The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire - Chapter 451

[Chapter 446: Preliminary Strategy Completion]

Zhong Yu’s subordinates were able to mobilize an army of 500,000 people, but these 500,000 troops had actually lost more than 70,000 people after repeated battles in the world of Liaozhai.

After all, whether it was the previous siege, or the head-to-head confrontation on the battlefield, Zhong Yu was able to conquer more than two provinces, and it was impossible for him to lose nothing at all.

Now Huaixi Province has lost another 70,000 people, adding up to about 150,000 troops who have completely withdrawn from Zhong Yu’s army sequence.

Although another 50,000 recruits have been recruited in Dongjiang Province, it may be a bit reluctant to use these 50,000 recruits for combat, but it is still possible to do their due diligence in maintaining local law and order in Dongjiang Province.

In this way, Zhongli has only about 400,000 troops left in the entire Liaozhai world.

Of these 400,000 people, another 160,000 will be sent to various places to be stationed, and only 240,000 people can really be used for combat.

Although the troops seemed to be large, Zhong Yu estimated that this amount of troops would be enough for him to conquer two or three more provinces.

So Zhong Yu now hates the governor of Huaixi Province who killed 70,000 of his soldiers.

Although it was only 70,000 soldiers’ lives, it was nothing in Zhong Yu’s eyes.

But without these 70,000 people, the progress of Zhong Yu’s strategy of the entire Ming Dynasty will inevitably be slower than it by two or three months, or even longer.

This made Zhong Yu a little unacceptable.

In response to the provocation of the Governor of Huaixi Province, and in order to revive the prestige of the army, so that the defenders in all parts of the Ming Dynasty would overcome their fear of their own army because of this great defeat, and determined to crusade the rebellious ones. idea.

Zhong Yu decided that apart from the 100,000 troops in Huaidong Province, they would stay where they were and would not attack, but would just maintain the current basic territory and wait for his own support.

The remaining 140,000 troops that can be mobilized will all be taken to Huaixi Province, ready to personally take down this difficult bone.

This time the attack was quite smooth. It took only five days after entering Huaixi Province, and it invaded most of the prefectures and counties, all the way directly approaching the capital of Huaixi Province, under the city of Shouzhou.

At this time, there were only more than 10,000 defenders in Shouzhou City, and the defense was more than doubled compared to before.

Although the Huaixi Provincial Army, led by the Governor, defeated the 100,000-strong army under Zhong Yu, their losses were also extremely heavy.

More than 10,000 troops were buried in the battlefield, and half of the troops were completely lost, which also greatly weakened the defense force of Huaixi Province.

When he arrived at the city of Shouzhou, because he was annoyed by the ignorance of the previous Governor of Huaixi, Zhong Yu did not issue any orders to surrender, and directly ordered the army to attack.

Like the previous Pingyang City, the 140,000 army formed a large defense formation that continuously bombarded Shouzhou City, and because Zhong Yu personally started, the defense time of the formation was not as long as that of Pingyang City.

But within two days, the great defense formation of Shouzhou City collapsed, and the entire city completely opened its arms.

The governor of Huaixi in the city went out of the city to fight, and was beheaded by Zhong Yu within 30 circles of the sword. Then all the defenders in the city resisted to the death.

Although he was angry with the defenders of Shouzhou City, and had the idea of angering the people in the city, Zhong Yu calmed down rationally.

After all, with the destruction of Shouzhou City, the city fell under his control, and the people in the city became his own people. Killing them would undoubtedly damage his foundation and wealth, and it would be unwise.

Therefore, Zhong Yu only limited his anger to the relatives and relatives of the defenders in the city, and executed them, exiled them, and even a large number of female relatives were drawn into the army as venting items, which was extremely miserable.

In doing so, Zhong Yu not only restored the morale of the army that suffered heavy losses, but also deterred other factors that dared to resist the defenders of the city.

Zhong Yu wanted to use this cruel method to make all the city defenders who wanted to resist think about the consequences.

