The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire - Chapter 495

[Chapter 490 Expansion]

In the case of Fang Guo adopting this passive strategy, the danger of Wei country in the east can basically be eliminated. Even if Zhong Yu goes to Wei country to fight, it can dispel the vigilance of the other country.

Because in Fang Guo Taizu’s heart, he knew very well that a territory like Han and Wei had long been shown by the victors of that war and the remaining three empires as a meal on a plate.

Anyone who wants to take a bite is not strong enough to resist the power of the three major empires and the five heavenly immortals. It is just an early death.

Even if the strength can be greatly increased due to temporary interests, but when the Three Kingdoms recover, how brilliant they are now, it is impossible to escape a annihilation.

On the contrary, now that Fang Guo Taizu has shrunk within his own territory, guarding the wild land in the southeast, then the three major empires will never attack him.

Because the southeastern region is too poor, the population in it is very small, and the territory is also very small. In addition, there are strong people who are barely considered eighth-order gods.

To know what Fang Guo is doing, there is also an eighth-order immortal in charge. Even if the immortals of the three major empires are sure to kill Fang Guo Taizu, they will be injured anyway.

Anyway, after annexing the property left by the Tang Empire and the other three kingdoms, they had enough to eat, and they couldn’t see such a poor place as the Fang Kingdom.

Therefore, for Fang Guo today, doing nothing is the safest and most correct strategy.

In the southern part of Wei State, it was an empire of Xu State that had lost its Taizu and Tianxian in the previous battle against the Tang Empire.

However, because Xu Guo did not border the only three remaining empires, the eyes of the three major empires did not reach Xu Guo so quickly, and Xu Guo was able to survive.

Xu Guo’s national strength is not very strong, weaker than Han and Wei. There are only 21 provinces in the whole country.

And the southern part of Xu State is the area of the original Tang Dynasty, but it is now being invaded by the Liang State who survived the Heavenly Immortal, and now it is the territory of the Liang State.

Before Zhong Yu became an immortal, he never dared to reach out here.

In addition to Yuguo, the other directions of Xu Wei and Wei countries have been eroded by the three major empires, and there is no room for expansion.

In this way, Zhong Yu probably still has three empires left for him to conquer.

Among them are the remnants of the Tang Dynasty in southern South Korea, and the two countries of Wei and Xu.

After clarifying the strategic goal, Zhong Yu is ready to start.

The 5 million army lost some when attacking South Korea, and South Korea also needed some troops to stay behind, so in the end Zhong Yu could only draw out about 4 million troops to attack the three countries.

Because Xu Guo was behind Wei Guo, Xu Guo should not think about it for the time being until Wei Guo was taken down.

That is to say, Zhong Yu only needs to divide the attack direction into two parts, one part is towards the remnant territory of the Tang Dynasty in the south of South Korea, and the other part is Wei State.

The strengths of the places thinking in both directions are similar, and there is no distinction between high and low.

Therefore, Zhong Yu divided the 4 million army into two groups, each with 2 million, and attacked the two theaters respectively.

Because the south of Wei State is Xu State, after capturing the Lower Wei State, there will be another battle to destroy the State of Syria, and the task load is heavier.

Zhong Yu personally commanded the army of Wei State, and prepared to take down the two countries of Xu and Wei with his own hands.

The news of the army’s dispatch quickly spread throughout the south, especially in the two areas that were the main direction of attack. The warlords who were fighting with each other were horrified, and they never thought that Yuguo would dare to continue to send troops.

You must know that the annexation of various empires on the continent is usually done step by step. First, you can take a piece of territory within your own consumption range before continuing to annex a wider area.

Zhong Yu only occupied half of Daming’s territory before, and there are no 20 provinces in total. Now that he has annexed South Korea, the territory has more than doubled, and it has almost reached the digestion limit of a dynasty.

No matter how much more, not only will there not be so many officials to take over the site, but there will be vacancies in the local garrisoned troops.

If the Imperial Kingdom wants to establish effective rule in various places, officials and troops are indispensable.

In the absence of these conditions in one’s own country, if the surrendered army and the surrendered ministers are subdued, and they are used to govern the place, then there will definitely be great hidden dangers.

If nothing else, the loyalty issue is an extremely difficult problem to solve.

These surrendered troops and officials have a hatred of destroying the country with Yuguo.

And because of the arrival of the Royal Kingdom, these warlord officials who could have been a powerful force in various places and became a small force by themselves were once again restrained.

Are they really willing to become a servant whose behavior is bound?

I am afraid that even if they are temporarily under the banner of Yuguo, they are loyal ministers on the surface, but if they have the opportunity, they will definitely make trouble secretly.

Therefore, the wanton expansion of the territory of the Imperial Kingdom is undoubtedly regarded as unwise by the people of all countries.

Generally speaking, if you want to maintain the stability of an empire, you basically need an army of about one million to suppress various places, and 100,000 officials to maintain order. This is the foundation of an empire.

Now that the Royal Kingdom has just occupied South Korea, the army has only left more than 600,000 troops. It can only barely maintain law and order in various places. A little external force can cause a complete collapse.

Moreover, the officials who stayed in various parts of South Korea can only put up a shelf. Many places are short of people and it is very difficult to handle local government affairs.

In this case, it is obviously not a long-term solution. It is possible to let South Korea out of the control of the Imperial Kingdom at any time, which normal people will not do.

Now Yuguo doesn’t care about it, insisting on continuing to expand the territory, not caring at all that he doesn’t have such a great digestive ability, and wants to die all of a sudden.

So everyone in the entire South was shocked.

However, they were shocked, and the Royal Kingdom’s attack would not stop because of the shock of these people.

One year after Yuguo launched the second round of offensive, all the princes of the remnants of the Tang Dynasty in southern South Korea were wiped out, and Yuguo added another country.

Similarly, not long afterward, following the destruction of the remnants of the Tang Dynasty, all the remnants of the Wei State were wiped out, and the territory of the Wei State was also annexed by the Yu State.

And just when everyone thought Yuguo’s footsteps should stop and digest their gains.

Regardless of the shock of the world, Zhong Yu personally led an army of one million to conquer Xu State, causing everyone to call him a lunatic.

After half a year of dispatching troops, Xu Guo was destroyed under the circumstances of Zhong Yu’s personal action.

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