The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire - Chapter 476

[Chapter four hundred and seventy first military heart]

A war with a scale of 100,000 people often took several years to end in ancient times, because the logistical strength of various countries could not keep up, and it took most of the time to transport materials and travel, and the real time on the battlefield was pitiful. .

Just like the previous war between the Ming Dynasty and the Great Jin Dynasty, each of the two sides dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops, and the combined scale has exceeded one million.

Even if this world is extraordinary and holy, the soldiers at the bottom will travel much faster, and there will be more arcane spells used in warfare, and the efficiency will be improved a lot.

But Daming and Dajin fought such a war in the north, from provoking disputes to dividing the boundaries between the two sides and now occupying the borders, they fought her for more than three years in total.

The size of the armies on both sides started from 200,000 to 300,000, and gradually increased to 400,000 to 500,000, and then to 600,000 to 700,000.

Every time they fought, tens of thousands were killed and injured, and the respective courts of both sides added troops and horses back and forth.

After the war, their respective casualties were counted, and it was discovered that in this small northern battlefield, the total number of casualties on both sides had reached an astonishing two million.

This time, when Daming went south to attack the rebels, he did not intend to succeed all at once, but planned to take it slowly, intending to take 1 to 2 years to recover the lost territory.

This is except that the land occupied by the rebel kingdom is too vast, and it is difficult to recover all of it at once.

In addition, because the strength of the Ming Dynasty itself was not very sufficient, even if the territory was conquered, there were simply not so many soldiers, horses and manpower to rule.

The previous Great Jin war eventually consumed Daming’s national strength. It can almost be said that if the battle continues for two or three years, the Daming Dynasty will be completely exhausted, and it will collapse without a fight.

In that case, even if Daming still had an eighth-order immortal to testify, it would be of no use to the overall situation.

After all, even an eighth-order immortal could not conjure countless military rations out of thin air to supply the Ming Dynasty’s huge army of more than one million, hundreds of thousands of officials, and hundreds of thousands or even millions of low-level officials.

And the ruling foundation of a dynasty happened to be composed of these people. Without these people, even if the Ming Dynasty still occupied a vast territory, no one would rule, no matter how prosperous it was, it would be no different from the wasteland.

This time the army of the Ming Dynasty went south to attack, and a detailed plan had already been made.

It is impossible to eliminate the rebellion all at once. After all, the difference in strength between them is there, and twice the number of people cannot be easily offset.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty did not plan to make a quick decision. Instead, they hoped that the first batch of 500,000 troops could open up a new situation and then wait for follow-up reinforcements.

The specific plan is probably that 500,000 troops will attack and fight hard, occupy one or two provinces regardless of casualties, and then collect taxes and loot resources from these two provinces to form a new army.

Then the imperial court in the rear raised supplies during the period of the war, and prepared sufficient reserves, ready to send to the battlefield at any time to make up for losses.

In this way, both sides are working together. As long as the vanguard army can continue to win, the follow-up reinforcements will be continuously formed, so as to maintain a strong force on the frontal battlefield.

Then, through continuous plundering to form an army, he slowly eroded the rebellious territory, eventually weakening the rebellious strength, and finally eliminating the hidden danger in one fell swoop.

As for the eighth-order powerhouses to take action directly, to eliminate the rebellious main army, and to unify the entire empire with supreme power, it can really be said that it is regarded as an invisible deterrent.

The eighth-order powerhouse is equivalent to the power of nuclear weapons, and it cannot be used easily.

There is such a popular convention in this world, it has almost become an unspoken rule.

That is, the eighth-order powerhouse has nothing to do when he starts a business, and can obtain a site that matches his identity through his own strength.

But when the strength is established, as an eighth-order, you can’t offend those low-level people casually, unless you are of the same level.

In this way, in addition to maintaining the de facto stability, some eighth-orders directly act according to their own wishes and slaughter mortals at will, which will greatly shake the order of the entire society.

What’s more, every eighth-order subordinate basically has a little bit of power. If other eighth-order subordinates are ignorant and kill their subordinates and replace themselves as the boss, what should I do?

Therefore, such a simple agreement came out. Eighth-order cannot be casually shot, especially for those who are lower than their own cultivation.

Even if it is a shot, it must be shot only when the enemy is attacking itself.

This time the war is like this. It is not that the Emperor Ming Dynasty does not want to ask his ancestors to take action to clean up the rebellion, but the identity of the ancestors is restricted, and he can’t do anything at all.

Therefore, in the war in this world, as long as the previous dynasty failed, as long as an official document was issued,

Then generally no one will be held accountable, because basically behind these dynasties there is an immortal, and no one dares to offend.

The battle on the front line was hurried.

Although several lines of defense had finally been set up from the very beginning, UU read www.uukanshu.com and drew a certain resistance to fight the enemy head-on, but the Ming Dynasty oppressed too hard, and the soldiers at the bottom did not dare to slack off.

In addition, most of Zhong Yu’s soldiers were recruited, and many soldiers had a certain sense of belonging and fear of the Ming Dynasty in their hearts. When fighting a war, their morale was first vented, and they often collapsed soon after the battle began.

Take the first decisive battle on the front line, for example.

The 300,000-strong army of Yuguo and the 300,000-strong army of Ming Dynasty faced off in a head-to-head battle. The strength of the soldiers on both sides was almost the same, and Yuguo was even slightly better at the expert level.

But at the very beginning of the war, when the first confrontation began, Yuguo’s army fought. Although they looked good, they were far from being as brave and brave as the Ming Dynasty on the other side. The soldiers on the side were horrified.

This is also the disadvantage of Zhong Yu’s annexation of too many sites and the conquest of too many troops at once.

Originally, the six southern provinces and the eastern provinces have been comfortable for a long time, or they are located inland. The level of the general regular army.

The soldiers Zhong Yu brought out from the small world may be reliable and brave, have experienced some blood, and have a certain amount of tempering on the battlefield.

The combat effectiveness of the troops that were recruited was really uncomplimentable.

Especially asking them to deal with their original masters, it would be more casual and loose.

These troops who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty often did not work hard, and they randomly hit twice on the battlefield, and then scattered and fled.

What’s more, he even defected directly, making Zhong Yu’s teeth itch with hatred.

Among them, the army that can fight against the Ming army for a few times and hit a little real fire is regarded by Zhong Yu as reliable.

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