Is it worth it for the sake of the imperial court and the lives of his entire family.

Perhaps those high-level generals and officials will disregard their lives for the sake of their so-called loyalty to their duties, because they have been greatly favored by the emperor and naturally have their due responsibilities.

But the soldiers at the bottom had no such idea.

They only want to earn a military ration when they are soldiers, and even many people are recruited by force, not by their own intentions.

Moreover, after joining the army, the officers were always harshly deducted from the army, beating and scolding the lower-level soldiers as if they were slaves, and suffered humiliation.

Under such circumstances, how many soldiers have their hearts toward the imperial court is uncertain.

After all, situations like the defenders of Shouzhou City are still very rare.

Not everyone can be like the Governor of Huaixi, who has a clean and strict government, is deeply loved by the soldiers at the bottom, and can die for him.

However, these soldiers also got the end of their resistance to the end, and the whole family was implicated.

Following the order that Zhong Yu’s enemy generals and defenders should all be held accountable, the effect was quickly produced.

Although most of the city generals wanted to resist, the soldiers at the bottom were afraid of the enemy’s subsequent retaliation and resisted.

They didn’t do much work in the war, and they even turned their backs directly, making Zhong Yu’s next attack very smooth, and the entire Huaixi Province was recaptured in less than half a month.

After winning Huaixi Province, Zhong Yu left behind 80,000 guards, appointed some of his own officials, established basic administrative rule, restored local order, and led the remaining 50,000 troops towards the army. Huaidong Province hurried away.

The previous case of Huaixi Province’s annihilation of the entire army is still vivid in my mind.

Zhong Yu has also been taught a painful lesson by himself, which has made him embarrassed to this day.

Now Huaidong Province’s 100,000 army is hanging alone, and there is a sixth-order governor on the opposite side who leads 40,000 Huaidong Province defenders, so how can he be at ease.

For fear of when this 100,000 army will end up in the same fate as the previous Huaixi army, the entire army will be wiped out.

But what made Zhong Yu feel strange was that when his 50,000-strong army arrived in Huaidong Province, the defenders in the whole province did not organize any counterattacks, but all retreated to the capital of Huaidong Province, unable to hold on.

After Zhong Yu arrived, UU read www.uukanshu.

com has already received the news that Huaixi Province was captured and the governor was killed. The governor of Huaixi Province, a sixth-order martial arts master called Forestry, directly led the entire province’s army to surrender.

This was quite a surprise to Zhong Yu.

You must know that Zhong Yu’s current status is nothing but a rebel, although he seems to be very powerful now, he has occupied three provinces of Daming.

But many people think that as long as the imperial court can free up its hands, no matter how big the storm Zhong Yu is causing now, it will only be a clown jumping on the beam and will not be able to get on the stage.

After all, Daming has an eighth-order master in charge, and Zhong Yu’s brightest person here is only his sixth-order master, and there is only one person. No matter how you look at it, the gap is too big.

But no matter what, it is a happy thing to be able to have an extra sixth-order master under the hand.

This means that the high-level combat power of Zhong Yu’s subordinates has gradually become abundant with the addition of the natives of this world.

Moreover, many of the fifth-orders under Zhong Yu’s hands have reached the peak state. Basically, the breakthrough is not far away, and now it is not a bad accumulation of time.

It is estimated that in a year or two, Zhong Yu will have nearly ten new sixth-order breakthroughs.

And Zhong Yu himself also felt that as the territory occupied in this world expanded, his cultivation base also showed signs of breakthrough, and he would soon be able to break through the bottleneck of the sixth-order peak and reach the seventh-order realm.

At that time, there will be a seventh-order cultivation base, and there will be more than a dozen sixth-order players under them. Basically, if the eighth-order does not make a move, it will be able to wrestle with any forces in the world, although the outcome is unpredictable. Say.

This is an important breakthrough.

Under the good situation, Zhong Yu’s fear of this world has also become much less, and gradually he has a bit of confidence and confidence.

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