The Rise of History’s Most Powerful Empire

A war with a scale of 100,000 people often took several years to end in ancient times, because the logistics capabilities of various countries could not keep up. It took more than half of the time to transport materials and travel, and the real time on the battlefield was pitifully small. .

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

Even if this world is extraordinary and holy, the low-level soldiers travel much faster, and there are more mysterious spells used in warfare, which improves the efficiency a lot.

However, when Da Ming and Da Jin fought such a northern war, from instigation of disputes to the division of the borders occupied by the two sides, they fought her for more than three years.

The size of the armies on both sides increased slowly from 200,000 to 300,000 to 400,000 to 500,000, and then to 600,000 to 700,000. Every battle resulted in tens of thousands of casualties, and the respective courts of both sides added soldiers and horses back and forth. After the war, when the casualties were counted separately, it was discovered that in this small northern battlefield, the total number of casualties on both sides reached an astonishing two million.

This time the Ming Dynasty went south to crusade against the rebels. It didn't plan to succeed all at once, but planned to take it slowly, and planned to use 1 to 2 years to regain the lost territory.

This is in addition to the fact that the land occupied by the rebellious imperial kingdom is too vast, and it is difficult to recover all of it at once. Also, because the strength of the Ming court itself is not very sufficient, even if the territory is laid down, there are not so many soldiers and manpower to rule.

After all, the previous Great Jin War exhausted the national power of Ming Dynasty. It can be said that if it continues for two or three years, the Ming Dynasty will be completely exhausted, and it will collapse without fighting.

Under such circumstances, even if Da Ming had an eighth-ranked immortal to testify, it would be of no use to the overall situation.

After all, even an eighth-ranked celestial being could not conjure up 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 with no one to rule, no matter how prosperous it was, it would be no different from a wasteland.

This time when the army of the Ming Dynasty went south to attack, they had already had a detailed plan.

It is impossible to eliminate the rebellion all at once. After all, there is a gap in their respective strengths, and twice the number of people cannot be easily offset.

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

The specific plan is about 500,000 troops to attack fiercely first, occupy one or two provinces regardless of casualties, and then collect taxes and plunder resources from these two provinces to form a group of new troops.

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

In this way, both sides work together. As long as the forward army can maintain victory, 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 encroached on the rebellious territory, eventually weakening the rebellion's strength, and finally eliminating hidden dangers in one fell swoop.

As for the eighth-level powerhouse directly attacking, eliminating the main force of the rebellion, and unifying the entire empire with supreme power, then it can really be said that it can be regarded as an invisible deterrent.

An eighth-level powerhouse is equivalent to the power of a nuclear weapon, and cannot be used easily.

There is such a popular agreement in this world, which has almost become an unspoken rule. That is, the eighth-level powerhouses have nothing to do when they start their businesses, and they can use their own strength to obtain a site that meets their status.

But when the strength is established, as an eighth-level person, you can't easily offend those low-level people, unless you are at the same level.

In doing so, in addition to maintaining 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-level subordinate basically has a little bit of power. If other eighth-level ignorant people kill their own subordinates and replace them with themselves as the boss, what should they do?

So such a simple agreement came out, the eighth level can't be taken casually, especially for people whose cultivation level is lower than yours. Even if it is a shot, it must be shot when the enemy attacks itself.

This time the war was going on like this. It wasn't that the Emperor Ming didn't want his ancestors to take action to clean up the rebellion, but that the ancestors were restricted in status and couldn't do anything at all.

Therefore, in wars in this world, as long as the previous dynasties failed in the war, as long as they issued an official document, no one would generally pursue it, because basically there was a fairy standing behind these dynasties, and no one dared to offend.

The fighting on the front line was very urgent.

Although several lines of defense have been deployed at the very beginning, and a certain amount of resistance has been drawn to engage in a decisive battle with the enemy, 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 to the Ming Dynasty in their hearts. When fighting, their morale would first lose a little bit, and they would often collapse not long after the start of the battle.

Take, for example, the first decisive battle at the front.

The 300,000 troops of the Yu Kingdom and the 300,000 troops of the Ming Dynasty are in a decisive battle head-on. The strength of their respective soldiers is almost the same, and even the Yu Kingdom is slightly better at the master level.

But at the very beginning of the war, when the first confrontation, the army of the Yu Kingdom fought, although they looked good, they were far inferior to the bravery of the Ming Dynasty on the opposite side. The soldiers on the side looked intimidated.

This is also the shortcoming of Zhong Yu annexing too many territories at once and closing down too many troops.

Originally, the six southern provinces and the eastern provinces have been peaceful for a long time, or they are located inland. The local guards have not experienced war for a long time, and the training may not be so slack, but it is not strict, it can only be said that it is barely enough. The level of the general regular army.

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

However, the combat effectiveness of the recruited surrendered troops is really unflattering. Especially if they are asked to deal with their original masters, the fight is even more casual and loose.

These surrendered troops faced the troops of the Ming Dynasty often did not work hard, fought twice on the battlefield at random, and then fled in all directions. What's more, they even turned against him directly, which made Zhong Yu's teeth itch with hatred.

Among them, the troops who can fight against the Ming army a few times, and fight a little real fire, are regarded as reliable by Zhong Yu.