Chapter 291 The Rise of the Rebel Army

Chapter 291 The Rise of the Rebel Army

Emperor Yuan six years, November.

In the past few months, the rebellion in Zhao, Wei, Chu and the three kingdoms has become more and more grand, and it is gradually sweeping away, endangering the rule of the three kingdoms.

Because these places are powerful, they have great influence in the local area, and the influence spreads in all aspects, and the tentacles reach every family.

Therefore, many people were agitated by them and joined the rebel army, and even the original local defenders directly changed their banners and became rebels against tyranny.

In this way, within ten months, Jiangdong County, Tao County, and Taiyuan County were all captured, and there was no tentacles of the power of the Three Kingdoms.

And with the land of these three counties, the power of the rebel army grew stronger and gradually swept across, touching other areas of the Three Kingdoms.

Among them, nearly half of Wu County, Lujiang County, and Hengshan County in Chu State were attacked by rebels. If it weren't for the resources of the court army in the rear, they would have been unable to hold on.

But even so, it is still trying to support it. After all, most of all the troops of Chu State were brought to the battlefield of Qi State by the King of Chu. Feeling overwhelmed.

The difference between Zhao and Wei is not much different. Several counties and counties were affected by the war, and the momentum of the rebels became stronger and stronger. On the contrary, the imperial court's counter-insurgency army was actually composed of some nobles' private troops, and it was quite disadvantageous to counter-insurgency under the scruples. He even lost several battles in a row, fueling the arrogance of the rebels.

Especially the state of Wei, although the land area is vast, it is a long strip with twists and turns, and the depth is not large. After Dongjun and Taojun were affected by the rebellion, the soldiers pointed directly at Daliang, the capital of King Wei, and the country was in turmoil.

At the same time, the coalition forces that were attacking Qi State made new moves when they saw that they could not resist the rebellion in the country.

Among them, Wei State was the most important. Currently, Wei State's army abroad had been cut off from Wei State by Tao Commandery and Dong Commandery. It was extremely dangerous.

So the king of Wei Guo was quite frightened, and in a hurry, he submitted a letter of resignation to Zhong Yu. Regardless of his obstruction, he hurriedly led the 150,000 Wei troops in the coalition army to withdraw and marched towards Tao County, preparing to quell the chaos. up.

As soon as Wei's army left, the coalition's original offensive against Qi suddenly slowed down and turned into a defensive position, maintaining the place it is now occupying.

As for the state of Chu, when it received a domestic rebellion that swept through five or six counties, and the number of rebels reached nearly 300,000, it was also quite flustered.

Although the aristocrats in the country are powerful, they quickly mobilized an imperial army of the same size to suppress them. But after all, the rebels are locals, with the advantages of a favorable location and harmony, and they were able to fight the imperial army in a close battle, which further plunged the war into a quagmire and was difficult to calm down.

Therefore, after losing some cities, the rebels retreated all their soldiers and horses to the four southern counties.

Especially the rebels in Hengshan County, after engulfing most of the local young and strong, plundered the local wealth, they all withdrew to Lujiang County, and joined the rebels in Lujiang, Kuaiji, and Wu counties.

After the rebels from these four places joined forces, their power rose rapidly, and they quickly defeated the remaining defenders of Chu State who persisted in Lujiang County and Wu County, and completely controlled these three counties.

Afterwards, relying on the natural dangers of the Yangtze River, the four counties that connected the area were quickly merged into one. After some entrustment of interests, a powerful and powerful clan leader named Ouyang Chen was elected, and he was respected as King of Yue.

According to the news spread by these rebels, this man named Ouyang Chen has the blood of Yue King Goujian, and is a descendant of the owner of the old land of the Yue Kingdom. memories.

Coupled with his own clan, the power is not weak, with a full elite army of 50,000 people.

This kind of number, in the rebel army of only 300,000, is already quite strong.

You must know that among the rebels, the forces formed are quite complicated. Most of the powerful men have no more than a few hundred or thousands of people, and very few have more than ten thousand, and they can be counted on one hand.

This Ouyang Chen has 50,000 people, which has already surpassed all the rebels.

The reason for this is that his identity as a descendant of the King of Yue played a role in attracting a considerable number of local people from the Yue Kingdom in Kuaiji to join, and this has given him his current momentum.

Now he has fulfilled his wish and restored the legal system of his Yue country. He also became the master of the revival of the Yue country and rebuilt the Yue country again.

At the same time, in the south of the newly-built Yue Kingdom, shortly after being defeated by the Chu Kingdom, on the land of the original Minyue Kingdom, those Yue Kingdoms when Minyue was named after their ancestors heard about their ancestors, with the efforts of the descendants of their ancestors, they rebuilt again .

With the same blood, they killed the local defenders of the Chu State, raised the banner of resistance again, and surrendered the county to the newly-built Yue State, which greatly increased the momentum of the Yue State.

So far, all the land south of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River has been owned by the State of Yue.

Correspondingly, Chu State was hit hard, losing 1/4 of its land and more than a million people, and its strength was greatly damaged.

Moreover, with the support of the natural danger of the Yangtze River, it was not easy for Chu State to want Du Jiang to quell the rebellion again.

With the current national power of Chu State, after several years of wars and large-scale domestic rebellion, it no longer has any national power to defeat the newly established Yue State and take back its own land.

It can be foreseen that the rise of the Yue Kingdom is unstoppable, and the Chu Kingdom can only bear with it abruptly, slowly recovering its national strength, and licking its wounds.

Therefore, the king of Chu was quite shocked when he heard that his country was undergoing such a great change. The Yue State is located behind the Chu State and can attack every piece of land in the Chu State. If it is not wiped out, then Chu State will There is no longer any energy to go out and expand.

Otherwise, who knows when this country of Yue, which has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, will send troops to stab Chu's chrysanthemums and give him a fatal blow!

But Zhao Guo, the rebellion is not very big.

There was also a rebellion, but there were really not many people following them.

There are many generous and tragic people in Yanzhao. They have been invaded by the Hu people and the Eastern Qin State for a long time. There has long been a strong character in his character, and at the same time he is extremely deep-rooted in the discipline of the army.

This also led to their loyalty to the king, which is also quite profound.

Just like the people of Qin, their allegiance to King Qin is no longer for the so-called fame and fortune, but the allegiance deeply rooted in their blood.

This kind of inheritance from the blood is not something that these tyrants can encourage or even erase.

Therefore, Zhao's rebel army was the smallest, no more than 100,000. Although there was a little threat, it caused a lot of damage to Zhao's initial stage.

But soon, Zhao's court sent 200,000 troops to quell the rebellion. In the battle with the rebels, many people who were trapped by the rebels turned their backs one after another and dealt a fatal blow to the rebels.

Zhao Guo did not expend much effort to defeat these rebels, and only a small number of them hid in the mountains and continued to resist.