bring the officials and clans who were familiar with him in the city, so that he could 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!

As expected of the nobles who can give up everything for the sake of profit, and can do anything despised by the world, they are shameless and ruthless enough.

The dynasty that had been loyal to him for hundreds of years abandoned it when it said it abandoned it, and betrayed it when it said it betrayed it.

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